Talk:Calico Jack/Archive 1

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There are no citations whatsoever for this page. Someone needs to do a bit of research.


 * True, but is it better to have uncited information (with the warning) rather than NO information? I think this article should be reverted to a version before most of the content was removed. Xoran99 (talk) 19:03, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Calico Jack
Calico Jack was born in July 1718.Just kidding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.111.188.157 (talk) 20:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

hey
What up! at the first part of the ship why was he hung —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.144.59.210 (talk) 16:53, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

"Hey", indeed! Bonny's frustration with Rackham
Hey, indeed! What happened to one of the most colorful vignettes in the pirate canon - that of the quick-tempered Bonny's becoming so incensed with the inebriated (or hung-over) Rackham and his male crew and guests for cravenly leaving the defense of the vessel to her and Mary Read, that she emptied two pistols blindly into the hold where they had fled? (This, during the action against Barnet and his crew, which resulted in Bonny, Read, and Rackham's capture.) Is this just an unverified romanticisation? If so, it's a real shame.

Incidentally, I agree that the article's primary listing should be "John Rackham," "Jack Rackham," or (my personal preference) "Calico Jack Rackham" and that "Calico Jack" should redirect there. The current situation is a bit like having Norman Schwartzkopf redirect to "Stormin' Norman," Robert E. Lee redirect to "Marse Bob," or Charles Lindbergh redirect to "Lucky Lindy". However, I'll leave it to those more deeply involved in the article to take that action, if they think it's warranted.D.Helber (talk) 14:38, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Red Rackham
Was the character Red Rackham from the Tintin comics inspired by Calico Jack? If he was shouldn't this be mentioned in the article? 205.250.9.39 (talk) 20:37, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Source
Here's a nice source for someone to use: http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=USiyy1ZA-BsC&oi=fnd&pg=PA7&dq=jack+sparrow+calico+jack&ots=3moUh2db0w&sig=22LUC09_dL1hnDmly45P3dzlGsw#v=onepage&q=calico%20jack&f=false --Errant[tmorton166] $(chat!)$ 13:46, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

"Calico" Jack
I think the article needs to be renamed "Jack Rackam" or "John Rackam," with Calico Jack as a redirect. After all, Calico is just a nickname. If no one minds, I'll change it. --Joseph Leito (talk) 00:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, duh, I can't change it. We should get an Admin.--Joseph Leito (talk) 00:05, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Isn't Calico Jack the name that he is most commonly referred to? It seems that this is the case. Nishkid64 (talk) 01:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Also Calico Jack is a rum Superbowlbound (talk) 05:29, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * While it is the name he's most commonly referred to, shouldn't his actual name be the article title, with Calico Jack being a redirect? Joseph Leito (talk) 14:20, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Calico Jack is the most common reference today. I'd use John and Jack Rackham as redirects, particularly "John," as that's the name used in the published trial record Vincent pearse (talk) 14:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm confused. I read another article that said he was born in July 1718. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.111.188.157 (talk) 20:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

He was called Calico Jack therefore the text is Calico Jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.186.154.26 (talk) 16:46, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 14:27, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Clean Up on Aisle 6
This article has lots of interesting information, but needs someone to take a red pen to it, so it will be easier to read, and will have a more professional, encyclopedic feel. That is all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.153.17.186 (talk) 21:51, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Several events are reported twice in different accounts. This needs to be fixed. --Borsanova (talk) 14:02, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I've done some clean up based on the source presented below - most notably by rejigging the order, copyediting what was there and writing a short introduction per WP:LEAD. But the body needs a lot more copyediting, feel free to dip in! --Errant[tmorton166] $(chat!)$ 18:42, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Tintin's Search for Calico Jack's Treasure
In Hergé's two Tintin albums, The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure (which form the basis for Steven Spielberg's 2011 Tintin movie), the search for the treasure trove of Calico Jack (played by Daniel Craig in the 2011 film) is one of the main plots. Asteriks (talk) 10:56, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No, Hergé’s character is not “Calico Jack” Rackham, although an article on his mistress Anne Bonny in Dimanche-Illustré of 27/11/1938 brought the name “Rackham” to his attention. In his book “Tintin, Haddock et les Bateaux”, (pp. 34, 35, Éditions Moulinsart 1999), Yves Horeau, who had access to Hergé’s reference archive, says that Red Rackham is a composite of Jack Rackham, Lerouge (the Haitian pirate), and Montbars the Exterminator, the last of whom provided the reference for Hergé’s character’s extravagant costume. Jock123 (talk) 13:05, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Place of birth
The main text says that he was born in Jamaica, the information panel says that he was born in Bristol. Which is right? This needs to be more clear.

62.30.221.76 (talk) 16:52, 15 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Plus we get the suspiciously exact date of 21 December 1682 (in Bristol?) as against the later statement that "he was ... born in Jamaica around the year 1682" (my emphasis). Idontcareanymore (talk) 20:20, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Notes & Refs
I began to remove someone's COI self-promotion and every time I did I would get more cite errors...and then more...and then more. Using layout guidelines, proper citations, and good examples would help. I've gutted the refs for now but will address rebuilding them to standard wiki formats and improving them starting tomorrow unless someone wants to take a crack at it before then. Please do not restore the antiquated and untenable formatting that was present in the article before. Thank you, — Berean Hunter   (talk)  01:26, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Name
According to the sources found, his name was "John Rackham". Whilst the spelling of the surname could be disputed (I have seen a source using Rackam without the h) he certainly was not called "Jack" :) I don't have time to fix it, however. --Errant (chat!) 00:42, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "Jack" is traditionally a nickname for "John" so it's certainly likely that someone called "Calico Jack" was really called John, and as you say most of the references call him that. Samatarou (talk) 21:28, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Theres a discrepancy. Was there 11 or 8 sailors on the British pirate sloop that shared the fate as Jack? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cornersss (talk • contribs) 13:51, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Someone had mixed up Rackham's crew with the visiting sailors. I fixed the two sets of crew. The visiting sailors were 9. Calico Jack's crew was 11- Anne and Mary, Jack, and 8 other crew as listed. I think that's how they got the 8 and 11 for visiting crew. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.168.71.31 (talk) 04:05, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

King's Pardon
The article states that Rackam claimed the King's Pardon, but the dates don't line up. The terms of the King's Pardon (http://actionspast.com/Portals/0/Documents/KingsPardon_PageSize.pdf) state that pirates had to surrender before the 5th September 1718 to qualify. But Rackam didn't begin his career as a pirate captain until Charles Vane was voted out on November 24 1718. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lvillazon (talk • contribs) 16:51, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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Karl Starling, flag designer?
Removed un-footnoted reference to a Karl Starling, alleged flag designer. This appears to have swept the internet, but is uncited and is likely a vandalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TruthBastion (talk • contribs) 16:42, 3 December 2018 (UTC)