Talk:David Jewett Waller Sr./Archive 1

Assessment
The article has good cites, good timeline, and establishes both notability and legacy. There are a couple of tweaks - the narrative is not always clear, for example Waller was a Republican candidate for the United States Congress in 1876 as a candidate for the 11th congressional district. Perhaps: In 1876, Waller ran as a Republican candidate for US Congress. Likewise, after he died something stopped, not said what. And there was a line about being a prankster in school that was confusing. With work (also: make sure the cites are not directly quoted without page numbers and quote marks), this could definitely be a Good (or Featured) article. EBY (talk) 00:49, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

The photo
If the photo shows him at age 18, it would have been taken in about 1833. But the first vague, out-of-focus photo of a person was not taken until 1838. The dress and photo style are more characteristic of the 1860s. This is a significant inconsistency. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  07:28, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Is this possibly David Jewett Waller, Jr. instead, who would have been 18 in the early 1860s, ? Cullen328  Let's discuss it  07:33, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I thought of that, but it's rather unlikely (still can't be ruled out, though). In the book, it's next to a picture of his wife, Julia Ellmaker, supposedly at the age of 20, which would date that photo to 1837. Seems unlikely that both of those photos would be of the wrong person, so I'm guessing it's them at a later age, perhaps in their 40s. David also looks a lot older than 18 in the picture, which would support that. --Jakob (talk)  aka Jakec  12:41, 30 November 2015 (UTC)