Talk:Dean O'Banion

June 2007
Expanded article with information from "Gangs of Chicago" book listed in references. Specifically, tried to provide more of a background behind the rivalry between Torrio and O'Banion. If I have made any mistakes, please feel free to note them or change them yourself. Thank you. Rogermx 23:43, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 13:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

NAME
From what I've read, his name is NOT Dion. My source is the book Paddy Whacked. His name is Dean O'Banion. Bandgeek 100 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.65.234.184 (talk) 03:33, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

You are correct, as his biography by Rose Keefe confirms. His name was certainly Dean O'Banion, and his known signatures verify that he went by that name. Keefe feels that "Dion" may have grown out of a mishearing of "Dean" in dialect (presumably Americanized Irish). I had helped change the heading to his correct name at one point, and it was promptly changed back to the incorrect one, which people seem to prefer for some reason. Legend trumps fact.--Surfer Joe (talk) 01:21, 10 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Just as a matter of form I've made the infobox consistent with the article name. Clearly his actual name was Dean, but he apparently remains better known as Dion (ghits for "Dion O'Banion" outnumber those for "Dean O'Banion", despite presumably fewer false hits with the less-common 1st name). The more reliable sources probably favor "Dean"...I'd have no complaint if someone were to move the page to Dean O'Banion and make Dion a redirect. Ewulp (talk) 03:41, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

The page should definitely be titled with his actual name, rather than supporting and perpetuating a common mistake, no matter how common. Instead, it "corrects" the actual name TO the mistake.

I've tried redirecting the page, but the move is apparently blocked. It suggested I ask for help, and directed me to a page all about the nature and history of asking for help, with no indication I could find of HOW TO ACTUALLY ASK FOR HELP.

Here's the reason I gave on the blocked attempt:

"Dean O'Banion was verifiably and certainly his real name, according to birth records, church records, and many existing signatures. "Dion" is a misnomer of uncertain origin, although it is very common and dates back to his lifetime.

The talk page had suggested doing this, as accuracy should ultimately trump an error, no matter how common. By the same concept, for example, "Betty Page" is now rightly becoming better known as Bettie Page. The man's actual, right name cannot become better known unless it it acknowledged and used. "Dion" should still redirect here."

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with this. Joe Suggs (talk) 17:12, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I've gone ahead and performed the move per a request on my talk page, and also history merged the page so the history contains all the content edits. Graham 87 04:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, pal! Great to see this ancient error finally corrected! And since the name "Dion" is so common back to his lifetime, it's also important to see that addressed and explained well in the opening paragraph. A service to gangster history has been performed.Joe Suggs (talk) 03:55, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

His name was Dion and that's that. Forget Dean. -202.61.173.81 (talk) 04:57, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

I moved it -SNN2 (talk) 05:01, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Now i've cleaned it up from the move. Well enough? -SNN2 (talk) 05:05, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

By Wikipedia rules, the article should be titled by the subject's best-known name--whether that's the name the subject himself used or not. In this case, that's Dion O'Banion. Nareek (talk) 04:09, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Marker?
The usage of the word "marker" in the #Death section is confusing. This definition of the word marker is unknown to me, and is indubitably also unknown to other uninitiated readers of this page. A wiki-link on that word directing the reader to a page which explains this particular usage of the word would be useful, but from looking through the Marker (disambiguation) page, there does not seem to be any page referring to the meaning of the word being used here, unless the case is of Capone dropping a large felt-tipped pen in O'Banion's flower shop. If anyone knows what marker the article is talking about, could they please clarify it? Thank you!  pluma  ♫ '''♯ 05:27, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I can't say for certain, but the wikt page for "marker" gives the definition of "A signed note of a debt to be paid", which would make sense in context. If this is the intended meaning, the article text could be reworded to avoid the ambiguous term, eg: "It was mentioned that Angelo Genna owed a sizable debt, which Capone recommended that they cancel as a professional courtesy". DoctorKubla (talk) 07:35, 18 February 2014 (UTC)