Talk:Eldred Kurtz Means

Attribution
Text and references copied from Eldred Kurtz Means to Ebony Film Corporation, See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 14:35, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Attribution
Text and references copied from Eldred Kurtz Means to Argosy (magazine), See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 22:49, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Attribution
Text and references copied from Eldred Kurtz Means to E. W. Kemble, See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 16:39, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Attribution
Text and references copied from Edward Winsor Kemble to Eldred Kurtz Means, See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 18:25, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Attribution
Text and references copied from Edward Kurtz Means to Munsey's Magazine. See former article's history for a list of contributors. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 20:20, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Obituary needed
There has got to be something out there. Would be a useful source. <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 18:45, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

"African" characters?
Is this supposed to mean African-American/Black? Why would Africans be in Louisiana?96.240.128.124 (talk) 04:19, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

not aged well?
Intro paragraph: ".. but the implicit racist message has not aged well." This is mealy mouthed. By today's standards it is abhorrently racist. Can we say it like it is.

front page statement on this racist...
"that author Eldred Kurtz Means originated the refrain: "if it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all"?"

should read:

"giant racist Eldred Kurtz Means was a terrible person who should be known as a racist!"

? 82.9.104.192 (talk) 16:02, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * WP:NPOV. The content is what it is, and fairly describes the subject.  You can, and have, draw your own conclusion.  <b style="color:#060">7&amp;6=thirteen</b> (<b style="color:#000">☎</b>) 17:53, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

If it wasn't for bad luck..
I'm not seeing "His story "At the End of the Rope" contains the earliest known usage of the saying: If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all." in the entry. It was included in the DYK and then removed for its source being unreliable? Is there a reliable source to establish whether this is true or not? FloridaArmy (talk) 13:09, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Public addresses
I was working on Draft:Herman Hine Brinsmade and he seems to have filed a 1957 copyright for the book Sunset Gun; the public addresses of Eldred K. Means published by Comic Press Books per here. It also makes me wonder what Sunset Gun refers to. Is it something like sunset town? FloridaArmy (talk) 13:14, 23 December 2021 (UTC)