Talk:Francis M. Wilhoit

False quotation on conservatism
There's a quote which floats around the internet made by a "Frank Wilhoit": "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

I wanted to leave a note here to point out that this is not the Francis M. Wilhoit of this article. The comment was made on March 22, 2018, which was 8 years after Francis M. Wilhoit died. It's not clear to me whether this merits inclusion in the article proper, so I'll just leave this talk comment and hope someone with a better understanding of Wikipedia norms sees it eventually. Meteorswarm (talk) 20:37, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I see so many of the same mistake for this quote: e.g. that I think the mistake should be on the main page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jan-wiki12 (talk • contribs) 11:26, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * cite 11 neither proves or disproves anything. Its random page that doesn't mention the question, which basically 100% of the internet also does. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.222.82 (talk) 06:08, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I removed the quote after my search for an independent WP:RS commenting on the mis-attribution came up empty. I don't think the purpose of a BLP is to catalog things people  say, and all the independent sources cited were self-published. Evan an indiscriminate collection of actual quotes would be extremely WP:UNDUE. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 23:55, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Here's a Slate article interviewing the writer of that quote (dubbed "Wilhoit's Law"). It is from a Frank Wilhoit, but not this Frank Wilhoit. kane2742 (talk) 17:52, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Here's a Slate article interviewing the writer of that quote (dubbed "Wilhoit's Law"). It is from a Frank Wilhoit, but not this Frank Wilhoit. kane2742 (talk) 17:52, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Diambiguation Page
I've added both Wilhoits to the Wilhoit disambiguation page, which might help a little. But maybe the composer Wilhoit should get his own page to help stem the confusion? When I searched for "Frank Wilhoit", I was sent directly to the economist Wilhoit's page. Even a stub would be useful (I have never created a page before, and am reluctant to do it myself). John Gamble (talk) 18:37, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe the law (adage) should get its own article? There's gotta be enough reliable source material to support that, compare Parkinson's law, Hofstadter's law, among many more. TucanHolmes  (talk) 10:31, 18 November 2023 (UTC)