Talk:Laurel Rose Willson

Faked Death?
I am tempted to revert out the text added January 17, 2005, referring to the possibility that Willson/Stratford/Grabowski faked her death, as I have never seen any reference to the possibility, but would seek comments before doing so. If there is any non-Wiki discussion of the possibility, it could be cited, or perhaps the existing "theory" could be restated in a more general way? Of course, this is one story that doesn't lack for odd twists and turns, so I suppose anything is possible... Robertissimo 13:54, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I have taken up a discussion of the "faked death" issue with the editor who added that portion of the article. I was inclined to revert it myself, but I also find the possibility intriguing, and it probably should be explored before a decision on the article is made. - Chadbryant 17:16, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I made it "it's easy to speculate but further investigation is necessary before we can seriously consider this as a possibility." If that isn't NPOV enough I'll take it out for now. Bluejay Young 05:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * As a reader, I'll say that now that the possibility has been pointed out, it does seem unpleasantly likely somehow. However, as an editor, I don't see any evidence that the speculation is more than just original research. -- Antaeus Feldspar 15:58, 26 January 2006 (UTC)


 * How about something like "it is tempting to imagine"? &mdash;Tamfang 22:49, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Commentary moved from article
Following is text removed from the article; I am leaving a message on the user's talk page. Robertissimo 04:23, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

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If anyone wants to see it, here is a link to the revision.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Laurel_Rose_Willson&diff=85986794&oldid=39497592

So, I wonder what this is all about. I googled for stuff about her niece and found one site that said she had a niece named Tristie, which is what this person said. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.87.29.74 (talk) 09:16, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Inclusion in Category:Impostor pretenders
As noted in the article and related sources, towards the end of her life, Willson pretended to be a Holocaust survivor and used the guise to have her work published. Thus, she qualifies for the category. Manager Of Champions 22:43, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Category:Imposter pretenders describes itself as "the intersection of imposters (people impersonating someone else) and pretenders (people making claims to regal positions such as the queen or king of a country)." While Willson did claim to be, variously, a survivor of extreme child abuse, of Satanic ritual abuse, and of the Holocaust, she never, in any source I have seen, made a claim to royalty.  She does indeed seem to have been a pretender (as all imposters are), in one sense of the word, but not in the technical sense that would qualify her for this category. Robertissimo 04:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The category is not currently limited to persons who have pretended to be royalty (see Lou Proctor), and the category description provides that as an example, not as a distinct qualifier. Manager Of Champions 05:37, 26 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You're right - Lou Proctor doesn't belong there, either (I'd say, based on a quick read, he'd best be listed as a hoax, rather than even an imposter, as he doesn't seem to have actively impersonated a ball player, just listed himself as one, if it was in fact he that did so). A pretender, per WP, is "a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else."  Had she lived, Willson might well have gotten around to that, but as it stands, she doesn't qualify. Robertissimo 05:50, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

her main promoter

 * I was wondering should we make an article for Johanna Michaelsen whom promoted her so much? Megamenomichi (talk) 18:54, 22 December 2013 (UTC)Megamenomichi

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