Talk:Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter

Neutrality Check Request
Added a request to check on the neutrality of this article based on the wording of the passage about the book 'Lassiter Did Not Lie.'

CBeilby (talk) 01:27, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I haven't edited a Wikipedia page before, so I'm not sure if it's OK to edit something where thre's a pending request like this neutrality one, but in this section the sentance "His surviving son Bob Lasseter now agrees that his father was a fraud" is incorrect. Bob Lasseter is my grandfather, and he has spent copious time and continues to spend time combing the central australian desert for landmarks mentioned in his father's journal. While I know I'm offering no verfiable evidence here, unless there is verifiable evidence to support the sentance I've mentioned, can it please be removed? My grandfather would be very upset to learn this statement was being made about him.

Juzzie79 (talk) 06:34, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Further to the above, I've read some of the guidelines re: editing and decided to make the above-mentioned edit. Please advise if this is inappropriate. Juzzie79 (talk) 01:02, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Unclear relevancy
How does the condition of the man's corpse indicate he was conducting a fraud? Likewise, how does the previously unknown wealth of the man sent to find his body indicate fraud? That makes no sense. Both of these bits of trivia lack citation as well.Jtcarpet (talk) 00:28, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Harold Lasseter
Whilst not changing the main name entry, I have included the alternate name 'Harold Lasseter' in the article, as this is how this man was known to the Australian public at the time, especially people my age who have read 'Lasseter's Last Ride'. Indeed, in handwritten notes to his family he refers to himself as 'Harry' rather than Lewis. A search of the NLA Trove Newspapers articles indicates the name 'Harold Lasseter' far exceeds 'Lewis Lasseter' in those referring to the man and his fabled gold reef. JohnbRoberts (talk) 20:14, 09 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.37.160.96 (talk)