Talk:Loreta Janeta Velázquez

Husband or Fiance?
The article mentions her husband, then (later in the time line) describes him as her fiance. Since I don't know which label is wrong, I didn't change either.

I also question whether this article should be restructured to mention Velazquez very briefly (given what little is independently known of her) and then link to a more comprehensive article about her book. The fact that her book is the entire basis for knowledge of her, and that it seems widely accepted to be fiction, calls into question whether it should be used as a factual source.

There are a lot of folks out there wh0-

]\ o have made up fanciful autobiographies. \]\ WP doesn't carry them as fact. The antiquity of this one, and any desire we may have to accept its veracity, shouldn't be a substitute for good scholarship.
 * The antiquity of this purported autobiography, and the fact that it was widely distributed enough in its time to make it the subject of comments by historical figures such as Gen. Jubal Early, make it an important enough topic for a subject in its own right, but not a a reliable source suitable for making reference to in the absence of corrobarative information from other sources. It is probably the book itself which should be the subject of the article rather than Senora Velazquez, and then the article on the book could outline the details of the life which she claimed to have live, but in the absences of other sources and the consensus of contemporary and later critics that the book is largely or even entirely fictional, an article based on the book as the source for a factual biography is of very dubious value.
 * Additionally, the later part of the article largely recapitulates "facts" asserted in the earlier part of the article, as if the later editor(s) didn't even see each other contributions before adding their own. On the whole, the article is a hot mess.  72.104.149.253 (talk) 03:38, 22 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree that the book itself should be the topic. And all searches for Senora Velazquez should be directed to that page. Valetude (talk) 09:25, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

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New Biography will create much controversy
NB William C Davis 2016 biography includes much research but is also highly problematical and politicized with his attitudes towards women, gender, sexuality, minorities, new ways of history and literary studies and his frequent publicly aired doubts in lectures about women soldiers. A youtube video from the American Civil War Museum is full of many disparaging comments about gender difference, cross dressers, transsexuals and LGTB people. As this book becomes more widely discussed Velazquez life narrative will become more complex. Basically he claims she is an ex prostitute and thief who was a life long con artist and attention seeker ... whether in fact all the references that he locates refer to the same person or are themselves accurate will I think become heavily debated — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bebe Jumeau (talk • contribs) 14:26, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

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