Talk:William Greer/Archive 1

Revert war
Greetings. Revert wars are considered harmful on Wikipedia. If you have a disagreement about what should be in an article, it's best to discuss the issue here instead of simply reverting. – Quadell (talk) (random) 13:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Paragraph removed
I have entirely removed the paragraph edited in this edit. A theory by an amateur researcher on a vanity publisher that isn't supported by any other source should not be given any weight whatsoever. One Night In Hackney 303  19:17, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Anyone can publish with lulu.com and for such a claim a secondary source should be found. BigDunc (talk) 11:59, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Citations Added September 2008
I have researched more background on Greer and added citations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.246.67 (talk) 03:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

A New Section
There is a need for a new section of this article. Many people have come to believe that it was Greer himself who shot president Kennedy in the head, hence, the "slow down" and the turn around (which is totally against procedure and is not typical behavior for a Secret Service person). Many people also believe that Jackie O saw this and was climbing out of the cabin in order to get away, not to get a piece of John's brain (which, I'll admit, sounds pretty ridiculous in retrospect). There was a Secret Service person who ran up and jumped on the back of the car and seems to almost have forcibly put her back in her seat, where she sat for the rest of the way. It can be labeled it "conspiracy theories" if that's necessary, but it's time that this become a part of the article. Jiminezwaldorf (talk) 09:56, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Help Edit This Article to Reflect the Historical Record
A group of watchdogs keep reverting my work instead of contributing to it. See below and please help me expand on the historical record relating to Secret Service SA William Robert Greer. His actions during AND after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are relevant and should recieve more than a few token comments about him being a driver. In addition to violating procedure, he took a role close to JFK's body during the aftermath for at least fifteen straight hours. I look forward to a discussion on the points below. (There's no need to remove a discussion.) Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.79.229.171 (talk • contribs)


 * I have removed the large section of quoted text. Here is a link to your preferred version instead.  We can quote any specific text that we wish to discuss in detail, but we should not cut and paste an entire article here.  Thank you. Gamaliel (talk) 21:08, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

This page has been discussed by administrators
See WP:AN, which is a complaint about an IP editor who has engaged in long-term promotion of fringe ideas about the role of William Greer in the Kennedy assassination. See also a previous mention of this article on the same noticeboard. Due to those discussions, the article has been semi-protected for six months. EdJohnston (talk) 19:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Why All The Reverting of a Discussion
Honestly! You're only feeding the fire. Please allow further contributions to develop consensus as instructed. Thank you.173.79.237.165 (talk) 03:45, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Is there really a revert war over a discussion page? Seriously?173.79.237.165 (talk) 03:55, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request on 28 March 2012
William Robert Greer (September 22, 1909 – February 23, 1985) was an agent of the US Secret Service, best known for killing President John F. Kennedy in automobile in the motorcade he was driving through Dealey Plaza in Dallas on November 22, 1963

Firecapt (talk) 03:51, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Vandalism reverted by User:Klilidiplomus. Dru of Id (talk) 08:58, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Firecapt, next time, please clarify that you're asking for vandalism to be removed -- I thought you were trying to get it added at first. :-) -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:19, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protection
Due to the continuation of a long-term war by a de-facto banned editor, I am semiprotecting the talk page for two months, and the article for six months. There is no reason why the time of productive editors should continue to be wasted here, by someone who has no intention of following Wikipedia policy or respecting the consensus of the talk page. See also the above comment at. EdJohnston (talk) 04:39, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but no doubt he'll be back once the protection wears off.... 2 lines of K  303  13:39, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request on 28 March 2012
As Roy Kellerman told author William Manchester, "Greer then looked in the back of the car. Maybe he didn't believe me."[8] '''The Zapruder film actually shows him turning around holding a pistol on the 312nd frame, and shooting, delivering the fatal shot on the 315th frame to the 319th frame. Youtube member bobharris77 and many others catch the filming, and are wondering why nobody noticed he was shooted by his own driver. Greer got off lucky, and Lee Harvy Oswald was taking the blame and him himself was shot by Jack Ruby.'''

Firecapt (talk) 03:56, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Vandalism reverted by User:Klilidiplomus. Dru of Id (talk) 08:58, 28 March 2012 (UTC)