Talk:William Healey Dall

Dall's descriptions
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 * He described some of his species with a few short sentences, such as “It is a small white snail, living in Alaska”, accompanied by a drawing. A following description might then be "It is a white, small snail from Alaska" accompanied with another drawing.[citation needed] Descriptions such as these are essentially useless.
 * deleted above. note that the deleted comments are not derived from the Lindberg referenceDankarl (talk) 18:52, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. JoJan (talk) 15:01, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

William Healy Dall → William Healey Dall — Correct spelling per sources. Move requires admin assistance because a redirect page already exists at the desired name. Dankarl (talk) 23:43, 30 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure. --Snek01 (talk) 11:32, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Article has been moved to the correct name. JoJan (talk) 15:01, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

1879 trip with Muir?
Removed these lines;
 * In 1879 he once again explored Alaska’s scenery in the company of, among others, the famous John Muir (1838–1914). Dall observed white sheep roaming on Mount McKinley; these sheep would later be named Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli, Nelson 1884). Dall published his findings in: Meteorology and Bibliography of Alaska.

I can find no mention of such a trip. If you have a source please provide it.Dankarl (talk) 02:05, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I wrote this text some years ago at a time when the need for references weren't that strict. Now I cannot find anymore the origin of this text. John Muir certainly made a trip to Mount McKinley in Alaska in 1879 (easy to find with Google), but I can no longer state with certainty that it was in the company of Dall. They certainly made this trip together in 1899. Could a typo (1879 - 1899) be the origin of the confusion ? JoJan (talk) 14:37, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Muir was in Alaska in 1879 but not in the vicinity of Mount McKinley (Denali). His description of the 1879 trip does not mention Dall having been involved at any place or time. All I can say about 1899 at this point is that the itinerary of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, as usually presented, does not include Mount McKinley. Dankarl (talk) 13:14, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Geological Society of London
Per WP:MOS Biographies: "Post-nominal letters, other than those denoting academic degrees, should be included when they are issued by a country or widely recognizable organization with which the subject has been closely associated. Honors issued by other entities may be mentioned in the article, but should generally be omitted from the lead." (my italics). I have modified accordingly