Talk:Winsor McCay

DYK nomination
Did you know nominations/Winsor McCay, How a Mosquito Operates, The Sinking of the Lusitania — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curly Turkey (talk • contribs) 06:05, 24 March 2013‎ (UTC)

Winsor McCay day
Winsor McCay Day

Birth category
Does anyone have an objection if I change the existing birth category to 19th-century births and add a Year of birth uncertain category?; I think it's more accurate to use these than the current 1869 category. Please let me know what you think. Thank you.--FeanorStar7 11:02, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

whiffenpoof or wiffinpoof
For the first time, TCM this evening showed the animation featuring the whiffenpoof. However, I'm pretty sure it was spelled "wiffinpoof" in the animation. Did anyone catch it and can confirm? I think if this is correct, the alternative spelling should be included in the article. 99.245.230.104 (talk) 03:02, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Google gives us 123,000 hits for "whiffenpoof" and 496 hits for "wiffinpoof". Curly Turkey ⚞¡gobble!⚟ 03:25, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Did that google search show the scene in the animation where the name is spelled out? If not, the google search doesn't add much to the discussion.  Since a popular song and music group uses the more common spelling, it's not surprising that google shows that spelling as more common.99.245.230.104 (talk) 07:45, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, which animation are you talking about? The sources used for this article use the "Whiffenpoof" spelling, and they don't talk about any animation using it.. Curly Turkey ⚞¡gobble!⚟ 08:37, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Winsor McCay's 150th Birthday
Winsor McCay was born in Canada on September 26, 1866.

His parents were married on January 8, 1866, so Winsor was born in 1866 or later. His younger brother Arthur was born in 1868, so Winsor was born before 1868. These simple facts combine to mean that Winsor McCay was born in 1866 or 1867. His birth after 1867 is obviously impossible.

Winsor himself said he was born on September 26, but he was inconsistent about the exact year, leading to persistent confusion and controversy. However, he is listed as a 3-year-old in the 1870 US Census of Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Michigan. This census was recorded on August 16, 1870, about 6 weeks before Winsor's 4th birthday on September 26, and anyone who turned 4 in 1870 was obviously born in 1866.

So Winsor McCay was born on September 26, 1866, nearly 9 months after his parents' marriage on January 8.

And today is the 150th anniversary of his birth.

>>> Little Silas (talk) 07:02, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Happy birthday, if that's the case! Until a source considered reliable by Wikipedia standards can lay this definitively to rest, we'll have to stick with the mess of dates that are in the article, though.  You realize that none of the sources gives a date earlier than 1867, though, don't you? Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 07:12, 26 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Milestone Films, the publisher of Winsor McCay: The Master Edition (dvd), is now celebrating the 150th anniversary of Winsor McCay's birth in 1866. The "Animation" page on their website is headed: "October Animation Sale for Winsor McCay’s 150th birthday!"
 * >>> Little Silas (talk) 17:13, 15 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Here is an informed commentary on Winsor McCay's birth: This writer favors a birth year of 1866 or 1867.
 * And here is another informed commentary, whose author believes McCay was born in 1866:
 * >>> Little Silas (talk) 00:31, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

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Shouldn't his death have it's own content section?
Why is his death typed in the later career section? Shouldn't it have it's own? BenGMan730 (talk) 18:31, 28 April 2024 (UTC)