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why has there never been a movie made about this guy? most people have never even heard of him. thats a shame — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.207.71.1 (talk • contribs) 13:42, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hell on the Border seems to be filming now.^{[1] and [2]} https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8652584/ says it's in post-production.

Lone Ranger Connection

Is that not significant enough to be included in the Legacy section?

Lone rangers is a fictional character Gelias01 (talk) 19:18, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How It's Made

The Discovery channel show "How It's Made" just covered resin figures, focusing on a model of Bass Reeves manufactured by a company called All God's Children (http://www.missmarthaoriginals.com/AGC/Historical/Bass_Reeves.htm). It might be worth adding a section called "In Popular Culture" or something similar (but not Trivia) to make reference to this.--CheMechanical (talk) 03:56, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Day of birth

The month and year at which this guy was born are mentioned. But what about the day? 122.3.106.172 (talk) 14:52, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Odds are the exact day is unknown. UpperPuppy (talk) 22:13, 2 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Movie about this guy"

There actually has been a movie made about Bass Reeves that's set to be released in late 2009 or early 2010 by an independent studio in Texas known as Ponderous Productions.

The "ihop" comment at the end and the reference to Obama should be deleted in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ScottNeth (talk • contribs) 18:55, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Very short and lacks even some very basic information. Important as an example of an African-American in a position of responsibility almost exclusively the preserve of Whites in the 1800s, but not a particularly extrodinary or well known one. --Siobhan Hansa 01:03, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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"Long Ranger"

Who is the "Long Ranger" mentioned in this article? 173.89.236.187 (talk) 21:14, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Unclear grammar

It is unclear who "he" is in the following section under "Early Life": "He was a one-time Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives until his death from rabies in 1882" Can anyone clarify? Sarahczarita (talk) 01:10, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

More betterer? Anmccaff (talk) 01:17, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The section appears to have been corrected so as to indicate that "he" was Colonel George R. Reeves. The sentence now reads "It appears plausible that Reeves was kept in bondage by William Steele Reeves's son, Colonel George R. Reeves, who was a sheriff and legislator in Texas, and a one-time Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives until his death from rabies in 1882.[3]." But it's still confusing: Bass Reeves doesn't appear to have been still a slave until 1883. So I'm changing it to clarify that Bass Reeves was for a time, kept in bondage.Terry Thorgaard (talk) 12:44, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Television

    In the January 23 episode of the television series "Timeless", the crew travelled back to the time of Jesse James.  To catch James, the requested help from Marshall Bass Reeves. Lucy, the historian, even mention the 3,000 criminals and the Lone Ranger influence. Reeves was played by Colman Domingo in this episode and he even had a Native American sidekick.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wajola (talk • contribs) 19:42, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Prolly sources back to an old version of this article, unfortunately. Anmccaff (talk) 20:39, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Good Faith

@Justlettersandnumbers: Is this personal? You're not even giving me an opportunity to revise my edits. It feels like you're purposely trying to harm my ability to make any future Wiki edits. You're not helping me, but feels like you're trying to make some sort of example out of me. Can you please give point out any issues and give me the courtesy, and opportunity, to revise my edit before outright rejecting them? I made these edits in good faith. Can you please extend me a good faith chance to make revisions before, not only negating all my time and research spent to make the edit, but also harming my future ability to edit?Justbean (talk) 15:18, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Reference #20

Could I trouble someone else to take a second look at Reference #20? I find myself questioning its authenticity. The same paragraph repeats twice in the article and the thesis paper mentioned was written by the author of the article. (The author gave no indication of this.) Weirder still, the blog post is dated 2015 but the "recent" thesis paper has a 2018 copyright without any kind of revision notice. One of the works cited for the thesis paper also has a 2017 date. The evidence presented may in fact be legitimate but the cynical part of me suspects another motive may be at play.

Added to state projects

Added this article to both Oklahoma and Arkansas state projects. Bruin2 (talk) 15:21, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comic Book Series

I just wanted to bring up that Bass Reeves now has a Walmart exclusive comic book series produced by AllegianceArts and Entertainment. Not sure if this should be included yet as the supposed "first season" isn't done yet. Proof can be found here: https://www.allegiancearts.com/bass-reeves — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.55.242.42 (talk) 08:06, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Literature?

Only two lines of the Literature section have references. I don't have a lot of cowboy lit in my library, nor any time to work on edits until Tuesday at the earliest. IAmNitpicking (talk) 01:20, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 Can anyone clarify? [[User:Sarahczarita|Sarahczarita]] ([[User talk:Sarahczarita|talk]]) 01:10, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
 :More betterer?  [[User:Anmccaff|Anmccaff]] ([[User talk:Anmccaff|talk]]) 01:17, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
+The section appears to have been corrected so as to indicate that "he" was Colonel George R. Reeves.  The sentence now reads "It appears plausible that Reeves was kept in bondage by William Steele Reeves's son, Colonel George R. Reeves, who was a sheriff and legislator in Texas, and a one-time Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives until his death from rabies in 1882.[3]."  But it's still confusing: Bass Reeves doesn't appear to have been still a slave until 1883.  So I'm changing it to clarify that Bass Reeves was '''for a time,''' kept in bondage.[[User:Terry Thorgaard|Terry Thorgaard]] ([[User talk:Terry Thorgaard|talk]]) 12:44, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
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