Talk:Albert DeSalvo

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Date of birth

Are you sure of the date of birth? As an astrologer trying to understand his chart, I was given a totally different birth date, with time.

Merge with 'Boston Strangler'

I don't know how to suggest it any better than this but the article on the Boston Strangler is mostly the same information. I think it should be merged. Gregory j 00:59, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Albert DeSalvo - jewish

Since my sourced edits of this article are vandalized without explanation, I will add to this talk page that Albert DeSalvo had a jewish mother. This claim is sourced in Century of Crime Volume 4 DVD http://www.dvdcity.dk/?51O49XO4934XO493532353734362 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.112.239.245 (talk) 02:08, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A link in an edit summary to a sales site isn't a sourced addition. It was an improperly uncapitalized addition with no inline citation and only a spam link given in an edit summary. Removing it was proper, and calling that removal vandalism is inappropriate. Wildhartlivie (talk) 02:22, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The DVD in question is a documentary, so looks like a valid source to me. That said;

sources should go into the article not into the edit summary.
You should make it clear that you are sourcing the documentary, not the dvdcity.dk.

Use; <ref>{{cite video | title = Århundredes Forbrydelse #4 - Lunatics | publisher = Foreign Media Group | url = http://www.dvdcity.dk/?51O49XO4934XO493532353734362}}</ref>

Consider the placement of the fact. Because the lead is very short when you place the statement that Albert was Jewish into it you create an undue link between his ethnicity and the crime.
You should try to find an English distributor if the video.

Finally, be careful about the words you bandy about. On wikipedia vandalism is edits made with the intention of compromising the integrity of the project. By our policy of WP:AGF you should first consider that there might be other reasons for the reversion in question. Taemyr (talk) 20:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My intention for the inclusion of his ethnicity is for factual accuarcy, nothing else. As far as I know, this IS an encyclopedia.88.112.239.245 (talk) 23:04, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How is his ethnicity relevant to the article? Dbrodbeck (talk) 23:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well this is his biography entry. It is not our article on the Boston Strangler. Taemyr (talk) 00:07, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DeSalvo in Fiction

Not entirely sure of wiki guidelines so I figured I'd ask here:

Imitation in Death - Nora Roberts: The serial killer in this novel copycats as various serial killers, including the Boston Strangler.

Is this relevant?

Thanks Fabulous Feminist (talk) 20:58, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DeSalvo at Bridgewater

This source says he was at ""

Feldscher, Karen. "The Warden." Northeastern University Alumni Magazine.

WhisperToMe (talk) 07:14, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Slavery citation

Citation needed for the slavery thing which may be vandalism. Slavery ended before 1931. How do kids escape from the farmer in Maine and get back to Boston? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.249.0.3 (talk) 02:36, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some followers of the case said Nassar was the real strangler and fed DeSalvo details of the murders so DeSalvo could confess and gain notoriety or through Nassar get the reward money to help support DeSalvo's wife and two children.

I think that this sentence is awkward, too long and may be a run on sentence.

A suggested rewrite of this sentence: Some followers of the case said Nassar was the real strangler and that Nassar fed DeSalvo details of the murders. DeSalvo could then confess and gain notoriety or, through Nassar, DeSalvo could get the reward money which could help support DeSalvo's wife and two children.

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