Talk:Benjamin Banneker
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I deleted the part that claimed the Frederick Douglas "who lived close by" edited the letter that BB wrote to thomas jefferson because BB died before Douglas was born. I'm going to include some of the info from the "about.com" page on BB to make this article more credible. maybe we can get the African American History expert from About.com to verify/fix the information in this article.
Semi-protected edit request on 25 October 2023
Script error: No such module "protected edit request". The parents last name is Banneky it should be Banneker. 2605:59C8:14F5:A200:B1CC:5B45:6BC7:449E (talk) 14:37, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- Not done. The mother's name is given as "Banneky" in both cited sources. People sometimes changed the spelling of their names from generation to generation back then, which is what I think is going on here. Generalrelative (talk) 14:46, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
DC Survey Claim Followed By Citations Disproving It?
The first section of the article has an unsourced claim that he helped Andrew Ellicot survey DC in 1791. In the following section about myths that surround Mr. Banneker there are two sources cited that say there is no evidence he was involved. Seems like something that needs to be sorted out, but this is too controversial a subject for me to just edit it on my own. 2002:496A:3296:0:B443:C252:A609:A355 (talk) 00:11, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
He was black and a slave in 1751 2600:1008:B074:2BE0:8C89:8A6D:576:CD87 (talk) 03:00, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 13 February 2025
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NAHHJITTRIIPEN (talk) 22:29, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
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- File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Sophisticatedevening (talk) 22:30, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
Change Wording in Banneker's Journals section
The current text says "On the day of his funeral, a fire destroyed all but one of which Banneker's journals."
I suggest a rewrite of this to "On the day of his funeral, a fire destroyed all but one of Banneker's journals." Bawinstead (talk) 12:37, 21 April 2025 (UTC)