Talk:Walter Hunt (inventor)

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I understand that this person was African American, Is there any information on his background?

'Cause of death: Ageing'

Seriously?

99.231.34.220 (talk) 02:14, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Replaced with his actual cause of death - pneumonia.

99.231.34.220 (talk) 02:17, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Walter Hunt invented the velocipede?

According to the "Velocipede" page, Karl Drais invented it.ChamSampian (talk) 15:55, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

:{{yo|ChamSampian|Jdcooper}} - I took it out. It was User:Jdcooper (a Londoner) who initially put in "velocipedes" on creating the article back in 2006, however he has not edited for over a year.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:27, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Section structure

Looks like an interesting well written article. I'd recommend, however, not having two sections, one at the beginning, one at the end, about his family and personal life respectively, since both sections cover aspects about his personal life. Seems these things should go into one section, perhaps with the name of Early life and family, following the lede. The contents of the Education section, two sentences, could also go into the section covering his early life, since it only involves two brief statements about his average education. Also, couldn't more be said about Hunt's legacy other than his invention of the safety pin? Though Hunt was inducted into the inventor's hall of fame for this, it seems more could be said about his legacy, given the many inventions he's responsible for. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:27, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Hey {{Yo|Doug Coldwell}} In your last edit, you added a cite template with a duplicate {{code|volume}} parameter. I don't have the source, so I wanted to ask you which value is correct. Happy Editing--IAm Chaos 15:01, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

:*{{ping|IAmChaos}} Good catches. Thanks. Fixed duplicate volume. Submitted GAN. Do you do reviews?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:15, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

:*:I do not, sorry, I just came across this page by the error message I posted about. Happy Editing--IAm Chaos 15:18, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

GA status?

The lede mentions that the subject invented the gongs in use in street cars today... Street cars are not in use today? Was this article written in 1910? 99.33.184.99 (talk) 21:26, 6 September 2022 (UTC)