Talk:Harriet Heron

Discrepancies in article

1. The lead says she was one of the few women in the camp during the gold rush; the body says she was the only woman in the camp. 2. The article says she died in 1933, but footnote 2 says she died in 1913.

Yoninah (talk) 20:22, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for picking these up! In the lead I meant that as there were probably other women in mining camps over the duration of the gold rush, I should say "one of", but in the body I meant that in that particular camp at that particular time she was the only woman (according to RS). Hope my edit has clarified this.

For the death date, yes that's true. She retired in 1913 from the hotel business, so I wonder if the source in the footnote made a mistake between "retirement" and "death"? I think the biography in the dictionary is more likely to be reliable. What's the best way to deal with this discrepancy between sources? MurielMary (talk) 23:54, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

1. You have access to the offline dictionary source. What does it say? Is it talking about being one of the few women in all gold mining camps during the Otego gold rush, or the only woman in the gold mining camp she was in? Whatever you write and source in the body should go in the lead.

2. I agree that the dictionary is a more reliable source, so go with that death date. There are always mistakes in less reliable sources, like this architect's page. Yoninah (talk) 23:58, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, Yoninah! I'll think a bit more about how to express the bit about being the only woman in a camp, and leave the death date as is. Cheers! MurielMary (talk) 09:10, 26 June 2016 (UTC)