Talk:May, Idaho

Additions by Adelemurphy

I'm impressed that you found information related to this town. It is not easy to search for information about a town named "May." However:

• Is this the right person? The Salmon historical park identifies the town's namesake as May Wright.
• What kind of source is this? Book, newspaper, section in some other book, etc. When was it published?
• You can't just dump the whole source text into the article. First, it could be copyrighted, and second that doesn't make a readable article.

Assuming that the information is right, and if you can provide the source details, then you need to extract the parts that are relevant to the history of the town and update the article with that information, in your words. 24.7.14.87 (talk) 07:18, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Followup: The same text appears in the obituary here, which was uploaded by the same person who edited the article. The subject of the obituary is buried in Illinois, but according to the obituary lived in Leadore, Idaho, not far from May. Rudolph Wright's appointment as postmaster is corroborated. However, while the historical park stated that May was named for Wright's wife, a printed version says that it was named by her.[1] The wife is always identified, in print and in the park, as "Mrs. Rudolph Wright" and never by her given name. It is certainly possible that Mrs. Wright named the town after a schoolteacher and the historical park writer erred. Other sources attest to both a "Mary R. Fielder" and a "James A. Herndon" (the attributed author) living in the area in the early 20th century, so I don't rule out the possibility. All that's needed is some information about where and when Herndon's text was originally published. I would guess in the Salmon Recorder–Herald around February 1933, but when specifically? I'm not looking to dispute anyone's family narrative, just to identify the source. 73.71.251.64 (talk) 00:13, 12 March 2020 (UTC)