Talk:Whangdoodle Entertainers

African American History Wikipedia Editathon 2020

Hello! I just created this page as part of Oregon State University's African American History Wikipedia Editathon. If there are changes that need to be made, let me know! Please do not delete this page! Thank you Srbtx (talk) 19:13, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Whangdoodle more common than Wang Doodle

My library has temporary access to some historic newspapers. A search revealed several citations to the newspaper "The Freeman: An illustrated Colored Newspaper". According to one article that mentions the WhangDoodle Trio, they may have been a traveling company and minstrel show in addition to band - at least for a time period. However, I have only found one paragraph about this, so I'm still researching this possibility. --Bridges2Information (talk) 01:18, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

• • In 1900/1901 (maybe longer?) F.R. Brooks performed with a circus sideshow managed by PG Lowery. It's interesting to note that the Freeman newspaper (a national newspaper distributed out of Inadianapolis Indiana with a primarily Black readership) notes, "As you know this is not a minstrel show; we have made good everywhere we have been."Bridges2Information (talk) 20:31, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I will be doing some minor edits to this page from the resources made available to me through the OSU African American History Editathon, 2021. --Libcuri (talk) 23:39, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

After reviewing primary newspaper sources from the "Washington Digital Newspapers" project, it appears the correct spelling of the name is "Whangdoodle". Examples:

• "Brook's Whangdoodle Entertainer's and Jazz" The Seattle Star 9 July 1920
• "Whangdoodle Quartet" The Seattle Republican 25 December 1908
• "Whangdoodle Quintet" The Seattle Star 11 February 1914
• "Whangdoodle Quartet" The Spokane Press 25 July 1908
• "Whangdoodle Quintet" The Seattle Star 1 February 1915
• "Whangdoodle Four" The Seattle Republican 27 December 1907
• "Whangdoodle Entertainers" The Seattle Star 15 September 1916
• "Whangdoodle Trio" The Seattle Republican 31 May 1907
• "The Whangdoodle Minstrels" The San Juan Islander 7 March 1913

There does not appear to be a standard or preferred name after "Whangdoodle". Therefore, considering next steps for renaming the page. Input welcome. Bridges2Information (talk) 00:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

I support a name change to Whangdoodle Orchestra with redirects from all the variations (Wang Doodle Orchestra, Whangdoodle Trio, Whangdoodle Quartet, & etc.). Peaceray (talk) 06:51, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

• @peaceray I'm going to change it to "Whangdoodle Entertainers" which will reflect the new newspaper clipping added to the article. I will create all redirects. Bridges2Information (talk) 19:49, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Article Title

Changing the article title to "Whangdoodle Entertainers". This will align with primary newspaper sources of the 1910s from Seattle. This is the last known name of the group, however, the word "entertainers" is a useful word for subsuming the titles "trio, quartet, etc". Bridges2Information (talk)