Talk:Joseph Bowers

Proposed deletion

I recommend that this article be deleted. With due respect to Joe Bowers, he's notable only for being the first man to try and escape from Alcatraz, and that doesn't warrant a separate article. I recommend that it could be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.254.17 (talk) 17:45, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

If you wish to nominate the article for deletion, instructions for doing so may be found at WP:AFD. We do not delete articles by unilaterally blanking them. TimothyJosephWood 15:16, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

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Conflicting Birth-dates

Hi!

It seems like other sources claim his day of birth to have been February 18, 1897 https://www.notfrisco2.com/alcatraz/bios/bowers/bowers1.html

Which seems to fit with the rohrbachs birth list, where there is en entry for "Josef Ebner" on that day https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/oesterreich/oberoesterreich/rohrbach-im-muehlkreis/106%252F1897/?pg=4

How should we deal with such a conflict? Just place both dates? YuuichiMizuoka (talk) 19:57, 24 March 2025 (UTC)