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The Tobey, Russell and Loy sources do not cite their sources, and are not primary, so they eventually need to be replaced with something more reliable. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ contrib ツ 06:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
A contemporary article from the NYT also mentions (in a billiards context) a "W.M. Spinks of Los Angeles", which could be a typo for "W.A." or "Wm.", esp. given William A. Spinks's origin. Another mentions a "Prof. Spinks" as a player, in (but not necessarily of) New York City. This may be someone else, or Spinks may have actually been an academic and we just haven't found the sources to demonstrate that, or it could have been a nickname for him. Unknown at this time. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ contrib ツ 07:40, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
One of the British snooker pros who has written books (I forget which one) claims in one of his books (I forget which one) that a British man (I forget the name) actually invented billiard chalk. Does anyone know anything about this? The article needs to account for this one way or another. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ cont] ‹(-¿-)› 09:02, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
A William A. Spinks around 1909 or so was involved in the oil business in Fresno, CA. If this is "our" W.A.S., this might explain why he had $26K (in 2007 dollars) to gamble with. Source: [7]. : "William A. Spinks, president" (of an oil operation the name of which cannot be read; the work is not out of copyright for another year or so, apparently, so Google Books won't show the whole page.
While it's unlikely they are the same person, it is certainly possible, especially given the Southern California location, and the fact that William A. Spinks & Co. had $75,000 in capital stock when incorporated (it was previously a partnership) in 1904 (and I don't mean 2008 dollars, either; multiply 75K by about 26 x, to get that number!) Source: [8].
— SMcCandlish [ talk] [ cont] ‹(-¿-)› 11:04, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Some searching at Ancestry.com turns up a William A. Spinks Jr., born 1865 in California. Other details (if any) are unavailable, because I'm not a paying member of this (rather expensive) site. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ cont] ‹(-¿-)› 05:42, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
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Unfortunately, this topic is ranked too low in importance for Version 0.7. Walkerma ( talk) 07:58, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey Stanton. I was looking at William A. Spinks earlier today and I noticed that it is listed as C class on the talk page which is absurd so I went to the change it and it is already listed as B class by the coding, so something's going on with the display of the cue sports project assessment template. I fixed one fact tag in the lead and another in the farming section (by replacing them with citations). This is so close to submission for good article. If you can't find anything to expand the farming and oilman sections you can just fold them into his personal life. Some tidbits I found in searches you may not have come across: [9], [10], use the zoom box to highlight the red text, same, same, same (notice the use of "goose egg"), new information? Spinks was Schaefer's manager, same, same, same. -- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 00:11, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
See Hoskins v. Mathhes. Quite a lot of detailed information such as the full breakdown of the chemical formula used for their chalk, how they came up with the idea, prior similar compounds and more. Cheers.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 20:06, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
I have read this case and it appears that their 1897 patent was basically shot down for lack of invention. In other words, Spinks and Hoskins did not invent modern cue chalk, they simply came up with another formula. (See also the Peple patent from 1830's) I think that the article should include this unfortunate turn of events. DB Bond ( talk) 17:08, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
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A done a bit of cleaning up, but I don't see why this should be delayed. Looks comprehensive and well written enough.
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The Tobey, Russell and Loy sources do not cite their sources, and are not primary, so they eventually need to be replaced with something more reliable. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ contrib ツ 06:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
A contemporary article from the NYT also mentions (in a billiards context) a "W.M. Spinks of Los Angeles", which could be a typo for "W.A." or "Wm.", esp. given William A. Spinks's origin. Another mentions a "Prof. Spinks" as a player, in (but not necessarily of) New York City. This may be someone else, or Spinks may have actually been an academic and we just haven't found the sources to demonstrate that, or it could have been a nickname for him. Unknown at this time. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ contrib ツ 07:40, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
One of the British snooker pros who has written books (I forget which one) claims in one of his books (I forget which one) that a British man (I forget the name) actually invented billiard chalk. Does anyone know anything about this? The article needs to account for this one way or another. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ cont] ‹(-¿-)› 09:02, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
A William A. Spinks around 1909 or so was involved in the oil business in Fresno, CA. If this is "our" W.A.S., this might explain why he had $26K (in 2007 dollars) to gamble with. Source: [7]. : "William A. Spinks, president" (of an oil operation the name of which cannot be read; the work is not out of copyright for another year or so, apparently, so Google Books won't show the whole page.
While it's unlikely they are the same person, it is certainly possible, especially given the Southern California location, and the fact that William A. Spinks & Co. had $75,000 in capital stock when incorporated (it was previously a partnership) in 1904 (and I don't mean 2008 dollars, either; multiply 75K by about 26 x, to get that number!) Source: [8].
— SMcCandlish [ talk] [ cont] ‹(-¿-)› 11:04, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Some searching at Ancestry.com turns up a William A. Spinks Jr., born 1865 in California. Other details (if any) are unavailable, because I'm not a paying member of this (rather expensive) site. — SMcCandlish [ talk] [ cont] ‹(-¿-)› 05:42, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
This article has been nominated for Version 0.7 of the offline Wikipedia release but did not meet the standards for importance. It has been put on Wikipedia:Release_Version_Nominations/Held_nominations for further review. Please see that page for details.
Unfortunately, this topic is ranked too low in importance for Version 0.7. Walkerma ( talk) 07:58, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey Stanton. I was looking at William A. Spinks earlier today and I noticed that it is listed as C class on the talk page which is absurd so I went to the change it and it is already listed as B class by the coding, so something's going on with the display of the cue sports project assessment template. I fixed one fact tag in the lead and another in the farming section (by replacing them with citations). This is so close to submission for good article. If you can't find anything to expand the farming and oilman sections you can just fold them into his personal life. Some tidbits I found in searches you may not have come across: [9], [10], use the zoom box to highlight the red text, same, same, same (notice the use of "goose egg"), new information? Spinks was Schaefer's manager, same, same, same. -- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 00:11, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
See Hoskins v. Mathhes. Quite a lot of detailed information such as the full breakdown of the chemical formula used for their chalk, how they came up with the idea, prior similar compounds and more. Cheers.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 20:06, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
I have read this case and it appears that their 1897 patent was basically shot down for lack of invention. In other words, Spinks and Hoskins did not invent modern cue chalk, they simply came up with another formula. (See also the Peple patent from 1830's) I think that the article should include this unfortunate turn of events. DB Bond ( talk) 17:08, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
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I will be reviewing this as part of a GAN sweep. I'll leave some comments soon.
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A done a bit of cleaning up, but I don't see why this should be delayed. Looks comprehensive and well written enough.
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