Davis Ghost Stories/talk

Sounds like a ghost story to me. Couldn't find anything on Google about this and it probably should be considered a hoax until proven otherwise. —JimStewart

I was thinking the same thing. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to the newspaper databases at the UCD library. Anyone want to check newsbank? Or the microfilm collections in the basement of shields? Edit: Checking out the 1946-1947 general catalog, there is no "Jonathan Williams" listed as being a professor or staff in the College of Agriculture. Check out the listing starting on page 463. Edit 2: There is no Douglass St. in Davis and I can't find one on historical maps. There is, however, a Douglass Ave. —WilliamLewis

I'm going to delete this page in 24 hours if nobody comes forward with a supporting cite. I know it's probably just in fun, but we can't have Davis Wiki presenting stuff like this as factual if it's just made up. —JimStewart
Can we put a disclaimer as opposed to deletion? — davishistorian

Do you have any evidence whatever? —CovertProfessor
As somebody who has been writing fiction for the last couple months, this is great. It's fun, it's spooky... and it has nothing to do with documenting Davis, which is what this wiki is for. Create a Shadows of Davis wiki and go for it, full of ghosts, werewolves and other creepy things. Alternately, figure out a way to make it illustrative, cross linked and obviously fake, like the Zombie Survival Guide, and if you can do it well, I'd personally support it here as a work of Davis based fiction (a la Davis based poetry, etc) rather than a misleading entry. ⁓ʝ⍵
I want to know what happened when the husband came home from the lab. There wouldn't have been any past problem with his wife would there? —BruceHansen
Create a page called Davis Ghost Stories, move it there, and delete this page. That would work for me. —JimStewart

Not a bad idea Jim, but I'd disagree: I don't like the idea of people uploading personal stuff on the wiki (fiction, poems, blogs, etc). I like JW's idea of moving it off wiki. -ES

Personally, I don't care where it goes as long as there's no confusion over whether it's a work of fiction or not. Personal stuff in the form of photos get uploaded all the time. I'm not quite sure why you'd draw the line at written word. —JimStewart

One question with written fiction is whether other people can edit it. If it creates an untouchable page, that's less appealing. —TomGarberson

But, it has been done. —wl

Which doesn't mean it's appealing (and that text is still touchable, just less so than most). ⁓ʝ⍵

I like Jim's solution. I don't see any problem with it. The main goal of the wiki is to "compile anything and everything about Davis." Ghost stories are an individualistic type of folklore that, even though not collaborative in the wiki's normal sense, still do not violate the basic mission of the website. I think we can make exceptions for rare occasions like this when stories or accounts reflect at least some realistic details of the town directly. It's only random fiction not centered around Davis life that would be bothersome to me. —ScottMeehleib

I dig it. As I said, I support it as a work of Davis based fiction. It was the misleading aspect that was a problem for me. ⁓ʝ⍵