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"Often referred to as "The Rock" or simply "Traz" "... I've lived in San Francisco my entire life and I've never once heard anybody refer to it as "Traz".. 67.194.30.193 ( talk) 00:00, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
I don't contribute to Wikipedia often, so forgive me if I'm posting incorrectly. In re "also can be called the F shack", incorrect syntax at the very least. Hamburmk ( talk) 16:56, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
37°49′36″N 122°25′24″W takes you to 99 Fisherman's Wharf ! You have to go to GEOHACK page and get the decimal nates 37.826667, -122.423333 to get an accurate set.
The picture isn't showing up -- Zoe 00:43 Oct 13, 2002 (UTC)
Oops, sorry about that, I posted way too early. I'm really new to this and I accidently posted that before paraphrasing everything. (new kid) -- Geopgeop 14:33, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
The article needs a bit more on the nature of the 1962 escape attempt. Such as the preparatory stuff the prisoners did, like digging their way into the service corridor behind their cells, the stand-in dummies they made, and the construction of the boat on the roof of the cell block. I added the bit about the MythBusters re-creation.-- DooMDrat 04:48, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)
Can anyone at all verify that as a genuine article? My reasons for suspicion that it is fake are as follows. 1 - Why would you give a prisoner a brass tag that could be used as a weapon or as a digging implement? 2, and I think this is the clincher - I used to have one just like it. Oh, and one for the Bastille too. It was a novelty key ring. The same Block B etc etc. 3- The user that posted it has history of hoax pictures judging by his talk page at the moment. -- LiamE 17:03, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
The article suggests a link to the gannet, but I don't think there are any gannets in San Francisco Bay. Local lore has it the name is derived from pelican - and there surely are lots of pelicans around San Francisco. Does anyone have accurate information? -- mililani 05:59, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
I don't know from nothin' about gannetts, but here are the names of a couple of birds in Spanish, according to my diccionario:
Presumably, lacking an accent mark, alcatraz should be accented on the TRAZ instead of on the AL as we English speakers do.
Regardless, a Spanish-made movie about a pelican would be una película por un pelícano. Say that several times muy rápido. :) Wahkeenah 06:25, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
'Gannet' is commonly given for alcatraz in Spanish-English dictionaries, though 'Solan goose' and 'booby' are occasional alternatives. However, these are usually dictionaries of modern Castilian Spanish, and I think some allowance should be made for possible older usages - it's not as if Alcatraz was named recently - and for different usages in the Americas compared to Spain.
For example, there are numerous references on ornithological web sites and others that 'alcatraz blanco' and 'alcatraz pardo' are the correct terms in places such as Mexico and Puerto Rico for the white and brown pelican respectively, which supports the pelican argument. 'Local lore' is often worth taking seriously.
It is worth noting that Admiral W H Smyth says in his Sailor's Word Book of1867 (a compendious and usually reliable nautical dictionary): "ALCATRAZ. The pelican. Alcatraz Island is situated in the mouth of the River San Francisco, in California, so named from its being covered with these birds. Also Alcatraz on the coast of Africa, from Pelecanus sula - booby..." So Smyth seems to have been fully aware that more than one species of bird could be called 'alcatraz', but firm on the SF island being named after its pelicans. While this is not 'proof', 1867 is a lot closer to the original naming than we are today. Grubstreet 18:17, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
Guys, there's really nothing to discuss. Mario is Missing clearly stated that the island was named for the Pelican. Who are you going to trust? 129.12.228.161 15:22, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
The right spanish translation of alcatraz it is actually: Lily known in scientific name by: Zantedeschia aethiopica and common names in USA like: Lily of the Nile or Calla lily. this flower is very common in the pacific area of the Americas, in Spain and spanish speaking countries the only words known as Alcatraz it is actually ONLY this kind of flower.
So when the spanish conquistador Juan de Ayala named the isle "la isla de los alcatraces" he refered certainly to the flower be cuase pelicans are not called alcatraces in any spanish speaking country in the entire world AT ALL!!! nor gannets!! By the way Alcatráz has the accent on the last a, due this is an "agudo accent" -- Raveonpraghga ( talk) 08:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
It is ridiculous to have Alcatraz referencing a lily; showing images of flowers is hardly convincing. According to the National Park Service (and they would know), the land was named for the Brown Pelican.. [1] Also the Federal Bureau of Prisons calls it Pelican or Strange Bird. [2]
Now, I don't know if there are multiple translations of the word Alcatraz in the various dialects of Spanish language... that may be possible. But all the references I've seen in acceptable literature (such as biographies of the history of the region) discuss it as that the island was named after the bird, which was prevalent and noticeable.
Spanish-English dictionaries I've seen translate Alcatraz as a large sea-bird, too. I've even seen Alcatraz translated as Pelican, with Pelicano as an alternate, thus establishing the connection. This is using such heavy weights as Merriam Webster, Dictionary.com, Word-reference.com and Spanishdict.com. I've never seen a lily translated as Alcatraz, although I have seen it called Azucena in EACH of these places.
So, if it isn't exactly a Pelican, that may be. But it certainly isn't about a lily. Entirelybs ( talk) 20:09, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Well it seems the researches made by a lot of you guys are based in wrong research since you always do your research from english to spanish and this wrong since we´re talking about the origin of a spanish name!! Alcatraz is not an anglisism. So here some rational research to be considered, most of them were taken from googles and encyclopedias from Mexico and Spain the two most important spanish speaking countries in the world wich most of the vocabulary in spanish is based upon:
http://images.google.com.mx/images?hl=es&q=ALCATRAZ&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi (you might find "alcatraces" wich is the plural of alcatraz) http://images.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://eljardin.info/images/Alcatraz.jpg&imgrefurl=http://eljardin.info/Flores/alcatraz.htm&h=1512&w=1134&sz=140&hl=es&start=16&um=1&tbnid=RUdN6Fx3nYrIUM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=113&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dalcatraz%26um%3D1%26hl%3Des%26sa%3DN
http://www.grupoelvira.com/alcatraz.html
http://fichas.infojardin.com/acuaticas/zantedeschia-aethiopica-cala-lirio-de-agua-alcatraz.htm
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aro_de_Etiopía
Pelicans are called simply " Pelecanus or Pelícanos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raveonpraghga ( talk • contribs) 06:42, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
I just toured Alcatraz and the tour guide said he had never seen a pelican on the island for the 20 years he had worked there. He went on to say it was a breeding ground for western gulls. If you look at a pelican, a gannet or a booby, you will see that western gulls look more like gannets and boobies than pelicans. This could just simply be a misidentification by Ayala who thought he was seeing gannets or boobies instead of a gulls. —Preceding
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70.114.233.122 (
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A birding newsletter I received today suggests that Ayala named the island not after pelicans, which don't nest there, but cormorants, which are abundant. 'We know that Don Juan Manual Ayala named the rock for the birds he saw there, but maybe he called it alcatraceo, the Spanish word for "cormorant." ' I don't have enough Spanish to judge, but it's an interesting suggestion. Opinions? -- BPMullins | Talk 18:44, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
A few general points:
1. As far as I know the Spanish word for Cormorant is Cormorán, nothing like Alcatraceo. Is there a source indicating that they would have been known by a name like Alcatráces back then?
2. Cormorants are dark in color, so while he certainly could have seen them there, he wouldn't have mistaken them for anything else I can think of. So a theory that what he really saw was cormorants needs to explain why he called them Alcatraces.
3. We don't know for sure what sea birds Ayala would have seen there; migratory patterns do change. A Northern Gannet was in fact spotted there a few years ago ("www.sfgate.com/science/article/Rare-northern-gannet-seabird-is-sighted-at-5405267.php"
[3] and other sources), but ornithologists think it is the first one in history. Of course it could be that there were some there in 1775 and they later retreated to the North Atlantic, until this one adventurous one made the trip again.
4. I know of nothing to say Ayala was a skilled ornithologist. Since there are other birds that more or less resemble gannets, it wouldn't be too surprising if that's what he called them.
SteveG23 (
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References
Didn't see it mentioned, but the Rock (I've heard) was, in 1854, site of the first lighthouse on the U.S. West Coast. Al Katraz 05:00, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
I have made several corrections to the section on the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz (1969-71). The original article wrongly stated that AIM (American Indian Movement) occupied the island when in fact AIM had nothing to do with the initial occupation.
Anyone wanting more information on the occupation can find numerous online resources - and you can email the park rangers at goga_alcatraz@nps.gov if you have questions you can't find answered online (note there are way too few rangers on the island these days so please do your research first and only email if you can not locate answers online). A couple of good online resources are:
http://www.fortressalcatraz.com
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/alca/overview.html
In addition, if you do a site search on the word ALCATRAZ the following sites have additional worthwhile information:
Ranger Craig, Alcatraz Island
guess it's
...nonsense removed. Kunwon1 18:18, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Is this a reputable source? Isn't this purely entertainment television?
Yeah, and they have fun blowing stuff up too, so I think they're pretty reliable. Shouldn't mess with a guy who can blow a crater in you harder than CHuck norris's dropkick.02:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Ok, this seems like it could be put in the page, but it desperately needs sources and POV checks. Surely if this is that big a deal there's more resources for info than a single site, based in the union? There's gotta be some news -- feba 05:34, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I saw on World Book Online that Alcatraz really means pelican in spanish
Nick 16:55, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Removed the following text from the article, as it was more tags than text:
<!-- this should include stuff about the prison and it's operation, but for now this is what's going in --feba--> {{npov}} {{primarysources|date=January 2007}} Currently there is a boycott on its ferry operator Alcatraz Cruises citation needed, as well as parent company Hornblower citation needed, due to the latest contract to provide ferry service being granted to the company, despite its lack of experience operating in the San Fransisco Bay citation needed. Supporters of the union which had been handling ferry services before this have attributed this to Hornblower's funding of George W. Bush's political campaigns citation needed.
- Jack (talk) 20:38, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Citation requested for " Uncle Sam's Devil's Island : experiences of a conscientious objector in America during the World War" being written. permalinks to 2 worldcat records added (www.worldcat.org) cheers! 91.105.68.198 12:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
What does James A. Johnston have to do with Alcatraz? Hallpriest9 23:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Please don't merge. J.A. Johnston was arguably the San Franciscan to have climbed higher than any other San Franciscan in the combined arenas of San Francisco, California, and Federal public service. Others were more prominent in one or two of them, but nobody was as notable in all three. ~ ~ ~ ~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Salty101 ( talk • contribs) 19:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Why does this section not discuss any aspect of natural history? It instead mentions discovery by an early explorer; not exactly pertaining to "nature", is it? Turkeylips 17:00, 17 May 2007 (UTC)Turkeylips
You can take a look at the island pretty well with the new Street View mode in Google Maps... Should a link to this view be included for reference?
Added a point about Lost in the 'appearances in popular culture' section. the information was from Mythology of Lost, section 'The Island', but that is the only reference i have.
Shameen 08:21, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Famous or infamous? Kaeso Dio 21:27, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
" In 1959 he was transferred to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield."
This sentence was found under Famous inmates. From what I can tell, it is the only instance of Springfield in the entire article. Which Springfield is it? I believe there are 33 Springfields in the US. :D <3 Tinkleheimer TALK!! 18:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Can someone give me an explanation as to why the peace center section was completely removed from the article? Orracle107 ( talk) 00:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
If no one cares to explain it, I am going to put it back in the article. I will wait until Friday April 4th for a response. Orracle107 ( talk) 03:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
I've copyedited the section which was tagged as "magazine style" and received confirmation to delete the template at the Milhist assessment page. Section is still covered now by requirement tag for citations at previous heading. LuckyThracian ( Talk) 03:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
The date which the island was given to the Mexican governor to build a lighthouse upon is 1846 in the article, which obviously can't be right. I don't know the real date, so I'll remove it all together and let somebody who does know the date fix this problem. Rudy Breteler ( talk) 03:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I've uploaded Image:Alcatraz Island from Pier39 with 500mm.jpg and Image:Alcatraz full view 210mm.jpg to Commons. In my opinion, they are better than the one currently in the infobox. I was wondering whether or not I should replace the image currently on there with one of these. Any comments? Calvin 1998 ( t- c) 01:44, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
If anyone is interested, I have proposed a new Wikiproject concerning prisons here.-- Cdogsimmons ( talk) 22:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
The "Federal Prison" section seems to have been taken nearly completely from the Alcatraz History web site at http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/rs1.htm with only slight paraphrasing. It's very nearly a sentence-by-sentence copy! Would someone like to confirm this and suggest a solution? Bishop^ ( talk) 13:54, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
A lot of military history and links to further information is available here: http://www.militarymuseum.org/Alcatraz.html
The section under Military History, sub head Military Prison, continues the absolutely unfounded myth of "shark-infested waters of the San Francisco Bay" when this has never been the case and in fact the cite at the end of this paragraph makes no mention of sharks (because it's a myth) but does highlight the cold and strong, unforgiving currents that do in fact exist and are a real hazard to escape.
68.183.204.16 (
talk) 04:07, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
The San Francisco Bay has a long history of recreational use by swimmers and boaters. The famous Dolphin Swim and Rowing Club, for example, was founded in 1877 and no members to date have been eaten by sharks. One recently did swim from Alcatraz to the current site of the Club in handcuffs. 68.183.204.16 ( talk) 05:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
The burned out shell shown in the picture and listed as " Wardens House " with flowers in the forground is actually the former Alcatraz " Social Hall " The Social Hall had a two lane bowling alley, two pool tables, a ping-pong table and snack bar on the lower floor and a large auditorium with stage on on the upper floor for weekly movies, dances, dinners and parties. this building was burned to the ground, leaving the concrete outer walls, in 1970 during the Indian occupation.-- Bdollis ( talk) 02:31, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Alcatraz is the site of the oldest light station on the west coast, not the oldest lighthouse. The original 1854 lighthouse is long gone and the current one dates from 1909. 209.244.31.35 ( talk) 20:40, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello everyone! This is Jpark3909. I also want Wikipedia to mention the hauntings of Alcatraz. I know that Alcatraz is rumored to be haunted since tourists claimed that they can hear screaming of men and clanging of doors. I request to expand the article. Thank You!!!!
Do you think it is appropriate in this day and age to describe anywhere as haunted? Could we not just have a page of everywhere that claims to be haunted for people who believe in ghosts? Listing it as haunted gives credibility to the idea of ghosts. 86.0.125.108 ( talk) 15:15, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
The haunting section needs to go. There is nothing factual about ghosts and it only takes away from the serious nature of Wikipedia to include trivial information regarding hauntings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.247.209.205 ( talk) 23:41, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
How come the part dealing with Alcatraz as a jail is just one short, almost non-existent paragraph? That was the most famous period of its history so surely there must be more: details of day-to-day life and the policies of the various wardens for instance.-- Marktreut ( talk) 20:44, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
I've never seen this nomenclature used. US army bases are normally called "forts", and when I first contributed to this article I actually referred to "Fort Alcatraz", but realized this was apparently wrong when my research only turned up references to "Point Alcatraz". My conclusion is that the army referred to ordinary bases as "forts" while coastal defence installations were designated "points" (as in West Point). Lexington50 ( talk) 05:45, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
I just completed a rather thorough rearrangement of the article. Initially, almost all the images (and there were a lot of them) ran straight down the right side of the page. I staggered and removed a couple of the less useful ones (for reasons stated in the edit summaries). While the page is by no means perfect, it looks a great deal more encyclopedic now. Hopefully, another editor will be able to look at it with fresh eyes and further enhance it's overall quality - I mean, it has the content, so there's no reason not to shoot for
good article status.
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K10wnsta (
talk) 19:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
The piece says, in the section on Escape Attempts, that 36 prisoners were involved in escape attempts, two trying twice. It goes on to say that 23 were caught, 6 shot, 3 lost at sea. I just can't make 23, 6, and 3, add up to 36, no matter how I interpret the multiple escape attempts. What am I missing? -- Britishisles ( talk) 03:47, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
Well, to add my two cents worth, an additional two were lost at sea in 1937. And in another attempt in 1962, one of two escapees actually made it to shore. Albeit suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia. (anonymous) 10:05, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
"In 1898, the Spanish-American war increased the prison population from 26 to over 450. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, civilian prisoners were transferred to Alcatraz for safe confinement. By 1912 there was a large cell house, and in the 1920s a large 3-story structure was nearly at full capacity.[20] On March 21, 1907, Alcatraz was officially designated as the Western U.S. Military Prison, later Pacific Branch, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, 1915.[21] In 1909 construction began on the huge concrete main cell block, designed by Major Reuben Turner, which remains the island's dominant feature. It was completed in 1912. To accommodate the new cell block, the Citadel, a three-story barracks, was demolished down to the first floor, which was actually below ground level. The building had been constructed in an excavated pit (creating a dry "moat") to enhance its defensive potential. The first floor was then incorporated as a basement to the new cell block, giving rise to the popular legend of "dungeons" below the main cell block. The Fortress was deactivated as a military prison in October 1933, and transferred to the Bureau of Prisons.[21]"
Dates are mixed up here. Doesn't follow chronological order, in the article. Can't edit. So please? Some help here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwolffsc ( talk • contribs) 13:30, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
In the section "Notable Prisoners" Mickey Cohen is described as being "parallelized". Should that be paralyzed? Gmaann ( talk) 21:49, 14 June 2010 (UTC)gmaann 6/14/2010
Is "In 2008 the nation's first hybrid propulsion ferry started serving the island" really a defining fact about the island that should be in the intro? I don't think so and I honeslty think it is out of place.-- 122.154.111.19 ( talk) 10:38, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
The picture of "arriving by boat" is of a tug boat. Tugs do not dock on the island. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.71.13.142 ( talk) 06:21, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
The usage of The Rock ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is under discussion, see RfD for the discussion. It is suggested that it be repointed. -- 65.94.169.222 ( talk) 06:34, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
Lived in Marin for decades, during which time Alcatraz was a prison, Mom was born in SF in 1925, grandparents in the 1800's, I read the SF Comical religiously, everyone in the area was fascinated with Alcatraz when it was a prison, never I mean never did I hear of any "In addition, citizens were increasingly protesting the environmental effects of sewage released into San Francisco Bay from the approximately 250 inmates and 60 Bureau of Prisons families on the island."
The cost of dealing with the septic system may very well have been a part of the economic reason for shutting the prison (but I suspect the successful escape had more to do with it) but no one I know remembers hearing any citizen complaints about sewage. The hill people in Sleazalito did use that trumped-up excuse to remove the houseboaters by force (every city on the Bay has an exemption from BCDC for a few hundred thousand gallons per year of untreateed sewage releases) but that was in the seventies.
Could someone reference this claim, please ? Otherwise, it should go. 210.22.142.82 ( talk) 12:33, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
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A user has recently [
reverted] the addition of Weaver’s new edition of A Legacy in Brick and Stone with a summary of Undid revision 879880989 by Qwirkle (talk) not about Alcatraz, but about the wider topic)
. As a simple inspection of the book will show, there is an entire section about this fort listed in the contents. Could an uninvolved third party take a look?
Qwirkle (
talk) 19:17, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
Some editors list sources that they hope to use in the future to build the article in Further reading. This is neither encouraged nor prohibited. Many editors prefer to list such sources on the article's talk page. Still, directly building the article with the source as a reference is strongly encouraged compared to merely listing the source in Further reading.
I won't get into this debate except to provide this info. The Weaver book does have a 6 page section about the Fort, starting on page 291 and ending on 297. For anyone who has not seen that content, it is available here: https://books.google.ca/books?id=QRhvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA297&dq=alcatraz++A+Legacy+in+Brick+and+Stone&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz-vuDkPHgAhVQOKwKHVPjDC0Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=alcatraz%20%20A%20Legacy%20in%20Brick%20and%20Stone&f=false
Others can decide whether there is relevant info in the book that should be in the article. Peter K Burian ( talk) 22:59, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
This article doesn’t even have the vocabulary down right. Qwirkle ( talk) 05:14, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
Someone deleted the content I had added today, discussing scientific findings, and fully cited. This article is already tagged as having questionable content.
So, why delete factual content?
I have inserted the content again.
Studies in 2018 by archeologists using ground-penetrating radar and laser scans[19] found the remains of structures, ammunition magazines and tunnels below the penetentiary that was built later. They believe that these elements were in use as early as the (1848–1855) California Gold Rush.[20][21]
Peter K Burian ( talk) 15:03, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330740882_The_fate_of_the_historic_fortifications_at_Alcatraz_island_based_on_terrestrial_laser_scans_and_ground-penetrating_radar_interpretations_from_the_recreation_yard |date=January 14, 2019 |publisher=Near Surface Geophysics
Peter K Burian ( talk) 17:47, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
This article's factual accuracy is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. (February 2019)
Peter K Burian ( talk) 21:33, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
Perhaps all of that has led me to get off on the wrong foot with your work, which would be quite wrong of me. Qwirkle ( talk) 23:16, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
This is an amazing way to study the history of Alcatraz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Popstar Mom ( talk • contribs) 18:27, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Attempted escapes from Alcatraz. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Hildeoc ( talk) 18:50, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
Looking at recents events, there seems to be confusion whether “possible” or “impossible” is appropriate in the subject sentence.
We must solve this at once!
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CrazyFarmer321 CrazyFarmer321 ( talk) 17:23, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
All but impossible seems appropriate after some Google searches. CrazyFarmer321 ( talk) 17:26, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Alcatraz. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 20#Alcatraz until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. ɱ (talk) 02:27, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not Moved Mike Cline ( talk) 16:43, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
Alcatraz Island → Alcatraz – Unnecessary disambiguation, COMMONNAME and PRIMARYTOPIC. The article was originally created at the basename and the basename has redirected here since it was moved to the current title almost 20 years ago. The island is most often called just Alcatraz, not “Alcatraz Island”. The (closed) prison on the island may also be referred to as “Alcatraz” but the island is the primary topic as established by the longstanding redirect and recently affirmed in the failed attempt to change the redirect. В²C ☎ 11:38, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
“The Rock on the other hand, just depicts life in Alcatraz.” The article links to the movie with Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage and this movie is about taking hostages on post-prison-closure Alcatraz, not life on the island. Since the cited source is print I am unable to check if this description is correct. If it is, then they are likely referring to a different movie of the same name. CAMERAwMUSTACHE ( talk) 18:33, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
The article states: " He named today's Yerba Buena Island as "La Isla de los Alcatraces", which translates as "The Island of the Gannets" but is commonly believed to translate as "The Island of the Pelicans" (the modern Spanish word for 'pelican' is pelícano), from the archaic Spanish alcatraz ("pelican"). There are no gannets native to the Pacific coast, making the older Spanish usage more likely."
I believe this is likely an incorrect translation of the original name, "Alcatraces."
There is a famous painting by renowned Mexican artist Diego Rivera, entitled, "Vendedora de Alcatraces," which in English means, "Calla Lily Vendor" (1941). On your Alcatraz page, there is a picture of the Social Hall, which was destroyed by fire, which has calla lilies growing in front of it. I argue that that "calla lilies" is the correct translations for "Alcatraces." Especially, since "there are no gannets native to the Pacific coast," as the article states. Dr. Sam Lemon ( talk) 19:35, 22 March 2024 (UTC)