Talk:George Hayduke (character)

Viet Cong?

I'm not sure since I don't have the book here with me, and it's been a while since I've last read it, but are we sure he was a "medical assistant to the Viet Cong," and not to the Montagnard (Vietnam), or one of the other ethnic groups in Vietnam (List of ethnic groups in Vietnam)?

Since the character of Hayduke was, at least partly, based on Doug Peacock, who was a medic during the Vietnam War and had "pieced together Montagnard children who had been caught in the crossfire" atfer the Tet offensive, I presume my assertion is right, but I'll hold on actually changing the article until i can confirm it with the book.

Kind regards,

JanBegine (talk) 14:40, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

This should have a disambiguation page.

George Hayduke (the author) has written 53 books over decades, and is very well-known. George Hayduke (the character) is a character in novels (which is obviously the current page). GlamRockBoy 14:36, 29 September 2007

George Hayduke, author of books on Revenge?

Is this character related to that author in some way? 21:03, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

No, the writer of the revenge books used it as a pseudonym. Technomad

POV

Speak the name Hayduke in nature camps along America's -- and a great many European -- byways, and many will smile and know what you mean and what you feel when it comes to the despoiling of our once-great pristine lands.

One of the most relevant aspect of Hayduke as a symbol -- as an archetype, in fact -- is the fact that for all the destruction dished out at the hands of Hayduke during his efforts with Earth First! and The Monkey Wrench Gang, despite the explosions, the tractors ruined in hot, screaming death, the survey stakes pulled up from mile after seemingly endless mile of soon-to-be-raped countryside, Hayduke never hurt, maimed, or killed anyone -- except for the occasional red-neck cowboy in the occasional dank bar, and even then only when they really, really needed it.

Nuff said... if no objection arises I will drastically shorten this article. -- Zz 12:37, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Rewrite

This article is terrible. Plain and simple. I placed the reference and rewrite tags on this article in hope that someone could start completly over. I will not have access to a computer for a long time so I have to back out of this one. This article could be very good and I'm sure there are some Abbey fans around that could do a fine job.--Tainter 21:25, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

POV TAG

I'm doing POV tag cleanup. Whenever an POV tag is placed, it is necessary to also post a message in the discussion section stating clearly why it is thought the article does not comply with POV guidelines, and suggestions for how to improve it. This permits discussion and consensus among editors. This is a drive-by tag, which is discouraged in WP, and it shall be removed. Future tags should have discussion posted as to why the tag was placed, and how the topic might be improved. Better yet, edit the topic yourself with the improvements. This statement is not a judgement of content, it is only a cleanup of frivolously and/or arbitrarily placed tags. No discussion, no tag.Jjdon (talk) 18:42, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Doug Peacock reference

I've removed the reference to Doug Peacock. The character of George Hayduke was based on a composite of several friends of Ed Abbey, including my own father (who is also a close friend of Doug Peacock) -- who was a hard-drinking Green Beret and early monkey-wrencher. I was actually shocked to read this claim on the page, as Ed Abbey was a close friend of my family and it was well known fact that Hayduke was based on my dad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.61.46.43 (talk) 20:49, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

References

Added references and removed "unreferenced" tags. Mervyn Emrys (talk) 01:39, 5 January 2009 (UTC)