User talk:Rlpapke
Then engage dicussion at Talk:Samuel Colt; and remember: all the info in Wikipedia should, ideally, be sourced.
Lectonar (talk) 16:08, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your feedback and thank you for your contributions! Your problem was because the article you edited uses Short citations. If the book you want to cite is already in the bibliography section you use <ref>Author 2005, p. 23.</ref> after the sentence. Help:Shortened footnotes explains more fully. I hope this helps.
Harkey (talk) 16:15, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
If you want to introduce that information and have a reliable source that backs it up, please discuss it on the article's talk page. thanks.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 18:15, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, I am not familiar with the editing process. I wanted to change the entry to more accurately report the information in the reference cited, (Houze 2006) and to be consistent with all other sources on Ethan Allen firearms. What was originally in the article was blatantly wrong and simply is not consistent with the text that was cited. Ethan Allen remained in the firearms business for a decade after Colt threatened to sue him, and according to Houze, Colt never did actually sue. Allen’s first partner Charles Thurber simply retired and Allen continued in business, making pepperboxes and later revolvers with Thomas Wheelock. A later law suit brought by Rollin White on behalf of Smith and Wesson was a far greater inconvenience for Allen and Wheelock than the threat from Colt’s lawyer, but that is another story.
Check it now. I have a copy of Houze here!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 21:32, 14 March 2012 (UTC)