Talk:Bowery Boys (gang)

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Klbrain in topic Merger proposal

The Dead Rabbits == Vicious rival Gang! LOL edit

in his book "Five Points", Tyler Anbinder asserts that there never was such a gang as the "Dead Rabbits" and provides ample evidence to back it up. 71.125.225.163 03:41, 12 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

Mose edit

Sorry that I wasn't logged in when I made the edits to the article proper, but here's a bit of elaboration: also known as "Big Mose", the version described in the article is detailed in full in Dorson's America In Legend, although therein the urban legends of this character that followed his eventual disappearance from the stage described him as being as much as twelve feet tall and wielding a lamp-post in one hand during fights. The character is entirely fictional (although there was a real "Moses" on which the original stage character was based, there is no evidence he was related to the later figure described here), and if Asbury describes him as having actually existed, I'd seriously question the value of his work as a reference. See the [B'hoy and g'hal] article for further information.-- so sayeth Lucky Number 49 Yell at me! 17:05, 19 June 2008 (UTC)Reply


Democrat connections? edit

How is it that this gand was linked to the know-Nothing Party and the Democrats? The Wikipedia Article on the Know Nothing links that party quite explicitly to the Republicans. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.128.25.245 (talk) 13:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Must mention scorsese film. edit

Incomplete w/o it. Irish mob and Connoly entries mention Scorcese Departed.


Shlishke (talk) 04:38, 30 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 3 January 2022 edit

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

– "The" isn't sufficient disambiguation between these two. Pageviews are about equal, no primary topic. 162 etc. (talk) 07:07, 3 January 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. -- Aervanath (talk) 15:45, 12 January 2022 (UTC) — Relisting.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:41, 21 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Merger proposal edit

The two articles Bowery Boys (gang) and Bowery B'hoy seem to be about the same topic (and even use the dsame pictures). I think this will be confusing for readers (and those of us trying to disambiguate) and it would be better to have one article, but I am unsure which title should be used.— Rod talk 11:03, 7 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

  • Support merge per nom. The target should "Bowery Boys (gang)", the everyday not the vernacular spelling; see the sources in that article. Narky Blert (alt) (talk) 09:15, 9 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

    Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 18:58, 22 August 2022 (UTC)Reply