Talk:William Fuld

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Bad joke[edit]

PLease add this article to the bad joke pages. --sin-man 08:24, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

- Why? Dwain 17:48, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

Removed material[edit]

These statements are not substantiated in any sources I've read. I'm not sure if the only source for an article attempting NPOV should be a book named Ouija: The Most Dangerous Game

When faced with a toy tax Fuld went to court and won his claim that ouija boards were not toys but were occult devices.

Not true. Charles Cahn and Gilbert Michael were responsible for that court case with their own Ouija company. And, though it went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, talking boards were determined games and are still taxable as such.

Fuld became a practitioner of the Ouija Board although he would deny it...He also followed the board slavishly whenever he used it for business advice. He asked how business was going to be and it told him that it was going to be booming and so he built a bigger factory.

My impression is that his skillful marketing and publicity stunts led to these outrageous claims. There's no evidence that Fuld was cynical/honest/possessed/etc. with respect to talking boards so let's just stick to facts here.

Soon after his new plant was underway he "fell" off the roof of the new building.

He fell to his death. He didn't "fall" or fall or even fall. He just fell.

His brother Isaac took over the business and continued mass producing the boards. Isaac died in 1939.

No he didn't. They hated each other. Willy's kids took over the business.

-- Krash 15:41, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

The two added internet sources can hardly be considered Non-POV. What are your sources by the way?

Although you are correct that the IRS won the ruling that the board was a game why did you remove any reference to Fuld claiming that it was an occult device?

Your "impression"? William Fuld is the one who reported that he used the board and made decisions from that use. Are you refuting that because you have an impression? That is POV!Dwain 16:44, August 21, 2005 (UTC)