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Requesting to edit early-life and quick fact section to reflect that his birthplace was Otisco, Indiana which is referred to as being 3 miles east of Henryville, Indiana, which is actually 7 miles. The historical society representing the county in which mentioned cities rest erected a marker at the location of his home claiming he was born and lived there for the first nine years of his life. It was covered in the local media here which backs this request. https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/clark_county/kentucky-fried-beginnings-marker-recognizes-colonel-sanders-southern-indiana-birthplace/article_e57afe3a-3dc6-11ed-83bb-ffd68457c3fd.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social 2603:6011:9441:7500:3CFF:E512:7C16:110A (talk) 06:09, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: So I just spent entirely too long looking at maps of tiny towns in Indiana, and I believe 3-4 miles is correct, depending on how you measure it. The article you linked does not give an exact address, but it does say the thing is on Zollman Road, which is about halfway between the centers of Henryville and Otisco. Here is a map showing it's exactly 3 miles from what looks like the easternmost point of Henryville. 3mi1y (talk) 07:52, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Zollman Road is correct.

[1]https://www.in.gov/history/state-historical-markers/find-a-marker/find-historical-markers-by-county/indiana-historical-markers-by-county/colonel-harland-sanders/ 74.130.65.57 (talk) 17:33, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, in reference to your maps, check this 1875 map:

[2]https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4093c.la000140/?r=0.453,0.137,0.05,0.024,0

Tract 242 shows his grandfather Cyrus. 74.130.65.57 (talk) 17:37, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not colonel sanders

The picture on this page is not Colonel Harland Sanders. It's a look-a-like. 2600:1014:B003:9B1D:A1BB:65D:7AC3:790E (talk) 04:57, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Was this correct, and if so, is the picture there today (November 26 2024) a different, and authentic, one? Roryharrow (talk) 22:48, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can tell, the current photo is just a cropped version of the one that was in place when this comment was made. I wouldn't read too much into a comment without any further explanation by an anonymous user, though. For what it's worth, his ears are quite distinctive looking, and they match other photos I could find on google image search. EditorInTheRye (talk) 07:47, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Change title?

Should it be Colonel Harland Sanders? Colonel is a title. I observed on other Wikipedia pages that we generally use names, for example Mark Milley who is a general. WoofWoof21 (talk) 18:36, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is one of the handful of exceptions to including a title in the article name. "Colonel Sanders" is how the country knows him. See WP:NICKNAME and WP:TITLESINTITLES. Schazjmd (talk) 21:04, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Even without going into that detail, WP:COMMONNAME supports this article title well enough on its own - it's the form of his name he's best known by as far as I can tell. EditorInTheRye (talk) 21:13, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is all new to me. Thanks I will take a look at it WoofWoof21 (talk) 00:09, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

KFC is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, that specializes in fried chicken. It is the world's second-largest restaurant chain after McDonald's, with 22,621 locations globally in 150 countries as of December 2019. The chain is a subsidiary of Yum 175.140.174.99 (talk) 08:02, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ordinance Works was the Manhattan Project

The current article states in 1942 Sanders worked for a government cafeteria at an "ordinance works." This is too vague. He worked for the Manhattan project and served 75,000 employees with top secret clearances at what became Oak Ridge National Lab. This also meant he had a secret clearance and a military rank - and there may be some sort of pun going on with "secret recipe." This begs the question of whether the pressure cooker he commercialized was developed for the Manhattan Project to feed high volumes of people with minimal kitchen staff. 104.220.249.24 (talk) 19:40, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Born in 1980

Born in 1980 and died in 1980??? 181.197.125.31 (talk) 20:23, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, born in 1890, died 1980. - FlightTime (open channel) 20:35, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1930–1952: later career

"It was during this period that Sanders was involved in a shootout with Matt Stewart, a local competitor, over the repainting of a sign directing traffic to his station."

Directing traffic to whose station, Sanders's or Stewart's? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roryharrow (talk • contribs) 22:38, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]