![]() | This article is rated Stub-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
I believe Piano non troppo goes too far in removing the notable descendants section. He says that Doty has thousands of notable descendants. Doty has thousands of descendants, but only a few are notable. All of the descendants on this list except one were truely notable with wikipedia biographies of their own. The exception, John Andrew Johnson, had been recently added, and I have now undone his name, as I have removed a previous non-notable entry. Limiting the list to notable descendants keeps this from becoming a linkfarm or genealogical catalog. The list does not contain genealogical links and would be worthless for genealogical purposes. Bootboy41 ( talk) 16:15, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
The following passage appears to be duplicated in several Wikipedia articles about Mayflower passengers. Should it be deleted or rewritten?
--Jeremy Butler 14:33, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Re-wording an article just because you like your words better is a violation of Wikipedia:Revert only when necessary. The term indentured servant is only mentioned once so that is resolved. Wikipedia is written by and for people of various ages and degrees of education. That is one of its prime directives. Mugginsx ( talk) 15:57, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
I don't have time to rewrite it now, but the mention of Stephen Hopkins is incorrect. He did not serve under John Smith at Jamestown — Smith was back in England by the time the Sea Venture colonists arrived after being shipwrecked in Bermuda. The total time Hopkins was involved in Jamestown, from leaving England until returning was probably about six years off the top of my head. This is all easily confirmed from his own WP page.
I'll try to get back here to clean it up, if someone doesn't beat me to it. 71.37.42.93 ( talk) 17:04, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
![]() | This article is rated Stub-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
I believe Piano non troppo goes too far in removing the notable descendants section. He says that Doty has thousands of notable descendants. Doty has thousands of descendants, but only a few are notable. All of the descendants on this list except one were truely notable with wikipedia biographies of their own. The exception, John Andrew Johnson, had been recently added, and I have now undone his name, as I have removed a previous non-notable entry. Limiting the list to notable descendants keeps this from becoming a linkfarm or genealogical catalog. The list does not contain genealogical links and would be worthless for genealogical purposes. Bootboy41 ( talk) 16:15, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
The following passage appears to be duplicated in several Wikipedia articles about Mayflower passengers. Should it be deleted or rewritten?
--Jeremy Butler 14:33, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Re-wording an article just because you like your words better is a violation of Wikipedia:Revert only when necessary. The term indentured servant is only mentioned once so that is resolved. Wikipedia is written by and for people of various ages and degrees of education. That is one of its prime directives. Mugginsx ( talk) 15:57, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
I don't have time to rewrite it now, but the mention of Stephen Hopkins is incorrect. He did not serve under John Smith at Jamestown — Smith was back in England by the time the Sea Venture colonists arrived after being shipwrecked in Bermuda. The total time Hopkins was involved in Jamestown, from leaving England until returning was probably about six years off the top of my head. This is all easily confirmed from his own WP page.
I'll try to get back here to clean it up, if someone doesn't beat me to it. 71.37.42.93 ( talk) 17:04, 26 November 2016 (UTC)