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A note: the ancestor JNM made one of the earliest (first?) proportional-spacing typewriters. [1] 142.177.19.171 17:38, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
so this guy became notable out of an act of media deception? the richard stokes stuff needs to be at the top and thenmaybe header syain soemtehkng like 'despite this became famous recetnly ' etc.. ? Tiksustoo 10:38, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Stage magic and military art both involve using a level of deception for success. No reason to decry its use. LTC David J. Cormier ( talk) 17:23, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
On re-reading this page, the tone seems dismissive of Jasper's accomplishments, real or imagined. In fact, beyond a single photo of an inflatable M4 Sherman tank, there's no hint as to what he actually did, just a list of failed deployments and vague insults. At the very least one would assume the article to list what was done and during which operation. "in the African theatre" isn't really descriptive considering the theatre covered the area between Egypt and Tunisia, not to mention the amount of back and forth. Sturerotto ( talk) 16:12, 1 January 2015 (UTC) ( talk) 16:03, 02 January 20015 (UTC)
can be found at http://www.maskelynemagic.com -- InsultComicDog ( talk) 13:59, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
The website offered contains possibly valuable information, but from original research. This, while potentially valuable, needs screening with a practiced eye toward its use and interpretation of primary resources. In other words, more time and attention is needed to process this before stating that it offers unassailable fact. (To be fair this is true of any source, mind you - pro and con Maskelyne.) LTC David J. Cormier ( talk) 12:35, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
As evidence accumulates, another look appears necessary. Nice catch! LTC (Ret.) David J. Cormier ( talk) 19:46, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
I've bitten the bullet and (almost) completely rewritten the article, with everything now attributable to proper sources. There is scope for careful embellishment with claims from his own book, and anything we can prove about his life in 1942 in particular. But I hope people will find this an improvement. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 11:23, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
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A note: the ancestor JNM made one of the earliest (first?) proportional-spacing typewriters. [1] 142.177.19.171 17:38, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
so this guy became notable out of an act of media deception? the richard stokes stuff needs to be at the top and thenmaybe header syain soemtehkng like 'despite this became famous recetnly ' etc.. ? Tiksustoo 10:38, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Stage magic and military art both involve using a level of deception for success. No reason to decry its use. LTC David J. Cormier ( talk) 17:23, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
On re-reading this page, the tone seems dismissive of Jasper's accomplishments, real or imagined. In fact, beyond a single photo of an inflatable M4 Sherman tank, there's no hint as to what he actually did, just a list of failed deployments and vague insults. At the very least one would assume the article to list what was done and during which operation. "in the African theatre" isn't really descriptive considering the theatre covered the area between Egypt and Tunisia, not to mention the amount of back and forth. Sturerotto ( talk) 16:12, 1 January 2015 (UTC) ( talk) 16:03, 02 January 20015 (UTC)
can be found at http://www.maskelynemagic.com -- InsultComicDog ( talk) 13:59, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
The website offered contains possibly valuable information, but from original research. This, while potentially valuable, needs screening with a practiced eye toward its use and interpretation of primary resources. In other words, more time and attention is needed to process this before stating that it offers unassailable fact. (To be fair this is true of any source, mind you - pro and con Maskelyne.) LTC David J. Cormier ( talk) 12:35, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
As evidence accumulates, another look appears necessary. Nice catch! LTC (Ret.) David J. Cormier ( talk) 19:46, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
I've bitten the bullet and (almost) completely rewritten the article, with everything now attributable to proper sources. There is scope for careful embellishment with claims from his own book, and anything we can prove about his life in 1942 in particular. But I hope people will find this an improvement. Chiswick Chap ( talk) 11:23, 22 October 2012 (UTC)