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If you have the proof that George Washington Carver graduated and received a high school diploma at Minneapolis High School in Minneapolis, Kansas, please provide it or immediately remove the reference to it in your article. As Curator of the Ottawa Count Museum in Minneapolis, Kansas, I can tell you for a fact that we have NO EVIDENCE of him graduating from MHS and receiving a high school diploma. Quite to the contrary, our alumni only goes back to 1888 and Mr. Carver was long gone from the area by then. There are plenty of things for our community to be proud of concerning Mr. Carver. We certainly do not need to make things up. He did attend classes and receive an education of sorts in Minneapolis, but minus the diploma. And I don't believe he ever made the claim of graduating, he was way too classy for mistruths. Again, provide your proof or edit the article to reflect the truths!!
Either way, big thanks for the peanut butter - it takes more effort to make a dish popular than to try and cook something random. 109.252.65.192 ( talk) 07:30, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
This carries no citation and has grammatical and or chemical errors (produces carbon from the atmosphere): "In his research, Carver discovered Permaculture. Permaculture could be used to produce carbon from the atmosphere, produce a higher quantity of crops, and let crops flourish despite global warming." Humbaba's Husband ( talk) 04:44, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
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As Drmies said it is a bad source, indeed. All of the self-help and suchlike books that parrot this are really no better than "BrainyQuote", too.
Better sources, such as the McMurry book (p.105) say that Carver said this to "young blacks", to his students, not to critics. I'm not sure where this would go in an article that doesn't seem to address what Carver taught in any great detail, only when and where, though. It certainly doesn't belong in a personal life section.
Uncle G ( talk) 07:18, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
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If you have the proof that George Washington Carver graduated and received a high school diploma at Minneapolis High School in Minneapolis, Kansas, please provide it or immediately remove the reference to it in your article. As Curator of the Ottawa Count Museum in Minneapolis, Kansas, I can tell you for a fact that we have NO EVIDENCE of him graduating from MHS and receiving a high school diploma. Quite to the contrary, our alumni only goes back to 1888 and Mr. Carver was long gone from the area by then. There are plenty of things for our community to be proud of concerning Mr. Carver. We certainly do not need to make things up. He did attend classes and receive an education of sorts in Minneapolis, but minus the diploma. And I don't believe he ever made the claim of graduating, he was way too classy for mistruths. Again, provide your proof or edit the article to reflect the truths!!
Either way, big thanks for the peanut butter - it takes more effort to make a dish popular than to try and cook something random. 109.252.65.192 ( talk) 07:30, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
This carries no citation and has grammatical and or chemical errors (produces carbon from the atmosphere): "In his research, Carver discovered Permaculture. Permaculture could be used to produce carbon from the atmosphere, produce a higher quantity of crops, and let crops flourish despite global warming." Humbaba's Husband ( talk) 04:44, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
@
Toketaa,
Leonidlednev, and
Philipnelson99: Thanks for your prompt reverts of vandalism. Indeed, we have just had three five (and no doubt more) counts of vandalism in a matter of days. Isn't it about time to increase the protection level of this article? --
Gwillhickers (
talk) 17:22, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
As Drmies said it is a bad source, indeed. All of the self-help and suchlike books that parrot this are really no better than "BrainyQuote", too.
Better sources, such as the McMurry book (p.105) say that Carver said this to "young blacks", to his students, not to critics. I'm not sure where this would go in an article that doesn't seem to address what Carver taught in any great detail, only when and where, though. It certainly doesn't belong in a personal life section.
Uncle G ( talk) 07:18, 15 February 2024 (UTC)