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I just posted about 500 words and added references then 2 hours later they were gone. If you want me to add footnotes, as I have in the past, just say citation needed and I will comply. By the way the Draper Rockwell deal finally went down on 3/22/1963 for $100 million in Pfd Stock as a new issue and not for $31 million in existing common stock. How the deal went up by $70 million in 20 days is VERY IMPORTANT. Thanks for finding this out. Please check NY Times, 3/22/63 page 61 column 1 to verify these facts from the footnote. I will get the article again from microfiche, scan it and send it to you if you wish, but any library has this stuff.
The first offer was for $81 million from Indian Head for the 2.45 million public shares of Draper Company and the 250,000 shares of privately held stock at $30 a share times 2.70 million shares to get to $81 million in the article in the NY Times Index then it was changed by Rockwell to outbid Indian Head to one share of a $100 Convertible Pfd stock issue at 4.75% for every 3 shares of Draper Common which was $33.3 per common share or about $83,250,000 dollars for 2.5 million shares and a bit more for 2.7 million shares or $90,000,000. After adjusting for the 15% conversion premium over the price of Rockwell common that would become $103,500,000 which is just over $100 million. The stock was also callable at $104.75 in stages going down to $100.00 after five years which technically added another potential $5,000,000 to its value or $108,000,000. In fact it was called within a few years and is no longer listed. I used to be a stock broker and I think this is a fair way to value the stock at the time of the purchase.
I will post these newspaper stories in PDF format for you to see if this weekend if you cannnot get them from NYTimes.
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Gotcha. Thank you for your co-operation and your assistance. You can see that this has been a lifelong passion of mine and that I believe very strongly in learning from the past and identifying villains and scoundrels so as not to repeat the past. I actually got Rockwell removed from the DoD approved vendors list with a comparable campaign. They had to sell out to Boeing before the hammer came down on them.
Thanks for your work on Wickliffe Draper. He's an interestined subject. However your editing has been problematic. I keep seeing phrases like "...speculation persists as to why..." but without any source showing who is doing the speculating. Every assertion on Wikipedia should be verifiable, so you shoulnd't add comments like that unless there is a reliable source who is making that speculation. Even then it's best to attribute opinions and speculation. For example, "John Smith, author of A Hisotry of the West, speculates that Draper may have..." A second point is that you appear to be adding material to Draper's biography that isn't directly connected to him. Information about Gerald Smith belongs in Smith's biography. For example, you added this webiste as a source: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/winnipeg.htm. I can't find Draper mentioned there anywhere, so whatever we're saying based on it is probably off-topic for that article. I'll try to clean it up, but it'd be better if you followed these principles to begin with. Will Beback talk 22:28, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
I see that you're adding material without adding sources. Everything on Wikipedia should be verifiable. I'm going to undo some of your recent unsourced additions pending reliable sources. Will Beback talk 01:10, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
There were similar problems on Young Americans for Freedom and as such I've reverted your recent changes to the article. Please discuss your proposed additions on Talk:Young Americans for Freedom, and understand that proper sourcing is required for additions to articles. -- Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 08:37, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Once again I'm here because you're adding material, some of it POV, without proper references. You're wasting everyone's time, including your own. I am going to revert the article back to a prior version. Please do not re-add material without clear citations. Will Beback talk 01:37, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the Wickliffe Draper article, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.
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I just posted about 500 words and added references then 2 hours later they were gone. If you want me to add footnotes, as I have in the past, just say citation needed and I will comply. By the way the Draper Rockwell deal finally went down on 3/22/1963 for $100 million in Pfd Stock as a new issue and not for $31 million in existing common stock. How the deal went up by $70 million in 20 days is VERY IMPORTANT. Thanks for finding this out. Please check NY Times, 3/22/63 page 61 column 1 to verify these facts from the footnote. I will get the article again from microfiche, scan it and send it to you if you wish, but any library has this stuff.
The first offer was for $81 million from Indian Head for the 2.45 million public shares of Draper Company and the 250,000 shares of privately held stock at $30 a share times 2.70 million shares to get to $81 million in the article in the NY Times Index then it was changed by Rockwell to outbid Indian Head to one share of a $100 Convertible Pfd stock issue at 4.75% for every 3 shares of Draper Common which was $33.3 per common share or about $83,250,000 dollars for 2.5 million shares and a bit more for 2.7 million shares or $90,000,000. After adjusting for the 15% conversion premium over the price of Rockwell common that would become $103,500,000 which is just over $100 million. The stock was also callable at $104.75 in stages going down to $100.00 after five years which technically added another potential $5,000,000 to its value or $108,000,000. In fact it was called within a few years and is no longer listed. I used to be a stock broker and I think this is a fair way to value the stock at the time of the purchase.
I will post these newspaper stories in PDF format for you to see if this weekend if you cannnot get them from NYTimes.
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page
Gerald L. K. Smith has been reverted.
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Gotcha. Thank you for your co-operation and your assistance. You can see that this has been a lifelong passion of mine and that I believe very strongly in learning from the past and identifying villains and scoundrels so as not to repeat the past. I actually got Rockwell removed from the DoD approved vendors list with a comparable campaign. They had to sell out to Boeing before the hammer came down on them.
Thanks for your work on Wickliffe Draper. He's an interestined subject. However your editing has been problematic. I keep seeing phrases like "...speculation persists as to why..." but without any source showing who is doing the speculating. Every assertion on Wikipedia should be verifiable, so you shoulnd't add comments like that unless there is a reliable source who is making that speculation. Even then it's best to attribute opinions and speculation. For example, "John Smith, author of A Hisotry of the West, speculates that Draper may have..." A second point is that you appear to be adding material to Draper's biography that isn't directly connected to him. Information about Gerald Smith belongs in Smith's biography. For example, you added this webiste as a source: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/winnipeg.htm. I can't find Draper mentioned there anywhere, so whatever we're saying based on it is probably off-topic for that article. I'll try to clean it up, but it'd be better if you followed these principles to begin with. Will Beback talk 22:28, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
I see that you're adding material without adding sources. Everything on Wikipedia should be verifiable. I'm going to undo some of your recent unsourced additions pending reliable sources. Will Beback talk 01:10, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
There were similar problems on Young Americans for Freedom and as such I've reverted your recent changes to the article. Please discuss your proposed additions on Talk:Young Americans for Freedom, and understand that proper sourcing is required for additions to articles. -- Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 08:37, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Once again I'm here because you're adding material, some of it POV, without proper references. You're wasting everyone's time, including your own. I am going to revert the article back to a prior version. Please do not re-add material without clear citations. Will Beback talk 01:37, 29 August 2010 (UTC)