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It seems ShutteGod won't compromise on my addition to the Republican Party History page. I've asked for a compromise via his talk page, but he went ahead of removed my addition for a 2nd time. Is there some sort of mediation to go through? I think the midterm election results were historic for the Republicans, and some of the stats should at least be mentioned. To not include this highlight in political history, is to ignore it. jjrj24 ( talk) 17 November 2010 —Preceding undated comment added 01:12, 18 November 2010 (UTC).
Hi there, your picture File:Promises.JPG is being considered for featured picture. However, the summary is not properly filled out. Can you please fill it out? Thanks. Secret Saturdays ( talk to me) what's new? 00:20, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
We should talk about out strategy, so we can pass it, on our way to FA. - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) 05:12, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
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Dwalrus states on Tirronan's talk page that my references do not completely support me. However,later, he states that my newest version of the contested edit on the War of 1812 page (go look) is completely correct and supported by a viable author.Here is a quote from him: "1. the US wanted revenge, 2. the US did not have the naval strength to take on the Royal Navy, 3. attacking Canada was the only viable recourse, 4. the part about the negotiations of the 1783 Treaty of Paris". The Treaty of Paris part was repeatedly deleted, scorned ,called "anachronous" and now described as completely correct( or at least viably supported)! By the same people( person)! I would call that anachronous. Deleting my latest post would be deleting properly cited and viable material. Ronald Wenonah ( talk) 22:44, 4 November 2010 (UTC)Ronald Wenonah Ronald Wenonah ( talk) 22:44, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
I have been attempted to resummarize again the USG Civil War segment. The longer segment currently in the article can be its own article. Could you look over the new summary in the talk page and do any possible editing? You are a good editor. Your help is needed. The 100th anniversary of the Civil War is approaching or already here. Thanks. 74.38.7.34 ( talk) 02:54, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks Rjensen for looking at the new summary. I can drop the statement. Cmguy777 ( talk) 02:56, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind getting involved over at Confederate History Month? It's appalling how long this language apparently stayed on there, and now I'm in an edit war over removing it. I'm going to be too busy to keep an eye on it in the next few days. Thanks. Recognizance ( talk) 02:03, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
And you may have access and prefer JSTOR, but getting from JSTOR to the actual publication if you don't have access isn't straight-forward. If you link to the abstract at the publisher, then everyone can read the access. Instead, editors have chosen to link to abstracts at paid subscription services instead of the publisher, therefore removing access to the abstract and choice of subscription service to the reader.
Go ahead and access JSTOR all you want, but wikipedia is not the place to promote your access. Giving a link to the publisher allows anyone to select their access, not yours.
So, instead of the citation, with the abstract, the journal name, and the author contacts, what you give the reader is a link to nothing.
Paid subscription services are not necessary to verify information. -- Kleopatra ( talk) 07:54, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Please see Talk:War of 1812#Broken reference tag -- PBS ( talk) 01:20, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
I just mentioned your name here, so I'm giving you the opportunity to disagree with my summary of your views. If you wish, you may also choose to participate in the mediation. If you'd rather avoid the whole thing, you need only be silent and I will not pester you again. Dylan Flaherty ( talk) 03:05, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm very sorry about this edit. I've been removing a self-published source that was spammed into several articles, and somehow I must have clicked on an old version of the page (still not quite sure how it happened), and inadvertently reverted to an earlier version. I didn't notice it until I saw your revert, and now I see I've done it on a few other articles too. I'll go over them again and fix anything. I'm sorry for the inconvenience! SlimVirgin talk| contribs 08:07, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
I am trying to avoid an "edit war" but while I understand your some of your points, I've done some checking on wikipedia policy on the use of sources and the section I put in on TR's attitude toward his father was from well-authenticated and well-published source, Joseph Bucklin Bishop. Note what wikipedia's policy is: "Unless there is a clear reason to do otherwise, follow the usage of reliable English-language secondary sources on the subject." But in the case of my two edits, I object to your removal of these sections. They do NOT constitute a violation of wikipedia policy. Please reconsider these removals. Note wikipedia's own policies below: Thanks Keith. SimonATL ( talk) 14:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Here is what wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Observe the style adopted by high-quality sources. Unless there is a clear reason to do otherwise, follow the usage of reliable English-language secondary sources on the subject. If the sources can be shown to be unrepresentative of current English usage, follow current English usage instead—and consult more sources.
Also in the section on "No Original Research" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research Research that consists of collecting and organizing material from existing sources within the provisions of this and other content policies is fundamental to writing an encyclopedia. Best practice is to research the most reliable sources on the topic and summarize what they say in your own words, with each statement in the article attributable to a source that makes that statement explicitly. Source material should be carefully summarized or rephrased without changing its meaning or implication. Take care not to go beyond what is expressed in the sources, or to use them in ways inconsistent with the intention of the source, such as using material out of context. In short, stick to the sources.
If no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article about it.
Reliable sourcesFurther information: Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources Any material that is challenged or likely to be challenged must be supported by a reliable source. Material for which no reliable source can be found is considered original research. The only way you can show your edit is not original research is to cite a reliable published source that contains the same material. Even with well-sourced material, if you use it out of context, or to advance a position not directly and explicitly supported by the source, you are engaging in original research; see below.
In general, the most reliable sources are: peer-reviewed journals; books published by university presses; university-level textbooks; magazines, journals, and books published by respected publishing houses; and mainstream newspapers. As a rule of thumb, the more people engaged in checking facts, analyzing legal issues, and scrutinizing the writing, the more reliable the publication. Self-published material, whether on paper or online, is generally not regarded as reliable, but see self-published sources for exceptions.
Using sourcesInformation in an article must be verifiable in the references cited. In general, article statements should not rely on unclear or inconsistent passages, or on passing comments. Passages open to multiple interpretations should be precisely cited or avoided. A summary of extensive discussion should reflect the conclusions of the source. Drawing conclusions not evident in the reference is original research regardless of the type of source. It is important that references be cited in context and on topic.
The section you unnecessarily excised was from an established and well-respected secondary source:
I was fortunate enough in having a father whom I have always been able to regard as an ideal man. It sounds a little like cant to say what I am going to say, but he really did combine the strength and courage and will and energy of the strongest man with the tenderness, cleanness and purity of a woman. I was a sickly and timid boy. He not only took great and untiring care of me—some of my earliest remembrances are of nights when he would walk up and down with me for an hour at a time in his arms when I was a wretched mite suffering acutely with asthma— but he also most wisely refused to coddle me, and made me feel that I must force myself to hold my own with other boys and prepare to do the rough work of the world. I cannot say that he ever put it into words, but he certainly gave me the feeling that I was always to be both decent and manly, and that if I were manly nobody would laugh at my being decent. In all my childhood he never laid hand on me but once, but I always knew perfectly well that in case it became necessary he would not have the slightest hesitancy in doing so again, and alike from my love and respect, and in a certain sense, my fear of him, I would have hated and dreaded beyond measure to have him know that I had been guilty of a lie, or of cruelty, or of bullying, or of uncleanness or of cowardice. Gradually I grew to have the feeling on my own account, and not merely on his." [1]
SimonATL ( talk) 15:07, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello, we've crossed paths several times on different pieces. You do some good work on here, and it's nice to see a knowledgeable editor at work. Hope to see you again on other pieces. Best, MarmadukePercy ( talk) 09:59, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, I just made your acquaintance through your helpful comment on the Further reading manual of style talk page, and I was glad to see your rule of thumb about adding further reading references to articles. I see you are a historian both by higher education and by profession, and I will be delighted to learn from you how better to use history publications to improve Wikipedia article text on various subjects. It has been my misfortune to run into quite a few edit wars on some of the articles I edit. My undergraduate higher education was in Chinese language and sinology, and of course those subjects evoke many cross-strait tensions between the P.R.C. and R.O.C. regimes, while my current occupational interest in gifted education impinges on very controversial issues related to IQ testing and education policy. I'm trying to be as helpful and as nondisruptive as possible, by preferring sharing sources initially [2] to plunging in with lots of bold edits to article text. But some articles are badly in need of bold edits, and I hope it is "uncontroversial" (to use a word from another editor who commented after you commented on further reading links) that adding reliable sources to Wikipedia is, in general, a good idea, an idea that can help fellow editors edit boldly and effectively. I will be glad to hear from you any tips you have about editing well in contentious editing environments so that what the sources say is properly reflected in article text. I hope you enjoy the remainder of your Thanksgiving weekend. -- WeijiBaikeBianji ( talk, how I edit) 03:23, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
I found an interesting newspaper article on A. J. Creswell. He may not be the reformer as mentioned in the Presidency of USG article.
"Postmaster-General Creswell was investigated three times, twice whitewashed by a Republican Congress and once exposed by a Democratic House. The most flagrant abuse ever fastened upon the Post Office Department, that of "straw bids," began under Creswell. A straw bid is a bid so low that it can never be fulfilled, which usually throws the contracts into Ring hands at a higher rate, or compels "temporary services" at high pay. Where the highest bid was $80,049, the straw bid was in one case $900. In another case the highest was $150,000, tbe lowest was $75. This last Creswell through out, and yet accepted a straw bid of $4,200. One firm of straw bidders, Barlow, Sanderson & Co., paid between $40,000 and $50,000 to influence the investigation of the Republican House, paid one lawyer $25,000 for influence within the Department, and gave large sums to the Second Assistant Postmaster-General's brother. This firm obtained one contract which will serve as a specimen. It was let to a straw bidder, though there was an honest bid of $96,000 a year. This bidder failed, and temporary service was engaged at $700 a day. Another straw bid, another failure, and temporary services again, this time at $120 a day. Finally, the contract was handed over to Barlow & Co., without advertising and violation of law, at $142,000. Hundreds similar instances could be given. Creswell, when he resigned, received a eulogistic letter from President Grant." -- Hagerstown Mail (Friday, October 22, 1876) Cmguy777 ( talk) 05:07, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen. I like your improvements to Wikipedia:Further reading. A question—what are you thinking of regarding the usefulness of unreliable sources? I read WP:RS and I can't envision a situation when an unreliable source would be a good edition to a further reading section. Am I missing something you've thought of? Thanks. -- Bsherr ( talk) 03:16, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
If you check the peer review of the article you'll see that according to Fifelfoo Taubman and Tucker should be replaced because of c1/c2 issues, that is why i was in the process of replacing them-- Macarenses ( talk) 08:43, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
As i have little knowledge in matters of publications may i suggest you discuss the issue with Fifelfoo to reach a consensus, so that we can all see this article reach FAC-- Macarenses ( talk) 09:37, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Rjensen, i don't quite understand why did you omit the paragraph dealing with the change in policy in the way the Soviet Union was portrayed in Western media- here. It's just that i've added that paragraph as it was deemed necessary to the section by Nick-D's review. I'm sure you had your reasons and i'm looking forward to hear them.-- Macarenses ( talk) 07:01, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
I beg to differ. While I agree the passage will require a rewrite and that the term "allies" should be dropped I must say that as for "propaganda"- that's the perfect term. I mean, movies like "the battle of Russia" were in many cases commissioned by military and state authorities(in the case of this particular film, the film was commissioned by general George C. Marshall and produced in association with the US signal corps)with the expressed purpose to aid the war effort. As for The two films, they were given as an example and maybe they were given undue attention.-- Macarenses ( talk) 06:35, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Forgive my ignorance but what does RS stands for?-- Macarenses ( talk) 06:50, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Would anyone of the following be considered a RS?
-- Macarenses ( talk) 07:06, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, I didn't get the context of your edit. Toscho ( talk) 21:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hello Rjensen,
I'm not sure if you remember me, but I recently added some important results for the Republican Party on the History of the Republican Party page, only to have it called trivial by ShutteGod and erased all together without discussion. I'm not sure what his agenda is, but he edited out my update again even after I tried to compromise by shortening my version. He keeps speaking of working this out via talk, but all he does is erase my edit and tell ME to talk about it. We agree it was a significant mid-term election result, but he thinks it's "trivial." Is he serious, or is he just some partisan editor who doesn't like that page?
jjrj24 ( talk) 9:01, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Please have some respect and let me work up some evaluations -- that's why I've add an under construction notice to the page. Second and third and fourth hand is precisely what the later evaluations of the ALL are about. I'm trying to make it clear what the author said, where he was coming from, and someone else's skeptical evaluation. There's more to come but it takes a little time.
I'm not some fly-by anonymous guy who popped in to add a smirk. I'm working on the entry and will be for the next week or two. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 03:19, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
The full documentary, free legal to watch from it's author. An abundance of evidence for any serious historian. Have a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U71-KsDArFM
In case you have not already seen it.
Nunamiut (
talk) 01:50, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Sure. But do you still really think _all_ of it is simply silly "conjecture" and can be just brushed off/aside as such? Nunamiut ( talk) 02:32, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Would you be able to comment on my "Unbalanced entry" assertions on ((Talk:Cyrus Cylinder))? I feel that a clique of editors have taken over that page, and suppress the contrarian view points on the topic. I'd like to see a lot more neutral involvement and oversight on this topic. IMediaObserver ( talk) 08:00, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
I know that you are passionate and knowlegble about this topic and have given good feedback in the past. In particular to good access to sources. Wanna try your hand at addressing Folantin's suggestion at bottom of section here? Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard#Cyrus_Cylinder_and_human_rights I'll be around the next few days trying to work on determining the prevalence of scholars supporting/not-supporting the notion that the Cylinder is "Charter of Human Rights." Perhaps you might want to address the issue in the same manner that he addresses it? Best, GoetheFromm ( talk) 21:31, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
I cited Current's work, The Lincoln Nobody Knows, pages 230-233. Current claims that Lincoln's racial views and African American colonization have been used to promote white supremacy. Current page 230: "His name [Lincoln] also has been made to symbolize the opposite doctrine of white supremacy and black oppression." Current then gives an example of James K. Vardaman, quoting Lincoln to justify white supremacy in 1909. Current is a valid source. Cmguy777 ( talk) 00:49, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello! since you helped me once with my faux-pas in using sources in Cold War i thought you might be able to help me again. I need to know if the following source is reliable: [3]
Best regards,-- Macarenses ( talk) 17:25, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
I have some bad news, searching the name of the author on Wikipedia yields a few dozens articles using either this book or others by the same author- should i go on a clearing rampage and delete all those references? you can check some of them out by searching the title of the book.-- Macarenses ( talk) 11:22, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
All reference to the book and author were removed from 29 articles- the purge is complete.-- Macarenses ( talk) 10:45, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
Can 'tariffs' be considered 'taxes'? If so we might reconsider it as a cause of Southern resentment and the secession movement. It may be, that taxes cannot be considered a real cause, only fear of --- .
Secretary of War Floyd pointedly did not mount armaments purchased and delivered on site to protect US forts in the South, to save taxes, a Southern state policy in the US Congress. On the other hand, Floyd initiated the additional expense of removing infantry arms out of northern armories to those located in the South. I wonder if the expenses were a wash? "No harm, no foul" for the honorable Mr. Floyd? TheVirginiaHistorian ( talk) 12:27, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
I didn't understand your edit and reverted it. Where can i find these 10.000 slaving vessels associated with the port of Amsterdam in this source you gave? Quote me from it. Sonty567 ( talk) 20:18, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Conservapedia copy and pasting. Thank you. Prodego talk 23:43, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
RE this, there's a short passage in the chapter from Scholefield & Howay I just added, towards its end, you could use to cite that; I don't have the patience to read it again this morning (as i did "through" this morning over coffee). Not sure that resentment context belongs in the lede though..... Skookum1 ( talk) 21:21, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi! Just wanted to say well done on expanding the war section of the Scotland article. Are you Scottish by any chance? 86.147.204.162 ( talk) 12:09, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey now, that was fast! I was expecting a stub article, at most, but kudos on doing such a great job in expanding that section. I myself was surprised that a proper article for the irreconcilables didn't exist. I'll be sure to add some extra material should I come across it. Cheers, -- Marshal Bagramyan ( talk) 17:46, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
I don't actually object to this edit, but I was curious as to your thought process. HuskyHuskie ( talk) 17:41, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, I wondered what you want to do with this article? It seems to be two or three subjects tother: the USA industry, the UK industry at the beginning; some contemporary information.
I think there is a definite case for splitting it into several articles, which would help me add a bit of detail about the decline of cotton in the UK, see:
what do you think? Jim Killock (talk) 00:29, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, you may remember me from the John Adams article. Recently, I was looking at the John Marshall article, and noticed something very peculiar about an edit you made on November 30, 2010. If you have a few minutes, would you please take a look here? Thanks. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 12:26, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Rjensen! I recently made this change to the article. I would like to know if you would be interested in giving your opinion. This is the link. All help is needed. Thank your very much and kind regards, Tobby72 ( talk) 10:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
♠ TomasBat 02:42, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
An editor has questioned a source you added to Radical Right. Could you please comment here. TFD ( talk) 22:32, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Did you want to get rid of the Corwin version of the quote (and make related edits), or shall I give that a try? Anythingyouwant ( talk) 00:22, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi I just wanted to know what is happening...?
The reason I am trying to add a couple of paragraphes in the Attack on Pearl Harbour article is because I have an assignment due on the 31st of January.
The assignment is to add 2-3 paragraphes on a piece of AMerican History... If you are not going to accept my request to add please let me know as soon as possible so I can find another thing to work on.
Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marmz10 ( talk • contribs) 23:30, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, this is just to let you know that I have granted you the "autopatrolled" permission. This won't affect your editing, it just automatically marks any page you create as patrolled, benefiting new page patrollers. Please remember:
Since you are a history professor who at least gets close to if not exactly at the period in question, I think your views would be helpful on an issue for which a recent discussion was opened at Talk:Harvard University#Pre-Harvard Jesuit presence. The claims made in the initial edit struck me as so unlikely as to constitute vandalism, but the editor comes across as sincere and I like to start out assuming good faith, so I wonder whether you are aware of any recent discoveries in this area (even if there is a translation problem) or any other reason to give the claims any credence. Thanks in advance. Fat&Happy ( talk) 06:02, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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You're clearly much more acquainted than I am with the question of which sources are reliable re: this particular incident, so I concede the point.
It's interesting to note, though, that even Weiss's defenders concede that he committed an act of violence upon Long's person, thereby triggering the chain of events which led directly to Long's death. Therefore, no matter who shot the bullet which killed Long, it was still Weiss's fault.
Weiss physically attacked Long for political reasons => Long died, two days later, from injuries which would not otherwise have been incurred => Weiss's fault, plain and simple. DS ( talk) 13:31, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Per this edit and this edit: I had thought the correct citation form was to use one of the 'cite web/book/journal/etc.' variants or to use the 'citation' form and am wondering why you altered a 'cite web' & a 'cite book' to another style. Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 23:07, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Ancient Corinth could use your expertise if you are willing.
There is one small caveat. Three of us have decided to keep Ancient Corinth separate from (modern) Corinth. See discussions at Talk:Corinth#Time_to_split_this_article_between_Ancient_and_.28Nea.2FNew.29_Corinth.
I will notify any other interested editors on the Ancient Corinth discussion page, but no one seems to be editing it but me. Student7 ( talk) 14:03, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Could you please look at the phrasing of the article again. It does not seem to preseent TR's New Nationalism, progressivism and social liberalism correctly. TFD ( talk) 01:50, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
Please take back your re-revert on History of Germany. You have no consensus for the inclusion of your text. I would prefer to discuss this on the talk page rather than going to formal dispute resolution. Cs32en Talk to me 01:52, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Dear Rjensen, I have two Issues from that article that I wish to bring to your attention.
How the Marshall Plan Worked
Set up for a limited period of four years, 1948 - 1952, the ERP operated through a counterpart fund. The money contributed by the U.S. included currency for loans, but went primarily (70 percent) towards the purchase of commodities from U.S. suppliers: $3.5 billion was spent on raw materials; $3.2 billion on food, feed and fertilizer; $1.9 billion on machinery and vehicles; $1.6 billion on fuel.
The OEEC decided which country should get what (based on what each country declared it needed), and the ECA arranged for the transfer of the goods. The American supplier was paid in dollars, which were credited against the appropriated ERP funds. The European recipient, however, was not given the goods as a gift, but had to pay for them (although not necessarily at one go) in local currency, which was then deposited by the government in a counterpart fund. This money, in turn, could be used by the ERP countries for further investment projects. Most of the participating ERP countries were aware from the start that they would never have to return the counterpart fund money to the U.S., and it was eventually absorbed into their national budgets and disappeared. Germany, however, was left in doubt - would it have to repay its debts? This uncertainty was to have a very positive effect.
As Time Went By ... The ERP Special Fund In 1953, it was finally established in an agreement signed in London that Germany would have to repay only a third ($1.1 billion) of its debts to the U.S. At this time, the ERP Special Fund already contained DM 6 billion (then equivalent to about $1.5 billion). The money Germany owed the U.S. was paid back in installments (the last check was handed over in June, 1971) and interestingly enough, did not come from the ERP pot, but from the federal budget. The Special Fund, now supervised by the federal economics ministry, kept growing: in 1971, it was over DM 10 billion. Today it has reached more than DM 23 billion. And thanks to the revolving loan system, by the end of 1995, the Fund had made low-interest loans amounting to around DM 140 billion.
And Finally, Back to Germany and the Marshall Plan Myth There is another reason for the Plan's continued vitality. It has transcended reality and become a myth. To this day, a truly astonishing number of Germans (and almost all advanced high school students) have an idea what the Marshall Plan was, although their idea is very often very inaccurate. They think the Marshall Plan was aid given exclusively to West Germany; that it was given in the form of a vast amount of dollars (cash); that it was an outright gift from the U.S. Many Germans believe that the Marshall Plan was alone responsible for the economic miracle of the Fifties. And when scholars come along and explain that reality was far more complex, they are sceptical and disappointed. They should not be. For the Marshall Plan certainly did play a key role in Germany's recovery, albeit perhaps more of a psychological than a purely economic one..
-- Stor stark7 Speak 22:13, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
The article Terminology related to Germany is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
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Opinions are needed on the Benjamin Harrison talk page. Two editors are in disagreement about whether or not the last section to the page is appropriate. One editor wants to included an image of the 1st Harrison stamp along with some history associated with it. An other editor feels the information is too tangential and does not belong on the Harrison page. Gwillhickers ( talk) 20:42, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I have no intention of getting into an edit war over this but your reversions do not fit with WP:NPOV or the facts of Chinese history. By 1943, Mao was in control of Yenan whilst other warlords held sway over large swathes of territory across China - never mind Puyi and his Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. Chiang may have been accepted as the titular Chinese leader by the Allies but he was not in control of the whole country. Calling him the "Chinese nationalist leader" is a statement of fact. Best Philg88 ( talk) 07:30, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to remind you that all these sections to which you are adding additional content actually need to be written as summaries of the respective articles, per WP:Summary. Cs32en Talk to me 01:58, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I noticed you made a bunch of corrections to the Efficiency Movement article. In particular, your first edit on December 17 severely altered the first paragraph. That's fine, but the first line is now not a sentence (although it is fairly long) and doesn't actually make sense. It seems that something went astray when cutting and pasting. Rather than guess at your intention, I thought I would mention it so you might correct it when you have a moment. Thanks for your work! -- Edgehawk ( talk) 21:04, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to challenge you in respect to your knowledge pertaining to the War of 1812. InternetHero ( talk) 07:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
I don't need you "warning" me about 3RR, & if you read my comments on the talk page, you'll see why I think it's needless. As for "sourced", that's not a defense for leaving in needless garbage. You want to make threats, do it somewhere else. I'm not impressed. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 01:25, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject Women's History needs members' input on implementing auto-assessment. You'll find the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women's History#Auto-assessment. Best wishes, Voceditenore ( talk) 10:53, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
The German history did not end in 260 and then suddenly started again in 800. This period has to be covered as well, and 8 lines are not too detailed. Gogafax 21:30, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Recently you stated that my suggestion to move the Boller material from the George Washington article to the George Washington and religion article was POV. I'd like to know why you said that, if you care to explain. And, on a related topic, it seems to me that in the various articles where our editing overlaps, the use of words like "deism" and "providence" is often muddy and ill-defined. I see that as a problem and am inclined to strive for clarity in the use of terms. Part of the problem, in my view, is that reliable sources often use these two terms in conflicting ways, often without clearly defining what they mean; and this leads to confusion in wikipedia articles. Perhaps you'd be willing to comment.-- Other Choices ( talk) 08:29, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Here's the problem. I'll happily agree that UM and MSU are "commonly known" to be "leading research institutions", vagueness and slight peacockery aside; an editor has recently added Wayne State as well (twice), which is a good school but not one that in my own middling, but still common, experience with higher ed institutions, isn't as familiar as a leading research institution. I was going to remove the new entry as specifically unsourced, but realized that neither of the others were sourced either. Given the loose factual nature of the assertion in the first place I figured it made sense just to take out the whole sentence, UM and MSU too, rather than embark on an unsourced hairsplitting disagreement. I've now reinstated the sentence with UM and MSU only, because I agree their status is common knowledge. That's not my sense re Wayne State, however, so I left it out. What do you think? JohnInDC ( talk) 06:20, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian American#Asian American Femininity. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 12:14, 9 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Hi Rjensen, your input is needed regarding a section you created on the Thomas Jefferson page back in Nov-2010. The present version of the section reads quite differently than the section you originally authored. Here is the discussion (bottom). -- Gwillhickers ( talk) 01:54, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
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Your edit on the Jefferson page [8] disagrees with the sources I posted on the talk page (which are quite a few & represent the best in Jefferson scholarship). However, I propose a compromise: you can keep your references to Lincoln, and the inspiration etc, but the clause " Abraham Lincoln in particular was heavily indebted to Jefferson for his political philosophy of liberty and equality in the battle against slavery" should go. I would even agree just leave that as long as you remove the part: "in the battle against slavery" should go. Ebanony ( talk) 06:12, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
The main source written by TJ that Lincoln referred to being the Declaration of Independence -- AL not referring much to any other writings of TJ. I think the DoI merits inclusion, since it was not all TJ's doing-- JimWae ( talk) 19:34, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Note well this edit on Template:Christian History by User:79.209.49.181. şṗøʀĸşṗøʀĸ: τᴀʟĸ 19:53, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Just to let you know. I began a discussion Talk:Founding Fathers of the United States#French founding fathers here, on whether or not the French revolutionaries are considered founding fathers.-- Jojhutton ( talk) 01:32, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Navy decline and Star Route Postal Contracts Hello Rjensen. Another editor and myself are discussing Star Route postal contracts and naval decline in the President Hayes article talk page. The above is a link to this discussion. If you have time, can you please give input into the discussion. Thanks. Cmguy777 ( talk) 22:33, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
I've noticed your numerous edits, and I'm glad you're participating in WikiProject Women's History. If you have any questions, concerns, or bright ideas about the project, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Since you've been active on Wikipedia for a long time, I'd be particularly interested in hearing your thoughts about how we might recruit more editors and get people excited about contributing.
I notice that you've worked a lot on the Progressive Era entry. I've recently added cleanup tags to Julia Lathrop, maternalist reform, Josephine Goldmark, and United States Children's Bureau. Lots of the reformers affiliated with Hull House also need their entries marked with cleanup tags and/or expanded, if you're so inclined. ---Shane Landrum ( cliotropic | talk | contribs) 00:20, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Your attention and input is needed again on the Thomas Jefferson talk page. -- Gwillhickers ( talk) 22:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen, it looks like you edit articles within the scope of Wikiproject: United States Public Policy, and I was hoping you would be interested in assessing articles with the Public Policy Initiative. There is more info about assessment on the 9/13/2010 Signpost. If you're interested or just curious you can sign up on the project page or just contact me. Thanks! ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) ( talk) 23:05, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
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Dr. Jensen,
I respectfully request that you review the intro to the article on the Spanish-American War. I made some changes on March 6 2011 which you effectively undid twelve minutes later. I can see that you are far better qualified on the subject matter. Perhaps if I explained the reasons for my changes, you will be able to effect them in a better way than I could.
Before my changes, the final text in the first paragraph read as follows:
Compromise proved impossible, resulting in an ultimatum sent to Madrid, which was not accepted. First Madrid, then Washington, formally declared war.
My editorial attention was caught by the first of those two sentences: It is both a run-on sentence and in the passive voice (with no hint as to who sent the ultimatum [much less what the ultimatum consisted of]). In rewriting that sentence, I had to do a little research on the U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War. I found it very interesting and resolved to study it more when I get a chance. I also found it to be sufficiently complex that I have no doubt that my hasty rewrite could have introduced some inaccuracies.
Here is the logic I followed: The run-on sentence contained three clauses. I split the first into its own sentence (Compromise proved impossible.). I made the second an active sentence by adding a subject. I also clarified what the ultimatum consisted of:
The U.S. sent an ultimatum to Spain demanding that it withdraw from Cuba or face the use of military force.
That left me with the third clause(...which was not accepted.). In researching this I discovered what I'm sure you already knew, that there was a rapid cascade of events subject to different interpretations. Spain neither accepted nor rejected the ultimatum, but considered it a declaration of war and broke diplomatic relations. It seemed appropriate to combine these events with the second sentence to indicate the rapid succession of events.:
Within days, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S., the U.S. imposed a naval blockade of Cuba, Spain declared war with the U.S., and the U.S. did so with Spain.
You can no doubt improve on this sentence, but I hope you agree that the original (First Madrid, then Washington, formally declared war.) conveys a granularity and deliberateness to the events that did not exist. We slid into war. And there is much to be learned from that.
Finally, as to your preference for using cities (Madrid and Washington) as metaphors for countries, I recognize this is an accepted scholarly style, but I do question its appropriateness in an introductory paragraph to an article designed for worldwide readership by the masses (as well as furtive glances from scholars). In such a context, IMHO, clarity is far more important than style.
Sincerely, Frappyjohn ( talk) 03:58, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Dear Rjensen,
I was surprised to see that you completely wiped out my etymological contribution to the "filibuster" article. I note in the Revision History that, by way of explanation for this action, you state that "de Quincy says he means the old sense of the word, [with no connection to legislatures]."
Two questions:
1. Are we referring to the same person? Your spelling "de Quincy" makes me wonder (correct is De Quincey).
2. If indeed you are referring to the same Thomas De Quincey as I am, would you be so kind as to provide me with some citation or reference for his "saying he meant the old sense of the word"? I see no such distinction in my version of Confessions, but perhaps you have another edition of the book, or some other work in which the good De Quincey makes this clarification.
Much obliged, Chillowack Chillowack ( talk) 01:32, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Have you seen Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Islam#Question_about_Muslim_holidays? Peculiar title. Anyway, about getting a subscription to "everything" academic. You may have this anyway, but it would be nice to see someone get it who does need it. Student7 ( talk) 21:39, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian-American history#Move request. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 01:53, 23 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
I have made a few changes in this article. I removed unsourced material. Add sources were I could but have found a notable lack of resources on this subject. I was wondering if I could bother you to take a seconds look at it. It would be much appreciated. Serialjoepsycho ( talk) 05:17, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
I'd like to make use of for a brief project I'm doing for university on how immigration to the US was viewed by Americans at the time. That cartoon obviously provides a good primary source for the negative side. You've listed the date, but do you happen to know what the cartoon is called? - • The Giant Puffin • 10:49, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Partly due to your additions to the history section of Springfield, Illinois a few years ago, such as here, [9] that section is now unbalanced, with a lot of text on the 1860s-1860s and unsource essay on race relations but nothing about the 20th century. When you have the time, could you perhaps revisit that section and see if you could find a way to balance it a bit better? Will Beback talk 22:10, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen, can you please provide a source to support the material you've just re-added here? I'm pretty sure that it's either wrong or only one side of the debate - the US was always intended to use the atomic bomb, and preparations for an invasion of Japan continued after the decision to use the bombs was made (though it was, of course, hoped that this would prove unnecessary). Cheers, Nick-D ( talk) 10:54, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
I submitted the article in the caption for B class assessment, noting that you and I had contributed to it, just before I left for a week's vacation. I certainly concur in your reply to the assessment comments that there is no original research or synthesis in this article. In fact, I included every item I could find that appeared in a secondary source and seemed to be at all relevant without any interpretation or argument. Your items also are written as facts so I am not sure how the original research and synthesis conclusions could be reached. I do note that these tags were first added by a bot. As a source, Long's book is in some respects just a lengthy and detailed timeline. Of course, it starts with November 1860 so it does not support the earlier items. I am inclined to add sources that I can add easily, add a little to the introduction and prepare an infobox although it seems rather superfluous in an article that is a list of events. If that is not enough, someone else will need to bring it up to B. Other rather complete articles remain as start class so that does not always mean the article is very deficient.
Although I would prefer to see this article rated as B after the work we and those who started the article have put into it, I do not want to spend a considerable amount of additional time on it. As the 150th anniversary of events preliminary to the Civil War has nearly passed and the 150th anniversary of Civil War events approaches, there are many other articles related to the Civil War that need attention and can be raised to B class. These articles may attract more readers as the anniversary dates come up. I have worked on the minor early engagements of Battle of Sewell's Point and Battle of Aquia Creek and these are now rated B. While there are not a large number of such engagements in 1861, there are some others such as the Big Bethel, the West Virginia campaign actions and Dranesville at the end of the year. The bigger battles are already covered in articles with more detail and will receive some more attention from others but there is much interesting history to be added to some of the articles on smaller engagements and some biographies. Donner60 ( talk) 08:23, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
I also do not see how citation of Census Bureau numbers, which can be found in many articles, can be original research or synthesis. Since slavery was a key factor in causing the Civil War, the growth of slavery would seem to be important. If the reviewer proceeds to try to delete the article in whole or in part, I suppose one or both of us will need to point this out. I will work on the sources and perhaps do a little rewriting, but again, there is only so much that can be done and so much time to devote to it. I am afraid that if the reviewer proceeds, readers will not get to appreciate the work regardless of the assessment because the article might disappear. I will do what I can with it over the next few days and after that, I guess we will either have to argue the points or let the chips fall where they may as others decide what to do. Donner60 ( talk) 03:39, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
I added a few quotations as a further introduction despite this being a bit unusual. I think it backs up the premise of the article and also would help forestall arguments that slavery was not the main issue or that the article deals exclusively with slavery. I have added citations to pages from Wagner, McPherson and Eicher and will add some more. There will be two or more citations for some items but that seems necessary to get past the reviewer. I may add a little more to the introduction. I will add an infobox. Even though that seems superfluous in this type of article, I suppose it is necessary to pass the B test. Donner60 ( talk) 19:45, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Your changes to the article on Buckley were done without (and in contradiction to) any discussion, specifically, the discussion I was attempting to have about this on the Discussion page. Your citations do not support the material you provided. Please do not simply restore material that has been deleted. Your sources must actually support the material. Also, they must be neutral in POV. Finally, Buckley can at best have attempted to read Rand out -- "weeding her out" is a good example of non-neutrality of language -- the conservative movement. Since she is currently cited favorably by Limbaugh, Beck and the Tea Partiers, it was an attempt with dubious results. Given the fact that Reagan praised Rand long after the review, and appointed Rand student Martin Anderson as his top domestic policy adviser, it seems to have failed. So, let's stick to facts: he tried. Let's also not insert personal opinions that do not appear on the cited material. Pelagius2 ( talk) 16:39, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
Korean American political affiliations are important and should be discussed in article Korean_American (the information is duplicated there from the same RS, see below for text I am referring to), but it is not relevant for an article that discusses the neighborhood of Koreatown,_Los_Angeles. Why would you discuss political affiliations of Korean Americans in this specific article? You will see other neighborhood articles as an example don't include such things. And since RS states the riots caused the people to split into two groups, would this not be more appropriate in article Los_Angeles_riots.
Text I would like removed:
-- Anonpetit ( talk) 22:19, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not going to edit the article again but the article needs to be researched for plagerism/copyvios. - The template clearly states only an admin should remove the template; if you want to keep editing the article in the meantime, contact an admin or create a temporary page according to the instructions. Take care Kirk ( talk) 14:27, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, i am interested to know the source for this couple of edits:
...specifically, for the sentence,
It doesn't appear to be from the listed source. Indeed, the source seems decidedly pessimistic, an entirely different tone from the way this edit appears to portray the information.
"Strong" is a relative — and (in my view) very questionable — term for public sector unions; but more particularly, "high" pensions seems an even more subjective term not to be properly sourced. Neither the word strong, nor the word high, nor even the word pension appears in the article.
I don't doubt there are sources adversarial to unions which might portray the info this way. If that is the case, could this please be sourced so we know who this opinion comes from?
thanks, best wishes, Richard Myers ( talk) 20:26, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
I noticed you commented on American exceptionalism in the past. After lengthy talk page discussion, we have a new lead. I wonder if you could look at it and see whether you have any further comments. I am not clear to what extent more recent scholarship by Pocock and others has affected the acceptance of the theory. TFD ( talk) 14:49, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Rjenson,
I wanted to discuss the "Abraham Lincoln and Religion" page with you ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_and_religion#cite_note-36). I added a letter written by William Herndon discussing Lincoln's beliefs. The next morning you removed the piece saying "long quotations from primary sources are not recommended here -- please use a a good secondary source." But looking over the page, there seem to be a number of long primary source quotes (Mary Todd to Rev. James Smith, Rev James Armstrong Reed, Abraham Lincoln). I'm a new Wikipedia editor and trying to figure out the ropes. Are primary sources acceptable as long as they are compiled in another book or essay? Any help you can give me will be much appreciated.
Churchillreader ( talk) 08:45, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Based on your edit to History of Jews in the United States, you seem to have some knowledge and interest in the topic of Jewish involvement in the development of banking in the United States. I wonder if you would look at the following draft articles and give my some feedback on how to improve them:
The above draft articles are attempts to salvage encyclopedic text from the failed (i.e. AFD'ed) article Jews and money. Here is a link to the version of the article at the time it was nominated for deletion. I would appreciate any suggestions that you might have for distilling the valuable information into encyclopedic article topics.
Thanx.
-- Pseudo-Richard ( talk) 19:04, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
I saw your most recent tweak on that article. That was a truly heroic sentence worthy of Bill Faulkner on a good day! Better than I could do. I've been trying to figure approach an edit on that article's prose style for months. ;-) Trilobitealive ( talk) 21:30, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
The Plymouth, Pennsylvania article is far too long, but there are many opportunities to make some sections into articles. Can you help?-- DThomsen8 ( talk) 14:18, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
The edits of user:24.5.250.93 to various US articles are very questionable. The changes are not supported by any justification or citations. Perhaps you can look at all of these as I know from your edits that you have more information in hand than I have Hmains ( talk) 03:09, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanx man! for the reporting —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.69.236.61 ( talk) 21:51, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I've probably had a few minor disagreements with you over individual edits, but overall you seem to be one of the better editors I've encountered on subjects related to American history. Recently someone added a link to the Indian Removal Act in an article on my watchlist ( Florida), and I popped over to get some background. Now the title leads to certain assumptions, and the article does have some facts scattered about, but overall I see no way anybody could come away with an understanding of the Act; what were it's provisions?; what areas did it include?; what tribes were affected?; how long was it in effect?... as Yul Brynner would say, "et cetera, et cetera, et cetera". If you have any time, would you consider taking a look at the article and seeing if it can be improved just a little? Fat&Happy ( talk) 17:33, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
I am a Wikipedian, who is studying the phenomenon on Wikipedia. I need your help to conduct my research on about understanding "Motivation of Wikipedia contributors." I would like to invite you to Main Study. Please give me your valuable time, which estimates about 20 minutes. I chose you as a English Wikipedia user who made edits recently through the RecentChange page. Refer to the first page in the online survey form for more information on the study and me. cooldenny ( talk) 01:36, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
In this article, I found the following, added by Rjensen on 14 March 2011:
"Under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson, the state of Virginia in 1778 became the first place in the world to end the international slave trade; it freed all slaves brought in after its passage. [4] [5]"
I have been unable to corroborate this claim anywhere else in WP, or in any reference work I've read. I have not yet, however, read the two books you cited, so I placed a 'verify source' tag and am bringing it to your attention. Please clarify by adding the name of the 1778 Virginia law and/or other relevant info - thanks. WCCasey ( talk) 01:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
I read the sources and still feel that your wording is not accurate.
I'm all for giving credit where credit is due, but I think there are POV issues here. It doesn't do any good to cite a source if you don't cite it accurately. WCCasey ( talk) 06:03, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
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It seems ShutteGod won't compromise on my addition to the Republican Party History page. I've asked for a compromise via his talk page, but he went ahead of removed my addition for a 2nd time. Is there some sort of mediation to go through? I think the midterm election results were historic for the Republicans, and some of the stats should at least be mentioned. To not include this highlight in political history, is to ignore it. jjrj24 ( talk) 17 November 2010 —Preceding undated comment added 01:12, 18 November 2010 (UTC).
Hi there, your picture File:Promises.JPG is being considered for featured picture. However, the summary is not properly filled out. Can you please fill it out? Thanks. Secret Saturdays ( talk to me) what's new? 00:20, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
We should talk about out strategy, so we can pass it, on our way to FA. - Peregrine Fisher ( talk) 05:12, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Progressive Era. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Uncle Dick ( talk) 18:22, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Dwalrus states on Tirronan's talk page that my references do not completely support me. However,later, he states that my newest version of the contested edit on the War of 1812 page (go look) is completely correct and supported by a viable author.Here is a quote from him: "1. the US wanted revenge, 2. the US did not have the naval strength to take on the Royal Navy, 3. attacking Canada was the only viable recourse, 4. the part about the negotiations of the 1783 Treaty of Paris". The Treaty of Paris part was repeatedly deleted, scorned ,called "anachronous" and now described as completely correct( or at least viably supported)! By the same people( person)! I would call that anachronous. Deleting my latest post would be deleting properly cited and viable material. Ronald Wenonah ( talk) 22:44, 4 November 2010 (UTC)Ronald Wenonah Ronald Wenonah ( talk) 22:44, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
I have been attempted to resummarize again the USG Civil War segment. The longer segment currently in the article can be its own article. Could you look over the new summary in the talk page and do any possible editing? You are a good editor. Your help is needed. The 100th anniversary of the Civil War is approaching or already here. Thanks. 74.38.7.34 ( talk) 02:54, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Thanks Rjensen for looking at the new summary. I can drop the statement. Cmguy777 ( talk) 02:56, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind getting involved over at Confederate History Month? It's appalling how long this language apparently stayed on there, and now I'm in an edit war over removing it. I'm going to be too busy to keep an eye on it in the next few days. Thanks. Recognizance ( talk) 02:03, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
And you may have access and prefer JSTOR, but getting from JSTOR to the actual publication if you don't have access isn't straight-forward. If you link to the abstract at the publisher, then everyone can read the access. Instead, editors have chosen to link to abstracts at paid subscription services instead of the publisher, therefore removing access to the abstract and choice of subscription service to the reader.
Go ahead and access JSTOR all you want, but wikipedia is not the place to promote your access. Giving a link to the publisher allows anyone to select their access, not yours.
So, instead of the citation, with the abstract, the journal name, and the author contacts, what you give the reader is a link to nothing.
Paid subscription services are not necessary to verify information. -- Kleopatra ( talk) 07:54, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Please see Talk:War of 1812#Broken reference tag -- PBS ( talk) 01:20, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
I just mentioned your name here, so I'm giving you the opportunity to disagree with my summary of your views. If you wish, you may also choose to participate in the mediation. If you'd rather avoid the whole thing, you need only be silent and I will not pester you again. Dylan Flaherty ( talk) 03:05, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm very sorry about this edit. I've been removing a self-published source that was spammed into several articles, and somehow I must have clicked on an old version of the page (still not quite sure how it happened), and inadvertently reverted to an earlier version. I didn't notice it until I saw your revert, and now I see I've done it on a few other articles too. I'll go over them again and fix anything. I'm sorry for the inconvenience! SlimVirgin talk| contribs 08:07, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
I am trying to avoid an "edit war" but while I understand your some of your points, I've done some checking on wikipedia policy on the use of sources and the section I put in on TR's attitude toward his father was from well-authenticated and well-published source, Joseph Bucklin Bishop. Note what wikipedia's policy is: "Unless there is a clear reason to do otherwise, follow the usage of reliable English-language secondary sources on the subject." But in the case of my two edits, I object to your removal of these sections. They do NOT constitute a violation of wikipedia policy. Please reconsider these removals. Note wikipedia's own policies below: Thanks Keith. SimonATL ( talk) 14:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Here is what wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Observe the style adopted by high-quality sources. Unless there is a clear reason to do otherwise, follow the usage of reliable English-language secondary sources on the subject. If the sources can be shown to be unrepresentative of current English usage, follow current English usage instead—and consult more sources.
Also in the section on "No Original Research" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research Research that consists of collecting and organizing material from existing sources within the provisions of this and other content policies is fundamental to writing an encyclopedia. Best practice is to research the most reliable sources on the topic and summarize what they say in your own words, with each statement in the article attributable to a source that makes that statement explicitly. Source material should be carefully summarized or rephrased without changing its meaning or implication. Take care not to go beyond what is expressed in the sources, or to use them in ways inconsistent with the intention of the source, such as using material out of context. In short, stick to the sources.
If no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article about it.
Reliable sourcesFurther information: Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources Any material that is challenged or likely to be challenged must be supported by a reliable source. Material for which no reliable source can be found is considered original research. The only way you can show your edit is not original research is to cite a reliable published source that contains the same material. Even with well-sourced material, if you use it out of context, or to advance a position not directly and explicitly supported by the source, you are engaging in original research; see below.
In general, the most reliable sources are: peer-reviewed journals; books published by university presses; university-level textbooks; magazines, journals, and books published by respected publishing houses; and mainstream newspapers. As a rule of thumb, the more people engaged in checking facts, analyzing legal issues, and scrutinizing the writing, the more reliable the publication. Self-published material, whether on paper or online, is generally not regarded as reliable, but see self-published sources for exceptions.
Using sourcesInformation in an article must be verifiable in the references cited. In general, article statements should not rely on unclear or inconsistent passages, or on passing comments. Passages open to multiple interpretations should be precisely cited or avoided. A summary of extensive discussion should reflect the conclusions of the source. Drawing conclusions not evident in the reference is original research regardless of the type of source. It is important that references be cited in context and on topic.
The section you unnecessarily excised was from an established and well-respected secondary source:
I was fortunate enough in having a father whom I have always been able to regard as an ideal man. It sounds a little like cant to say what I am going to say, but he really did combine the strength and courage and will and energy of the strongest man with the tenderness, cleanness and purity of a woman. I was a sickly and timid boy. He not only took great and untiring care of me—some of my earliest remembrances are of nights when he would walk up and down with me for an hour at a time in his arms when I was a wretched mite suffering acutely with asthma— but he also most wisely refused to coddle me, and made me feel that I must force myself to hold my own with other boys and prepare to do the rough work of the world. I cannot say that he ever put it into words, but he certainly gave me the feeling that I was always to be both decent and manly, and that if I were manly nobody would laugh at my being decent. In all my childhood he never laid hand on me but once, but I always knew perfectly well that in case it became necessary he would not have the slightest hesitancy in doing so again, and alike from my love and respect, and in a certain sense, my fear of him, I would have hated and dreaded beyond measure to have him know that I had been guilty of a lie, or of cruelty, or of bullying, or of uncleanness or of cowardice. Gradually I grew to have the feeling on my own account, and not merely on his." [1]
SimonATL ( talk) 15:07, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello, we've crossed paths several times on different pieces. You do some good work on here, and it's nice to see a knowledgeable editor at work. Hope to see you again on other pieces. Best, MarmadukePercy ( talk) 09:59, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
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Hi, I just made your acquaintance through your helpful comment on the Further reading manual of style talk page, and I was glad to see your rule of thumb about adding further reading references to articles. I see you are a historian both by higher education and by profession, and I will be delighted to learn from you how better to use history publications to improve Wikipedia article text on various subjects. It has been my misfortune to run into quite a few edit wars on some of the articles I edit. My undergraduate higher education was in Chinese language and sinology, and of course those subjects evoke many cross-strait tensions between the P.R.C. and R.O.C. regimes, while my current occupational interest in gifted education impinges on very controversial issues related to IQ testing and education policy. I'm trying to be as helpful and as nondisruptive as possible, by preferring sharing sources initially [2] to plunging in with lots of bold edits to article text. But some articles are badly in need of bold edits, and I hope it is "uncontroversial" (to use a word from another editor who commented after you commented on further reading links) that adding reliable sources to Wikipedia is, in general, a good idea, an idea that can help fellow editors edit boldly and effectively. I will be glad to hear from you any tips you have about editing well in contentious editing environments so that what the sources say is properly reflected in article text. I hope you enjoy the remainder of your Thanksgiving weekend. -- WeijiBaikeBianji ( talk, how I edit) 03:23, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
I found an interesting newspaper article on A. J. Creswell. He may not be the reformer as mentioned in the Presidency of USG article.
"Postmaster-General Creswell was investigated three times, twice whitewashed by a Republican Congress and once exposed by a Democratic House. The most flagrant abuse ever fastened upon the Post Office Department, that of "straw bids," began under Creswell. A straw bid is a bid so low that it can never be fulfilled, which usually throws the contracts into Ring hands at a higher rate, or compels "temporary services" at high pay. Where the highest bid was $80,049, the straw bid was in one case $900. In another case the highest was $150,000, tbe lowest was $75. This last Creswell through out, and yet accepted a straw bid of $4,200. One firm of straw bidders, Barlow, Sanderson & Co., paid between $40,000 and $50,000 to influence the investigation of the Republican House, paid one lawyer $25,000 for influence within the Department, and gave large sums to the Second Assistant Postmaster-General's brother. This firm obtained one contract which will serve as a specimen. It was let to a straw bidder, though there was an honest bid of $96,000 a year. This bidder failed, and temporary service was engaged at $700 a day. Another straw bid, another failure, and temporary services again, this time at $120 a day. Finally, the contract was handed over to Barlow & Co., without advertising and violation of law, at $142,000. Hundreds similar instances could be given. Creswell, when he resigned, received a eulogistic letter from President Grant." -- Hagerstown Mail (Friday, October 22, 1876) Cmguy777 ( talk) 05:07, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen. I like your improvements to Wikipedia:Further reading. A question—what are you thinking of regarding the usefulness of unreliable sources? I read WP:RS and I can't envision a situation when an unreliable source would be a good edition to a further reading section. Am I missing something you've thought of? Thanks. -- Bsherr ( talk) 03:16, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
If you check the peer review of the article you'll see that according to Fifelfoo Taubman and Tucker should be replaced because of c1/c2 issues, that is why i was in the process of replacing them-- Macarenses ( talk) 08:43, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
As i have little knowledge in matters of publications may i suggest you discuss the issue with Fifelfoo to reach a consensus, so that we can all see this article reach FAC-- Macarenses ( talk) 09:37, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Rjensen, i don't quite understand why did you omit the paragraph dealing with the change in policy in the way the Soviet Union was portrayed in Western media- here. It's just that i've added that paragraph as it was deemed necessary to the section by Nick-D's review. I'm sure you had your reasons and i'm looking forward to hear them.-- Macarenses ( talk) 07:01, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
I beg to differ. While I agree the passage will require a rewrite and that the term "allies" should be dropped I must say that as for "propaganda"- that's the perfect term. I mean, movies like "the battle of Russia" were in many cases commissioned by military and state authorities(in the case of this particular film, the film was commissioned by general George C. Marshall and produced in association with the US signal corps)with the expressed purpose to aid the war effort. As for The two films, they were given as an example and maybe they were given undue attention.-- Macarenses ( talk) 06:35, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Forgive my ignorance but what does RS stands for?-- Macarenses ( talk) 06:50, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Would anyone of the following be considered a RS?
-- Macarenses ( talk) 07:06, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, I didn't get the context of your edit. Toscho ( talk) 21:46, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hello Rjensen,
I'm not sure if you remember me, but I recently added some important results for the Republican Party on the History of the Republican Party page, only to have it called trivial by ShutteGod and erased all together without discussion. I'm not sure what his agenda is, but he edited out my update again even after I tried to compromise by shortening my version. He keeps speaking of working this out via talk, but all he does is erase my edit and tell ME to talk about it. We agree it was a significant mid-term election result, but he thinks it's "trivial." Is he serious, or is he just some partisan editor who doesn't like that page?
jjrj24 ( talk) 9:01, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Please have some respect and let me work up some evaluations -- that's why I've add an under construction notice to the page. Second and third and fourth hand is precisely what the later evaluations of the ALL are about. I'm trying to make it clear what the author said, where he was coming from, and someone else's skeptical evaluation. There's more to come but it takes a little time.
I'm not some fly-by anonymous guy who popped in to add a smirk. I'm working on the entry and will be for the next week or two. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 03:19, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
The full documentary, free legal to watch from it's author. An abundance of evidence for any serious historian. Have a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U71-KsDArFM
In case you have not already seen it.
Nunamiut (
talk) 01:50, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
Sure. But do you still really think _all_ of it is simply silly "conjecture" and can be just brushed off/aside as such? Nunamiut ( talk) 02:32, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Would you be able to comment on my "Unbalanced entry" assertions on ((Talk:Cyrus Cylinder))? I feel that a clique of editors have taken over that page, and suppress the contrarian view points on the topic. I'd like to see a lot more neutral involvement and oversight on this topic. IMediaObserver ( talk) 08:00, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
I know that you are passionate and knowlegble about this topic and have given good feedback in the past. In particular to good access to sources. Wanna try your hand at addressing Folantin's suggestion at bottom of section here? Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard#Cyrus_Cylinder_and_human_rights I'll be around the next few days trying to work on determining the prevalence of scholars supporting/not-supporting the notion that the Cylinder is "Charter of Human Rights." Perhaps you might want to address the issue in the same manner that he addresses it? Best, GoetheFromm ( talk) 21:31, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
I cited Current's work, The Lincoln Nobody Knows, pages 230-233. Current claims that Lincoln's racial views and African American colonization have been used to promote white supremacy. Current page 230: "His name [Lincoln] also has been made to symbolize the opposite doctrine of white supremacy and black oppression." Current then gives an example of James K. Vardaman, quoting Lincoln to justify white supremacy in 1909. Current is a valid source. Cmguy777 ( talk) 00:49, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello! since you helped me once with my faux-pas in using sources in Cold War i thought you might be able to help me again. I need to know if the following source is reliable: [3]
Best regards,-- Macarenses ( talk) 17:25, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
I have some bad news, searching the name of the author on Wikipedia yields a few dozens articles using either this book or others by the same author- should i go on a clearing rampage and delete all those references? you can check some of them out by searching the title of the book.-- Macarenses ( talk) 11:22, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
All reference to the book and author were removed from 29 articles- the purge is complete.-- Macarenses ( talk) 10:45, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
Can 'tariffs' be considered 'taxes'? If so we might reconsider it as a cause of Southern resentment and the secession movement. It may be, that taxes cannot be considered a real cause, only fear of --- .
Secretary of War Floyd pointedly did not mount armaments purchased and delivered on site to protect US forts in the South, to save taxes, a Southern state policy in the US Congress. On the other hand, Floyd initiated the additional expense of removing infantry arms out of northern armories to those located in the South. I wonder if the expenses were a wash? "No harm, no foul" for the honorable Mr. Floyd? TheVirginiaHistorian ( talk) 12:27, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
I didn't understand your edit and reverted it. Where can i find these 10.000 slaving vessels associated with the port of Amsterdam in this source you gave? Quote me from it. Sonty567 ( talk) 20:18, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Conservapedia copy and pasting. Thank you. Prodego talk 23:43, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
RE this, there's a short passage in the chapter from Scholefield & Howay I just added, towards its end, you could use to cite that; I don't have the patience to read it again this morning (as i did "through" this morning over coffee). Not sure that resentment context belongs in the lede though..... Skookum1 ( talk) 21:21, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi! Just wanted to say well done on expanding the war section of the Scotland article. Are you Scottish by any chance? 86.147.204.162 ( talk) 12:09, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey now, that was fast! I was expecting a stub article, at most, but kudos on doing such a great job in expanding that section. I myself was surprised that a proper article for the irreconcilables didn't exist. I'll be sure to add some extra material should I come across it. Cheers, -- Marshal Bagramyan ( talk) 17:46, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
I don't actually object to this edit, but I was curious as to your thought process. HuskyHuskie ( talk) 17:41, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi there, I wondered what you want to do with this article? It seems to be two or three subjects tother: the USA industry, the UK industry at the beginning; some contemporary information.
I think there is a definite case for splitting it into several articles, which would help me add a bit of detail about the decline of cotton in the UK, see:
what do you think? Jim Killock (talk) 00:29, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, you may remember me from the John Adams article. Recently, I was looking at the John Marshall article, and noticed something very peculiar about an edit you made on November 30, 2010. If you have a few minutes, would you please take a look here? Thanks. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 12:26, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, Rjensen! I recently made this change to the article. I would like to know if you would be interested in giving your opinion. This is the link. All help is needed. Thank your very much and kind regards, Tobby72 ( talk) 10:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
♠ TomasBat 02:42, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
An editor has questioned a source you added to Radical Right. Could you please comment here. TFD ( talk) 22:32, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Did you want to get rid of the Corwin version of the quote (and make related edits), or shall I give that a try? Anythingyouwant ( talk) 00:22, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi I just wanted to know what is happening...?
The reason I am trying to add a couple of paragraphes in the Attack on Pearl Harbour article is because I have an assignment due on the 31st of January.
The assignment is to add 2-3 paragraphes on a piece of AMerican History... If you are not going to accept my request to add please let me know as soon as possible so I can find another thing to work on.
Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marmz10 ( talk • contribs) 23:30, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, this is just to let you know that I have granted you the "autopatrolled" permission. This won't affect your editing, it just automatically marks any page you create as patrolled, benefiting new page patrollers. Please remember:
Since you are a history professor who at least gets close to if not exactly at the period in question, I think your views would be helpful on an issue for which a recent discussion was opened at Talk:Harvard University#Pre-Harvard Jesuit presence. The claims made in the initial edit struck me as so unlikely as to constitute vandalism, but the editor comes across as sincere and I like to start out assuming good faith, so I wonder whether you are aware of any recent discoveries in this area (even if there is a translation problem) or any other reason to give the claims any credence. Thanks in advance. Fat&Happy ( talk) 06:02, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
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You're clearly much more acquainted than I am with the question of which sources are reliable re: this particular incident, so I concede the point.
It's interesting to note, though, that even Weiss's defenders concede that he committed an act of violence upon Long's person, thereby triggering the chain of events which led directly to Long's death. Therefore, no matter who shot the bullet which killed Long, it was still Weiss's fault.
Weiss physically attacked Long for political reasons => Long died, two days later, from injuries which would not otherwise have been incurred => Weiss's fault, plain and simple. DS ( talk) 13:31, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Per this edit and this edit: I had thought the correct citation form was to use one of the 'cite web/book/journal/etc.' variants or to use the 'citation' form and am wondering why you altered a 'cite web' & a 'cite book' to another style. Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 23:07, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Ancient Corinth could use your expertise if you are willing.
There is one small caveat. Three of us have decided to keep Ancient Corinth separate from (modern) Corinth. See discussions at Talk:Corinth#Time_to_split_this_article_between_Ancient_and_.28Nea.2FNew.29_Corinth.
I will notify any other interested editors on the Ancient Corinth discussion page, but no one seems to be editing it but me. Student7 ( talk) 14:03, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
Could you please look at the phrasing of the article again. It does not seem to preseent TR's New Nationalism, progressivism and social liberalism correctly. TFD ( talk) 01:50, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
Please take back your re-revert on History of Germany. You have no consensus for the inclusion of your text. I would prefer to discuss this on the talk page rather than going to formal dispute resolution. Cs32en Talk to me 01:52, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
Dear Rjensen, I have two Issues from that article that I wish to bring to your attention.
How the Marshall Plan Worked
Set up for a limited period of four years, 1948 - 1952, the ERP operated through a counterpart fund. The money contributed by the U.S. included currency for loans, but went primarily (70 percent) towards the purchase of commodities from U.S. suppliers: $3.5 billion was spent on raw materials; $3.2 billion on food, feed and fertilizer; $1.9 billion on machinery and vehicles; $1.6 billion on fuel.
The OEEC decided which country should get what (based on what each country declared it needed), and the ECA arranged for the transfer of the goods. The American supplier was paid in dollars, which were credited against the appropriated ERP funds. The European recipient, however, was not given the goods as a gift, but had to pay for them (although not necessarily at one go) in local currency, which was then deposited by the government in a counterpart fund. This money, in turn, could be used by the ERP countries for further investment projects. Most of the participating ERP countries were aware from the start that they would never have to return the counterpart fund money to the U.S., and it was eventually absorbed into their national budgets and disappeared. Germany, however, was left in doubt - would it have to repay its debts? This uncertainty was to have a very positive effect.
As Time Went By ... The ERP Special Fund In 1953, it was finally established in an agreement signed in London that Germany would have to repay only a third ($1.1 billion) of its debts to the U.S. At this time, the ERP Special Fund already contained DM 6 billion (then equivalent to about $1.5 billion). The money Germany owed the U.S. was paid back in installments (the last check was handed over in June, 1971) and interestingly enough, did not come from the ERP pot, but from the federal budget. The Special Fund, now supervised by the federal economics ministry, kept growing: in 1971, it was over DM 10 billion. Today it has reached more than DM 23 billion. And thanks to the revolving loan system, by the end of 1995, the Fund had made low-interest loans amounting to around DM 140 billion.
And Finally, Back to Germany and the Marshall Plan Myth There is another reason for the Plan's continued vitality. It has transcended reality and become a myth. To this day, a truly astonishing number of Germans (and almost all advanced high school students) have an idea what the Marshall Plan was, although their idea is very often very inaccurate. They think the Marshall Plan was aid given exclusively to West Germany; that it was given in the form of a vast amount of dollars (cash); that it was an outright gift from the U.S. Many Germans believe that the Marshall Plan was alone responsible for the economic miracle of the Fifties. And when scholars come along and explain that reality was far more complex, they are sceptical and disappointed. They should not be. For the Marshall Plan certainly did play a key role in Germany's recovery, albeit perhaps more of a psychological than a purely economic one..
-- Stor stark7 Speak 22:13, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
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Opinions are needed on the Benjamin Harrison talk page. Two editors are in disagreement about whether or not the last section to the page is appropriate. One editor wants to included an image of the 1st Harrison stamp along with some history associated with it. An other editor feels the information is too tangential and does not belong on the Harrison page. Gwillhickers ( talk) 20:42, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I have no intention of getting into an edit war over this but your reversions do not fit with WP:NPOV or the facts of Chinese history. By 1943, Mao was in control of Yenan whilst other warlords held sway over large swathes of territory across China - never mind Puyi and his Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. Chiang may have been accepted as the titular Chinese leader by the Allies but he was not in control of the whole country. Calling him the "Chinese nationalist leader" is a statement of fact. Best Philg88 ( talk) 07:30, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
Just wanted to remind you that all these sections to which you are adding additional content actually need to be written as summaries of the respective articles, per WP:Summary. Cs32en Talk to me 01:58, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, I noticed you made a bunch of corrections to the Efficiency Movement article. In particular, your first edit on December 17 severely altered the first paragraph. That's fine, but the first line is now not a sentence (although it is fairly long) and doesn't actually make sense. It seems that something went astray when cutting and pasting. Rather than guess at your intention, I thought I would mention it so you might correct it when you have a moment. Thanks for your work! -- Edgehawk ( talk) 21:04, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to challenge you in respect to your knowledge pertaining to the War of 1812. InternetHero ( talk) 07:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
I don't need you "warning" me about 3RR, & if you read my comments on the talk page, you'll see why I think it's needless. As for "sourced", that's not a defense for leaving in needless garbage. You want to make threats, do it somewhere else. I'm not impressed. TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 01:25, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
WikiProject Women's History needs members' input on implementing auto-assessment. You'll find the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women's History#Auto-assessment. Best wishes, Voceditenore ( talk) 10:53, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
The German history did not end in 260 and then suddenly started again in 800. This period has to be covered as well, and 8 lines are not too detailed. Gogafax 21:30, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
Recently you stated that my suggestion to move the Boller material from the George Washington article to the George Washington and religion article was POV. I'd like to know why you said that, if you care to explain. And, on a related topic, it seems to me that in the various articles where our editing overlaps, the use of words like "deism" and "providence" is often muddy and ill-defined. I see that as a problem and am inclined to strive for clarity in the use of terms. Part of the problem, in my view, is that reliable sources often use these two terms in conflicting ways, often without clearly defining what they mean; and this leads to confusion in wikipedia articles. Perhaps you'd be willing to comment.-- Other Choices ( talk) 08:29, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
Here's the problem. I'll happily agree that UM and MSU are "commonly known" to be "leading research institutions", vagueness and slight peacockery aside; an editor has recently added Wayne State as well (twice), which is a good school but not one that in my own middling, but still common, experience with higher ed institutions, isn't as familiar as a leading research institution. I was going to remove the new entry as specifically unsourced, but realized that neither of the others were sourced either. Given the loose factual nature of the assertion in the first place I figured it made sense just to take out the whole sentence, UM and MSU too, rather than embark on an unsourced hairsplitting disagreement. I've now reinstated the sentence with UM and MSU only, because I agree their status is common knowledge. That's not my sense re Wayne State, however, so I left it out. What do you think? JohnInDC ( talk) 06:20, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian American#Asian American Femininity. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 12:14, 9 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
Hi Rjensen, your input is needed regarding a section you created on the Thomas Jefferson page back in Nov-2010. The present version of the section reads quite differently than the section you originally authored. Here is the discussion (bottom). -- Gwillhickers ( talk) 01:54, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
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Your edit on the Jefferson page [8] disagrees with the sources I posted on the talk page (which are quite a few & represent the best in Jefferson scholarship). However, I propose a compromise: you can keep your references to Lincoln, and the inspiration etc, but the clause " Abraham Lincoln in particular was heavily indebted to Jefferson for his political philosophy of liberty and equality in the battle against slavery" should go. I would even agree just leave that as long as you remove the part: "in the battle against slavery" should go. Ebanony ( talk) 06:12, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
The main source written by TJ that Lincoln referred to being the Declaration of Independence -- AL not referring much to any other writings of TJ. I think the DoI merits inclusion, since it was not all TJ's doing-- JimWae ( talk) 19:34, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Note well this edit on Template:Christian History by User:79.209.49.181. şṗøʀĸşṗøʀĸ: τᴀʟĸ 19:53, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Just to let you know. I began a discussion Talk:Founding Fathers of the United States#French founding fathers here, on whether or not the French revolutionaries are considered founding fathers.-- Jojhutton ( talk) 01:32, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Navy decline and Star Route Postal Contracts Hello Rjensen. Another editor and myself are discussing Star Route postal contracts and naval decline in the President Hayes article talk page. The above is a link to this discussion. If you have time, can you please give input into the discussion. Thanks. Cmguy777 ( talk) 22:33, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
I've noticed your numerous edits, and I'm glad you're participating in WikiProject Women's History. If you have any questions, concerns, or bright ideas about the project, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Since you've been active on Wikipedia for a long time, I'd be particularly interested in hearing your thoughts about how we might recruit more editors and get people excited about contributing.
I notice that you've worked a lot on the Progressive Era entry. I've recently added cleanup tags to Julia Lathrop, maternalist reform, Josephine Goldmark, and United States Children's Bureau. Lots of the reformers affiliated with Hull House also need their entries marked with cleanup tags and/or expanded, if you're so inclined. ---Shane Landrum ( cliotropic | talk | contribs) 00:20, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
Your attention and input is needed again on the Thomas Jefferson talk page. -- Gwillhickers ( talk) 22:06, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen, it looks like you edit articles within the scope of Wikiproject: United States Public Policy, and I was hoping you would be interested in assessing articles with the Public Policy Initiative. There is more info about assessment on the 9/13/2010 Signpost. If you're interested or just curious you can sign up on the project page or just contact me. Thanks! ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) ( talk) 23:05, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
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Dr. Jensen,
I respectfully request that you review the intro to the article on the Spanish-American War. I made some changes on March 6 2011 which you effectively undid twelve minutes later. I can see that you are far better qualified on the subject matter. Perhaps if I explained the reasons for my changes, you will be able to effect them in a better way than I could.
Before my changes, the final text in the first paragraph read as follows:
Compromise proved impossible, resulting in an ultimatum sent to Madrid, which was not accepted. First Madrid, then Washington, formally declared war.
My editorial attention was caught by the first of those two sentences: It is both a run-on sentence and in the passive voice (with no hint as to who sent the ultimatum [much less what the ultimatum consisted of]). In rewriting that sentence, I had to do a little research on the U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War. I found it very interesting and resolved to study it more when I get a chance. I also found it to be sufficiently complex that I have no doubt that my hasty rewrite could have introduced some inaccuracies.
Here is the logic I followed: The run-on sentence contained three clauses. I split the first into its own sentence (Compromise proved impossible.). I made the second an active sentence by adding a subject. I also clarified what the ultimatum consisted of:
The U.S. sent an ultimatum to Spain demanding that it withdraw from Cuba or face the use of military force.
That left me with the third clause(...which was not accepted.). In researching this I discovered what I'm sure you already knew, that there was a rapid cascade of events subject to different interpretations. Spain neither accepted nor rejected the ultimatum, but considered it a declaration of war and broke diplomatic relations. It seemed appropriate to combine these events with the second sentence to indicate the rapid succession of events.:
Within days, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S., the U.S. imposed a naval blockade of Cuba, Spain declared war with the U.S., and the U.S. did so with Spain.
You can no doubt improve on this sentence, but I hope you agree that the original (First Madrid, then Washington, formally declared war.) conveys a granularity and deliberateness to the events that did not exist. We slid into war. And there is much to be learned from that.
Finally, as to your preference for using cities (Madrid and Washington) as metaphors for countries, I recognize this is an accepted scholarly style, but I do question its appropriateness in an introductory paragraph to an article designed for worldwide readership by the masses (as well as furtive glances from scholars). In such a context, IMHO, clarity is far more important than style.
Sincerely, Frappyjohn ( talk) 03:58, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
Dear Rjensen,
I was surprised to see that you completely wiped out my etymological contribution to the "filibuster" article. I note in the Revision History that, by way of explanation for this action, you state that "de Quincy says he means the old sense of the word, [with no connection to legislatures]."
Two questions:
1. Are we referring to the same person? Your spelling "de Quincy" makes me wonder (correct is De Quincey).
2. If indeed you are referring to the same Thomas De Quincey as I am, would you be so kind as to provide me with some citation or reference for his "saying he meant the old sense of the word"? I see no such distinction in my version of Confessions, but perhaps you have another edition of the book, or some other work in which the good De Quincey makes this clarification.
Much obliged, Chillowack Chillowack ( talk) 01:32, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
Have you seen Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Islam#Question_about_Muslim_holidays? Peculiar title. Anyway, about getting a subscription to "everything" academic. You may have this anyway, but it would be nice to see someone get it who does need it. Student7 ( talk) 21:39, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Asian-American history#Move request. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 01:53, 23 March 2011 (UTC) (Using {{ pls}})
I have made a few changes in this article. I removed unsourced material. Add sources were I could but have found a notable lack of resources on this subject. I was wondering if I could bother you to take a seconds look at it. It would be much appreciated. Serialjoepsycho ( talk) 05:17, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
I'd like to make use of for a brief project I'm doing for university on how immigration to the US was viewed by Americans at the time. That cartoon obviously provides a good primary source for the negative side. You've listed the date, but do you happen to know what the cartoon is called? - • The Giant Puffin • 10:49, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
Partly due to your additions to the history section of Springfield, Illinois a few years ago, such as here, [9] that section is now unbalanced, with a lot of text on the 1860s-1860s and unsource essay on race relations but nothing about the 20th century. When you have the time, could you perhaps revisit that section and see if you could find a way to balance it a bit better? Will Beback talk 22:10, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen, can you please provide a source to support the material you've just re-added here? I'm pretty sure that it's either wrong or only one side of the debate - the US was always intended to use the atomic bomb, and preparations for an invasion of Japan continued after the decision to use the bombs was made (though it was, of course, hoped that this would prove unnecessary). Cheers, Nick-D ( talk) 10:54, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
I submitted the article in the caption for B class assessment, noting that you and I had contributed to it, just before I left for a week's vacation. I certainly concur in your reply to the assessment comments that there is no original research or synthesis in this article. In fact, I included every item I could find that appeared in a secondary source and seemed to be at all relevant without any interpretation or argument. Your items also are written as facts so I am not sure how the original research and synthesis conclusions could be reached. I do note that these tags were first added by a bot. As a source, Long's book is in some respects just a lengthy and detailed timeline. Of course, it starts with November 1860 so it does not support the earlier items. I am inclined to add sources that I can add easily, add a little to the introduction and prepare an infobox although it seems rather superfluous in an article that is a list of events. If that is not enough, someone else will need to bring it up to B. Other rather complete articles remain as start class so that does not always mean the article is very deficient.
Although I would prefer to see this article rated as B after the work we and those who started the article have put into it, I do not want to spend a considerable amount of additional time on it. As the 150th anniversary of events preliminary to the Civil War has nearly passed and the 150th anniversary of Civil War events approaches, there are many other articles related to the Civil War that need attention and can be raised to B class. These articles may attract more readers as the anniversary dates come up. I have worked on the minor early engagements of Battle of Sewell's Point and Battle of Aquia Creek and these are now rated B. While there are not a large number of such engagements in 1861, there are some others such as the Big Bethel, the West Virginia campaign actions and Dranesville at the end of the year. The bigger battles are already covered in articles with more detail and will receive some more attention from others but there is much interesting history to be added to some of the articles on smaller engagements and some biographies. Donner60 ( talk) 08:23, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
I also do not see how citation of Census Bureau numbers, which can be found in many articles, can be original research or synthesis. Since slavery was a key factor in causing the Civil War, the growth of slavery would seem to be important. If the reviewer proceeds to try to delete the article in whole or in part, I suppose one or both of us will need to point this out. I will work on the sources and perhaps do a little rewriting, but again, there is only so much that can be done and so much time to devote to it. I am afraid that if the reviewer proceeds, readers will not get to appreciate the work regardless of the assessment because the article might disappear. I will do what I can with it over the next few days and after that, I guess we will either have to argue the points or let the chips fall where they may as others decide what to do. Donner60 ( talk) 03:39, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
I added a few quotations as a further introduction despite this being a bit unusual. I think it backs up the premise of the article and also would help forestall arguments that slavery was not the main issue or that the article deals exclusively with slavery. I have added citations to pages from Wagner, McPherson and Eicher and will add some more. There will be two or more citations for some items but that seems necessary to get past the reviewer. I may add a little more to the introduction. I will add an infobox. Even though that seems superfluous in this type of article, I suppose it is necessary to pass the B test. Donner60 ( talk) 19:45, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
Your changes to the article on Buckley were done without (and in contradiction to) any discussion, specifically, the discussion I was attempting to have about this on the Discussion page. Your citations do not support the material you provided. Please do not simply restore material that has been deleted. Your sources must actually support the material. Also, they must be neutral in POV. Finally, Buckley can at best have attempted to read Rand out -- "weeding her out" is a good example of non-neutrality of language -- the conservative movement. Since she is currently cited favorably by Limbaugh, Beck and the Tea Partiers, it was an attempt with dubious results. Given the fact that Reagan praised Rand long after the review, and appointed Rand student Martin Anderson as his top domestic policy adviser, it seems to have failed. So, let's stick to facts: he tried. Let's also not insert personal opinions that do not appear on the cited material. Pelagius2 ( talk) 16:39, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
Korean American political affiliations are important and should be discussed in article Korean_American (the information is duplicated there from the same RS, see below for text I am referring to), but it is not relevant for an article that discusses the neighborhood of Koreatown,_Los_Angeles. Why would you discuss political affiliations of Korean Americans in this specific article? You will see other neighborhood articles as an example don't include such things. And since RS states the riots caused the people to split into two groups, would this not be more appropriate in article Los_Angeles_riots.
Text I would like removed:
-- Anonpetit ( talk) 22:19, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
- I'm not going to edit the article again but the article needs to be researched for plagerism/copyvios. - The template clearly states only an admin should remove the template; if you want to keep editing the article in the meantime, contact an admin or create a temporary page according to the instructions. Take care Kirk ( talk) 14:27, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Greetings, i am interested to know the source for this couple of edits:
...specifically, for the sentence,
It doesn't appear to be from the listed source. Indeed, the source seems decidedly pessimistic, an entirely different tone from the way this edit appears to portray the information.
"Strong" is a relative — and (in my view) very questionable — term for public sector unions; but more particularly, "high" pensions seems an even more subjective term not to be properly sourced. Neither the word strong, nor the word high, nor even the word pension appears in the article.
I don't doubt there are sources adversarial to unions which might portray the info this way. If that is the case, could this please be sourced so we know who this opinion comes from?
thanks, best wishes, Richard Myers ( talk) 20:26, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
I noticed you commented on American exceptionalism in the past. After lengthy talk page discussion, we have a new lead. I wonder if you could look at it and see whether you have any further comments. I am not clear to what extent more recent scholarship by Pocock and others has affected the acceptance of the theory. TFD ( talk) 14:49, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi Rjenson,
I wanted to discuss the "Abraham Lincoln and Religion" page with you ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_and_religion#cite_note-36). I added a letter written by William Herndon discussing Lincoln's beliefs. The next morning you removed the piece saying "long quotations from primary sources are not recommended here -- please use a a good secondary source." But looking over the page, there seem to be a number of long primary source quotes (Mary Todd to Rev. James Smith, Rev James Armstrong Reed, Abraham Lincoln). I'm a new Wikipedia editor and trying to figure out the ropes. Are primary sources acceptable as long as they are compiled in another book or essay? Any help you can give me will be much appreciated.
Churchillreader ( talk) 08:45, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Based on your edit to History of Jews in the United States, you seem to have some knowledge and interest in the topic of Jewish involvement in the development of banking in the United States. I wonder if you would look at the following draft articles and give my some feedback on how to improve them:
The above draft articles are attempts to salvage encyclopedic text from the failed (i.e. AFD'ed) article Jews and money. Here is a link to the version of the article at the time it was nominated for deletion. I would appreciate any suggestions that you might have for distilling the valuable information into encyclopedic article topics.
Thanx.
-- Pseudo-Richard ( talk) 19:04, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
I saw your most recent tweak on that article. That was a truly heroic sentence worthy of Bill Faulkner on a good day! Better than I could do. I've been trying to figure approach an edit on that article's prose style for months. ;-) Trilobitealive ( talk) 21:30, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
The Plymouth, Pennsylvania article is far too long, but there are many opportunities to make some sections into articles. Can you help?-- DThomsen8 ( talk) 14:18, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
The edits of user:24.5.250.93 to various US articles are very questionable. The changes are not supported by any justification or citations. Perhaps you can look at all of these as I know from your edits that you have more information in hand than I have Hmains ( talk) 03:09, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanx man! for the reporting —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.69.236.61 ( talk) 21:51, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I've probably had a few minor disagreements with you over individual edits, but overall you seem to be one of the better editors I've encountered on subjects related to American history. Recently someone added a link to the Indian Removal Act in an article on my watchlist ( Florida), and I popped over to get some background. Now the title leads to certain assumptions, and the article does have some facts scattered about, but overall I see no way anybody could come away with an understanding of the Act; what were it's provisions?; what areas did it include?; what tribes were affected?; how long was it in effect?... as Yul Brynner would say, "et cetera, et cetera, et cetera". If you have any time, would you consider taking a look at the article and seeing if it can be improved just a little? Fat&Happy ( talk) 17:33, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
I am a Wikipedian, who is studying the phenomenon on Wikipedia. I need your help to conduct my research on about understanding "Motivation of Wikipedia contributors." I would like to invite you to Main Study. Please give me your valuable time, which estimates about 20 minutes. I chose you as a English Wikipedia user who made edits recently through the RecentChange page. Refer to the first page in the online survey form for more information on the study and me. cooldenny ( talk) 01:36, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
In this article, I found the following, added by Rjensen on 14 March 2011:
"Under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson, the state of Virginia in 1778 became the first place in the world to end the international slave trade; it freed all slaves brought in after its passage. [4] [5]"
I have been unable to corroborate this claim anywhere else in WP, or in any reference work I've read. I have not yet, however, read the two books you cited, so I placed a 'verify source' tag and am bringing it to your attention. Please clarify by adding the name of the 1778 Virginia law and/or other relevant info - thanks. WCCasey ( talk) 01:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
I read the sources and still feel that your wording is not accurate.
I'm all for giving credit where credit is due, but I think there are POV issues here. It doesn't do any good to cite a source if you don't cite it accurately. WCCasey ( talk) 06:03, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
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