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Here, FYI. Just curious. Best regards. Biosthmors ( talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{ U}}) while signing a reply, thx 14:33, 26 September 2013 (UTC):And here as well. One from the Skyplains. Best. Biosthmors ( talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{ U}}) while signing a reply, thx 18:35, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
User talk:EnigmaMcmxc/sandbox Question for you here. Keith-264 ( talk) 16:49, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
Professor,
IMO, " straightjacket" is a idiom, well understood in American English, but probably misleading to someone whose first language is something else. Maybe "constraint" isn't the right word, and there is a better one.
As far as Wallace being "fearful," it seems to me that he was simply Anti-Catholic (and, BTW, pro-Communist). Hard to be "afraid" of Thomism, per se! Student7 ( talk) 21:08, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the big improvement to the lead paragraph on the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution article that I modified. I had read this article for something like the eighth time and only now noticed that the lead didn't actually summarize the resolution or give an interpretation of its intent. My change was an attempt to summarize the admittedly thin "Meaning and context" section of the article. While I don't think your summary completely contradicts that section, I think there is enough disharmony between them that the M&C section should be expanded. I'm happy to take a crack at it using the sources you cited but I'm also happy(er) if you have time to do a quick edit on that section, as you appear to have an excellent command of the sources. In any event thanks for improving my awkward and somewhat misleading summary. I also tried the wiki-thanks feature but I'm not sure it worked. Dictioneer ( talk) 02:09, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
1) Do you have a take on George C. Daughan's 1812: the Navy's war?
2) It seems WP assessment of the US victory was not even handed as worded before it was deleted without discussion at United States. It fails to show previous language of a five-editor consensus -- a consensus I shepherded among Canadian and US nationals after US view was dismissed in the US article. ... sure makes editing a difficult pastime. It is definitely a job for someone wearing a bigger hat, not me.
3) At War of 1812 there is little description of the respective side's negotiations. A) The British wanted an independent Iroquois buffer state, New Orleans (in the hands of the Spanish?), free transit of the Mississippi, (northern?) New England ceded to Canada and withdrawal of U.S. Newfoundland fishing rights, B) the US wanted status quo ante and respect of its citizens on land and sea. The peace treaty says B, plus commissions to settle border disputes. That is not a "draw" as at United States of America. TheVirginiaHistorian ( talk) 13:15, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello Rjensen. I previously did not know you and McFeely were classmates. I apologize if I made any strong or perceived negative statements in the Grant article talk page. Thanks for all your edits in the Grant article and for helping me with other articles through emails. Your editing skills and source/reference knowledge are needed for the Ulysses S. Grant bio article. Cmguy777 ( talk) 01:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi - I'm really interested in finding out where you managed to source the data on Earnings, Assets and Dividends for the Standard Oil company.
My interest is researching the performance of companies such as this one.
My email address - brucehennis@gmail.com
Thanks kindly.
Bruce — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.73.229.125 ( talk) 22:51, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
ISBN numbers would be helpful. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 17:57, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
On the talk page for the "Tariffs in United States history" I posted the following:
Rjensen removed the following material from the section "History and background" -
with the statement "drop unsourced OR & speculation; drop poor sources -- only reliable secondary sources can be used."
Perhaps Rjensen should google search "Japan price fixing" and then explain the reason for his "speculation" comment.
Also, the entire paragraph from which my material was removed has no source cited for it but apparently this doesn't matter as long as it demonized tariffs.
Please exlain why this is not an example of free trade biased editing.
Please do explain to me how the "largest ever antitrust investigation" in U.S. history qualifies as "drop unsourced OR & speculation; drop poor sources". Or do the U.S. Department of Justice and UPI qualify as "poor source"?Machinehead61 (talk) 05:50, 27 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Machinehead61 ( talk Machinehead61 ( talk) 06:07, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent edit to the Jefferson Davis article. However, much of what you added to the opening paragraph is already covered later in the lead. In particular, Davis' performance as president is already criticized sufficiently in the lead; this duplication seems to give excessive weight to that area. Is there anything you feel belongs in the lead but is not already present? Omnedon ( talk) 02:23, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
When to a very nice conference recently about WW1 at the Canadian War museum and Tim Cook was one of the speakers. I had not heard of this young man till you posted a few of his books at Bibliography of Canadian military history. Hes a wonderful articulate young man (in his 40s) so this fact led me to read Tim Cook (2011). No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War. UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-4180-1. and to my surprise his enthusiasm that was seen at the conference comes out in his writing. Have you read any of his works? what do you think of them? Was going to cite his work for many things. -- Moxy ( talk) 05:31, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
Did you intend your rollback at WT:Manual of Style/Biographies? Johnuniq ( talk) 22:04, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I have replied to you at Talk:Stephen_Harper#World_View - M.Nelson ( talk) 00:07, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello Rjensen. I started a discussion on Grant's presidential reputation in the discussion page. I don't want to keep reverting edits. I hope we can resolve this issue through discussion. I would state the destruction of the Ku Klux Klan was a success, including the fair election of 1872 for African Americans. Indian Wars decreased under President Grant as Brands states. I would call that successful. Grant's Apache reservation was also a success and still in operation today. I am open to opinions. If Grant was a failure as President then what is the definition for success? I hope we can continue conversation on the discussion page. Thanks. Cmguy777 ( talk) 07:14, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
Nice start of an article.As of the moment: -comparison of GDP of both sides could be useful-I remember seeing it in a couple of publications. From the start Entente had huge advantage in GDP and population. -use of forced labor by German Empire should be mentioned. Just a thought. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 19:09, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Here [1], it has a lot of GDP info, tables comparing population and gdp, as well as analysis. Would add it myself, but unfortunately I am too busy in real life. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 19:53, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
This paper [2] might also be of interest. Volunteer Marek 12:38, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
Not sure what others think - but the article has huge chunks of content removed and along with all the sources there. Yet sections link "Finance" have still no sources. The article has been dumbed down a bit that is a good idea i guess but overall the changes i do not believe were all that positive. What do you think of the changes over the past few months? -- Moxy ( talk) 20:15, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
There is a lot of rhetoric flying about the importance of the Dixiecrats and their migration to the Republican party. Some sites claim that the majority entered the Republicans while others call it a myth. The article has had all notable Dixiecrats removed and the three that actually switched party are not named. I would like to see the notables returned to the article, the total numbers of Dixiecrats mentioned, the number that stayed in office and in which party they ended up. 21 of these men were US senators and 4 Governors of states, all offices which meet the level of notable inclusion to the article or to another article List of Dixiecrats.
To give you an idea of the debate I am seeing here is the left view "But the Dixiecrats weren’t ready to migrate en masse to Party of Lincoln just yet." implying that they eventually did migrate enmasse, or Chicago Tribunes claim "But many of those same conservative southern Democrats turned Republican" and the rights view "As the legend goes, those Dixiecrats who broke from the Democrat party in 1948 all joined the Republican Party (Click names to see the articles by Roland Martin and Clarence Page)." or "The Democrats’ own website, to this day, attempts to take fraudulently credit for the civil rights movement and legislation, and when called on it, the recitation is the same: “we’ve grown” and “don’t forget about the Dixiecrats”." which includes a Malcom X clip pointing out the Dixiecrats were still very much a problem for Black America by the 18 of 67 Democrats that still remained in the Senate. (the clip is at the bottom of the opinion piece).
I bring this to you because you are the editor that deleted all references to the notables in the past edits here and here. I think the given reason was a lack of source and currently this is the only one I can find that isn't just a relink back to the older Wikipedia article. You have access to a better selection of source material on the Dixiecrats at hand that has a single entry comprehensive list? The signatories in their Platform was by no means inclusive but maybe there must be a roll call vote or meeting minutes? If need be a link to each senators source that describe them as Dixiecrats can be used.
Here's a little interview I found while source hunting: "Nelson Polsby Interview" Alatari ( talk) 21:14, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Please see Want to be a guinea pig for Flow?. X Ottawahitech ( talk) 15:26, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps you might provide a source for your remark made with no edit summary or source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.109.117 ( talk) 09:33, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
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Just to clarify: My objection to the recent edit made to United States Coast Guard Academy? is not to the content but to the appearance of link spam in that the same unregistered editor added several links to that webpage in different articles; the links were of varying quality with this particular edit being the most substantive and useful. The information is good but we need to ensure that the source is reliable and of sufficient quality (and is not in our articles merely to boost its reputation or visibility). A quick search of the institution's website didn't turn up a good accreditation link so I don't have an alternative to offer right now. ElKevbo ( talk) 16:27, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
FYI. Best. Biosthmors ( talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{ U}}) while signing a reply, thx 12:43, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
Wiki policies per Reliable Sources are ok with adding a source published by an university and a scholar(unless it is very controversial),as I did in Axis page. If you believe the sources is not reliable direct it to RSN. Have a good day. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 13:31, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Polish historians have more in depth and extensive works about Nazi relations with Poland than Kershaw Rjensen. Out of curiosity-have you read some of them? And of course Hitler never wanted a pact with Poland, but annexation of its territory and making it a puppet state by cutting of the main trade route of Polish state. Anyway since you don't dispute now that this isn't a reliable source, I see no reason not to restore it. Wikipedia can't depend on western sources alone, especially when non-western ones offer much more detail and information on this issue.-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 14:04, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
If translation is needed it will be provided. As to Kershaw-what does he write about Nazi Germany arming paramilitary groups in Poland in 1935? Or about execution lists being prepared in 1938 ? I don't recall him mentioning it, but maybe I forgot. "In this case we need to see what the Polish author said about 1934 and 1938 negotiations" Sure thing, but I see no reason why we should conceal what Hitler stated earlier, as the basic program of NSDAP, including its foreign policy was formulated in 1920(and yes alliance with Soviets was contemplated even back then)-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 14:25, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Rjensen-just a question(I know I asked it before),what does Kershaw write about Nazi Germany arming paramilitary groups in Poland in 1935? Or about Polish execution lists being prepared by Nazis in 1938 ? I don't have him at hand at the moment, and you seem to know him well.-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 14:32, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
"Kershaw & R Evans are two of the leading British scholars on Hitler", oh I know who they are. I don't see why should we limit ourselves to British or even western sources, especially considering the well deficiency of Western historiography on Nazi policies and actions in the East such as Wehrmacht rapes, or atrocities in Poland 1939 or Soviet Union(the latter which only recently was slightly better researched)."Hitler did not make the lists", a very strange argument, considering he was the leader of a totalitarian state.But anyway, I see that you haven't really answered my question.Kershaw doesn't mention these things does he? -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 14:59, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
The German, British and American historians agree that Hitler wanted positive relations with Poland until March or April 1939 First of all, no, they do not, although I do am well aware that it is your opinion that you advocate on Wikipedia. Second of all if he wanted positive relations with Poland "until March 1939" then why did he call Poles murderous bandits whose state should be destroyed in 1920? Third of all, if he wanted positive relations he could easily call off demands to annex Polish territory linking it to the sea. Sorry Rjensen, your argument is completely baseless when you look at the facts. Anyway, I am back to editing, I doubt I can change your POV. Have a good day. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 15:24, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Rjensen,
I thought I'd leave this here, the Education Noticeboard being pretty swamped. I think WikiProject National Register of Historic Places would be an ideal on-wiki partner for an effort like you've described. The scope for articles to be created is very clear, and they have a huge number of enthusiastically-created stubs that have infoboxes, categories, etc. but little to no actual content. I think they'd be overjoyed to be connected with local historians. The main issue I can see arising is use of sources and original research; the locals would probably be working with a lot of primary sources, possibly not well cataloged, and are probably used to citations like "Old Resident, pers. comm.", so policy in that line would need to be squared away before they ran into trouble. But I think that would be largely positive for us. Choess ( talk) 14:54, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
I noticed you were on of the contributors on the Article of George Washington. So I just wanted to drop you a message to let you know I have nominated the article for FA status, you can see the nomination here. -- Clarkcj12 ( talk) 20:36, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
[3]Isn't neutral, and Wrzesinski doesn't say anything like that at all.-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 23:44, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
A extreme POV quote was added "Due to Polish nationalism outraged at the loss of independence when Poland was partitioned, he is a great villain in Poland" and attributed to among others Wojciech Wrzesinski. He writes no such thing, and the quote doesn't fulfill NPOV Rules of Wikipedia. Unless no serious opposition is stated I will remove it in following days and restore more neutral description.-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 23:57, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Davies says they intervened because Poland "had denied the religious minorities, Orthodox and Protestant, full political rights since 1718 Davies says no such thing. You added this quote. I have the book right in front of me. There is no such sentence and there is no such claim. The only sentence were such words are used is one where he says that despotic Prussia and Russia could never achieved such freedoms as in Poland.Why have you added this sentence if it is false?-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 21:19, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Full quote: "If in the subsequent period the Poles are judged to have contributed to the catastrophe themselves, it was more by their desperate efforts to ecape from ANarchy, than from their supposed desire to wallow in it. It should have been clear to all that the despots of St.Petersburg and Berlin, who denied most civil liberties to their own subjects, could never be the genuine champions of any "Golden Freedom in Poland" The same sort of hypocrisy was current in matters of religion. It is true that the Roman Catholic establishment of the Republic, despite the long tradition of toleration and freedom of worship, had denied the religious minorities, Orthodox and Protestant, full political rights since 1917. In this, Polish practices resembled that of Great Britain or Holland, and until bishops were goaded into retaliation in the 1770s, had been far more tolerant that that of Russia, whose visiting armies had invariably inflicted forcible conversion on the Republic's Uniates. " This is something completely different from what you claimed by writing:Davies says they intervened because Poland "had denied the religious minorities, Orthodox and Protestant, full political rights since 1718.Norman Davies, "God's Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795 (1982) p 514. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 19:57, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
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How does one interpret cites like "Davies, 1:497"? They don't link to anything. What Davies' work or edition? Orczar ( talk) 12:45, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
User:Rjensen, I agree that those sources are RS, and so technically exempt from WP:Weasel. The reason I mentioned weasel words, was because when there are five other sources for the same stat, phrases like "mostly buddhist" add nothing of value. Does this make sense? Do we really need seven sources for that statistic? Cheers, Vanamonde93 ( talk) 10:57, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
You reverted all my edits. Why? Did you even review them? The article goes every direction with whole paragraphs that make little sense. I was trying to fix it. I'll bet you anything nobody else read it as closely as I did. The article is atrocious. Chisme ( talk) 06:49, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
FYI, I have posted a comment in Talk:Peace_movement#False_attribution_to_Gandhi about your recent edit to Peace movement. — Danorton ( talk) 17:34, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
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Rjensen, I don't see how the 1982 quote from the historian supports the claim that there are small groups that continue to support annexation. Are there any such groups now, in the 21st century? Regards, Ground Zero | t 12:17, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
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Having said that, I beg to differ on the use of adjectives which are not able to be verified such as the use of "beloved" to modify "granddaughter" in the article on Al Capp. Use of adjectives in an encyclopedia should be severely limited to words that can be measured IMO. We don't even use "Gross Domestic Product" anymore! :)
I have threatened to return from the dead to haunt my descendants if adjectives like that are used in my obituary! I want them to stick to objective observations. Ones that are verifiable. Student7 ( talk) 16:22, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
With these edits you expanded the article Treaty of Chaumont, but you seem to have stopped in mid sentence. Please either complete "These included ..." or delete it. -- PBS ( talk) 15:27, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen, hope you are doing well, I saw you contributed in medieval Spain topics a couple of times. Not sure if you are a native English, sorry if I came to the wrong place. There is a tedious grammar discussion with an IP editor on grammar, I'm 95% certain that his whole sentence is wrong, but ultimately I'm not native. Could you take a look? It would be appreciated. Iñaki LL ( talk) 19:45, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Excellent edits to David Lloyd George! I don't often see a set of edits where every edit is an improvement and there are no errors. You might want to check WP:MOS regarding whether a hyphen or an en-dash is needed in the pair of years in the last set of edits. – CorinneSD ( talk) 19:25, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Would you please let me know why you removed my addition to William Louis Poteat today? JCvP 21:00, 11 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jvpwiki ( talk • contribs)
Further to your revert in Anglo-Saxon. Before you revert please can you discuss on Talk. This change had been discussed. I am especially interested that as a historian you would be attached to such a clearly unrelated section of information. Could you explain why this misuse of a cultural term is so important, especially when we have articles for WASP and Anglo-Saxon model. Thank you. J Beake ( talk) 08:13, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
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Hi. I reverted a bunch of changes, which included yours, only because yours were entangled in other, incorrect changes. My apologies. If you want to go back and trim those sections, I would completely understand. Onel5969 ( talk) 04:54, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
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Hello RJensen,
you corrected a typo in the named article. As I cannot amend the article myself, I ask you to correct the link of
Constance of Castile to
Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster too. The link refers to the wrong person. The two Constances didn't even lived in the same time. And it would be nice, if you know a person who is better informed about this time of history than me who could answer my question about the guardianship of Black Herbert. Thanks in advanve --
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Hi Rjensen,
I reverted your edit board submission since it wasn't really close to being viable. Maybe you can get help resubmitting it if needed? Thanks, -- Malerooster ( talk) 12:30, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Richard, I would disagree. This was created specifically as an Outline article for the very purpose of putting all the related topics on this subject in one place. As a list type article it has some protections from indiscriminate removal of content. Expanding individual sections with prose would be very difficult in some sections and most likely encourage some "anti-list" types to come along and delete the lists on the basis that they don't belong in the article. If there are sections that warrant expanding that currently don't have an article, then I would encourage creation of one and use hat notes to lead readers to them. -- Mike Cline ( talk) 15:00, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your encouragement. My proposed article on ACW on stamps has been promoted to a B class article, Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps. I listed it below Commemoration of the American Civil War in the ACW See also section under Topical subsecion.
Is it proper to place the template 'main article: American Civil War' at the top of 'Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps'? TheVirginiaHistorian ( talk) 13:02, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
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User talk:EnigmaMcmxc/sandbox Question for you here. Keith-264 ( talk) 16:49, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
Professor,
IMO, " straightjacket" is a idiom, well understood in American English, but probably misleading to someone whose first language is something else. Maybe "constraint" isn't the right word, and there is a better one.
As far as Wallace being "fearful," it seems to me that he was simply Anti-Catholic (and, BTW, pro-Communist). Hard to be "afraid" of Thomism, per se! Student7 ( talk) 21:08, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the big improvement to the lead paragraph on the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution article that I modified. I had read this article for something like the eighth time and only now noticed that the lead didn't actually summarize the resolution or give an interpretation of its intent. My change was an attempt to summarize the admittedly thin "Meaning and context" section of the article. While I don't think your summary completely contradicts that section, I think there is enough disharmony between them that the M&C section should be expanded. I'm happy to take a crack at it using the sources you cited but I'm also happy(er) if you have time to do a quick edit on that section, as you appear to have an excellent command of the sources. In any event thanks for improving my awkward and somewhat misleading summary. I also tried the wiki-thanks feature but I'm not sure it worked. Dictioneer ( talk) 02:09, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
1) Do you have a take on George C. Daughan's 1812: the Navy's war?
2) It seems WP assessment of the US victory was not even handed as worded before it was deleted without discussion at United States. It fails to show previous language of a five-editor consensus -- a consensus I shepherded among Canadian and US nationals after US view was dismissed in the US article. ... sure makes editing a difficult pastime. It is definitely a job for someone wearing a bigger hat, not me.
3) At War of 1812 there is little description of the respective side's negotiations. A) The British wanted an independent Iroquois buffer state, New Orleans (in the hands of the Spanish?), free transit of the Mississippi, (northern?) New England ceded to Canada and withdrawal of U.S. Newfoundland fishing rights, B) the US wanted status quo ante and respect of its citizens on land and sea. The peace treaty says B, plus commissions to settle border disputes. That is not a "draw" as at United States of America. TheVirginiaHistorian ( talk) 13:15, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
Hello Rjensen. I previously did not know you and McFeely were classmates. I apologize if I made any strong or perceived negative statements in the Grant article talk page. Thanks for all your edits in the Grant article and for helping me with other articles through emails. Your editing skills and source/reference knowledge are needed for the Ulysses S. Grant bio article. Cmguy777 ( talk) 01:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi - I'm really interested in finding out where you managed to source the data on Earnings, Assets and Dividends for the Standard Oil company.
My interest is researching the performance of companies such as this one.
My email address - brucehennis@gmail.com
Thanks kindly.
Bruce — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.73.229.125 ( talk) 22:51, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
ISBN numbers would be helpful. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 17:57, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
On the talk page for the "Tariffs in United States history" I posted the following:
Rjensen removed the following material from the section "History and background" -
with the statement "drop unsourced OR & speculation; drop poor sources -- only reliable secondary sources can be used."
Perhaps Rjensen should google search "Japan price fixing" and then explain the reason for his "speculation" comment.
Also, the entire paragraph from which my material was removed has no source cited for it but apparently this doesn't matter as long as it demonized tariffs.
Please exlain why this is not an example of free trade biased editing.
Please do explain to me how the "largest ever antitrust investigation" in U.S. history qualifies as "drop unsourced OR & speculation; drop poor sources". Or do the U.S. Department of Justice and UPI qualify as "poor source"?Machinehead61 (talk) 05:50, 27 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Machinehead61 ( talk Machinehead61 ( talk) 06:07, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent edit to the Jefferson Davis article. However, much of what you added to the opening paragraph is already covered later in the lead. In particular, Davis' performance as president is already criticized sufficiently in the lead; this duplication seems to give excessive weight to that area. Is there anything you feel belongs in the lead but is not already present? Omnedon ( talk) 02:23, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
When to a very nice conference recently about WW1 at the Canadian War museum and Tim Cook was one of the speakers. I had not heard of this young man till you posted a few of his books at Bibliography of Canadian military history. Hes a wonderful articulate young man (in his 40s) so this fact led me to read Tim Cook (2011). No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War. UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-4180-1. and to my surprise his enthusiasm that was seen at the conference comes out in his writing. Have you read any of his works? what do you think of them? Was going to cite his work for many things. -- Moxy ( talk) 05:31, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
Did you intend your rollback at WT:Manual of Style/Biographies? Johnuniq ( talk) 22:04, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I have replied to you at Talk:Stephen_Harper#World_View - M.Nelson ( talk) 00:07, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
Hello Rjensen. I started a discussion on Grant's presidential reputation in the discussion page. I don't want to keep reverting edits. I hope we can resolve this issue through discussion. I would state the destruction of the Ku Klux Klan was a success, including the fair election of 1872 for African Americans. Indian Wars decreased under President Grant as Brands states. I would call that successful. Grant's Apache reservation was also a success and still in operation today. I am open to opinions. If Grant was a failure as President then what is the definition for success? I hope we can continue conversation on the discussion page. Thanks. Cmguy777 ( talk) 07:14, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
Nice start of an article.As of the moment: -comparison of GDP of both sides could be useful-I remember seeing it in a couple of publications. From the start Entente had huge advantage in GDP and population. -use of forced labor by German Empire should be mentioned. Just a thought. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 19:09, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
Here [1], it has a lot of GDP info, tables comparing population and gdp, as well as analysis. Would add it myself, but unfortunately I am too busy in real life. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 19:53, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
This paper [2] might also be of interest. Volunteer Marek 12:38, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
Not sure what others think - but the article has huge chunks of content removed and along with all the sources there. Yet sections link "Finance" have still no sources. The article has been dumbed down a bit that is a good idea i guess but overall the changes i do not believe were all that positive. What do you think of the changes over the past few months? -- Moxy ( talk) 20:15, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
There is a lot of rhetoric flying about the importance of the Dixiecrats and their migration to the Republican party. Some sites claim that the majority entered the Republicans while others call it a myth. The article has had all notable Dixiecrats removed and the three that actually switched party are not named. I would like to see the notables returned to the article, the total numbers of Dixiecrats mentioned, the number that stayed in office and in which party they ended up. 21 of these men were US senators and 4 Governors of states, all offices which meet the level of notable inclusion to the article or to another article List of Dixiecrats.
To give you an idea of the debate I am seeing here is the left view "But the Dixiecrats weren’t ready to migrate en masse to Party of Lincoln just yet." implying that they eventually did migrate enmasse, or Chicago Tribunes claim "But many of those same conservative southern Democrats turned Republican" and the rights view "As the legend goes, those Dixiecrats who broke from the Democrat party in 1948 all joined the Republican Party (Click names to see the articles by Roland Martin and Clarence Page)." or "The Democrats’ own website, to this day, attempts to take fraudulently credit for the civil rights movement and legislation, and when called on it, the recitation is the same: “we’ve grown” and “don’t forget about the Dixiecrats”." which includes a Malcom X clip pointing out the Dixiecrats were still very much a problem for Black America by the 18 of 67 Democrats that still remained in the Senate. (the clip is at the bottom of the opinion piece).
I bring this to you because you are the editor that deleted all references to the notables in the past edits here and here. I think the given reason was a lack of source and currently this is the only one I can find that isn't just a relink back to the older Wikipedia article. You have access to a better selection of source material on the Dixiecrats at hand that has a single entry comprehensive list? The signatories in their Platform was by no means inclusive but maybe there must be a roll call vote or meeting minutes? If need be a link to each senators source that describe them as Dixiecrats can be used.
Here's a little interview I found while source hunting: "Nelson Polsby Interview" Alatari ( talk) 21:14, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
Please see Want to be a guinea pig for Flow?. X Ottawahitech ( talk) 15:26, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
Perhaps you might provide a source for your remark made with no edit summary or source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.109.117 ( talk) 09:33, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
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Just to clarify: My objection to the recent edit made to United States Coast Guard Academy? is not to the content but to the appearance of link spam in that the same unregistered editor added several links to that webpage in different articles; the links were of varying quality with this particular edit being the most substantive and useful. The information is good but we need to ensure that the source is reliable and of sufficient quality (and is not in our articles merely to boost its reputation or visibility). A quick search of the institution's website didn't turn up a good accreditation link so I don't have an alternative to offer right now. ElKevbo ( talk) 16:27, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
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Hi,
Wiki policies per Reliable Sources are ok with adding a source published by an university and a scholar(unless it is very controversial),as I did in Axis page. If you believe the sources is not reliable direct it to RSN. Have a good day. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 13:31, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Polish historians have more in depth and extensive works about Nazi relations with Poland than Kershaw Rjensen. Out of curiosity-have you read some of them? And of course Hitler never wanted a pact with Poland, but annexation of its territory and making it a puppet state by cutting of the main trade route of Polish state. Anyway since you don't dispute now that this isn't a reliable source, I see no reason not to restore it. Wikipedia can't depend on western sources alone, especially when non-western ones offer much more detail and information on this issue.-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 14:04, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
If translation is needed it will be provided. As to Kershaw-what does he write about Nazi Germany arming paramilitary groups in Poland in 1935? Or about execution lists being prepared in 1938 ? I don't recall him mentioning it, but maybe I forgot. "In this case we need to see what the Polish author said about 1934 and 1938 negotiations" Sure thing, but I see no reason why we should conceal what Hitler stated earlier, as the basic program of NSDAP, including its foreign policy was formulated in 1920(and yes alliance with Soviets was contemplated even back then)-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 14:25, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Rjensen-just a question(I know I asked it before),what does Kershaw write about Nazi Germany arming paramilitary groups in Poland in 1935? Or about Polish execution lists being prepared by Nazis in 1938 ? I don't have him at hand at the moment, and you seem to know him well.-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 14:32, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
"Kershaw & R Evans are two of the leading British scholars on Hitler", oh I know who they are. I don't see why should we limit ourselves to British or even western sources, especially considering the well deficiency of Western historiography on Nazi policies and actions in the East such as Wehrmacht rapes, or atrocities in Poland 1939 or Soviet Union(the latter which only recently was slightly better researched)."Hitler did not make the lists", a very strange argument, considering he was the leader of a totalitarian state.But anyway, I see that you haven't really answered my question.Kershaw doesn't mention these things does he? -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 14:59, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
The German, British and American historians agree that Hitler wanted positive relations with Poland until March or April 1939 First of all, no, they do not, although I do am well aware that it is your opinion that you advocate on Wikipedia. Second of all if he wanted positive relations with Poland "until March 1939" then why did he call Poles murderous bandits whose state should be destroyed in 1920? Third of all, if he wanted positive relations he could easily call off demands to annex Polish territory linking it to the sea. Sorry Rjensen, your argument is completely baseless when you look at the facts. Anyway, I am back to editing, I doubt I can change your POV. Have a good day. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 15:24, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Rjensen,
I thought I'd leave this here, the Education Noticeboard being pretty swamped. I think WikiProject National Register of Historic Places would be an ideal on-wiki partner for an effort like you've described. The scope for articles to be created is very clear, and they have a huge number of enthusiastically-created stubs that have infoboxes, categories, etc. but little to no actual content. I think they'd be overjoyed to be connected with local historians. The main issue I can see arising is use of sources and original research; the locals would probably be working with a lot of primary sources, possibly not well cataloged, and are probably used to citations like "Old Resident, pers. comm.", so policy in that line would need to be squared away before they ran into trouble. But I think that would be largely positive for us. Choess ( talk) 14:54, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
I noticed you were on of the contributors on the Article of George Washington. So I just wanted to drop you a message to let you know I have nominated the article for FA status, you can see the nomination here. -- Clarkcj12 ( talk) 20:36, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
[3]Isn't neutral, and Wrzesinski doesn't say anything like that at all.-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 23:44, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
A extreme POV quote was added "Due to Polish nationalism outraged at the loss of independence when Poland was partitioned, he is a great villain in Poland" and attributed to among others Wojciech Wrzesinski. He writes no such thing, and the quote doesn't fulfill NPOV Rules of Wikipedia. Unless no serious opposition is stated I will remove it in following days and restore more neutral description.-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 23:57, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
Davies says they intervened because Poland "had denied the religious minorities, Orthodox and Protestant, full political rights since 1718 Davies says no such thing. You added this quote. I have the book right in front of me. There is no such sentence and there is no such claim. The only sentence were such words are used is one where he says that despotic Prussia and Russia could never achieved such freedoms as in Poland.Why have you added this sentence if it is false?-- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 21:19, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
Full quote: "If in the subsequent period the Poles are judged to have contributed to the catastrophe themselves, it was more by their desperate efforts to ecape from ANarchy, than from their supposed desire to wallow in it. It should have been clear to all that the despots of St.Petersburg and Berlin, who denied most civil liberties to their own subjects, could never be the genuine champions of any "Golden Freedom in Poland" The same sort of hypocrisy was current in matters of religion. It is true that the Roman Catholic establishment of the Republic, despite the long tradition of toleration and freedom of worship, had denied the religious minorities, Orthodox and Protestant, full political rights since 1917. In this, Polish practices resembled that of Great Britain or Holland, and until bishops were goaded into retaliation in the 1770s, had been far more tolerant that that of Russia, whose visiting armies had invariably inflicted forcible conversion on the Republic's Uniates. " This is something completely different from what you claimed by writing:Davies says they intervened because Poland "had denied the religious minorities, Orthodox and Protestant, full political rights since 1718.Norman Davies, "God's Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795 (1982) p 514. -- MyMoloboaccount ( talk) 19:57, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
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How does one interpret cites like "Davies, 1:497"? They don't link to anything. What Davies' work or edition? Orczar ( talk) 12:45, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
User:Rjensen, I agree that those sources are RS, and so technically exempt from WP:Weasel. The reason I mentioned weasel words, was because when there are five other sources for the same stat, phrases like "mostly buddhist" add nothing of value. Does this make sense? Do we really need seven sources for that statistic? Cheers, Vanamonde93 ( talk) 10:57, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
You reverted all my edits. Why? Did you even review them? The article goes every direction with whole paragraphs that make little sense. I was trying to fix it. I'll bet you anything nobody else read it as closely as I did. The article is atrocious. Chisme ( talk) 06:49, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
FYI, I have posted a comment in Talk:Peace_movement#False_attribution_to_Gandhi about your recent edit to Peace movement. — Danorton ( talk) 17:34, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
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Rjensen, I don't see how the 1982 quote from the historian supports the claim that there are small groups that continue to support annexation. Are there any such groups now, in the 21st century? Regards, Ground Zero | t 12:17, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
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I don't know how well Wikipedia would fare without your help on many history articles. We'd probably be noticeably worse off.
Having said that, I beg to differ on the use of adjectives which are not able to be verified such as the use of "beloved" to modify "granddaughter" in the article on Al Capp. Use of adjectives in an encyclopedia should be severely limited to words that can be measured IMO. We don't even use "Gross Domestic Product" anymore! :)
I have threatened to return from the dead to haunt my descendants if adjectives like that are used in my obituary! I want them to stick to objective observations. Ones that are verifiable. Student7 ( talk) 16:22, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
With these edits you expanded the article Treaty of Chaumont, but you seem to have stopped in mid sentence. Please either complete "These included ..." or delete it. -- PBS ( talk) 15:27, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen, hope you are doing well, I saw you contributed in medieval Spain topics a couple of times. Not sure if you are a native English, sorry if I came to the wrong place. There is a tedious grammar discussion with an IP editor on grammar, I'm 95% certain that his whole sentence is wrong, but ultimately I'm not native. Could you take a look? It would be appreciated. Iñaki LL ( talk) 19:45, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
Excellent edits to David Lloyd George! I don't often see a set of edits where every edit is an improvement and there are no errors. You might want to check WP:MOS regarding whether a hyphen or an en-dash is needed in the pair of years in the last set of edits. – CorinneSD ( talk) 19:25, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Would you please let me know why you removed my addition to William Louis Poteat today? JCvP 21:00, 11 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jvpwiki ( talk • contribs)
Further to your revert in Anglo-Saxon. Before you revert please can you discuss on Talk. This change had been discussed. I am especially interested that as a historian you would be attached to such a clearly unrelated section of information. Could you explain why this misuse of a cultural term is so important, especially when we have articles for WASP and Anglo-Saxon model. Thank you. J Beake ( talk) 08:13, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
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Hi. I reverted a bunch of changes, which included yours, only because yours were entangled in other, incorrect changes. My apologies. If you want to go back and trim those sections, I would completely understand. Onel5969 ( talk) 04:54, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
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Hello RJensen,
you corrected a typo in the named article. As I cannot amend the article myself, I ask you to correct the link of
Constance of Castile to
Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster too. The link refers to the wrong person. The two Constances didn't even lived in the same time. And it would be nice, if you know a person who is better informed about this time of history than me who could answer my question about the guardianship of Black Herbert. Thanks in advanve --
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Hi Rjensen,
I reverted your edit board submission since it wasn't really close to being viable. Maybe you can get help resubmitting it if needed? Thanks, -- Malerooster ( talk) 12:30, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Richard, I would disagree. This was created specifically as an Outline article for the very purpose of putting all the related topics on this subject in one place. As a list type article it has some protections from indiscriminate removal of content. Expanding individual sections with prose would be very difficult in some sections and most likely encourage some "anti-list" types to come along and delete the lists on the basis that they don't belong in the article. If there are sections that warrant expanding that currently don't have an article, then I would encourage creation of one and use hat notes to lead readers to them. -- Mike Cline ( talk) 15:00, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your encouragement. My proposed article on ACW on stamps has been promoted to a B class article, Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps. I listed it below Commemoration of the American Civil War in the ACW See also section under Topical subsecion.
Is it proper to place the template 'main article: American Civil War' at the top of 'Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps'? TheVirginiaHistorian ( talk) 13:02, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
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