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I reverted your edits to Harry S. Truman as it broke links from in-text citations (rendered in the Notes section) to the Bibliography. If you remove one you must remove the other. -- Gadget850 talk 18:49, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I saw that you recently reverted my edit to the Alexander Hamilton lead, and if you wish to see the information there, would it be okay if you could shorten it to four paragraphs? I don't want to get into any potential edit wars. I'm trying to nominate this article for GA status, and one of the requirements was to shorten the introduction of the page. Please contact me as soon as you can, and thanks for reading! LeftAire ( talk) 16:50, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Frankly, I don't see any merit to having a modern picture of Bismarck when there are numerous portraits from life. There are a whole category of them on Commons if you feel the two articles are improved by a picture of him. Also, if you go to the uploader's Commons talk page you'll see that I have questioned whether he really has the right to upload the picture on a free licence, or if he does, whether he really intends that. I've had a Russian speaker talk to him about how to do it properly if he does in fact have the right and the desire to do so; he will need to go through ORTS. Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:05, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen, just wanted to let you know I was impressed by your work here on Wikipedia, and started a Richard J. Jensen lemma to connect the dots. Corrections, addititions or other feedback are most welcome. -- Mdd ( talk) 13:05, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
File:Otto von Bismarck by N.Repik.jpg looks more like crosswiki spam. -- Pnapora ( talk) 08:41, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Nice to see you've stuck around on the Western Front, there's plenty to get stuck into in that article. I altered some of your edit to make it fit better but feel free to change it if desired. Regards Keith-264 ( talk) 10:25, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Dear Prof. Jensen, I appreciate very much your support on the matter of British vs. US spelling in the article on the History of Paris. it's very annoying that he's trying to convert every article about France into British English, but he's not the first to do that. In the process of reverting his changes, I made some changes to your edits on the 20th century and postwar period, and I apologize if I didn't do it well; i was trying to made it consistent with the other text in the section, and have it be simply declarative, with the source in the citation, rather than in the style of an academic article. Please revert it back if you don't think it's correct. I'm also starting a separate article on the history of Paris in the 18th Century, starting with the text from that section of the History of Paris and the chronology from the Timeline of Paris, which I hope will give a comprehensive picture of Paris in that period. I would welcome your comments suggestions and contributions as it comes along. Thanks for your good work and best wishes, SiefkinDR ( talk) 18:31, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I am from Azerbaijan-- Baskervill ( talk) 23:17, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
I don't really understand your edit to article Jacksonian democracy. Did Mary Beth Norton et al. in A People and a Nation, Volume I: to 1877 (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) p 287 mention Jackson's adopted Indian son and cite Michael Paul Rogin (1991). Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of the American Indian? If not, then quote falsification would appear to be taking place... AnonMoos ( talk) 01:59, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Rjensen...can you help resolve a discussion in the Grant talk page concerning the inclusion of Cuban Insurrection in the Grant Foriegn Affairs section...thanks Cmguy777 ( talk) 19:07, 10 February 2015 (UTC) Talk:Ulysses_S._Grant#Foreign_affairs_first_paragraph_suggestion
What's with the straight revert with no edit summary? [1] That indicates you're reverting vandalism. -- NeilN talk to me 16:53, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
I've been looking at Slavery in the United States and particularly Code Noir sections. There was a stat for free persons of color in various states that wasn't well defined and looked much too high and needed a year, so I went searching for the reference in p. 322 of Stark. Stark states "a far higher percentage of blacks in Louisiana were free (31.2 percent) than any other slave state." This is what I thought he was saying...but it is also wrong. He said this came from the 1830 census but the actual computed figure should be 13.2%. Notice the inverted digits. His values for Mississippi and Alabama are correct and agree with the census. His conclusion is still correct, it is just the magnitude of the figure that is off. It was probably a simple typo in his manuscript. I've checked some other decades (1820 and 1860) and this value is just way too high to be an error in the 1830 census data.
This figure is quoted in several places on Wikipedia. How do I correct it within Wikipedia guidelines? I didn't find an errata for the book and I don't think I can use my own calcs from the census browser to override the value. Red Harvest ( talk) 21:00, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
Please do not remove sourced information. If you feel that the information of Titanic does not belong here, then please start a conversation about it. Zyon788 ( talk) 17:28, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
I've started a talk section if you wish to voice your opinion. Zyon788 ( talk) 20:30, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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its for you professor..i hope you guide me in wikipedia m,sharaf ( talk) 19:04, 16 February 2015 (UTC) |
I know that writing a good article about military affaires is difficult but possible. I wane to know about your experience in this sphere particularly in Wikipedia articles on military.-- m,sharaf ( talk) 19:09, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
I accidentally saved without an edit summary.
But I think that edit is a good compromise. Tharthandorf Aquanashi ( talk) 04:29, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you were adding sources and a lot of content to NYC-related articles. Keep up the good work on that. However, I just wanted to let you know that some of the sources you are adding, like the Encyclopedia of New York City, can be invoked using specific-source templates like {{ cite enc-nyc}}. Thanks, Epic Genius ( talk) 15:51, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
Oh, and if you're using the second edition, the proper specific source template is "cite enc-nyc2". BMK ( talk) 16:49, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi. If you copy text from one Wikipedia article to another, you should add the "copied" template to the talk pages of both particles. Best, BMK ( talk) 16:45, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
There were a few errors to the lead that needed to be corrected, but I didn't want to rush and make corrections myself, since it was your writing. Just make them when you get the chance, the article status for GA has been put on hold for seven days; hopefully you'll get the chance to edit by then. If not, just let me know. Thanks for reading! LeftAire ( talk) 22:01, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
As for the Wilentz link, please send it to gtownhoyasdc@gmail.com. I'll use it and give it a proper citation when possible. Thanks for reading, and thanks for your help! LeftAire ( talk) 22:31, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Rjensen, thank you for improving the articles related to Serfdom, and I'm tipping my hat to you for not letting my removal of the text detract from your dedication. I have to say that the actual guideline WP:REDUNDANTFORK only talks about forking whole articles. The reason why I opposed the forking stemmed from my own frustration with trying to merge forked articles, and, as a reader, with having to read and reread almost identical texts on Wikipedia. — Sebastian 07:33, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi. My edit was an attempt to address the discussion point left on the talk page about WP:POV. It was largely motivated by a review of similar articles that do not make similar claims despite being globally and historically recognized as negative things ( The Holocaust, Nuremburg Trials, Rape of Nanking, etc.). I chose "significant" because it would imply impact or severity (perhaps "severe" would have been better) of the actions committed without providing a perspective (outside of a secondary source). If you feel that the term "notorious" does not violate WP:POV, then I have no problem with your reversion and would appreciate your thoughts and reasoning for why for future editing reference. Thanks! Luminum ( talk)
Greetings User:Rjensen. Nice working with you on the American frontier page. I see your work all over Wikipedia, top-notch. It's lucky to have such a resource. Yours, Wikiuser100 ( talk) 14:46, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Bumping into you today reminded me of something I read a bit back on a Talk page where there was some yipping going on over whether someone was qualified to be cited as a source of material on a subject, in the instance regarding a Medal of Honor award. I was piqued to go back and check whether it was you being referred to.
Here's the passage (the italics are mine):
Oh, you mean the guy the Army cites? With the MOH society honor heaped on for good measure.
I could practically hear the OP going Gulp.
Yours, Wikiuser100 ( talk) 17:25, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:DD2K reported by User:TBSchemer (Result: ). The article in dispute is Democratic Party (United States). Perhaps you have a suggestion for how this can be resolved. It is not easy for an outsider to even grasp what the dispute is about. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 16:29, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Your personal attacks have exhausted my patience, and I have reported you to the administrators. [2] I think it would not be very difficult to come to an agreement in this dispute, but you've burned your bridges prior to even hearing my side of the story. I hope the administrators can convince you to behave in a more civil manner and we can work together to include this content in a way that is mutually agreeable. TBSchemer ( talk) 21:44, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I apologize for coming across as argumentative. However, this particular page has put the number of Missouri Confederates at about 40,000. The number is probably higher, but records from the time are very fragmented. May we just put this editing war away, and put it back to what it was before?- Spradlagg. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spradlagg ( talk • contribs) 21:25, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
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Don't know if you actually did write half of the article or not, but I don't care enough to switch awards. During the process of the nomination for Alexander Hamilton, you were both tenacious in your defense of the page and edits to users who were quick to make changes (including myself), yet amiable and easy to work with. I'm a bit burned out on Hamilton as of now, but we will meet again, as I hope to get that article (along with a few other Founding Fathers) to an FA status (though I might settle with a few just at GA). Just a matter of when...Anyway, here you go! Thanks! LeftAire ( talk) 22:13, 3 March 2015 (UTC) |
Also added to Ulbricht Talk page:
Hi, I saw you reversed my removal of the Kocka quote as the question whether "was the GDR a dictatorship / what were its policies is a major question for legacy of Ulbricht as #1)". If so*, then the text needs to be embedded better and that statement made explicit. As things stand now, it is a rather misplaced appendix to this paragraph.
One might also argue that Ulbricht's legacy and the GDR's legacy are not at all the same thing. You could admire Ulbricht for his political stamina, and simultaneously denounce him and the state he headed for moral reasons. -- Ilja.nieuwland ( talk) 22:58, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Could you look over the recent edits back and forth and give your view in the talk page discussion? Thanks.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 00:07, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
In the article Liberty, a large amount of referenced material has been replaced by the single sentence "Modern proponents of liberty are known as libertarians." There is an ongoing discussion on the talk page. I think we need a fresh point of view to avoid a revert war. Rick Norwood ( talk) 21:44, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, saw your removal of my paragraph about Morgan's house. No problem. The reason he knocked the middle house down to form the garden is that he installed his son in the house the other side of the garden; the one built by Isaac Newton Phelps. The Hartford link is interesting as some of the newspapers of the period felt there was a Connecticut "mafia" controlling the money in New York; many of them had links to the Phelps family. Interesting period in history.
Ted Sidpickle ( talk) 21:04, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
I thought you might like to know that you have been mentioned in a discussion at WP/ANI here (but not in a bad way!). andy ( talk) 19:28, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
This concerns the coronation of Napoleon I !! This is the last dress that exists in the world of the sacred. It is shown all over the world because there is only one !!! The museums all want !!!
Fondation Napoléon in Paris: http://www.napoleon.org/fr/galerie/iconographie/files/robesacre_josephine.asp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaltenbachthea ( talk • contribs) 22:28, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Here. I did not intend to flatter. And I believe I reached my goal. The reference is to your comments at Indefinite ban from creating merger proposals or anything related to merging. Last I heard, bees pollinate new subjects. Do you wear the bottoms of your trousers rolled? — Aladdin Sane ( talk) 07:07, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
I mentioned you. [3]
Dear 0Dear 23:07, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I am trying to find sources for the term "civil rights movements" as defined by the article "Movement for civil rights." Are you aware of any sources that treat the topic of this article - an encyclopedia, textbook, anything? Every mention of this term I've encountered uses it differently as follows:
Thank you. Mitchumch ( talk) 05:26, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
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help); 3) in USA: " mobilised in opposition to the Vietnam War, supported civil rights movements such as women's and gay liberation, and raised awareness of environmental" Judith Bara & Mark Pennington (2009).
Comparative Politics. SAGE. p. 277.; 4) " explores the African American and Hispanic civil rights movements within a comparative framework." Debra A. Reid (2009).
Seeking Inalienable Rights: Texans and Their Quests for Justice. Texas A&M UP. p. 169.; 5) "Civil rights movements of blacks and Catholics" Frank Wright (1988).
Northern Ireland: A Comparative Analysis. p. 164.; 6) Goodwin, Jeff, and Steven Pfaff. "Emotion work in high-risk social movements: Managing fear in the US and East German civil rights movements." in Passionate politics: Emotions and social movements (2001): 282-302; 7) google books uses the category " Civil rights movements—United States—History—2oth century."
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talk) 05:42, 24 March 2015 (UTC)Hello. I've noticed you have a distinct flare for removing content you don't like. Rather than vandalising articles in this way, please try improving coverage of content you DO like. I personally don't at all agree with Karl Marx's theories, but I see that they are extremely under-covered. Please just let Wikipedia be WP:NPOV. Even after adding what small coverage of Socialism I did, their views are still outnumbered 1000 times to 1 by the mainstream views of history. Please stop your persistent, POV, vandalism. Thank you. Hendrick 99 ( talk) 08:46, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I hope you don't mind my reformatting your request for votes. I'm quite sure there are only two editors who disagree with you, and their reasons aren't sufficient. I appreciate your participation there. Would you want to move your new comment up to the top of the list? You initially opened the vote, closely followed by Coemgenus. Of course it really makes no difference where your comment is, but I don't want you to seem to have been displaced there. I'd be happy to restore your first place if you like. Best wishes, YoPienso ( talk) 02:57, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Richard,
Last June I spent a bit of time looking at the supposed representation of an early railway in Freiburg Minster (see History_of_rail_transport#Medieval_railway). I'm convinced that the representation has nothing to do with railways, but there is a supporting citation. If you have time would you look at talk page and tell me what you think?
Regards, Martin of Sheffield ( talk) 14:49, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Rjensen you added some text on women in The Gilded Age, with refs, but no page numbers. One sentence was startling to me, that Roman Catholic married women were encouraged to work outside the home in that era. Not my ancestors! And not any RC group that comes to mind, so I would value a back up on that, and possibly a bit more as to why that is credible -- all over the country, in certain cities, at certain income levels? The RC families coming from modern Slovenia and Croatia in that era, all Roman Catholic, many went to mining areas (having been miners in the old Austrian Empire), many of which became boom towns, and the women ran the family, with full time job of cooking and raising children. Similarly, singling out African American married women, about whom I have less historical knowledge, at least in that period. Slavery was over, reconstruction had been a bust, but the life of freedom was just beginning, so your sentence jarred, to link those two groups of women. You cited two books, but no page numbers and no publishers for the books. I was assuming they were books from what info you did include. I put the cites in cite book format, and uses the 'page needed' template so you can see the refs easily. Anyway, I thought it might be more polite to tell you here, as you might not read my warning to revert in the edit summary without page numbers to back up those exact statements. I know you are a good writer and editor and likely do have the page numbers. -- Prairieplant ( talk) 19:07, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Do you have any thoughts on resources? I have plenty of stuff on the numismatic side, but I'd appreciate any thoughts you might have on the historical side. I'm going to try to focus as tightly as I can on the act itself while obviously paying some attention to what came afterwards.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 07:40, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey Rjensen, I've added a bit to the article The Capture of the USS Chesapeake, would you mind terribly to give the addition a once over? I wanted to have you do a sniff test and make sure it is up to snuff.. Tirronan ( talk) 11:56, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
I just now removed it from the blacklist, tho it will still be reverted for new editors. Could you please check that it works ok for you; if not , let me know. DGG ( talk ) 22:41, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
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I think it should be added in the section Other Conflicts/ Feuds. It's one of the most notable feuds in the American frontier, and was an important event in the reconstruction era. Godzilladude123 ( talk) 07:10, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, Rjensen :)! Great to see you! I was confused a bit when you added back the arms import content by Sipriot. I removed that content not only because it was different from the topic but also the source was the user's (organisation) own research. I was following the edits of Sipriot from when he edited Indian Armed Forces with a source from www.sipri.org and not adhering to NPOV, and found out that the user is editing the articles of each and every country (adding details about arms import) with references all of which pointed to www.sipri.org. My best bet is that the user is mentioning their own research which is against Wikipedia:Spam. So, are you sure I did the wrong thing? If yes, I'm sorry to have wasted your time. If no, thanks for your time! -- Jaaron95 ( talk) 14:36, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
hi dr jensen,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jean_le_Rond_d%27Alembert#atheism_or_agnostic
i've started a new topic here trying to ponder the origins of why people think d'Alembert was atheist.
as i state in that page, i do not dispute the vehement anti-clerical attitude taken on by him (and his successor, Laplace), however it does seem a bit rash to categorize him as atheist.
yes, i understand him and diderot were boyz and collaborators, but i still have reservations on whether he was actually atheist.
i know there are many atheist people who are eager to find reputable individuals such as d'Alembert to the 'atheist camp' so they can say 'HEY SEE, THIS GUY WAS SMART & HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GOD. SO YEAH'. many atheists have an axe to grind and are prone to confirmation bias, as i suggest is the case here.
if you could help me out in researching this a little (as you did with nightingale wrt sylvester, tyvm for that), i would appreciate it.
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Rjensen, Why do you feel that the ref you deleted did not support the section you deleted in that article? Scott P. ( talk) 18:41, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
I still would very much appreciate it if you might be able to explain what "point" in that deleted section, you felt was "contrary" to what you apparently feel is the currently prevailing scholarly opinion on the subject at hand. Obviously you wouldn't have deleted it if you felt that the section I inserted was in harmony with prevailing scholarly opinion. Normally, in the absence of any conflicting evidence, or conflicting prevailing scholarly opinion, direct quotes from a person who is the subject of an article are not deleted. What point in that deleted section did you not like? Scott P. ( talk) 21:55, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
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Per multiple posts on your Talk page, you continue to revert reasonable contributions to articles that are well-sourced, such as in this case. I understand you are an expert and therefore feel you are qualified to undo interpretations of sources that you disagree with, but you need to discuss good-faith edits that have sources on the article's Talk page instead of repeatedly reverting them. Perhaps you could modify or provide an alternate viewpoint, but policing articles for edits that you happen to personally disagree with does not encourage contributions. That edit cited a book, not the SPLC itself. You need to make your case on the Talk page for what the content of the book is, why that book is not a valid source, and/or how the text is being misinterpreted by that edit. Strom ( talk) 02:06, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
I reverted edits you made on Theodore Roosevelt. Although I did make one typo, using an 'as' instead of 'and', your edits had multiple typos, and some grammatical issues which created sentences that border on being incomplete. I don't want to start an edit war here, but I had to revert edits which were made that reduced the grammatical composition of the lead. Spartan7W § 04:38, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
I have created a talk page subsection to discuss, you are welcome to participate: Talk:World_War_I#Weapons_of_mass_destruction. Thanks IQ125 ( talk) 11:18, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
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It was a long rambling rant about how jews were somehow responsible for the transatlantic slave trade. Clearly out of place in that article. What was I supposed to do? 213.112.251.224 ( talk) 07:52, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Was wondering about the deletion of {{see also|Abraham Lincoln's patent}} in this edit, especially since that whole first paragraph is about the patent. I know the article is linked in that section's first paragraph but I think it might be helpful to readers (especially casual readers new to Wikipedia) to delineate the fact that there is a separate article about the matter. Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 12:22, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
The review points out McCarthy's political affiliations. The fact of the matter is he made a career out of being a propagandist, and when things he says are contrary to most historians this needs to be noted. -- Steverci ( talk) 01:21, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen,
You reverted my edit of the KKK page [ [5]] using the reason 'kkk2 was NOT associated mostly with Dems--both parties involved.' In fact the quote that I've added was taken directly from one of the 3 references I've included, not sure how you missed it, with one from the University of Washington which supports my edit specifically regarding the 'national KKK2 mostly associated with Democrats'. An academic reference from a major university's civil rights dept. is a valid and reliable source, while you provided nothing but your personal POV as the sole reason for removing it. Please show a source backing up your claim. Cheers! Meishern ( talk) 11:56, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
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My edits which you reverted were discussed via talkpage with an editor, in fact the only other editor, who's been active in trying to improve the article. You might also care to note my various comments and proposals about improvements, on the article talk page. The version to which you reverted is riddled with repetitions, inconsistencies, POV, original research etc etc which has been that way for a long time going back years and years. My edits have made long overdue improvements. You might care to help improve the article. 41.162.131.130 ( talk) 12:39, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Dear Richard,
Whew and wow! You really were busy yesterday, weren't you? Congatulations on your hard work!
I have already made minor changes to both pages under "Sealed Set system". I intend holding off on making other changes for a day or so, until I hear your comments on what I've said below.
Firstly, some comments on the modifications you've made to "History of broadcating". Some of the changes are excellent, particularly your introduction. However, I am inclined to re-state some of the sections that you've deleted:
1) References to Electrophone, etc. This is an extremely important pre-decessor to radio broadcasting, but very few people know much about it! Therefore I think that the brief mention I made is important.
2) The full caption to the Voigt photo is important simply because it explains his rig-out.
3) I think it's vital to mention Fisk's name in connection with the Sealed Set.
4) Although the US doesn't have any government broadcasters, it does have public stations which serve a similar function. Perhaps mention of this should be made.
Regarding the ommission of Bruce Carty's book from the list of Further Reading. Yes, Bruce's book has many contradictions: one the one hand, it has much valuable information that can't be found elsewhere; on the other hand, the book is atrouciously written and ridiculously Sydney-centric! I have been in email contact with Bruce for a couple of years and have made numerous suggestions for improvement, but I'm quite frustrated because he has only used a few of my suggestions.
Bruce wanted to set up a Wikipedia page re 2CM, but didn't have the computer knowledge to do so. I have recently set up that page using Bruce's notes as a base. You may like to have a look at "2CM - an Australian pionerr broadcaster".
Have you seen the 3AK page which is mainly my work? As you are probably aware 3AK probably has the most unusual history of any Australian broadcaster, which is why I'm obsessed with the hisatory of this station.
Now, to the "History of broadcasting in Australia" page. You beat me to it - I was thinking of setting up a similar page, and congratulations to you for getting around to doing it! It looks good! Perhaps some of the Australian info on the "History of broadcasting" page can now be deleted.
I haven't had a chance to properly study the lengthy ABC section that you've added, but will eventually get a chance to look at it.
You haven't added the latter Australian sections from "History of broadcasting", ie "1950s, 60s & 70s", "80s & 90s", "2000s". I think that this information should be added to the Australian page!
Finally (sorry about the long letter), I note that the ABC photos that you've added are all already in the Wikipedia photo bank. I would love to add new photos but find the system extremely difficult. Therefore, I've just shrugged my shoulders and haven't bothered. Am I right in thinking that you may have a similar problem?
Well, that's certainly enough from me. I do look forward to your reply.
Regards, ALBERT.
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I reverted your edits to Harry S. Truman as it broke links from in-text citations (rendered in the Notes section) to the Bibliography. If you remove one you must remove the other. -- Gadget850 talk 18:49, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I saw that you recently reverted my edit to the Alexander Hamilton lead, and if you wish to see the information there, would it be okay if you could shorten it to four paragraphs? I don't want to get into any potential edit wars. I'm trying to nominate this article for GA status, and one of the requirements was to shorten the introduction of the page. Please contact me as soon as you can, and thanks for reading! LeftAire ( talk) 16:50, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Frankly, I don't see any merit to having a modern picture of Bismarck when there are numerous portraits from life. There are a whole category of them on Commons if you feel the two articles are improved by a picture of him. Also, if you go to the uploader's Commons talk page you'll see that I have questioned whether he really has the right to upload the picture on a free licence, or if he does, whether he really intends that. I've had a Russian speaker talk to him about how to do it properly if he does in fact have the right and the desire to do so; he will need to go through ORTS. Yngvadottir ( talk) 17:05, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen, just wanted to let you know I was impressed by your work here on Wikipedia, and started a Richard J. Jensen lemma to connect the dots. Corrections, addititions or other feedback are most welcome. -- Mdd ( talk) 13:05, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
File:Otto von Bismarck by N.Repik.jpg looks more like crosswiki spam. -- Pnapora ( talk) 08:41, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Nice to see you've stuck around on the Western Front, there's plenty to get stuck into in that article. I altered some of your edit to make it fit better but feel free to change it if desired. Regards Keith-264 ( talk) 10:25, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Dear Prof. Jensen, I appreciate very much your support on the matter of British vs. US spelling in the article on the History of Paris. it's very annoying that he's trying to convert every article about France into British English, but he's not the first to do that. In the process of reverting his changes, I made some changes to your edits on the 20th century and postwar period, and I apologize if I didn't do it well; i was trying to made it consistent with the other text in the section, and have it be simply declarative, with the source in the citation, rather than in the style of an academic article. Please revert it back if you don't think it's correct. I'm also starting a separate article on the history of Paris in the 18th Century, starting with the text from that section of the History of Paris and the chronology from the Timeline of Paris, which I hope will give a comprehensive picture of Paris in that period. I would welcome your comments suggestions and contributions as it comes along. Thanks for your good work and best wishes, SiefkinDR ( talk) 18:31, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I am from Azerbaijan-- Baskervill ( talk) 23:17, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
I don't really understand your edit to article Jacksonian democracy. Did Mary Beth Norton et al. in A People and a Nation, Volume I: to 1877 (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) p 287 mention Jackson's adopted Indian son and cite Michael Paul Rogin (1991). Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of the American Indian? If not, then quote falsification would appear to be taking place... AnonMoos ( talk) 01:59, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Rjensen...can you help resolve a discussion in the Grant talk page concerning the inclusion of Cuban Insurrection in the Grant Foriegn Affairs section...thanks Cmguy777 ( talk) 19:07, 10 February 2015 (UTC) Talk:Ulysses_S._Grant#Foreign_affairs_first_paragraph_suggestion
What's with the straight revert with no edit summary? [1] That indicates you're reverting vandalism. -- NeilN talk to me 16:53, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
I've been looking at Slavery in the United States and particularly Code Noir sections. There was a stat for free persons of color in various states that wasn't well defined and looked much too high and needed a year, so I went searching for the reference in p. 322 of Stark. Stark states "a far higher percentage of blacks in Louisiana were free (31.2 percent) than any other slave state." This is what I thought he was saying...but it is also wrong. He said this came from the 1830 census but the actual computed figure should be 13.2%. Notice the inverted digits. His values for Mississippi and Alabama are correct and agree with the census. His conclusion is still correct, it is just the magnitude of the figure that is off. It was probably a simple typo in his manuscript. I've checked some other decades (1820 and 1860) and this value is just way too high to be an error in the 1830 census data.
This figure is quoted in several places on Wikipedia. How do I correct it within Wikipedia guidelines? I didn't find an errata for the book and I don't think I can use my own calcs from the census browser to override the value. Red Harvest ( talk) 21:00, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
Please do not remove sourced information. If you feel that the information of Titanic does not belong here, then please start a conversation about it. Zyon788 ( talk) 17:28, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
I've started a talk section if you wish to voice your opinion. Zyon788 ( talk) 20:30, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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its for you professor..i hope you guide me in wikipedia m,sharaf ( talk) 19:04, 16 February 2015 (UTC) |
I know that writing a good article about military affaires is difficult but possible. I wane to know about your experience in this sphere particularly in Wikipedia articles on military.-- m,sharaf ( talk) 19:09, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
I accidentally saved without an edit summary.
But I think that edit is a good compromise. Tharthandorf Aquanashi ( talk) 04:29, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed you were adding sources and a lot of content to NYC-related articles. Keep up the good work on that. However, I just wanted to let you know that some of the sources you are adding, like the Encyclopedia of New York City, can be invoked using specific-source templates like {{ cite enc-nyc}}. Thanks, Epic Genius ( talk) 15:51, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
Oh, and if you're using the second edition, the proper specific source template is "cite enc-nyc2". BMK ( talk) 16:49, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi. If you copy text from one Wikipedia article to another, you should add the "copied" template to the talk pages of both particles. Best, BMK ( talk) 16:45, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
There were a few errors to the lead that needed to be corrected, but I didn't want to rush and make corrections myself, since it was your writing. Just make them when you get the chance, the article status for GA has been put on hold for seven days; hopefully you'll get the chance to edit by then. If not, just let me know. Thanks for reading! LeftAire ( talk) 22:01, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
As for the Wilentz link, please send it to gtownhoyasdc@gmail.com. I'll use it and give it a proper citation when possible. Thanks for reading, and thanks for your help! LeftAire ( talk) 22:31, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello Rjensen, thank you for improving the articles related to Serfdom, and I'm tipping my hat to you for not letting my removal of the text detract from your dedication. I have to say that the actual guideline WP:REDUNDANTFORK only talks about forking whole articles. The reason why I opposed the forking stemmed from my own frustration with trying to merge forked articles, and, as a reader, with having to read and reread almost identical texts on Wikipedia. — Sebastian 07:33, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi. My edit was an attempt to address the discussion point left on the talk page about WP:POV. It was largely motivated by a review of similar articles that do not make similar claims despite being globally and historically recognized as negative things ( The Holocaust, Nuremburg Trials, Rape of Nanking, etc.). I chose "significant" because it would imply impact or severity (perhaps "severe" would have been better) of the actions committed without providing a perspective (outside of a secondary source). If you feel that the term "notorious" does not violate WP:POV, then I have no problem with your reversion and would appreciate your thoughts and reasoning for why for future editing reference. Thanks! Luminum ( talk)
Greetings User:Rjensen. Nice working with you on the American frontier page. I see your work all over Wikipedia, top-notch. It's lucky to have such a resource. Yours, Wikiuser100 ( talk) 14:46, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Bumping into you today reminded me of something I read a bit back on a Talk page where there was some yipping going on over whether someone was qualified to be cited as a source of material on a subject, in the instance regarding a Medal of Honor award. I was piqued to go back and check whether it was you being referred to.
Here's the passage (the italics are mine):
Oh, you mean the guy the Army cites? With the MOH society honor heaped on for good measure.
I could practically hear the OP going Gulp.
Yours, Wikiuser100 ( talk) 17:25, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:DD2K reported by User:TBSchemer (Result: ). The article in dispute is Democratic Party (United States). Perhaps you have a suggestion for how this can be resolved. It is not easy for an outsider to even grasp what the dispute is about. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 16:29, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
Your personal attacks have exhausted my patience, and I have reported you to the administrators. [2] I think it would not be very difficult to come to an agreement in this dispute, but you've burned your bridges prior to even hearing my side of the story. I hope the administrators can convince you to behave in a more civil manner and we can work together to include this content in a way that is mutually agreeable. TBSchemer ( talk) 21:44, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
I apologize for coming across as argumentative. However, this particular page has put the number of Missouri Confederates at about 40,000. The number is probably higher, but records from the time are very fragmented. May we just put this editing war away, and put it back to what it was before?- Spradlagg. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spradlagg ( talk • contribs) 21:25, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
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Don't know if you actually did write half of the article or not, but I don't care enough to switch awards. During the process of the nomination for Alexander Hamilton, you were both tenacious in your defense of the page and edits to users who were quick to make changes (including myself), yet amiable and easy to work with. I'm a bit burned out on Hamilton as of now, but we will meet again, as I hope to get that article (along with a few other Founding Fathers) to an FA status (though I might settle with a few just at GA). Just a matter of when...Anyway, here you go! Thanks! LeftAire ( talk) 22:13, 3 March 2015 (UTC) |
Also added to Ulbricht Talk page:
Hi, I saw you reversed my removal of the Kocka quote as the question whether "was the GDR a dictatorship / what were its policies is a major question for legacy of Ulbricht as #1)". If so*, then the text needs to be embedded better and that statement made explicit. As things stand now, it is a rather misplaced appendix to this paragraph.
One might also argue that Ulbricht's legacy and the GDR's legacy are not at all the same thing. You could admire Ulbricht for his political stamina, and simultaneously denounce him and the state he headed for moral reasons. -- Ilja.nieuwland ( talk) 22:58, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Could you look over the recent edits back and forth and give your view in the talk page discussion? Thanks.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 00:07, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
In the article Liberty, a large amount of referenced material has been replaced by the single sentence "Modern proponents of liberty are known as libertarians." There is an ongoing discussion on the talk page. I think we need a fresh point of view to avoid a revert war. Rick Norwood ( talk) 21:44, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, saw your removal of my paragraph about Morgan's house. No problem. The reason he knocked the middle house down to form the garden is that he installed his son in the house the other side of the garden; the one built by Isaac Newton Phelps. The Hartford link is interesting as some of the newspapers of the period felt there was a Connecticut "mafia" controlling the money in New York; many of them had links to the Phelps family. Interesting period in history.
Ted Sidpickle ( talk) 21:04, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
I thought you might like to know that you have been mentioned in a discussion at WP/ANI here (but not in a bad way!). andy ( talk) 19:28, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
This concerns the coronation of Napoleon I !! This is the last dress that exists in the world of the sacred. It is shown all over the world because there is only one !!! The museums all want !!!
Fondation Napoléon in Paris: http://www.napoleon.org/fr/galerie/iconographie/files/robesacre_josephine.asp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaltenbachthea ( talk • contribs) 22:28, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
Here. I did not intend to flatter. And I believe I reached my goal. The reference is to your comments at Indefinite ban from creating merger proposals or anything related to merging. Last I heard, bees pollinate new subjects. Do you wear the bottoms of your trousers rolled? — Aladdin Sane ( talk) 07:07, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
I mentioned you. [3]
Dear 0Dear 23:07, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
I am trying to find sources for the term "civil rights movements" as defined by the article "Movement for civil rights." Are you aware of any sources that treat the topic of this article - an encyclopedia, textbook, anything? Every mention of this term I've encountered uses it differently as follows:
Thank you. Mitchumch ( talk) 05:26, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
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help); 3) in USA: " mobilised in opposition to the Vietnam War, supported civil rights movements such as women's and gay liberation, and raised awareness of environmental" Judith Bara & Mark Pennington (2009).
Comparative Politics. SAGE. p. 277.; 4) " explores the African American and Hispanic civil rights movements within a comparative framework." Debra A. Reid (2009).
Seeking Inalienable Rights: Texans and Their Quests for Justice. Texas A&M UP. p. 169.; 5) "Civil rights movements of blacks and Catholics" Frank Wright (1988).
Northern Ireland: A Comparative Analysis. p. 164.; 6) Goodwin, Jeff, and Steven Pfaff. "Emotion work in high-risk social movements: Managing fear in the US and East German civil rights movements." in Passionate politics: Emotions and social movements (2001): 282-302; 7) google books uses the category " Civil rights movements—United States—History—2oth century."
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talk) 05:42, 24 March 2015 (UTC)Hello. I've noticed you have a distinct flare for removing content you don't like. Rather than vandalising articles in this way, please try improving coverage of content you DO like. I personally don't at all agree with Karl Marx's theories, but I see that they are extremely under-covered. Please just let Wikipedia be WP:NPOV. Even after adding what small coverage of Socialism I did, their views are still outnumbered 1000 times to 1 by the mainstream views of history. Please stop your persistent, POV, vandalism. Thank you. Hendrick 99 ( talk) 08:46, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I hope you don't mind my reformatting your request for votes. I'm quite sure there are only two editors who disagree with you, and their reasons aren't sufficient. I appreciate your participation there. Would you want to move your new comment up to the top of the list? You initially opened the vote, closely followed by Coemgenus. Of course it really makes no difference where your comment is, but I don't want you to seem to have been displaced there. I'd be happy to restore your first place if you like. Best wishes, YoPienso ( talk) 02:57, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Richard,
Last June I spent a bit of time looking at the supposed representation of an early railway in Freiburg Minster (see History_of_rail_transport#Medieval_railway). I'm convinced that the representation has nothing to do with railways, but there is a supporting citation. If you have time would you look at talk page and tell me what you think?
Regards, Martin of Sheffield ( talk) 14:49, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Rjensen you added some text on women in The Gilded Age, with refs, but no page numbers. One sentence was startling to me, that Roman Catholic married women were encouraged to work outside the home in that era. Not my ancestors! And not any RC group that comes to mind, so I would value a back up on that, and possibly a bit more as to why that is credible -- all over the country, in certain cities, at certain income levels? The RC families coming from modern Slovenia and Croatia in that era, all Roman Catholic, many went to mining areas (having been miners in the old Austrian Empire), many of which became boom towns, and the women ran the family, with full time job of cooking and raising children. Similarly, singling out African American married women, about whom I have less historical knowledge, at least in that period. Slavery was over, reconstruction had been a bust, but the life of freedom was just beginning, so your sentence jarred, to link those two groups of women. You cited two books, but no page numbers and no publishers for the books. I was assuming they were books from what info you did include. I put the cites in cite book format, and uses the 'page needed' template so you can see the refs easily. Anyway, I thought it might be more polite to tell you here, as you might not read my warning to revert in the edit summary without page numbers to back up those exact statements. I know you are a good writer and editor and likely do have the page numbers. -- Prairieplant ( talk) 19:07, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Do you have any thoughts on resources? I have plenty of stuff on the numismatic side, but I'd appreciate any thoughts you might have on the historical side. I'm going to try to focus as tightly as I can on the act itself while obviously paying some attention to what came afterwards.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 07:40, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Hey Rjensen, I've added a bit to the article The Capture of the USS Chesapeake, would you mind terribly to give the addition a once over? I wanted to have you do a sniff test and make sure it is up to snuff.. Tirronan ( talk) 11:56, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
I just now removed it from the blacklist, tho it will still be reverted for new editors. Could you please check that it works ok for you; if not , let me know. DGG ( talk ) 22:41, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
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I think it should be added in the section Other Conflicts/ Feuds. It's one of the most notable feuds in the American frontier, and was an important event in the reconstruction era. Godzilladude123 ( talk) 07:10, 1 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, Rjensen :)! Great to see you! I was confused a bit when you added back the arms import content by Sipriot. I removed that content not only because it was different from the topic but also the source was the user's (organisation) own research. I was following the edits of Sipriot from when he edited Indian Armed Forces with a source from www.sipri.org and not adhering to NPOV, and found out that the user is editing the articles of each and every country (adding details about arms import) with references all of which pointed to www.sipri.org. My best bet is that the user is mentioning their own research which is against Wikipedia:Spam. So, are you sure I did the wrong thing? If yes, I'm sorry to have wasted your time. If no, thanks for your time! -- Jaaron95 ( talk) 14:36, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
hi dr jensen,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jean_le_Rond_d%27Alembert#atheism_or_agnostic
i've started a new topic here trying to ponder the origins of why people think d'Alembert was atheist.
as i state in that page, i do not dispute the vehement anti-clerical attitude taken on by him (and his successor, Laplace), however it does seem a bit rash to categorize him as atheist.
yes, i understand him and diderot were boyz and collaborators, but i still have reservations on whether he was actually atheist.
i know there are many atheist people who are eager to find reputable individuals such as d'Alembert to the 'atheist camp' so they can say 'HEY SEE, THIS GUY WAS SMART & HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GOD. SO YEAH'. many atheists have an axe to grind and are prone to confirmation bias, as i suggest is the case here.
if you could help me out in researching this a little (as you did with nightingale wrt sylvester, tyvm for that), i would appreciate it.
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Rjensen, Why do you feel that the ref you deleted did not support the section you deleted in that article? Scott P. ( talk) 18:41, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
I still would very much appreciate it if you might be able to explain what "point" in that deleted section, you felt was "contrary" to what you apparently feel is the currently prevailing scholarly opinion on the subject at hand. Obviously you wouldn't have deleted it if you felt that the section I inserted was in harmony with prevailing scholarly opinion. Normally, in the absence of any conflicting evidence, or conflicting prevailing scholarly opinion, direct quotes from a person who is the subject of an article are not deleted. What point in that deleted section did you not like? Scott P. ( talk) 21:55, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
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Per multiple posts on your Talk page, you continue to revert reasonable contributions to articles that are well-sourced, such as in this case. I understand you are an expert and therefore feel you are qualified to undo interpretations of sources that you disagree with, but you need to discuss good-faith edits that have sources on the article's Talk page instead of repeatedly reverting them. Perhaps you could modify or provide an alternate viewpoint, but policing articles for edits that you happen to personally disagree with does not encourage contributions. That edit cited a book, not the SPLC itself. You need to make your case on the Talk page for what the content of the book is, why that book is not a valid source, and/or how the text is being misinterpreted by that edit. Strom ( talk) 02:06, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
I reverted edits you made on Theodore Roosevelt. Although I did make one typo, using an 'as' instead of 'and', your edits had multiple typos, and some grammatical issues which created sentences that border on being incomplete. I don't want to start an edit war here, but I had to revert edits which were made that reduced the grammatical composition of the lead. Spartan7W § 04:38, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
I have created a talk page subsection to discuss, you are welcome to participate: Talk:World_War_I#Weapons_of_mass_destruction. Thanks IQ125 ( talk) 11:18, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
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It was a long rambling rant about how jews were somehow responsible for the transatlantic slave trade. Clearly out of place in that article. What was I supposed to do? 213.112.251.224 ( talk) 07:52, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Was wondering about the deletion of {{see also|Abraham Lincoln's patent}} in this edit, especially since that whole first paragraph is about the patent. I know the article is linked in that section's first paragraph but I think it might be helpful to readers (especially casual readers new to Wikipedia) to delineate the fact that there is a separate article about the matter. Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 12:22, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
The review points out McCarthy's political affiliations. The fact of the matter is he made a career out of being a propagandist, and when things he says are contrary to most historians this needs to be noted. -- Steverci ( talk) 01:21, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Rjensen,
You reverted my edit of the KKK page [ [5]] using the reason 'kkk2 was NOT associated mostly with Dems--both parties involved.' In fact the quote that I've added was taken directly from one of the 3 references I've included, not sure how you missed it, with one from the University of Washington which supports my edit specifically regarding the 'national KKK2 mostly associated with Democrats'. An academic reference from a major university's civil rights dept. is a valid and reliable source, while you provided nothing but your personal POV as the sole reason for removing it. Please show a source backing up your claim. Cheers! Meishern ( talk) 11:56, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
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My edits which you reverted were discussed via talkpage with an editor, in fact the only other editor, who's been active in trying to improve the article. You might also care to note my various comments and proposals about improvements, on the article talk page. The version to which you reverted is riddled with repetitions, inconsistencies, POV, original research etc etc which has been that way for a long time going back years and years. My edits have made long overdue improvements. You might care to help improve the article. 41.162.131.130 ( talk) 12:39, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Dear Richard,
Whew and wow! You really were busy yesterday, weren't you? Congatulations on your hard work!
I have already made minor changes to both pages under "Sealed Set system". I intend holding off on making other changes for a day or so, until I hear your comments on what I've said below.
Firstly, some comments on the modifications you've made to "History of broadcating". Some of the changes are excellent, particularly your introduction. However, I am inclined to re-state some of the sections that you've deleted:
1) References to Electrophone, etc. This is an extremely important pre-decessor to radio broadcasting, but very few people know much about it! Therefore I think that the brief mention I made is important.
2) The full caption to the Voigt photo is important simply because it explains his rig-out.
3) I think it's vital to mention Fisk's name in connection with the Sealed Set.
4) Although the US doesn't have any government broadcasters, it does have public stations which serve a similar function. Perhaps mention of this should be made.
Regarding the ommission of Bruce Carty's book from the list of Further Reading. Yes, Bruce's book has many contradictions: one the one hand, it has much valuable information that can't be found elsewhere; on the other hand, the book is atrouciously written and ridiculously Sydney-centric! I have been in email contact with Bruce for a couple of years and have made numerous suggestions for improvement, but I'm quite frustrated because he has only used a few of my suggestions.
Bruce wanted to set up a Wikipedia page re 2CM, but didn't have the computer knowledge to do so. I have recently set up that page using Bruce's notes as a base. You may like to have a look at "2CM - an Australian pionerr broadcaster".
Have you seen the 3AK page which is mainly my work? As you are probably aware 3AK probably has the most unusual history of any Australian broadcaster, which is why I'm obsessed with the hisatory of this station.
Now, to the "History of broadcasting in Australia" page. You beat me to it - I was thinking of setting up a similar page, and congratulations to you for getting around to doing it! It looks good! Perhaps some of the Australian info on the "History of broadcasting" page can now be deleted.
I haven't had a chance to properly study the lengthy ABC section that you've added, but will eventually get a chance to look at it.
You haven't added the latter Australian sections from "History of broadcasting", ie "1950s, 60s & 70s", "80s & 90s", "2000s". I think that this information should be added to the Australian page!
Finally (sorry about the long letter), I note that the ABC photos that you've added are all already in the Wikipedia photo bank. I would love to add new photos but find the system extremely difficult. Therefore, I've just shrugged my shoulders and haven't bothered. Am I right in thinking that you may have a similar problem?
Well, that's certainly enough from me. I do look forward to your reply.
Regards, ALBERT.
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