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User talk:GwillhickersWelcome! Hello, Gwillhickers, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. ... Again, welcome! Rklawton (talk) 02:40, 14 February 2010 (UTC) 
3c stamp of USS ConstitutionHi - Thanks for the great image of Constitution's 1947 3c stamp. It's a great photo of an important subject. The article mentions the stamp directly later on at USS_Constitution#Bicentennial_celebrations (near the end of the second paragraph), so I've moved the image there to allow readers to see the stamp where it's mentioned. Thanks again for adding the image! --Badger151 (talk) 17:55, 13 February 2010 (UTC) Appotomax stampHi - I've built upon your addition at Battle_of_the_Wilderness#Civil_War_Commemoratives by wikilinking the battles commemorated by the other stamps, but I found three possibilities for Appotomax - Appomattox_Campaign, Battle of Appomattox Station, and Battle of Appomattox Court House. I wasn't sure which of these the stamp was meant to commenmorate, so I chose Appomattox_Campaign, as it incorporated the other two. Is this right? --Badger151 (talk) 18:10, 13 February 2010 (UTC) Welcome!Welcome to WP, always nice to have more stamp enthusiasts! You might like to join up with the philately project, Wikipedia:WikiProject Philately, where we keep each other up to date with our activities, discuss plans and standards, etc. You might also be interested in my first attempt at a ships on stamps list, List of ships on stamps, which bogged down a little Stan (talk) 17:34, 22 March 2010 (UTC) Alexander Graham Bell stamp Hi Gwillhickers: my apologies for the terse edit summary last night when I reverted your change to the caption (when I occasionally execute rapid keystrokes on my computer it will sometimes treat them as a 'Save Page' command and truncate the text that I typed, which is what happened yesterday). The difference between your text and mine is not worth arguing about, but your text needs to be corrected since 'Grahm' (Graham) was misspelled which was the reason for my revert. It can also be slightly improved, as shown here: Since the article already has a left hand side image, I would suggest that the stamp image also be placed on the left side of the section to balance the large statue image above it. Otherwise the stamp is an excellent addition to the article. I feel additionally that since many dozens of stamps have been issued for Bell as noted in the adjacent paragraph, that the text related to this particular stamp should be inserted into the related article, Alexander Graham Bell honors and tributes, where a franked copy of the same stamp is currently shown (and can be replaced with yours). Otherwise many other stamp enthusiasts may also insert additional text related to their Bell stamps, which i.m.h.o. are not highly notable. Best: HarryZilber (talk) 22:29, 3 April 2010 (UTC) HarryZilber (talk) 23:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Nice articleU.S. Space Exploration History on U.S. Stamps I am seriously impressed :) mark nutley (talk) 23:32, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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Pony Express - First RiderIn light of the fact, the references below and numerous other sources cite Billy Richardson as a highly likely candidate for the first rider; it is reasonable to include him thus giving the reader an opportunity to make their own conclusion.
Tavington-dash (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:05, 5 June 2010 (UTC). Apparently the City of St. Joseph (which is the starting point for the First Westbound rider) agrees: (http://www.stjoemo.info/history/ponyexpress.cfm)Tavington-dash (talk) 17:28, 5 June 2010 (UTC) Pony Express articleJust wanted to drop you a note that I have nominated this article for GA review. It was just sitting there collecting dust in the corner, not even assessed. It is a very good piece in my humble opinion. I will keep my fingers crossed and hope it passes. Cheers, Marcia Wright (talk) 03:33, 3 July 2010 (UTC) Lincoln stampThanks for pointing out the additional fact about the only airmail stamp to honor a pres. If you would, please in the future use the space provided to give a brief description of your edit. This will help us get the article to FA status, as well as the stamps in there. Thanks again. Carmarg4 (talk) 12:58, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
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Tadeusz KościuszkoThis article has now been passed. I made a series of changes myself to complete the checklist. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:44, 20 April 2013 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
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ThanksDear Gwhillhickers, Thanks for your welcome and your kind words. I also appreciate the hard work you've put into your informative stamp articles.BFolkman (talk) 21:31, 1 October 2013 (UTC)BFolkman Editor of the Week
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Thanks again for your efforts! Go Phightins! 17:14, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
re: West PointIt's wonderful that you are working on this key article. Since you brought it up, how about you add relevant K. info to that page, and I'd be happy to review it? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:39, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
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 BibliographiesGood work on the bibliographies -- esp Jefferson! Rjensen (talk) 01:36, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
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Actually probably to your dismay, I'm not a history buff. But that doesn't mean I don't like history, it is one of my favorite subjects. The reason I was editing the Thomas Jefferson page is because I'm doing a board on it. But thanks for the welcome. You are not the only one who said that. I actually became a member on July 13, 2012. Audiluver (talk) 23:43, 24 April 2014 (UTC) Thank for the tips! Audiluver (talk) 00:46, 25 April 2014 (UTC) The reason I gave you the barnstar is because you said "I've spent the last couple of years trying to get it back up to speed -- it was once a GA." And you sounded tired out so I gave you the Tireless contributor barnstar. Audiluver (talk) 00:50, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
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FA congratulationsJust a quick note to congratulate you on the promotion of Tadeusz Kościuszko to FA status recently. If you would like to see this (or any other FA) appear as "Today's featured article" soon (either on a particular date or on any available date), please nominate it at the requests page. If you'd like to see an FA appear on a particular date in the next year or so, please add it to the "pending" list. In the absence of a request, the article may end up being picked at any time (although with about 1,307 articles waiting their turn at present, there's no telling how long – or short! – the wait might be). If you'd got any TFA-related questions or problems, please let me know. BencherliteTalk 18:11, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of USS MonitorThe article USS Monitor you nominated as a good article has passed
DYK:1930 Graf Zeppelin stampsHi GWhillikers, Thanks for your message and helpful suggestions on how I should simplify my DYK reviews in the future. I learned more than I already knew about these stamps. I did not know that the Post Office had issued any stamps mainly to promote a privately owned, profit-making enterprise? Do you know whether there were other such issues? If this were the only time (or even the first time), I think such a statement would enhance the notability of the issue. In my opinion, the article is a good one that should be rated higher than Start class for quality. Bruin2 (talk) 15:58, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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Could use a stamp, I think ... I'd recommend the 1957 issue, as the other two have very similar poses. Add it anywhere as I'll probably move it anyway! Thanks.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:46, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
ThanksYour support over at Featured Pictures is a pleasant surprise and much appreciated. I don't know if you have any interest in Customs Stamps, but I came across this one during one of my trips to the NNC. It does have a ship on it... Feel free to tweak the category I put it in, as this is way out of my area of expertise.--Godot13 (talk) 07:14, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Gwillhickers- I have a list currently at FLC. If you have a spare moment, and if the topic seems remotely interesting to you, any comments or review you might care to leave would be appreciated. If not, no worries at all.--Godot13 (talk) 23:09, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
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Revenue Stamp articleComing along nicely... Any room for this?--Godot13 (talk) 03:31, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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DYK for Jesse Root GrantOn 2 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jesse Root Grant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that through his political associations, Jesse Root Grant secured an appointment for enrollment at West Point for his son, Ulysses S. Grant? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jesse Root Grant. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jesse Root Grant), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Autopatrol Hi Gwillhickers, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! — xaosflux Talk 17:07, 4 June 2017 (UTC) DYK for William R. RowleyOn 15 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William R. Rowley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William R. Rowley was one of nine American Civil War generals who came from Galena, Illinois? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William R. Rowley. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William R. Rowley), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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Thomas Perkins AbernethyHi-your article about Thomas Perkins Abernethy was interesting. Thank you for writing and researching this. I did added categories about his military service and birth place. However, you removed these categories. You also removed a link to his birth place Collirene, Alabama. I started the article in order to help readers to locate the community in the article. I assumed good faith when I added the link to Thomas Perkin Abernethy's birth place and the categories. I am not sure why you reoved the link or the categories which were added in good faith. Thank you-RFD (talk) 14:56, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
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DYK for Hannah Simpson GrantOn 17 October 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hannah Simpson Grant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hannah Simpson Grant (pictured), mother of U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant, did not attend her son's inauguration? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hannah Simpson Grant. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hannah Simpson Grant), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Walk-in-the-Water (steamboat)On 13 November 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Walk-in-the-Water (steamboat), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Walk-in-the-Water (pictured), which made her maiden voyage from Buffalo to Detroit in 1818, was the first steamboat to run on Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Walk-in-the-Water (steamboat)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Pony Express Reference in Convict Lake ArticleHello, Gwillhickers! I happened on your Convict Lake article and enjoyed reading it. I hope this will not offend you, but I did notice one inconsistency that I think you would like to know about the story. That is the story of a Pony Express rider by the name of Billy Poor being a victim of the convicts in September 1871. I did not know the history of Convict Lake at all, but I do know about the Pony Express. The first ride of the Pony Express began on April 3, 1860, and the entire Pony Express service ended just 18 months later on October 24, 1861, with the completion of the transcontinental telegraph line. When it was running, the Pony Express route ran just south of Lake Tahoe. So, the inconsistency is that Billy Poor simply could not have been a rider for the Pony Express at Convict Lake in 1871, because the Pony Express actually ran more than 100 miles north of there and had ended almost 10 years before the date of the incident with the convicts. I also checked the National Geographic site that is referenced at that point in the article and did not see any mention of the Billy Poor story there (though it's possible the page has changed since you saw it and referenced it). As I said, I do not know the history of Convict Lake or that area specifically, and I suppose it is possible that Billy Poor was riding to deliver mail to someone or something like that, but he could not have been an actual Pony Express Rider. Again, I hope you understand that my intention is to be helpful, and I do appreciate that you took the time to write the article. Thank you! PrayTwice 03:39, 19 November 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sing2pray (talk • contribs)
DYK for Ontario (steamboat)On 22 December 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ontario (steamboat), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1817, the Ontario became the first steamboat to see active service on the Great Lakes at Lake Ontario? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ontario (steamboat). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ontario (steamboat)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Independence (steamboat)On 3 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Independence (steamboat), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Independence was the first propeller-driven vessel built on Lake Michigan, and, in 1845, the first steamboat to run on Lake Superior? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Independence (steamboat). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Independence (steamboat)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Horsemanship of Ulysses S. GrantOn 24 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Horsemanship of Ulysses S. Grant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ulysses S. Grant (pictured), known for his excellent horsemanship, set a high-jump record at West Point in 1843 that stood for 25 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Horsemanship of Ulysses S. Grant. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Horsemanship of Ulysses S. Grant), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for William S. HillyerOn 15 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William S. Hillyer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William S. Hillyer (pictured) transcribed and delivered Union Army general Ulysses S. Grant's famous words, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William S. Hillyer. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William S. Hillyer), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Salary Grab ActOn 17 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Salary Grab Act, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that until the Salary Grab Act (cartoon pictured) was passed in 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant earned the same salary as George Washington did 80 years earlier? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Salary Grab Act. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Salary Grab Act), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Charles B. NortonOn 26 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charles B. Norton, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the American Civil War, Charles B. Norton offered to hide Peter Force's large library for fear of a Confederate attack on Washington, D.C.? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles B. Norton. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Charles B. Norton), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Peter ForceOn 29 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peter Force, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Peter Force's library is considered to be the most important collection of military manuscripts and maps from the American Revolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peter Force. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Peter Force), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Contribution at Great Siege of GibraltarAt Great Siege of Gibraltar, I've made a few contributions. The first is to refer to the conflict under discussion there by the European RS term, "War of the American Revolution", which is HISTORIOGRAPHICALLY meant to encompass BOTH the American Revolution among British subjects AND the concurrent "European war of 1778-83" (Simms 2007, p. 681) among the western Great Powers, worldwide.
Second, I read into Davenport & Paullin European Treaties Bearing On the History of the United States and Its Dependencies (1917, 2015) Both snippets at Amazon and at Google Books are extensive, allowing considerable online investigation. CONTRIBUTIONS (Italics mine): The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the War of the American Revolution.[Eggenberger p. 172] Spain declared war on Britain in 1779 the year after France based on its Third Pacte de Famille between the Bourbon kings. The supplemental Treaty of Aranjuez (1779) was made to recover Bourbon territories lost at the Treaty of Paris (1783) and the military glory lost to Britain in the Seven Years' War. When Spain joined France as an ally against Britain, it became a formal co-belligerent with the United States Congress in its war against Britain.[Davenport, p. 168] However the first war aim for Spain at Aranjuez was to recover the Fortress at Gibraltar which had been lost to the British at the 1715 Peace of Utrecht. Gibraltar commanded the North Atlantic entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, and at the Spanish declaration of war against Britain on June 16 1779, the British base at Gibraltar was vulnerable.[Eggenberger, p. 172] - Following the response(s) may be of interest. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 08:23, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
I tried to match your ref formatting, but every time I clicked 'show preview' it was a disaster. My apologies. APK whisper in my ear 05:16, 14 September 2020 (UTC) HessiansI don't want to clutter the ARW talk page, but would like to address your comments at 01:11, 25 September 2020 that the term foreign mercenary was exclusively used throughout history. In fact, the source you provided [H.D. Schmitt] does not say that. He says for example that "the young Schiller immortalized the traffic in German mercenaries to America in his drama Kabale and Liebe." You take that as evidence that Schiller referred to the men as mercenaries. In fact he did not use the term in his drama. In no case did Schmidt claim that any British or European writer used the term. The description appears to have begun with the revolutionaries in the Continental Congress. TFD (talk) 23:46, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
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Today's DYK is a song, Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Kempf), a call to see and praise wonders daily and let nobody deny that, written in World War II, - a good recipe for peace, it seems. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC) Thank you for your review of Hindemith's Kammermusik. Now, it's long enough, and I added the image to the article. esterday I was just too tired. Perhaps say something about the image in the review? I began infoboxes, but am too tired again ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:35, 5 May 2021 (UTC) DYK for Francis Reynolds (Royal Navy officer)On 15 January 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Francis Reynolds (Royal Navy officer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during Francis Reynolds's command of HMS Augusta, the ship ran aground and exploded with such force that the blast was heard 30 miles (48 km) away? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Francis Reynolds (Royal Navy officer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Francis Reynolds (Royal Navy officer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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So he became a navy man 3 months before he was born? Seems likely bragging to me... Shenme (talk) 03:14, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
DYK for Willem Krul (Dutch Navy officer)On 3 February 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Willem Krul (Dutch Navy officer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1781, Dutch rear admiral Willem Krul was determined to fight a British fleet with a single warship and died? You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Willem Krul (Dutch Navy officer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for James Kendall HosmerOn 6 March 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Kendall Hosmer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that writer James Kendall Hosmer chose to fight on the front lines in the American Civil War instead of serving on the staff of General Nathaniel P. Banks? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Kendall Hosmer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, James Kendall Hosmer), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (ie, 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for William Irvine (general)On 19 April 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Irvine (general), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after he died, American Revolutionary War general and physician William Irvine was buried three different times at three different locations? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Irvine (general). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William Irvine (general)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for James Fulton ZimmermanOn 13 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Fulton Zimmerman, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that James Fulton Zimmerman proved to be the first historian to examine U.S. State Department records on the controversial impressment that occurred just before the War of 1812 was declared? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Fulton Zimmerman. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, James Fulton Zimmerman), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK nomination for Norman K. RisjordSorry it's been such an ordeal getting this DYK nomination done. I went ahead and re-reviewed your nom since the AfD was closed as "Keep". The only thing it needs now is for you to add the sources for the hook to the nom. Once that's done, I'll approve it so we can (finally) wrap this one up. BuySomeApples (talk) 02:28, 4 August 2021 (UTC) DYK for Norman K. RisjordOn 7 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Norman K. Risjord, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that historian Norman K. Risjord worked in counter-intelligence in Berlin before he obtained his PhD and pursued a career in American history? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Norman K. Risjord. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Norman K. Risjord), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for S. Isaac, Campbell & CompanyOn 30 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article S. Isaac, Campbell & Company, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that S. Isaac, Campbell & Company, a British firm, was a major supplier of arms to the Confederacy during the American Civil War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/S. Isaac, Campbell & Company. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, S. Isaac, Campbell & Company), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Charles K. PrioleauOn 10 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charles K. Prioleau, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the American Civil War, Charles K. Prioleau made a fortune by smuggling arms to the Confederacy on board the blockade runner Bermuda? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles K. Prioleau. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Charles K. Prioleau), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Donald R. HickeyOn 16 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Donald R. Hickey, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that American historian Donald R. Hickey was referred to as "the dean of 1812 scholarship" by The New Yorker? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Donald R. Hickey. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Donald R. Hickey), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Early American publishers and printersOn 12 October 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Early American publishers and printers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that more than 1,200 early American publishers and printers were prosecuted for seditious speech by royal colonial authorities? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Early American publishers and printers. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Early American publishers and printers), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Robert Bell (publisher)On 4 November 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Robert Bell (publisher), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1776 Robert Bell was commissioned by Thomas Paine to print Common Sense, considered the most inciteful work of the American Revolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Bell (publisher). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Robert Bell (publisher)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for John Carter (printer)On 15 November 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Carter (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Carter started his career as an early American colonial printer working as the apprentice of Benjamin Franklin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Carter (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Carter (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Nicholas Hasselbach (printer)On 21 November 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nicholas Hasselbach (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nicholas Hasselbach introduced the first printing press to colonial Maryland in 1765? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nicholas Hasselbach (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nicholas Hasselbach (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Daniel Fowle (printer)On 6 December 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Daniel Fowle (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1755, colonial printer Daniel Fowle was arrested for printing a seditious pamphlet entitled The Monster of Monsters, which criticized members of the general assembly? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Daniel Fowle (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Daniel Fowle (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Samuel Kneeland (printer)On 9 December 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Kneeland (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1752, Samuel Kneeland and his partner produced the first Bible in the English language ever printed in America? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Kneeland (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Samuel Kneeland (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Daniel Henchman (publisher)On 4 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Daniel Henchman (publisher), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Daniel Henchman was considered the "most eminent and enterprising" publisher and bookseller in all of British America prior to the American Revolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Daniel Henchman (publisher). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Daniel Henchman (publisher)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Peter EdesOn 22 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peter Edes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that colonial printer Peter Edes was arrested by British forces for openly expressing support and sympathy for the patriots when they lost the Battle of Bunker Hill? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peter Edes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Peter Edes), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Thank you for these! - Happy new year, in friendship! - One of my pics is on the Main page, DYK? - In this young year, I enjoyed meetings with friends in real life, and wish you many of those. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:30, 6 January 2022 (UTC) DYK for The Massachusetts GazetteOn 8 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Massachusetts Gazette, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Massachusetts Gazette was one of the few Loyalist newspapers commissioned by the British ministry for its support prior to the American Revolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Massachusetts Gazette. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Massachusetts Gazette), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for The New-England CourantOn 10 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The New-England Courant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The New-England Courant has been noted as the first newspaper to publish a writing by Benjamin Franklin? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The New-England Courant. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The New-England Courant), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for The Constitutional CourantOn 2 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Constitutional Courant, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Constitutional Courant was a single-issue newspaper published by William Goddard for the sole purpose of criticizing the Stamp Act in 1765? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Constitutional Courant. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Constitutional Courant), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
thank you for a good one! - my joy - more on my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:30, 7 February 2022 (UTC) Valentine's Day edition, with spring flowers and plenty of music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:27, 14 February 2022 (UTC) stand and sing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:05, 25 February 2022 (UTC) I took a pic in 2009 that was on the German MP yesterday, with the song from 1885, in English Prayer for Ukraine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:09, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
DYK for James Davis (printer)On 25 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article James Davis (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1749, James Davis became the first printer to set up shop in the colony of North Carolina? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Davis (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, James Davis (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Samuel LoudonOn 16 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Loudon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after the British Army captured New York City in 1776, Samuel Loudon fled to the village of Fishkill, where he founded the state's first post office? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Loudon (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Samuel Loudon), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Thomas Fleet (printer)On 2 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Fleet (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Thomas Fleet, the founder of the Boston Evening-Post, began his printing career by publishing an American version of Mother Goose, from stories told by his mother-in-law to his children? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Thomas Fleet (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Thomas Fleet (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Francis Childs (printer)On 14 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Francis Childs (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Francis Childs was the publisher and printer of The New York Daily Advertiser, the third daily newspaper to appear in the United States, in 1785? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Francis Childs (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Francis Childs (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Andrew Barclay (bookbinder)On 15 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrew Barclay (bookbinder), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Andrew Barclay, a bookbinder in colonial Boston, was commanded by British general Sir Guy Carleton to take Loyalist refugees to Nova Scotia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Barclay (bookbinder). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Andrew Barclay (bookbinder)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Hugh GaineOn 18 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hugh Gaine, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the American Revolution, Hugh Gaine's printing shop was threatened by the Sons of Liberty because of his wavering loyalty to the American cause? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hugh Gaine. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hugh Gaine), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Abraham HuntOn 2 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abraham Hunt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1776 Abraham Hunt entertained Hessian mercenaries with food and drink to render them incapable for duty the night before George Washington defeated them at Trenton? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abraham Hunt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Abraham Hunt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. ARW RfC closeI think you forgot to remove the RfC tag — Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Join WP:FINANCE! 00:16, 3 May 2022 (UTC) DYK for William Williams (printer and publisher)On 6 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Williams (printer and publisher), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that William Williams was a newspaper publisher who volunteered for service during the War of 1812 and advanced to the rank of colonel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Williams (printer and publisher). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, William Williams (printer and publisher)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Justus H. RathboneOn 6 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Justus H. Rathbone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Justus H. Rathbone, founder of the Knights of Pythias, served as a hospital steward during the American Civil War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Justus H. Rathbone. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Justus H. Rathbone), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Checking in.Hey. I see you sent an email to me on my notice board. not sure how to access it. - Got a new computer, still trying to figure it out. - Spent most recent time working on spring yard, learning about local City. - Some limited reading into Harold Holzer, "Lincoln and the Power of the Press". - Got enrolled into VA healthcare, which is an improvement over Sentara for preventative healthcare with diabetes prior to hospitalization, among other things going on. I suspended my activity here for a while due to three elements of Wikipedia, although I will undoubtably spend a great deal of daily time here again beginning in 2023. I suppose that once Wikipedia allows the substance of an article to be rewritten into unrecognizable nonsense for the online viewer, I have spent two or more weeks trying to restore the article using Foundation tools available to me, the coherent piece is free for my webpage publication. - So at a profound level, I am happy to freely contribute to the "free encyclopedia" ideal that I firmly believe in still, but then when the community purges it, after the Foundation's remediation steps fail, the intelligible portion of historical narrative expunged is mine to use as I choose. If not, I'll just have to rewrite 10% as required by law for material that already has been substantively altered 40% and more. Concerning four Wikipedia I spent several months on each over the years, 1. The WWII Naval "Bombardment of Cherbourg" was denied Good Article status in the Military interest group, and has since been made an unreliable fragment account of the naval operation. -- The only rationale posted for dismissing the merits of the article was that it did not spend enough space chronicling infantry maneuver of the Medal of Honor winners, and their significance to naval warfare described. The infantry casualties as a percent of those engaged in ground combat were larger than that suffered during Civil War battles such as Antietam and Cold Harbor. But without an efficient world class port operation, there could have been no build up and break out, so Cherbourg was literally the point of the Normandy invasion . . . worth any price to succeed. -- The Destroyer section as written and illustrated was all but eliminated. In the event, as explained in some detail in the article, now deleted, and on the Talk page in defense of the article without effect in the Wikipedia community, (a) the battleship and cruiser guns broke the German's big coastal guns off their turrets, so they could not swivel to fire into the oncoming infantry winning Congressional Medals; (b) the destroyer naval gunners communicated via Army air observation to Army ground artillery spotters and destroyed the interlocking pillboxes that Army artillery could not disable that were inflicting the oncoming infantry casualties according to official Army documentation, including those of posthumous Medal of Honor winners, as noted in the article. 2. The History of the Supreme Court showing the legal evolution of American jurisprudence, along with images of four justices in each Court to explicate divisions of legal reasoning in each "Court Era", is entirely purged, to be replaced with a poorly summarized account of Supreme Court structure apparently lifted directly out of chapter headings in a first year law textbook. 3. At the Siege of Fort Pulaski, the account of the Union's amphibious landings and innovative deployment of explosive shell naval gunnery now has garbled and incoherent text, along with footnotes that no longer align with the text. 4. At the American Revolutionary War, after spending over six months curating a solid bibliography for American Revolutionary War, purging personal and business websites in the links, etc., the work was universally garbled by a bot malware. -- Administrators dismissed my concern, saying 1) no one would do that, and 2) if they were to do so, it could be easily reversed with one click, therefore I had no reasonable concern for the chance of the article to gain Good Article rating. -- I had converted the entire article into open coded footnotes so the reader of a section or a paragraph could immediately acquire the author and title of each source by hovering the mouse over the footnote. -- The malware bot converted names of citations to undecipherable series of letters and numbers, often imposing more keystrokes into the article coding than what it replaced for references with under three citations to the same book. -- Appeals for the bot-maker to reverse the disruption to the page went unanswered. -- After two edits following the disruption, it is not apparent to me how there may be a one-click reversal of the hundreds of footnotes mangled into incomprehensibility. ... But thank you for the personal interest. I hope all is well with you and yours as well ... TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 10:40, 7 June 2022 (UTC) I meant to wish you a belated successful June 6 Normandy D-Day celebration, but the dementia progresses, however slowly. - #3. continued, the Lost Cause narrative insists that Pulaski was lost only by perfidious treason by (a) the Confederate Naval Admiral Tindall who turned back Union iron clads from the mouth of the Savannah River threatening to deploy upriver to bombard the Fort, using only the bow-chaser sloops at his disposal, and (b) the Fort's commander, who surrendered only after the Fort's brick wall [now obsolete in the world's military history with the introduction of explosive artillery shells] was holed, and a round skipped across the parade ground, just adjacent to the Fort's magazine and exploded. Previously his well trained gunners had played on the Union emplacements on Tybee Island a mile away so accurately that Union forces could deploy only at night. But the Lost Cause and the modern Neo-Confederates (see their social media) like promoting the anachronistic 'Red Stained Banner' on multiple Confederacy 1861-1865 pages, a design 'resolved' not 'enacted' by a rump Confederate Congress with fewer than 50%, the rest having fled from Richmond. A flag described by the official Confederate Army association historian, a former Confederate General, in 1866 as one "that I have never seen, and I never met any [Confederate soldier] who ever saw it [before Lee's Surrender]". The documentation is often quoted and cited to the Journal of Mississippi History(?) over my 5-year campaign of Talk page Wiki-wars. Over that period of time, the Wikipedia Military interest group did not entertain any procedure to standardize the Confederate 'stars and bars to each flag *duly* adopted in the Confederate Congress (there were 2-3 without the fly red vertical stripe) -- following the Wikipedia military editor's consensus used in the American Revolutionary War related articles and Infoboxes. Sometimes the Request for Comment, and other Foundation formal procedures were posted unanswered and they just aged out without any reply in [30] days. Sometimes the request for a formal review of the proposal to replace the 'Blood Stained Banner' with an historically accurate flag of each time was simply deleted. Elsewhere in public forums, Neo-Confederates speciously argue that the Great Rebellion, unrecognized as a 'nation' at the time by any nation but Brazil, or in a tortured argument, the Vatican -- must now in the 21st century, be given a moral equivalence to the United States as a nation at that time, and now as the modern Neo-Confederates on their social media and on Wikipedia pages do maintain that the Confederacy is alive today, holding elections, with dual citizenship for their dues paying membership with the United States, as enacted by their contemporary Confederate fiat. That, when historically at the time, concerning editorial policy for a history article on Wikipedia, the US was universally internationally recognized even by nations or their nationals giving the Confederacy substantial military aid throughout the Rebellion; "The Confederate States of America" was not so recognized. The Lost Cause and modern day Neo-Confederate assertion cannot be sustained in reasonable discussion, so there has been none on Wikipedia. In any case, I intend to turn to the webpage full time by January next year. The article we worked on together, American Revolutionary War, looks pretty sound, even with 'British' English spelling introduced. Only a few qualifiers in the existing narrative occur to me, so as to * substance * in that case, it really does seem Wikipedia can do without any further contribution on my part. But let me know if there is another scholar bio you want to take on. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 09:36, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
DYK for The Papers of Benjamin FranklinOn 17 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that when The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is completed, it is expected to contain approximately 30,000 writings in 47 volumes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Papers of Benjamin Franklin), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Albert Henry SmythOn 13 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Albert Henry Smyth, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Albert Henry Smyth discovered 385 letters written by Benjamin Franklin and became the first editor to publish them, beginning in 1905? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Albert Henry Smyth. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Albert Henry Smyth), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for John Allen LewisOn 30 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Allen Lewis, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Allen Lewis printed the Los Angeles Star, the first newspaper to appear in Los Angeles in 1851, with two pages written in English and two in Spanish? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Allen Lewis. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Allen Lewis), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Samuel Hall (printer)On 2 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Hall (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Samuel Hall established Salem's first newspaper, The Essex Gazette, in 1768, using it to support the colonial cause against British taxation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Hall (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Samuel Hall (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for The Essex GazetteOn 4 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Essex Gazette, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that The Essex Gazette was established in 1768, becoming Salem's first newspaper, and was used as a voice against British rule just before the American Revolution? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Essex Gazette. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Essex Gazette), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Marmaduke JohnsonOn 7 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marmaduke Johnson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 1674 Marmaduke Johnson was the first printer allowed in colonial America to operate his own printing press in Boston? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marmaduke Johnson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Marmaduke Johnson), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for John Foster (printer)On 14 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article John Foster (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that John Foster, a Boston printer, made an engraving (pictured) of Richard Mather around 1670, the first produced in colonial America? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Foster (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, John Foster (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. DYK for Samuel Green (printer)On 16 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Samuel Green (printer), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Samuel Green printed the Eliot Indian Bible, the first Bible printed in British America, in 1663? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Samuel Green (printer). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Samuel Green (printer)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. John and David CooperI've been working on expanding John Cooper (New Jersey politician) (and nominated for DYK)...and it feels like David Cooper (abolitionist) could use another look in light of that. I understand that David had a bigger impact in the end, but maybe it's only fair to address how uncomfortable David was with the American Revolution given his Quaker beliefs. Anyway I'm a fan of your work and was excited to stumble on such an interesting story. Cielquiparle (talk) 09:48, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Richard DraperOn 18 December 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richard Draper, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Richard Draper, printer of the The Massachusetts Gazette, used this newspaper as a Loyalist voice as the American Revolution drew near? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Draper. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Richard Draper), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Happy Holidays
Happy New Year, Gwillhickers!  Gwillhickers, Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages. — Moops ⋠T⋡ 04:07, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Adam RamageI think we just need a different hook, as the "importance" claim is continuing to raise flags with other editors. Would you be willing to propose another one? Cielquiparle (talk) 19:44, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
DYK for Adam RamageOn 31 January 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Adam Ramage, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Adam Ramage was considered one of the most important early American printing press builders in his day, having produced 1,250 presses during his lifetime? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Adam Ramage. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Adam Ramage), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Benjamin TompsonOn 11 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Benjamin Tompson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Benjamin Tompson's poem "Harvardine Quils" called for writers in New England to memorialize the loss of "whole towns and Churches" in King Philip's War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Benjamin Tompson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Benjamin Tompson), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Charles BeardJust a footnote: Where'd the idea come from that Beard was a communist? He did have socialist leanings, but I couldn't find anything that associated him with communism. I did come across one reference to his having been invited to join the Communist Party, but he declined. Allreet (talk) 20:33, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Bearing in mind that people who simply embrace god and country are often referred to as "right wing". As for the opinion piece about Grabar, given its accusatory and acutely opinionated style, it's a little difficult to take very seriously..Generally I'm against banning books, but when it comes to children, I'll make allowances. Are we going to allow Mein Kampf in schools? How about Yasser Arafat's treaties on Israel? Or works that discuss the joys of child sex? Seems that anyone who draws a line in the sand in that regard is considered "right wing". As Zinn and Beard are concerned, there's enough evidence that puts them on the left-leaning anti-nationalist shelf, their own actions and views notwithstanding. I wouldn't be so ready to dismiss the FBI's account entirely, (not saying you have) as they too often are dismissed as "right wing". I just can't assume that they simply fabricated all their accounts about Zinn or Beard out of nothing but thin air. Last, what is it that makes the Alexander Hamilton Institute right wing? Because they want to keep "In God we trust" on currency?; because they condone a newly elected president being sworn in with his hand over the Bible, as was Obama, with not a peep from the left? How often have we had to deal with our views being referred to as "nationalist" – simply because we adhere to the best sources who haven't ignored the obvious? Perhaps it's best to leave the opinion pieces alone and stick to the facts. In any case, we seem to be getting away from the discussion on the Constitution Talk page, where I like to think we've done a good job of keeping sources like Beard and Zinn in check with the preponderance of reliable sources, and at the risk of sounding patronizing, we have you to thank for that. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:18, 1 May 2023 (UTC) Replaceable non-free use File:Photograph of Dean R. Snow.jpg Thanks for uploading File:Photograph of Dean R. Snow.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of non-free use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of non-free use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:
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The Bugle: Issue 208, August 2023
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Bibliography sizeI presume you received my ping regarding the Bibliography of slavery in the United States. While I was posting that, I made a couple minor edits in the bibliography and received a batch of error messages tied to its size. So I raised the issue on the Help Desk. You may find the replies I received helpful. Hope all's well. Allreet (talk) 00:59, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
Categories will make the bibliography more useful. While I've gathered most of the more important books, I'm certain I could double its size with books I didn't get to and quadruple it with journal articles alone. The same probably applies to the Constitution's bibliography. The difference is that it not would serve the interest of readers to split it, plus there are not as many obvious or distinct sub-categories readers would turn to (one big exception would be categories related to constitutional law, but they're primarily of interest to attorneys). Another advantage of this approach is that we'll be able to reference relevant issues that post-date slavery. Reconstruction, for example, is a crucial topic, and there are well over a hundred books on the subject, most of which include discussions on slavery. Better, then, to point readers to its bibliography. As for future growth, none of the bibliographies on sub-categories are likely to get out of hand. Thus, the sky's the limit. Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations openNominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:05, 2 September 2023 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 209, September 2023
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The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Happy holHello Gwillhickers, Allreet, and Rjensen, and the best of holidays to you and yours. The 250th anniversaries are finally here. First up was the Boston Tea Party and next is the Philadelphia Tea Party. Light the birthday cakes! Randy Kryn (talk) 23:33, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
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You may have missed this ongoing discussion...Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters#Founding Fathers of the United States, where editors are discussing the casing of 'Founding Fathers'. Of interest is Allreet's detailed research through many of the books and other sources concerning the casing of FF. Nice work by Allreet, and an interesting discussion (although not an RM, so it can't be determinative, which is why contacting you seems fine). I hope all goes well, have a good Super Bowl Sunday (America's fun day), and I've enjoyed your Christmas seals article edits. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:37, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
US Navy postal serviceHi, I've gone ahead and removed this section from the United States Navy article as it appears to be a collection of original research, with some malformed citations at the end that are difficult to understand what they're supporting but only appeared to reference a claim about the U.S.S. Arizona. You're welcome to reinsert the content if it can be cleaned up (there were several typos and grammar errors I noticed while reverting) and the claims directly referenced to reliable sources. Thanks. ⇒SWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 20:12, 6 May 2024 (UTC) Always precious Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
Enslaved a derogatory term?Horse Eye's Back — Moved discussion to Talk:Sally Hemings so others might join in. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 15:43, 16 September 2024 (UTC) Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open! A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. Register your vote here by 23:59 UTC on 29 September! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:34, 18 September 2024 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue 222, October 2024
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. Hi Gwillhickers, are you ever planning to come back and support the racist and misogynistic arguments you made at Talk:Sally Hemings? Horse Eye's Back (talk) 15:32, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
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WashingtonHi Gwillhickers, my thoughts were to ask if you might be interested in looking at the Washington page with the possibility of moving it forward for a promotion. The James Madison article from last year was promoted and I thought it might be nice to do something like this for Washington as well. I'm starting to consider that it might be nice to think about a nomination for promotion of the Washington page some time before his birthday celebration early next year, and maybe you might think about doing it as a co-nomination. Any interest? ErnestKrause (talk) 18:59, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
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