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Battle of Fort Sumter, Operation Brothers at War

Sir, my compliments on the voluminous work you've done over the years on so many Civil War articles. I just wanted to draw your attention to a post I've made here regarding getting the Battle of Fort Sumter up to FA in time for its 150th. Any thoughts you might have would be appreciated. Indeed, to count you among the ranks of the special project would be outstanding and I hope you might consider it. Best, Historical Perspective (talk) 13:07, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the compliments. I do not usually participate in group activities on Wikipedia, preferring to focus my time and attention on the content of articles of interest to me. (In the early days, I was a member of the military history project, but found little value from its members. There was a lot more argument about how to name categories and other superficial issues than about anything useful. When the regular Civil War task force started up years ago, I did not bother joining because I saw it was composed of people who had made very few contributions to real articles. I have not joined anything since then.) I also do not participate much in the formal evaluation of articles. I will help people who ask me for advice on specific articles, but I have never nominated one of my own articles for evaluation by anonymous reviewers. My theory is that if they want to improve one of the articles I have written, they are welcome to make those improvements themselves, rather than sitting back and saying in effect "Unless you make the following list of changes, I am going to hold your article and its format hostage in the review process." I also am more interested in creating a series of articles in a common style (style of content and format) than I am in getting a gold star from the random reviewer of the day for any individual article. Hal Jespersen (talk) 17:38, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. I thought it was worth a shot, given all you've written. I appreciate the response. I've put some feelers out there with a couple other editors who have worked on the article and I await their comments on the notion of moving forward with FA. Unless they object, or have any particular thoughts/suggestions, I think I will probably submit it for review. During the process, it is likely that I will seek advice from you should any significant questions come up. I hope you don't mind if I pester you from time to time. Best, Historical Perspective (talk) 19:54, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I'm always willing to discuss things. However, note a potential bone of contention that has come up in the past. I have established an informal style guide that is used in hundreds of ACW articles. There are many alternative ways to present information allowed by the official Manual of Style, but one of the primary guidelines in the MOS is that once a particular valid style is chosen for an article and it is used consistently, arbitrarily changing to another style is considered disruptive. I fight back at attempts to do this. So if you nominate an article and a reviewer wants to, say, change all the citation formats or abbreviation styles or punctuation rules in order to grant a gold star, please be ready to abandon the effort for that particular article, because I will revert inappropriate changes of that type, just as I do now for un-nominated articles. Hal Jespersen (talk) 00:37, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi Historical Perspective! Since you've been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, I wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

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New WikiProject United States Newsletter: February 2011 edition

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I am pretty sure

that Daniel Chester French is not considered to be a part of the neo-classic movement. I put him under the American Renaissance, but he could also go under some "Realist" grouping. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 21:49, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I will certainly defer and shall remove the neoclassical label. I have a biographical interest in French, but I am a bit out of my element when it comes to art history. Thank you for the comment. Best, Historical Perspective (talk) 21:56, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I already removed it. We (wikipedia) have Neoclassical sculpture as ending around 1850, about the time DCF gtes started. What is your "Neoclassical sculpture" in him." the always curious Carptrash (talk) 22:37, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Sumter

Sumter didn't make it at FAC (not enough reviewers). Since you have to wait 2 weeks before a return trip, I'd recommend an A-class review while you're waiting. I don't know why it didn't get enough reviewers. - Dank (push to talk) 00:13, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just to note, I replied on my talk page. Parsecboy (talk) 15:10, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Have you done any research on DNA genetic links to the Plymouth colony founding fathers? This is particularly relevant to a question of paternity involving Brevet Brig General Thomas H. Dunham.Sailorskier (talk) 14:30, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lincoln Memorial section

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Main page appearance

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Monument dedicated to the 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on the Gettysburg battlefield

The 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. The 22nd Massachusetts was organized by Senator Henry Wilson and was therefore known as "Henry Wilson's Regiment". It was formed in Boston, Massachusetts and established on September 28, 1861 for a term of three years. It became part of the Army of the Potomac, with which it would be associated for its entire term of service. The regiment saw its first action during the Siege of Yorktown in April 1862. It was involved in the Peninsular Campaign, particularly the Battle of Gaines' Mill during which it suffered its worst casualties of the war. The 22nd Massachusetts was present for virtually all of the major battles in which the Army of the Potomac fought, including the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg and Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant's Overland Campaign. During the Siege of Petersburg in October 1864, the 22nd Massachusetts was removed from the lines and sent home to Massachusetts. (more...)

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beginning of the United States

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User group for Military Historians

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"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

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Survey about How Historical Knowledge is Produced on Wikipedia

Hi Historical Perspective,

I am Petros Apostolopoulos, a Ph.D. candidate in Public History at North Carolina State University. My Ph.D. project examines how historical knowledge is produced on Wikipedia. If you are interested in participating in my research study by offering your own experience of writing about history on Wikipedia, you can click on this link https://ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9z4wmR1cIp0qBH8. There are minimal risks involved in this research.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Petros Apostolopoulos, paposto@ncsu.edu Apolo1991 (talk) 15:20, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]