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I agree with your comments in the George Washington article.

On 2022 February 12 I tried to highlight the genocide of the Sullivan expedition. It was reverted 2022 February 17 on grounds there was only one source. if you know of other sources, I'd appreciate knowing them.

I have also tried to reduce the hagiography in the article about Andrew Jackson but met resistance. His attitude to the south-eastern tribes was just as bad.

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Please don't wp:OVERLINK. Most people know what a church, a hotel, and a village are. Someone reading the article is unlikely to need to find further info on those items. Please stop. Thank you Adakiko (talk) 03:04, 12 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

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TOAE

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I merged the TOAE article (which was titled "Toarcian Turnover" [1]) into the Jurassic article nearly 2 years ago as it had very little content. If you're interested in writing about the TOAE it may be advisable to recreate the article (ideally under a different title, like Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event) and expand that, as the main Jurassic article should ideally only be a high-level summary, while an article dedicated to the topic could go more in depth. Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:41, 29 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

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  The Original Barnstar
Dasberg Event is a very good article. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 01:30, 25 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
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Hello, Anteosaurus magnificus,
If an editor reverts your edit, it's not a sign that you should then revert them! You need to go to the article talk page and get a consensus for the change you want to make. Edit-warring or move-warring can result in a block so please don't be persistent here. I'd rather not block you. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 01:20, 24 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
I think the best path forward here would either to create a broader article about the extinction event, separate from the TOAE article, or attempt to gain broader consensus for the move using the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested_moves#Requesting_controversial_and_potentially_controversial_moves. Hemiauchenia (talk) 01:24, 24 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Hi there, I'm not a taxonomist but I'm guessing that the genus messelopython is a part of the Pythonidae family and wrote the taxobox accordingly. If this is not the case please let me know which family I need and I'll fix it up. Thanks for your work, taxoboxes are difficult to work but if you need any help in the future then drop me a line. Regards

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Fixed this one too, let me know if i got it wrong....Cheers

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I see that you have requested assessment of a bulk of pages here. By putting them in one large request, it will make it very difficult for us to keep track of what we have assessed and what remains to be done. Please delete your current request and re add them one by one as separate requests. Also ensure that you sign each request, as it appears your current one did not sign properly. Ktkvtsh (talk) 17:50, 13 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Request for assessment

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It looks like you just added a bunch of articles, most of which you have not significantly edited (looked at a couple and it looks like you added a few links, did some cleanup, added a statement, etc.). Requests for assessment is usually for articles people don't want to rate themselves because they wrote them, or because they are unsure. If you believe an article deserves a higher rating based on the descriptions and did not significantly edit it (or even if you did), you can just set it to the higher rating. If you are unsure about some articles, I think it would be better to ask for a few 2nd opinions and then use that information to rate the rest. The description on the Requests for Assessment page says "If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below." -- this isn't really what it's intended for, and it makes it less likely that the pages people have difficulty rating themselves will get second opinions.

I'm going to remove them per it not really being the point of the whole thing but feel free to add any back if you did write a significant portion of them or are unsure about the rating. Mrfoogles (talk) 23:11, 25 October 2024 (UTC)Reply