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Contents 1 ===== Please Post Your Comments ===== 2 Sources 3 Can someone explain how I add a "TALK?" 4 Your post to Talk:McCarthyism 5 regarding your recent edit to Gulf of Tonkin Incident

[edit] ===== Please Post Your Comments =====

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[edit] Sources

I provided 2 scholarly URLs. I don't see any good reason (but a lot of bad ones) to exclude Jewish scholars, so I'll ignore your request for now. Welcome to WP where we do not discriminate people by their ethnicity/religion. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 03:21, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I just don't want some one-sided source that is not historically based. That's all I'm saying. I added info from the Jewish Encyclopedia so I'll assume you'll respect those edits and you won't remove them. Thanks for the welcome. --Jtpaladin 17:47, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

1. The numbers you insisted on adding belong to Kitos War (115-117). Different time, different place, different rulers - no relation to the Bar Kokhba's revolt (132-135). BTW, that article I never touched, except once adding a std. warbox template.
2. The numbers you insisted on removing: another reputable source is Paul Johnson, A History of the Jews (1987) p.141. By now, this is confirmed by 4 scholarly sources and more can be provided.
3. The text you were inserting initially did not come from the JewishEncyclopedia. It can be found word-for-word in collections of quotes (some truly antisemitic, some fake, some out of context) found on the Net. Where did you get yours from?
4. For sig, see WP:SIG and WP:SIGHELP.

Finally, I must say that so far you made a bad impression with your level of expertise, your ability to improve this particular area of WP and your personal attacks. See WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL. I consider the accusations you've made as serious, but I'll ignore them because you're a newcomer. I don't mind being friends (whatever that means) but first please make sure to abide by our policies, be polite and professional. Cheers. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 06:26, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Another problem edit of yours was [1]. It was reverted by someone else for being WP:POV but in fact it's worse: it was copy-pasted from [2]. Please check WP:COPYVIO and make sure to give credit where it is due. Thanks. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 06:44, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

The Kitos War is correctly a different conflict even though scholars tend to refer to both events in the same breath, but technically, you are right. I checked the Kitos War page and noticed that the information about the Gentile losses was left out even though the Jewish Encyclopedia was quoted in that article. As I mentioned, it's appropriate to give all relevant info on a subject and clearly someone leftout all the dead Gentiles from that conflict. As for the initial info I posted, I found it all over the place but I did not ultimately feel comfortable with that info because I did not take the time to get Dio's quotes and credit. So, you'll notice I did not re-post it. Sorry you feel I made a bad impression but this is more of not knowing how to use this system rather than purposely trying to do anything that would conflict with the rules of this forum. I prefer to stay professional but when you sarcastically used the term "blood thirsty Jews", I was EXTREMELY offended and felt that you were on the verge of calling me an anti-Semite or worse. That's the only reason I took things up a notch in my tone. Now, that we are both clear, I know we can both move forward as professionals. Thank you.

The links you posted don't help me figure out this "Talk?" problem. I still keep getting a solid "Talk". I'm using your "hy?" as an example, but mine does not work. Can you please help me directly rather than referring me to some other page? I would truly appreciate it. Thank you.

My edit of the "Evidence" section of the Senator McCarthy page was a matter of me posting the wrong Word document I had prepared. I corrected that today. Sorry about that mistake. It won't happen again. --Jtpaladin 18:16, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can someone explain how I add a "TALK?"

I would like to add a "TALK?" to the end of my signature when adding a comment. I keep following the format but all I get is a non-hyperlink "TALK?". Thank you for the help.

Still trying to figure this out. --Jtpaladin 01:35, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your post to Talk:McCarthyism

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on the contributor; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks may lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. KarlBunker 16:44, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi -- I've responded to you on my talk page. KarlBunker 20:16, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] regarding your recent edit to Gulf of Tonkin Incident

You recent made an edit to the article, Gulf of Tonkin Incident [3]. In your edit you state as fact that the incident never happened. Yet you offer no source, nor an edit summary for your addition. Considering the disputed nature of this article, I ask that you please review and adhear to Wikipedia's policy on neutral point of view. Thanks. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 21:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)