User talk:Dedden

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Did you know...[edit]

On 3 September, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Floris Arntzenius, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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William Elliot Griffis[edit]

Dedden -- If you are you the contributor who wrote the following sentence in 2005, can you recall why you chose the term "Westernizing"?

"In September 1870 Griffis was invited to Japan by Matsudaira Shungaku, for the purpose of organizing schools along Western lines."

User:Iwanafish has just edited that one word -- substituting "modernizing" for "Westernizing." Iwanafish's minor edit to William Elliot Griffis is unimpeachable, of course; but it caused me to wonder. As it happens, this word choice has remained unnoticed for more than a decade.

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I checked the edit history in hopes that I might ask you why the term "westernizing" was used rather than "modernizing," but it seems unlikely that you will recall. If you know, perhaps you wouldn't mind explaining your reasoning? Although I can point to no specific citation, I have the impression that Griffis himself would have understood his career in Japan as "Westernizing" -- and perhaps we can guess that others like Sir Rutherford Alcock and Sir Harry Parkes might have thought this term was sufficiently precise.

I myself prefer Iwanafish's word choice. I think "modernizing" is better, but I plan to remain on the look-out for a citation which would support a revert-edit to the use of "Westernizing" in this article and elsewhere. Do you see my point? "Modernizing" ≠ "Westernizing"? --Tenmei (talk) 14:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New Netherland Map[edit]

Hello, Are you the person who created New Netherland map in info box for the article? It's quite good, though I find your choice of "prominent" towns odd since some cited did not exist very long or were actually small. Would like to be in touch with you as to how we could improve that.. In general the whole info box could use improving: ie the B4 and after flag, languages spoken, governors list, etc etc are sometimes incomplete. Have you got time or interest? Me: New Yorker>Amsterdammer, bedoel ik woon in NL (on and off) al jaren, en deze onderwerp is "dear to my heart", especially in light of the 1609-2009 "celebrations", and would like to have people read the real story of my wonderful hometown.Djflem (talk) 05:32, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Anne Rice Award[edit]

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