Talk:Dudley Farm Historic State Park

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Dudley family
I used to edit a lot on WP, but haven't done so for years. Most of my contributions were either insect or war-related, especially for WW II. Since I retired from my university job, I was an entomologist, I've been volunteering at Dudley Farm for over six years doing various things, but primarily living history. Right now I do two days of living history every week and interact with the rangers all the time.

I plan to start adding information to this page on the three generations of the Dudleys who lived on the homestead. I have the link to the WP Cheatsheet and will be using that to help me remember how to make the edits, especially the reference section and the links to the sources, which is primarily Dudley Farm : A History of Florida Farm Life by Ben Pickard and Sally Morrison, the latter being one of the first rangers assigned to the homestead even before it was officially taken under state control to become a park. Ms. Morrison was assigned to work with Myrtle Dudley, the youngest member of the third generation who still lived on the farm, and had lived there for 94 years before she died in 1996. I also have the published diary of Terry Stidham, who was one of the first rangers assigned to the park during the three-year restoration period before it opened to the public.

I mention all of this as I'll be proceeding very carefully until I once again have a good understanding of the editing techniques. So please bear with me as I move along slowly. If it looks like someone just added something and then abandoned their effort, it might be because I'm trying to figure how to do whatever it is I started. Thanks. Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 22:02, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

I've got all of the first generation and most of the second generation done now. I'll probably finish up the second generation tomorrow, plus adding a photo. As I do the third generation, I'll be adding several more photos. Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 21:44, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

All gone! Another editor came through, at three different times, and deleted everything I did plus a lot of what was there before. Why the second and third time? To teach me a lesson? I read the article on Dispute resolution, but when you have an administrative editor who believes he or she not required to follow those guidelines, then why bother pursuing it. I'll devote my time and energy elsewhere, but not in WP. Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 01:58, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Dates
I changed " late-19th to early-20th century farm." to "mid-19th to mid-20th century farm." The Farm was started in 1857 and was a working farm until the 1940. After that, the four members of the Dudley family who lived there did subsistence farming until 1996.

Plus the "Built" date, whatever that is suppose to mean, reflects when the park was added to the Register of National Historic Places, and not the date the park opened, which was in 2001. Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 00:19, 31 January 2021 (UTC)