Talk:Randolph Jefferson

from "other" to "some"
Under the heading "Suggested paternity...", it states "Other researchers documented that Randolph Jefferson was seldom at Monticello. However, other Jefferson scholars refute that charge." It's grammatically incorrect to use "other" to refer to two different sets of people within the same clause, so I am changing the first instance to "Some". Bricology (talk) 00:13, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

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Article edits
I am making edits to the content and checking sources, etc., as I work on the article. Right now I know I have a few duplicate sources because I copied some down when there were multiple sentences with a block of sources (i.e., I don't know yet what sources go with what content). But I will work on correcting that. Also, there are a bunch of sentences that are cited to have come from the Jefferson Brothers book, but there are no page numbers and the link routes to a publisher page where only chapter 1 can be viewed (which doesn't have most of the info that is cited) so if I find direct sources / pages for content, I will update it where I can verify the info.–CaroleHenson (talk) 18:48, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I am just about done, and if someone is watching this page and is interesting in reading for copy edit issues, it would be greatly appreciated. I will do some copyediting before I leave, but I sometimes miss things that I have worked on quite a bit.–CaroleHenson (talk) 19:30, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure this sentence makes no sense
"It suggested that Randolph Jefferson, or one of his sons, was the father of Hemings' children,[40] but concluded that it is more likely that Thomas Jefferson, and not Randolph Jefferson, was the father of Sally Hemings' children.[29][i]" Does that make sense? Also, I just noticed that it should be "It is suggested". I'll fix that now. But that wasn't what I was talking about. It seems like each half of the sentence contradicts the other. Actually... maybe it should say something like "it is suggested that Randolph Jefferson or one of his son could be the father of Hemings' children". That would make sense. But I'm not going to change it because I'd have to check the source, and I don't have a moment to spare to do that right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benevolent Prawn (talk • contribs) 11:05, 14 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I am not seeing how this is contradictory, but I can clarify it a bit.–CaroleHenson (talk) 17:04, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Edits without sources
and the IP user, There are two edits that change the meaning of the content without new sources. So, I reverted the content. Do you have sources for the changes you want to make? I am concerned about the edits that introduced the words pseudo-history, fringe group, largely fictional, etc. for instance.–CaroleHenson (talk) 22:58, 28 May 2024 (UTC)