User talk:Davidevanthomas

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RachelWex 23:00, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Your turn of phrase
Greetings, Davidevanthomas. It was nice to meet you on Wikipedia Day. Would you please remind me what you called contemporary naming practice? Sorry I forgot. I said, "I like English names." You said, ? Best wishes, -SusanLesch (talk) 15:13, 9 March 2019 (UTC) Hi Susan, Good to meet you too, and apologies for taking so long to respond. I'm not used to communicating via Wikipedia and don't check my bell-icon enough—is this the way to do it? I don't remember what I said! It couldn't have been memorable. Hope to see you at another event. -David
 * Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote the lead article for The New York Times magazine series The 1619 Project which examines the legacy of slavery in America. Ms. Hannah-Jones explained that names aren't created to please my ears. "Black naming practices, so often impugned by mainstream society, are themselves an act of resistance. Our last names belong to the white people who once owned us. That is why the insistence of many black Americans, particularly those most marginalized, to give our children names that we create, that are neither European nor from Africa, a place we have never been, is an act of self-determination." I stand corrected. How wonderful to learn something.
 * Just announced, Hannah-Jones won a Pulitzer Prize for that article! -SusanLesch (talk) 21:44, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lydia Purdy Hess
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DYK for Lydia Purdy Hess
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Gertrude Sans Souci (June 3)
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HenryTemplo (talk) 20:18, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Gertrude Sans Souci has been accepted
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Florence May (October 6)
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Theroadislong (talk) 14:35, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Florence May (January 7)
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Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 16:32, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Florence May


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗ plicit  23:43, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

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