User talk:DonDrane

August 2022
Hello, I'm GabberFlasted. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions&#32;to United Daughters of the Confederacy have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Please keep comments and disagreements in the talk spaces, not articles. GabberFlasted (talk) 18:34, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Doug Weller talk 18:57, 1 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Doug: I'm a 74 year old first time user. I'm a member of Sons of Confederate Veterans. My wife, who will be seventy on the 17th of this month is a member of Daughters of the Confederacy. We are both in good standing. For some reason, the 'Daughters' page was on my screen. As I read the information, all I saw, basically, was blasphemous, mean, hateful, inaccurate information obviously posted by those who have no desire to accurately describe the organization. I was astonished and amazed that the blasphemous contributions had been allowed to stay on the page. She and I spend a great deal of time working in cemeteries, cleaning, straightening, gluing and salvaging grave markers of both Confederate and Union deceased. We attend annual gatherings where flowers, wreaths and other items of honor are placed on both Union and Confederate dead. This tradition began over a hundred years ago in Columbus, Mississippi, which is near our current home in Mississippi. I have ancestors who fought on both sides. To our knowledge she only has ancestors from the Confederate side. I was so enraged by the negative comments posted obviously by those who hate the South and still hold animosity for the Confederacy, that I suppose I over-reacted in my desire to at least answer their mean-spirited posts on the page. Please accept my apology if this was deemed inappropriate. I am certain I can offer contributions of historical and instructive value. Again, I just joined today and this is my first interaction with Wikipedia. I have learned a lesson. Best Regards - Don Drane, Coldwater, Mississippi. Jeff Davis Camp, Jackson, Mississippi. DonDrane (talk) 19:24, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * About to turn off my lights and go to sleep, but what you say seems very reasonable and I will deal with this tomorrow. But I think you need to agree to stay away from that page. I will say that I also had ancestors on both sides. Doug Weller  talk 20:33, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I saw this conversation because I became curious when I saw that those changes on the UDC page were made by an editor who gave his name (instead of an anonymous one). I'm German, so I'm neutral here. I'm also a history teacher, having completed my studies at a German university. I contributed to both the UDC and the SCV articles, not motivated by hatred, but by a desire to present the results of current academic historical research, so that students (and other people) are able to get reliable information. According to the old motto "sine ira et studio" (without bias against or for something), WP editors are discouraged from editing pages they take a strong personal interest in. Rsk6400 (talk) 07:06, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Unblocked, but it's a good idea to find something else to edit
This is not a place to WP:Right great wrongs - please read the link. I also had ancestors on both sides, probably ancestors on both sides of most conflicts in the area that is now the US. Also note that the article is under what we call Discretionary sanctions, I'll give you a routine alert below. And a welcome note. Doug Weller talk 15:39, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Routine alert for recent American politics
Doug Weller talk 15:39, 2 August 2022 (UTC)