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Polk and the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom came into being on 1st January 1801, see Acts of Union 1800. DuncanHill (talk) 13:50, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

November 2015
Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Springfield, Massachusetts. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 20:35, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

November 2017
Hi. Regarding this edit, just so you know, you cannot cite one Wikipedia article as a source in another, as that is circular sourcing. Please see WP:CIRCULAR. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 17:38, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Nantucket sleighride edit
Hello. Yankee open-boat whalers only recognized three "kinds" of rorquals: blue ("sulphur-bottom"), finback, and humpback. The second applied to all members of the genus Balaenoptera except for blue whales. They didn't even recognize sei whales as a distinct species as they weren't commonly hunted in the west until the 1880s. I really don't think a logbook or journal from the 1830s would mention going on a "Nantucket sleighride" (a term I've never seen a whaler even use) with a sei whale. ST1849 (talk) 01:47, 25 October 2020 (UTC)


 * My 2G-grandfather was a whaler out of New London, Conn. and referred to such a pull as a Nantucket sleigh ride. Granted, in New England we're not sure whether to accept Connecticans as New Englanders...but the term is legitimate. Whaling was in my family; it obviously was not in your family.
 * I've read 150+ whaling logbooks and journals. I've never seen the term used once. I've never seen it used by a whaler in a published source either. I really doubt the single journal you read happened to use it. ST1849 (talk) 23:56, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * You also missed the point about sei whales. ST1849 (talk) 23:57, 25 October 2020 (UTC)