User talk:Nicholas Alexander

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Hello, Nicholas Alexander, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Guerillero &#124; My Talk  &#124;  Review Me  00:36, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
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Nicholas, your article on Belgium and the Congo is very well done. I'm impressed, you've done good work. But I've been here for several years, and I'm an administrator; trust me when I say that the title "Campaign against Belgian presence in the Congo Free State" is more in accordance with our article-naming practices than is "The Congo Free State Propaganda War". Okay? DS (talk) 02:49, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm going to give you a few more days to answer, but I'd like some sort of acknowledgment that you're aware of this issue. DS (talk) 13:19, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello? Nicholas? **waves** I note that you've edited recently, so... hello? DS (talk) 14:01, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm going to move it back unless you give me some reason against doing so. DS (talk) 12:37, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Hello, I apologize for the late response. I have been very busy. The article specifically focuses on how both sides, not just one, utilize the various elements of political warfare and public diplomacy. If the the article focused primarily on the campaign against Leopold, then us I would agree with the title. This in fact was a "war" in that people's lives were ruined, perhaps not by gun fire, but both sides had reputations tarnished in history. Thank you very much for you assistance and continued help. I look forward to working with Wiki and all the admins.
 * Hm. Okay. The problem is, though, that there doesn't seem to be any other sources that call it the "Propaganda War", you see? Is this a term you've devised? DS (talk) 11:48, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

You would be correct that no other source uses the phrase "Propaganda War" in describing the event. However, no such phrase had even been thought of. This topic has been my thesis for my undergraduate degree in History. It has also been my topic for a soon to be published article in The Intelligencer Magazine focusing on Political Warfare and Public Diplomacy at the turn of the century. I wish I could claim the phrase, but I cannot. A fellow colleague of mine, a professor at a national security Graduate School who teaches propaganda, political warfare, and information operations, is the first to have used the term to my knowledge.


 * Okay, two points to consider. First, please sign-and-timestamp your messages by adding ~ after them. Second, this may be a problem in that we're not supposed to be the first place the information can be found. If your colleague is the first to have used the term, you'll have to cite him, DS (talk) 18:52, 12 May 2011 (UTC)