User talk:Philip Paulson

Philip K. Paulson (1947-2006). Terjen 19:25, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Paulson... As near as I can tell, from the Thomas Bros. Maps website, the name of the company is Thomas Bros. Maps, but the names of their books are Thomas Guides. Perhaps that's something recent and in the 80's they called them Thomas Bros. Maps? But the main reason I changed it is to wikify it - so that users can click on it and get to the Thomas Guide Wikipedia entry. My latest change was to link your words, Thomas Bros. Maps, to the Thomas Guide article, but based on the thomas.com website, it appears to me that Thomas Guide is the correct term to use in this context, not Thomas Bros. Maps. --Serge 00:44, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

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Serge,

You are correct about the current usage of the "Thomas Guide" However, from 1954 to 1989, the map book was referred to then as the Thomas Brothers Maps, which are on archival file in the Central Library of the San Diego Public Library System. These maps are named Thomas Brothers Maps, but today the name has been changed to Thomas Guide.

I have been researching this particular subject ("Mount Soledad) for 17 years. I may have more to submit to this topic sometime in the future.

However, Wikipedia chooses to reference the name is OK with me.

Thank you,

Philip

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Mount Soledad
Mr. Paulson, thank you for your contributions. I think you should keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Your edits on the Mount Soledad article need to be trimmed of rhetoric and editorializing, to keep the article on-topic, encyclopedic, and NPOV. If you want to take the opportunity to trim it yourself, I'd encourage you to give it a go. MFNickster 18:08, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

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I noticed your comment at Talk:Secular Education. The reason I proposed deletion of the page is that it appeared to be original research. I didn't know that you had expertise in that area. Expertise is certainly always welcome, here! In any case, you might want to contribute to the article we already have, Secular education (which I didn't notice until just now). It also might be worth your while to peruse Portal:Education and Category:Education. Let me know if I can be of any help with the policies or guidelines. Just leave a message on my talk page or leave a reply here. Finally, here's our boilerplate welcome (helpful for some of the links).

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