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 * Thanks for your interest in Chase. I have been intending to read more of his work but have not yet made time. Thanks for adding information about his advisory role.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  15:16, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

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Please read WP:COPYWITHIN - with the creation of this page you wholesale copied half the contents of this page without proper attribution (which requires a wikilink or a list of authors). Fyddlestix (talk) 04:57, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

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 * Thank you, I added a citation. Progressingamerica (talk) 13:26, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

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Nomination of The Facebook Four for deletion
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 * Hi. I can see that you were unaware that this topic already has an article; you might want to weigh in on the AFD, where I have suggested that it be merged to  2017 Chicago torture incident. Thanks for taking the initiative to start an article on this notable topic.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:54, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you...
...for your new page Grievances of the Declaration of Independence. A well written and needed page, and it fills a large hole in the encyclopedia that other editors haven't realized even existed. Nice work. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:44, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Grievances of the Declaration of Independence


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 * This is certainly a good page and well sourced. I won't remove the tag because it is a seven-day tag and that allows more time for sources and refinements to be added. But essentially this seems a fine encyclopedic page, and please see my note above this notice as well. Randy Kryn (talk) 02:52, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks Randy. I have made many additional cites and changes to the page.  Unfortunately, I do not think that will be enough.  Have a good week. Progressingamerica (talk) 02:21, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Kept. As it should have been. Nice work on the page to save it. Randy Kryn (talk) 19:06, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
 * And check out how many page views the article is already picking up. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:45, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Grievances of the United States Declaration of Independence for deletion
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A goat for you!
R U getting someone's goat with this listing? Thanks.

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Ways to improve List of national emergencies in the United States
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Thanks for creating List of national emergencies in the United States! I edit here too, under the username Srich32977 and it's nice to meet you :-)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Barnes vs. Roosevelt Libel Trial


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 * Hello, I apologize but I wanted to mention that I was under a mistaken assumption that text on Wikimedia for over two years was probably safe for use. I did not intentionally use the text from SMU.edu; however this same text has now been removed from Wikimedia to prevent further copyright issue.  Thank you. Progressingamerica (talk) 12:52, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Barnes_vs._Theodore_Roosevelt_Libel_Trial_(13566211935).jpg

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Close paraphrasing on The 1619 Project
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"Over the course of the transatlantic slave trade some 12.5 million Africans would be kidnapped from their homes and brought in chains across the Atlantic Ocean in the largest forced migration in human history."

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"They were among the 12.5 million Africans who would be kidnapped from their homes and brought in chains across the Atlantic Ocean in the largest forced migration in human history until the Second World War."

Please read Close paraphrasing, it explains everything in detail, way better than I can. Is this the only article where this happened or are there more? If so, please tell me, so we can fix that. Poveglia (talk) 12:14, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello? Poveglia (talk) 11:02, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hello, I made a similar edit which was much more generic. The website Voyages also contains similar information.  Feel free to expand or change what I entered. Progressingamerica (talk) 00:24, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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Please don't make false assertions like you did here. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 14:07, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Historians have in fact argued and I had a cite to prove it. Progressingamerica (talk) 19:34, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Thank you very much, I did in fact GF right here:

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 * friends with Theodore Roosevelt for many years

means you're creating work for others to clean up after you. deisenbe (talk) 12:03, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

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