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I doubt that NYC is the worlds financial capital. Consider e.g. that London dominates trading in foreign exchange and metals, eurobonds and European equities.

Well, if Hendrix covered those other songs, someone should tell Dylan about it--he commented once that he found it odd that Hendrix covered only one of them, since they agreed on so much.

On further thought, he may have said that before the "new" Hendrix albums came out--whasn't "watchtower" the only Dylan song on Hendrix' original three studio albums (and, well, I guess we could include Band of Gypsys also)? --KQ

Hello there, welcome to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you need any questions answered about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump. Cheers! --maveric149

Nice job on the Bob Dylan page. --User:GWO

Nice image of Philip of Macedon. Thanks! Tbarron 21:51 Dec 31, 2002 (UTC)

(Tweaks. If you edit any of these changes, be sure to have good reasons or they'll be edited right back.)

That sounds a little defensive, as an edit summary. Are you having problems with people editing your changes without good reason? Martin 21:13 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Could you take a look at the Race article? An anon user is making some changes you may not like. --mav

Thanks for seconding my advice on the race talk page -- and for reitterating the point with more clarity and grace than my own attempt, Slrubenstein

I know it took some time (some time ago) but I am glad we reached the point where we could appreciate each other's contributions and work together. I share your views on the race page, and like you have little time and energy to work on it. But my sense is that what it most needs right now is some re-organization. It would be nice if someone else gave it a shot, but I am sure one day one of us will make a start, and the other will help, Slrubenstein

Hi JDG, Any news on the copyright status of that Sperm Whale image? Thanks, Pete 13:02, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)

On Five Points .... from The Perils of Prosperity, by William E. Leuchtenburg, we have

In 1920 "Scarface" Al Capone, a New York hoodlum from the Five Points Gang, moved to Chicago and set up an empire in alcohol, gambling, prostitution, and drugs. By 1927 he was operating a $60 million business ....

But I'll modify the article slightly. Change it if need be -- I'm not a New Yorker, and am a bit out of my domain here. -- user:dino

Race

Why did you revert my edit? All I did was combine two sentence fragments and tidy the disambiguation block. --mav 04:42, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)

December

On the Race:Talk page, you wrote: "I don't understand why you consider this as necessarily so damaging to the concept of human subgroups summarized by terms (race, sub-type, ethnic group, whatever)."

That you now realize you don't understand what I've been saying is definitely a sign of progress! It leads me to hope that you will take the opportunity to re-examine your previous interpretations. (It's as though at some point, you started "seeing red" rather than seeing what was actually being written.)

Your first remarks on my edits were fairly complimentary in several respects, so I invite you to reconsider your later less complimentary remarks. In fact, since the "Talk" page seems to be freely editable, please consider erasing the unnecessary insinuations etc. Peak 04:23, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

That's a good one, Peak. I think you know I understand what you've been saying-- what I'm fuzzy on is the twisted logic supporting it. But that it is twisted, I'm pretty certain.

I don't think I started 'seeing red'. I'd describe it more as 'annoyance', mostly on SLR's behalf. I tend to be pretty free in both criticism and praise and find it to be a more honest and productive approach than the sort of studied understated reserve which is the fashion on campus today. You're a good writer, and that's a statement that carries built-in substatements about intelligence and knowledge. This particular episode was unlucky because your additions happened to break the flow of an article already recognized for excellence. Now the article incorporates much of your material without violence to the flow, and it's a better article. JDG

(Moved from main user page) JDG:

Thanks for your comment about NYC. I had not read the NYC article. I simply feel that many nations are their-own-nation-centric and that is it not at all clear to me that the claim that NYC is the financial capital of the world will withstand examination. Being a brit and having lived in Tokyo, London and NYC I know that London has a depth and breadth that is staggering eg it dominates European equity trading and international f/x (foreign exchange trading. I don't know where the various figures that would bear on an accurate comparison might be found. Any analysis would have to be multi-faceted eg comparing f/x, eurobonds, insurance (eg Lloyds),banking, equities and total numbers of people employed in financial services.

Thanks for working on and improving the temp version of the Shroud article. I think it's now getting reasonable, and as I said, I won't stand in the way of a FAC nomination unless anything major changes.--Eloquence *

McCrone

The issue isn't whether McCrone's conclusion is the definitive word on the subject. The issue is whether there's any support for your assertion that the "majority consensus" is that McCrone was wrong. What I see from the college newspaper article is: (1) Olin disagrees with McCrone. She "conducted her analysis with the Smithsonian Institution" but this article doesn't mention the "team" or the "crew" (your terms). At any rate, even if several people collaborated, I don't think it would be accurate to count one study as establishing "the majority consensus" just because several people worked on the study. (2) Tully says Olin's work is strong evidence but isn't conclusive. (3) Clark agrees with McCrone.

On that record, I don't think it's incumbent upon me to find some additional authority backing McCrone. The available evidence just doesn't support any claim of "consensus". The article's summary of the Vinland Map dispute is accurate as it stands: "As was the case with the Shroud of Turin, other scientists were involved in studying this object, and some of them reached conclusions that differed from McCrone's." JamesMLane 01:17, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I'm glad that my humble little talk page was the occasion for your ego booster! :) Seriously, I didn't wanted to join in with Wetman's criticism of you, but (maybe I was too decorous in doing so) I didn't want to slam him too hard, either. I do think you've contributed a lot to the Shroud of Turin article. Wikipedia is a volunteer project, so you have a perfect right to prioritize your time and devote more effort to fleshing out one side of the issue. Perhaps the recent spate of activity has produced more balancing information from the skeptical side. Unfortunately, I haven't even been able to look at the new version, and don't know when (or if) I'll get to it. Best wishes to those of you currently involved in editing it. JamesMLane 21:23, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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