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User talk:SharonW

2011-10-06T22:26:44Z

MikeCoyle: /* John Candy */ new section

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==Columbus==
Good catch! --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 12:42, 13 October 2009 (EDT)

== Politician page divisions for copy/paste ==

==Early Life and Education==
==Military service==
==Private sector==
==Political career==
==Political views==
==Public criticism==
==Personal life==
==Post political career==

==Image Uploads==
I can be of assistance. Please post link here [http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Image_upload_requests] --[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 13:03, 8 July 2011 (EDT)

== I just asked Andy Schlafly to give you picture upload rights ==

I just asked Andy Schlafly to give you pic upload rights [[User talk:Aschlafly|HERE]] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 01:24, 9 July 2011 (EDT)
:Thanks, Conservative! I appreciate it. [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 10:48, 9 July 2011 (EDT)
::No problem. You're welcome. Let me know if you have any problems/questions about the getting the upload rights and I can get clarification if you wish. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 12:24, 9 July 2011 (EDT)

:::SharonW, your edits have been a good start, but usually a stronger track record is needed before uploading privileges are granted. Your edits total less than 500. Let's reconsider your request for uploading privileges later this year. Thanks.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:08, 14 July 2011 (EDT)

Thank you for cleaning up my user page. I just signed into this website so im not sure what to do with something like this. If you could point me in the right direction id be very grateful. Im just looking to add some minor edits to a few stub articles for now until i get my bearings. --[[User:CAndrs|CAndrs]] 16:57, 13 July 2011 (EDT)

== I did the public domain pictures for you ==

I did the public domain pictures for you. I didn't do the others for two reasons. First, I didn't know the licenses on the other pics. Second, I got the [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc750081.aspx "blue screen of death"] on my computer a few minutes ago. I don't want to risk messing around with my computer more than I have to. I have two computers and I am going to have the "blue screen of death" computer looked at after I do a few diagnostics and hook up the other computer tomorrow. I would ask another admin to upload the other pics or replacement pics in the meantime. I will also ask Andy again to give you pic upload rights.

Here are the pics I uploaded:

http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Julia_Tyler.jpg

http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Elizabeth_Monroe.jpg

http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Emily_Donelson.jpg

http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Letitia_Tyler.jpg

http://www.conservapedia.com/File:Martha_Jefferson_Randolph_portrait.jpg

::::My computer passed my diagnostic tests and seems fairly stable. I think a possible temporary solution is to give you pic uploading rights during certain time windows when an admin is around. I will talk to Andy about this possible solution. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 08:36, 16 July 2011 (EDT)

Thanks for uploading, Conservative. Some of the other files were from the Library of Congress's site, and they are in the public domain. Thanks! [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 16:30, 16 July 2011 (EDT)
::::Please look at the Conservapedia's recent changes log or my most recent contributions log. You will see that I uploaded the remainder of the pictures you wanted uploaded. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 17:47, 16 July 2011 (EDT)

== Madonna ==

Good evening, Sharon. I wasn't involved in this fiasco until I reverted an edit of Legolas' that by the edit summary was not only reversion of an administrator, seemed illegitimate. I seem to share some sentiment about Madonna with the user, but think they are incorrectly handling this and this should go to the talk page. In Christ,--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 21:39, 16 July 2011 (EDT)

== To Conservative ==

Thanks again for the help with the uploads. I greatly appreciate it. [[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 23:12, 16 July 2011 (EDT)
:::Your welcome. No more blue screens of death. I think I was merely doing too many things at once with my computer. I need to get my faster computer online though although this one is pretty fast.[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 02:45, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

== Hey ==

Thanks for cleaning up the article I was working on!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 10:58, 22 July 2011 (EDT)

And thanks for finding some citations!!! Though I would have when the article was further developed.--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 11:22, 22 July 2011 (EDT)

Thanks again! I just have a tendency to put in repetitive information when clarifing points. What do you think of the progress the article has made? And I did request a few additional images on Mr. Schlafly's page, but he has yet to reply. In the meantime, I will just keep focusing on content. thank
you again!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 19:28, 27 July 2011 (EDT)

I replied to you on my talk page, just in case you didn't notice. Thanks!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 21:13, 27 July 2011 (EDT)

I have addressed many of your points on the article already. What do you think?--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 22:33, 27 July 2011 (EDT)

When Elvis is polished and featured with images (if we can get them) etc., I found some articles in addition to Cash and Seger to work on:[[Bob Dylan]] and [[Chuck Berry]]. What do you think?--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 15:22, 29 July 2011 (EDT)

I added Buffett to my list in case you haven't noticed and dug up my original image requests and put them on the upload request page.--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 19:56, 29 July 2011 (EDT)

I added requests for [[Bob Seger]] images on the page as well as I just started working on it last night.--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 10:17, 30 July 2011 (EDT)

Did you get to see what I've added to the Seger page yet? And yes, the requests are still pending.--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 22:58, 30 July 2011 (EDT)

I see you figured out the table. And the images are there as well. I think it's ready!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 10:44, 2 August 2011 (EDT)

It looks good. Now we need someone to put it up.--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 16:42, 2 August 2011 (EDT)

== Blocking policy ==

Sharon, your blocks have been great but I recommend not blocking longer than 5 years, except in rare cases. Five years as a duration is long enough for someone to reconsider his attitude, or have moved away from the blocked location. Thanks!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:15, 26 July 2011 (EDT)
:I have changed it to five years (Hope that's OK). It is a good method to follow! [[User:MaxFletcher|MaxFletcher]] 19:18, 26 July 2011 (EDT)

== quick note ==

I proposed a blocking reform framework on [[User talk:Aschlafly|Aschlafly's talk page]]. In the meantime, I would not worry about being blocked. If you were blocked, which I doubt would happen, I don't foresee any problem with me getting you unblocked. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:15, 28 July 2011 (EDT)

== Welcome to the Featured Article Committee! ==

Welcome!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 19:32, 29 July 2011 (EDT)

== Featured Articles ==

We still need someone to put the new article up. Mr. Martinez (the only sysop on our committee) said he was doing some vacationing. I don't know who else to ask.

On an unrelated note, have been also been improving [[Regis Philbin]] also (not that popular or recognized as a singer, but he did a few albums. Thanks!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 10:25, 3 August 2011 (EDT)

Still no word on the featured articles. And were you going to make a table for Seger? All his albums are listed already. Philbin doesn't need one as he only released three albums, though a television show list may be in the works later. Thanks!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 14:26, 3 August 2011 (EDT)

Have you worked on the Cash discography? No rush, just wondering.--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 17:08, 12 August 2011 (EDT)

== question ==

Conservapedian Iduan is on summer vacation, but he has expressed some interest in helping to refine Conservapedia's blocking policy.

I invited someone to Conservapedia in the past and he was blocked when he should not have been and I noticed the block and asked for it be overturned and it was overturned. So I think there is room for improvement.

Iduan seems like a nice person who is reasonable and I think he would probably do a nice job in refining Conservapedia's blocking policy. I am sure he could use some help and you expressed interest in seeing the blocking policy made better. Would you like to work with Iduan on this matter? The final policy changes would be subject to approval by Aschlafly, but once they were approved, I think there is the potential for an improved policy to make a positive difference. I believe a blocking review board that hears about 5-7 cases a month would be good, but maybe a good case could be made for reviewing more cases. Perhaps, some investigation could be made before arriving at the number of cases to be heard.

Anyways, please let me know if you are interested in helping Iduan and possibly others when Iduan gets back from summer vacation. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:22, 13 August 2011 (EDT)

:Hi, Conservative! Yes, I am interested in helping. I too have hopes of a workable policy and board for reviews. There is an blocked editor who has emailed me about appealing his block - I've been waiting until things get a bit established before bringing it to the blocking sysop's attention. --[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 14:46, 13 August 2011 (EDT)
::::I will put you down for the panel and quote you. I will email Iduan and find out when his vacation is over. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:00, 13 August 2011 (EDT)

== The blocking policy refinement panel is convening on 8/17/11 ==

The blocking policy refinement panel is beginning its proceedings on 8/17/11 here: http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Blocking_policy_refinement_panel_proceedings [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 02:20, 15 August 2011 (EDT)

== This idiot vandal ==

Seems to have a vendetta against me.--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 21:37, 15 August 2011 (EDT)
:I think you should be careful about blocking the accounts beforehand, just incase you hit an innocent Sharon--[[User:SeanS|SeanS]] 21:40, 15 August 2011 (EDT)

== Another Discography table ==

Sorry to bug you again Sharon, but could you do one for [[Michael Lee Aday]]? I plan on working on that one after I finish Cash. If you can't, that is fine. I also requested an image for said article, but that could take a while as we both now know.--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 11:11, 17 August 2011 (EDT)

== The Conservapedia Blocking policy refinement panel proceedings have begun ==

The panel proceeding have begun here: [[Conservapedia:Blocking policy refinement panel proceedings]] You can start making your edits to the page should you wish to do so. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:01, 17 August 2011 (EDT)

== Hey Sharon ==

Congrats on the extra privileges!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 10:41, 31 August 2011 (EDT)
:Thanks! You knew about them before I did. ;-) We're finally moving this weekend and it's crazy busy around my house. --[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 11:21, 31 August 2011 (EDT)
::Yes, I saw them on RecentChanges. Hope you enjoy the move!--[[User:JamesWilson|JamesWilson]] 11:25, 31 August 2011 (EDT)

== Well done! ==

Superb reversions/undos this morning!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 13:28, 13 September 2011 (EDT)

== email address ==

Is the email address on your user page still current?
:Yes.--[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 14:59, 16 September 2011 (EDT)
::Thanks. I emailed you. --[[User:SamCoulter|SamCoulter]] 14:59, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

== Debate:Should Conservapedia develop a clear policy on standards for encyclopaedic and family-friendly content? ==

Hi Sharon,

If you're interested, your participation in this debate would be welcomed: [[Debate:Should Conservapedia develop a clear policy on standards for encyclopaedic and family-friendly content?]] --[[User:SamCoulter|SamCoulter]] 00:26, 23 September 2011 (EDT)

== ''The Good Earth'' ==

Hi Sharon. I responded on [[User_talk:KevinDavis#Pearl_S._Buck_and_The_Good_Earth|my talk page]] to your comments on ''The Good Earth''. Please let me know if you have any other questions. On an unrelated note, I noticed that you keep your email at the top of your user page. I had a similar strategy initially but received a significant amount of spam. If it's a problem for you, I can show you how to use ReCaptcha (the same system that Mediawiki often uses to prevent spammers from posting links) to secure your email address. Thank you! [[User:KevinDavis|Kevin Davis]] [[User talk:KevinDavis|Talk]] 19:14, 23 September 2011 (EDT)
:Hi Sharon. Did you see my reply on [[User_talk:KevinDavis#Pearl_S._Buck_and_The_Good_Earth|my talk page]] to your concerns about ''The Good Earth''? My apologies if you have and have simply not responded; I frequently have trouble accessing the site from both my home and my work, so I normally can't edit for relatively extended periods. Any feedback you have would be greatly appreciated; thank you! [[User:KevinDavis|Kevin Davis]] [[User talk:KevinDavis|Talk]] 13:38, 25 September 2011 (EDT)

== Their / they're / there ==

I noticed your last post - it's "they're" not "their".

Small point I know, but people in authority on an encyclopedia should at least be able to use the language correctly.

* Their - belongs to them
* They're - contraction of "they are"
* There - a location, a destination

--[[User:AlexB2|AlexB2]] 11:46, 28 September 2011 (EDT)

:I know the difference - I was just typing faster in the comment section than my brain was working at that moment. But thanks for pointing that out. --[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 12:53, 28 September 2011 (EDT)

== Discography tables ==

I realize you are probably rather busy at the moment, but I am planning on starting articles on [[Billy Idol]] and [[Don Henley]] (among others) in the near future. Would you be interested in doing tables for these? Thanks!--[[User:JamesWilson|James Wilson]] 12:56, 28 September 2011 (EDT)
:If you can get me lists of the albums you want included in the discography, along with the dates, then I'll make the tables. Not a problem. --[[User:SharonW|SharonW]] 13:34, 28 September 2011 (EDT)
::[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf_discography HERE] is a discography of [[Meat Loaf]] from Wikipedia. Perhaps create one of his albums, excluding compilations and those types of albums. Thanks! Also, I am working on adding information on [[Elvis Presley]], such as descriptions of all of his movies, but it appears that the movie templates are a bit big. I will obviously add more info, but they still will probably be disproportionate when I finish them (he starred in 33 movies).--[[User:JamesWilson|James Wilson]] 14:06, 28 September 2011 (EDT)

== Reply ==

Hi Sharon. I replied to your most recent comment on [[User_talk:KevinDavis#Pearl_S._Buck_and_The_Good_Earth|my talk page]]. I mentioned this within my reply as well, but when we continue this discussion, it might be best to do so by email because of my connection problems. The full explanation is on my talk page. Thank you! [[User:KevinDavis|Kevin Davis]] [[User talk:KevinDavis|Talk]] 14:41, 1 October 2011 (EDT)

== Conservative ==

Sharon, I understand your annoyance at Conservative' behaviour. But I'm concerned that he's either genuinely ill or a super-parodist. Either way, I feel it's up to Andy Schlafly to deal with him, e.g. stopping him from editing until he's calmed down. I've decided it's best to ignore him and not to respond to his provocation. "Don't feed the troll", as they say. Someone who knows the guy should really see if he needs medical help. Kind regards, Khalid. [[User:KhalidM|KhalidM]] 16:41, 6 October 2011 (EDT)

== John Candy ==

Sorry Sharon; I know it was a childish thing to do. --[[User:MikeCoyle|MikeCoyle]] 18:26, 6 October 2011 (EDT)

Georgi Zhukov

2011-10-06T22:04:26Z

MikeCoyle:

'''Georgi Zhukov''' (1896-1974) was a military leader for the [[Soviet Union]] during [[World War II]] and afterwards. He is widely credited as one of the earliest and most successful proponents of manouever warfare.

Following the [[Battle of Khalkyn Gol]] in 1939 where his forces scored a decisive victory over the [[Japan]]ese, Zhukov was made a [[Hero of the Soviet Union]].

His forces defeated the Germans at [[Stalingrad]] in 1943 and next lifted the [[Siege of Leningrad]] in 1944. He led the final attack on Germany and the ultimate capture of [[Berlin]] in 1945. A hero, after the war he commanded the Soviet zone in occupied Germany.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhukov, Georgi}}
[[Category: World War II Commanders]]

Bergen-Belsen

2011-10-06T22:01:48Z

MikeCoyle:

'''Bergen-Belsen''' was a Nazi concentration camp near Hanover, in northern Germany, and part of the [[Holocaust]] run by the dreaded Nazi [[SS]]. It was set up in 1943 on [[Heinrich Himmler]]'s orders with the designated purpose of holding Jews who were to be (temporarily) exempted from deportation to the extermination camps in the east so that they could be exchanged for German civilians held abroad.<ref> Richard Breitman, "Himmler and Bergen-Belsen." ''Journal of Holocaust Education'' 1996 5(2-3): 72-84. Issn: 1359-1371 </ref> Between 1943 and 1945 it changed from being a detention camp to a concentration camp where people were sent to die. The [[SS]] operated the camp, dividing it into Camp I which held Soviet POWs, but later also included a ''Frauenlager'' for women and children. Camp II, or the Star Camp, was for Jews. The conditions were among the worst of any of the concentration camps. Before liberation on
April 15, 1945, this site had deteriorated to the point that inmates transferred from Auschwitz were shocked by the camp's poor conditions.

The most famous prisoner was [[Anne Frank]]. In December 1944 she and her sister, Margot were transferred to Bergen-Belsen; they died of typhus in March 1945, a month before the liberation of the camp.

The number of Jews for whom Bergen-Belsen actually proved to be the antechamber to freedom was limited. The British Foreign Office bears some responsibility for this. It regarded proposals from Nazi Germany for such exchanges as blackmail, and giving in to it as unacceptable. It also insisted that the most important task of the anti-Hitler coalition, and best chance for saving Jews from extermination, was a quick and unconditional victory over Nazi Germany. Instead of pushing for serious negotiations to secure the release of as many Jews as possible, the British Foreign Office played for time. Schulze (2005) argues it is highly likely that a larger number of Jews held at Bergen-Belsen could have been saved if the negotiations about exchange had been conducted with a greater sense of urgency.<ref> Schulze (2005)</ref>

The US State Department, under pressure from British and American intelligence, undermined a proposed exchange of Jews at Bergen-Belsen for Germans from Latin America. Although large numbers of Germans were willing to be repatriated, American officials feared that doing so would help the Third Reich's war effort. They also suspected that the Jews being traded to the Allies were spies. Although the United States did eventually reverse its stance and tried to rescue these Jews, it was too late.<ref> Friedman (2005)</ref>
On 15 April 1945, the British army took over Bergen-Belsen, finding there about 60,000 emaciated, disease-ridden prisoners and some 10,000 unburied corpses. From then until 21 May 1945, when the camp was burned to the ground, the British Army Film and Photographic Unit documented everything, using both still and motion cameras. It sought to create a believable and sympathetic picture of the survivors, document the efforts of the British military and medical authorities, and accurately portray the grim reality of the camp: the mass graves, the pitiable state of the inmates, and the indifference of the SS guards, both male and female. In transmitting the story to the British public, editors, censors, politicians, and war correspondents struggled to find the best way to present the material. The chief dangers were that shock and horror might cause the public to reject the information out of hand or that the public might dismiss the reality of the concentration camps as staged government propaganda.<ref> Caven (2001)</ref>

==Bibliography==
* Bamber, Helen et al. "Belsen Testimonies: The Camp and its Liberation." ''Journal of Holocaust Education'' 1996 5(2-3): 209-249. Issn: 1359-1371
* Caven, Hannah. "Horror in Our Time: Images of the Concentration Camps in the British Media, 1945." ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'' 2001 21(3): 205-253. Issn: 0143-9685
* Friedman, Max Paul. "The U.S. State Department and the Failure to Rescue: New Evidence on the Missed Opportunity at Bergen-Belsen." ''Holocaust and Genocide Studies'' 2005 19(1): 26-50. Issn: 8756-6583 Fulltext: [[Project Muse]]
* Gutman, Israel, ed. ''Encyclopedia of the Holocaust,'' 4 vol (1989)
* Reilly, Joanne. ''Belsen in History and Memory'' (1997); 260 pages
* Reilly, Joanne. ''Belsen: The Liberation of a Concentration Camp.'' 1998. 248 pp.
* Schulze, Rainer. "'Keeping Very Clear of Any `Kuh-handel': the British Foreign Office and the Rescue of Jews from Bergen-Belsen." ''Holocaust and Genocide Studies'' 2005 19(2): 226-251. Issn: 8756-6583 Fulltext: [[Project Muse]]
* Shephard, Ben. ''After Daybreak: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, 1945.'' 2005. 288 pp.
* Wachsmann, Nikolaus. "Looking into the Abyss: Historians and the Nazi Concentration Camps." ''European History Quarterly'' 2006 36(2): 247-278. Issn: 0265-6914 Fulltext: Sage. Historiography.
===Primary sources===
* Doherty, Muriel Knox, et al. eds. ''Letters from Belsen 1945: An Australian Nurse's Experiences with the Survivors of War'' (2000) [http://www.questia.com/read/98076042?title=Letters%20from%20Belsen%201945%3a%20An%20Australian%20Nurse's%20Experiences%20with%20the%20Survivors%20of%20War online edition]
* Herzberg, Abel J. ''Between Two Streams: A Diary from Bergen-Belsen.'' (1997). 221 pp.
* Verolme, Hetty. ''The Children's House of Belsen By Hetty Verolme'' (2005), memoir

==Notes==
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[[Category:Holocaust]]

Uncle Buck

2011-10-06T22:00:29Z

MikeCoyle:

'''''Uncle Buck''''' is a 1989 comedy film about American children growing up quickly, helped by their uncle during a family emergency. It stars [[John Candy]], who was an [[obese]] Roman Catholic.

[[category:Movies]]