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My suggestion would be to form a short proposal stating the edits you would like to see entered and ask on the talk page for a consensus...that should get the ball rolling. Remember that you are addressing the talk page audience and not the individual with which you disagree and make sure you phrase
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mentions your being a Felineophile. I believe the technically correct term is an Ailurophile. Once when there were some cats that lived in my house and ate my food (I never "owned" them) someone knocked on the door but when she saw the cats she ran back down the path. She was a genuine Ailurophobe.
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The film was heavy propaganda and did contain quite a bit that wasn't true, like the night fighters. But it didn't mention what was true, like radar and the well structured control system that let the RAF defeat the Luftwaffe despite being heavily outnumbered --
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The viewing has to be put into context: the German Army was in the process of defeating the French and the British on land and the war was all but won. Probably the Nazis did treat the movie as an object of fun.
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It was your adding that comment to the page about the film that led me to contact you. One of the many directors was Michael Powell and I'm interested in anything involving Powell & Pressburger films.
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Hello Bill, I'm trying to figure out what the status of adding the assassination claims made by Wilcox to the Patton article might be. From the discussion page I'm confused where that might all stand.
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I'm neutral on the subject at the moment and would like to see the discussion on the talk page rather than an edit war break out between editors. More eyes are almost always helpful. Cheers,
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I have added Shirer’s comments to Wiki’s "Lion Has Wings entry". He doesn’t say anything about comedy, but the Nazis were great sneerers and probably did treat it as a laugh.
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Thx. You are quite correct, but I like to make up my own words. After all, Shakespeare could get away with it and he didn’t even have a computer. ;-))
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or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the
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Yes, this is essentially how it works. You can put a colon at the beginning of the line to tab it in, multiple colons = multiple tabs
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I am not too sure how Wiki’s chat thing works, so please leve me a message confirming this message got thru to you. THx.
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Apparently you are long-gone (and all the better for it) - you obviously don't have a clue about what fascism is.
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The film displays British fighters at night whereas the RAF had no night-time fighter capacity at that time.
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from other parties. It should help clarify and hopefully prevent future disputes. Logic usually prevails.
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it such that you are asking for outside input. More than likely this will lead to further discussion
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Hi, I didn't remove anything, I replaced the request for a reference. The next editor after me (
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field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! —
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was shown in Berlin - as a comedy. Does Shirer mention this? --
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