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Thank you very much. Are you the author of the original Richard Sorge article? Regards--Marktunstill 21:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

  • Well, I wrote the first version couple of years ago. Others have expanded it quite a bit since - Skysmith 21:45, 5 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

I am very pleased to make your acquaintance. I am proposing some further elements to the Sorge article including some source references and I should be grateful if you would kindly let me have your comments if any. Regards--Marktunstill 22:53, 5 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Sorge and new articles edit

As far as I can see, you additions to Richard Sorge article are all appropriate. Unfortunately I cannot shed any light to whether Sorge was tortured or not (possible IMO but many interrogations may turn to torture). If you have any citations to either direction, you could use them.

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Tenth avenue edit

If it's you who emailed me re Slaughter on Tenth Avenue asking about the meaning of the word hoofer, I have no idea. I just added a stub template in the page in November. Hoverfish Talk 00:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Your question via email edit

Hi. Mailer-daemon failure when I tried to reply to your email.

According to Lonnie E. Holder, an official reviewer at Amazon.com (his profile):

"Old Jock worked as a shepherd for many years. Unfortunately, the master of the farm can no longer afford to keep Old Jock on. Old Jock heads to Edinburgh to an uncertain future, leaving his dog Bobby behind to be the dog of his master's daughter. Bobby has other ideas and follows Old Jock off to Edinburgh." (Source)

Thus old Jock had become what we in England would call a "jobseeker", his specialist trade was dying out (free roaming sheep were becoming the norm), and I suppose he was off to the big city to look for a different kind of work. Tragic really.

Thanks. Ref (chew)(do) 15:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC)Reply


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Conrad Black edit

I already explained the removal in my edit summary, but I will also add it to the talk page. There are multiple problems with the analysis ...

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Thanks but I don't need your advice but you may like to say whether or not you have given similar "guidance" to those who are engaged in the alleged edit war.Marktunstill (talk) 23:52, 29 January 2009 (UTC)Reply
Please do not put messages on people's talk pages that purport to come from me. If you do that again, you will be blocked. -- ChrisO (talk) 00:28, 30 January 2009 (UTC)Reply
If you would care to cool down, you will see that I passed on to the others - with my compliments duly signed by me - your message to me.

Notification edit

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February 2009 edit

 
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I wish to appeal.Marktunstill (talk) 17:13, 21 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

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