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Thanks for your contributions to the Guy de Maupassant article. The Jade Knight 04:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

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Dear Paul - way back in 2007, you learnt from edits I made to the wikipedia page for the Yale Political Union, that I had been involved with the 1986 YPU trip to Washington DC, and I promised copies of the trip's itinerary, which had the remarkable four days of visits to high level officials. I believe at the time I was unable to locate them in my masses of old papers, even though on my own wikipedia author page, you wrote that I had e-mailed them. I can't find any record in my yahoo e-mail from that period that shows I did send the document, and in fact just now (April 2014) I found the paper in some old stacks. May I e-mail you a scan? You can contact me through my wiki author page, or more directly to my yahoo e-mail: saltwater thief. I hope this reaches you all this time later. Best, Jim L. Y'87

August 9 2009 -- Paul, I located the YPU Washington Trip agenda (3 pages) we discussed two years ago. If you remain interested in a copy, I can send you a pdf. Contact me via my wikipedia talk page. Thanks!

June 6: Thanks -- and one more thing, I did find last week a snapshot of one of the members handing a Yale baseball cap to Casper Weinberger during the trip, which I will include when I get more. but what I really want to find for you is the group photo. The YDN covered it (we invited one of the reporters to come along on he trip for free), although pictures they took were never run in the YDN that I recall.

June 6: Hi Paul, I could not find the papers at the time I last corersponded, and i looked again in one large folder I thought it might, but no luck. I am certain I would never have thrown out my copy of the YPU Washington Trip schedule, its just buried somewhere. I'll try to find it over the coming weeks. It may take me time, but I wont; forget, and no, you aren't at all being a pest toremind me. I actually thought about it as recently as a week ago, but I've been swamped. cheers. BoolaBoola2

Hi Paul, Thanks for the reply. I'll look in my old papers for the Washington Trip itineraries, and if I can find them, I'll shoot a pdf to you at your .edu address. I'll also see if I can find the YDN pictures -- they loaned the YPU the negatives from which I made some prints. If I can't find the intinerary, at least I'll be able to recall 90% of the offices/officials visited. The Wash trip would be a nice practice to re-institute for the YPU as a whole, if you have the people/manpower who could organize it. The prestige of the organization opens the doors, and what a joint trip does is to build the social bonds of the otherwise opposing partisans. The explicit reason I recall the Wash trip was open to non-members was as a mechanism to recruit new members, people who were intrigued at the trip even if they didn't see themselves (yet) as on-campus policy wonks or debaters. One other thing, the AYA might have coded their alumni files to indicate YPU membership -- IF -- the YPU provided membership lists to AYA. This would be a way to reach back to your alumni for both tangible contributions as well as recollections and other support. If this wasn't done in past, you should see if AYA will do so going forward. One other idea: The Yale Angler's Journal, in only a few years, has made its annual dinner a big deal for alumni. The YPU could do the same thing; your alumni can help keep your organization stronger and avoid a new slump as in the 90s. I'll be in touch by e-mail in the next few days. BoolaBoola2

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I think that would be fair and informative (I was thinking of putting a brief note about the IP's name in the paragraph about its history, but not immediately after making the revert that I did - your idea seems better, though). haha then again, that's one more edit for historical revisionists to make (although at least then we'd only be susceptible to historical revisionists who also know when the old CP became the IP). We should try to find the Prog's founding date and then make the section (I would do it now but unfortunately I'm in lovely Granada, where both time and internet access are limited!). For what it's worth, '52 and '54 both work for my Party, but the party line is that we prefer '52 :) [there was slight discontinuity over those two years but if we go by that logic, then we'd have to change the IP date and I think the Libs', too - not terribly helpful]

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Hi. I have recently started the article Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop. Since you are listed in the category Yale Alumni, I thought you might be interesting in contributing to the article. Thanks. Yilloslime (t) 22:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

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Cohen Cruse Ruse

Thank you for your page on the Cohen Cruse Ruse. I just ran across it while getting caught up in the tangled web they've created. I'm trying to get some of the articles deleted. Wish I would have run across your page sooner. It has taken me several days trying to figure this thing out and I still didn't have as much as you did. Thank you for your vigilance. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 06:53, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Please also see Temple Kol Ami (Fort Mill, South Carolina). I think this is a real place possibly, but not certain if all the info is correct. One of the IP users has edited that one frequently as well. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 03:54, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

I am very interested in this - you have done a good job tracking it all down. When I had more time (before I became an admin) I used to enjoy sniffing out hoaxes - see User:JohnCD/Hoaxes - and I should like to help with these; I have added my name to the list on your project page. I think it is time to start clearing them out, and I suggest we start with an AfD for the three obvious hoaxes about the "Cohen-Cruse Barons". Unless you object, I will raise that tomorrow (giving you and JoannaSerah credit for flagging the hoaxes and doing the work). Have you actually checked Debrett? I have access to a copy, but it's ten miles away. I have considered raising an SPI, as it looks as if there are socks involved, but the pattern of editing dates is such that most of them are stale for checkuser purposes. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 20:45, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

I had an opportunity to check Debrett, so see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baron Cruse-Cohen. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much for getting involved, John! I have been very busy of late so I'm very much grateful for the assist. Like you I find the whole thing just very interesting. And to your question (now moot, but still) I didn't personally check Debrett but a friend did, and found as you did that there's nothing. As to the prospect of an SPI, I defer to your knowledge on the matter - I really know nothing about how a SPI happens, but I will say that although some of the accounts are old, development of the fakery is still ongoing. (Note Special:Contributions/Southern_jew and Special:Contributions/British_buff.) Again, many thanks for diving into this. Vivisel (talk) 23:42, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you and Joanna for spotting this.  --Lambiam 17:29, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

I have some experience in chasing down hoaxes and have started looking into this. Google Earth is proving useful in demonstrating that some of these buildings don't exist. Mangoe (talk) 03:12, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

I have checked out Temple Kol Ami, and it seems to be OK; it's a bit confusing because the Presby church is still there; they have however moved into a larger sanctuary on the same property. Mangoe (talk) 03:21, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

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		For your outstanding work untangling the Cohen-Cruse Ruse. Well done! Carrite (talk) 04:00, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

I posted this over at User:Vivisel/cohen cruse ruse:

Your discovery is disturbing and fascinating. I'd like to say something, as a Sefardic Jew and concerned editor. This association with wine, North Carolina (and surrounding area), obsession with Jewish heritage that is fake - it all reminds me of someone I know to be active on the web.

Having read User:Vivisel/cohen cruse ruse I will say no more about it, it cannot be investigated, let alone proved. But I think I know who's doing this. I regret I cannot be part of the general team, but I will certainly monitor some Jewish-related pages for anything like this. Djathinkimacowboy 00:18, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the note - and many thanks for the neat quasar barnstar! I will confess to being intrigued by your comments and your suggestion that you know who's behind it, as I (like you) find the whole thing very mysterious and in a sense troubling. Would you be willing to discuss further over email? Vivisel (talk) 05:48, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Just putting in my oar to also say well done - I'm impressed that you had the patience to dig it all out. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:53, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

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Just wanted to leave you a note...

...thanking you for your kind words of support for my recent RfA. I was especially gratified to see them from an individual whom I esteem as much as I do you; I shall do my utmost to be worthy of the trust which you and others have placed in me. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 08:43, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks - I'll try and take a look this weekend. In the meantime, merry Christmas to you, and happy editing into 2016! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 06:21, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 19:40, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Clock chimes!

Thanks - merry Christmas to you, too!

My own immediate thought is to put it back at "clock chimes", as the plural is likely what people will be looking for. I'll give it a chew-over and let you know if I think differently, but I think the collective is best. Singular can always be a redirect.

Maybe "Chimes (clock)"? Not sure how I feel about that one, but it has possibilities. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:48, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Sure thing. I did a cursory search on Google Books which turned up a couple of things regarding clock repair, and they have some stuff about the chime mechanism. I'll add those in, too, and see what else I can dig up. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:17, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, but still, better than nothing. I'll keep scrounging around and see what else turns up. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:39, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

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