User talk:Factfinder315

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Lynching in the United States[edit]

That drawing is mine and I am giving you permission to use it. Factfinder315 (talk) 20:32, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy hello Factfinder315! Thanks for clarifying that it is your own image. However, I question whether the image is relevant to the page. Many artists have drawn works regarding lynching, but in the article we have chosen only to use contemporary images that relate to the content of the article. Also, the caption you added under the article was ungrammatical and somewhat nonsensical. For the time being I have removed the image, seeing as it is not contemporary nor relevant to the text, beyond being about the KKK. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!} 21:08, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you look into the [Wheaton Affair] with Klan Rallies; this ties into it too. There was lot of insight in what I shared and this puts two and two together. Factfinder315 (talk) 21:18, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article on the KKK and wheaton college, while interesting and from a reliable source, would probably be better placed on a different page: not one on the history of Lynching on the United states. It also has nothing to do with the image. Also, links should not just be inserted into articles, rather they should put into inline references and their content used to support a claim in the body of an article. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!} 21:46, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

An Eye In Shadows I will show you several sources for this, this is from the 1992-1993 part of the memoir. The Hijab Affair is something Matthew S. Carrol helped me bust. Then events of my classmate should be included with Glenbard East. An Eye In Shadows was revised to line up with the historic accuracy of the era with information I didn't have in 2007 or in 2008.Factfinder315 (talk) 00:09, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by An eye in the shadows? Also, the sources you mention seem to have exactly nothing to do with lynching in the us? How is the hijab affair relevant to that? Furthermore, Wikipedia prohibits original research, which means even if you "busted" the affair, we can't discuss it wikipedia.Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!} 03:24, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See for yourself the Hijab Affair and the KKK stunt has a timeline. Look at the dates of both, someone thought it was cute to torque an African-American professor. Factfinder315 (talk) 8 September 2018

Not sure what a memoir published in 2015 (that reviews say is mostly funny anecdotes about the authors childhood) has to do with Lynching.......?Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!} 09:42, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Book was written in 2007 but revised in 2008; if you look into Sophie Lancaster, I was able to voice her. The reviewers didn't read the book or had tried to pirate the damn thing. The book is fact checked against Chicago Tribune (the 1990s era articles were archived and the one story that's shocking I chronicled aspects in the 1991-1992 section is the bank robber case in Schamburg. The case that became the film Normal Life.) This part saw a discussion in Roselle residents. Factfinder315 (talk) 11:27, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Funny? That book is disturbing if you look into the news stories on the era; there was a dragging death that was comparable that played up in 1997. I glaze over some dark histories in the book -- and this gives the book it's darker elements. That book is fact checked against the Chicago Tribune and People Magazine. The Hijab affair and the KKK skit do you see a connection? There is this too as you can look this up; I don't even know if Steven (Morgan) knew about this. Factfinder315 (talk) 11:16, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Self Promotion[edit]

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I am from Illinois and Italian, I have a dialect don't mistake that for bad grammar. Factfinder315 (talk) 21:22, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

After you make edits, please review them to make sure that they are grammatical and make sense. For instance, your above edit includes too many spaces, and also should say "and Italy" not "and Italian". We understand that no edit will be perfect, and even I make mistakes from time to time, but writing entire nonsensical paragraphs, such as you did here is not encyclopedic. Please be more careful when you make edits, or they will be undone and you may in danger of being blocked from Wikipedia. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!} 21:40, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Factfinder315, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!} 21:19, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]