User talk:Fethroesforia/Archive 2

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Contents 1 Smile 2 Confused 3 List of commons sysops 4 Fair use rationale for Image:South Park Videogame Cover.jpg 5 Book list 6 T-34 edit today

[edit] Smile

Glad to see we both agree on a number of issues, i don't like Cameron either, though i'm hoping what he is saying is all retoric and he will forget all about it when he becomes PM! Boris Johnson is about the only politition who has the guts to speak his mind, and is not put off by the Labour PC crap. P.S. I woulden't worry too much about the guy moning about our user pages, i have seen FAR more provocative userpages, and anyway he's taking an ultra-extream interpritation of the rules! Boris for PM!!! Boris for President!!! Boris is the Messiah!!!--Boris Johnson VC 19:41, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Confused

I'm confused. First, I do appreciate your replacing the "I'd like to comment", but you reverted it a few hours later. Huh? Also, I'm not sure that changing "communist" to "anti-bnp" actually does anything but change who you're blaming vandalism against. Both comments are personal and advertise your personal political views and don't do it very nicely.

I'd also really appreciate your letting me know exactly what you thought was "hostile and nasty" in my previous comment on your talk page. In your response on my talk page you seemed very upset that I had used part of a warning template, and used words like "inappropriate", "hostile" and "nasty" and accused me of bad faith. Not only was I offended by your response and your edit summaries on your user page, I am really, really confused as to what on earth you found inappropriate, hostile or nasty. I also have no idea what came accross as not assuming good faith. Did using the template, a mild good faith warning come accross that way? Did my suggestions for your talk page come accross as bad faith? I wasn't saying that you'd done anything wrong or warning you there, I was giving you advice and suggesting that you may want to change how you do certain things. It was advice and just that and written that way. The nature of advice is that you can take it or ignore it or take some and disregard parts of it.

I'd really appreciate an explanation as to what offeneded you so much that you felt the need to respond that harshly. Thanks. TStein

[edit] List of commons sysops

Try this link. You'll have a list of users who have sysop access on that wiki. BuickCenturyDriver 03:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:South Park Videogame Cover.jpg

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[edit] Book list

I thought it better to continue here rather than on the BNP talk page. I didn't think you were accusing me, but I wasn't sure, so thanks for clarifying that. As to who won the war, I think it would be a bit more accurate to say it was won with American cash and Russian lives! As a history student, you might consider this question: Which WW2 country or countries had the highest paid a) privates b) generals? Answer below.

Far be it from me to recommend books to an 18 year old - most of my learning was done many years ago and the books I have are quite old! I left university in 1973.

On Hitler, Bullock is THE authority, though I remember finding it rather tedious.

On Nazi war crimes, Lord Russell of Liverpool's The Scourge of the Swastika (1954) is brilliant

On the history of fascism in Britain, I can thoroughly recommend Robert Benewick The Fascist Movement in Britain, (1961).

Resistance in Europe: 1939-45 edited by Stephen Hawes & Ralph White (1975) does what it says on the cover

For a perspective from the left, and contemporary with Hitler, Trostsky's On Fascism is good.

All rather old I'm afraid and I suspect some may be out of print, but that's what libraries are for. Two more recent books I recommended on the BNP page are Michael Mann: Fascists and Robert Paxton: The Anatomy of Fascism.

Good luck with your studies. I know that reading around subjects is important and there's never enough time, but if you're really interested I know you'll do it.

Answers: a) USA b) USSR. Emeraude 17:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

You flatter me ("As you know MUCH more than anyone else"). I studied Political Science, then did a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education. Later I did a part-time evening course in Political Education (which is why I understand especially concepts like bias and neutrality). I've taught Government and Politics to A Level (a while ago, though). My most recent 'specialist subjects' were IT and PSE, especially Careers Ed, but for the last six years I worked on a special project with 'disaffected' pupils teaching English, maths and science. politics has always been my main interest though, both as a subject for study and as current affairs.

Regarding Soviet military tactics, Antony Beevor's books on Stalingrad and Berlin and brilliant. Military history is not really my thing, but they had me gripped. His book on the Spanish Civil War is good as well.

My son did A Level History last year and part of that was Nazi Germany, so if I get a chance I'll ask what books he recommends. Also, I have a nephew doing history at University, incuding Germany, so I may be able to get some recommendations there as well. No promises though. Good luckEmeraude 22:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

No idea how to becoma an admin. I read some nomination discussions a while ago and it seems a lot of work. To be honest, I wouldn't recommend it with the amount of studying you have to do! Emeraude 01:22, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

• Recommendation for you from my son, with which I heartily agree. Richard J Evans "The Coming of the Third Reich" (Penguin/Allen Lane, 2003). 600+ pages, but very readable. £25, or get from library. Emeraude 12:35, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] T-34 edit today

I edited YOUR version of the page since you left it with an error where YOUR photos had previously been. Glad YOU put something else in its place. Cheers DMorpheus 22:29, 17 March 2007 (UTC)