User talk:A.S. Brown/Archives3

Still willing to work with you

Hey, AS. I see there are continuing issues. I'm still willing to work with you. Ping me if you want that. —valereee (talk) 05:16, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Valereee-that may be helpful. I think I was being just a bit sloppy, but I will get better. Thank you for your help and your time. --A.S. Brown (talk) 05:20, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Okay, let's talk about the edit summary at Special:Diff/999373176. You wrote "How does a book on Wilhelm II, a deeply misogynistic man ended up being edited by a woman?". Please tell me why you think that might be concerning to other editors. List all the reasons. —valereee (talk) 05:29, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Valereee I was remiss on that. I was commenting upon the fact Wilhelm II was rather misogynistic man and that many women would probably find going through his life a rather repulsive subject. That was meant to be a tribute, through I do admit it was badly phrased. I admit that I was wrong to do that, and that edit summary could be construed as a hostile remark. That thoughtlessness of my part and for that I'm sorry. I will to be more careful to keep my opinions out. I should put some more thought into my edit summaries. I know this is probably not a defense, but I think I have been getting better overall. I'm admit that I was wrong and I am willing to accept a week long block if that works.--A.S. Brown (talk) 05:39, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

ASB, there's IMO no reason to block someone who is sincerely trying to improve. We all make mistakes, and no one expects you to ever reach "perfection". :) It's if you keep trying and never do actually make any progress that there'd be a reason to block. Blocks are supposed to prevent damage, not to punish. Just keep plugging away and trying to improve. —valereee (talk) 19:18, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Valereee Thank you Valereee. I'm sort of used to writing a certain type of way, and I'm trying to adjust. I do admit to flaws, but think overall making progress. Best wishes and thank you! --A.S. Brown (talk) 20:58, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

@Valereee:, I agree with pretty much everything you said, with one exception:

there's IMO no reason to block someone who is sincerely trying to improve.

Without trying to split hairs, I disagree with this one. Certainly, trying to improve is laudable, and goes hand-in-hand with actual improvement, which is to be desired. But if someone is sincerely trying to improve, but nevertheless continues to repeat the behavior that got them blocked in the first place, then at some point CIR becomes the issue, on top of the original, blockable behavior. So, imho some combination of sincerely trying, as well as succeeding, is required. Mathglot (talk) 22:23, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

@Mathglot, that's fair. I should reword: if someone is clearly trying to improve, and is making progress, we should try to be patient. —valereee (talk) 22:30, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

With all due respect, I think point to improvement. Last night, I was writing an edit summary about how 1990 was depending on your viewpoint either an auspicious or inauspicious date to publish a book about East German literature, which I don't mind is especially bad, but then I remembered what I said about no more opinions, so I cut myself cut short as you can see here: [1]. It was just better not to go there. I will be more careful and just stick to terse, one or two word summary, which I feel can unintentionally misleading at times, but least it tends to be bland enougth. Thank you for the kind words! --A.S. Brown (talk) 23:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Yep, that summary is fine; I go even in briefer when adding only a ref, I might've said, "Add Reid-1990", but that's up to you, and yours was just fine.

Wrt to the "point to improvement", and I'm trying to think how to say this the right way; yes, improvement is great, and you are improving, just stay on this path and don't slip. It's like the distracted driver who totaled his car once while texting, narrowly missed hitting a pedestrian, and had his license suspended for a month, and the judge told him one more episode like that, and he loses his license forever. Since then, he has been clean for a month and has a spotless driving record. He is to be applauded for the last month, but he has no more wiggle room; one more lapse on a stressful day, and it's over for him. You're basically that guy; congratulations on your record so far, and keep it up! And, if you're having a stressful day, maybe lock your "car keys" (computer) in the closet until it passes. Or at worst, if you go out "driving" on a stressful day, switch temporarily to "no-edit-summary" mode. Mathglot (talk) 19:24, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

@Mathglot Yes, I know that I'm on thin ice and there will not be a third chance. If I mess this up again, it's over. But to take the metaphor a step further, there is a difference between the alcoholic who will not admit to a problem and the one who does. I'm in the latter category I hope. Thank for your advice and help. You will not be doing this unless you thought there was hope with me and a potential, and for that I'm very grateful. Thank you and best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 01:34, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Welcome, a warning, and some tips

Welcome back, A.S. Brown, and sorry for not welcoming you earlier; I only just now noticed you are back. I wanted to echo Valereee's comments, and I'm also willing to help you; feel free to ping me, also. But I have to also echo Valereee's concern about this edit summary at Józef Unrug, but even more strongly. For anybody else, that one edit summary by itself would just be an eyebrow-raiser, if that; might have gotten them a warning, or more likely not. With you, it might not be a bright-line violation, but it is *very* reminiscent of what got you blocked in the first place, and I can't help seeing it as a serious lack of judgment given your recent block and unblock, and if it happens again, you may be blocked again, this time permanently.

If you want to continue editing here, and I think you still have a lot to contribute, I think you have to pay extreme and constant attention to every edit summary of yours going forward. I would strongly advise you in your edit summaries, not to comment on, or to use any words relating to: race, religion, sex, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, politics, people by country name, religion, or anything considered a culture war-buzzword. If you are uncertain of your ability to judge what is, or isn't, in that category, then please either stop using edit summaries entirely, or use one of a set of pre-formulated summaries that are as bland as a boiled potato.

In addition, you might consider voluntarily avoiding editing articles in controversial subject areas, as well as any article under ArbCom discretionary sanctions (abortion, Arab-Israeli conflict, 9/11 attacks, etc.; see full list here). I hope this helps, and if you have any questions about this, or anything else, please feel free to ask. Once more, welcome back! Mathglot (talk) 21:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Notes

Dear Mathglot, thank you! That may be a good suggestion, but always think annoying when other editors don't leave any edit summary because it is hard to see what they added or removed and why. I'll stick to one or two word edit summaries, which can unintentionally misleading. I have taken your advice about culture war buzzwords. I generally stay away from controversial subjects mostly because I hate it when I take the time to look something up and somebody deletes it. Better to stick to the less beaten paths. I was a sloppy yesterday and I was wrong, but I will learn. Thank you for your time. --A.S. Brown (talk) 23:32, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Glad to hear it. I also find missing or extremely brief summaries annoying sometimes, but it may be justified in this case. I also get annoyed by edit summaries, sometimes not so brief, that say what they did, without in any way saying why it was a good idea:

• N Moved the second sentence of the paragraph to the end, and switched the clauses around.

Tolerable. Detailed, but how does this help another editor understand how the article is better now? Rather than the "what", they should concentrate on the "why":

• Y This sentence was confusing and chronologically out of place, and works better at the end of the paragraph; adverbial clauses should be in standard order (manner-place-time).

So, here's a tip: if you want to continue writing edit summaries and you're confident you can avoid the earlier traps, then try this: with every edit ask yourself the question, "How does this edit improve the article?" (Not what am I changing, but why am I changing it?") Make your edit summary the answer to that How-question; if you do that, you should be safe. Good luck! Mathglot (talk) 00:40, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Mathglot You're right that no leaving summary is the easy and best solution, but I'll stick to my principles-I have complained often in the past about other editors don't leave edit summaries, so I wwould feel like hypocrite if were to start engaging in the same practice I have denounced in others. There's a very good idea and I'll take you up on that for the most part. Right now, I just debunked a popular legend that Admiral Unrug had a chance to take out Hitler in 1939, which he passed on. So far, the legend had not made it into the article-this is just a pre-emptive strike on my part. People will take the articles around here more seriously if you keep the myths and legends from being presented as fact. I was afraid that might come too close to my old bad habits if were to leave an edit summary saying this story is not supported by the known facts. But I will take up your suggestion by explaining one is improving an article. Thank you for your time and help!--A.S. Brown (talk) 00:53, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Here is what I do

Hello A.S.B. I am also glad to see you editing again. One of the things I do when things get really frustrating around here is type out (either in the editing field or in the edit summary box) my angry, blowing off steam, etc. message but then (and this is the important part) I don't hit save. While this often works for me I know it might seem silly to you so please feel free to blank this message. Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 22:16, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

MarnetteD It is great to hear from you again! Thank you for your most helpful suggestion. Best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 23:36, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Default edit summaries

A.S. Brown, if you go to your preferences, then to "gadgets", and scroll down to "editing", you'll see "Add two new dropdown boxes below the edit summary box with some useful default summaries". If you tick that box, it will give you two menus at the bottom of the edit window, "common edit summaries – click to use" and the same for minor edit summaries. They say things like "expanding article" and "adding/improving reference(s)". Using those would avoid the problematic summaries. Don't feel you have to use them, but please consider giving them a try. SarahSV ^(talk) 22:20, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

SlimVirgin Thank you Sarah that is good idea. In the past, in a fact a very long time ago, I used to use edit summaries like "expand", which got me into trouble because other editors said that was too vague, but I'll get it a try. Thank you for time and help.--A.S. Brown (talk) 23:34, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Archive title

I noticed what I assume is a typo in your Archive filename, Archieves1. You can fix this by renaming the file, if you wish. If you don't know how to do that, or would like assistance, you can ask and I'll be happy to do it. Alternatively, make a request in a new discussion section at any later time, and add {{Helpme}} to your message. Mathglot (talk) 00:45, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

I took care of that. Regards, Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 01:01, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Mathglot Thank you! Yes, that was a typo-always get things that wrong. No, I didn't know to fix that, so thank you for your help.--A.S. Brown (talk) 01:10, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Vaselineeeeeeee Thank you for fixing that and helping an editor who still has problems with language and technology. --A.S. Brown (talk) 01:10, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

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January 2021

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Powers of Darkness (Iceland), without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. Dl2000 (talk) 21:49, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

With all due respect, Dl2000, that was not vandalism. Much of the material I removed was duplicated elsewhere, which I give as the reason for my removal in my edit summary. That article was nominated for deletion, and the reason it was not deleted because it was agreed that the duplication should be removed. I must confess that you accusing me of "vandalism" as you did in your edit summary is rather rude and I would like an apology. --A.S. Brown (talk) 18:57, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) A.S. Brown, you have to notify the person you are replying to, or they will have no idea you replied. Try using the templates {{reply}}, {{ping}}, or see Help:Notifications. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 10:47, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

{u|Mathglot}} Thank you Mathglot! Much appreciated! I hope all is well and cheers! --A.S. Brown (talk) 19:17, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi A.S. Pings are tricky things. Yours did not work because you left off a bracket so let me ping Mathglot for you. I make this kind of mistake all the time. Using show preview can help to check if your ping will work but I wind up forgetting that as well :-) Best regards. MarnetteD|Talk 20:34, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Indeed; so five comments later, Dl2000 finally gets notified. (And thanks to MarnetteD, who also gets notified in this edit, but let's see if they can figure out how .) Mathglot (talk) 20:50, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Please check Talk:Powers of Darkness (Iceland) where the deletions issue was already addressed; your edits to remove duplication were restored. Thanks to Mathglot for belated ping. Dl2000 (talk) 21:14, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Mathglot Thank you for your help and patience, which is much appreciated here! Best wishes and cheers! --A.S. Brown (talk) 04:40, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

MarnetteD Thank you for your help and kindness. Sometimes I get things wrong, especially when under stress, which have been as of late. Best wishes and cheers! --A.S. Brown (talk) 04:40, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

[[User:|Dl2000]] Thank you for getting this sorted out. Sorry if I was little cranky; this situation where my building is going down in the spring while I sadly finding that renting a new apartment is impossible because rents here exceed my salary does impose some strains. Hope all is well and best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 04:40, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Here is another booboo that I make all the time {{u||Dl2000}} you have two straight lines between the u and the name. That happens to me when I try to copy/paste the editors name into the ping. So many little things to remember - it is crazy :-P I'll ping Dl2000 here. Hang in there A.S. Take care of yourself and have a nice Sunday. MarnetteD|Talk 05:10, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

MarnetteD Thank you! Best wishes and hope all is well! --A.S. Brown (talk) 05:12, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

You are most welcome :-) MarnetteD|Talk 05:15, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

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SeoR Thank you so much SeoR for all your help and your praise! Much appreciated! I hope all is well with you and please have a wonderful day! Best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 19:19, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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I see that you've blanked this page, which is your right, so of course feel free to remove this message if you'd prefer. But I noticed you wrote some stuff here recently that makes me want to check in. The fact is that people do care what you think and feel, and you shouldn't have to hide yourself away if you don't want to. You've contributed a lot to Wikipedia over the years and I know that others value your continued contributions as well. If you ever want to talk privately my inbox is open. Ganesha811 (talk) 13:36, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Ganesha811 Thank you for your thoughtful and considerate words, which are much appreciated here. I'm sorry for being so late in getting back; my poor brother, who lives in the land of the midnight sun, was sickened with Corvid-19 and had to go to hospital, so I had not much time for work around here as of late. Thankfully, my brother is recovering, so he will be OK😅😂😍😄. Right now, I had to sadly go to my loathsome, vile job for another night of mind-numbing boredom punctured with all the abuse one has to take from my employers, who are not nice people to put it mildly. I will write more when I back. Thank you again for all your kindness and help, which is greatly appreciated!--A.S. Brown (talk) 18:32, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

I had to stop by when I saw your name pop up on my watchlist. I am sorry to hear about your brother ASB but am glad to read that he is recovering. Rats to having to deal with a toxic workplace :-( Please take care of yourself and best wishes to you. MarnetteD|Talk 19:30, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

A.S. Brown, that sounds tough, but I'm very glad to hear your brother is on the mend. Stick it out through work - I'm looking forward to reading more of what you have to say here and in general on Wikipedia. Ganesha811 (talk) 19:43, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Ganesha811MarnetteD Thank you both so much for all your kind words, which are greatly appreciated! Sorry for being late in replying-I'm been on the phone much for the last couple of days. My brother is now staying for free at luxury hotel-he sounded quite well except for the fact he kept coughing. He's doing well, and he should make a full recovery. I've been through worse jobs, so I make will survive this job. At least nobody has rammed a gun into my face, I don't have to clean up an apartment with the floor covered with two feet of dog excrement and I don't deal with burning apartments as I used to have to do in one memorably crazy job. I'll count my blessings that way. Thank you both for all your kindness and help, which is greatly appreciated here! Best wishes and cheers! --A.S. Brown (talk) 06:05, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

You are welcome ASB. Here is a performance that might bring a smile to your day. Slim Gaillard has at least as much fun at the piano as Chico Marx and Victor Borge and then he picks up his guitar :-) Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 14:59, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

MarnetteD Thank you so much! That did make smile and laugh, just what I needed after another long night of work. That did make my day. Thank you for your kindness and humor-I'll blessed to know you! Best wishes and cheers! --A.S. Brown (talk) 07:46, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Missing cite in Adam von Trott zu Solz

The article cites "Weinberg 1980" and "MacDonogh 1990" but no such sources are listed in the bibliography. Can you please add? Is MacDonogh a typo in year? Also, suggest installing a script to highlight such errors in the future. All you need to do is copy and paste importScript('User:Svick/HarvErrors.js'); // Backlink: [[User:Svick/HarvErrors.js]] to your common.js page. Thanks, Renata (talk) 23:08, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Renata3 Done! Sorry about that, but it has been fixed now. Best wishes and cheers! --A.S. Brown (talk) 07:12, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

I have noticed how much of the project's articles on World War II were written by you. This is incredibly important work and a crucial part of the encyclopedia. So here's a modest cup of coffee to thank you for all your work. JBchrch talk 16:32, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Ion Croitoru

I just wanted to say thank you for your edits to this article. They have helped to fill in a lot of information that I was unable to find. GaryColemanFan (talk) 00:00, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Missing references in Edward Benes

Hi, in this series of edits to Edvard Beneš you introduced references to "Heimann 2009", "Wheeler-Bennett 1967", "Crampton 1997", and "Lukes 1999" which are not defined. I suspect "Wheeler-Bennet 1967" is a typo for "Wheeler-Bennett 1948" (the google books link is to a 1965 printing of a 1963 re-issue of the 1948 edition), that "Lukes 1999" is a typo for "Lukes 1996", and Crampton 1997" is a typo for "Crampton 1999" (the link given is broken), but don't have the works to double check. I don't have any idea what "Heimann 2009" is. Are you able to double check and fix them? Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 16:48, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Duncan! Sorry about that; I have to go work right now, but I'll get that fixed when I get home. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Hope all is well! --A.S. Brown (talk) 18:24, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

DuncanHill Done! I think I got it all. I was using the second edition of Wheeler-Bennett's classic, which he updated in 1967; it was not really about Benes, but it provided a reference for material relating to Anglo-Czech relations. Wheeler-Bennett did provide a reference for the fact that up until to 5th of August 1942 the British government was unwilling to abrogate the Munich Agreement and continued to regard the Sudetenland as legally part of Germany, which was a particular source of stress in wartime Anglo-Czech relations as one might imagine. Wheeler-Bennett did make the point, which needs to be made around here more often, is had had the Wehrmacht generals overthrown Hitler anytime prior to 5th of August 1942 Britain was quite willing to make a peace that would allowed Germany to keep the Sudetenland. There are number of articles around here that made the absurd and very stupid claim it is the failure of the Wehrmacht generals to overthrow the Nazi regime is somehow all the fault of the British who were not willing to a "honorable peace" with Germany and thus supposedly forced the Wehrmacht leaders to fight on for the Nazis. The major reason why it took Britain so long to abrogate the Munich agreement was the emissaries for German resistance such as Ulrich von Hassell were very insistent on keeping the Sudetenland, and claimed it would be impossible for the Wehrmacht generals to act against Hitler if Britain committed itself to returning the Sudetenland to Czechoslovakia. It was the failure of the German resistance to act, just as much as Benes's lobbying that finally led HM Government to abrogate the Munich agreement in 1942. Anyhow, it is all fixed and thank you for all your help and time! Best wishes and I hope your having a wonderful day! --A.S. Brown (talk) 08:14, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

National Schism

In National Schism no works are defined for "Kostis 2018" and "Kaloudis 2014" which I believe you added. DuncanHill (talk) 01:39, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

DuncanHill Done! I hope all is well with you and best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 06:52, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, all is well with me. DuncanHill (talk) 07:34, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

DuncanHill That's great! Best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 18:07, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Re-using named references

Hi, A.S. Brown, I know you know about named references, because you added the named reference <ref name="Paris">...</ref> to the article The Holocaust in France in this edit. But, it looks like you don't know about reusable named references, as you added the full, {{cite news}} citation text for the "Paris" reference four times in that edit, when you really only have to do it just once. After the first one, to refer back to the same reference you added before, just use the ref-tag again with its name, with but instead of including the whole citation, just place a forward slash and the ending right-angle bracket. So, for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th footnotes, all you need to include is <ref name="Paris" /> and that's it; it will pick up the previous reference by that name, and link to it properly.

If you need to reference different pages of the same source then do this: <ref name="Paris" />{{rp|123}} for page 123, then <ref name="Paris" />{{rp|99}} for page 99 on the next one, and so on. If the page number is the same in all four, you can just use the |page= parameter inside the {{cite news}} template. I've already fixed this up for you in the French Holocaust article, so you don't have to. (Although, your four references don't include a page number, so that would be a good thing to add.) Please see WP:NAMEDREFS for the full details on reusing named references. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 02:17, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Mathglot Thank you! I'm not very good with technology, so that is very helpful. Thanks! --A.S. Brown (talk) 06:54, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

French to English

In addition, if you need assistance for any translations, such as Chirac's quotation from his 1995 speech commemoration the roundup at the Vel d'Hiv, which you added to the Holocaust in France in this edit, don't hesitate to call on me. I fixed it up a bit; don't forget to watch out for faux amis, such as secondé (not "seconded" in this context, but "assisted"). Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 04:46, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. French was never my best subject in school. Thank for all your help and time. Best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 07:00, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Re: Following up on a conversation about Ou8atory from three years ago (talkback)

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Terminimal2 Thank you! Sorry for being late in replying as I have been travelling as of late. Best wishes!--A.S. Brown (talk) 18:06, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

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Thank you for your card and hard work this year!★Trekker (talk) 22:13, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

All the best to you

Hello ASB. Well it has been quite the year - good and bad. I am retiring from editing so I had to stop by and thank you for all your kind words and thoughts. I really do wish for the best for you in all your future endeavors on WikiP - and even more so off. Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 01:52, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

MarnetteD Thank you so much! I'll need all the best wishes as I endeavor to salvage what I can from that awful year that was 2021. I'm sorry to hear that you are retiring as you were always a force for the good. I've miss you. Best wishes for your future and for 2022! --A.S. Brown (talk) 02:58, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Thank you ASB. MarnetteD|Talk 03:33, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Template usage

Regarding this discussion about template usage, no worries, it's nbd. In future, it's best to either transclude or substitute the template; as R64 pointed out, copy/pasting can cause problems, usually not major ones, however. Be that as it may, if you have a template that *almost* does what you want, but not quite, just leave an edit request on the template talk page describing what you want, and probably someone will respond. If no response after a decent interval, then try WP:WikiProject Templates. HTH, and Happy New Year! Mathglot (talk) 07:27, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Mathglot, Thanks for clearing that up! Best wishes for the new year! --A.S. Brown (talk) 07:41, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Mora

Hi there A.S. I don’t see the Caruana bit on page 153-54 of the book. The last sentence is also unclear to me about what “indication” related to the fleeing. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 14:24, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Vaselineeeeeeee. This might be a slight mix-up, and it if is, please accept my sincere apologies. Unfortunately, I have to go work right now, so I will write more when I finished off with a shift of being abused and insulted. Best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 19:30, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

Category:Nazi personnel who resisted the Holocaust

You may be interested in the discussion at Category talk:Nazi personnel who resisted the Holocaust#Correct title?. Sincerely, HopsonRoad (talk) 14:25, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. I'd posted some ideas, which I hope helps. Best wishes! --A.S. Brown (talk) 09:07, 2 April 2022 (UTC)