User talk:QuantumOne

A Note on Rockefeller Family verifiable sources:

The central problem with factual research on the family is that there is a dearth of reliable secondary sources from which to draw. The only major objective family biography, Collier and Horowitz's - The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty, (1976), was written by what sources agree are "leftists", is riddled with factual errors, and has since been discredited by family members. Extant encyclopedic references and other sources are severely limited. The family is a classic case where only primary sources can give a complete picture - hence undue reliance on David Rockefeller's "Memoirs" (2002).

QuantumOne 00:41, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rockefeller Center Buildings/Tenants

I see that you added that section, but it looks like you cut and paste it from some other website. Could you please convert it to Wikipedia standards? It sticks out like a sore thumb right now, and the courier font isn't particularly attractive. --DavidShankBone 04:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't sure why this different font occurred and sought help on it - now standardised. QuantumOne 08:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I had tried to do it myself and was confused by it also. Who knows. Looks good now. I'd like to eventually create a template for the Center buildings, like the NYC Subway template. --DavidShankBone 11:34, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kissinger Associates and Council of the Americas

Thanks for your contributions to Kissinger Associates. I think I'm going to edit that down some however. Council of the Americas already has a page to put all of those details. Also, the information has gone right between two sentences about McLarty. If the Council is worth noting in this page, it should probably go elsewhere. Regards, Crosbiesmith 08:49, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- - The Council is worth noting on this page as it is a very important connection to be a member of the Council given its history of hemispheric influence and roster of other high profile members - I will review where it could be included. This was a tentative foray into this area and I need to think it through further. QuantumOne 01:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've also removed the Rockefeller liason information, and moved it to the Mack McLarty page. It is interesting that McLarty served as liason to the Council and subsequently had his firm become a member of the council. However, that observation belongs in the McLarty article, not in the article on Kissinger Associates. I have not quite spelled it out in the current version; you may wish to. A note on the reference: Memoirs states that McLarty was 'our liason', that is, the Council's liason, not Rockefeller's personal liason as the text implied.

- - That's correct, but the issue is that Rockefeller is (was) the Council (hence the liaison was personalised) - no reference is given even in its official history to any other name in its formation and ongoing activities (which backs up his account in the Memoirs) so that was the reason it was worded that way. I will reconsider the wording of the McLarty article. QuantumOne 01:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have also removed the 'See Also' section. I'm not sure if there is 'See Also' policy for Wikipedia. If there is some I'm ignoring, let me know. I've removed it because the individuals and organizations cited were mentioned already in the text, with the exception of David Rockefeller. I removed Rockefeller because, as I state above, he is not connected directly with Kissinger Associates, but with McLarty. I can't see the point in having an 'also' section for subjects that are noted in the text. Regards, Crosbiesmith 09:28, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- - There are many instances where 'See also' includes names/orgs/subjects mentioned in the text and there is apparently no standardisation by WP in this area. I use it as a summation of names, etc, in the article for quick reference and an indication of connectivity to related subjects, without requiring the reader to necessarily read all of the (sometimes lengthy) text. Until this is spelled out by the admin(s) as incorrect I will continue with it, as an aid to the reader.

- - On a general note the Rockefeller connection to McLarty is important given the overall connection of Kissinger to the two Rockefellers - a subject I have been researching but haven't committed to the Kissinger article as yet. Thanks for all that feedback. QuantumOne 01:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hillary Clinton and Bilderberg

Hello - it's me again. You added Hillary Clinton to the List of Bilderberg attendees, giving as your source Pataki Joins Bilderberg's Conclave, which states, 'Bilderberg guests from previous years include Senator Clinton '. Unfortunately, I think the source is wrong. Presentation wise, www.bilderberg.org may be a nightmare as was discussed before. However, it does carry copies of each year's press release. No source is given, making them of little use for referencing. However, they tie up extremely well with mainstream sources, and I can see no evidence that they are fake. Therefore, if Clinton's name does not appear here, she probably did not attend the conference. A parascope article on the site, Bilderberg Meets In Georgia, says, 'Hillary Clinton was on hand to greet the 120 Bilderberg attendees'. However, 'on hand' is not 'participating' and, indeed, she isn't listed on the press release. I'm going to remove it. Crosbiesmith 09:56, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- - Fine, thanks for the response. Its interesting that I had previously come across her name as an attendee from another web source but hadn't retained the reference. The author of the newspaper article quoted seemed quite knowledgable in the area, given the overall detail and content. It needs to be pinned down definitively. QuantumOne 01:12, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nelson Aldrich / First National City

QuantumOne - on 9th February you added the following to the Nelson W. Aldrich article - "Nelson was the president of the First National City Bank and had a major effect on state politics, even before his election to the United States Congress" citing Kert as your reference. Can you check this please? As I understand it, First National City was created through merger in 1955 (Marriage of Opposites, Time, Monday, Mar. 14, 1955). I might delete it temporarily, but if Aldrich was President of any bank in 1877, this is very valuable information. Thanks, Crosbiesmith 08:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

--- Good point. Prior to its creation in 1955, First National was called the The National City Bank of New York, named this in 1865 (the bank went under various incarnations - see Citibank; I understand the bank history in this article is correct). Kert may thus have referred to its more recent name rather than the name at the time of Aldrich. The book was on loan so I will need time to check it. I am confident of the citation, though I should have included it in "Notes" with a page ref. In the meantime if you wish to delete it, go ahead. Thanks - QuantumOne 23:44, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm think that's still wrong. According to the Moses Taylor article, Taylor was president of National City Bank from 1855 till his death in 1882. - Crosbiesmith 22:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

--- Having looked at the article and its references, I tend to agree. Kert was not an authority in this area. Have removed it. - QuantumOne 04:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Page up for FA

FYI David Rockefeller has been nominated at FAC here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/David Rockefeller. There has been some concern raised that no one will take care of commentary left there, since you look like the main contributer I thought I'd drop a note. -Ravedave 22:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

January 2009

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Nomination of David Rockefeller Jr. for deletion

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Why are you violating all policies and guidelines

...of the encyclopedia, and in fact defying the very basis for it being an encyclopedia, by adding content without the sources you draw from appearing as references? This "just trust me" nonsense violates WP:VERIFY, at very least. How is it that you choose to do this, as you did at the Peggy Dulany article? Note, there, someone who came before me placed the "unreferenced" tag. And I certainly concur with the issue they raised. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:246:C700:9B0:91C3:FBA0:EBDC:E1C0 (talk) 19:58, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]