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You seem to be missing the point. Wikipedia is not about writing essays about what you think or feel. It's about writing an article based on reliable sources. Use of primary sources is to be avoided. I'll give you an example. Col Charles Askins was known for saying that he "killed 23 men not counting niggers and Mexicans". He listed this in his biography, too of all places. Now, you or I would read that and say "Racist". Which is what we draw from reading the material. However, we can't put that in the article, as its original research. We can put in his exact quote and let the reader draw their own conclusion, particularly with regard to the context. Or, you can go a step further and find another author who refers to him as a racist. As in Cremony, despite what the touchy-feely revisionist historians feel; Cremony would not be considered a racist by his contemporaries. Bottom line, when you write a manifesto pushing your views like a screed, I'm not going to cherry pick it for wlittle nuggets that you may be right about. The whole thing gets reverted, period. Don't take it personal its just the interweb.-- Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 14:33, 30 July 2011 (UTC)