Talk:The Harvest Gypsies

Latest comment: 9 years ago by Pdebee in topic New section: "Effect on policy".

This page should not be speedy deleted because...

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This page should not be speedily deleted because content creation for the page is a class project that is due Monday and will be complete by that time.

Edit summaries

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It is customary and encouraged to use edit summaries with each edit, unless the edit is minor and not likely to be controversial. Summaries need not be long, but a brief explanation is helpful to other editors. Wikipedia is a collaborative project. Since a disparate group of editors are likely to contribute, the summaries can help build a coherent article. Please make this a practice when editing Wikipedia articles. — Neonorange (talk) 20:53, 30 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Themes problems

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The Themes section needs sources that support any conclusions or commentary. At present, this section is unsupported by any outside commentary, and is WP:SYN. Please read this and find reliable sources to support the commentary in the section. Otherwise it is WP:SYN/WP:OR, is not permitted, and may be removed at any time. — Neonorange (talk) 03:31, 2 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

New section: "Effect on policy".

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Dear fellow editors,
I am leaving this note, out of courtesy to other editors interested in the present article, after adding the subject section today, and also after fixing quite a few typos over the last two days. Essentially, the new section quotes two summary paragraphs from Wollenberg's 17 pages (xvii) introduction to the 1988 edition. The purpose of the new section is to close the article with a conclusion on the aftermath of the publication of both The Harvest Gypsies and The Grapes of Wrath, in their effect on U.S. policy.
It seemed important to add such a conclusion but if anyone disagrees, then please feel free to revert. I would also like to apologize for checking the 'minor edit' box when I added the new section, which was unintentional and automatic, after applying a series of small changes to fix typos and other, small editorial improvements.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 10:09, 27 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

Also, I only just now realized—after browsing deeper into its 'View History'—that this article was created only a month ago (to the day!) and, possibly, as part of a class project.
Two days ago, I mentioned the book to a friend and sent him the url of the present article in an e-mail; it's then that I noticed the need for book titles to be italicized. So, once I had started applying those few changes, I proceeded with reading the whole article and then got carried away with fixing typos!  
I initially assumed that the article had been created a long time ago—only because I've had a copy of The Harvest Gypsies in my book collection for many years—and I thought that it was very good, despite those glitches that I have now fixed.
In any case, I hope that my edits will be seen as improvements and that the present article will be retained in the Wiki beyond the conclusion of the class project; I'll obviously be glad to assist some more, if/when appropriate. 
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.(talk)(guestbook) 11:08, 27 April 2015 (UTC)Reply