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I deleted the part that claimed the Frederick Douglas "who lived close by" edited the letter that BB wrote to thomas jefferson because BB died before Douglas was born. I'm going to include some of the info from the "about.com" page on BB to make this article more credible. maybe we can get the African American History expert from About.com to verify/fix the information in this article.

Should an example of historical negationism have a link to a Wikipedia page explaining historical negationism?

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The result was to discuss the issue before starting an RFC. GreenFrogsGoRibbit (talk) 05:48, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There appears to be a dispute on whether we should include a link to negationism when describing negationism on this page. Do you support including a link to the Wikipedia page on historical revision so viewers can have better clarity on what historical exaggeration better entails? GreenFrogsGoRibbit (talk) 04:52, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support This is the norm for Wikipedia articles where if we describe a phenomenon we give a link explaining that phenomenon for better clarity. Countless pages do this and there is no reason not to do it here. GreenFrogsGoRibbit (talk) 04:52, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is wildly premature. Please refer to WP:RFCBEFORE. That said, I'd be happy to discuss. Generalrelative (talk) 04:56, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Generalrelative: What are your arguments against the wikilink to describe what the article is saying happens? GreenFrogsGoRibbit (talk) 05:33, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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The parents last name is Banneky it should be Banneker. 2605:59C8:14F5:A200:B1CC:5B45:6BC7:449E (talk) 14:37, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. The mother's name is given as "Banneky" in both cited sources. People sometimes changed the spelling of their names from generation to generation back then, which is what I think is going on here. Generalrelative (talk) 14:46, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DC Survey Claim Followed By Citations Disproving It?

The first section of the article has an unsourced claim that he helped Andrew Ellicot survey DC in 1791. In the following section about myths that surround Mr. Banneker there are two sources cited that say there is no evidence he was involved. Seems like something that needs to be sorted out, but this is too controversial a subject for me to just edit it on my own. 2002:496A:3296:0:B443:C252:A609:A355 (talk) 00:11, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

He was black and a slave in 1751 2600:1008:B074:2BE0:8C89:8A6D:576:CD87 (talk) 03:00, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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NAHHJITTRIIPEN (talk) 22:29, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Sophisticatedevening ^(talk) 22:30, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]