Talk:Thomas Jefferson
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Semi-protected edit request on 24 August 2023 edit
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Add in 1 sentence Jefferson vice-presidency section on Georgia electoral irregularity. It can be in Vice presidency or 1800 election as Vice president is President of the senate.
Jefferson presided over the electoral college vote count of his candidacy's election
Sources here https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/faculty_publications/774/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/03/how-jefferson-counted-himself-in/302888/ https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/valr90&id=5&div=&collection= 207.96.32.81 (talk) 05:50, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the
{{Edit semi-protected}}
template. Since this edit request has been open for almost a month, it seems people are hesitant to enact it on a well-watched page. I'm going to decline it for now, but if a consensus is established by other editors I certainly don't think that is unreasonable. I think adding this in may provide undue weight to the issue, as the paragraph in question is relatively small and already links to 1800 United States presidential election and already has a section on the issue. The main article is already tagged with {{very long}}, which should make us cautious about adding undue weight to anything new. Bestagon ⬡ 15:31, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 22 November 2023 edit
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George Mason, not Thomas Jefferson, wrote The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. On the George Mason University campus, his statue holds a book marked The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. Additionally, on the website, https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/virginia-statute-for-religious-freedom# it explains those who wrote The Statute. 2600:6C58:64F0:E70:5457:765F:37C6:DA18 (talk) 20:35, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
- Not done: Your source says Mason was involved in codifying religious freedom into law but Jefferson drafted the Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, which is in line with current text here and in line with current citations both here and on Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom including the Library of Congress Cannolis (talk) 00:59, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2024 edit
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might want to add in the fact that he raped his slaves because people need to the truth 24.53.78.25 (talk) 19:03, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - FlightTime (open channel) 19:25, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
"at least six children" edit
I removed the words "at least" from the intro, since I don't see any reference to there being any possibility of more than six. I think the wording is a holdover from this edit. The sidebar says "up to six." Also, everywhere all across Wikipedia, Sally Hemings is mentioned as having six children. I don't have access to the sources directly cited in the edited sentence, though. Philosophistry (talk) 06:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)