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Hi :-)

Hey there,

Just wanted to say hi, and I appreciate your contributions over at the Srebrenica Massacre page (hell of an article to choose to get involved with! ;-)

Actually it would be great to have some neutral involvement over there, as IMHO the page has some serious issues with pro-Bosniak bias... Of course, the Bosniak editors think I'm an extreme Serbian nationalist! (Although I'm not Serbian, for starters... I just don't think ANY article, however 'sensitive' a topic, shouldn't be dealt with in an even-handed and factual way.)

Anyway I'm not trying to bad-mouth the others over there, I don't have anything personal against them in any case, and I'm sure you will come to your own views. But I'll probably be a bit more inclined to contribute over there if you're around. As it is, I find the atmosphere toxic and can't really take more than a week or so of editing before I need several months' break :-)

Kind regards Jonathanmills (talk) 23:30, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure. Personally I don't have any view on this event or the article, I am not from these countries and have no special relation to any country in the region. I am a social scientist and interested in getting the facts straight and presenting facts in a neutral frame. Regards, Mondeo (talk) 13:38, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Well, that is pretty much my stance -- although I do have some knowledge of the 'revisionist' claims, I'm not fighting for the article to be an exercise in them. I just object to the overtly anti-Serb tone (and often inaccurate information) contained in the article. Will be great to have your input.

PS, I just responded to your post re the final paragraph on the talk page -- namely, what did you object to/ feel uncertain about vis-a-vis that text? (Reply on the talk page) Cheers Jonathanmills (talk) 20:07, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

October 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Horseshoe curve (transportation), is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Dicklyon (talk) 23:00, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, I assumed that common knowledge could be added without source. Anyway, I have added references to reliable sources in the linked article. Regards, Mondeo (talk) 14:56, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

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+==Welcome==
-{{dablink|This article is about the British screenwriter.  For other uses of the same name, see [[Peter Morgan (disambiguation)]].}}
+Hello, '''Mondeo''', and [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|welcome]] to Wikipedia. Thank you for [[Special:Contributions/Mondeo|your contributions]]. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the '''[[Wikipedia:New contributors' help page|New contributors' help page]]''', where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type '''<code><nowiki>{{helpme}}</nowiki></code>''' and your question on this page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
-{{Infobox Writer
+*[[Wikipedia:Five pillars|The Five Pillars of Wikipedia]]
-| name         = Peter Morgan
+*[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
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+*[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Editing tutorial]]
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+*[[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Picture tutorial]]
-| birthdate    = {{birth date and age|1963|4|10}}
+*[[Wikipedia:How to write a great article|How to write a great article]]
-| birthplace   = [[London]], [[England]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]]
-| occupation   = [[Screenwriter]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]
-| nationality  = [[United Kingdom|British]]
+*[[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Macedonia#Remedies|Arbitration Committee ruling on editing Balkans articles]]
-| period       = 1988–present
+We hope you enjoy editing here and being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]! By the way, you can sign your name on talk and vote pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;. If you have any questions, see the [[Wikipedia:Help|help pages]], add a question to the [[Wikipedia:village pump|village pump]] or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! --[[User:Philip Baird Shearer|Philip Baird Shearer]] ([[User talk:Philip Baird Shearer|talk]]) 13:03, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
-| genre        = Comedy, drama, historical fiction
-| notableworks = ''[[The Deal (2003 film)|The Deal]]'' <br> ''[[The Queen (film)|The Queen]]'' <br> ''[[Frost/Nixon]]''
-| spouse       = Lila Schwarzenberg
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+== Hi :-) ==
-'''Peter Morgan''' (born 10 April 1963) is an [[English people|English]] [[screenwriter]] and [[playwright]], best known for writing the films and plays  ''[[The Deal (2003 film)|The Deal]]'', ''[[The Queen (film)|The Queen]]'', and ''[[Frost/Nixon]]''.
+Hey there,
-== Biography ==
-Peter Morgan was born in London, the son of [[refugees]]; his father Arthur Morgenthau was a [[Germany|German]] [[Jew]] who fled the [[Nazis]], and his mother Inga, a [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] [[Polish people|Pole]] who fled the [[Soviets]]. He attended Mrs Henderson's Kindergarten in Wimbledon Village. He gained a degree in Fine Art from the [[University of Leeds]] and lived in [[Battersea]], south London, with his [[Austria]]n wife Lila Schwarzenberg and their daughters and three sons. Peter Morgan and his family relocated to [[Vienna]] in the winter of 2006.
+Just wanted to say hi, and I appreciate your contributions over at the Srebrenica Massacre page (hell of an article to choose to get involved with! ;-)
-== Career ==
-Perter MOrgan is my friend.Morgan wrote television scripts throughout the 1990s, including an episode of ''Rik Mayal Presents...'' and the Comedy Premiere ''[[The Chest]]''. He broke through with ''[[The Deal (2003 film)|The Deal]]'', a 2003 television drama about the power-sharing deal between [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]] that was struck in the [[Granita (restaurant)|Granita]] restaurant in London. He received an Oscar nomination for ''The Deal''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s follow-up ''[[The Queen (film)|The Queen]]'', a 2006 film starring [[Helen Mirren]] that showed the impact of the [[death of Diana, Princess of Wales]] on the [[British royal family]]. In 2007, he earned a Golden Globe from the [[Hollywood Foreign Press]] for his work on ''The Queen''.
+Actually it would be great to have some neutral involvement over there, as IMHO the page has some serious issues with pro-Bosniak bias... Of course, the Bosniak editors think I'm an extreme Serbian nationalist! (Although I'm not Serbian, for starters... I just don't think ANY article, however 'sensitive' a topic, shouldn't be dealt with in an even-handed and factual way.)
-also saw the release of ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'', the screenplay of which Morgan adapted with [[Jeremy Brock]]. They jointly won a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Film Award]] for their work in 2007. Also in 2006, Morgan's first play, ''[[Frost/Nixon]]'', was staged at the [[Donmar Warehouse]] theatre in London. Starring [[Michael Sheen]] as [[David Frost]] and [[Frank Langella]] as [[Richard Nixon]], the play concerns the series of televised interviews that the disgraced former president granted Frost in 1977 and that ended with a tacit admission of guilt regarding his role in the [[Watergate scandal]]. The play was directed by [[Michael Grandage]] and opened to enthusiastic reviews.
+Anyway I'm not trying to bad-mouth the others over there, I don't have anything personal against them in any case, and I'm sure you will come to your own views. But I'll probably be a bit more inclined to contribute over there if you're around. As it is, I find the atmosphere toxic and can't really take more than a week or so of editing before I need several months' break :-)
-In May 2007, the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival honoured Morgan with th year's Kanbar Award for Excellence in Screenwriting. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced in October 2007 that Morgan is working on a follow-up to ''The Queen''. Michael Sheen will be reprising his role as Blair. The film will focus on Blair's relationship with U.S presidents [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]]. In 2008 he adapted [[John le Carré]]'s ''[[Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]'' into a screenplay for [[Working Title Films]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Francesca|last= Martin|title= Tinker, tailor, soldier, film star|url= http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2283640,00.html|work= [[The Guardian]]|date= [[2008-06-04]]|accessdate= 2008-06-04}}</ref>
+Kind regards [[User:Jonathanmills|Jonathanmills]] ([[User talk:Jonathanmills|talk]]) 23:30, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
+:My pleasure. Personally I don't have any view on this event or the article, I am not from these countries and have no special relation to any country in the region. I am a social scientist and interested in getting the facts straight and presenting facts in a neutral frame. Regards, [[User:Mondeo|Mondeo]] ([[User talk:Mondeo#top|talk]]) 13:38, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
-==External links==
-* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/7days/story/0,,1874185,00.html Profile in the Observer, September 2006]
-* {{imdb name|name=Peter Morgan|id=0604948}}
+::Well, that is pretty much my stance -- although I do have some knowledge of the 'revisionist' claims, I'm not fighting for the article to be an exercise in them. I just object to the overtly anti-Serb tone (and often inaccurate information) contained in the article. Will be great to have your input.
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-[[Category:British people of Polish descent]]
-[[Category:People from London]]
-[[Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds]]
-[[Category:English screenwriters]]
-[[Category:English dramatists and playwrights]]
+::PS, I just responded to your post re the final paragraph on the talk page -- namely, what did you object to/ feel uncertain about vis-a-vis that text? (Reply on the talk page) Cheers [[User:Jonathanmills|Jonathanmills]] ([[User talk:Jonathanmills|talk]]) 20:07, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
-{{England-writer-stub}}
+== October 2008 ==
-[[de:Peter Morgan]]
+[[Image:Information.svg|25px]] Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|citing]] a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]{{#if:Horseshoe curve (transportation)|, as you did to [[:Horseshoe curve (transportation)]],}} is not consistent with our policy of [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiability]]. Take a look at the [[Wikipedia:Introduction|welcome page]] to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia.  If you are familiar with [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]], please take this opportunity to add references to the article. {{#if:|{{{2}}}|Thank you.}}<!-- Template:uw-unsourced1 --> [[User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon|talk]]) 23:00, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
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+Well, I assumed that common knowledge could be added without source. Anyway, I have added references to reliable sources in the linked article. Regards, [[User:Mondeo|Mondeo]] ([[User talk:Mondeo#top|talk]]) 14:56, 10 October 2008 (UTC)