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Any reason for removing the recently added section on talk page of history of Christianity in India?

Can you tell me genuinely that why did you remove that section from history of Christianity in India talk page? Was it in any way violating any Wikipedia rules? Or you are one of those fundamentalist Christians who want to prove Christianity reached India by 52 AD while there is no evidence for it?

And why should Tibet be free? Why not Alaska and Hawaii be free? You should know that days of western supremacy are now going down fast and there is no need for the non-western world to accept biased western point of view of looking at things. Time has come to question each and everything which western people have imposed on others. We also question American intervention in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, role of US govt in creating ISIS and atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because we do not believe the American story that it was necessary to stop the war because the war ended anyway.

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REPLY: Thanks so much for pointing this out. I have just fixed the link (I think). Cheers, John Hill (talk) 11:56, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sumeric Uralic glossary

Dear John, hope you are fine. Some time ago I downloaded a comparative glossary through a link provided by your friend A. Toth.Unfortunately after moving to anothe rflat I cannot find it, neither do I remeber clearly how to get the link. Could you please help me with this? Sorry for your trouble and thank you.Aldrasto11 (talk) 02:03, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry, Aldastro- but I can't remember an A. Toth. Also, my talk page which is supposed to be archived automatically, apparently has not have worked the past couple of times - so I can't check it. Apologies and best wishes, John Hill (talk) 06:55, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I can remeber it was a friend of yours who commented on my idea of a prototurkic origin of some names and words in Etruscan and other ancient Italic languages. It seems it was he who in his answer provided a link to that glossary and the qwork of the group who researches the link between Hungarian and Sumerian.Aldrasto11 (talk) 04:40, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to say...

John, You responded to a talk post that I recently made on the "Book of the Later Han" page. I am actually here editing on Wikipedia as part of my college History 100 class and I initially assumed you were one of my classmates. Man, was I surprised!! You I read your whole bio and you sound like a really, truly fascinating person with a lot of wisdom to share not only about Wikipedia but about all kind of interesting stuff! I just wanted to say thank you, first of all, for all of the years of amazing work you have put into Wikipedia for all the world to enjoy, and I just want you to know that if you ever just feel like telling some of your stories, I would love to hear them!

Thanks again for your feedback on "The Book of the Later Han" and I hope this message finds you well!

All the best,

Rachel Ryweber (talk) 06:15, 27 November 2017 (UTC)ryweber[reply]

Wow! That is certainly the nicest message I have received for a long, long time! Thank you so very much - nothing like a little praise to paste a BIG smile across my face! It is a beautiful afternoon here, the sun is sinking - losing the heat of the day and I am hoping our friendly wallaby family will drop by again today - I can watch them from my bed as the room opens out into the garden. No windows necessary here in the tropics - just a roller garage door in case of storms in the Wet Season.

It is hard to think of Arizona now after so many years. I hitchhiked across it a couple of times to and from El Paso, sometime between 1960 and 63 before I dropped out of UBC in Vancouver. A very kind couple in Tuscon who picked me up hitching, insisted I stay at their home while I recovered from a nasty case of the 'flu. I don't remember their names - or even their faces - or anything much about them - but I do remember the warmth - which somehow attaches in my memory to Arizona in general. Of course, Mexico was far more fun than writing university exams. I had friends there and spoke passable Spanish, and I was thought of as someone from the West Indies - las Antillas - not really a proper 'gringo'.

So, I am thinking of you there at the state university (which campus?) taking a first year history course.

I do hope you are more settled than I was at that point in life - and you will be more persistent than I was at university. Take advantage of the opportunity (i.e. "do what I say - not what I did").

I send all my very best wishes - both for your studies and your life. John Hill (talk) 07:34, 27 November 2017 (UTC) PS Maybe - if you wish to write again, use my email address: wynhill2@bigpond.net.au[reply]