Talk:Charles Moses

Question on: "...becoming the first Allied war correspondent to report from the east bank of the Rhine."

From context this seems to be in concert with Monty's crossing which was in late March (22ish?). Did not the US war correspondents Howard Cohan and Andy Rooney cross the Rhine on the 7nth with elements of the US 1st army at Remagen? CactusFlower (talk) 18:49, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

The source used actually says: "In this capacity he observed at close-hand and reported on Field-Marshal Montgomery’s attack on Wesel on the Rhine and then joined the commandos crossing the river. He was the first correspondent to do so." Nothing close to "...first Allied war correspondent to report from the east bank of the Rhine." Whoever inflated this statement (which I would check on anyway if I were an historian) has an agenda or cannot read. I am deleting the clause. CactusFlower (talk) 19:47, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Not an experienced Wp'r. Far from it. But I can figure out who wrote this nonsense. I kinda know now what you folk paint and allow. CactusFlower (talk) 22:16, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

You do realise that Wikipedia is written by mostly unqualified volunteers don't you? I can't comment on the issue you have highlighted above as I didn't write it and it is beyond my knowledge at any rate; however, from my own personal experience as a contributor I know that I have unintentionally made numerous errors in interpreting sources over the years which have sometimes resulted in the introduction of errors of fact into the articles I have edited. Sometimes my errors have been quickly noticed by other editors who have helpfully (and mostly in good humour) fixed my mistake, while sometimes said errors have languished for years without being picked up and probably still exist to this day. To me that seems a far more likely explanation for any potential error in this article too. Its up to you if you want to assume that any error in an article you find was deliberately placed there out of malice but I don't think such an attitude is going to get you very far in the long run. Its good that you have taken an interest in trying to improve the encyclopedia and I certainly encourage you to continue to do so, but assuming bad faith on the part of the rest of us that also choose to contribute to the project seems likely to be counterproductive for you. But its up to you how you chose to conduct yourself of course. Anotherclown (talk) 00:12, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

User:Anotherclown The person who wrote that nonsense advertises himself as a "degreed" Military historian. Oxymoron? Whatever. You just pile on without looking into it. CactusFlower (talk) 22:56, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

My disgust at the blatant chauvinism and/or incompetence displayed by the original poster User:Hawkeye7 was then exacerbated by you, User:Anotherclown, when you attacked me. Thus I stopped donating to wikipedia and trusting in anything I read here. I have spread this message to folk I know. (PS my PhD aint in Military history.) CactusFlower (talk) 21:31, 13 January 2018 (UTC)