September 2023

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Gareth Jones (journalist). Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Softlavender (talk) 01:15, 4 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hello there, please explain how this is vandalism? It is true that the Vice Consul who invited Jones was Oscar Ehrt. It is true that his son Adolf Ehrt, was at the time one of Germany's chief propagandists, if not the chief one, in spreading anti-Soviet propaganda about the famine and would very soon after become head of the Anti-Komintern. It is true that without the invitation from Adolf Ehrt's father Jones would have been unable to make his trip to Ukraine and witness the famine conditions that he did. The invitation was vital in helping bring about Jones' exposé. Jones publicised for humanitarian/ journalistic reasons what the Nazis wanted to publicise for propaganda reasons, but were reluctant to publicise themselves for diplomatic reasons. May I suggest that is the removal of these salient facts, without which it is not possible to fully understand the story, that is the real vandalism? Save for a valid explanation on your part, in the interest of truth, I believe they should be replaced. I look forward to your reply. Shakeslemon (talk) 21:51, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
Shakeslemon, if this IP was you editing logged out, please don't edit logged out again, as that is considered sockpuppetry. I reverted this account's two edits because they were not supported by the citations. Softlavender (talk) 23:20, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply
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