Rich1vanwinkle

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Rich1vanwinkle (talk) 04:18, 15 July 2020 (UTC) Thanks for the welcome! Happy to be on board. This article fills a void created when a prior one was removed. Admittedly, it was poorly put together but it was removed (I think) due to "lack of notoriety". After re-writing the "SERE" article, I decided to take on JD Garcia - an amazing man who I had the pleasure of working with in the 80s. Because he never sought notoriety, he didn't get his due, but I found dozens of citations and many on-line testimonials relating to his influence. I would like to think that Wikipedia (and its editors) value influence/contribution at least as much as "fame". I welcome comments/corrections/suggestions.

Your submission at Articles for creation: John David Garcia (July 23)

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AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 04:14, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

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Rich1vanwinkle (talk) 14:35, 24 July 2020 (UTC) And hello to you AngusWOOF. I have no conflict of interest regarding this person or any content in this article. As indicated within the content (and the fact that I use my actual name in as my Wikipedia user name), I have nothing to hide. There is NOTHING for sale here - indeed, every book referenced (whether Garcia's or not) includes a link to a free download option. There is absolutely no "compensation" involved here - other than to correct the flaw in not offering this content.

That I once knew Garcia can hardly be a basis for a conflict of interest - unless such knowledge involves a bias that alters the factual basis for the article. If you find ANY factual flaw in this article, I will happily either find proper support for it or remove it. To the best of my knowledge, everything in the article is accurate.

My interest in writing and proposing this article is only that I agree with many others that Garcia's contributions and work have merit and significance. His work was secular, scientific, and significant. He, and his publishers, believed it far more important that his publications be known than a profit be made from them.

BTW: See also https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Teahouse&action=edit&section=69

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Your submission at Articles for creation: John David Garcia (October 26)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Curbon7 was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Curbon7 (talk) 03:27, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 04:01, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for SERE article rewrite

RVW, this is a belated THANK YOU for the top-to-bottom rewrite. Looks like it's been further improved since, thanks to your solid foundation. Edward Barnard (talk) 22:27, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

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