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:Thank you for being willing to learn -- I did that for three years on Wikipedia before I started here (I'm still at WP, for the record). CP, as the name suggests, is a conservative encyclopedia, from a conservative point of view ([[Conservative|definition of conservatism]]).
:Thank you for being willing to learn -- I did that for three years on Wikipedia before I started here (I'm still at WP, for the record). CP, as the name suggests, is a conservative encyclopedia, from a conservative point of view ([[Conservative|definition of conservatism]]).
:You '''need to understand''' that CP is a ''massive'' target of vandalism -- it happens multiple times a day, from all types of vandals, whether blatant or subtle. We're strongly on the lookout. If I seem aggressive, it's because I've dealt with thousands of editors already who try to make our articles read like ''The Guardian'' or at least a watered-down version of Wikipedia. Thus, it's essential that you be more cautious when editing. We don't differ from your political/cultural views (whatever they are) merely on superficial, meaningless matters (like defense spending levels) -- the trend today is that people on the Left, Right, and Center (the latter often agreeing with the Left) disagree even on basic foundational presuppositions. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 23:21, 17 April 2019 (EDT)
:You '''need to understand''' that CP is a ''massive'' target of vandalism -- it happens multiple times a day, from all types of vandals, whether blatant or subtle. We're strongly on the lookout. If I seem aggressive, it's because I've dealt with thousands of editors already who try to make our articles read like ''The Guardian'' or at least a watered-down version of Wikipedia. Thus, it's essential that you be more cautious when editing. We don't differ from your political/cultural views (whatever they are) merely on superficial, meaningless matters (like defense spending levels) -- the trend today is that people on the Left, Right, and Center (the latter often agreeing with the Left) disagree even on basic foundational presuppositions. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 23:21, 17 April 2019 (EDT)
::Thanks for these comments. On further thought, I think that I now better understand your position. I was confused by the fact that this isn't sufficiently explicit in the original words. I therefore suggest that it be revised as below–though you may wish to add more detail from your comments above? I took a quick look at the sources that you mention, but didn't find anything supporting the idea that the earliest colonists were not immigrants. But you obviously are more familiar with them than me.
:::There is a longstanding belief that the United States of America is a country of immigrants, an idea that is often used as an argument in favor of illegal immigration by liberals. So much so that this has become a meaningless political slogan. In reality since early times all people have migrated, even the indigenous peoples of North America.
:::The truth is that most of the migration to America in [[Thirteen colonies|the colonial era]] came from [[Britain]], with English, Scots and (Protestant) Irish. These settlers founded America for the [British Empire]]; so they are not considered "immigrants" any more than a person who moves from Florida to Alaska today.
:::I appreciate the difficulties that Consevapedia have with vandalism, but I'm more concerned with clarity and editorial values than with ideology. [[User:Timber|Timber]] ([[User talk:Timber|talk]]) 07:47, 18 April 2019 (EDT)
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