User Talk: JingleJim

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Wikipedia and copyright

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:One has to wonder how adding a link or changing "created" to "formed" is a copyright violation. Or is this over-sensitivity? JingleJim (talk) 23:46, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for February 9

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Ex parte Merryman

There is no debate over whether Taney wrote for the Supreme Court. He did not. The debate is over "whether Roger Taney heard ''Ex parte Merryman'' as a U.S. circuit judge or as a Supreme Court justice in chambers." White, Jonathan W., ''Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman'', Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2011, pp. 38–39. I quote from footnote 5 of Ex parte Merryman ↗. Maurice Magnus (talk) 02:32, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
:Hence, "OK, there's debate." JingleJim (talk) 11:34, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Talkback

{{Talkback|Talk:Populus_Denver#Trees_related_to_a_building?}} '''M.''' Bill'''oo''' 14:09, 21 March 2026 (UTC)