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America the Beautiful

The way that comment was written sounds like an obvious hoax based on ignorance. The song and the poem were written in separate places and times, and the poem was put to various music before the one hymn became the final selection. That subtle point had escaped my critical eye somehow. In short, it is unlikely there would have been any "original manuscript for the song." :) Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 01:06, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Rubik's Cube - "Squares" subgroup ...

... using Singmaster's name for it; i.e., built up just from 180-degree turns. For me, the most interesting facet of that subgroup, is the fact that beginners can (without too much difficulty) learn how to solve puzzles scrambled just within that subgroup, and that many of the techniques mastered at that early stage remain useful when you go on to tackle any cube configuration. A fuller discussion of that has been written up in http://DLMcN.com/rubik2.html ...

This particular branch of Algebra also helps to illustrate the concept of the diameter [of a finite group] - i.e., it has now been established that 20 is the diameter of the Full Group, whereas 15 (I think) was the diameter of the Squares Group. --DLMcN (talk) 21:45, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw this today. I'll work through it. Thanks. --Olsonist (talk) 16:27, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rubik's cube group

Replied on my talk page. Spinning Spark 22:45, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reversions to Conservapedia

I gave a general answer on my page about your questions, but on the particulars, only pages that are explicitly mentioned in the secondary sources can be mentioned and Rationalwiki is very definitely not counted as a WP:Reliable source as there is no editorial control and no recognized authority writing it. The page that was mentioned in the secondary source was 'Counterexamples to Relativity' which is mentioned later in the article but not explicitly linked. The breast cancer page isn't explicitly mentioned but there are secondary sources referenced which describe it later on in the article. Dmcq (talk) 23:50, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I hadn't read the help section. Generally I mark small edits as minor. I'll be more careful. But some of my edits aren't minor. I'll check back over them to see if they were marked as minor.--Olsonist (talk) 17:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. If you run into the bug (In other words, if you have to uncheck the minor edit box every time - it doesn't remember) drop me a line on my talk page. Unwatching this page now. Cheers! --Guy Macon (talk) 21:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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