User:John Broughton

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Contents 1 A bit about me 2 Other accounts (for the purpose of writing the book) 3 Subpages 4 Awards 5 Infoboxes 6 Hello John

[edit] A bit about me

My book, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, was published by O'Reilly Media (Pogue Press) on January 25, 2008. It was the first book about how to edit Wikipedia; the second, How Wikipedia Works, was published in September 2008. You can find out more about my book at my website www.gopedia.org. (As of January 2009, it is also on Wikipedia, as a set of "Help:" pages that can be edited.)

Note: I am offering two free copies of the book to school and university projects that have Wikipedia writing assignments. Please contact me via the "E-mail this user" link on the left side of this page, or via the email address at my website, above, or by posting a note on my user talk page.

Within Wikipedia, my primary accomplishment has been the creation of the Editor's index to Wikipedia (although that accounts for perhaps 20% of my edits), which I now help maintain.

I live in the Washington D.C. area. My LibraryThing page is here. And I'm not the Australian astronomer about whom Wikipedia has an article: John Broughton.

[edit] Other accounts (for the purpose of writing the book)

Specifically, the following are the other registered accounts:

• User:Another average avid editor
• User:Bigger bolder banner-bringer
• User:Your username goes here
• User:Your username appears here

[edit] Subpages

• /monobook.js
• /monobook.css
• /sign.js
• /Editor's Index to Wikipedia/Credits and further work
• /Citation options
• Possible new articles
• /Pages I want to monitor
• /Simpified TOC
• /NIH schedule

[edit] Awards

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I, Aksi_great, award John Broughton this barnstar for going out of your way to help other users. Aksi_great (talk) 19:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Awarded by: Patricknoddy 14:39, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		This is for all your hard work on Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia, which I'm glad to see is now "official". Well done, your work is much appreciated! Majorly (talk) 15:48, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		Wow, I saw the manual was scheduled to be shipped to Borders the other day, and while browsing Wikipedia, I find the author. This manual was a great idea, and hopefully will do well. Good luck, Malinaccier (talk) 00:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I concur, from the limited previews I've read online, it looks excellent. Must get to a bookstore ASAP. :) Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 00:09, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

This award seems tailor-made for your particular brand of achievement. Congratulations!

		The Real Life Barnstar
		In recognition of your efforts in promoting responsible wiki-editing in the outside world. Thank you on behalf of the entire project! Fishal (talk) 07:59, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Well deserved! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 23:50, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		For your work on the Editor's index and your book, I award you this rather late barnstar. --Teratornis (talk) 20:14, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

		The Writer's Barnstar
		For authoring an amazing book about Wikipedia, I hereby award you "The Writer's Barnstar." RedThunder 14:15, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

John Broughton has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as John Broughton's day! For your excellent work with Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, enjoy being the Star of the day, John Broughton! Cheers, bibliomaniac15 01:49, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Infoboxes

[edit] Hello John

Hello John, I’m working on the article page site and have a question in regard to your statement "..with regard to who created the Capri pants." Because we spoke with major German publishers and European historians about how something like this (Pucci being credited with Sonja de Lennart's work) could happen in the first place. The publisher said: "American historians invented Pucci as the creator of the Capri pants, most likely mixing up selling with creating; and, as time went on, others copied this false claim."

There was no Internet in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and even late into the 1980s that would have helped to discover this information quickly; thus, Sonja de Lennart/her company was unaware that this other designer, Pucci, would be celebrated in the U.S. for her work.

Therefore, this bizarre story about “the website" (a defamer fabricated a fictitious story and sold it as a fact by using criminal words), which is a defamation campaign invented and circulated, which is now in the hands of authorities, is based on these false claims. However, the fact is, this website was created upon the advice of a professor of highly-respected European historian of an equally highly-respected university, who said: "You should create a website to set the record straight. It's a shame that American historians falsely credited Pucci with something he personally never pretended... "

Coming back to the New York Times document. We don't know what issue New York Times has with Sonja de Lennart. Perhaps it's her nationality or her well-known industrial family or the fact that they want to protect American historians/authors and their books that have been published over the years and supported by New York Times. In any event, they cited this bizarre (website) story from this anonymous defamer (who don't even have the courage to reveal their identity), and contacted Pucci—obviously "sure" that they would smash the true inventor of the Capri pants with Pucci.

But, of course, Pucci representatives had to admit to the truth. This is why New York Times wrote in their Email from March 4, 2009, "We finally heard back from Pucci representatives who, in fact, agree that Pucci is NOT credited with the Capri pants." We are quoting from an authentic Email—a document we received from New York Times on March 4, 2009, which is verifiable and which occurred because a small group defamed a great designer whose invention became bigger than life — and that is why Sonja de Lennart, now 89 years old is being forced into this position of defending her place in history. And THIS is not right. That is why we will defend her good name, her work of a lifetime, and the unique talent that secured her place in history.

However, there is one point which I don't understand and would like to discuss with you before posting the reliable sources: Why should a significant designer be limited to only one of her creations, the Capri pants? The fact is, in 1945, Sonja de Lennart created the Capri skirt, Capri blouse, Capri belt, and Capri hat (Empress Soraya was one who purchased the hat) and in 1948, she added the Capri pants. These items were already famous before the Capri pants became THE fashion icon. [The notion "Capri pants” was the name of the item! She couldn't possibly have known when she gave her collection the “Capri” name how big it was going to be.] Yet, as a very successful designer, each year she created new collections and other significant items and created collections for movies, operas, etc. from 1945 to the 1970s. Unfortunately, at the end of the 1970s, her career was interrupted due to (well-known) private reasons.

That the Capri pants had its renaissance in the 2000s is another story. And it is just Sonja de Lennart's natural right to be celebrated for something that rarely any other fashion designer accomplished (yet almost every designer profited from her genius and made millions).

Therefore, please let me know how we could post the New York Times document and (since this is the Sonja de Lennart Wiki site) how we could present (for the sake of fairness) her work in its entirety and not only one single fashion item that made history thanks to her unique talent. Thank you!--RoboRay (talk) 23:15, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I posted an answer to your question on the Lennart talk page. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 17:21, 14 June 2009 (UTC)