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Is this the same John Dickinson who wrote the Olive Branch Petition in 1775 ? -- 64.229.205.2 8 July 2005 15:50 (UTC)
Yes, he is the same author of that petition.Patent.drafter (talk) 16:47, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
I am a student at Dickinson College, named for John Dickinson. There is much talk around the campus history departments cocerning Dickinson's birthdate, and it is generally agreed to have occurred on the second.
What did Dickinson fear would happen if the Townshend duties were collected?
According to Dickinson, what was the “dangerous innovation” in the Townshend duties, which were designed to impose duties on trade?
The following line does not look up to the usual Wikipedia standards.
"As a result the family was enormously wealthy wierdos."
Bill_Starr (talk) 20:31, 1 February 2010 (UTC) Hi!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.192.126.84 (talk) 15:08, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
There seems to be some debate about the actual date of Dickinson's birth. Some sources say November 2, some say the 13th, some even say December. I've edited the article to a more "born in November 1932". Wkharrisjr (talk) 13:14, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
I added a citation/note for the statement that Dickinson was elected as President of Delaware in 1781 "nearly unamimous[ly.]" I also added an entry in the bibliography/references section.
What is the distinction between Notes and References? Should all notes refer to a corresponding entry in the bibliography/Reference section? I realize this is not specific to this article, but if someone could point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
SeanMon (talk) 08:22, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
Zeeter (talk) 18:15, 4 July 2013 (UTC) Edited the John and Mary's College section. John and Mary's/Dickinson College is neither the first University in the country nor the first college. That goes to the University of Pennsylvania (first university) and Harvard University (first college, later a university but after Penn's status as a university). Frankly, Dickinson doesn't even make the discussion list of first colleges or university.
Dickinson's prominence should be enough to have the name directed to this page. There is a disamb. in place now, which is where the name feeds to, but if the 'top' direction is kept then there shouldn't be a problem code-wise. Thoughts? Thanks. Randy Kryn 23:40 9 February, 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Move. There's consensus that this subject is the primary topic of the name. Cúchullain t/c 13:14, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
– John Dickinson the founding father is far more notable and significant than any other "John Dickinson" on Wikipedia, and is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. John Dickinson the founding father has great enduring significance and gets the most views, so he is most likely to be sought when the reader searches up John Dickinson, not disambiguation. I see this was proposed above, but it did not happen because a formal move request was never opened. @Randy Kryn: any thoughts/reason why? Taylor Trescott - my talk + my edits 02:37, 8 May 2016 (UTC)