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Thank you for accepting. I appreciate your input. Currently there is not much going on. I'm simply trying to provide a place for journalism-relevant information.

Many people outside of the USA would not know Thomas Jefferson (including myself until recently), that is why I mentioned his title. I will update the sidebar anyway.

I like what you did with those subs' headers. For now, we will keep the default one. Custom header sounds nice though. Maybe we can do it after some time.

I will be a bit busy for some days but I will check in whenever possible. There is not much activity going on here, so I doubt there will be much need for moderating.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think more people outside the USA may know about Jefferson that those inside.

USA has 300+ million people. Let's be super generous and say 2/3 of Americans actually know who he is, beyond being on money. That makes it about 200+ million. That's not even counting all the US territories.

I'm Canadian and we have 30+ million. I know FAAAAAAR more about American politics and history than Canadian. I am not alone. That makes it about 20+ million.

The American propaganda engine is the greatest in the world. I've art-directed on movies shot in Toronto pretending to be American. It's just how it goes. All across Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia people watch American movies and television.

Of 8 billion people, half are dirt poor, but there's still a good chance enough know of Jefferson, not even 1 in 10 are necessary.

Jefferson is on par with historical figures like Shakespeare, Beethoven, Napoleon, and Caesar - though very different, from different countries, all well known.

Ping me whenever.