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How to render Paine's birth year has been previously discussed on the George Washington talk page, as seen in the Talk page Archives including Talk:George Washington/Archive 1#Birth date, Talk:George Washington/Archive 6#George Washington's birthday, Talk:George Washington/Archive 6#Founding Fathers' birthdates, Talk:George Washington/Archive 9#GW's birthday & calendar switch issue, Talk:George Washington/Archive 7#Birthdate, and Talk:George Washington/Archive 10#Dates for George Washington's birth. Editorial consensus is that Thomas Paine was born on "January 29, 1736/Old Style" and on "February 9, 1737/New Style" - this rendering is supported by reliable sources as shown in the article.

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"African Slavery in America"[edit]

The article has been attributed to Paine, but authorship analysis points to Samuel Hopkins

http://thomaspaine.org/questionable-authorship/african-slavery-in-america.html

Which English?[edit]

Per this edit can we please agree on an English in which this article should be, and mark it up accordingly? I'm inclined these days to agree that it should probably – nay, almost certainly – be marked as AmE, though I don't agree it is a complete no-brainer. If others agree on AmE (or something else but I do think that is unlikely) then we can mark it up and perhaps minimize later to-and-fro. What do you think? Best to all, DBaK (talk) 12:07, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone? The debate has not exactly set the Thames, nor indeed the Hudson, on fire so far. If the tumbleweed continues I might just assume that people are OK with AmE and go ahead. Fair enough? Cheers DBaK (talk) 13:55, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

AmE seems like the more fitting choice. I don’t think Paine’s place in the UK is as revered. Strebe (talk) 23:19, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Paine is not an important figure in British political thought, not compared to Hume (or, from the previous century, Hobbes), and is not commonly quoted or referred to in Britain except as a marginal character that the American revolutionaries admired. Khamba Tendal (talk) 17:48, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strange omission[edit]

Why does Thomas Paine#The Age of Reason make no mention of his writing The Age of Reason? – .Raven .talk 21:30, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strange! -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 22:01, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Paine Spent Less Than 10 Years of His 72 Years of Life in America[edit]

Paine advocated against pluralism and for a uniform approach to governance across states (no states, just superNations), and he called George Washington a Jacobin as an insult. This article is highly deceptive, and I hope someone with standing will edit it appropriately. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.144.246.119 (talk) 19:31, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]