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Text or other creative content from John Adams was copied or moved into Diplomatic service of John Adams with this edit on July 10, 2018. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2026

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Change the "Succeeded by" target into a link to [], so change "Thomas Jefferson" to a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson F8bd6fa4 (talk) 19:19, 19 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: I believe you are referring to the infobox. Thomas Jefferson is already linked there once. Per MOS:REPEATLINK wikilinks should only be added once per major section. – NJD-DE (talk) 19:31, 19 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

I don't see how this makes sense, those links are for navigation between presidents, and George Washington is also linked in the main text.~2026-38227-61 (talk) 15:00, 4 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

A request to re-feature this page on the evening of July 4, 2026

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/John Adams may be of interest to editors of this page. This would be featured on the evening of July 4 while the 250th anniversary celebrations are in progress. In addition to the 250th U.S. anniversary July 4 is also the 200th anniversary of the deaths of Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:43, 23 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

A page that knows where it met you.

Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2026

A request to re-feature this page on the evening of July 4, 2026