:::::::::::I am absolutely not missing the point.  If the fact that the coffin-ships were "infamous" was in dispute then there MIGHT be a need for that specific word to appear in the source.  This fact is not in dispute (or are BigDunc and Domer48 suggesting otherwise?) so it's perfectly reasonable for an editor to condense a 5 page section of a text into a few lines.  I don't think that Colin4C's edit is in any way inaccurate or unreadable and so far no-one else as said that either.  Also, demanding transcription of 5 pages of text is unreasonable and goes way beyond courtesy, which in any case is a stretch since Domer48 has stated and/or implied that Colin4C and I are simpletons, idiots, liars and the like.  If Domer48, or BigDunc, wish to accuse Colin4C of something then they should make a formal complaint.  The article talk page is NOT the place for this kind of thing.