A user with 38 edits. Account created on 29 July 2006.
2 March 2023
- 21:14 21:14, 2 March 2023 diff hist +754 Talk:Diminishing returns →Very bad sign: rerouted here from "increasing returns": new section Tag: New topic
2 February 2023
- 23:13 23:13, 2 February 2023 diff hist +6 Karl William Kapp I have read the referenced article (Berger, 2017). Saying his work was against makes it sounds like he is a lone wolf. Berger makes clear that those theories were developed in response to Kapp'
19 July 2021
- 18:43 18:43, 19 July 2021 diff hist +321 Causal loop diagram →History: took out incorrect speculation that Meadows was first to use a CLD in 1970. Added reference to rigorous historical source and a much earlier CLD.
- 18:33 18:33, 19 July 2021 diff hist −333 Causal loop diagram Bizarrely, the article included made use of network theory jargon to describe CLDs. This jargon would not accompany any CLD. It is not accessible to a non-network theory audience.
15 June 2021
- 16:52 16:52, 15 June 2021 diff hist +32 m Alexander King (scientist) →Works: clarifited that praise for the autobiography was from a Limits to Growth co-author, not just a 'scientist'.
- 16:50 16:50, 15 June 2021 diff hist +30 Alexander King (scientist) →The Club Of Rome: added an author to an unattributed quote - "according to King's obituary"
- 16:49 16:49, 15 June 2021 diff hist −541 Alexander King (scientist) →The Club Of Rome: removed unrelated literary reference
24 February 2021
- 20:07 20:07, 24 February 2021 diff hist +22 m Link Trainer →Origins: article lacks a link to wiki page on Edwin Link
3 April 2019
- 20:16 20:16, 3 April 2019 diff hist +96 m Jay Wright Forrester The first part made Jay sound like a mathematician. If I were writing a grant to do research using system dynamics, or a contract to do consulting using it, I would not want "interaction between objects in dynamic systems" to be how it is defined. That is so vague and mathy. There must be a way that is more faithful to Jay's vision of what system dynamics was capable of. Rather than wait for someone more eloquent, I added a blurb on its most common applications, without reference.
14 November 2018
- 12:15 12:15, 14 November 2018 diff hist −6 Talk:Computational sociology I wanted to redact my given name from my signature.
- 12:12 12:12, 14 November 2018 diff hist +695 Talk:Computational sociology I wanted to add a piece to the talk page bringing up the promotional aspect of the article. Way too much of this article is doing paradigm work, that is, shaming other paradigm communities. Saying, this paradigm is the best, those others are out-dated, pseudo-scientific, etc. It may well be that CSociologists agree on all these points. But then it should be described that way. It is not information, it is promotion.
- 11:57 11:57, 14 November 2018 diff hist −28 Computational sociology →Systems theory and structural functionalism: no need to mention "systems dynamicists" by name at the end. Especially since they are an unrelated group of engineers, not social scientists at all. This whole article reads like a biased, promotional, unedited, unreviewed essay rather than an encyclopedia entry.
- 11:51 11:51, 14 November 2018 diff hist −261 Computational sociology →Macrosimulation and microsimulation: It is taken for granted that one scientist did good work while another one did bad work because one scientist (journalist) says so. Yes, a model's output can change when someone tweaks assumptions. But, the person who made the model should be allowed to rebut such criticisms. Or at least someone proficient in designing such models should be allowed to rebut. This was not the case. Thousands of hours of work were "refuted" by dozens of hours.
- 11:35 11:35, 14 November 2018 diff hist +64 m Jay Wright Forrester By changing the Category, my goal was to change the disambiguation label assigned. The current label is inaccurate as it represents only a small part of Jay's life's work, and places him in the company of a community of people who rejected him as much or more as they accepted him.
1 November 2012
- 21:18 21:18, 1 November 2012 diff hist +182 Talk:The Chilling Stars →quoted material: new section
- 21:08 21:08, 1 November 2012 diff hist +778 Talk:Balochistan, Pakistan →Odd tone of article: new section
- 20:37 20:37, 1 November 2012 diff hist +1,087 Henrik Svensmark →Debate and controversy: I attempt here to bring in more recent scientific findings into the article, as the others are out of date.
- 20:14 20:14, 1 November 2012 diff hist +3,301 The Chilling Stars →Reviews: As a science book, it seems that reviews from the scientific community are relevant. I added the quotes from the conclusions to the casual reader to understand where Svensmark was proven right&wrong and how.
25 October 2012
- 17:37 17:37, 25 October 2012 diff hist +32 Talk:James O'Keefe →Direct action
- 17:35 17:35, 25 October 2012 diff hist +1,440 Talk:James O'Keefe →Direct action: new section
- 17:13 17:13, 25 October 2012 diff hist +511 Jim Moran →2012 Election: O'Keefe's work is presented as legitimate, when it is actually a form of activism akin to terrorism, not journalism.
- 16:55 16:55, 25 October 2012 diff hist +39 Jim Moran →2010s: Patrick made a mistake, but the "person" he was talking to was baiting him as part of a political hit job for partisan purposes.
8 December 2011
- 13:07 13:07, 8 December 2011 diff hist +334 Balochistan, Pakistan →Geography: Still, this section read like a military / mining pamphlet. Tried to neutralize this bias and introduce some historic context.
- 12:51 12:51, 8 December 2011 diff hist +338 Balochistan, Pakistan →Economy: The content read like a pamphlet inviting foreign investors to invest in mining in Balochistan, prostituted through the use of the words "economy" and "development" which are supposed to be about people not mining and ports.
4 October 2011
- 18:28 18:28, 4 October 2011 diff hist −6 Edmundo Pérez Zujovic →Political imbroglio
- 15:23 15:23, 4 October 2011 diff hist +288 Edmundo Pérez Zujovic →Political life: Completed the direct references to Perez in the song. I admit that I feel uncomfortable that this song takes up so much of the reference to this man who lived a life beyond just this one event. Had to translate them myself.
27 September 2011
- 14:08 14:08, 27 September 2011 diff hist +33 Handsome (band) →History: Jeremy has a great solo project (2000 - present, 3 albums) that doesn't receive any mention here, thought I'd remedy that.
15 July 2011
- 17:50 17:50, 15 July 2011 diff hist +14 m Daniel Johnston Why have the neg review in the intro?
4 May 2011
- 23:04 23:04, 4 May 2011 diff hist +1,684 Talk:Transylvania →Etymology of Siebenbuergen: Added topic of trimming down the introduction.
7 April 2011
- 20:14 20:14, 7 April 2011 diff hist +6,948 Transylvania →History: Inserted a swath of paragraphs of history that had been placed in the introduction section. Ownership of the region appears to be the single subject of discussion, as human events they belonged in history, not the introduction.
- 19:26 19:26, 7 April 2011 diff hist −6,727 Transylvania Introduction was replete with items belonging in sub-sections. These appear to be balkanizing attempts to assert one group's ethnic dominance of the region. Added sub-headings and copied and pasted to lower sections. Tag: blanking
- 18:2218:22, 7 April 2011 diff hist +88 Origin of the Romanians →“Daco-Romans” in the former province of Dacia Traiana (3rd–5th centuries AD): This discussion is Balkanizing. Are spaniards forced to prove their pre-Roman ethnic continuity? Do we doubt that the Incas still live in Peru? Why not?
6 April 2011
- 21:12 21:12, 6 April 2011 diff hist −70 m Dacia →Political entities: inserted caveats about statements that were speculative. removed needs citation, assuming caveats explain why no citation is given.
24 February 2011
- 01:08 01:08, 24 February 2011 diff hist +391 Jeremy Chatelain (bassist) No edit summary
- 00:58 00:58, 24 February 2011 diff hist +5 Iceburn No edit summary
23 February 2011
- 21:08 21:08, 23 February 2011 diff hist +38 Charles Koch Under the "criticism by Obama Administration" section there was material that represented a new section.
17 February 2011
- 19:33 19:33, 17 February 2011 diff hist −80 m Order of the British Empire →Criticism: Removed statement saying Zephaniah did not explain why he does not leave Britain. This is immaterial to his criticism of the persistence of imperial cultural phenomena like the OBE.
12 January 2011
- 17:24 17:24, 12 January 2011 diff hist +307 Talk:Gabby Giffords →More sources
A user with 38 edits. Account created on 29 July 2006.
2 March 2023
- 21:14 21:14, 2 March 2023 diff hist +754 Talk:Diminishing returns →Very bad sign: rerouted here from "increasing returns": new section Tag: New topic
2 February 2023
- 23:13 23:13, 2 February 2023 diff hist +6 Karl William Kapp I have read the referenced article (Berger, 2017). Saying his work was against makes it sounds like he is a lone wolf. Berger makes clear that those theories were developed in response to Kapp'
19 July 2021
- 18:43 18:43, 19 July 2021 diff hist +321 Causal loop diagram →History: took out incorrect speculation that Meadows was first to use a CLD in 1970. Added reference to rigorous historical source and a much earlier CLD.
- 18:33 18:33, 19 July 2021 diff hist −333 Causal loop diagram Bizarrely, the article included made use of network theory jargon to describe CLDs. This jargon would not accompany any CLD. It is not accessible to a non-network theory audience.
15 June 2021
- 16:52 16:52, 15 June 2021 diff hist +32 m Alexander King (scientist) →Works: clarifited that praise for the autobiography was from a Limits to Growth co-author, not just a 'scientist'.
- 16:50 16:50, 15 June 2021 diff hist +30 Alexander King (scientist) →The Club Of Rome: added an author to an unattributed quote - "according to King's obituary"
- 16:49 16:49, 15 June 2021 diff hist −541 Alexander King (scientist) →The Club Of Rome: removed unrelated literary reference
24 February 2021
- 20:07 20:07, 24 February 2021 diff hist +22 m Link Trainer →Origins: article lacks a link to wiki page on Edwin Link
3 April 2019
- 20:16 20:16, 3 April 2019 diff hist +96 m Jay Wright Forrester The first part made Jay sound like a mathematician. If I were writing a grant to do research using system dynamics, or a contract to do consulting using it, I would not want "interaction between objects in dynamic systems" to be how it is defined. That is so vague and mathy. There must be a way that is more faithful to Jay's vision of what system dynamics was capable of. Rather than wait for someone more eloquent, I added a blurb on its most common applications, without reference.
14 November 2018
- 12:15 12:15, 14 November 2018 diff hist −6 Talk:Computational sociology I wanted to redact my given name from my signature.
- 12:12 12:12, 14 November 2018 diff hist +695 Talk:Computational sociology I wanted to add a piece to the talk page bringing up the promotional aspect of the article. Way too much of this article is doing paradigm work, that is, shaming other paradigm communities. Saying, this paradigm is the best, those others are out-dated, pseudo-scientific, etc. It may well be that CSociologists agree on all these points. But then it should be described that way. It is not information, it is promotion.
- 11:57 11:57, 14 November 2018 diff hist −28 Computational sociology →Systems theory and structural functionalism: no need to mention "systems dynamicists" by name at the end. Especially since they are an unrelated group of engineers, not social scientists at all. This whole article reads like a biased, promotional, unedited, unreviewed essay rather than an encyclopedia entry.
- 11:51 11:51, 14 November 2018 diff hist −261 Computational sociology →Macrosimulation and microsimulation: It is taken for granted that one scientist did good work while another one did bad work because one scientist (journalist) says so. Yes, a model's output can change when someone tweaks assumptions. But, the person who made the model should be allowed to rebut such criticisms. Or at least someone proficient in designing such models should be allowed to rebut. This was not the case. Thousands of hours of work were "refuted" by dozens of hours.
- 11:35 11:35, 14 November 2018 diff hist +64 m Jay Wright Forrester By changing the Category, my goal was to change the disambiguation label assigned. The current label is inaccurate as it represents only a small part of Jay's life's work, and places him in the company of a community of people who rejected him as much or more as they accepted him.
1 November 2012
- 21:18 21:18, 1 November 2012 diff hist +182 Talk:The Chilling Stars →quoted material: new section
- 21:08 21:08, 1 November 2012 diff hist +778 Talk:Balochistan, Pakistan →Odd tone of article: new section
- 20:37 20:37, 1 November 2012 diff hist +1,087 Henrik Svensmark →Debate and controversy: I attempt here to bring in more recent scientific findings into the article, as the others are out of date.
- 20:14 20:14, 1 November 2012 diff hist +3,301 The Chilling Stars →Reviews: As a science book, it seems that reviews from the scientific community are relevant. I added the quotes from the conclusions to the casual reader to understand where Svensmark was proven right&wrong and how.
25 October 2012
- 17:37 17:37, 25 October 2012 diff hist +32 Talk:James O'Keefe →Direct action
- 17:35 17:35, 25 October 2012 diff hist +1,440 Talk:James O'Keefe →Direct action: new section
- 17:13 17:13, 25 October 2012 diff hist +511 Jim Moran →2012 Election: O'Keefe's work is presented as legitimate, when it is actually a form of activism akin to terrorism, not journalism.
- 16:55 16:55, 25 October 2012 diff hist +39 Jim Moran →2010s: Patrick made a mistake, but the "person" he was talking to was baiting him as part of a political hit job for partisan purposes.
8 December 2011
- 13:07 13:07, 8 December 2011 diff hist +334 Balochistan, Pakistan →Geography: Still, this section read like a military / mining pamphlet. Tried to neutralize this bias and introduce some historic context.
- 12:51 12:51, 8 December 2011 diff hist +338 Balochistan, Pakistan →Economy: The content read like a pamphlet inviting foreign investors to invest in mining in Balochistan, prostituted through the use of the words "economy" and "development" which are supposed to be about people not mining and ports.
4 October 2011
- 18:28 18:28, 4 October 2011 diff hist −6 Edmundo Pérez Zujovic →Political imbroglio
- 15:23 15:23, 4 October 2011 diff hist +288 Edmundo Pérez Zujovic →Political life: Completed the direct references to Perez in the song. I admit that I feel uncomfortable that this song takes up so much of the reference to this man who lived a life beyond just this one event. Had to translate them myself.
27 September 2011
- 14:08 14:08, 27 September 2011 diff hist +33 Handsome (band) →History: Jeremy has a great solo project (2000 - present, 3 albums) that doesn't receive any mention here, thought I'd remedy that.
15 July 2011
- 17:50 17:50, 15 July 2011 diff hist +14 m Daniel Johnston Why have the neg review in the intro?
4 May 2011
- 23:04 23:04, 4 May 2011 diff hist +1,684 Talk:Transylvania →Etymology of Siebenbuergen: Added topic of trimming down the introduction.
7 April 2011
- 20:14 20:14, 7 April 2011 diff hist +6,948 Transylvania →History: Inserted a swath of paragraphs of history that had been placed in the introduction section. Ownership of the region appears to be the single subject of discussion, as human events they belonged in history, not the introduction.
- 19:26 19:26, 7 April 2011 diff hist −6,727 Transylvania Introduction was replete with items belonging in sub-sections. These appear to be balkanizing attempts to assert one group's ethnic dominance of the region. Added sub-headings and copied and pasted to lower sections. Tag: blanking
- 18:2218:22, 7 April 2011 diff hist +88 Origin of the Romanians →“Daco-Romans” in the former province of Dacia Traiana (3rd–5th centuries AD): This discussion is Balkanizing. Are spaniards forced to prove their pre-Roman ethnic continuity? Do we doubt that the Incas still live in Peru? Why not?
6 April 2011
- 21:12 21:12, 6 April 2011 diff hist −70 m Dacia →Political entities: inserted caveats about statements that were speculative. removed needs citation, assuming caveats explain why no citation is given.
24 February 2011
- 01:08 01:08, 24 February 2011 diff hist +391 Jeremy Chatelain (bassist) No edit summary
- 00:58 00:58, 24 February 2011 diff hist +5 Iceburn No edit summary
23 February 2011
- 21:08 21:08, 23 February 2011 diff hist +38 Charles Koch Under the "criticism by Obama Administration" section there was material that represented a new section.
17 February 2011
- 19:33 19:33, 17 February 2011 diff hist −80 m Order of the British Empire →Criticism: Removed statement saying Zephaniah did not explain why he does not leave Britain. This is immaterial to his criticism of the persistence of imperial cultural phenomena like the OBE.
12 January 2011
- 17:24 17:24, 12 January 2011 diff hist +307 Talk:Gabby Giffords →More sources