I've made a couple of small changes already. But I have an outline of elder law that I wrote as part of my elder law practice in Massachusetts over the past few weeks. Posting it will work some bigger changes to the existing text.
Do you know if anybody has a real stake in keeping the text just as it is? or part of it? If you do, please let me know so I don't inadvertently irritate somebody with a major edit.
Please post on my talk page if you wish. You're obviously a lot more proficient in the Wiki world than I am, so I'd be interested in your comments.
Good luck in your studies (or the bar exam if you just graduated).
Jrgetsin 19:44, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the Re-word and mop up... it helped the article. I'm also taking the Bar Exam Wed and Thurs, maybe we shouldn't be on Wikipedia right now? CJC47 14:15, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
Thankyou for the heads up. I placed my comments there. - Dozenist talk 19:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
What's wrong with documenting that Frayser is the most dangerous part of Memphis? CRocka05
Thanks for joining the Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases. And thanks, more importantly, for writing articles about them, whether you're a member of a wikiproject or not. Cheers!-- Kchase02 T 17:54, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Can you please explain why you made this edit with the explanation "rvv"? MUSICAL 18:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation. I removed the statement per Wikipedia:Avoid self-references. I'll note this in the edit summary. MUSICAL 21:08, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Copied from my post to The New Pornographers... Thanks for catching those speedy delete tags.
User:209.217.110.91 has been tagging a number of obviously notable music pages for speedy deletion, despite their notability being easily assessed with a copy of the WP:MUSIC guidelines and a web browser open to google. The New Pornographers, John Collins (Canadian musician), Nardwuar the Human Serviette have all been tagged as being vanity pages or otherwise not notable. The Evaporators, a band in which both John (of The New Pornographers) and Nardwuar (National TV and Radio personality) play has also been submitted for deletion, and not a single vote to delete has been recieved on that. This may have some connection to User:Arthur Ellis or someone connected to Warren_Kinsella vandalism. -- Xinit 14:57, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I just re-edited the page for Mayor Herenton trying to use my own words. The reason I did the edit is because the other page seemed to be very negative towards him, and since Memphis is getting enough bad publicity, I think that we could at least keep the page for the mayor somewhat optimistic. I am new to the Wikipedia thing so bare with me...I am trying to learn my way around! Thanks -Joel
Did you create the Elation webpage??? If not, do you know who did???
AmericanXplorer13
01:33, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
While I realize you may be a fan of Mr. Stevens, rapant fanboyism is inappropriate on Wikipedia. It is appropriate to list the criticisms of his work. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.136.222.198 ( talk • contribs) .
I think you may be taking some law exams now but when you are not too busy I hope you will revisit the Brett Kavanaugh discussion page. Your advice in the past was helpful and perhaps you can help again. We are having a difficult time reaching an agreement on including a very short passage into the article. I would appreciate your thoughts. Thomist 13:26, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
The comments on my user page are not about you, but about a consistent pattern I've witnessed and experienced at Wikipedia, particularly within disucussions of controversial topics. If you happen to see yourself in those comments.... These same concerns have been mentioned on the other's user pages. Aine63 00:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
With regards to your comments on Talk:Estate tax (United States): Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. "Do not make personal attacks anywhere in Wikipedia. Comment on content, not on the contributor. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users." Please keep this in mind while editing. Thanks. · -- Jbpo 01:27, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Jersyko, please site where Congressman Ford won. People may think that the knowledge is hearsay, and need a citation for backup. Thank you for your quick imput!-- Bearly541 03:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the great job on the Steve Cohen article! One comment – I don't think it was wrong for the article to mention that his primary occupation has been that of attorney. Sure, the article does note that he was a law school graduate, but there are literally thousands of U.S. law school graduates who, for various reasons, are not practicing attorneys.
I think that you are doing a good job trying to keep Wikipedia NPOV with regard to Memphis. There's surely been a lot of negative-POV stuff in that are IMO. Rlquall 12:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
sorry my mistake —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Esmehwk ( talk • contribs) .
Thanks for reverting rjensen's "liberal" to "left-wing" as a description of Nader in the Democratic Party article. I chose the word "left-wing" as a compromise with rjensen. The original term was "far-left," which I still think is the better term. If you think so as well, perhaps you can change it to left wing.
I am having all kinds of trouble with rjensen. In the John F. Kennedy article, he wants to include a long section about Kennedy's association with Joseph McCarthy, which I think doesn't merit the two paragraphs it now has. Have a look at that too, if you would. Griot 20:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
The editor who removed Reneec from has just told me on his talk page [1] that the issue needs to go to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents instead, because of the multiple IPs involved. Would you like to do the honors? ;) -- Vary | Talk 01:17, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
My changes to the George Allen article are listed on the discussion page are listed and are not vandalism. Some of the controversies listed do not belong in this article as they do not comform to the npov of Wikipedia. For example the enire section of "Other criticism," is obviously biased. If you keep reverting this article, I will submit to Wikipedia that the article be locked until it can be cleaned up. I will also ask for arbitration and that you, Stirling Newberry and webbforsenate be blocked from editing or submitting changes. Nnoppinger 02:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm glad you've chosen a reasonable course of action in regard to the George Allen article. I disagree with you that the section is not neutral as a whole (though perhaps it should be tweaked a bit), but tagging the section as you did is far more conducive to discussion than blanking it. I trust we can discuss this further at the article's talk page. · j·e·r·s·y·k·o talk · 02:27, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. I did remove "Other Criticisms' as I can not see that they would belong in an encyclopedia. I am refraining from making other changes for now as some of these may become newsworthy and worth inclusion. I am not in a position to dispute them without further research at this time. However, I would suggest that this entire article is need of cleanup. Nnoppinger 02:34, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey buddy,
Thanks for deleting my entire entry in dental caries.
Not sure why you figure a development written up in Nature is an advertisement.
FYI, I'm a former journalist with hundreds of publications in newspapers and magazines and a book out.
I have no interest in the subject other than sharing information.
I think you lopping off an entire section with information on three different developments in dental treatment is nuts. You want to make edits, or move URLS around, fine. But get serious. - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madscribbler ( talk • contribs) .
An advertisement for ... what? A chemical compound? A genetically-modified bacteria? This isn't something you can even get yet. And if/when you can, it will be available from any dentist.
Hey, what's your email or IM? - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madscribbler ( talk • contribs) .
I don't know if this is the only way to communicate on this system. Cumbersome.
Anyway, I'm not interested in advertising anything. If I saw an advertisement, I'd edit it too. But I don't see how what I wrote is an advertisement. Possibly the link to the inventor's website, but I put that in there for people who want to get more information on the technique. If you prefer to see that moved to the bottom, that's cool. But the legitimacy of the story is solid. The development of the synthetic enamel was a huge news story when it broke last year, covered by all major newspapers, radio, TV, etc.
I see some of where you're coming from, by the way. It's not my intention to "push" anything -- especially as there's nothing to push. On the other hand, why not list the benefits of the synthetic enamel over traditional drilling? (Maybe the bullets are no good. I was actually in the process of cleaning it up when you deleted it. I have Firefox and the google toolbar, which kept cutting off the end, and I had to get the newest version because it kept getting cut off.)
I think we probably got off on the wrong foot. If you had been able to IM me and voice your thoughts, I would have taken it better :-) I am open to all ideas. - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madscribbler ( talk • contribs) .
Thanks for posting on my talk page. I was a little irritated - I spent an hour or so editing what I took from the article, and then it was immediately reverted. Next time, you might consider posting an intent to remove on the talk page, first. (Actually, that page is so busy that I understand any reluctance to do so.)
I'm planning to go back and repost some of the text, but as info on the time that Allen spent between being Governor and U.S. Senator, rather than as "scandal". And I'm going to get more than one source. John Broughton 18:13, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi Jersyko. Thanks for your comment. I had honestly hoped not to look into the general details of the issue, and just to deal with what I saw as the immediate problem. My authority to block someone who's trying to contribute, just for being agressive, is somewhat limited; if the reason for blocking requires a review of page history and interaction, then it's something that more administrators should discuss. Permablocks for threats are much more straightforward, although in many cases giving a second chance is the reasonable thing to do. Anyway, it's obvious that I need to look into all this in more detail if I even consider unblocking Reneec. I promise I'll do that. -- SCZenz 03:17, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
If you did write those articles Bona Fides 14:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
I can't presently find on the web an active link to the House Judiciary Committee's published legislative history for the act, though I could in the past. If you know of an active link, I think it would be a useful addition to the links for the 1976 Act's wiki page. Yellowdesk 05:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Jersyko.
Although it might (or might not) have been an appropriate edit, your decision to delete the statement that Barack Obama's father was an atheist was not "minor," as defined at Help:Minor edit. Here is a quote: "[a minor edit] implies trivial changes only, such as typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes and rearranging of text without changing any content. By contrast, a major edit makes the article worth reviewing for anyone who watches it closely. Therefore, any change that affects the meaning of an article is not minor, even if it involves one word."
Furthermore, you ask in your edit summary "how his father's religious beliefs are relevant to Obama." We are all products of our environment; one's parents are usually the largest environmental influence in his life. Although Barack's parents divorced when he was two (according to the article), I am not sure how much contact they had before Barack's father moved back to Kenya. Whatever the case, his father's atheism could be related to Barack through an indirect influence on Barack's mother, etc. In summary, there are many ways his father's atheism could be related to Barack.
I will not revert your edit, though, because I am not sure that Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.'s atheism had a significant enough effect on Barack's life to warrant inclusion in the article. However, I will leave you with a request to be more careful about which edits you tag as "minor." If you accidentally tag an edit as minor, please make a dummy edit indicating that.
Cheers, Dave Runger (t)⁄ (c) 00:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
What I did was not blanking, merely summarizing and removing information that can be found on the detail pages. The page was getting really long! -- Rob 13:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
This is a request for immediate help from Kmaguir1 07:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC). If you have time, I'd like you to examine the Bell Hooks article and talk page. It's a scholarly article about a controversial writer, someone who drew the ire of a conservative commentator. They wanted me to go get the quote from her book, and I did that. But now, they're arguing it's not notable. As a follower of Wikipedia, you will know that of all the meaningless academic trivia included on her page, that what they wanted to exclude was really ridiculous: that she says as an opening to her book, Killing Rage, "I am writing this essay sitting beside an anonymous white male that I long to murder". This may in itself be notable, but David Horowitz wrote about it in 100 Dangerous Professors, and it was written about on front page mag, and all the citations are given on the page. I would appreciate your help--I'm contending with some very difficult Marxists who are attached to her work, and think that they're defending the liberal cause, but really, they're just keeping out material that is very easily notable. By the way, I'm from tennessee, memphis...- Kmaguir1 07:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I have been meaning to create Uniform Holidays Bill and never got around to it. Snopes.com had some good stuff on it, and there are already 3 incoming redlinks to it (obviously more could be added soon). Just figured I'd mention it since you have a few law-related articles out there, and this one is fairly pedestrian (that, and I'm shocked it wasn't there). Additionally, there are 1 each for Uniform Monday Holiday Bill and Uniform Monday Holiday Act and I assume both meant this. — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 18:08, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I suggest you follow the rules you cited, skippy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fix Bayonets! ( talk • contribs) .
Thank you for that great map you added to my article regarding Household income in the United States. I really do appreciate it. Best Regards, Signature brendel 17:12, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Jersyko, I've left a comment on Talk:George Felix Allen spelling out my case (and I think yours) just in case there's any ambiguity when an administrator happens to see look at this case. I've also added sockpuppet tags. I suspect that this user is a very experienced Wikipedian, because he/she cites a few policies in the edit summaries, knows the abbreviations (i.e., rvv), and because he/she makes 2-3 edits with a username before moving on to another. I think the next step, if this continues, is to request semi-protection. Thanks. Ufwuct 19:51, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Allegations of sock puppetry have been made against some of the accounts that have edited the Center for Science in the Public Interest page. I have instigated the wiki process for handling such allegations. See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/David Justin. As someone who has contributed to the CSPI page, please add your views to the Comments section. You have up to 10 days to make comments on the allegation. Nunquam Dormio 18:48, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
I am personally requesting your assistance in helping the various editors-in-question reach an equitable and reasonable consensus regarding the proper treatment of the "S.O.C.V." Wikipedia article (< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Confederate_Veterans>). Clearly, the current viewpoints of the various editors are polarized. Your help and comments are most welcomed and appreciated. I would prefer that we exchange private communications in this matter via e-mail, though I will defer to your wishes. Respectfully, -- Black Flag 09:55, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Firstly, thanks for your comments regarding my input on the above (SCV). However, what I would like your input on now is the Memphis article, in which you have an obvious interest (and overwhelmingly favorable impact, I would add). I shouldn't be an admin, probably, because I pretty much refuse to follow WP:BB. I think that unnecessary and unwarranted "boldness" is a major contributor to many edit wars, most of which are tedious and boring, particularly to non-participants. I have a problem with the first para of the Memphis article stating "Memphis has never served as a state capital, probably because of its location in the western part of the state." I don't think that there has been any serious movement to make Memphis the state capital, ever, unlike several locations in Middle Tennesssee, where numerous locals avow "this place almost became the state Capitol" or "this place came within one vote of being the state Capitol". The last time I looked, the Los Angeles article doesn't begin by stating that it never became state capital because of its southern location, or the Chicago one stating that it never became a state capital because of its northern location. So it seems wrong to me to start the article with what is essentially a non-issue, but I wanted your input as a responsible, valuable editor before doing anything to change it. I also don't like the reference to the "Big Four" cities as this seems to me to be a provincial term little-known, used, or heard outside of Tennessee. Regards, Rlquall 16:52, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Um, is there evidence of the creator being Andrew Lin? Sorry, if I sound lost. Yank sox 23:57, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for some of the edits and pointing out where i needed references.
GoBolts 22:18, 14 September 2006 (UTC)BoltsFan
Hiya neighbor! I hope you don't mind, but I borrowed your toolbox the other day. It was the darndest thing, the screwdriver and wrench broke already. Maybe I should just keep it . . . What was that? No, I don't have your rake. Your lawnmower either. Welp, catch ya later! · j e r s y k o talk · 21:42, 14 September 2006 (UTC) Aw shucks! I was a fixin to ask ya about that thar rake. Well, yar most welcum to thuh tools.. I was gonna get me another one as it was. -- Zantastik talk 20:21, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
But this sortof concerns you (I have no idea who added it). 68.39.174.238 16:28, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Seems we have a user with a bit of a volcanic temper, eh? :) Thanks for the heads-up. I just don't want to deal with another user that screams for my head despite my attempts to apologize. I appreciate the help. Best, Lucky 6.9 03:20, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
I was just noticing how the only keep votes were from those from whom the author solicited help. Any thoughts about how we can manage this? Postdlf 16:06, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
The Wikimedia software has some sort of a bug with regard to properly noticing "edit conflicts" on talk pages. Occasionally, someone's just-inserted comments get silently over-written by another user's just-inserted comments.
Atlant 16:27, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
ya, im currently in Purdue University right now. I'm only in Cordova in Christmas and Summer breaks now. Barcode 15:00, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
i was looking at your edits etc, and you seemed much more experienced than me at editing, so I was wondering if you could help me out on my article One Beale. my main question was creating a references section at the bottom of the article. Some articles ive looked at have a specific way of referencing, similer to that of MLA format for works cited pages in research papers. I am an engineering major so writing papers is something im not a fan of, but i know i hate works cited pages. despite this i wanted the article to look better and more formalized. Thanks Barcode 23:24, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. :) Yeah you hit it on the head. PAIN isn't monitored by many admins because honestly, it's sort of painful work. There's very little glory in it and it usually brings alot of grief, which you can see from my talk page. :) -- Woohookitty (meow) 10:32, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
If you can't find independent, third-party, Reliable Sources, then I don't think there's the basis for a valid article, under standard Wikipedia rules. To be frank, just because some fringe person declared a candidacy, or even got on the ballot, doesn't make them inherently notable. While it sounds like a noble goal to document all candidates, no matter how insignificant, Wikipedia is not the League of Women Voters candidate guide. Fan-1967 19:54, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Obviously, you and I don't always agree on everything (laugh). Nevertheless, I think you try to listen to both sides. There is another article somewhat related to the one you've been working on, which I think needs the eye of a neutral party. If you are willing, please take a look at Neo-confederate. I have listed some of my objections to this article on the Talk page of the article. If this is something you don't care to help with, is there someone else you would recommend? Thanks.-- Fix Bayonets! 07:34, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
I've made a couple of small changes already. But I have an outline of elder law that I wrote as part of my elder law practice in Massachusetts over the past few weeks. Posting it will work some bigger changes to the existing text.
Do you know if anybody has a real stake in keeping the text just as it is? or part of it? If you do, please let me know so I don't inadvertently irritate somebody with a major edit.
Please post on my talk page if you wish. You're obviously a lot more proficient in the Wiki world than I am, so I'd be interested in your comments.
Good luck in your studies (or the bar exam if you just graduated).
Jrgetsin 19:44, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the Re-word and mop up... it helped the article. I'm also taking the Bar Exam Wed and Thurs, maybe we shouldn't be on Wikipedia right now? CJC47 14:15, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
Thankyou for the heads up. I placed my comments there. - Dozenist talk 19:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
What's wrong with documenting that Frayser is the most dangerous part of Memphis? CRocka05
Thanks for joining the Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases. And thanks, more importantly, for writing articles about them, whether you're a member of a wikiproject or not. Cheers!-- Kchase02 T 17:54, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Can you please explain why you made this edit with the explanation "rvv"? MUSICAL 18:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the explanation. I removed the statement per Wikipedia:Avoid self-references. I'll note this in the edit summary. MUSICAL 21:08, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Copied from my post to The New Pornographers... Thanks for catching those speedy delete tags.
User:209.217.110.91 has been tagging a number of obviously notable music pages for speedy deletion, despite their notability being easily assessed with a copy of the WP:MUSIC guidelines and a web browser open to google. The New Pornographers, John Collins (Canadian musician), Nardwuar the Human Serviette have all been tagged as being vanity pages or otherwise not notable. The Evaporators, a band in which both John (of The New Pornographers) and Nardwuar (National TV and Radio personality) play has also been submitted for deletion, and not a single vote to delete has been recieved on that. This may have some connection to User:Arthur Ellis or someone connected to Warren_Kinsella vandalism. -- Xinit 14:57, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I just re-edited the page for Mayor Herenton trying to use my own words. The reason I did the edit is because the other page seemed to be very negative towards him, and since Memphis is getting enough bad publicity, I think that we could at least keep the page for the mayor somewhat optimistic. I am new to the Wikipedia thing so bare with me...I am trying to learn my way around! Thanks -Joel
Did you create the Elation webpage??? If not, do you know who did???
AmericanXplorer13
01:33, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
While I realize you may be a fan of Mr. Stevens, rapant fanboyism is inappropriate on Wikipedia. It is appropriate to list the criticisms of his work. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.136.222.198 ( talk • contribs) .
I think you may be taking some law exams now but when you are not too busy I hope you will revisit the Brett Kavanaugh discussion page. Your advice in the past was helpful and perhaps you can help again. We are having a difficult time reaching an agreement on including a very short passage into the article. I would appreciate your thoughts. Thomist 13:26, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
The comments on my user page are not about you, but about a consistent pattern I've witnessed and experienced at Wikipedia, particularly within disucussions of controversial topics. If you happen to see yourself in those comments.... These same concerns have been mentioned on the other's user pages. Aine63 00:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
With regards to your comments on Talk:Estate tax (United States): Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. "Do not make personal attacks anywhere in Wikipedia. Comment on content, not on the contributor. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users." Please keep this in mind while editing. Thanks. · -- Jbpo 01:27, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Jersyko, please site where Congressman Ford won. People may think that the knowledge is hearsay, and need a citation for backup. Thank you for your quick imput!-- Bearly541 03:20, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the great job on the Steve Cohen article! One comment – I don't think it was wrong for the article to mention that his primary occupation has been that of attorney. Sure, the article does note that he was a law school graduate, but there are literally thousands of U.S. law school graduates who, for various reasons, are not practicing attorneys.
I think that you are doing a good job trying to keep Wikipedia NPOV with regard to Memphis. There's surely been a lot of negative-POV stuff in that are IMO. Rlquall 12:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
sorry my mistake —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Esmehwk ( talk • contribs) .
Thanks for reverting rjensen's "liberal" to "left-wing" as a description of Nader in the Democratic Party article. I chose the word "left-wing" as a compromise with rjensen. The original term was "far-left," which I still think is the better term. If you think so as well, perhaps you can change it to left wing.
I am having all kinds of trouble with rjensen. In the John F. Kennedy article, he wants to include a long section about Kennedy's association with Joseph McCarthy, which I think doesn't merit the two paragraphs it now has. Have a look at that too, if you would. Griot 20:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
The editor who removed Reneec from has just told me on his talk page [1] that the issue needs to go to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents instead, because of the multiple IPs involved. Would you like to do the honors? ;) -- Vary | Talk 01:17, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
My changes to the George Allen article are listed on the discussion page are listed and are not vandalism. Some of the controversies listed do not belong in this article as they do not comform to the npov of Wikipedia. For example the enire section of "Other criticism," is obviously biased. If you keep reverting this article, I will submit to Wikipedia that the article be locked until it can be cleaned up. I will also ask for arbitration and that you, Stirling Newberry and webbforsenate be blocked from editing or submitting changes. Nnoppinger 02:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm glad you've chosen a reasonable course of action in regard to the George Allen article. I disagree with you that the section is not neutral as a whole (though perhaps it should be tweaked a bit), but tagging the section as you did is far more conducive to discussion than blanking it. I trust we can discuss this further at the article's talk page. · j·e·r·s·y·k·o talk · 02:27, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. I did remove "Other Criticisms' as I can not see that they would belong in an encyclopedia. I am refraining from making other changes for now as some of these may become newsworthy and worth inclusion. I am not in a position to dispute them without further research at this time. However, I would suggest that this entire article is need of cleanup. Nnoppinger 02:34, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey buddy,
Thanks for deleting my entire entry in dental caries.
Not sure why you figure a development written up in Nature is an advertisement.
FYI, I'm a former journalist with hundreds of publications in newspapers and magazines and a book out.
I have no interest in the subject other than sharing information.
I think you lopping off an entire section with information on three different developments in dental treatment is nuts. You want to make edits, or move URLS around, fine. But get serious. - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madscribbler ( talk • contribs) .
An advertisement for ... what? A chemical compound? A genetically-modified bacteria? This isn't something you can even get yet. And if/when you can, it will be available from any dentist.
Hey, what's your email or IM? - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madscribbler ( talk • contribs) .
I don't know if this is the only way to communicate on this system. Cumbersome.
Anyway, I'm not interested in advertising anything. If I saw an advertisement, I'd edit it too. But I don't see how what I wrote is an advertisement. Possibly the link to the inventor's website, but I put that in there for people who want to get more information on the technique. If you prefer to see that moved to the bottom, that's cool. But the legitimacy of the story is solid. The development of the synthetic enamel was a huge news story when it broke last year, covered by all major newspapers, radio, TV, etc.
I see some of where you're coming from, by the way. It's not my intention to "push" anything -- especially as there's nothing to push. On the other hand, why not list the benefits of the synthetic enamel over traditional drilling? (Maybe the bullets are no good. I was actually in the process of cleaning it up when you deleted it. I have Firefox and the google toolbar, which kept cutting off the end, and I had to get the newest version because it kept getting cut off.)
I think we probably got off on the wrong foot. If you had been able to IM me and voice your thoughts, I would have taken it better :-) I am open to all ideas. - —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Madscribbler ( talk • contribs) .
Thanks for posting on my talk page. I was a little irritated - I spent an hour or so editing what I took from the article, and then it was immediately reverted. Next time, you might consider posting an intent to remove on the talk page, first. (Actually, that page is so busy that I understand any reluctance to do so.)
I'm planning to go back and repost some of the text, but as info on the time that Allen spent between being Governor and U.S. Senator, rather than as "scandal". And I'm going to get more than one source. John Broughton 18:13, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi Jersyko. Thanks for your comment. I had honestly hoped not to look into the general details of the issue, and just to deal with what I saw as the immediate problem. My authority to block someone who's trying to contribute, just for being agressive, is somewhat limited; if the reason for blocking requires a review of page history and interaction, then it's something that more administrators should discuss. Permablocks for threats are much more straightforward, although in many cases giving a second chance is the reasonable thing to do. Anyway, it's obvious that I need to look into all this in more detail if I even consider unblocking Reneec. I promise I'll do that. -- SCZenz 03:17, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
If you did write those articles Bona Fides 14:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
I can't presently find on the web an active link to the House Judiciary Committee's published legislative history for the act, though I could in the past. If you know of an active link, I think it would be a useful addition to the links for the 1976 Act's wiki page. Yellowdesk 05:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Hello, Jersyko.
Although it might (or might not) have been an appropriate edit, your decision to delete the statement that Barack Obama's father was an atheist was not "minor," as defined at Help:Minor edit. Here is a quote: "[a minor edit] implies trivial changes only, such as typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes and rearranging of text without changing any content. By contrast, a major edit makes the article worth reviewing for anyone who watches it closely. Therefore, any change that affects the meaning of an article is not minor, even if it involves one word."
Furthermore, you ask in your edit summary "how his father's religious beliefs are relevant to Obama." We are all products of our environment; one's parents are usually the largest environmental influence in his life. Although Barack's parents divorced when he was two (according to the article), I am not sure how much contact they had before Barack's father moved back to Kenya. Whatever the case, his father's atheism could be related to Barack through an indirect influence on Barack's mother, etc. In summary, there are many ways his father's atheism could be related to Barack.
I will not revert your edit, though, because I am not sure that Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.'s atheism had a significant enough effect on Barack's life to warrant inclusion in the article. However, I will leave you with a request to be more careful about which edits you tag as "minor." If you accidentally tag an edit as minor, please make a dummy edit indicating that.
Cheers, Dave Runger (t)⁄ (c) 00:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
What I did was not blanking, merely summarizing and removing information that can be found on the detail pages. The page was getting really long! -- Rob 13:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
This is a request for immediate help from Kmaguir1 07:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC). If you have time, I'd like you to examine the Bell Hooks article and talk page. It's a scholarly article about a controversial writer, someone who drew the ire of a conservative commentator. They wanted me to go get the quote from her book, and I did that. But now, they're arguing it's not notable. As a follower of Wikipedia, you will know that of all the meaningless academic trivia included on her page, that what they wanted to exclude was really ridiculous: that she says as an opening to her book, Killing Rage, "I am writing this essay sitting beside an anonymous white male that I long to murder". This may in itself be notable, but David Horowitz wrote about it in 100 Dangerous Professors, and it was written about on front page mag, and all the citations are given on the page. I would appreciate your help--I'm contending with some very difficult Marxists who are attached to her work, and think that they're defending the liberal cause, but really, they're just keeping out material that is very easily notable. By the way, I'm from tennessee, memphis...- Kmaguir1 07:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I have been meaning to create Uniform Holidays Bill and never got around to it. Snopes.com had some good stuff on it, and there are already 3 incoming redlinks to it (obviously more could be added soon). Just figured I'd mention it since you have a few law-related articles out there, and this one is fairly pedestrian (that, and I'm shocked it wasn't there). Additionally, there are 1 each for Uniform Monday Holiday Bill and Uniform Monday Holiday Act and I assume both meant this. — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 18:08, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I suggest you follow the rules you cited, skippy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fix Bayonets! ( talk • contribs) .
Thank you for that great map you added to my article regarding Household income in the United States. I really do appreciate it. Best Regards, Signature brendel 17:12, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Jersyko, I've left a comment on Talk:George Felix Allen spelling out my case (and I think yours) just in case there's any ambiguity when an administrator happens to see look at this case. I've also added sockpuppet tags. I suspect that this user is a very experienced Wikipedian, because he/she cites a few policies in the edit summaries, knows the abbreviations (i.e., rvv), and because he/she makes 2-3 edits with a username before moving on to another. I think the next step, if this continues, is to request semi-protection. Thanks. Ufwuct 19:51, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Allegations of sock puppetry have been made against some of the accounts that have edited the Center for Science in the Public Interest page. I have instigated the wiki process for handling such allegations. See Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/David Justin. As someone who has contributed to the CSPI page, please add your views to the Comments section. You have up to 10 days to make comments on the allegation. Nunquam Dormio 18:48, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
I am personally requesting your assistance in helping the various editors-in-question reach an equitable and reasonable consensus regarding the proper treatment of the "S.O.C.V." Wikipedia article (< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Confederate_Veterans>). Clearly, the current viewpoints of the various editors are polarized. Your help and comments are most welcomed and appreciated. I would prefer that we exchange private communications in this matter via e-mail, though I will defer to your wishes. Respectfully, -- Black Flag 09:55, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Firstly, thanks for your comments regarding my input on the above (SCV). However, what I would like your input on now is the Memphis article, in which you have an obvious interest (and overwhelmingly favorable impact, I would add). I shouldn't be an admin, probably, because I pretty much refuse to follow WP:BB. I think that unnecessary and unwarranted "boldness" is a major contributor to many edit wars, most of which are tedious and boring, particularly to non-participants. I have a problem with the first para of the Memphis article stating "Memphis has never served as a state capital, probably because of its location in the western part of the state." I don't think that there has been any serious movement to make Memphis the state capital, ever, unlike several locations in Middle Tennesssee, where numerous locals avow "this place almost became the state Capitol" or "this place came within one vote of being the state Capitol". The last time I looked, the Los Angeles article doesn't begin by stating that it never became state capital because of its southern location, or the Chicago one stating that it never became a state capital because of its northern location. So it seems wrong to me to start the article with what is essentially a non-issue, but I wanted your input as a responsible, valuable editor before doing anything to change it. I also don't like the reference to the "Big Four" cities as this seems to me to be a provincial term little-known, used, or heard outside of Tennessee. Regards, Rlquall 16:52, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Um, is there evidence of the creator being Andrew Lin? Sorry, if I sound lost. Yank sox 23:57, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for some of the edits and pointing out where i needed references.
GoBolts 22:18, 14 September 2006 (UTC)BoltsFan
Hiya neighbor! I hope you don't mind, but I borrowed your toolbox the other day. It was the darndest thing, the screwdriver and wrench broke already. Maybe I should just keep it . . . What was that? No, I don't have your rake. Your lawnmower either. Welp, catch ya later! · j e r s y k o talk · 21:42, 14 September 2006 (UTC) Aw shucks! I was a fixin to ask ya about that thar rake. Well, yar most welcum to thuh tools.. I was gonna get me another one as it was. -- Zantastik talk 20:21, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
But this sortof concerns you (I have no idea who added it). 68.39.174.238 16:28, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Seems we have a user with a bit of a volcanic temper, eh? :) Thanks for the heads-up. I just don't want to deal with another user that screams for my head despite my attempts to apologize. I appreciate the help. Best, Lucky 6.9 03:20, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
I was just noticing how the only keep votes were from those from whom the author solicited help. Any thoughts about how we can manage this? Postdlf 16:06, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
The Wikimedia software has some sort of a bug with regard to properly noticing "edit conflicts" on talk pages. Occasionally, someone's just-inserted comments get silently over-written by another user's just-inserted comments.
Atlant 16:27, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
ya, im currently in Purdue University right now. I'm only in Cordova in Christmas and Summer breaks now. Barcode 15:00, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
i was looking at your edits etc, and you seemed much more experienced than me at editing, so I was wondering if you could help me out on my article One Beale. my main question was creating a references section at the bottom of the article. Some articles ive looked at have a specific way of referencing, similer to that of MLA format for works cited pages in research papers. I am an engineering major so writing papers is something im not a fan of, but i know i hate works cited pages. despite this i wanted the article to look better and more formalized. Thanks Barcode 23:24, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you. :) Yeah you hit it on the head. PAIN isn't monitored by many admins because honestly, it's sort of painful work. There's very little glory in it and it usually brings alot of grief, which you can see from my talk page. :) -- Woohookitty (meow) 10:32, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
If you can't find independent, third-party, Reliable Sources, then I don't think there's the basis for a valid article, under standard Wikipedia rules. To be frank, just because some fringe person declared a candidacy, or even got on the ballot, doesn't make them inherently notable. While it sounds like a noble goal to document all candidates, no matter how insignificant, Wikipedia is not the League of Women Voters candidate guide. Fan-1967 19:54, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Obviously, you and I don't always agree on everything (laugh). Nevertheless, I think you try to listen to both sides. There is another article somewhat related to the one you've been working on, which I think needs the eye of a neutral party. If you are willing, please take a look at Neo-confederate. I have listed some of my objections to this article on the Talk page of the article. If this is something you don't care to help with, is there someone else you would recommend? Thanks.-- Fix Bayonets! 07:34, 26 September 2006 (UTC)