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I hope this finds you well. I wanted to reach out to see how I can help you to get some of your program evaluations included in this year's round of voluntary reporting. I know from your evaluation projects that you have done some amazing work and been crunching some serious numbers. Can you please answer to my talk page or write me an email to mcruz [at] wikimedia [dot] org? Thanks! MCruz (WMF) (talk) 22:14, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
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I believe I encountered you on Mann Manor yesterday - and then spent an hour or so going "where the hell have I heard that username before?" :P –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 15:41, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
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@Gareth E Kegg: Thanks! Got curious when I noticed this image of him from the Google Cultural Institute. Unfortunately, not a lot of biographical information on him that's accessible to me, but I imagine you might a little more luck if you have access to libraries in New Zealand. I, JethroBTdrop me a line08:09, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
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I hope your RfA goes as smooth as possible, and that it causes no stress, hopefully nobody will oppose because of something like, "you !voted wrongly on an AfD one time *gasp*", etc. AmaryllisGardenertalk23:20, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
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You had offered your help with my psychology class's Wikipedia project. Could you please check in on Stage-crisis view? One of my students had her edits reverted, with no good reason in my opinion. The editor who reverted it is 7Sidz. My student then undid the revert. I would like to avoid a wiki war. I've left comments on 7Sidz's talk page. Thanks! Jim J.R. Council (talk) 20:02, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
@James Council: I've responded on the editor's talk page. What it comes down to was that there was no rationale provided for the content removal, and there's no obvious explanation just by looking at the sourced content that was removed. Steph2016 was in the right in restoring her work. If some rationale is provided, we can revisit the issue, but until then, you can continue to improve the article without concern. I, JethroBTdrop me a line19:22, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
Hi. I just wanted to drop by and ensure that, as i'm quite sure you've seen that the form of my support for your RfA was questioned, you understand that i take the whole process very seriously, that i looked into your history (i have seen you about the place a few times, though i don't think we've interacted previously), that i completely support you, and expect you to become a fine admin. My apologies for any disruption caused. Cheers, LindsayHello21:12, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
@LindsayH: Oh, there was never any confusion on this side, so don't worry. It's my opinion that just because something is important, it doesn't need to be serious. You can be thorough and review/challenge someone at RfA and express your opinion with humor. We can talk about the importance of discussing content as it relates to costumed Reichstag climbing. I think as soon as it becomes just about "seriousness," it has kind of a chilling effect. Thanks for your note. I, JethroBTdrop me a line21:36, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
This seems to be going purty good for you, JethroBT, and you should take this as a pat on the back. Well done--by which I mean all those years. Well done. Drmies (talk) 03:52, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
Another editor removed all of the publication information from the list of works in the James M. McPherson article. Instead of getting in an edit war with him I realized I should probably move all of that previous content into a new article, which is a list especially since it is so long. However, I need help getting the list out of my sandbox. Can you help me the next time you are at PMML? TeriEmbrey (talk) 21:37, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
Tomorrow would be great. I am out of the office on Mon. I did highlight a few of the more notable books with prose. I would really like to take this from a C article to a higher quality article. TeriEmbrey (talk) 22:35, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
@Skamecrazy123: Thanks; it's no real trouble. I think I probably would have made the same call in your place. The other editor didn't remove the list on the other article (I thought she had) because she and another editor were having a disagreement about a similar issue and she didn't want to remove the list to avoid doing anything that might be perceived as controversial. I, JethroBTdrop me a line08:04, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
Great news to hear you are now an admin. Much kudoes and a promise of a beer if you ever get to Idegon! We need more R.E.M. Fan drummers named after great 70's rock bands as admins here. THAT would cure all that ails Wikipedia. Best of luck from another former Chicagoan. John from Idegon (talk) 03:49, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in my topic ban. This really is a genuine thank you, no sarcasm is intended. I was in the wrong and I accept that. Rottenregard23:40, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
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I am baffled as to what to do about this, so I thought I would turn this over to your capable hands. At one time there was an article titled Alyssa Funke about a girl who was an alumni of Stillwater Area High School who committed suicide. It was redirected to the school per an AfD, which was not the best of calls IMHO. Here's why. The version of the article which it was redirected to was here, sourced only to blogs and clearly a BLP violation, which I removed. It was later replaced with this version which altho at least being properly sourced, had little to no relationship to the school, so I again removed it. There is a bit of discussion on the school article's talk page, but it really does not show any promise of going anywhere. I would like to nominate the redirect page for deletion, something I have never done, and in this case, cannot do, as the page is under full protection. To reiterate some of the sentiment from the AfD, suicide is sad, but even sadder, not all that uncommon. Nothing came from this one except the great pain to her family and friends, which is very, very bad, but not the stuff Wikipedia is made for. Help would be appreciated. If you need me to do anything, Ping please. Altho I am on a PC now, most of my editing is done from my dumb phone, which is very limiting. I generally cannot load any WP-space page. Thanks for anything you can do, even if it is nothing. John from Idegon (talk) 20:46, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
@John from Idegon: I'll take a look into it today and keep an eye on the talk page; the situation sounds complex, so I'll need some time to parse through it all and the original article. Based on what you say, I would generally agree that putting the redirect upon for an RfD is appropriate. I will also be without Internet for some or possibly all of tomorrow (I'm changing ISPs, and whether I have actual Internet on the other side often feels like a complete toss-up). I, JethroBTdrop me a line21:05, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
@John from Idegon: So, I've done some digging around and have also looked at the article before it was redirected and protected. I also checked out the deletion discussion. Sources in the article basically scream WP:1E to me. There are a ton of reliable sources, but nearly all of the coverage she received is restricted to the final week of May 2014. Her appearance in the amateur adult movie and the circumstances surrounding her suicide are unambiguously connected. In terms of connecting her to the larger issue of cyberbullying in a way that would demonstrate persistent coverage, I uncovered this doctoral dissertation that only mentions the case in a few sentences, and this undergraduate thesis, which only offers one sentence and should be discounted as a reliable source. I absolutely think an RfD should be opened up on Alyssa Funke, and I can do so, but let me know what your thoughts are given what I've said. I, JethroBTdrop me a line06:36, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you, and thank you for all of your effort. I guess I am procedurally confused. Since the original AfD was closed just over a month ago, I thought filing another might be considered disruptive and that a review of the original would be more appropriate. I am also confused as to whether an AfD or an RfD is the proper approach, as the article is now a redirect. See section title. :) For my money, there is nothing in this that belongs on the high school page as the only connection to the school is that some of the bullying may have occurred there and there has been nothing done about that. So the redirect is definitely not correct. As far as she goes, I agree with you that it is all BLP1E. I don't see a place for a "Suicide of..." article as tragic as the event was, nothing changed anywhere save the obvious loss to the family and that change that did not happen is pretty much our criteria for that type of article. As far as the usefulness of any of the info anywhere else, there has not been enough time for the academic knowledge creation process to work. So I will let you do what you deem best and vote on whatever you decide to do. Thanks again. Mop handle giving you blisters yet? John from Idegon (talk) 21:56, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Drat, I've got AN/I all over my shoes. That stuff is beyond even the help of Oxyclean. Article clean-up on the right there is just so much more easy on eyes.
@John from Idegon: Ah, now I understand the question on whether the AfD or RfD is more appropriate. I think it's best to start with an RfD here since there is no visible article to discuss at present. I'll get this started today or tomorrow-- got some errands to run today, unfortunately. When there is an article, it can be discussed more. Also, no blisters yet, but let's just say it's possible I stepped in the bucket. I, JethroBTdrop me a line22:13, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
As soon as my life stabilizes, I am going to make a run at the foot in the bucket gang too. At the rate things are going that may be three years from now, but that is ok. John from Idegon (talk) 22:17, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Looks like I missed out on a lot of action over the last two weeks. Sorry I missed it, would like to have supported your nomination. Congratulations, and have fun. --kelapstick(bainuu) 13:13, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
Yes, congratulations. I have your user page/talk page on my WP:Watchlist, and still overlooked your administrator status. It took seeing Kelapstick's "So you're an admin now?" heading to catch my attention on that. As others have stated, you'll be an excellent administrator. Flyer22 (talk) 13:33, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
The Gents - I have now made major changes to this page, does anything else look like it would stop the article from passing the submission stage and going onto the live site at all ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stewart1967 (talk • contribs) 05:07, 25 November 2014
@Stewart1967: Yeah, there are some problems. For one, there are some sources under references, but it's not clear what information they source in the article. You'll need to learn how to put references into your article before it will be ready for publication, and to be sure that any information you do put into the article comes from a decent source, like a book or magazine article or a reliable news website. I, JethroBTdrop me a line11:29, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
The Gents - Okay have seen the error, and added some links, and hopefully this will help ?
@Stewart1967: Good work so far. There are a number of other concerns from where I am sitting, which I'll list here:
The article lacks a lead statement that summarizes the information in the article. A sentence or two for this article should do, describing who the band is, when they formed, and what kind of music they play.
Personal speculations like {{tq|At this moment, not too sure if any new recordings will emerge from this lineup, as they say, watch this space} are not appropriate for an encyclopedia, and should be removed.
There are certain phrases you use in the article that are not terribly suited for an encyclopedia:
Very much within the Mod style of bands... --> Need to find sources that describe them as a Mod-style band, and "very much within" just sounds strange, so consider rephrasing this.
the main Music newspapers --> best to just say what news papers they are.
Sources for the charts are needed, even if these are not available online.
The Gents... Hi, thanks for the continued help and hints, really helpful, hoping now that I'm getting close to a finished article. Have made changes as mentioned.
Congratulations on passing unopposed, Jethro! I'm sure you'll be a great admin. (Just don't delete the main page.) --Biblioworm00:25, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
Congratulations. I'm happy you had an uncontroversial RfA, and I'm sure you'll have an uncontroversial adminship too :) → Call meHahc2100:39, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
Congrats: well done. I'm typing this in white since it's secret. Now, you know that you won't get paid for six months. TParis probably knows what the quota are (blocks, full protection) for that first trial period since he runs the slush fund that takes all admins to Vegas once a year. I did want to tell you about one new rate which hasn't been emailed around yet: $20 on top of the usual rate for blocking an admin on an ArbCom page (including talk and evidence), so be on the lookout for that. good luck. Drmies (talk) 01:34, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
Great! Wow dude! Congrats on becoming an admin. The number of support votes your RfA got is overwhelming. Your editing skills are incredible and inspirational. Hats off. -- Sriramspeak up13:22, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
To pagewatchers on latkes and hamantashen
Latkes with sour cream
Hamantashen with milk
If you're looking for an interesting article to work on with me, I just watched the Latke–Hamantash Debate last night at the University of Chicago and the article seriously needs some work. I've barely started on it, but the research should prove to be...enlightening. Perhaps we will actually arrive at an answer to this age-old question once we get this to FA! (FYI, you can be satisfied with just one hamantash, but you can never have enough latkes.) I, JethroBTdrop me a line20:50, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
Hey mate! Hope you are fine. I wanna use a production image of a film in its article and I'm not sure if I found the right fair-use rationale and licensing. The image is here. Can you take a look and lemme know if it is satisfies the criteria and, if the templates are right or needs tweaking? Thanks for the help in advance. -- Sriramspeak up14:00, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
@Sriram Vikram: Neat image. Generally, the most controversial criterion of the non-free content policy is #8:
Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding.
It's tough for me to make a judgment call on this, but the more sourced content you can write about this specific image in the article, the better off you are. Also be mindful of due weight. I think the other criteria are well satisfied, but the image might be challenged on #8 (or it might not be). I also think the The image is significant in identifying the subject of the article, which is the film or film character itself is not quite correct; there are lots of images that identify the film already, so this needs to be more specific on the file page. I, JethroBTdrop me a line16:04, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks. Btw, there was already another image (a screenshot) used in the article. I copied the navbox and made changes as necessary. Considering the image has been used to illustrate and discuss the camera technique as specified here, I believe the image use is valid. It may need a few tweaks in the file description. Can you help me with it? -- Sriramspeak up16:33, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
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Did you ever hear back from the ensemble regarding the recording copyright? If not, we should likely nominate it for deletion, as we have to assume the composition is copyrighted. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:34, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for your note. I realise relating a new yet-to-be-published article to other published ones is probably not the way to go, but it does seem difficult to accept rejection of your article when you can see other published ones that do not seem to meet some kind of minimum standard. I really am happy to do some more work on the Elly Barnes article, however I could work on it once it has been published and add more facts/independent articles although I believe what is already drafted is supported and verified by independent information and does not read like an advert. That is not my intention. Have you any more advice? JulesatEducate&Celebrate (talk) 01:58, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
@JulesatEducate&Celebrate: You're welcome. I'm doing what I can to bring the articles you mentioned up-to-speed at the moment, which do need some work, and I appreciate you bringing them up. I do understand your frustration. The problem is there just aren't enough editors to fix every article, and articles are created all the time, some by editors who are unaware of or otherwise do not follow general guidelines and so there will always be problematic articles. As for your article, there are a couple of things I can say:
The last two paragraphs in the Educate & Celebrate section (starting at The issue of homophobia...) are not really about Barnes. Since this is a biographical article, I'd suggest removing this info.
You should definitely consider integrating information from these two articles from The Guardian: [1], [2]
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Compliment of the season! I'm very proud of you and 99.9999% sure that you will never abuse the admin privilege. Thanks for the advice you offered me at ANI, the other time. Am so grateful. I think have grown to be a better and competent wikipedian now. Wikicology (talk) 13:53, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
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I went through the list of pages listed on this disambiguation page, and only one actually used the lower-case "o" in its title, and I have now moved that page. Do I need to now make a formal request to move this page, or can I make a new request for a speedy move? -Dewelar (talk) 16:51, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
@Dewelar: You can nominate it for a G6 speedy deletion again; after some investigation, I don't think you'll get any pushback on this. It just appeared to me that there wasn't clear consistency in capitalization either way when I first came across your speedy nomination. After reading your message above, I checked a little deeper into the disambiguated articles to look into the sources for these works, and it does seems the capitalized route is more common with works titled "Moving On Up," so the disambig should probably also be capitalized. I, JethroBTdrop me a line20:43, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Jethro! A while back, you agreed to have your name attached to some of the daily Teahouse invites sent by HostBot. Are you still interested in having your name included in some of these invites? If not, I'm happy to remove your name from the list. Cheers, - J-MoTalk to MeEmail Me00:21, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
@Jtmorgan: Thanks for asking, and I am still interested! I get messages from new editors here sometimes with whom I haven't interacted before, and I've been thinking it's probably because of the Teahouse notices. But I think that's a pretty great way to get them in touch with folks who can help. :) I, JethroBTdrop me a line02:54, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Well, Taiko's been archived, but that's not surprising given how long it's been open. You'll have to wait two weeks before you resubmit. How about we copy & paste the unresolved comments into a "Review" section on the talkpage (no time limits there!) and you can resubmit when things are worked out. You could advertise the Review at WP:JAPAN, WP:MUSINSTRU, and WP:PERCUSSION to get more participation, mentioning it's for an intended FAC. Curly Turkey¡gobble!23:08, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
Oh, my God—especially considering the names involeved, I found that film so disappointing. The strip is just so beautiful, especially if you can see the pages full-size, or close to it. I think a good film really could be made from it, but that one wasn't it. Curly Turkey¡gobble!04:12, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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@Lightbreather: Thanks for your interest in hosting, Lightbreather. I think you'd make a great host. All you need to do is create a host profile here. No edit count or time commitment is involved, it's mostly a declaration that you have some knowledge of the 'pedia and are willing to help out editors with questions about how the place works. A good habit is just to keep the the Q&A page on your watchlist and see if anything is unanswered. If you feel like you can provide a good answer to the question, or at least point someone in the right direction, then go for it. I sometimes will ask another host (or editor) who knows more about a topic to answer the question. The scope of the space is to take Qs about how to edit, rather than general knowledge (which is better for the reference desk), but there's no harm in answering those if you can. Thanks a bunch, I, JethroBTdrop me a line21:20, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
Two more things. Is there a quick way to find what is unanswered? And what are all the options on the Teahouse host template for (easter egg, welcome, question, answer, genie, maitre d', and saucer)? Lightbreather (talk) 21:59, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
@Lightbreather: Unfortunately, there isn't an easy way to find them. Most of the time, new Qs are at the top of the page (and very occasionally, at the bottom). Personally, I just scroll through the page and look for ones that have no replies. As for your other question, the other options on the template are these badges; these have sort of fallen out of use, at least for now, but they can be given at anytime for things like providing a good question or answer, or coming up with ideas to improve how the Teahouse works. I, JethroBTdrop me a line22:10, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
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i was talking about Template:Infobox political party not an party article
i was talking about Template:Infobox political party not an party article, the party of the swedes was just to show what has been changed Dannis243 (talk) 12:21, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
i was talking about how far the results bars are seperated vertically from each other, do you know anyone who is good at wiki syntax that could fix it, meybe it is as simple as reverting the latest edit to the template, he who did it wont mind since we had a missunderstanding or rather aplying revision https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Infobox_political_party&oldid=637876513 exacly as it is on the template, since this problem arose 21 december 2014 so some edits after that messed it up Dannis243 (talk) 16:24, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
@Dannis243: Look, the amount of space between the bars, honestly, I really don't care about it. Is it aesthetically better? I don't know. But it isn't a "problem" in any sense of the word insofar as I can see unless I am missing something. So, if you want to change it back, you'll need to bring it up at Template talk:Infobox political party. You can also open a request for comments on the matter, but I really don't think this particular point is a big deal. I think it is much more important to ensure that the text is correctly aligned with what it is referring to. I, JethroBTdrop me a line22:05, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the new year's message. I hope you have a pleasant 2015 as well. More meetups would be good...maybe we could do a wikioke one at some point. I'm all about the singing. Nick Number (talk) 15:51, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
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Could you please keep an eye on his contribs. My patience is nearing the end, and am flirting with the idea of an indefinite block. My objectivity might be fading. He's gone from NOTHERE to CIR. Plus, he's starting to look awfully familiar. So, far, a huge, huge, net negative. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:53, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
@Anna Frodesiak: I will. I'm a little biased, but I am willing to let their mentorship run for a little to see how it goes. My two biggest concerns are that 1) our advice about working on content has felt mostly ignored (though it may simply be because the editor finds the experience frustrating and difficult) and 2) I sense a conflict in expectations about contributing to / conduct on Wikipedia that might be intractable. Such expectations can sometimes be hard to undo, and when they are pretty squarely in conflict after attempts to steer them in a better direction, I agree a block is generally the right decision. I, JethroBTdrop me a line07:06, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Re. Vernon O. Johnson . — Preceding unsigned comment added by JendaAJ (talk • contribs) 23:03, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
On December 10 you offered to help me navigate the vagaries of Wikipedia. I didn’t want to waste your time, but find myself at a standstill trying to answer the bullet points at the top of the page I created and am stumped as to how to solve problems of the last two:
1) a major contributor has a close connection to the subject. Guilty, as charged. But it doesn’t diminish the validity of the entry (as supported by a 48-page pdf of news articles.) I thought I had solved it, but the caution remains. Maybe I am too close.
2) the article appears to be written like an advertisement. I don’t think it does anymore. I have eliminated those links that were problematic.
@JendaAJ: Any effort to improve an article and address those little tags is never a waste of time; I care much more that you're taking the concerns seriously than how close you are to the subject— so thank you! I'll take a look today, make any changes I think might be helpful and leave any clarifying comments or questions on the article talk page. I, JethroBTdrop me a line15:21, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
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I found the last two missing citations. Do you think it is ready for a GA nomination? I know i has enouogh new text for a DYK? TeriEmbrey (talk) 17:05, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
