User talk:JerrySa1

Sources to use in future:

Cocoliztli http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2013/07/30/guest-post-what-killed-the-aztecs/ http://www.ajtmh.org/content/62/6/733.full.pdf+html

Neith http://authors.library.caltech.edu/53320/1/PT.3.2583.pdf That book, if I could afford it.

Syrian Civil War infobox

Hi! Why did you copy the infobox into the article while there's a template to be included? --Emesik (talk) 00:00, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean?

It seems that you have pasted entire Template:Syrian Civil War infobox into the article. Didn't you? --Emesik (talk) 00:59, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I did this because previously, the page was done incorrectly. All the things shown in the info box could be seen and messed up the beginning of the page. You can see from the edit before mine. Why is it wrong?

Someone else broke the infobox. It should be fixed in the template, not in the article. --Emesik (talk) 14:33, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, what should I do ?

Never mind, I managed to fix it already :) --Emesik (talk) 23:31, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

USWNT

Yes. I updated "RET" to "RETIRED", since RET did not have note explaining its meaning. Thanks for asking. Harvardton (talk) 10:11, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's an abbreviation.

Your question

I made my account here when I was a very young teenager (like, 13) and most of the stuff I had up on there was pretty cringeworthy to 2015 me. Ahawowow (talk) 06:27, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Re:Cocoliztli

I change (or will) the article Epidemia de cocoliztli de 1576 because its content was almost the same (more undeveloped and with not totally reliable sources) as Cocoliztli. Now the article will focus on the outbreak and not on the disease. Sorry for my english. Edslov (talk) 23:47, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your english is fine. Thank you. JerrySa1 (talk) 00:12, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  {{convert|71991.8|sqmi|sqkm|abbr=on}}

  {{convert|71991.8|sq mi|km²|abbr=on}}

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  It changed "4KHZ" to "4 kHz". An article using the doubly wrong "4KHZ" should probably be carefully examined rather than changed automatically.

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Copied to here from my talk. Johnuniq (talk) 02:24, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I looked over the edits in the script, many were fine. Sorry for any inconvenience. Don't see the problem in this.. [last point above] JerrySa1 (talk) 01:35, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is hard to see, but in the last point of my post above there are two long lines starting "url=". The first line contains "4KHZ" but the second does not. Searching this talk page for "4KHZ" would be an easy way to see the text. The second line contains "4 kHz". That sort of automated change, if it is desirable, should not occur in a URL. I'm not complaining and I'm sorry that my message reads rather stiffly. I noticed there was a problem and thought you should be aware that some of the automated changes are breaking things. Similar issues may have occurred in other articles. Johnuniq (talk) 02:24, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Blink man

Hi there, just wanted to note that you put an AFD tag on Blink man but didn't create the discussion page. clpo13_(talk) 23:24, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, um the page was redlinked in the preview, and when I clicked it, it said it was deleted. Weird. JerrySa1 (talk) 23:49, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:JerrySa1 - I will see if I can create the discussion page. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:52, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think we have it, but I am not sure. (I am assuming that you found it on New Page Patrol, and that it doesn't neatly fit any of the CSD categories, and you tried to AFD it, and something went wrong. Is that correct?) Robert McClenon (talk) 00:06, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly that, but I could swear it was deleted by TWO admins for being "a blatant hoax." But I saw people still editing it, which is where I saw that something went wrong. JerrySa1 (talk) 00:13, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea how it's a "blatant hoax" when it's been in published books. I'm from the area, and it might not be "real," but it's a "real story.' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ekmyers (talk • contribs) 03:20, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Qapital

Hi JerrySa1. You chipped in a bit on this page a while back. I have proposed some tweaks/updates here and I was hoping you might have a minute to take a look. Thanks in advance if you do. CorporateM (Talk) 13:38, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@CorporateM: I will be on vacation very soon. I will be back the 23rd. Jerry (talk) 19:58, 18 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi JerrySa1. No problem. The requested edits are still on Talk if you're up for taking a look, now that you are back from vacation. I'll poke around elsewhere if you're not up for it. Cheers. CorporateM (Talk) 16:09, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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It's been nearly four days since the last edit to the article. Since it's on hold, I'd be inclined to close the nomination after seven days of inactivity. Ribbet32 (talk) 00:16, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Orrin Hatch

Per this edit you did [2], you may want to see this: [3] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:59, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång Holy shit I made the post. That is amazing. I didn't even know about the Orrin Hatch tweet. Jerry (talk) 17:16, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedians rule over life and death, apparantly. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:29, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I use this and this--Luke Stark 96 (talk) 17:24, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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JerrySa1, this review had been opened and then abandoned by its original reviewer; I had lined up a potential reviewer when you took it on, which is fine. However, it has been 17 days since you did so, and you haven't returned to it. I hope you are well.

I can understand if this turns out not to be a good time for you to conduct a GA review. If that is the case, and as the nominator has been waiting since the end of January, it might be a good idea for you to step back and let someone else do it. Please let me know. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 12:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@BlueMoonset: Fine by me. I was hoping for the user to respond to my comments so I could continue the review myself, though that hasn't happened yet. And I'm not sure if I'm up to giving the article a proper review besides the points I've already made.Jerry (talk) 17:22, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Distribution of white South Africans

ag thanks for the biltong man, that's lekker

ps do you have any idea how to quickly easily find info on how to regulate column widths on tables ?

i haven't the foggiest idea where to even begin to look for that ...

such help links as i have found just seem to be massively overcomplicated and confusing to my simple orderly autistic mind ...

the help signs i have accidentally chanced upon lead, when clicked, to a bewilderingly cluttered superfluity of further indecipherable possible options :(

why can't people use plain english instead of arcane symbols and icons ??

Paulalexdij (talk) 12:26, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

don't worry, i found what i needed :)

Paulalexdij (talk) 15:51, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Paulalexdij: I was going to search a solution before I saw your message saying you figured it out. Just wondering, how do you make the columns a set length? On another note, how do you find information on settlements so quickly? I assume you used to same method I did by going on Adrian Frith's website and checking every municipality with a sizable white population within a state and checking each of the major settlements off for their demographic composition. Though the time I took to finish Limpopo took longer than I thought, and you seem to go going by at a brisker pace between edits. Is there a more efficient method that I've missed out on?Jerry (talk) 16:30, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jerry, thanks for that. i have now discovered how to make each column a specific width in pixels by using the style option with a scope=col (eyeball the code for details). my main method of finding info is exactly the same as yours, but i have been studying this exact topic in minute depth since 2012, and having recorded my findings in my own notebooks am then able to fairly quickly transcribe them ... actually, i have been examining this subject in great detail since i was a child in jo'burg and i daresay i have some unrivalled familiarity with the matter ... and i have an unhealthy fascination\obsession with lists of numbers lol ... am not so quick at other things :) Paulalexdij (talk) 09:54, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ps if you dont know about it, statssa have a wonderful tool for accessing census data called nesstar ... Paulalexdij (talk) 08:22, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Paulalexdij: Wonderful tool! I've been using it over the past few days. P.S., I think if you want to completely finish the article, you might want to contact Adrian Frith himself, he's a user on the site and he's still active editing. His username is User:Htonl. Jerry (talk) 23:42, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Paulalexdij: Sorry for bothering you, but I was thinking of making a map for the article to make it understandable, since I believe it's more accessible than looking at the table and knowing where all the cities are. Do you have any ideas for maps I could use for inspiration, or what other material I should add onto the map to make it more complete? Cheers. Jerry (talk) 19:35, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jerry, yes a map would be very useful -- probably one that shows the municipalities would be best, since data for the main places is not always available. there are a few good maps of the municipalities for each province on wiki already -- i think they were created by adrian frith -- but maybe in order to not be too repetitive it would be nicer\better to have more generic maps of each province -- i will look to see if i can find any good ones Paulalexdij (talk) 22:41, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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