User talk:Jonathan A Jones/Archive 4

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Editing Q

Apologies for reaching out this way, but I know you were involved in editing/moderating an earlier controversy on my page (Peter Gleick). I've just found out that a top staff member of the Heartland Institute has made major edits to my page in the section about a controversy with Heartland 10 years ago. Someone removed his edits, but he has reposted them. He is not an unbiased observer -- indeed, he is a deeply biased one, and I consider his edits to be vandalism, misleading, and misrepresenting what happened. He is cherrypicking sources and quotes to reframe that event in a what I consider a dishonest way and I wonder if there is some recourse an independent editor might offer, to revert to the previous version. Thank you for your consideration. PGleick (talk) 22:04, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Climate Change area

You wrote " I mostly keep well away from the topic of climate change but do keep an eye on the biographies of some participants." How wise you are! What a pity that area has become such a cess-pit of (IMO) anti-science! Cheers, --Pete Tillman (talk) 23:15, 25 September 2021 (UTC) Still permanently banned from editing in that area, 6 or 7 years on! A good way to avoid wasting time there -- if a bit drastic. The Wiki Climate Overlords are folks whose minds are made up!

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Translation

Hello, Thank you for your message. The edit was based on a phrase in the lead which uses the word "translate"; I see now that it does not mean translation of texts so have amended the WP.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 14:15, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

For Women Scotland

Yo. Regarding this reversion [1]: do you agree that "opposing changes" is kinda meaningless, since a change could be either for the better, or for the worse? So what is the utility of this sentence, at all? Equinox ◑ 14:16, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

I think that "campaigns against transgender rights" is inaccurate and not supported by the source given. It is true that the meaning of "campaigns against changes to transgender rights" is not immediately obvious in that sentence on its own, but the meaning is clarified by paragraph 2 of the lead so that doesn't greatly worry me. But I would be happy with "campaigns against extensions to transgender rights", or indeed just deleting the whole phrase. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 14:53, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Blackfriars

My concert is the accuracy of the following statement:

“ Blackfriars Hall is a Permanent Private Hall, meaning that it is owned and governed by an outside institution (in this case, the English Province of the Order of Preachers) and not by its fellows .”

The essential difference between PPH and college in Oxford is the level of endowments. I don’t know what the current threshold is. In my student days it was £5M.

The government of colleges is varied. The Queen, for example, through the Patronage Secretary of the PM appoints the head of house in Christ Church. 92.40.173.226 (talk) 19:29, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

I have no idea what point you are trying to make here, and your supposed "essential point" is complete nonsense. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 23:21, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

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The current version isn't mine but was uploaded by Pointillist. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 17:07, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello again! Because Pointillist created a derivative work of the image you uploaded, you need to specify a license so that he can specify a compatible license. HouseBlastertalk 00:23, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
Frankly I find image licensing issues on Wiki so utterly ridiculous and thoroughly tedious that I am not sure I can be bothered. But have a nice day. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 05:53, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

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Are you the article subject? If not, please say so and I will withdraw the COI notice. Philafrenzy (talk) 12:54, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
@Philafrenzy: If you had bothered to read my user page you would have found all the declarations you need, which confirm that I am not Jonathan Jones (journalist) but am in fact Jonathan A. Jones. You offer to withdraw this template is welcome, but can I suggest that you might want to be more careful in future. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 13:06, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
Fair comment. Notice withdrawn. Philafrenzy (talk) 21:17, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Commons deletion request

You commented at Commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/File:St-Peters_College_Oxford_Coat_Of_Arms.svg, did you see Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:St-Peters College Oxford Coat Of Arms.png? TSventon (talk) 14:07, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, I hadn't seen that. I'm less concerned about that deletion attempt that the main one, and the similar behaviour at Commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Kellogg_College_Oxford_Coat_Of_Arms.svg. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 16:21, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

University of Tehran and Kharazmi University

Hello You wrote 1974 as the year kharazmi university was established but it is 1919 and if you are agree with me ،I will change it. you also should know some universities in iran like K. N. Toosi University of Technology and Iran University of Science and Technology are also older the UT. I also should tell you Dar ul-Funun is not a part of UT anymore and is just a museum now. Ustad1111 (talk) 11:56, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

I don't agree with you, but if you have any further comments you should make them on the article talk page not here. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 12:44, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Your help with NPOV updates and changes

Hi Jonathan. I'd appreciate your help in making some necessary changes to the Legatum Institute article. I noticed your expertise on subjects relating to the UK as well as your active contributions to Wikipedia, including to the entry for Matthew Goodwin, a Legatum Institute Fellow. My pending edit request on the article's Talk page outlines the unresolved NPOV issues and other modifications that need to be made. Thank you for your time and your help JH at LI (talk) 16:23, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Kirchhoff Circuit Laws

@Jonathan A Jones: Junction Law is the common name in which it is also called right? Then what is the issue? I don’t understand why my edit got reverted. I am talking about edit revision based on Kirchhoff's circuit laws. Please use my talk page for reply. 2001:8F8:1825:88AC:D0F7:524D:A2AC:7DFF (talk) 12:55, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

The article says "Kirchhoff's current law ... also called Kirchhoff's first law, Kirchhoff's point rule, or Kirchhoff's junction rule (or nodal rule)". That's five supposedly commn names, which is already two or three too many. Adding a sixth "common name" which is just a combination of the others is utterly pointless. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 13:10, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

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Stornoway

No citation needed. The band themselves announced on their social media and on BBC 6 that they’re releasing a new album and touring the UK and Ireland. Lewis de Black (talk) 20:56, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

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Sorry, that was meant to be in my user space. Will move it there. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 20:11, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks; have responded there. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 19:47, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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