User talk:JBW

This account was previously known as JamesBWatson, but was renamed to JBW on 19 September 2019. Neither James nor Watson is my real name. Please post new sections at the bottom of the page. If you don't, there is a risk that your message may never be noticed, if other edits follow it before I get here.

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Pakdam Pakdai page protection possible?[edit]

Hi, JB. I'd like a second opinion for Pakdam Pakdai; I requested page protection eight days ago but it was rejected with the statement "warn the user appropriately". Which of these users are supposed to be warned? –Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:10, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Skywatcher68: My apology for not responding to this at the time. I did what I annoyingly often do, which is leave it to deal with later, because I don't have time now, and then not come back to it. It's one of the symptoms of attention deficit syndrome, which has absolutely plagued me all my life. Anyway, as you probably know, it did eventually get protected, and FWIW I agree with you that it should have been done earlier. JBW (talk) 21:34, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Skywatcher68: ... and for a longer period. JBW (talk) 21:36, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

West Ferris Secondary School[edit]

Hi, JB; just wanted to let you know that recently registered editors keep restoring the promotional content which you removed. West Ferris Secondary School is protected for now; you might want to do another removal. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:30, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Skywatcher68: I'm holding back from doing that, to reduce any risk of being seen as being INVOLVED if any further admin action becomes necessary. JBW (talk) 21:24, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

S'okay. I just initiated a SPI regarding the editor who started it all. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 02:33, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Explicit computable function[edit]

Regarding your recent edit of Sine and cosine, I think the work explicit should stay. In the context of computability, explicit means the value being computed is by itself on the left-hand side of the equation. If it were on both sides, and inseparable, the equation would be implicit and require a different class of algorithm.—Anita5192 (talk) 20:25, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Anita5192: Of course you are right. I can't think what I was thinking of. I will revert my edit. Thanks for pulling me up on that mistake. JBW (talk) 20:30, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!—Anita5192 (talk) 20:32, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An apology for editing many unsourceful things[edit]

Look, I know you may not care and gonna block me. But I'm sorry for doing that, even for the last unsourceful edit in The Powerpuff Girls franchise. I didn't understand what I was doing, I never realized that. I know I was stupid to edit everything here. Please forgive me. I don't care if you're gonna block me if you're giving me another chance. I'm telling you this for no offenses, okay? I'm really sorry for this.. ArdaCoolestDude2009 (talk) 12:30, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Good work Nameless (talk) 09:19, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Previous Edit[edit]

Very new to editing wikipedia, but I know for a fact Kobbie Mainoo's height is 6 ft tall, not 5'9. Can you please help me incorporate this source into the wikipedia edit? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5514522/2024/05/24/kobbie-mainoo-manchester-united-interview/. I was trying to cite it correctly but messed up Akthegreat789 (talk) 16:34, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Akthegreat789: My apologies. I searched for 183cm in the page you referenced, and didn't find it, but I now see it says "around 6ft (182cm)". In fact 6ft is closer to 183cm, the figure you gave. I have therefore restored your version, with the reference you gave. JBW (talk) 16:48, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What am I missing?[edit]

Hello! I would like to follow-up about your recent comments on my talk page.^[1] You expressed skepticism that I actually understand the reason for the block, and I am still unclear about what was lacking in my request. I understand that there were a variety of reasons for my block, some of which are detailed in a recent peer-reviewed article^[2] (section "Editor removal as erasure"). Could you please let me know what you would like me to acknowledge before being unblocked? Is it that other editors perceived me as a SJW? That American nationalists opposed my proposed content? That I sometimes express my opposition to administrative actions? I am sincerely trying to better understand what you expect from me, and I would appreciate a response. — Freoh 20:02, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If I'm not mistaken, just a few days ago, you also called another editor being blocked for sockpuppetry as disruptive, again linking a paper written accusing Wikipedia of colonial erasure. [1] You have repeatedly said 331dot "misunderstood" your actions, but it appears to me that they understood just fine. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 02:38, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ User talk:Freoh § Return from exile?
^ Keeler, Kyle (2024-05-24). "Wikipedia's Indian Problem: Settler Colonial Erasure of Native American Knowledge and History on the World's Largest Encyclopedia". Settler Colonial Studies: 1–22. doi:10.1080/2201473X.2024.2358697. ISSN 2201-473X.

I have read this message, and I have put some time into checking the relevant history, and I have a general idea of an answer, but for several

reasons at present I am not ready to compose that answer. I'll try to get back to you as soon as I reasonably can. JBW (talk) 21:27, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] User talk:Freoh § Return from exile?

[2] Keeler, Kyle (2024-05-24). "Wikipedia's Indian Problem: Settler Colonial Erasure of Native American Knowledge and History on the World's Largest Encyclopedia". Settler Colonial Studies: 1–22. doi:10.1080/2201473X.2024.2358697. ISSN 2201-473X.

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