User talk:Jayron32

Request for clarification: User:The Wurdalak and User:Manhattan Samurai

Have you seen this lately? Seems clear to me you can reset or indef. Post what you decide in the RFAR clarification and we can archive it then. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:21, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Whistleblowers and drama

Followup to [[1]]

Thanks for your reply. I won't reopen the topic there, particularly since the subthread was losing WP:AN relevance.

Whistleblowers in the corporate world really are disruptive; they aren't simply a blessing. From what years of reading whistleblower stories in the Financial Times has told me, it is quite normal for whistleblowers to resort to high drama when they are stonewalled. And Peter Damian really has been stonewalled: the collective failure to acknowledge that should really bother those with a clue who care about the future of WP. That is the point, and not judging how best to deal with a nuisance. — Charles Stewart (talk) 12:58, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

You clearly don't understand what a corporate whistle-blower is. It is a person who makes a decision to call bullshit on their firm's practices from within the firm, often not involving the public, nor the media. It is an ethical decision and a whistle-blower seeks to change a firm's conduct by revealing practices to members of a chain of command, until one will hopefully take notice. This is in no way related to PD who soapboxes offsite. I think you may have seen too many Lifetime Movie Network flicks about sexual harassment or evil accountants. Law _{type! snype?} 13:09, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

(EC with law, reply to OP)The problem is conflating this issue of "whistleblowing", which is a Good Thing in the sense that sometimes we need people to take a real critical look at leadership practices, and call out when there are real problems, and "disruption", which is what is going on here. When you start to use other terms to name garden variety disruption you excuse it. --Jayron32 13:11, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Great Wikipedia Writeout?

If you'll notice, there are currently 403 Good article nominations up. Some date back to April (and maybe even March?). What do you think of having a Writeout, where the purpose is to stop writing articles for 5 days, and review GAN's to reduce the backlog? (Seems like a crazy idea at first, but when you stop to think about it... not so much). iMatthew ^talk at 19:20, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

It's been done before, to great success actually. There was a Good Article evaluation drive run 2-3 years ago which once got the backlog down to a day or two (no joke). I would contact User:Jennavecia (nee LaraLove) about the last one, as she was the primary organizer. I used to be heavily involved in WP:GA myself, but a group of editors took control of the process in a very WP:OWN way, and it drove me (and some other prolific editors) away from the process, which has become quite convoluted and hard to navigate, which may explain the major backlog problems. I think that clearing the backlog would be a good idea, so contact Jennavecia about how she organized the last one, however I think the source of the backlog now is endemic to the way the GA project is now being run, and until the process can be simplified or cleaned up, you are unlikely to gain much traction. Good luck and godspeed! --Jayron32 19:26, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, OhanaUnited organized it, I think. I was the one that quality reviewed most of the articles. A couple hundred I think. There wasn't a writeout for it, but we did get a great deal of participation from the GA project members. Unfortunately, like Jayron, I don't participate in GA matters much. I keep a quiet eye on Sweeps progress, but that's about it. Lara 04:59, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

What is happening?

I saw my name at the bottom but Mythdon said I wasn't allowed to edit admin areas because I don't have enough edits.--The Singer Who Carries A Trumpet (talk) 03:58, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Please feel free to make any comments you need to. Not sure where it will help though. This is NOT your first account and is clearly being used in a manner which is in violation of WP:SOCK. --Jayron32 04:02, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Have been watching

Hi Jayron - I've been watching. Thought I'd get in early before I log off for a while. Whilst I am still a little concerned by his response to your question on OWN; I'm quite okay for your unblocking if you reach a position where he can provide you with an unambiguous return that meets your requirements. Best wishes--VirtualSteve ^{need admin support?} 04:07, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I also think there's some biting going on here. See my comments at Martin451's talk page. I fully support your initial block, and support Martin451's version of the article, however I also think we need to use this as a means to help the new user along. I really think he wants to learn to "do it right" and can be turned into a positive user with a little understanding and help here. --Jayron32 04:11, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Agreed.--VirtualSteve ^{need admin support?} 04:13, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

New page development

Hello,

I want to publish a page on an Organization. I have created an write up keeping all the rules and regulations of Wiki in mind. I wanted your assistance in verifying it and helping me in publishing this article.

--Peswriter (talk) 05:39, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

WP:YESDRAMA

Since you have founded the Great Wikipedia Dramaout, I am here to inform you of the following:

Hi, Jayron32! You are invited to participate in the Great Wikipedia Dramaonly, an effort to end arguments and discussions, and fight vandalism! It is intended to stop discussions from interfering everyone's work in the article namespace. Please sign up here! Kayau Wuthering Heights VANITY FAIR paradise lost 10:39, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Kayau Wuthering Heights VANITY FAIR paradise lost 04:48, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Cool! Good luck with that! It looks like a worthwhile project! --Jayron32 21:00, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Happy Jayron32's Day!

User:Jayron32 has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Jayron32's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Jayron32! Peace, Rlevse ~ A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:05, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! What did I do to get this honor? --Jayron32 00:57, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Unblock of User:Agnapostate

I just realized that I may have stepped on your toes on this one; you declared yourself neutral in order to gain community input. Then I stepped in after a bit and unblocked anyway. I apologize if I did anything out of line, and like I stated at AN, I will take responsibility. Tan | 39 18:14, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

no problem. Sounds fine to me. However, should he go off the reservation, he's your problem! Good luck! --Jayron32 23:40, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Looks like he doesn't agree to my rules anyway, might be a quick reblock coming up. Tan | 39 00:32, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

please adopt me

i am new to wikipedia and i not sure wat to do. I was clicking on things and it sent me to an adoption thing and i was reading it and it said that the person you pick or the person that picks you can help you out and trust me I NEED HELP! i would be very happy if you could help me out.I do not know how to do the sign your post thing so youh can find me at the adoption thing. User name:BooBeeCiCi. Thank you and have a blessed day —Preceding unsigned comment added by BoobeeCiCi (talk • contribs) 23:02, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

I am taking a online course and i would like to know if you can help me on it i'm not saying to do the work for me but help find information stuff like that. And what is a guest book because I was looking at other adopters pages and I see It and sence my profile is a boring I wana know how to spice it up a little bit. One more thing what is the watchlist and what is it for. You might think that I am asking alot from you but I'M TRYING TO LEARN .--BoobeeCiCi 01:16, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

I was helpful

Thanks agian and about the books I do go to the library. and it is helpful alot but I got most on my work done it's just i dont find every thing I am looking for But i will figure it out some way but thanks bunches have a blessed day. (BoobeeCiCi 01:49, 7 August 2009 (UTC)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by BoobeeCiCi (talk • contribs)

Thanks.

Thanks for your quick help in my unblock. I chose that username for my test(Which I figured the filter would catch anyway) and in case it didn't catch the name (Which it didn't)I would have some piece of mind knowing that a true vandal could not take the name and abuse it. I thanks you greatly for your understanding.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 02:17, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Replying to your message

See WP:ANI. There's some shenanigans going on here...

Kind of like there were some steroids used in the NFL? :) But I agree. The more I looked at the block logs, the timing of the user contributions, and the contributions themselves, the more I realized something odd is going on there. —C.Fred (talk) 03:14, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello,

I have made this page in my own sub-page. Actually I don't know how do I send you this page? Should I copy paste the edit section of my sub-page and put it in your talk or if there is some other way please inform me. This page is about an organization called SoftDEL systems.

Thank you for replying.

Waiting for your feedback.

--Peswriter (talk) 12:15, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

infobox footnote problem

See my reply on the Help Desk. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk 00:06, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

ANI thread email

Hey mate please do get back to me at your convenience regarding my email about the ANI thread you closed last night. I'd like your analysis and any suggestions please. Thanks, Nja²⁴⁷ 15:17, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

deleted reference

Black Country

hi all not finding it easy to find the answer to my querry so best i ask

in the reference section of the black county i place a link to a no profit or no advertising page this is called black country connection. it consists of a project to link all the common name of the black country together but for some reason this link keeps getting deleted there are a few links similar to language and general forum but they remain un touch so i was wondering what is the problem cheers peterjd —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterjd (talk • contribs) 18:50, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Ask the people who are deleting the link. They should be able to explain why they are doing so. --Jayron32 19:09, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk"

could you please explain why the deletion ≤±−≥ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterjd (talk • contribs) 20:12, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Notability issue

Hello,

I have made changes in the Write-up and made the reference proper. Please review User:Peswriter/Softdel and give feedback. Let me know if any other issues are to be sorted out.

Thank you

--Peswriter (talk) 12:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)