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I don't live on Cullen Ct, but I like the street sign

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Welcome to my talk page I use the name Cullen328 on Wikipedia, but you can call me "Jim" because that's my real first name. If you want to start a new conversation, please click "New section" at the top of this page. I keep the old comments from July and August of 2009 that follow the "Contents" here, because these friendly words of greeting made me feel welcome when I first started editing Wikipedia.

The importance of a friendly greeting

Hello and welcome to my talk page. If you want to start a new conversation, please click "New section" at the top of this page. I keep the comments that follow from July and August of 2009 readily visible, because these friendly words of greeting made me feel welcome here on Wikipedia when I first started editing. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Please offer your thoughts

I would appreciate comments and suggestions on any contributions I make. I am learning.Cullen328 (talk) 03:22, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Nice work on Jules Eichorn. He's been needing an article for a while.   Will Beback  talk  06:28, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

If I may suggest, now that you've posted the Eichorn article the draft below might be deleted. It's your talk page to do with as you like, but it's a bit hard to edit around.

As for formatting and pictures, a good way to learn is to look around at other articles to see what you think looks best. It can be helpful to break up long blocks of text into subsections. Perhaps it'd be possible to split the biography into two or three eras. Other than that, the formatting is usually kept fairly plain. As for photos, it's easy to upload them: the trick is in finding photos with appropriate licensing. If you have any personal photos then those'd be fine. There are might be pictures of the peaks he did first ascents on in the Wikicommons. File:Cathedral Peak.png is a so-so pic of Eichorn Pinnacle.

As before, feel free to ask if you have any questions. There are several editors here who are mountaineers or just admirers of the Sierra, so you're in good company.   Will Beback  talk  21:13, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

PS: Many editors create "sandbox" pages for drafting articles. For example, User talk:Cullen328/Sandbox.   Will Beback  talk  00:17, 1 August 2009

Your climber biographies

Hey Jim, just wanted to say welcome and thanks for your contributions to the Sierra Nevada climbing history articles. You're filling a niche that's been missing here, I look forward to working with you. --Justin (talk) 11:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

I'll second that. Nice work on Allen Steck and welcome to Wikipedia. I don't know who you are planning to write up next but if your taking requests I think Peter Croft (climber) could really use a page. If you ever have any questions please ask. Thanks again for your great additions.--OMCV (talk) 02:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Justin and OMCV. I am beginning work on Tom Frost and Glen Dawson. Comments on Norman Clyde would be welcomed. I will defintely read up on Peter Croft, OMCV. I am still "learning the ropes" in Wikipedia, to use a climbing analogy, and have all sorts of things in mind. My biggest challenge right now is getting permission to use images. My next biggest challenge is hiking to the top of Mt. Whitney with my wife in ten days - she's never been above 12,000 feet except for the train ride up Pikes Peak. As she's 56 and developing arthritis in her toes, it will be an accomplishment if she (and I) complete the Class 1 feat. Jim Heaphy (talk) 02:34, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Debra and I made it to the summit of Mt. Whitney at 2:20 PM on Friday, September 11. Jim Heaphy (talk) 00:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

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Adding cover images

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your response. I fully agree with your rationale - but how do I "just do it"? I've gone to one of the image pages and tried to update the summary and licensing info (adapted from another album page from the same band), and was greeted with a rapid deletion message. The code I used was as follows:

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Interview invitation from a Wikipedia researcher in University of Minnesota

Hello Cullen328,

I am Bowen Yu, a Ph.D. student from GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Currently, we are undertaking a study about turnover (editors leaving and joining) in WikiProjects within Wikipedia. We are trying to understand the effects of member turnovers in the WikiProject group, in terms of the group performance and member interaction, with a purpose of learning how to build successful online communities in future. More details about our project can be found on this meta-wiki page.

I notice you are active in activities related to project page and project talk page, so I wonder if I could invite you for an interview if you are interested in our study and willing to share your experience with us. The interview will be about 30 - 45 minutes via phone, Skype or Google Hangout. You will receive a $10 gift card as compensation afterwards.

Please reach me at bowen@cs.umn.edu if you are interested or have any questions.

Thank you, Bowen

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"Here's hoping that the worst end of your trail is behind you That Dad Time be your friend from here to the end And sickness nor sorrow don't find you." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1926. Montanabw(talk) 23 December 2016 (UTC)

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Reference Desks

Hi Cullen. At the Language Reference Desk on 30 May you wrote “Can you define pedantic dogmatism? You seem good at it.” Please read Wikipedia:Reference desk/Guidelines#Content and tone. In particular, please read the third paragraph, the one beginning “Questions usually attract more than one answer ...” The third paragraph makes a number of valuable recommendations and, with the greatest respect, your edit quoted above appears to me to disregard them all.

Please familiarise yourself with the Ref Desk Guidelines and either observe them or go to the appropriate forum and argue your case for changing them. Happy editing. Dolphin (t) 13:12, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback, Dolphin51. I will try to be less snarky. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:53, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

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Pheasants (wank and otherwise)

Just to let you know, the bit with you being called a pheasant by the Reddit types was a reference to an incident on an episode of WWE Raw a couple years back when, at a taping in England, someone showed up with--and got on camera--a sign reading "Roman is a Wank Pheasant." Nobody really seems to have any clue what the hell a wank pheasant actually is, but the wording (plus getting it on television right next to Reigns as he made his through-the-crowd entrance) made people laugh enough for it to have gone memetic among wrestling fans. Don't be shocked if someone calls you a plank next, since Becky Lynch made that the latest big meme after calling an opponent a "total plank" in a similarly non-sequitur promo recently... rdfox 76 (talk) 15:06, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the insider information, Rdfox 76. Very amusing. I stopped watching professional wrestling about 55 years ago, so I am behind the times. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 15:24, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks for feedback on Boogaloo dance article

Hi Cullen328!

Thanks so much for taking the time to review my article. I was initially thinking of re-editing the Electric Boogaloo article, most of the research I've read says Electric Boogaloo added new elements to the previous Boogaloo dance style I am writing about, and current Electric Boogaloo references do not mention the Bay Area dance phenomenon, so I am seeking to bridge this gap based on research available. Being from the Bay Area, do you remember seeing this dance phenomenon in the late 60's/early 70s? I would love to check out any coverage of reliable sources you might recommend!

Re: internet accessibility, I am culling research from published books, magazine articles. The most accessible sources would be recent public radio coverage. Would you have examples of accessible reliable resources? I can also find recent media outlets and scholars who have written about this topic. The topic on Boogaloo done in Oakland is found on YouTube pages but I've read Youtube videos are not reliable sources, are there any exceptions? Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by PatisOne (talk • contribs) 07:37, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, PatisOne. Please try to get into the habit of signing your talk page posts. Don't rely on robots to do so for you. I truly do not know whether "Boogaloo" and "Electric boogaloo" are sufficiently different topics to have separate articles. My knowledge of the differences between dance genres could easily be written on a 3X5 card although I do recognize the terminology. What I do know is that is far better to have one good comprehensive article about a topic than two poorly written and poorly referenced articles about the same general topic. Such a process of improvement might involve a new, broader title for the article, deleting "Electric" for example. I am not trying to prejudge an outcome since my expertise is limited. Instead, I am trying to suggest a productive way forward. In the end, summarizing what the best reliable sources say is our goal. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 08:00, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you, John from Idegon. I have replied. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:52, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

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A star

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		Keep up the great work! Lubbad85 (☎)(Edits) 20:02, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Lubbad85. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:06, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

UPOL

Hi, Cullen! Would you be willing to reconsider your block of this user? I know UPOL is somewhat vague (I often question things while doing ACC) and I tend to be on the side of "block and as questions later" but I really do not think that this is a upol violation, though I welcome your opinion on this. Duncan Foster isn't notable or well known as a unique name. The editor in question has made only two edits, both of which are to talk pages seeking help or instruction and 3 months apart. I also don't believe that a mere mention on an article is suitable to say that it qualifies under any of the relevant policies and it's also generic enough that WP:REALNAME isn't really applicable. Thanks! Praxidicae (talk) 20:49, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Praxidicae. I am sorry but I disagree with your interpretation. The editor is claiming that he is a film/TV director (which seems likely) but there is a significant enough risk of impersonation that I believe it is appropriate for the editor to confirm their identity by email. I will not object if another administrator disagrees with me and unblocks. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:05, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Robotics and Visual servo

Hi Jim, not meaning to be aggressive but I'm genuinely confused. Several articles now have prominent COI banners which I don't see as warranted.

• Visual servoing (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is not a *major* contribution by me (but I do have a close connection with the subject). I see only 3 edits by myself, in total I added 1 reference to myself, 3 to others, and 1 to a no longer existent 2004 workshop paper collection which I can no longer recall the authorship of. This seems in the spirit of wikipedia. Yet the banner which went on today is apparently related to my behaviour, and this seems out of all proportion. Most of the references to my work were placed there by others. I also don't see that I made a major contribution to the page. The bulk of it is by user Arbusmar.
• WP:SELFCITE, I don't understand this. Is it a guideline or is it something I put in the page? I'm struggling with the documentation here.
• Robotics Toolbox for MATLAB (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), can you provide guidance on that issue as well?

Hello, Peter.corke. As for the COI banners, discuss them on the article talk pages and with the editors who tagged the articles. I am sorry if the backlash against your edits is excessive, but conflict of interest is a major problem on Wikipedia, and some editors specialize in fighting it. WP:SELFCITE is a subsection of Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, which is a behavioral guideline. Just do your best to follow that advice. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 05:11, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

False accusation of vandalism

DDB9000 (talk) 05:57, 23 June 2019 (UTC) Hello Jim,

First sorry for taking so long to respond. I was in the other room watching a TV show. The small TV next to my desktop computer died a little while ago, do I can't do both at the same time.

First of all the bot may not like 'did cut' but for the "Low Spark" page, THAT WASN'T ME. That was what was there before - I changed (or rather tried to) to make it say something similar to what is said (again, not by me) on the "Shoot Out" page... " Like its predecessor, the original jacket for the Shoot Out LP had its top right and bottom left corners clipped"

What I said on the "Low Spark" page was that the cover had its top right and bottom left corners clipped, and that the image gives the effect of looking like a three-dimensional cube. That page has now reverted to the "die cut" version, so that can't be the reason. I specifically changed it because the cover does not really meet the definition of die cut as that generally means there are holes cut into the cover - like The Rolling Stones' "Some Girls"

I think that it must be that I made so many changes, by making continual errors, saving and then going back to edit, and then saving, and, well... rinse and repeat.

As for references, well many them are right in the next room where I have all the LPs, and many CDs and singles and other stuff. I have been collecting records since the late 1960s and I have original UK pressings of all the original Traffic albums, except the 2nd (eponymous) album, of which I have a rare Canadian first pressing.

Of course, I do know about Discogs, I'm there all the time, but when I look at some of these pages I don't others stating where they got their info from. Speaking of which, I just looked and nowhere on the "Low Spark" main page is the cover configuration mentioned. Nor is it mentioned on the main page for "Shoot Out" except in a comment. If you go to the South African versions of those albums, those pages DO point out that the covers are NOT cut.

In other changes I made, I added info, like the fact that original UK and some European versions of "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" << have a hyphen in the name of the album and song on the labels, while the actual names do not. Again, nowhere does Discogs say that, and other than checking each version's pics, you wouldn't know that. Am I expected to post links to each of those labels as proof?

On the page for "When The Eagle Flies" I added that the album (previously listed as only being on Island) was released on Asylum in the US and Canada. This was the result of a deal between Island where they let Asylum for the US, and Island got Bob Dylan for the UK. I added that note. I don't believe I can find a link to a story on the net from 1974 about that.

I guess what I'm saying is that many of these thing to me are just things I know are true cause they are on my shelves.

When a recent box set of Traffic LPs was released I communicated with another collector about an issue with a mono UK version of the 2nd album that nobody's ever seen. Finding proof that it never existed. I fixed that info on the page a few weeks ago, but not signed in at the time.

I have looked at the pages that I painstaking fixed that have mostly reverted, and in virtually all of then, the previous info from others (like the 'die cut') do not have any references links to them at all. Not to be picky, if all these others have been getting away with no proof, why should bear the burden of having to look up things I know my heart?

I AM PROUD of the changes I made as I want Wikipedia to have the best and most correct info as can be. If people, not bots, actually read what I wrote as opposed to what was there, they could see how much better I made the pages. Now, I feel like the whole concept of Wikipedia has been lost by the powers than want to ban.

David

Hello, DDB9000. Bots are absolutely necessary to protect the encylopedia against vandalism although as I said earlier, they are not 100% effective. I regret that the bot made a mistake in your case. I tried to give you a plausible explanation of what happened and explain the importance of references to you. I understand that you are a serious collector but the content you add to Wikipedia needs to be properly referenced. It is a process of continuous improvement. If you see other unreferenced content, consider adding a reference. No administrator wants to block or ban editors. We do it only when it is necessary to prevent disruption to the encylopedia. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:09, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

The policy that drives the need for references is Verifiability. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:12, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Sock?

Just noticed a new editor pop up on Jewel Changi Airport. Newly created account and hitting some familiar pages. Any suspicions that User:A339 could be a sock of User:Ineedtostopforgetting whom you have blocked a couple of times recently? Canterbury Tail talk 13:08, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Ah, I knew you would pop up again. You just love following me around do you? Yes, it's another account of mine. I initially forgot the password for this account, which is why I created a new one. However, I've managed to remember it and have returned to editing on my main account. I assume 'sock' means 'sock puppetry', so I took a look at the article for it. So let me say something, The account was made at a time while this account was unblocked, so I'm not evading a block. (an admin can check this) I'm not using that account for edit warring (you can see the edits), or avoiding 'detection' since admins can check IPs anyway, being disruptive/problematic, violate community standards or policies, being biased in my edits to support my edits on this account, creating an illusion of support, trying to sway opinion to another side and finally trying to distort consensus. So this is my explaination, I'm not misleading nor deceiving anyone either. Thanks. Ineedtostopforgetting (talk) 13:52, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Ineedtostopforgetting, and welcome back from your retirement. Please declare your alternate accounts on your user page. Thank you. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 18:56, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Chelsea Manning

Hello, could you please explain why you reverted my edit on Chelsea Manning's page? The only explanation you gave was that it was "unnecessary" but I disagree. "Female gender identity" is inaccurate because female is a sex, not a gender. This causes confusion, which is why I felt the quotation marks and note of clarification were necessary. Abbyjjjj96 (talk) 19:47, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Abbyjjjj96. Please discuss this matter at Talk: Chelsea Manning and gain consensus for your change there. Please also note that Gender states in the lead paragraph: "Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex (i.e., the state of being male, female, or an intersex variation)" I understand the distinction made by John Money and those he influenced in the social sciences, but this is a biography reporting on the person's claims not an article about those distinctions from a social science perspective. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 19:57, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Claude Ferguson Article

Hi Jim, I need help and I have a COI (I just learned that it is a bad thing). Now I should not edit it and try to cleanup it up.

The DDT Aerial spraying section is correct and has a published article 1977... “Ferguson still battling bureaucracy but tired of waiting” by David Hulen, IDS staff writer.. (Indiana Daily Student Bloomington, IN) .

It talks about his faulty diagnosis, his medicine and hospitalization with DRS names. I have emailed IDS to see if they can point me to it online but if it’s not how can I get it used as a citation, I have it in my hand. It states exactly what I wrote in the ddt section. It looks like someone else has shorten my ddt aerial portion again.

The off road vehicle section and the lawsuit section were created using newspaper article and a 2009 published article “Administrative Profile: Claude Ferguson Rosemary O'Leary Syracuse University... and her book :: “The Ethics of Dissent” includes an entire chapter “ When a career public servant sues the agency he loves: Claude Ferguson, and off-road vehicles in the Hoosier National Forest”.

I had included these in my reference section. That is now gone.

I only want to do what's right. Please bear with me and I do appreciate any help. Thank you! Carla Solowalk (talk) 20:39, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Discussion - Article 'GlobalLinker'

hi @Cullen328. Taking this forward from Teahouse reference. References are reliable, independent and not press release. These are news in top newspaper.

Can I know what made you think these are press release, This will help me in improving the article