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JNW is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia or not

Re: warning

Um -- How is it spamming to add a category to a page with citations? I was linking to wiki? You are being unfair. I wish you would take a breath and actually read the post. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.127.20 (talk) 15:56, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is not news, as you have been trying to include this link for some time, and are always reverted. It is clear that the article is not for promoting a specific musical act, which, as noted by a previous editor, does not have an article in Wikipedia. If you have not done so already, please read WP:N and WP:spam. JNW (talk) 16:02, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Modern tonalists and "en plein air" painters

Maybe a good approach would be to add a new section for "Later Tonalist Painters" or "Other More Recent Tonalist Painters" (ditto for Plein Air painters). I don't believe an artistic style ends with an era. There are rock music acts from the 60s, and rock music acts from this year. What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msft watch (talk • contribs) 05:13, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I really have to knock off for the day, but I'll try a brief reply now: I agree re: the permanence of good painting, regardless of style, but not for the Tonalism article--its reach as a movement really is circumscribed by the dates of the introduction to the article. A think a 'later' section would look tacked on, and raise questions of promotional motives. There are many good and successful plein air painters today, but I think one would be compelled to stick with the most famous and successful ones, like Rackstraw Downes or Antonio Lopez Garcia-- they don't conform to the American template of rapid outdoor painting, but they are acknowledged modern masters who paint outside from life. That's what I mean by notability, artists with museum shows and major monographs. Finally, though I know something about this, mine ain't the final word, so it might be interesting to have a few other art contributors weigh in. Probably best for us to talk on the Tonalism discussion page. Thanks for dropping a line. JNW (talk) 05:46, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image captions

The image captions on your talk page are fantastic. You just made my evening. Yngvarr (t) (c) 22:11, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Debicella

I DO NOT understand why you keep reverting my edits to the Dan Debicella article, and now you're threatening to ban me?? In case you didn't notice someone, as I already said, the ENTIRE ARTICLE was copied & pasted from the subject's own website. It was not neutral POV at all. And yet it keeps getting reverted back to that version. Please warn that person to stop censoring opposing views and remind them that vanity pages are against Wikipedia policy. I don't understand why I'm being made out to be the bad guy here for trying to balance a very biased article. 69.177.150.62 (talk) 22:31, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am not trying to ban you, nor did I once revert your edits. I tried to communicate with you on the article talk page, and explained what I believe to be an even-handed rationale--it was clear that you and another contributor were only going to continue, and probably accelerate, the reversions of content. I left a '3 reversions' warning for you and the other editor, which was appropriate. I also left a note on the Administrators' incidents page [1] pertaining to the situation. There is no 'bad guy', but there are several contributors pushing, and each believes they are right. Without discussion, that seldom leads to a productive ending. I do not think the article has reached its eventual form, but that form will not be shaped by edit warring. JNW (talk) 01:04, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, just saw the notice on AN/I, I am of a different opinion as to it being a simple edit war, and commented as such on the WP:ANI#Dan Debicella. Also cleaned up the article and added refs. Equendil Talk 08:07, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, you might want to consider archiving old stuff on your talk page, it's quite a long page :) Equendil Talk 08:17, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Equendil, for your research into this, which is greatly appreciated. The promotional content was not acceptable, but I was ambivalent about substituting it with content, even if well-sourced, that also has the potential to be seen as partisan. That's why I stated on the article's talk page that news sources would be preferable to assessments by action groups (even though they are organizations with which I may be sympathetic). The concern is that such information can be cherry-picked to suit any editor's agenda. And yes, I really do need to archive this page, or call in Maxwell Perkins. Now to return to wiki-break. Cheers, JNW (talk) 16:51, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Swami Rama"

Hello JNW. I don't recall discussing anything with you yet, but I believe that you would be able to make a fair judgement on this. Venus Copernicus (talk · contribs) is, of course, quite involved in the situation and I'm sure that someone definitely has to tell him/her something. I've already tried, and to be quite honest, I haven't acquainted myself with the issue enough to respond to that last comment (page protection was my initial thought, but Venus Copernicus appears to have added unreferenced information himself, so I wouldn't assume that relying on him alone would be fair). ~ Troy (talk) 23:23, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(response) I guess cleaning up the article should be in order, once the edit war is over. Thanks for doing the right thing :) Regards, ~ Troy (talk) 23:39, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's back in business again. I issued a final warning, and have taken it to the Administrators' noticeboard [2]. JNW (talk) 23:44, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work. Should be sufficient enough, but I'll wait and see in the mean time. ~ Troy (talk) 23:46, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note: the unreferenced stuff I (regrettably) added was from HIS earlier edits that I reverted and he kept re-adding. My intention was to at least add SOME of the stuff in as NPOV way as possible (to be amicable and compromising), even though I agree it didn't belong at all. This was a temporary measure to stop him from turning the article into a personal essay. It didn't work; I'm glad someone gave him the appropriate warnings, as he wouldn't listen to a damn thing I said about objectivity and WP standards. THANK YOU for fixing the article and keeping on top of this, and I didn't expect anyone to take my word for it, just enforce some sanity. Which you did.

BTW, I'm tired of this article, which I almost randomly chose a while back to watch and learn cleaning up NPOV and stop regular blanking that I saw going on. If someone could take over watching it so I don't feel I have to anymore, that would be Wiki-riffic. Please let me know. Venus Copernicus (talk) 20:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I think there will be more attention paid now. JNW (talk) 22:43, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked IP

It seems that Antandrus has already beaten me to protecting the talk page. If after his block he resumes vandalizing articles, he'll be thrown back into the slammer. bibliomaniac 1 5 03:07, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a tip, you might want to archive your talk page for the benefit of people with chugging Internet. bibliomaniac 1 5 03:54, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

I don't know if you are keeping track but you broke 20k edits recently. That's a lotta good work...Modernist (talk) 20:06, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Per your reply to Modernist. If it's 20k of vandalism work you definitely deserve this! That's not all it is by any means, but I do keep on seeing JNW reverted edits by der der der... Ty 22:29, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I don't think you've got this one yet, but you deserve it! Ty 22:29, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Without your amazing work, where would the rest of us be? I'd probably be in whole pack of trouble.....Modernist (talk) 22:31, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's a lot of reverts I don't have to make! Ty 23:11, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any little bit to help my Wiki friends, and maintain the often hard-fought standards for content in general. JNW (talk) 23:18, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

For removing the vandalism that IP user added to my talk page. Seems like he is taking a liking to you now, so allow me to return the favor :). Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 15:08, 11 October 2008 (UTC) A bit unrelated, but might it be time to Archive your talk page? it is rather large.[reply]

For returning the favor. Yes, my talk page is in dire need of a good archiving. Cheers, JNW (talk) 15:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks also for following up on the goings-on at William Bruce Agency and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Your efforts are much appreciated. Best wishes, JNW (talk) 20:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to help, and glad to keep things clean :). Not sure if you already saw it, but you might also be interested in the WP:SSP case regarding the creator og William Bruce Agency. Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 20:23, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure that I have anything to add to the sockpuppet discussion, other than to agree. Your observations cover the territory. I don't think the contributor means harm, just trying to spam a bit, and is probably not very familiar with Wikipedia guidelines. But the article, and the attempts to insert the agency into other articles, don't seem to pass the smell test. JNW (talk) 20:28, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Outdent Not doubting you can't do so yourself, but if you need a hand with archiving it, ill be glad to offer a hand in case you need it Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 15:12, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably time to archive the whole damn thing. You're welcome to go ahead and do it for me, if you have the time and inclination. Otherwise, I'll get around to it by the next decade. Cheers, JNW (talk) 20:28, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done, i added the first 100 threads to archive 1 and then another 80 to archive two. The archive boxes are on top of your page, in case you missed them. Og, i also set up automati archiving. MiszaBot will automatically archive threads older then 7 days to your archives, unless there are less then 10 discussions on the page. I set the talk archive size limit to 100k, which is between 80-100 threads. After that, a new archive will be made automatically (All you need to do is update the archivebox template every now and then in case a new archive has been made). Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 22:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just returned from dinner to find my talk page all neatly archived--I would not have known where to begin. So now I'll raise a toast to you for your good work. JNW (talk) 23:08, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are more then welcome, and thank you for the toast! An image sure livens up my user page quite a bit. But i guess i will go do what my status template would say i am doing now, and that is getting some sleep. Its rather late around here :) Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 23:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

Some friends of mine guessed my password and have been doing such things as the Xbox 360 talk page. Forgive them they are just vandals. Another admin blocked there IP adresses and accounts. could you give me a new password?

I think you can change your own password by clicking on the 'my preferences' link at the top of the page, then scroll down to the 'change password' section. JNW (talk) 19:15, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're right it is changed and they can't get on! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Holyname (talk • contribs) 13:35, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

a block in time

to say this was a pleasure would be a vast understatement. Cheers, and happy editing. Dloh cierekim 13:33, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

you put a note on talk page year ago indicating it was higher than stub. it is start or C, i reassessed as C class - as always try to be generous and it has relevant pictures and inlines. Tom B (talk) 11:10, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Much appreciated ;) _Talk Islander 17:48, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My pleasure. JNW (talk) 18:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

thanks there. why some users will want to bring personal fights to wikipedia beats me.--Danmel73 (talk) 01:14, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]