User talk:JustGettingItRight

Welcome, and comment

Hello, JustGettingItRight, and welcome to Wikipedia. I've reverted your edits to Category:American criminals; there was a lengthy discussion on the subject before you got here, which can be found here. If you still believe the category should change, I'd invite you to participate in a new discussion here. Again, welcome to Wikipedia, and please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page if you ever have any questions about anything. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 02:44, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello JGIR. I join SI in welcoming you. An invitation to discuss a contested matter on the Category's talk page is just about the opposite of an invitation to re-revert. You've unwittingly stumbled into a thicket. I regret that. One of our big rules is don't bite the newbies and I sure don't want to scare off someone who could be a great new editor.

If you review the prior discussions on this topic, you'll see I've argued for a strict interpretation of the "solely notable" criterion. But consensus did not go my way. I hope you see from my examples on the talk page that there really are a lot of articles in the category that fit under the consensus formulation, but don't under your new one. But if I start pruning Otto Kerner, Billy Cannon and the others, based on your edit, a big kerfuffle will ensue. Another big rule is don't edit other pages just to prove a point. Arguably, that's what I'd be doing if I started trying to rescue Leadbelly from the American Criminal categorization. (Although I'm sorely tempted.)

Please consider reverting your second attempt to modify the definition and please continue the talk page discussion. We may generate a new consensus that says a person should only be categorized as an American Criminal if they are solely notable for their crime(s). But the burden of persuasion is on those seeking to change consensus. Thanks for hearing me out. Cheers, David in DC (talk) 15:16, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Obama articles

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Question

There's a question for you here:[1] Will Beback talk 22:42, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You commented:

Revert to consensus that was developed after over month of discussion. Prior version violates WP:BLP and must be reverted. Please participate in ongoing talk.

But I don't see any discussion about deleting that criteria. Can you please point me to the month-long discussion of it? Will Beback talk 07:47, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I posted a discusion topic back in February, it was assented to by David, and over a month and a half went by without any further comment. In actuality, my main intent was to add a critia of notability to the offense, and I corrected the solely notable criterion, which was an archaic remnant when the and criterion was used (the intent being that a person's crime is notable and not just because of the person's prior notability). Your current version, with the or operator, would ensnare a lot of people adjudged innocent in a court of law. I posted a RfC under the biography category as I wish we can get some collaboration on this timely. Feel free to ask me any other questions or give any comments. JustGettingItRight (talk) 07:56, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any discussion of the deletion, you just post it and say you'll delete it if no one objects. That's not really a consensus. Last year we had an actual discusion with a real consensus - look in the archives. Please don't edit war. Will Beback talk 07:59, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not edit warring, you are. I posted this discussion item and it did receive assent from another editor (David) and was open for discussion for a month and a half. You had ample opportunity to comment then. Why is it so hard for you to make your case on the talk page? JustGettingItRight (talk) 08:13, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am making my case - but I just can't find any discussion of consensus to remove a logical criteria that already had been discussed and achieved consensus among more than just two editors. You still haven't explained your objection to it in a way that makes sense. Will Beback talk 09:16, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can't cite a discussion from a year ago which had a equivalent number of commentators for your proposal (the initial question was about the category being too strict, not about your proposal) and call that the real consensus opposed to the discussion from last month. You had over a month and a half to comment on the definition, which you did not do. I expect the definition to be reworked drastically (it will not be the current version), but let the talk page process play out. Your version has adverse WP:BLP implications that are not acceptable. JustGettingItRight (talk) 09:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Taking a WikiBreak for 48 hours

Feel free to contact me if need be, but I won't edit, talk, or check my messages for at least 48 hours. I am going to sign off and only use Wikipedia for reference (i.e. learning stuff a lot quicker than reading the textbook) during this time. JustGettingItRight (talk) 11:02, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Economic policy of the George W. Bush administration

Hi JustGettingItRight, just wanted to give you a heads up that I've written a note on the talk page of this article asking you to clarify your recent changes. Thanks. --Beerfinger (talk) 20:28, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, thanks for the message. JustGettingItRight (talk) 20:36, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Goguryeo language recent edit

Hi JustGettingItRight, the edited version does appears tobe work of the vandal. That is why I'm reverting the article. The sources are questionable, it appears tobe work of Japanese/Chinese nationalists trying to link their languages to ancient Korean language.--Korsentry 06:47, 29 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoreanSentry (talk • contribs)