User talk:John
A Note on threading:
Interpersonal communication does not work when messages are left on individual users' talk pages rather than threaded, especially when a third party wishes to read or reply. Being a "bear of very little brain", I get easily confused when trying to follow conversations that bounce back and forth, so I've decided to try the convention that many others seem to use, aggregation of messages on either your talk page or my talk page. If the conversation is about an article I will try to aggregate on the article's talk page.
I may mess up, don't worry, I'll find it eventually. Ping me if you really need to. please note this is a personal preference rather than a matter of site policy |
(From User:John/Pooh policy)
Daniel Day-LewisJohn, I hope you'll understand that I reverted your recent proposed edits to the article on Daniel Day-Lewis with the suggestion it be proposed on the talk page first. We've just gotten to the point that the discussion is getting somewhere in the neighborhood of productive, and we might (gasp!) be heading toward something like consensus. Ordinarily, I'd probably have left what you did alone, but under the circumstances, and particularly with the related ANI still active, I felt it might be a better move to encourage you to start on the talk page. I also didn't know you are an admin when I made the revert, so please factor that in. Anyway, fingers crossed I didn't create a bigger problem than I solved. --Drmargi (talk) 10:26, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Paul McCartney FACThe McCartney article is much improved since your oppose !vote at the FAC one month ago. If you have the time, perhaps consider taking another look. ~ GabeMc (talk) 11:18, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Justin Bieber, etcBefore you get too deep into your copyedit, I wanted to point out that I drafted up this morning a version that did a lot of what you're probably in the process of doing now on the article. See Talk:@justinbieber_(account)#Proposed_rewrite for links to my draft. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 20:37, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 02 July 2012
A barnstar for you!
I got a chuckle...... out of the old lady story at ANI, just wanted you to know. I've told it often.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 18:24, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
User:Oranjblud a.k.a. User:MddkppGreetings, since you have delt with this user before with WP:NPA and civility issues, as well as sockpuppetry issues, it appears that there is still a problem, despite your previous leniency. You had a discussion concerning these issues on 8 March 2012 on Oranjblud's talkpage. I do not come to you lightly. At first, I was WP:AGF with him/her, since I wasn't paying close attention. I had assumed that he's new, he hadn't learned the rules. I also didn't want to WP:BITE, so I really took this behavior in stride. Now, that I carefully read Oranjeblud talkpage, I see that he/she has had issues before with other accounts. In fact, he was banned for this behavior on another account, so he created Oranjblud. So, here I am to bring this to your attention. Oranjblud PRODed 42 articles involving railfan magazines in about 60 minutes on July 4th, essentially gutting an entire genre of articles. I was very concerned when I saw this, since it was such a large number of articles... as an AfD/PROD patroller, it seems difficult to process the good PRODs from the bad. And yes, some of those are good PRODs. FIY, I don't care about railfan stuff at all, actually, so I have no dog in that fight. I just want to see Wikipedia be good and do my part. Now, some of those PRODs I disagreed with, and I removed the PROD tag (and also provided an explanation in the edit summary), and Oranjblud promptly began acting in an uncivil manner, posting on my talkpage:
Dif #1: "Thanks for wasting my time" Other users also felt his wrath when they expressed their concerns, such as User;RedRose64, who is also an administrator: Dif #2: "go fuck yourself" Also, I voted Weak keep in an AfD, and I got this: Dif #3: "WTF" These experiences aren't just related to me, the lack of civility can be seen here in other discussions:
Like I said, want to bring this to your attention, since you were the last admin to have any official dealings with him. Oranjblud does seem to make good edits, but his attitude leaves a lot to be desired when dealing with other editors and trying to reach concensus. I leave this to your wisdom. Roodog2k (talk) 15:21, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Weird accidental rollbackAfter I posted the above, I looked at your user contributions to see what you've been working on. Somehow, I accidently rolled-back two edits of yours. I'm not sure how that happened, it was unintentional and I rolled-back my rollback. So, my apologies. No harm done, I hope. All was as you left it. Roodog2k (talk) 15:40, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
A Barnstar for you
Sgt. Pepper Straw PollThere is currently a Straw poll taking place here. Your input would be appreciated. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 23:30, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Your change: Atomic reactor to Nuclear ReactorJohn, Please read my talk section on Parkinson's Law that you changed a few minutes after I made my edits. The talk section discusses why I made the changes. I wrote "Also, the writers talk about nuclear power plants, whereas Parkinson writes about "the Atomic Reactor". I have made the correction. People used different language in 1957 than they do today. If one is referring to a 1957 book (which, for example, talks about asbestos roofing which now is considered a hazardous material), it is appropriate to use the 1957 language. In fact, an atomic reactor may be referring to different physics than that of a nuclear power plant. Since we do not know, it's best to quote the book, rather than make presumptions." You did not seem to have read that comment before making your change, or if you did, it would be courteous to comment. Please revert the "atomic reactor" that you changed to nuclear reactor. If you want to add quotes, fine, but you are wrong to change the terminology just because language has changed since 1957 when the book was written. The article is about a 1957 book. While our thinking may have changed since then, it is wrong to change the author's thinking after he wrote what he thought in 1957. My source is the actual book, which it appears few Wikipedia experts have actually read. ClassicalScholar 11:18, 8 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ClassicalScholar (talk • contribs)
A barnstar for you!
The Signpost: 09 July 2012
Paul and LindaCould you look at this?--andreasegde (talk) 15:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
"The/the" request for formal mediationFYI, I have requested formal mediation here to decide the "The/the" issue, hopefully once and for all. Feel free to add your name there if you so wish. ~ GabeMc (talk|contribs) 00:13, 13 July 2012 (UTC) BelfastCan you restore Belfast move (sysop)-protection? Thank you. Tbhotch.™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 19:48, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
ScotlandJohn, if you're on, can you protect Scotland article from sustained attacks at the mo'. Thanks 81.154.110.11 (talk) 20:23, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter
I don't know if this is something you might be interested in, but someone recently "challenged" me to do something with Melford Stevenson, perhaps on the basis that I would have nothing in common with a High Court judge known for the severity of his sentencing. Yet I warmed to Stevenson as I started to dig in. There was far more to do than I'd imagined on a first reading though, including having to fix the {{LondonGazette}} template at the cost of having gained yet another mortal enemy, but I think the article's starting to take shape now. The citations are still a bit higgledty-piggledty in terms of their layout, and I haven't yet checked all of them, but I'd be interested in any observations you might have with a view to taking this to GAN. Malleus Fatuorum 03:34, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm just about done content-wise I think, but there are still a couple of missing page numbers to sort out. How could anyone not have a sneaking admiration for a judge who advocates "You sentence off the top of your head. If the man's a shit, down he goes. If there's something to be said for him, you do your best not to put him inside." Apart from all the work I've had to put into what looked at first blush like a relatively easy job, including having to update the {{LondonGazette}} template to make it compatible with my preferred {{citation}} template, I've been surprised how poor our coverage of figures like Stevenson is. I came across another High Court judge earlier, Sir Wintringham Stable, who although he has an entry in the ODNB doesn't have an article here, whereas occasional Eastenders character Poppy Meadow does. Don't get me wrong though, I've been working for some time now to help Poppy Meadow get through FAC, so I'm not being elitist or snobbish. Malleus Fatuorum 01:10, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 July 2012
AssistanceGood to see your edits on the page of Blair, i am having a issue with a person over here, who's making attempts to change the basic information on a page Libyan–Egyptian War, he's denying the reliable sources like the newspaper of the day when event happened, then the book 'Dictionary of Wars', and adding his own theory by adding source which isn't supporting his addition. Have a look. Thanks Clarificationgiven (talk) 06:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
WhatYou reverted all my edits in my last account as "unsourced" and left my with "do it again and you will be blocked"UnsourcedBlanker222 (talk) 12:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC) |