Jump to content

User talk:JzG

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This user has administrator privileges on the English Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Talk2chun (talk | contribs) at 22:57, 30 January 2017 (→Closing of "Questions" on Talk:Mehmet Oz: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Note to admins reviewing any of my admin actions (expand to read).

I am often busy in that "real life" of which you may have read.

Blocks are the most serious things we can do: they prevent users from interacting with Wikipedia. Block reviews are urgent. Unless I say otherwise in the block message on the user's talk page, I am happy for any uninvolved admin to unblock a user I have blocked, provided that there is good evidence that the problem that caused the block will not be repeated. All I ask is that you leave a courtesy note here and/or on WP:ANI, and that you are open to re-blocking if I believe the problem is not resolved - in other words, you can undo the block, but if I strongly feel that the issue is still live, you re-block and we take it to the admin boards. The same applies in spades to blocks with talk page access revoked. You are free to restore talk page access of a user for whom I have revoked it, unless it's been imposed or restored following debate on the admin boards.

User:DGG also has my permission to undelete or unprotect any article I have deleted and/or salted, with the same request to leave a courtesy note, and I'll rarely complain if any uninvolved admin does this either, but there's usually much less urgency about an undeletion so I would prefer to discuss it first - or ask DGG, two heads are always better than one. I may well add others in time, DGG is just one person with whom I frequently interact whose judgment I trust implicitly.

Any WP:BLP issue which requires you to undo an admin action of mine, go right ahead, but please post it immediately on WP:AN or WP:ANI for review.

The usual definition of uninvolved applies: you're not currently in an argument with me, you're not part of the original dispute or an editor of the affected article... you know. Apply WP:CLUE. Guy (Help!) 20:55, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

— - Robert A. Heinlein
Obligatory disclaimer
I work for Dell Computer but nothing I say or do here is said or done on behalf of Dell. You knew that, right?

About me

JzG reacting to yet another drama

I am in my early fifties, British, have been married for over quarter of a century to the world's most tolerant woman, and have two adult children. I am an amateur baritone and professional nerd. I do not tolerate racism, or any kind of bigotry. I sometimes, to my chagrin, mention that I have been an admin for a long time: some people think this is me invoking admin status in order to subdue dissent, actually it's just me as a middle aged parent of young adults saying "oh no, not this shit again". I am British, I have the British sense of humour (correctly spelled) and I absolutely do not have an accent, since I went to a thousand-year-old school. Everything I do or say could be wrong. I try always to be open to that possibility. If you think I am wrong, please just talk to me nicely, and it can all be sorted out like grown-ups. Guy (Help!) 23:49, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Predatory open access publishing

These publishers are on Beall's list, feel free to suggest others with DOI roots I can work on.

Vanity press

An on-demand print house, masquerading as an academic publisher:

Citation spamming

Multiple additions of citations to the same author from predatory and other journals, by multiple editors with no history other than adding that material (i.e. probable citation spamming):

Unofficially official

Woo

I have a large and disruptive building project starting, and I'll be doing a significant part of the work myself. Email me if there's anything urgent. Guy (Help!) 22:48, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Uri Geller and the CIA

Well this is going to be fun... Only in death does duty end (talk) 12:25, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, the legions of the credulous will be all over us. Guy (Help!) 12:55, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Although the release of that many primary documents is a fascinating read. Some of the personal notes are pretty good. Reminds me of when the US diplomatic cables were released. Only in death does duty end (talk) 13:00, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker)Cool! I've needed a new invisible ink recipe for a while now... MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 14:21, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I particularly like this document. It reminds me of a certain song... MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 14:27, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
O.o Am I the only one who thinks the part of the diagram at points 9, 10 & 11 does not look very sanitised. Only in death does duty end (talk) 14:42, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't worry too much about it. The stick figure is clearly celebrating something. Likely that very lack of sanitation. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 14:51, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I see you found them at FRINGE. Only in death does duty end (talk) 15:14, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bobby G. Can't Swim

Dear JzG, I would like to create an article about this 1999 crime drama film, however I see you deleted the page back in 2007. How do we start again? Many thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 14:11, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It was a WP:CSD#G11, just write a non-spam article based on good sources, no need for any special permission. Guy (Help!) 15:07, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
OK, take a look at my first draft here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Invertzoo/Bobby_G._Can%27t_Swim
Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 15:37, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker)The movie got mixed-to-positive reviews according to Rotten Tomatoes, but you only have one positive review. I would suggest including the RT score (70%) and adding two more positive reviews, and one negative review to maintain a balance. Other than that, I for one approve of the draft. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 15:49, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Also, you might want to scale down this image and upload it under fair use terms to illustrate the film. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 15:51, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
OK I will try to do that. What is the story on the image used in this article:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_G._Can't_Swim
Invertzoo (talk) 16:22, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The page describes a fair use rationale... I would wager that you'd be fine to appropriate it to the English WP with the English disclaimers and the same info (except to add that it was duplicated from it.wp), but you might want to talk to someone more familiar with fair use. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 16:27, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately I don't have much time, and now I have to get back to working on my own research -- writing a shell paper for a rapidly coming up publication deadline. I put the film article up live now, so If anyone would be kind enough to add anything to it -- the images or whatever seems appropriate, that would be great! Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 16:39, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Closing of "Questions" on Talk:Mehmet Oz

Dear JzG, I've noticed that you've closed the discussion at Talk:Mehmet Oz#Questions, with the reason that it would "shed more heat than light". I will trust your judgement that this is the case. I only meant to try to untangle the (IMO) messy discussion there. I would just like to note that I've been slightly hurt by your use of the words "naive question" there (even though I don't think you've meant it that way). Hopefully the discussion will resolve itself, despite my (well-intentioned, but) unfruitful attempt to help.--talk2Chun(talk) (contributions) 22:57, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:JzG&oldid=762822833"