User talk:Jmajeremy/Archives/2012/July

Account Creation Interface

I would like to register an account on the Account Creation Interface. Accordingly, I have submitted identification to WMF as seen in this diff. —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 12:01, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Jmajeremy I am Mlpearc from ACC, I have been browsing through your history and you seem to be a good candidate to help in ACC. I do have a couple concerns that maybe you could convey your feelings on

• 1). You seem to be "filling your plate" with possible involvement through out the project.
• 2). You've had a account for some time now but, you have long periods of inactivity.

I also have a question are you familiar with and/or use IRC ? IRC is not a requirement but does make involvement and communication much easier. You can respond here I check back, Thank you for you interest in helping with ACC. Mlpearc Phone (Powwow) 21:12, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Mlpearc. I'd be happy to address your concerns.

• 1). I have been filling up my plate to some extent. I've been contributing with content, anti-vandalism, AfC, and even on some of WP's sister projects like Commons. I would say this is for two reasons: first, I am interested in learning about all the different aspects of volunteer work at Wikipedia, and I am a kind of person who learns by doing. Secondly, I am off school and work for the moment, and don't have much else to do.
• 2). When I first created the account it was to make a specific edit that couldn't be done without registering, and over the years I had just been making small edits here and there, often not even bothering to login. A few months ago though I guess I caught the Wikipedia bug so to speak and started editing much more frequently. A short while later I had to take a Wikibreak while I was writing some research papers, but now have returned.

As for your question about IRC, I am certainly familiar with the protocol, but don't use it very often. I would have no problem keeping a chat window open for the purposes of collaboration on ACC. Cheers! —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 21:39, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanx for your quick response Mlpearc Phone (Powwow) 21:59, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

 Done

Jmajeremy, thank you for interest in the account creation process. I have verified your Identification here and I have approved your request, welcome to the team. You may now access the interface here. Before you do so, please read the account creation guide and our username policy thoroughly to familiarize yourself with the process. You should also join us on IRC #wikipedia-en-accounts ^connect on where a bot informs us when new account requests come in and to get any advice on requests as well as the mailing list. Please note that we have implemented a policy of zero tolerance on mishandled requests, and that failure to assess correctly will result in suspension. I would like to emphasize that it is not a race to complete a request, and each one should be handled diligently and thoroughly. Currently you are allowed to create up to six accounts per day, although you won't be able to create an account with a similar name to that of another user; these requests are marked "Account Creator Needed" by the bot and "Flagged user needed" on the interface. However, if you reach the limit frequently, you can request the account creator permission at WP:PERM/ACC. Please keep in mind that the ACC tool is a powerful program, and misuse will result in your access being suspended by a tool administrator. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. Welcome to the team!
Mlpearc (powwow) 22:17, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Login issues should be

Resolved

Mlpearc Phone (Powwow) 21:34, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

OK, thanks M1pearc. I'll get started once I return from my trip. Cheers! —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 23:43, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

WikiCup 2012 June newsletter

Apologies for the lateness of this letter; our usual bot wasn't working. We are now entering round 4, our semi-finals, and have our final 16. A score of 243 was required to reach this round; significantly more than 2011's 76 points, and only a little behind 2010's 250 points. By comparison, last year, 150 points in round 4 secured a place in the final; in 2010, 430 were needed. Commiserations to Pool A's igordebraga (submissions), who scored 242 points, missing out on a place in the round by a whisker. However, congratulations to Pool B's Grapple X (submissions), whose television articles have brought him another round victory. Pool A's Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came second overall, with an impressive list of biological did you knows, good articles and featured articles. Third overall was Pool D's Muboshgu (submissions), with a long list of contibutions, mostly relating to baseball. Of course, with the points resetting every round, the playing field has been levelled. The most successful Pool was Pool D, which saw seven into the final round. Pool B saw four, C saw three and Pool A saw only the two round leaders.

A quick note about other competitions taking place on Wikipedia which may be of interest. There are 13 days remaining in the June-July GAN backlog elimination drive, but it is not too late to take part. August will also see the return of The Core Contest- a one month long competition first run in 2007. While the WikiCup awards points for audited content on any subject, The Core Contest about is raw article improvement, focussing heavily on the most important articles on Wikipedia. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 10:59, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

CVU Academy

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Belated Response to AWB

Sorry it's been a week, but this should help with fixing disambigs with AWB: Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/User_manual#Disambig. Dan653 (talk) 22:21, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi Dan. No worries about any delay, I've been on vacation for the past week anyway. Thanks for the link. I might contact you with other questions in the future if that's alright with you. —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 23:11, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

No problem. Dan653 (talk) 00:00, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Recent Edits

I am working on the Huggle screen shots as promised in my email. In the meantime, I have looked at quite a few of your edits and I am very impressed. You seem to have a handle on understanding what constitutes vandalism. I also like how you take the high road in many situations such as leaving a more friendly warning HERE for an edit HERE that was vandalism. I like to do this as well as I fully agree with WP:DNB I should have the Huggle information for you by the end of the week. Welcome back from vacation. --Morning277 (talk) 01:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I also wanted to point out that I also like to make my apple fritters with pears.--Morning277 (talk) 01:22, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I do think it's better to assume good faith...nothing will be achieved by giving harsher warnings than are necessary--some of those "vandalizers" might turn out to be real contributors one day. I think some people just get over-excited when they realize they can edit a page and the result will be instantly visible to the public.

I'm looking forward to learning more about Huggle! —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 04:31, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Reply

Hello, Jmajeremy. You have new messages at 69.155.129.170's talk page.
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Replied again. Thanks. 69.155.129.170 (talk) 21:32, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Huggle Instructions

I just emailed you a little manual that I put together which will get you deep enough into Huggle that you will be able to catch on pretty quick. I can tell you that from the edits that I have seen you are done with the academy once YOU are satisfied with your knowledge of Huggle. You use appropriate welcome messages, you don't bite newbies, and you use the appropriate tags on articles on the edits that I have seen. You are very experienced with navigating Wikipedia and you have a CLEAR understanding of what constitutes vandalism (and what does not).

Please look through the manual that I emailed you. If you want to get deeper into the features, let me know and I can put together another one with the features that you want to see. I have a feeling that based on your experience with Twinkle and STiki that you will get into Huggle and never look back. --Morning277 (talk) 20:51, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Paris Hilton

Yeah, i did some massive changes, but i think you are totally right about leaving an edit summary. The next time i edit an article i will do one. Do you know how to do a right citation to an article or interview? i have my doubts about what info i should include in one and i actually really don't know how to do that. I also want to write about Hilton relevance within pop culture. She hasn't been in the news or in the public eye as much as she used to (something which is highly visible), and i mentioned that but i desire to write more about this fact, about why she kind of disappeared of the spotlight - i don't want to make people think she is not longer famous but has a lower profile she used to have (she still creates paparazzi frenzy and sometimes in a while she makes headlines). EricaL2003 (talk) 21:09, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I noticed your changes because I went to Paris Hilton's dog and realized it redirected to a section that no longer existed, so I changed it to redirect to a new section. You may want to replace some of the info about Hilton's dog, since it seems to be a popular topic and people may want information about. (Personally I don't know enough about the subject to decide how much dog info would be appropriate). When determining whether or not a source is reliable, I would direct your attention to identifying reliable sources and the five pillars of Wikipedia. In a nutshell, sources should be well-known, trusted, and verifiable. For example, my personal blog would not be a reliable source because I wrote and edited it myself with no oversight. A publication such as the New York Times, however, would be acceptable because they are known for having a good editorial team who verifies that everything they print is true and neutral. When writing an article about a celebrity like Hilton it's important to avoid publications which might be considered "gossipy" and stick to more mainstream sources. If you want to talk about how she is less prominent than she used to be, you would have to find a reliable source that states this...if you just make the statement based on your own observations, it would be considered original research. Hope that helps, and let me know if you have any more questions! —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 21:47, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

i've tried to find good articles in sites such as New York Times or LA Times but they don't write about her that often anymore, the last article from the "NYT" was from May 2011 ("In a Bentley, Trying to Catch the Spotlight Again) and the "LAT" wrote about her in Coachella 2012 (which comes to be irrelevant info inside this page). I mainly focus in search info in sites like People.com (there are a few articles from this year, but i can find some good stuff from previous years) or Usmagazine.com. When it comes to Hilton's fame, i just found this article form CNN (paris hilton) - i think i can include some of the things written there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EricaL2003 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I might interpret the title of the NYT article "trying to catch the spotlight again" as proof that she is less prominent these days, and the CNN seems to back it up. I would feel comfortable including the statement in the article and using those two articles as sources. If you don't know how to use inline citations, there's a guide at WP:CITE. —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 22:35, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Are you a fan of her? EricaL2003 (talk) 23:02, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Not particularly, just happened to come to my attention while doing something completely unrelated. For some reason I came across a link to Paris Hilton's dog and realized the section it redirected to in Paris Hilton didn't exist, so I investigated. —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 04:51, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I have actually reverted the edits done by the user. Mainly because im not comfortable with one user doing such massive changes without bringing it up on the talk page before doing the edits. Also because I feel they are unproductive and somewhat misleading and read more like a gossip magazine article then a article on Wikipedia. Hope you understand my point. Doing changes are one thing and doing massive changes without proper consensus and discussions first are another.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:51, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Edit on Geoffrey Richardson (musician)

Hi,

I've recently made a change to the article Geoffrey Richardson (musician) and you reverted it back, saying it wasn't constructive. Please, before taking those decisions, I'd like to ask you to do a little research, because all I did was fixing erroneous data, and it took me a couple of minutes to look for the correct info :) (and now writing this), so it's not nice to see that my changes are scraped because of no apparent reason.

Regards, 190.190.15.81 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.190.15.81 (talk) 18:28, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Replied at IP's talk page —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 18:39, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Quebec College Diploma

Hello, From what I read on your user page, you have a Quebec College Diploma (degree) and now attend University, I hope the student protests (stike) hasn't affected your education too much! If I were you, I would not make too much of the edit on your user page by BScMScMD, he seems to grasp a basic understanding of the greater English language, and thinks that everyone speaks English in the same way as the Quebec government! --Education does not equal common sense. 我不在乎 02:13, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Fortunately for me personally, my Cegep did not go on strike, so my education was uninterrupted. But the greater issues are concerning, and I feel great sympathy for those students who will now have to complete their semester in the fall, which will be particularly devastating to any graduating students who had been planning to go to university outside the province. I'm not too worried about BscMScMD and don't hold a grudge; I suspect he just didn't realize it is not customary on Wikipedia to edit others' user pages, even if you think it contains incorrect information. —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 00:27, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Article Feedback newsletter

Hey all!

So, big news this week - on Tuesday, we ramped up to 5 percent of articles :). There's been a lot more feedback (pardon the pun) as I'm sure you've noticed, and to try and help we've scheduled a large number of office hours sessions, including one this evening at 22:00 UTC in the #wikimedia-office ^connect channel, and another at 01:00 UTC for the aussies amongst us :). I hope to see some of you there - if any of you can't make it but have any questions, I'm always happy to help.

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 20:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Typo in your description

Hi Jmajeremy! I'm just leaving a message to inform you that there is an error, probably a typo, in your personal description on your user page.--CForcesMajor (talk) 18:05, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

I guess you're referring to "msin"? Thanks for bringing my attention to it, cheers! —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 06:03, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Re: Richard Tyson

My current roommate, my former roommate and Weston Rockers know Richard Tyson and they saw this happen. My position is that this information is relevant because it shows that Richard Tyson presumably does not like talking about Kindergarten Cop and that he likes to drink. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.126.111 (talk) 06:22, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Before making any potentially contentious statements about a living person, you must cite a reliable source. Unless your former roommate is a writer for a major reliable publication, it isn't enough to justify including the content in Wikipedia. —JmaJeremy•Ƭalk•Cont 11:14, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2012 July newsletter

We're approaching the beginning of 2012's final round. Pool A sees Cwmhiraeth (submissions) as the leader, with 300 points being awarded for the featured article Bivalvia, and Pool B sees Grapple X (submissions) in the lead, with 10 good articles, and over 35 articles eligible for good topic points. Pool A sees Muboshgu (submissions) in second place with a number of articles relating to baseball, while Pool B's Ruby2010 (submissions) follows Grapple X, with a variety of contributions including the high-scoring, high-importance featured article on the 2010 film Pride & Prejudice. Ruby2010, like Grapple X, also claimed a number of good topic points; despite this, not a single point has been claimed for featured topics in the contest so far. The same is true for featured portals.

Currently, the eighth-place competitor (and so the lowest scorer who would reach the final round right now) has scored 332, more than double the 150 needed to reach the final round last year. In 2010, however, 430 was the lowest qualifying score. In this competition, we have generally seen scores closer to those in 2010 than those in 2011. Let's see what kind of benchmark we can set for future competitions! As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 22:26, 31 July 2012 (UTC)