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Question about February 12th 2017 edit on Michael I. Jordan's page

Hi Blueclaw, I am a bit puzzled by your edit of February 12th 2017 on Michael I. Jordan's page and just wanted some clarifications from you. I am referring to this edit. In full disclosure: I am in conflict of interest with this article (as one of Mike's past PhD students), and so should not directly edit it. In your edit summary, you mention that the "notable student" paragraph sounded "like an advertisement". I acknowledge that perhaps the wording could have been made better to not sound like this, but on the other hand I think it is specifically notable about Mike that he has produced one of the most influential dynasty of students in (academic) machine learning. I also wonder what criteria you used to select the subset to include in the infobox? Moreover, why did you add somebody who was not even listed originally? Many thanks for you thoughts on this! Regards, Simon Lacoste-Julien (talk) 23:22, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

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Blog link for David Eppstein

Could you please change the blog link that you added to the article David Eppstein from http://11011110.livejournal.com/ to https://11011110.github.io/blog/ ? I recently switched my blogging host to github after LiveJournal changed its terms of service to something I'm unwilling to agree to. (I can't even leave a posting on the livejournal address saying that the blog has moved to Github without agreeing to the terms of service, but I plan to delete the old location within the next few months). —David Eppstein (talk) 21:45, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

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People in Python

@Blueclaw: I noticed that you have added some people to Category:Python (programming language). I think you have identified enough people to justify moving them into a new category, something like Category:People in Python (programming language) (following the "People in..." pattern of, e.g., Category:People in computing and Category:People in educational technology) or Category:Python programmers (although since some of the people may be architects of the Python platform rather than merely "programmers", perhaps this category title is too narrow). The category could be placed both in Category:Python (programming language) and in Category:Computer programmers. What do you think? Biogeographist (talk) 18:58, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

This sounds great. I'm a fan of Category:People in Python (programming language) because it allows language designers and researchers to fit the category description, although it doesn't appear to fit the naming style found with similar languages. I think that Category:Python people might make the most sense, as it follows Category:Perl people. Thoughts? Blueclaw (talk) 02:47, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Category:Python people sounds fine to me. Go ahead and move the people there if you wish. The category can go in: Category:Python (programming language), Category:Free software people, Category:Free software programmers (instead of Category:Computer programmers; I saw the latter two categories when I looked at Category:Perl people). Biogeographist (talk) 03:39, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Category:IEEE Centennial Medal laureates

Where are you getting your information about who to put into Category:IEEE Centennial Medal laureates? Mulligatawny (talk) 23:20, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

I haven't been able to find a central repository for the 1,984 people who received these medals so I've been adding people who have it mentioned in biographical articles. If you believe I've added anyone in error, I'll double check the source. --Blueclaw (talk) 00:10, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

I had no idea so many people got those. But let's look at the last five in which that appears in your edit summaries – Robert G. Gallager, Robert M. Gray, Andries van Dam, Thelma Estrin, and Irene C. Peden. I don't see any mention of receiving the IEEE Centennial Medal in any of those articles. Mulligatawny (talk) 05:17, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Fixed - I sourced the claim for each person and added an explicit mention of the award to each page. Feel free to go back and double-check to ensure accuracy. --Blueclaw (talk) 14:03, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Scientists at PARC

Thanks for creating Category:Scientists at PARC. In case you're not already using it, you may want to check its new contents against List of people associated with PARC (and vice versa) to make sure neither one of these is missing people. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:53, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up about that list. I'll try to keep it even with the category. --Blueclaw (talk) 23:56, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Yes, good stuff. You can add me if you like; and/or work on my neglected article: Richard Francis Lyon. Dicklyon (talk) 04:47, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Excellent; you've been added. I'll see what I can do about fixing the state of your article. --Blueclaw (talk) 05:20, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

I bet we could make a good article on Gaetano Borriello, too. Dicklyon (talk) 03:09, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Good call. I created a stub and linked to it from various mentions. There's a lot of good material about his life and impact so it should make for a pretty good piece. --Blueclaw (talk) 19:28, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, I did a bit on that, too. I'll see if I can come up with a photo. And thanks for the article on Malcolm Slaney, too. Dicklyon (talk) 04:58, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

I see you did one on Olivier Faugeras, too. I mention him in my paper linked from pixel: [1]. Do you know a lot of these people, or just good at digging stuff up? Dicklyon (talk) 05:49, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

There's a bit of both. I know a lot of these people by association and it still surprises me when someone has the necessary and sufficient accolades to warrant a Wikipedia biography and yet the page doesn't exist. I find stories about the people behind amazing scientific and engineering accomplishments to be both fascinating and motivating, which makes it easy to dig up material for these types of articles. --Blueclaw (talk) 16:37, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Same here. When I was at PARC, I had the great fortune to get to know Ivan Sutherland and most of his ex students, as well as Tom Stockham and some of his. Through them and others I got a pretty good MIT connection, too. Harvard, less so. Anyway, we may be decades apart, but we overlap a lot in who we associate with. Dicklyon (talk) 03:20, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Jeanette Dwyer

There are 11 links on that article. I counted.Johnny Spasm (talk) 10:24, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

There are 11 links on the article that lead to other pages, but only one page in the encyclopedia links back to this article (which is the link I added on the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association page). There are likely other pages that can link to this article. --Blueclaw (talk) 14:32, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

As a follow-up, I found another article to link back to the Jeanette Dwyer article, so I've removed the orphan tag. I also added the page to some relevant categories to help integrate it into the encyclopedia. --Blueclaw (talk) 22:05, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Dan Blum

Hi Blueclaw, I have updated the information on the author page for Dan Blum. I know Dan personally, and based on my understanding of his contributions and Wikipedia definition of notability I believe he qualifies. To that end I have added additional third-party references and links. Norramic (talk) 13:39, 22 July 2017 (UTC)Norramic

Looking at the Wikipedia general notability guidelines, I'm not entirely convinced that this meets the criteria. Notability requires "significant coverage" that addresses the topic directly and in detail so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Third-party references are of course necessary, but I only see one that isn't an interview or a short book review. As it stands, he doesn't meet the notability guidelines. --Blueclaw (talk) 18:06, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

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Edie Rodriguez

seemed to be enough there to avoid an A7. Suggest AfD if you really think it needs to go. StarM 02:42, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Hugo Rossi

Hugo Rossi definitely came to University of Utah before 1985. I was there from 1975-78 and he was there. Perhaps you mean[t] 1975? Thanks for getting this right. Regards, Zigli Lucien (talk) 00:13, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for catching this. I've fixed the error. --Blueclaw (talk) 02:51, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

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I am ok with the page being deleted. I created the page because I thought that it was a more widely-used package than it appears to be now. Given that there doesn't appear to be recent work on it or significant and sustained community usage, I agree that it doesn't fit the criteria for inclusion.--Blueclaw (talk) 17:21, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

James Kaiser

Hello,

I just came across this page, https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/James_Kaiser, that you created. This is my grandfather! I am very pleased to see this nice summary of his contributions. I am visiting him next weekend and am excited to show him his page. Thank you for putting it together!

All the best, Heather

(Sorry if this is not the right place to put this, I'm not totally familiar with Wikipedia etiquette)

Oh wonderful! He's made some pretty significant contributions to engineering and you must be very proud :) I'm glad you're pleased with what I was able to put together about him and I hope he is as well. Best wishes to you both! --Blueclaw (talk) 00:07, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

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Bob Johnson

Blueclaw, there's another good Utah CS guy who needs an article: Robert Royce Johnson. Our bud Brunvand commented in his obit. And thanks for the article on Jim Kaiser; just noticed the note from his granddaughter above. I got a note from a John Robinson Pierce grand-nephew recently, too. Dicklyon (talk) 05:32, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

I had an email interchange with Heather to follow up, and with her mom June, Jim's daughter. June said Jim enjoyed seeing the article. We should catch up some time. Dicklyon (talk) 06:16, 14 August 2019 (UTC)

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Suggestion to remove category you added

Hi Blueclaw, I'm quite new here, but I noticed you added "German computer criminals" category to Stephanie Wehner. From briefly reading about her and watching the introduction of her [lecture, I understand she was an ethical hacker, not a criminal, and that she's Dutch. Would you agree with me to undo this category addition? Thank you. Talchu (talk) 21:51, 7 December 2023 (UTC)