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[edit] Welcome, from Journalist

Welcome!

Hello, Jacqui M/archive1, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Journalist (talk • contribs)

[edit]  ::poke-back::

response to comment on my talk page

Well, it's not too hard to do... -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 20:13, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summary

Hello. Please remember to always provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy edits. --Ryan Delaney talk 00:43, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mary Jemison

Thanks for the kind words! The stories of Indian captives who subsequently refused to be returned to "civilization" are great stories, but its hard to find good info on them.

Happy editing... -- Mwanner 00:30, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DPN

Thanks very much for the heads up. I apparently did not have that article on my watchlist (must have forgotten to add it) so I appreciate the notification. Of course, I do not consider it "my" article but I will be glad to look at it and see if I think I can help it any. Thank you muchly for adding to it. Qaz (talk) 21:30, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Jaqui

I noticed you voted in the recent Mariah Carey single articles on AFD.

You said that for O Holy Night, you'd change your vote if the article was expanded. If I do expand it, would you please change your vote?

Also for Joy to the World (Mariah Carey song), you voted Merge because User:Barno had indicated that the song did not follow WP:Music as it had not made the charts. However, that is not true. The single did chart in Australia and it charted in USA on the dance chart. The song is also not exactly the traditional Xmas song, but a medley of it and another song by 3 Dog Night. The song also has two music videos. There are more details in the song that would make this cluttered if combined, but I was wondering if you'd considering changing your vote with these details, or if you had any other concerns.

Also for Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Mariah Carey song), you noted that you would have voted keep, but the single had not been released. Well, if I had known this would have been placed on AFD, I wouldnt have created an article for it until it got released. But, if the article gets merged or deleted, it would be difficult to create the article later on. With that in mind, I promise you if that if you change your vote to be keep, I will expand the article to a decent size. Is that fair enough? OmegaWikipedia 15:39, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Part 2

Hi, Jaqui, I've expanded Joy to the World (Mariah Carey song). Is this good? Or do you feel there are some parts that need more expansion? Let me know. Thank you.

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks! -- BD2412 talk 00:06, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Abortion

Thanks!

You're welcome, and I would like to thank you for bringing up disability rights; which is a hidden and troubling aspect to abortion that is rarely discussed and usually overlooked. It is an outstanding example of what makes Wikipedia great... so upon reflection I will give you a Wikithanks and copy this to your talk page for others to see. - RoyBoy 800 03:43, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, RoyBoy! :) --Jacquelyn Marie 04:40, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] IDD network

Just to let you know I changed this to redirect. Cheers CambridgeBayWeather 05:03, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Great, that looks good. Quite the elegant solution. --Jacquelyn Marie 05:04, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Jim Hanks

No I'm not going to dispute it, I just tagged it because it was poorly done, and had information that seemed false to me. I just didn't check if it was false or not, which I should of done before I tagged it. Sorry if you've had any problems because of it. Private Butcher 05:09, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Not at all. --Jacquelyn Marie 05:10, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Ed Roberts (activist), which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] COW

hey, Thanks for working on the COW page so much, it needed/needs a lot of work. (It's pretty bad when that College of Wooster Greek Life page is longer than the main page...) If you need any help with the page, let me know :) --shaile 22:23, 5 October 2005 (UTC)


[edit] I'll make the observation before anyone else has to

Yes, sigh, I should stop bothering trying to get anywhere in AfD: Neanderthal Theory of the Autistic Spectrum. I know. Don't tell me that I have wasted my time and the space in AfD. I already understand that. --Jacquelyn Marie 22:41, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alien Homonid

Just a note to say that I didn't realise it was a misspelling until I poked around for a bit. My (subsequently corrected) vote was intended to be a useful step on a road to reaching an acceptable conclusion. Thanks for nominating it, I think Wikipedia has been improved by this. Sliggy 00:16, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Anon Sex

I think you might want to vote Transwiki to wiktionary. freestylefrappe 23:22, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Maybe. But first I want to look at if there's a definition over there, and what it's like. --Jacquelyn Marie 12:50, 11 October 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Wikipedia:Broadcasting notability

I've come up with a proposal for the criteria for including TV and radio stations. Let me know what you think. Thanks -- Kjkolb 13:25, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

I made exceptions in the proposal for college radio stations (at the bottom). I knew those would be popular, so under the criteria the Wooster stations would be kept. Also, radio stations notable for some reason regardless of what class they are in can also be exceptions (also at the bottom). A notorious pirate radio station would be okay with me, but I didn't include anything about them yet. We can make the exceptions more explicit if necessary. I have already changed them a little. I went by class because, except for college stations (almost always class D), it is a pretty good indication of notability. The lower classes of radio stations are typically low power stations with no original content, local traffic information with no music, or only enough power to cover a small neighborhood. Some are only 10 to 100 watts, compared to several hundred or thousands for major stations. You can get some indication of all this if you search for stations in your state at the FCC site (external links section). There's separate searches for AM, FM and TV. I'm going offline in a minute and I'll get back to about any more comments or questions in a day or two. Thanks for your help. -- Kjkolb 14:40, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] post-archive AfD comments

Hi! Just thought I'd leave a note to let you know that I removed your comment from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jessamyn West (librarian) because it had already been closed and archived by the time you posted. I didn't want you to be surprised about it having disappeared. (In any case, the result was "keep"!) — mendel ☎ 01:54, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

heh. Must've closed while I was writing my screed. That's okay. I'm just glad the article is still around. :) --Jacquelyn Marie 05:52, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Good Job

Thought I would stop by to tell you that I am impressed with some of your work in creating and editing pages. Good job! - Sensor 02:17, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I am impressed

...by your work on the VFD.

Have this Deletionist's Barnstar.

Image:Barnstar2.png

Take care, Molotov (talk)
21:24, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Euclid Beach Park

Hello! Thanks for the kind words, and nice job in getting the article started! - EurekaLott 04:53, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Euclid Beach Park, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Scimitar parley 21:43, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi!

Thanks for the hello and welcome! Glad to help out in the good fight where i can! -Seth Mahoney 22:42, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Maryville Middle School

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maryville Middle School appears in danger of being trumped by a conspicuous effort on the part of deletionists. Please review the nomination and vote at your convenience. I recognize you may not feel schools are inherently notable, but you have expressed your respect for precedent.--Nicodemus75 05:19, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] A Wooster senior?

And an English major at that? What's your IS on/who's your advisor? Snowspinner 22:16, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Peter is the most fabulous man ever to have lived. And although I e-mailed with him recently, please do tell him that Phil said hi. :) Snowspinner 04:36, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re:WP:SIGN

Thanks! I knew that Bachelor's Degree in Journalism would eventually be useful for something ;-) Karmafist 07:03, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Article Improvement Drive

 Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive.
This week Discovery Channel was selected to be improved to featured article status.
Hope you can help…

RENTASTRAWBERRY FOR LET? röck 01:39, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gay wolf

I have speedied it. It was speediable, no need for afd. -- Francs2000 21:57, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

  • Oh. Well, good. But now I have to go clean up Afd. :) Jacqui ★ 21:59, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
    In answer to your question since September 2003 under this username, under a variety of proxy IPs before that date. In other words a long time! -- Francs2000 22:57, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Jerry White (activist), which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] SNL Characters

Hello, I'm the one that's been extensively updating SNL character articles. I notice that you're doing the same, and I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the problem that's come up with all the stubs that have come from the process. Gay Hitler and Zagat's have been nominated for deletion, and I think we should create categories which can encompass all the characters. Two categories I have in mind are "Characters Appearing on Weekend Update" and "Short-Lived Recurring Characters" (appearing four or fewer times).

My main question is, do you know how to logistically make this happen? I don't know the technical aspects of it, particularly how to link characters to those pages when they're created. Only names with their own pages can be linked like this right? If it was part of a larger article, that kind of link would go nowhere, right? Leadpipevigilante 00:19, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm going to stick this on both our talk pages, just in case. As far as I know, there are two ways to do this. One way is to create redirects from the character name to the page where their info resides. So for instance, Gay Hitler would redirect, presumably, to Characters appearing on Weekend Update (note the lowercase a due to the naming conventions).
The other thing we can do is use piped links with anchors on the list page to the correct part of the page you are speaking of creating (that I would help with, of course).
If you want, I can be in charge of the technical aspects of linking, etc, if you want to be the one to merge/compile the characters on their own page. Jacqui ★ 00:40, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
Sounds good. I like the idea of redirects best. I'll start creating the category pages. I'm in the middle of creating the character lists according to Cast Member, but I'm starting to think that the cast members with pages of their own can just have a list included in their existing article. Leadpipevigilante 06:02, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
That's fine with me, if the idea sticks with the people maintaining the pages for the cast members. (We may want to ask on article talk pages first, explaining what's going on.) Jacqui ★ 14:34, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Discovery Channel

"By the way, regarding the Censored section, I checked who contributed that and also what other things they had contrubuted, and they had mostly spammed other entries with the same paragraph (or similar). I'm going to take that one out now. If anyone comes by later who disagrees with the three of us so far, revert me and we'll talk more here. (Also, if we want to mention it in passing at some later point, we have the edit history to get it back) Jacqui ★" Did you write this?

and this:

"I'm not sure if I'm the Jacqui you're talking about, or if you mean someone else, but I've never seen most of those links in my life. In any case, the facts remain at Conspiracy of Silence, etc. THis is a page about the Discovery Channel, itself. Please respect that. There are see also links on this page, and that is one of them. Thanks. Jacqui ★"

I don't understand why you would call my contributions SPAM in one post, then deny reading the contributions in the next? Yes, you are the Jacqui to which my comments are directed, as well as the one that removed my post about censorship in the USA. This page is a living history of a company. The fact that a show that was listed in several guides, then pulled from the line-up under political pressure, belongs in this page. The actual show and its contents are less important than the fact it was censored. I don't think people will gather the Discovery Channel has been censored from your "see also" link. It is important for people to know when the Media has been compromised.

Oh. Now I get it. Yes. I am sorry that I used the verb "spammed"; it's imprecise, rude and not quite what I meant anyway. However, from your contributions when I checked it was apparent to me that the only contributions you'd made to Wikipedia were ones related to this topic. I hadn't seen half of the links you listed because at the time I had checked your contributions, they didn't exist (or at least, you hadn't edited them yet). Most of the others, I hadn't ever clicked on, because you made it clear from your edit history what you put in.
The article about the Discovery Channel is not the living history of the company, it's about the living history of the channel. Those are two different things. If you'd like to click on the link on the Discovery Channel page that indicates what company owns it, you are free to edit that article. I stand by my feelings regarding the see-also in the Discovery Channel article enough. I also think you will find that when you do edit the article about the company, they probably won't let you put in quite that much about Conspiracy of Silence there either, as there are limits to page sizes in Wikipedia. That's why Conspiracy of Silence should have its own pgae -- so it can say on that page what would not fit on the other pages.
Happy editing! Jacqui ★ 01:03, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Triple metre

The article on triple metre now exists. The fans of triple metre on the AfD page don't seem to be particularly motivated to give any explanation of why it might be considered unusual in thir chosen genre and timescale, so that article is still (for me) a problem, but at least a properly informative article should grow from the stub. - Just zis Guy, you know? 10:10, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Good on you for doing that. I'll go look at it shortly. If it gets large and comprehensive enough, we may not need lists at all. Jacqui ★ 14:31, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Transwiki

You omitted several important parts of the transwiki process:

  • For GFDL compliance, the edit summary or talk page must contain a back-link to the original article. (My 'bot does both.)
  • For GFDL compliance, a list of author information must accompany the article. This is generally placed on the talk page.
  • A record should be added to the inbound transwiki log of the destination project. (I cross-linked all of the inbound and outbound logs, so it is relatively simple to find the relevant inbound log when one is performing a manual transwiki.)

Uncle G 10:19, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Gotcha. I misunderstood the instuctions here on the Wikipedia namespace, then. I had a feeling that what I had done was just too easy.... Jacqui ★ 14:31, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanksgiving dinner

In the interest of keeping Wikipedia junque-free, I would encourage you to reconsider your keep vote on this article. The topic has vastly superior coverage in the Thanksgiving article, and the most suitable disposal of this title is a delete or a redirect. (No, I haven't tried before, and I hope I am providing you with fresh information:) ) Denni☯ 05:42, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Well, I'll give you this much: I will clarify my vote to indicate that a redirect to Thanksgiving dinner would not upset me and that I'd go with that if it would help to build consensus, though I still think that having a separate, improved article on the subject (possibly with material merged from other places) won't harm anything. Note that I didn't say, "Keep it, it's perfect as it is." No, it's certainly not. But I tend to be somewhat of an eventualist (but only to a point). Jacqui ★ 05:45, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Success!!! Thanks for your support! --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 08:04, 3 November 2005 (UTC)


[edit] If you have a second

Could you take a look at the links added by anon IP 69.201.181.152 to Knot theory, Topology, and Knot? User added links to Rosa Parks and some other articles where the referenced papers from the external link had only an ancillary mention of the topics. THose other three might be on topic though... I don't think so, but before I remove the links, I thought I'd get an outside opinion from a couple of people (you and User:A Man In Black). If you have a chance at some point, could you take a look and let me know what you think? Thanks!--Isotope23 16:48, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the opinion! I'll finish up the job and post something on the anon IP talk page to let them know why I did it. Hopefully they will see it. Heh, don't be so surprised... you always put together a well thought out argument on AfD, so I figured you'd have a valid opinion on this.--Isotope23 18:25, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks from Pamri

Hi, Thanks a ton for voting at my RFA. I am now a wikipedia administrator. I hope I can keep your trust. Thanks again. --Pamri • Talk • Reply 16:38, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Songs in triple meter

Thanks for the support on the afd page for Songs in triple meter. I created that page and added all but about 3 of the songs and you may know now that it has now been deleted even though the vote was something like 11 to 8 with half or more of the 11 knowing little or nothing about time signatures. I didn't know it was a raw numbers kind of affair. Live and learn I guess. I asked for the page to be undeleted and any suggestions you have or support you could show in this regard would be welcome. Thanks. Hraefen 02:41, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Covers

Jacqui, your post re: the "Hurt" covers got me thinking, so I wanted to ask you, are there any wikipedia guidelines for what constitutes a cover? To me, listing Bowie and Amos as performing as "covers" was questionable, and—I beg your pardon—my preference is to remove questionable claims from articles, instead of leaving them for the user to evaluate himself or herself. I've looked in cover version and list of notable cover versions, and haven't found any opinions to back up either of our defintions. Any pointers you could give me would be appreciated. Cheers! -- Rynne 04:56, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reply listed on Rynne's talk page, copied here

my preference is to remove questionable claims from articles, instead of leaving them for the user to evaluate himself or herself. You're absolutely right. My apologies.

Regarding Wikipedia policy on what constitutes a cover -- I couldn't find any information, myself. But for me, if a singer or band is performing a song by another group that wouldn't be considered a "derivative work" by copyright law, then it's a cover. The Tori use of the song is kind of a special case. Is it derivative if it's being used as a bridge/opener? I don't know. I guess maybe the word I would use for that instance is a "partial cover." But you're right, there needs to be more clarification. Perhaps Wikipedia:WikiProject Music could help us? Jacqui ★ 06:11, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps Wikipedia:WikiProject Music could help us?
Ah, great suggestion. I've put a new question at Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Songs. Thanks! -- Rynne 15:02, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The College of Wooster Greeks debate reopened

Since you participated in this AFD debate, you might like to know that it has been reopened following discussion at WP:DRV. The new debate is at here. Yours, Sjakkalle (Check!) 16:49, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nadia Anjuman

Many thanks for expanding this article, I thought it was a lost cause. (I did find a link to news story on her murder with an Afghan news service, but you had to pay to see it). Now, if only the other [n] stubs about other obscure cultural figures could receive the same treatment from you... - Aaron Jethro 07:13, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the praise. I visited the article after someone blogged on the case in one of the blogs I follow (I think it was Bookslut). I was wondering if she had an article at all, and was glad she did. If you have any other "obscure cultural figures" that you think could use some help, feel free to contact me. Jacqui ★ 07:28, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
That's my job. Well it will be when I can convince myself to spend more than 2 hours in front of a computer screen. I'm getting there though. - Aaron Jethro 07:44, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

I'm sorry you found reason to object to my adminship, but now that I've been promoted, I'd like to clear the slate. If you have any specific issues/problems with me, please feel free to state them on my talk page so that I can work to prevent them in the future.  ALKIVAR™ 07:21, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Well, the fact that you have responded in this way is a good sign, as is the fact that enough of the community has faith in you for your RfA to go through. I wish you the best. Jacqui ★ 07:27, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] FireFox RFA

Jacqui M/archive1

Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (96/2/0), so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any queries about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Again, thanks!

FireFox 18:14, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries

Your use of edit summaries is 67% overall after 2,556 edits. It's 80.2% in the last 500 edits. You're definitely improving. As for what to do to prepare yourself for adminship;

  • Be involved in admin appropriate areas, such as WP:AFD and similar (TFD,RFD, etc), recent changes patrol, watching Special:Newpages and bringing articles to AFD as appropriate, and more.
  • Remain civil and calm in the face of pressure. There are too many people here for you to like everybody, and not everybody is going to like you. Respond appropriately; don't lose your cool.
  • Remain involved and connected with the project. If you disappear for long stretches of time, people will want to know why.

You might want to see User:Durin/My_guidelines_for_admin_nomination#My_admin_nomination_standards. Those are difficult standards. But, if you pass them, there's a (so far) very good chance you'll pass RfA with flying colors. I might nominate you myself. If you have any more questions, I'd be happy to answer. --Durin 19:46, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you Durin. :) Jacqui ★ 20:10, 8 November 2005 (UTC)


Hi Jacqi.. thanks for noticing me. I live in Chicago (and have for 12 years now), but I was born and raised (to the age of 21) in South Euclid. I'm glad you corrected my miscue (I didn't know that Notre Dame had gone Coed). I've been editing and adding on to stuff in Wikipedia for a while, I've just been slow in figuring out everything (I'm up to my eyeballs in school... Wikipedia is kind of a hobby/outlet for my head full of stuff...); inasmuch, I just (like yesterday) got around to actually signing up for an account. Anyhow, I'll watch for ya on here. Good to see a fellow Buckeye/Clevelander around! Cheers... Ryecatcher773 (PS: Is this how the talk page works? Because I can't figure out how else to reply... the tutorial is as clear as mud!)

[edit] THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for voting in my RfA, and especially thank you for supporting me. I really appreciate it, and will wield the mop and bucket the best way I know how. I, like RoboCop, promise four things:

  1. Serve the public trust
  2. Protect the innocent
  3. Uphold the law
  4. Classified

I hope to do all those things and, even if I can't keep my fourth classified, will do all I can to be a great admin. Stop by my talk page, or on article pages; I look forward to working with you. A belated thanks again, [[User:Mysekurity|Mysekurity]] [[additions | e-mail]] 04:26, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Emergency department

I wonder if you could consider supporting this article at Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive. Its an important place, where we all go by ambulance if we are very ill, and, I think, worthy of a comprehensive article.--File Éireann 21:08, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Hate to break it to you, but I've been to the emergency room too many times to want to enshrine it in a Wikipedia article. (Why? Vasovagal syncope.) Sorry. Jacqui ★ 04:05, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bands

Feel free to edit any page beginning with User:Redwolf24, including the user page itself. I don't get why people freak out so much over their page... Permission is given out to everyone (though I don't advertise it as it violates WP:BEANS) and by the way, how did you find that page? :) Redwolf24 (talk) 03:59, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Just browsin'. I like to learn a bit about admins I see around a lot, even if I don't have the chance to interact with them much when our editing circles don't coincide. :) Jacqui ★ 04:03, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
Oi, don't be afraid to leave me a message, I'm always delighted to help. Redwolf24 (talk) 04:41, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/India Today's top 10 colleges of India

Hi! This is not systematic bias. I am an Indian. I've nominated US lists for deletion as well. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newsweek’s List of Top High Schools (2003), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newsweek's List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2005). Could you please do a rethink on your vote. utcursch | talk 05:48, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I wasn't saying the nomination was an example of systemic bias. Of course not! What I was saying was that, since we have articles on such US lists, it's only fair that we have Indian ones too. And I think we should have such lists, in general. So no, I won't be changing my vote. Sorry for the confusion. Jacqui ★ 06:31, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sexual slang

I believe that The Literate Engineer would like to enlist your support for implementing Freakofnurture's suggestion from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of sexual slang/2005-10-18. Uncle G 10:27, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Hmmm. I would like to help, but I will away from an Internet connection shortly and wn't be back to it for another 48 or so hours. If The Literate Engineer wanted to divvy up tasks, s/he could leave me some tasks to do here and I would complete them upon returning. Though, I am thinking that the help might have included decisions regarding what goes and what stays. In that case, I don't know how helpful I am going to be two days from now, unfortunately. Did s/he post a message anywhere regarding this? Jacqui ★ 14:00, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of banned books

I noticed you put an NPOV tag on this article. I was wondering if you'd take a look at what I was doing with it (basically trying to get sourced descriptions for each entry) and see if this would address your concerns. So, er, yeah! Thanks. --Cherry blossom tree 15:37, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

I think your descriptions are much more balanced than the ones that were there before. You seem careful in your word choice, and that's good. The ones that no one can find a citation for the reason why they were banned should go, then, once the process is all over. I was thinking that there would be far more unverifiable ones than there seem to be, so that's good. The list will basically stay intact. Keep up the good work; I'm impressed. (And as a dangling carrot, I offer you an especially shiny barnstar if you get all the way to the end of the list. :) Jacqui ★ 16:13, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. Someone else has taken off the NPOV tag; I don't know if you're happy with that. I've just finished A, so maybe this time next year it'll be done! --Cherry blossom tree 12:16, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of music videos by year

In an effort to have this vote go as swimmingly as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of music videos by name, I'm pointing it out to all the people who voted on the previous one, as it's basically the same information, differently arranged. Had I known it existed at the time, I would have included it in the AfD. Too late now. Thanks. -R. fiend 01:55, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rachel Dratch merge

I was just wondering why you added the merge label to the Rachel Dratch article. It seems like the Rachel Dratch article stands on its own, and you didn't provide a reason on the talk page. Please clarify. Thanks :), --Alhutch 20:14, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Oops, I misunderstood the merge tag. It makes sense now. Sorry to bother you.  :)--Alhutch 20:21, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Triple meter

  • Thanks for the work on the triple meter lists and for the vote on the afd page. I'm really getting beat up in there.Hraefen 06:13, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Your sig

Hi, Your sig is not rendering correctly, the html is being converted to entities. See here for an example, and here for a diff. — Graibeard 04:54, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I know it's not, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to fix it. As far as I can tell, all of the tags are closed. I've already solicited help from a couple of people, but maybe you could tell me what's wrong with it? <font color="#663366">Jacqui</font> [[User_talk:Jacqui M Schedler|<sup>★</sup>]] 05:41, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Hi I just noticed that your having trouble with your sig. I'm not really sure if this will work but maybe try [[User:Jacqui M Schedler|<font color="#663366">Jacqui]]</font><sup>[[User_talk:Jacqui M Schedler|★]]</sup> hope that helps if not I'm sorry to have wasted your time. :-D KnowledgeOfSelf | talk. 06:08, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Not a waste of time at all! I've been looking for a solution. Well, we'll see once I post this message if the fix worked.... [[User:Jacqui M Schedler|<font color="#663366">Jacqui</font><sup>[[User_talk:Jacqui M Schedler|★]]</sup>]] 06:13, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
I'm not sure what's causing it but somehow your tags are being converted to entities. I was able to fix it in the diff I linked to, but other than that I can't really help; although if your cutting and pasting it from a sample, is the cut 'n paste doing the conversion? The following is a direct cut 'n paste from the fix at Bushtails' talk page — Jacqui★ 01:55, 15 November 2005 (UTC) — which renders okay (in preview at least) - I'll now post it and we'll see what happens ;) — Graibeard 06:30, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Trying again... Jacqui★ 15:33, 15 November 2005 (UTC) Hey! think I fixed it. Still can't explain why it was displaying as entities, though....

Hi Jacqui, I noticed that you had some problems with the display of you signature, recently. As you've probably heard, this happened when the developers disabled HTML Tidy. It is back up again, but the devs have instituted changes to the MediaWiki software that can affect how your signature displays. It looks like your problem has resolved, but you may wish to look at WP:SIGHELP for more information. Very kind regards encephalon 01:40, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Notable albums

Thanks for fixing up the markup in the lists that I created (notable albums). It will make it easier to parse though the list and remove albums that have already been covered. The list were generated from an outside source, so the text was probably a little garbled. I do wonder though why redirects are not created instead? A similar thing happened in a list of films I created. Someone could easily copy and paste something in and would come upon a redlink rather than finding what actually existed. Thanks! --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 17:15, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More on Sig

Wikipedia:How_to_fix_your_signature. Sorry, I was on a two day wiki-vacation, otherwise maybe I would have known what was going on ;-) Redwolf24 (talk) 03:02, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Silent All These Years, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] Changing username

Hi - Some time ago, you left a request on Wikipedia:Changing username. This facility is now up and running again. Are you still interested in changing your name? If so, please confirm at Wikipedia:Changing username. thanks, Warofdreams talk 13:29, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

  • I've now changed your username. All the best, Warofdreams talk 23:00, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nuggeting

You asked for "conclusive evidence that this term exists". (As an aside: Please note that encyclopaedia articles address concepts, not terms.) Please re-visit both the article and the discussion. Please also visit Talk:NUGGET#Cleanup and consider adding the article to your watchlist and assisting in the effort to keep the article clear of unverifiable additions and original research by schoolchildren. Uncle G 15:15, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Interested in adminship?

I've noticed your contributions recently and also think you would be great for an admin. I've looked over your contributions thusfar and they seem pretty solid. If you feel like you are ready for the role and Durin has held back a little bit, I would be happy to nominate you; though I don't want to steal his thunder for his excellent advice. The best way to become an admin is start doing admin duties. I would start keeping track of Newpages, flagging articles for speedy and deletion. You have a good record at AFD. Keep up your good work in WP:MEA and I'm sure other people would be glad to support. Best of luck. --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 20:36, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

  • I don't think I'll be ready for a while yet, but I appreciate the advice and the support. :) Jacqui★ 21:04, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] AfD of List_of_most_famous_people_according_to_Google

You'd mentioned on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Most Famous People That you'd objected to the abovemetioned article, just wanted to let you know, i AfD'ed it here:List of most famous people according to Google --VileRage (Talk|Cont) 04:01, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Beau Sia, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

[edit] Music sample template

Hi, I noticed you used the {{fairusein}} template at Image:AmosCrucify.ogg. You might want to consider using {{music sample}}, which is specifically for those type of files. cheers --pfctdayelise 14:15, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. That's exactly what I wanted. I just couldn't find it. :) Now I have a bunch of oggs to change. For anyone who is reading this with a similar problem, they should all be done in three or so days. Jacqui★ 17:39, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rosa Parks

Way to revert vandalism; I stopped by to give you this barnstar (I bet when you saw the subhead you thought it was something bad : ) )

Image:Barnstar.png

Take care, Encyclopedist (talk) 21:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

(hides) Of all the times to get a barnstar for vandalism-fighting.... (grins) Jacqui★ 21:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC)


[edit] The assault on the List of sexual slang

Two users in particular The Literate Engineer & Voice of All(MTG) have apparently made it their duty to get rid of the list and they have been using underhanded tactics in an attempt to do so in any way they can.

But word is getting out, and supporters of the list are starting to rally against them and protect the list (via rerverting vandalism, countering their tactics, etc.).

[edit] The results of the 18 October AfD:

  • Keep & clean = 3
  • Keep, no clean = 11
  • Delete = 2

[edit] The anonymous clean-up notice

The following anonymous clean-up notice was posted to the list on November 1st:

23:44, 1 November 2005 68.17.227.41

The notice was placed without group consensus, and there was no edit comment. Pretty sneaky.

This was the user's only edit. Nothing before or after. A sock-puppet.

[edit] The results of the 10 November Afd

  • Keep & clean up =3 votes
  • Keep, with no mention of clean up =7 votes
  • Delete = 4 votes (including the nomination)

That's 10 votes to keep, out of which 3 voted to clean up. Seven out of ten clearly voiced their desire to retain the list without deleting its entries.

[edit] Dishonest report of Afd results

Voice of All(MTG) reported the results as " ", and he and The Literate Engineer used that as the basis to erase the content of the list, which they did in successive edits.

[edit] Non-consensual list move

During the 10 November AfD discussion, Voice of All(MTG) moved the list to the new article name sexual slang, citing the introduction at the top of the list as the basis for the move ("it is more than a list"). Several users then used the article title as an argument against including any list entries.

When an article is moved, the change history is moved with it, and a redirect is placed under the original article's title. If the redirect is edited, then the article cannot be moved back. That is exactly what has happened to the list. See Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages for more information.

[edit] The current situation

The change history of the list is currently stranded as the change history of Sexual slang.

The content of the list itself has been restored to List of sexual slang, where it was originally. This preserves the spirit of the results of the two AfD discussions mentioned above.

[edit] To summarize:

  1. On Oct 18 the list was nominated for AfD (article for deletion), but this attempt to delete failed, and the vote was overwhelmingly to Keep.
  2. An anonymous sock-puppet placed a clean-up notice on the list. It has been used as a justification to delete entries.
  3. On Nov 10, The Literate Engineer made an AfD attempt against the list and it failed too.
  4. Then Voice of All(MTG) underhandedly moved the list to the non-list name sexual slang, while the AfD was still underway.
  5. Voice of All(MTG)reported false results for the 10 November AfD vote, and he and The Literate Engineer edited out the entire list.
  6. I posted a rebuttal to the above antics on the talk page for sexual slang, and reverted the sexual slang article to the November 15 version in the article's change history (the complete list). My username ("Bend over") was banned as inappropriate or offensive.
  7. Some editors stated that an article is not the place for a list, and used that as a justification to keep list entries.
  8. So I replaced the redirect at List of sexual slang with the actual content of the entire list. Unfortunately, the change history for the list is still part of the change history for the article sexual slang.
  9. An attempt is being made to protect the list against vandalism at its original location: List of sexual slang.

Remember, the three reversion limit does not apply when reverting vandalism. Only if enough concerned users participate will this be successful.

Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. Red Rover 21:59, 27 November 2005 (UTC)


[edit] New Wikibook on Castle of the Winds

Since I noticed you were one of the biggest contributors to Castle of the Winds, I thought you should know that I’ve started Wikibooks:Castle of the Winds, with the intent of moving the player-oriented information over. Because it’s a Wikibook, it can contain a lot of things that the Wikipedia article wouldn’t have, such as object, monster and spell tables. So even with the content of the article, the book still needs your help.

The biggest hurdle in moving from Wikipedia to Wikibooks is the sub-pages, but you seem to understand sub-pages already; apart from that, the two wikis are similar to edit.

I look forward to seeing your contributions. In addition to replying here, you can also post to Wikibooks:Talk:Castle of the Winds or my talk page. Seahen 21:41, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hello from Ohio

I will apologize in advance if I am breaking Wiki etiquette by asking you a question in this particular type of forum...

I am a very novice wikipedian just trying to get aquainted with the style and markup language. In my quest to make a somewhat reasonable userpage, I was checking through people's source(edit) code and noticed that you have something with which I need help. When you list your babel on your main page, the source is like so:

{{User:Jacqui M/babel}

My userbox source, on the other hand is fully explicit:

{|
|-
|{{my userbox1}}
|-
|{{my userbox2}}
...
|}

Is there some way I can 'summarize' my code to make it more like yours? Any help is greatly appreciated. I have searched around a bit and I can't seem to find a suitable tutorial to help me along.

On a side note, I grew up on the east side of Cleveland myself, and give many winks to your likes of Good Eats, Mythbusters, and disklike of IVs!

Please feel free to yell at me if I should have put this in a different location, and I will be happy to oblige.
Cheers, Juan Banana 01:49, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Female Wikipedians

Hi! I noticed you had placed yourself in Category:Female Wikipedians, and use babel boxes. Just so you know, I've just made the template {{User female}}. Feel free to use it and/or edit it! — Asbestos | Talk (RFC) 19:04, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] LGBT interest userbox

Hi! After participating in some discussion about userboxes, I've decided to create a userbox specifically for people who are interested in LGBT issues. I like this userbox a lot because it doesn't force people to take a stand on LGBT-related political issues or declare a particular identity, but just expresses a common interest in editing LGBT-related articles on Wikipedia. I saw your name on the list of people who are interested in this kind of thing at the LGBT notice board, and saw when I visited your userpage that you are pretty comfortable with userboxes, so I thought I'd let you know about this one in case you want to list it on your user page. I am hoping that people will see it, click the link to the notice board, and become more involved in editing LGBT-related articles on Wikipedia. The userbox is at Template:User LGBT interest. - AdelaMae (talk - contribs) 06:26, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mod of Template:User noprog

Somebody copied and modified the userbox you created. Check out Template:User computer programming. - Slo-mo 10:45, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A Random Barnstar

I, The Great Gavini, hereby award Jacqui M a barnstar for a devil's myriad of contributions, and perhaps for appreciating the works of The Dresden Dolls and Neil Gaiman. 18:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Psst

I'm trying to build support for this nomination in its last few days. Please check out this page. Pass it along. Nudge nudge. -- evrik 20:24, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Amazing Fantasies

Yeah. Now if I just avoid sucking, I become one step closer to having an article written about me. Phil Sandifer 01:06, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:100 0168a-small.JPG listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:100 0168a-small.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sherool (talk) 21:40, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Sherool (talk) 21:40, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Edible salt

I have partially reverted your last reversion again, mainly because it (as was earlier said by another editor) disrupts part of the page. I have tried to put the proper referencing back into the article, but I am afraid that that also resulted in some statements of you being reverted. If so, I am sorry, but, IMHO, the section is quite unreadable with all those references being written in the text. Could you have a look, change the wording to your liking, while trying to keep the referencing system? Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:36, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Jacqui,
Don't mind reverting anything I wrote, my interest in edible salt was (and is) purely chemical, hence it was on my watch-list for some time now. After all, it is just sodium chloride we are eating (with some additives), would people realize they are eating a chemical compound? :-p I just reverted so that it at least has the referencing system in place, and also put other inline-URL's in references. Do whatever you want with the article. IMHO, I think it is rather unreadable .. statements which have only counterarguments etc., maybe arguments should be written out (keeping a neutral POV), and then countered? Guess it could use some rewriting there .. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:15, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talking to press?

Hi! A journalist has contacted me trying to talk with Wikipedians from Ohio; is there any chance you'd be interested in speaking to the journalist? - Amgine 03:53, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

If it's the one from the Akron Beacon-Journal, I already have. But thanks :) Jacqui★ 13:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
<grin> Yep, that's the one! - Amgine 17:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Ta-da. There's 20 seconds of your 15 minutes. - EurekaLott 14:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on the article! I'm the goofy kid who made that list on how to navigate Wikipedia. Anyhow, since you were in the article, I'm giving you a barnstar! If you know of anyone else who was in it (I think some of the usernames were botched), please let me know so that I can give each of them one as well!

The Original Barnstar
I, Ian Manka, award you this barnstar for your quotes in the Akron Beacon Journal! Thanks for spreading the word about Wikipedia! Ian Manka Talk to me! 17:21, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Yeah! Nice to meet you, and I hope we run into each other again on the site! Ian Manka Talk to me! 18:10, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Miami Animal Police

Hello, and thankyou for the {{sofixit}} tag on my talk page. In retrospect, I think I probably placed the wrong tag on that article - the problems I saw were largely related to the proportionally large number of redlinks in the article text, most of which could (probably) be de-linked entirely. It could also benefit from the addition of a Television infobox, as could some of the other articles in the series, and some minor copyediting (ie, merging paragraphs, etc).

Since you asked, I'll get started on these. Serves me right for being lazy on NP Patrol. :) RandyWang (raves/review me!) 02:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

LOL. And here I was afraid I'd come to my talkpage and find something that would have to be moved to my litterbox. Your criticisms do make sense, actually. I'll work on it. Some of the other shows in the "See also" section need the same sorts of help. Anyway, I'm sorry if I bordered on bad faith there for a moment. Jacqui★ 02:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Hah! Sorry to have scared you, then. I've added an infobox to Miami Animal Police, generally cleaned it up a little and removed the Cleanup tag. I don't know anything about the show, though, so I'd appreciate if you could make the infobox a little less... almost entirely empty. :)
I didn't actually think you were anywhere near bad faith. Honestly, my userpage is a pretty good example of what happens when mild OCD meets an excessive supply of free time. Besides, I did invite you to call me a dick. :) RandyWang (raves/review me!) 02:41, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Walter Dean Myers

Thank you for your work on the Walter Dean Myers page. As a school librarian, I knew he deserved an article, but I didn't really know much about him personally. Great work. Czolgolz 20:59, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Lake County flooding

Hi. I don't have much experience in contributing to articles on current events, so I may not be of help here. I can't find the discussion right now, but if I remember correctly, an article about last month's flooding was deleted because it wasn't a major enough disaster. The damage in Lake County, however, seems more serious, and if the area is declared a federal disaster area, it would be difficult to argue about its notability. If you don't think the subject is suitable for a wikipedia article, perhaps it would work better as a wikinews article that could then be linked to. By the way, Cleveland.com also has a special section on the floods. - EurekaLott 05:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Gastric bypass diet

Gastric bypass diet

I see were you voted to have this redirected to the surgery page could you explain why as it makes no sense to get rid of very important article since surgery is one matter recovery is another. I am asking you to please reconsider your vote as this is too important to just get rid of. I have seen countless people after this operation get in terrible shape due to lack of knowing what to do after this operation.. Look at the references I supplied and see this is accurate information needed to be in Wikipedia --Supplements 13:57, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gastric bypass diet

Gastric bypass diet

Thanks for your response this is verified infromation and it is guidelines not taking the place of a doctor the Problem is the gastric surgery page has nothing on it as far a after surgery... I am sending references to prove this is verified information...

[edit] References

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