Talk:James A. Jensen

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I deleted the reference to an error that Jensen made in inaccurately erecting a new genus on the basis of one vertebra which was from brachiosaurus. Inserting one negative with half a dozen positives gives the negative inappropriate weight. You are referred to his website <http://www.Dinosaurjim.com> for details of his life. Jim Jensen (a son)

While I respect very much your wish that there should not be imbalance, I feel that it is important that we do not censor information on Wikipedia. Is there a form of words that would enable you to restore this information yet retain the proportionality that you so understandably seek? - Ballista 05:49, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm...thanks for chance to 'talk' about this. I appreciate that greatly. It obviously feels like censorship, what I did. However, I am not squelching a fact - it is a fact. Indeed, he made others as well. Should we list them all? If so, how far back would we go in enumerating people's errors? When one is in grad school? Or do we wait till after they are employed in the field, or do we give them 5 years grace before starting? Do we report everyone's errors? I'm not being sarcastic, just extending the issue logically. I bet that if you look at the wikipages for Mr. Cope or Mr. Marsh -I forget which- that you won't find a discussion of one of the most famous paleo errors of all time, assigning the wrong skull to good ol' apatosaurus? Why not. I don't know why not but I'll bet a buck. However, if you believe that this error should be listed, please provide an explanation of the benefit it provides to readers to see it listed and I'll reinsert it -and will expect that everyone's pages will start listing their errors. :) Thanks again for giving me a chance to talk about this before making a change. Jim Jensen 05:21, 26 October 2006

I don't see any additional comments on this page since my October note, but will enter a note. Thank you for the direction to take in revising this page which badly needs it. I have started the job and will upload it after I have it finished. Nothing will remain as it is at present. Jim Jensen 20:52 PST 5 February 2007. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.21.40.138 (talk) 04:53, 6 February 2007 (UTC).

I am nearly finished with revision of the James A. Jensen article. One large topic is in the works locally and I will also insert several photos. Otherwise, it is nearly finished. Doctorjrj 02:25, 11 February 2007 (UTC) Jim Jensen 6:25 pm PST 10 Feb 2007

I have nearly finished revisions, & just tweak language for style, not content. I still need to insert the images which I will do. I have sorted out the copyright of the first image I tried to insert, kronosaurus queenslandicus.jpg. I have the copies of the two sizes of the actual postcard and it does not show any kind of copyright mark or text. I did major overhaul of the Museum of Paleontology and Geology. Doctorjrj 14:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I did a major overhaul of the section on the Museum of Geology and Paleontology. Doctorjrj 19:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I confirmed by email today that Dr. Rod Scheetz, a specialist in the Dry Mesa Quarry, has agreed to expand the paragraph on Dry Mesa here, as well as writing a detailed separate article. Doctorjrj 15:42, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I notice another note at the top of the article requesting additional revisions since my last overhaul. So I have done another really major revision. There are so many changes that I will not attempt to enumerate them because I can't remember them. Please compare the present version to the prior version if you need to see just how extensive the changes are, inclusions, deletions, and revisions. I trust that this is closer to the expected style. Doctorjrj 01:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I tagged it not for style, but for copy editing because there were some grammatical errors i noted as reading it, I rather enjoyed the section on BYU conflicts and thought it told a good bit about his character while still being educational, maybe some time I'll try to re-integrate that. Liddell 04:59, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much for an actual comment! I have worked on the article some more and would appreciate your suggestions. Doctorjrj 23:09, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I worked on the section dealing with conflict, including facts I just gleaned from documents in dad's estate. However, the section is too long. Would you be willing to edit it and reduce its size? If the size is OK as it is, that's OK with me, but I am not sure what limitations or expectations are since this is the first article I have written for Wikipedia. Thanks for your assistance. Doctorjrj 04:04, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Liddell: Am not sure why I asked your assistance! My apologies. I'll take care of it. Given all of the facts I discovered yesterday, that section must be rewritten. Doctorjrj 15:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Liddell: I still can't pare the conflict paragraph down much if I am going to include specific details. As it is, I have compressed them enormously so the alternative is to just take out facts and replace them with generic observations about what went on. What do you think? Doctorjrj 22:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clicketyclack

ClicketyClack. Thanks for the additions and changes. FYI, the paragraph on Dry Mesa will be substantially expanded by an article from a professional paleontologist. Otherwise, this article is basically finished, except for the images. I'm having a terrible time picking the proper type of license. Doctorjrj 05:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)