User talk:Jay Gatsby

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I removed your speedy deletion tag from Alan Macfarlane, as the article in question clearly describes the significance of the subject. In fact, it seems to me that he meets the WP:PROF and WP:BIO standards (as an author), so this page probably wouldn't be deleted even in a full debate. Anyway, just wanted to let you know while I was welcoming you. :)

Again, welcome! Mangojuicetalk 04:13, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Page moves

Hi Jay,

For simple uncontroversial and obvious page moves, such as Principle of lateral contiuity -> Principle of lateral continuity there is no need to go through the Requested Moves page, you can simply do the move yourself by clicking the "move" button at the top of the page when you're logged in. In this case I've just made the move myself. Hope that helps, and welcome to Wikipedia! — SteveRwanda 17:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Hi, Jay Gatsby, thank you for applying for VandalProof. I am happy to announce that you are now authorized for use, so if you haven't already, simply download VandalProof from our main page and install it, and you're all set!

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[edit] Thanks!

Hi, Jay! Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage today. Based on this edit, it looks like it was the creator of these deleted articles, one of which I nominated for speedy deletion yesterday. Anyway, thanks a lot for looking out for other users' pages! See you around! - Tapir Terrific 03:58, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] KFC

Hi, i just wanted to clarify why i removed part of the KFC article. I removed the following: In the video game, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, one of the resturants is a spin-off of KFC. The resturant is called Cluckin Bell. Here is their song: Cock-a-doodle-do, it's time for chicken Cock-a-doodle-do, it's time for a feast Eat a ninety-piece bucket, you can tell He's been to Cluckin' Bell The chicken is a bird with a tiny brain So we assume he doesn't feel any pain We shrink their heads and we breed 'em fast Six wings, forty breasts, then they're gassed Cock-a-doodle-do, we're psychotic crazies Cock-a-doodle-do, factory farming's insane We denied it all before our stock price fell Come down to Cluckin' Bell! because it was in it's own seperate trivia section, when one was already present, and was already mentioned in said trivia section. Thanks, 202.7.183.131 10:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I didn't see the other Trivia section there. Jay Gatsby(talk) 10:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Well done

The RickK anti-vandalism barnstar
The RickK anti-vandalism barnstar

Hi Jay. I wanted to congratulate you for doing some really great work fighting vandalism. Here's a barnstar for your efforts. Wear it with pride! Sam Korn (smoddy) 10:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Sam! Jay Gatsby(talk) 11:06, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi, Jay

Hello, Jay. Please don't let the multiple-IP user's personal attacks made against you (and others) at the CofCC page discourage you. We could still use your help! We are having the same problem with the same user at the Haley Barbour page, by the way. --Alsayid 00:55, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HEY

I noticed that you were fairly active on the Great Gatsby page. I recently noticed that you reverted my summary edit. Because I do not know all the rules that I might have broken, I'd be delighted to hear why my edit seemed innappropriate.

Other than that, you history checks you out as a fighter of vandalism. Great job.

-PsychicPsycho

[edit] Maschke Theorem

Similar remarks: The Maschke Theorem page ( it should be Maschke's Theorem in English anyway) was rather loose in its terminology, and on May3/4 2007, I tightened it up, retaining the spirit and key ingredients of what the original author intended, expanding a little. It takes a real expert to understand and amend the work of an expert, and a real expert would have known that this was an improvement on what was there before. I would have thought that a goal of Wikipedia was to continually improve its accuracy and expand its informativeness. If someone else can improve my accuracy in future, I will be delighted.

Geffrey 08:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

  • You left numerous spelling and grammatical errors and removed all mention of semisimple rings, which doesn't make any sense to me. That is why I reverted your edits. Jay Gatsby(talk) 09:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Not sure I want to get into this, but I'll have one more try. I'm not exactly a vandal. Acknowledge typo "immeediate" instead of "immediate" on my edit- we all make mistakes . Historically, Maschke's theorem was proved in the terms that for representations of finite groups over complex numbers, invariant subspaces are complemented ( this is the correct spelling, by the way, of the mathematical sense in which this is used) ( in modern terminology, modules for complex group algebras of finite groups are completely reducible). The equivalence between the semi-simplicity of the complex group algebra of a finite group and complete reducibility of its modules is now part of the more modern developments of ring theory, and explains the link between the perspective I took in my revision and the general theory of semi-simple rings. In other words, the way Maschke's theorem is stated in the reverted text is a corollary of ( after a lot of theory) the way it was stated in my revision, which is historically closer to the original statement of the result. The text in the reverted edit implies that semi-simplicity of the group algebra came first, which is not so (it may be taught that way in some courses, and appear that way in some books)- check out St. Andrews Math History website for example ( where Maschke's claim to the theorem is called into question anyway). Geffrey 15:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for clearing up List of University of California, Davis faculty. I tried, but there was good mixed up with bad and I was having trouble finding a good revert date. Thanks for your vigilance :) WDavis1911 08:29, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gatsby

Obviously you're a fan. I noticed your favourite excerpts, mine would have to be the one line by Gatsby; ""Can't repeat the past", he said incredulously, "Why, of course you can."" Anyway, just wanted to say hullo. --Counter-revolutionary 12:38, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hindu-German conspiracy

Hello, I noticed you undid an edit I made adding the {{Ghadar Conspiracy}} to the UC,Berkley. I did not intend to indicate that the University made the conspiracy. If you saw the template, you will notice the link was included in the section that was relevant to the Ghadar party (ie, UC berkeley was the origin of the Ghadar party, and hence relevant to it, as the Hindu-German Conspiracy article explains.). I do not wish to get into an edit war over this, but I am dissapointed you ignored the request I left in the edit summary asking that I be informed if the edit was undone. At the least, it showed a lack of common courtesty to a fellow editor.Rueben lys 00:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay, then a link to the Ghadar party would be appropriate. But as you admit, the university was not involved in the conspiracy. Jay Gatsby(talk) 04:34, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] UCD Edits

Hey there. I just wanted to drop by to let you know that I've reverted your edit on: University of California, Davis. I did check the documents and UCD is indeed a school in those categories, so I've put them back. If you'd like to discuss this further, let's do so on the UCD talk page. Thank you! Pyrofork (talk) 19:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)