User talk:John M Baker
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[edit] Exact title in opening paragraph
Hello John, I saw you reverted my change to Jazz (word origin) in order to retain the article's title in its first line. I know in most cases there can and will be an exact copy, but I don't think it is required. There are many examples of opening sentences differing from the multi-word title in order to make them sound fluent, e.g. Execution of Saddam Hussein, Responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks, Altamira (cave), and so forth. Nethency 20:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- I looked at some examples of articles that include parentheticals in the article name, and the practice seems to be to exclude the parenthetical in the opening sentence. I have revised accordingly, using your language. John M Baker 22:25, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] An article which you started, or significantly expanded, jazz (word origin), was selected for DYK!
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On January 27, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article jazz (word origin), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 00:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
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On 16 February 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Yale Book of Quotations, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
--Carabinieri 00:47, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dablink at Scalping (trading)
Scalping (trading) doesn't need a dablink because all of the links to that page intend that page. Since there's no way a reader will arrive at that page if they're not looking for that page, the dablink is useless. Does that make sense? Ewlyahoocom 06:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
- O.K., I've thought about this and don't feel strongly about it. If you delete the dablink, I will not revert this time. John M Baker 13:43, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Jazz (word) & Medbh
Thanks for reverting the Cassidy spam on this article. Though Medbh is as far as I know a woman's name, it's hard not to suspect that the repeated attempts to promote Cassidy's publications & theories about Gaelic & Irish-Americans are his own handiwork. (Hard to imagine anyone other than Cassidy himself being so persistent, anyway.) As far as I know his work is pure etymological fantasy/wishful thinking that makes reputable linguists & jazz historians cringe. -- I have placed a note on Medbh's talk page & think that if this goes on it should be treated as vandalism or spam. --ND 04:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
- And he's currently doing it again, even deleting the legitimate references to replace them with Cassidy's (his?) book. I reverted. John M Baker 16:41, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
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- I've inserted a formal tag on the talk page in accordance with the instructions I found on the Wiki's policy about dispute resolution. I thought that it would be a little too harsh to just declare Medbh's edits spam or vandalism (they're in good faith, it's just that they ride roughshod over the article & introduce dubious claims) so decided that was the way to go. His/her response to my post on his/her talk page is quite remarkable...! -- Sorry to see your hard work in putting the article together jeopardized. --ND 02:00, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Thanks, I added a post on his Talk page, since there's no evidence that he reads the article's Talk page. I don't expect it to do much good, since past observation of Cassidy's listserv posts suggests that he pays little attention to the views of others, but I think it's important to proceed in good faith. John M Baker 03:34, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, you got your answer..... though Medbh's inability to format things properly makes it hard to decipher. Mostly seems a bunch of press quotes to me. --ND 21:36, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
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- I see the revert war's started up again & "Medbh" (who seems ever more likely to be Cassidy, judging by the prose style & the fact that the person can't spell "Medbh" correctly--how many people can't spell their own names??) is posting long garbled retorts on the talk page. What's the next step to take if this can't get resolved? I was hoping that Medbh/Medhb's "You win for now" a few days ago would mean a quiet spell. -- I was interested to see that one of Cassidy's colleagues at New College is David Meltzer, coeditor with Steve Dickison of Shuffle Boil, a poetry + jazz mag which is where I first ran across Cassidy's crackpot etymologies some years ago. At the time I simply thought it was some weird poet's hoax or flight of fancy. --ND 03:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
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- I'm not sure what to do next; the RFC process doesn't seem to have elicited any more editors into participation. Any ideas? John M Baker 15:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] You damn kid
Hi,
thanks for correcting my edit in page "You damn kid". I had no intention of vandalism, I just thought that Hugh Hefner was the intended name of the kid in that particular strip (http://www.youdamnkid.com/d/20030417.html)
Gakrivas 11:22, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. I see that you are Greek, so you may not have been aware that Hugh Hefner is a well-known figure within the United States. And, in any case, I've failed to get the occasional joke myself. John M Baker 20:15, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] The Bank Job
Sorry, I must have missed something! TINYMARK 18:27, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] ETF Article
Hi, I think you've done a great job with the ETF article. It was a mess and it's looking much better.
Greg Comlish (talk) 20:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, Greg, I appreciate the kind words. It still needs work, but I think at this point we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. John M Baker (talk) 22:16, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
