User talk:Jgstokes

Introductory Message

Hello, everyone! While I welcome any discussion here about the nature of my edits or about how I can help anyone else in any way on Wikipedia, at the same time, within the last couple of months, several people who have posted comments for me here have not taken the time to mention the page related to the nature of the concerns they are expressing. If I can ask this of you all, I'd very much appreciate it if, going forward, anyone leaving feedback here would please specifically mention the exact page and edit about which you have come here to dialogue. And because I have always tried to live by the philosophy that we can disagree without becoming disagreeable, I'd also appreciate it if the discussions here can remain of a civil, polite, and agreeable tone. That will do more to enable me to provide the best feedback I can in response than will any other approach. I appreciate your cooperation with me on this. With that said, let the discussions continue here as needed! --Jgstokes (talk) 03:58, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Preferred Personal Pronouns

My preferred personal pronouns are he/him/his. I am more than happy to refer to each of you, my fellow editors, by your preferred pronouns as long as I know what they are. I have unfortunately unintentionally misgendered people here in the past, and I'd prefer not to make that same mistake ever again. Thanks for your cooperation with me on this matter. --Jgstokes (talk) 22:33, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Please see

About this: Please see Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Tasks#Gallery image formatting problem. The idea was to remove these parameters from inside the Gallery tag only, not from all other uses in articles. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:26, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying your edit in question. What you said makes sense now. But the intent of the edit wasn't evident when I looked at it. All I could see at the time was that an unexplained edit significantly changed the content of the page. If I had known what you explained to me above, I wouldn't have felt a need to revert it. And unfortunately, in my time here, unexplained edits have become somewhat of a red flag. I apologize if I was out of line. Thanks again. User:Jgstokes (talk)—We can disagree without becoming disagreeable. 07:25, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Address field

I noticed you added the Address field on recent "Site announced" temples. As far as I'm aware, this field is not used. If so, do you know where it's used? Thanks - Dmm1169 (talk) 05:19, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

@Dmm1169, I apologize for my delay in getting back to you. The address field is used in some templates and not in others. I think that in some templates, the geographic coordinates replaced the address field. I have no knowledge as to which pages use which fields. But it should be uniform across the board. So we may want to look at using both, since address information is specifically listed in the announcements. This could be worth a wider discussion on the list of temples talk page. Thanks. User:Jgstokes (talk)—We can disagree without becoming disagreeable. 06:44, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

The delay in getting back to me was fine as I'm now just getting on, but briefly. 2 concerns:

• 1) Where is the address being used, and why keep it if mainspace is not using it? Why is the address not mentioned in any of the individual temple pages I've looked at? Doesn't meet notability guidelines? If it is necessary, please explain why.
• 2) It's taking up space. The geographic list pages uses templates that pull info from the temple field template probably about six times for each temple. Removing unused content could prolong the need of having to split this or other pages in the future.

Just my thoughts. Recommend a discussion with a broader audience on this. Thanks. Dmm1169 (talk) 03:48, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Agreed that a larger discussion is warranted. I don't have strong feelings about keeping fields or getting rid of them. But we do need uniformity across the board, and maybe others have more knowledge than I do on this subject. For the record, I said that the site announcements included addresses. I thought I saw addresses included on other pages and templates here, but I may be misremembering. I've not been at my best the last couple of weeks as I've been working through some new health challenges. Anyways, I would support a discussion on template and page fields and getting more input there. User:Jgstokes (talk)—We can disagree without becoming disagreeable. 04:29, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello Jgstokes, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Happy editing, Trailblazer101 (talk) 20:07, 24 December 2023 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Trailblazer101 (talk) 20:07, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

Season's greetings, Jgstokes! I hope you enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world. It's always a pleasure working with you. Thank you for your continued effort to improve the project.

––FormalDude (talk) 21:43, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Rollback misuse

Why did you use rollback to remove this comment? Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:02, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

And while we're at it, "unsourced claim" is not a valid reason to remove someone's talk page messsage. You need to read up on WP:TALK on what's acceptable behavior on talk pages. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:27, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. I apologize if I was out of line. I have been editing Wikipedia about as long as you have, and I am very well acquainted with talk page protocol at this point. The comment in question seemed to imply that the death of an actor this year meant he should be excluded from the cast list of the show in question for the seasons in which he was billed on the show, which, according to my understanding, is not the way Wikipedia works, per MOS:CASTLIST. The nature of the claims made by the editor in connection to what I believed he was suggesting were not sourced. Hence my rollback. In retrospect, I should have engaged with him on this issue instead of using rollback. Your warning was warranted, appropriate, and appreciated. I just recently was granted rollback permissions. Not trying to excuse myself here, just trying to demonstrate it was an unintentional misstep on my part. If after reading this, you still feel like my conduct in the matter constitutes abuse of the rollback permission, I'll consider this strike one against me and be more careful in the future. Thanks. User:Jgstokes (talk)—We can disagree without becoming disagreeable. 03:49, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Tense of Cancelled TV show

Hi, I saw that you reverted my update on a cancelled TV show from "was" to "is", citing Wikipedia policies. Would you mind sharing the link to this policy? I haven't seen it before and don't want to make any future erroneous corrections. Thanks! Medievalonion (talk) 19:55, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

MOS:TVNOW is the policy in question, which states: "References to the show, and its characters and locations, should always be in the present tense, as the show will still exist even after it is no longer airing new episodes." (Bold emphasis is my own.) Hope that answers your questions. User:Jgstokes (talk)—We can disagree without becoming disagreeable. 03:55, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Medievalonion (talk) 19:56, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Forbes

How is forbes not a reliable source Max the Media Fan (talk) 15:26, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

WP:FORBESCON. The addition of the source in question has been proven multiple times to not meet Wikipedia's standards for inclusion. So you'll have to do better than that. I have cited at least two sources to prove that the content is correct as shown. So unless you have a better source that categorically proves the information in the current sources is not accurate, it's time to drop the stick and step away from the horse. Thank you. User:Jgstokes (talk)—We can disagree without becoming disagreeable. 04:32, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

WHatevr Max the Media Fan (talk) 14:03, 25 January 2024 (UTC)