User talk:Jayjg/Archive 38

My compliments

Good job on undoing the edits of i.p. 24.189.97.251 (also known as "ventura488") to the Kohen page! (if you have a peek at my talk page you can see how i had no idea how to handle his prior "edits")--Marecheth Ho'eElohuth (talk) 17:22, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Would you mind...?

Hi Jay, I know you're fairly familiar with MiszaBot configs — would you mind checking this edit of mine to make sure I've set it up correctly? It would be greatly appreciated. Jakew (talk) 15:23, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. I would have used 100k instead of 70k, but I suppose the talk page doesn't grow very quickly. Jayjg ^(talk) 23:52, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. Jakew (talk) 08:28, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Gearslutz at RSN

Hi. Thank you so much for weighing in at that thread. I'm attempting to summarize viewpoints there, since at this stage numbers seem somewhat divided, and I have included your view in my summary. Please read it over at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Summarizing; more feedback welcome, since opinions seem divided and speak up if I've misunderstood you or if your opinion has changed. Under the circumstances, I think we need to nail this down, one way or another. :) Thanks! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 15:27, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I've done so. Jayjg ^(talk) 23:57, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

FLC nomination

Jayjg, since you contributed to the article List of awards and nominations received by Up in the Air which is a child article to Up in the Air (film), I thought that you would like to know that JuneGloom07 Talk? , Courcelles (talk) and I nominated the article for FLC, cf Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by Up in the Air/archive1. I would appreciate your considered comments on the nomination. --Dan Dassow (talk) 13:29, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Shamir again

Please look at this thread. I would appreciate your comments; by email if you are not allowed to post them on Wikipedia. Thanks. RolandR (talk) 12:32, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, I think I can say that I've read the OTRS ticket-based accusations raised against you in that thread, and they appear run the gamut from unbelievable to laughable, consisting of the same kinds of non-factual conspiratorial inventions that are often advanced by the subject of the article. Jayjg ^(talk) 20:11, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Why am I not surprised? Anything I should worry about? RolandR (talk) 21:07, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

On Wikipedia, or in real life? Jayjg ^(talk) 21:32, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

How had you read the OTRS ticket, out of interest? You do not have OTRS access. Daniel (talk) 02:22, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I read the OTRS ticket-based accusations raised in that thread. Jayjg ^(talk) 12:03, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Okay, you should probably make that clear - because, for all you know, the contents of the ticket could be completely different to what was postulated publicly in that thread. Daniel (talk) 01:52, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Need some advice

Following a simple request for page numbers[1] and quotes[2] concerning references of rather contentious material. User:Yalens has made two racist remarks concerning my ethnicity(or lack thereof);

• "..you are not even Armenian and have absolutely nothing to do with it."[3]
• "What is funny is that people like you and User:David Roman, who don't even seem to be from the Caucasus (your profile says you are a German-Scottish-English-French-somethingelse American; his name certainly sounds Western to me as well), get far more emotional.."[4]

Can you advise me where to report these racist remarks? Thank you. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:54, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

I've cautioned him for now. I don't think there's a need to do anything else unless he continues making these kinds of remarks. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:18, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

... I seriously fail to see how they are racist (and I don't think calling them such is very productive either). I won't make them if its such a big deal, but its not "racist" (for noting that people who actually have a stronger sense of a connection to the issue that I've talked to get less openly emotional when debating about it? How is that generalizing people negatively by race exactly?). I have never wanted a confrontation here, as you can see if you read the discussion. I feel that he is overly emotional about it, and he previously called me "impudent" (see the talk page, I can grab edit summary I suppose later), claimed that I was trying to rationalize a genocide (which is completely untrue, as I have noted numerous times), among other things... I do not feel like I (the "impudent" person who supposedly is trying to "mitigate" and to "rationalize the genocide") am the one trying to be insulting here... I would much rather simply be able to work stuff out, and am completely willing. --Yalens (talk) 22:42, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Here's the key: Comment on content, not on the contributor. It's the second line of the policy, and it's pretty straightforward. If you stick strictly to that you'll be fine. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:47, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Ludwigs2 and incivility

You'll find that Ludwigs2 has cultivated a reactionary "eye for an eye" attitude towards civility. [5],[6]. Any perceived slight is used as an excuse to behave in an incivil manner. He does seem particularly fond of commenting on the relative placement of editors heads [7]. aprock (talk) 00:18, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

I've seen some of that amazingly combative approach myself.[8] Feel free to add what you'd like to the section on the board. Jayjg ^(talk) 00:34, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Gallery transwikis

You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gallery of Durham University as transwiki to commons, but it's still here. A few other similar articles also closed as transwiki to commons are also still here, it seems there's a gap in our systems. There's a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Old NAC AfD never transwikied. Fences&Windows 14:01, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll take a look. Jayjg ^(talk) 12:04, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

ImpressPages

Hi there. I want to ask for a bit of explanation. Why did you delete ImpressPages article again? I do understand the first time. The software was too young. The article was rewritten from first to last word, only facts were used. What was the problem now? Thanks in advance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.60.63.64 (talk) 20:44, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

It was originally deleted because it did not have significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. The "new" article did not appear to differ in this regard. If you wish to contest the article's deletion, please feel free to do so at WP:DRV. Jayjg ^(talk) 23:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Kohen Genetic Testing

I have moved this to the talk page and request arbitration from an unbiased party. I sourced the material and there is no reason for you to remove it. If you remove it again without stating why, I will report you for vandalism.