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== Happy New Year to Misplaced Pages's Founder! ==
== Misplaced Pages - Suggestions ==

Dear Sir,

I love Misplaced Pages. I have learnt a lot and it is a brilliant tool.
However for a person who is not an expert in any field, some of the content has become so technical that I have difficulty understanding the content, e.g. pages on quantum physics
Suggestion: can we have for example, WikiSimple - Misplaced Pages pages simplified, that is easier for non-techies to understand please, in everyday language so that perhaps even a child can understand. Perhaps even have a WikiYoung (as opposed to WikiJunior which appears to relate to books only, pity!).

Also, I find that certain pages that one would consider complete at a particular date are constantly being updated. Is it possible to see the history of the changes for that particular discrete page rather than a block of changes for more than one Wikipage.

Just some thoughts.

Regards

Monika <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 09:26, 23 March 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
* I think Jimbo has been on travel this week, but several of us have noted the increasing complexity of many articles, which add ever-more abstraction of concepts to widen an article for broader coverage of rare cases. Several attempts to simplify wording have been met with hostility over the risk of omitting unusual ]s of a subject (in ] space!), or perhaps a limit to ], and now many pages read as total "geekspeak" overrun with technical jargon. Hence, the page "]" must mention the word "]" long before "triangle" or "hexagon" or "]". Even many sports articles fail to explain the score-board systems, such as RHE (runs/hits/errors) numbers. I still recommend writing the clarified versions as pages on ], where the word "simple" refers to the vocabulary used and does not limit topics to only simple treatment. We also tried to branch into a "]" of short, explanatory blurbs about major topics, but that idea was met with numerous objections. Perhaps even harder than writing simple explanations of complex topics, it is a struggle to convey to some people why simplicity even matters. The Micropaedia format would have encouraged thousands of editors to write simple summaries about perhaps 300,000 common topics. -] (]) 13:56, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
:: The Micropaedia approach works, and has been taken already - the article points to ] right off, and ] later. I think an argument can be made for ] to be a created as a separate article again, where beginners can be introduced to the very basics of triangles and squares and such. The navigation (and some of these articles) could be better. ] (]) 18:59, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
:Hi, there is a proposal at ] (not Wikids :), which would be a project analogous to Wikijunior if accepted someday.<span style="text-shadow:gray 0.2em 0.3em 0.2em">···]&nbsp;(]/])</span> 20:23, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
I think Monika raises a very good point, as complexity not confined just to quantum physicians and scientific subjects but many others as well. Sometimes it is as if articles are written by committees of people who don't like each other. ] (]) 17:50, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

There's a discussion at WikiProject Biology about the jargon added to the article on ] about this. If I didn't know anything about astronomy, most of these articles on various stars would drive me away. I feel sorry for 4th graders doing school papers and thinking "I wanna be a scientist" and then happening on an article about a volcano saying ''This diatreme contains a small plug-like body of nepheline syenite that is about 30 meters (98 ft) in diameter and is choked with variety of angular to subangular xenoliths and autoliths'' or trying to learn about cell mitochondria and facing: ''Chlorplast thylakoids constitute earth's most abundant and yet unique phospholid-defficient biomembrane system containing largely a inverted-hexagonal cylinderical micellar phase-forming monogalactosyl diglyceride (MGDG). However, total lipid-extract of thylakoid membranes forms aqeous lipid bilayer organisation, as also native thylakoid membranes - was revealed by NMR and TEM studies''. Add to the list of things Misplaced Pages is not...not a resource for kids to learn more about science, math, and other stuff unless they had a Ph.D. at age 8.--] (]) 22:33, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

=== Write a simple overview of quantum physics ===

I glanced at "]" (QM) on the ], but even that page seems to ramble without providing a clear, balanced overview about "]" (versus traditional "]"). However, because the general topic seems so extensive in the various facets (physics, chemistry, and math formulas), I am thinking we should write an essay "]" as an exercise in writing pages intended for general readers. I am too tired to work on that essay yet, but one easy tactic (to keep the wording simple) is to limit sentences to just 4 prepositions each. Also, a teacher has warned to avoid tedious words (such as "complex") which tend to discourage potential readers as warnings of difficult thinking will be required. More later. -] 01:01, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

:This list of , including "]", might be helpful.
:], including "]", might be helpful.
:—] (]) 01:38, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

:: Thanks for the links. Those pages also show a tendency to dive into rambling details, without giving an overall "overview" of quantum physics. So, the essay could emphasize this aspect, where explanations tend to either launch into detailed descriptions about ] (frequency and ]) or follow the ] as how it was developed over a period of several decades. It would be interesting to try explaining the major concepts in perhaps 10 paragraphs, because excessive tangents would likely consume too many paragraphs (or create very large paragraphs!). -] 10:14, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
:::"I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics." ], '']''. ] (]) 10:58, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
::::As soon as somebody writes a clear explanation of quantum physics, the universe will cease existing. Fortunately, we are all quite safe against this possibility.] <sup>]</sup> 11:07, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::Somebody already did, and that universe did stop existing, as soon as somebody read it. This happens all the time, and we were simultaneously never, and always, in danger. Surprised you didn't know that. <span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#000;">]&thinsp;]</span> 16:23, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

:My Google search for '''quantum nutshell''' reported about 850,000 results, including . My Google search for '''quantum simplified''' reported about 11,300,000 results, including (11:49).
:—] (]) 16:38, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
:: Those webpages will be good to compare, when thinking about the core concepts to cover in a simplified overview. I have already decided to mention the various, refined experiments which led to new ideas about the structure of the atom and the interactions of subatomic particles. -] 15:42, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

== Change.org Comments By Jimbo Wales 23rd March ==

I wouldn't normally dream of contributing on this page, but having read the comments referred in my section title regarding that rather daft petition, I just wanted to say thanks for such a measured and direct response. This does wikipedia lots of good.

"More of this sort of thing"
-] (]) 12:05, 25 March 2014 (UTC)


* Presumably, you are speaking about .

Petition to JW: '''"Create and enforce new policies that allow for true scientific discourse about holistic approaches to healing."'''

<blockquote>
'''JW Reply:''' "No, you have to be kidding me. Every single person who signed this petition needs to go back to check their premises and think harder about what it means to be honest, factual, truthful. <br /><br />
"Misplaced Pages's policies around this kind of thing are exactly spot-on and correct. If you can get your work published in respectable scientific journals - that is to say, if you can produce evidence through replicable scientific experiments, then Misplaced Pages will cover it appropriately. <br /><br />
"What we won't do is pretend that the work of lunatic charlatans is the equivalent of 'true scientific discourse.' It isn't."</blockquote>

Agreed that this is on-target. ] (]) 15:29, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

:Indeed, that is what I am referring to, thx. (I've checked my garage, now I'm going to check the rest of my premises) -] (]) 16:43, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
::Roxy the dog, I wonder why did you say: "I wouldn't normally dream of contributing on this page"? Thanks.] (]) 16:46, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

* {{cite web|last=O'Malley|first=James|url=http://www.techdigest.tv/2014/03/jimmy_wales_wav.html|title=Jimmy Wales waves a giant 'citation needed' sign at crazy alternative medicine lobby|website=Tech Digest|date=March 25, 2014}}
Ping {{ping|Montanabw|p=}} since this piece also mentions the "unicorn lobby", with which she has long been locked in a struggle for scientific truth and basic common sense. --] (]) 19:50, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
:: by ] should be required reading for the people who have signed the petition. But it probably won't be.--'''''] <sup>]</sup>''''' 19:56, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
:::Unicorns? You rang? It's not , it's also and ]. All of which routinely seem to inhabit the of real horses. ]<sup>]</sup> 21:19, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
::::It always seemed to me that the convenient added ability of pegasi to fly over tall or wide obstacles, plus their assorted other magical powers, wouldn't make up for the additional cost of having to buy custom-built stabling facilities four times normal size. --] (]) 21:32, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

:::::To respond to IP 71 above who asked I said "I wouldn't normally dream of contributing on this page" - it is because this page belongs to one of the founders of the coven, serious topics are discussed here by intelligent and forthright people, and I'd rather not have the spotlight on my own inadequacies, and poor editing record. I do not propose to further comment on that subject. I must now rush off to feed the centaurs. -] (]) 22:30, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

* More press coverage: .--<small>]</small><sup>]</sup><sub style="margin-left:-2.0ex;">]</sub> 01:31, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
**On doit appeler un chat un chat. There's nothing particularly controversial here, just the regular shouting "I have cures they don't want you to know about!" is a good way to sell snake oil. ]<font color="FF8800">]</font> 11:29, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

:::I suppose it's useful to check the articles from the petition: "As a result, people who are interested in the benefits of ], ],<sup></sup> and specific approaches such as the ], ] and the ], turn to your pages, trust what they read, and do not pursue getting help from these approaches which research has, in fact, proven to be of great benefit to many." I don't see any obvious surprises, though. ] (]) 14:08, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::It is worth noting though that a too-skeptical approach isn't a good thing for skepticism. For example, an application of the ever-overbearing, ever-unreasonable ] to ] removed<sup></sup> all mention of $2.1 million in government money given to ] to study this proprietary nonsense by the ]. Now having seen some of the good grant proposals that don't get funded, and knowing how far that money could go in a legitimate lab, it really angers me that it was doled out by a center which seemed to be seeking to test really absurd "alternative" practices rather than trying to screen a wide range of cheap and time-honored herbal preparations from traditional Chinese medicine. An article about medicine, and especially about pseudo-science, is not ''all'' about medicine, and its sole purpose should not be to serve the medical lobby in pushing its point of view. ] (]) 14:48, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

== "I actually hate it here" ==

said yet another Wikipedian, administrator who started editing Misplaced Pages in 2007. He said: "I actually hate it here." and retired. So, Jimbo, I wonder if you're concerned at all that sooner or later toxic editing environment and bullies would take over the site you have worked so hard on?] (]) 16:43, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
:As a recipient of plenty of it myself, yes, of course I do. At the same time, it is important to understand that there are huge swathes of Misplaced Pages editing which take place in a lovely and congenial atmosphere.--] (]) 17:41, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
::I agree that some editing is taking place in a lovely and congenial atmosphere, but lovely and congenial atmosphere is shrinking while poisoning atmosphere is growing. Misplaced Pages is still loosing editors, and you could make a difference.] (]) 18:40, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
:::I don't think it is clear that there is any directional shift at all. Certainly people have been coming to this page for about a decade lamenting the loss of the good old days. A common human affliction. At the same time, it is always worth looking at specific problems and trying to draw principled general conclusions. But usually when anon ips show up to authoritatively state that the world is going to hell in a handbasket, things get pretty thin when specific examples are requested.--] (]) 11:37, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:If you're an admin, you've got to expect to be tossed into all of the acrimonious debates, wrestle the evil-doing bad guys to the ground with all the force of our guidelines and policies, deal with spammers and other miscreants - and all of the other political nonsense that goes along with it. If, on the other hand, you want to improve the article about ]s (which is the first article I ever edited back in January 2006!) - you'll have a peaceful, fun existence and get the warm fuzzy feeling that you've improved the world by helping to create the largest repository of human knowledge known to mankind. 99% (at least) of articles here are great places to work - but (sadly) the admins are not needed in those place - so their stress levels are high and they see only the worst. We should back our admins - understand their stress - thank them when we can and sympathise when wiki-PTSD strikes and takes one down. ] (]) 18:28, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
::You're right. in general. However if you look at the what appears to be 'the straw that broke' here it was a copy-edit, editing dispute over, get this, ]. This being a wiki, one can surly get fed-up with negotiating such things -- but in the end, it's a wiki. ] (]) 18:38, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
It probably doesn't help matters that we're down to only about 600-700 allegedly active admins for an increasing workload of articles, IP vandals, disputes, ANI, etc., etc., etc., more rules on admin behavior, and then the fear (as we saw with the Kafziel case) that doing the right thing will get you drawn and quartered at arbcom if you happen to cross a persistent user with a personal fiefdom out for blood when poked at. --] (]) 22:21, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
:: What's remarkable, ], is looking at Misplaced Pages's history...I saw some RFAs where editors were moved on to admin status after editing for six months! And some after just three months! And some of those admins are still at work today. But 8 years ago, Misplaced Pages was growing and there was a press to increase the admin corps and a lot of people who were judged capable were drafted. Now, the prospect of going through an RFA is daunting, years of varied experience in all areas of editing is expected AND you can't have made any major mistakes and have baggage. It's become ultra selective and I understand why...but unless things change, the numbers will just keep decreasing as there is always attrition. 03:22, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::* I agree with natural attrition, but I consider it entropy...like the heat death of the universe.--] (]) 16:49, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
* '''Many Misplaced Pages hostilities reflect the real world:''' {{ec}} I have come to appreciate "Jimbo's Misplaced Pages" as not just the "sum of all human knowledge" but also "some of the hostile ways in which knowledge is squelched" and perhaps the 2nd issue is just as important in what Jimbo has emphasized for the world. The "enemy at the gates" is not just amassing along the borders of the ]. The problem is not just high-priced books and journals, but also people actively trying to suppress other information, as when told not to edit their company page, then some of them reduce the competitors' pages. Beyond the history of "]" or "'']"'' I have met quite a few ]s ("Template for Da burning") as well. Someone even told me that ] which derail quick edits were a minor issue, rather than the primary reason it is difficult to get a classroom of 20 students to all expand the same new article. Misplaced Pages is being thwarted by invented limitations, at many levels, including the underlying ] software. -] (]) 22:25, 25 March 2014 (UTC)


Happy New Year Jimbo Wales! Wish you luck in 2025! ] (]) 03:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
* I think it's worth considering that Misplaced Pages isn't in a vacuum here. See http://www.vice.com/read/how-corporate-lobbyists-use-the-internet-to-destroy-democracy (an article which specifically references Misplaced Pages) which alleges that ] ''...engages in aggressive rebuttal campaigns, which involves creating a feeling among opponents that everything they say will be picked apart. This is an “exhausting but crucial” part of successful lobbying...'' If this is true, I don't think by any means this company is unusual among PR firms in doing so. Misplaced Pages rules have made it so that people are called out on the carpet for merely ''speculating'' when someone might be doing such a thing, but I suspect many of us cross paths with this sort of thing often. The article talks about it being used against activists, but what we too easily forget is that Misplaced Pages's goal of providing impartial knowledge to all is one of ''the'' most activist causes there is. ] (]) 02:19, 26 March 2014 (UTC)


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Well, the bad people are certainly driving the good people away. The underlying problem is that what worked when Misplaced Pages new doesn't work now......what enabled building it when it was new back then now enables destructive sociopaths, mob violence, and a random and destructive system of "policing". <b><font color ="#0000cc">''North8000''</font></b> (]) 02:28, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
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: The underlying problem is that Misplaced Pages started with a lot of people ''building'' content but not much accumulated content. Now it receives a huge amount of traffic to these cumulative resources and is in a position to ''control'' a large amount of content, and various factions are fighting over that power. The key here is to shatter that power, to make it so that a lot more people have the right to make content (including the ability to search that content) accessible in a global encyclopedic framework. ] (]) 02:35, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
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:"Sociopaths," "mob violence"? No, it's just anonymous people working without pay. When it stops becoming interesting it becomes drudgery and I can understand why that person lost interest. ] (]) 04:08, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
Happy New Year Jimbo!!! I hope all is well with you and your team.
::If that person would have just lost interest he would not have said "I actually hate it here". There's a huge difference between "losing interest" and "hating" the place. Besides that person's retirement is only one example of many.] (]) 05:17, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::He's welcome to explain what he meant. ] (]) 13:16, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::: Two related thoughts made are worth repeating. I read the opening posts the other day, and walked away thinking about them, which led me to some of the thoughts expressed by ]. It is well-known in the busines community that the set of skills needed for a start-up are not the same as the set of skills appropriate to manage a mature company. I wasn't here during the startup phase, but I've read enough of the hisotory to see the differences. Some long for a return to those days, but that isn't going to happen. We have to recognize that we are moving into middle age, and act accordingly. ] also makes an important point: in the early days, it was all about building content. While we are still building content, we have so much content, that we need ever increasing resources dealing with maintenance issues, which frankly, aren't as exciting.--]] 14:03, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::I think that some of the most important fundamental changes are:
:::::*Misplaced Pages has become much much much more influential. So much much much more is to be gained or lost (and is at stake) by what it is an article and how it is written. So instead of the dominant kumbaya mission of "let's build an encyclopedia" dominating the psyche, POV interests and other interests have become much stronger and more prevalent.
:::::*The vagueness, and lack of carefulness of the rules, structures, and positions which is just what we needed when we were a "commune" has now turned against us. The "system" has become weapons of warfare and of random harm to editors. And even where it is not mis-used it is not up to the task. Can you imagine a system where the same person is allowed to be the police, judge, jury and executioner, they get the job for life, and the criteria for getting it is "got in back when it was easy"?
:::::*With (as it matures) the dominance of the "lets build something cool" slipping from 90% to 60%, much of the other 40% has been a lot of other things. For example, another place to play/participate in an on-line warfare game.
:::::<b><font color ="#0000cc">''North8000''</font></b> (]) 14:22, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::"Can you imagine a system where the same person is allowed to be the police, judge, jury and executioner, they get the job for life, and the criteria for getting it is "got in back when it was easy"?" I would have changed it like that: "Can you imagine a system where the same ''anonymous'' person is allowed to be the police, judge, jury and executioner, they get the job for life, and the criteria for getting it is "got in back when it was easy"?"
::::::I'd like to quote an editor on Misplaced Pages and bullying:


Could you or your page watchers help me with ]? The draft has been declined and tagged up. It was then deleted years ago. I had it restored today after I came across one of his photos. I think he and his photography are fascinating for capturing aspects of New Zealand's transportation and industrial history. His work is in museum and library collections. At least one of his photographs has been used in a book. He photographed Maori sites.
::::::"Of course, Misplaced Pages needs its bullies — it does not pay salaries, but there is the psychic pleasures of bullying.


], standing beside a collection of Maori carvings, including two fire-screens, carved by her father Albert Percy Godber]]
::::::Obviously not everyone is a bully. There are some good-hearted admins. But the patterns of the social dynamics of Misplaced Pages are almost designed to cultivate a collection of bullies to do the work, and provide structural support for that bullying." ] (]) 15:52, 26 March 2014 (UTC) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) </span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
I'm sorry I haven't been able to work the draft up enough to get it admitted to mainspace. It does make me wonder about what we do and don't include, our notability criteria, Articles for Creation (AfC) process, and collaborative ethos. Thanks so much for any help or guidance you can offer! Have a great 2025 and beyond. Thanks again. ] (]) 17:57, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
:If Godber is not ], which is what the draft reviewers say, then Wikipedians can't fix that. ] (]) 09:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
::] is he "notable" and should we have an entry on him? ] (]) 17:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
:::I dunno, but ] wrote that the draft did not show significant coverage about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject at that point. ] (]) 19:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
]
::::And this a request to revisit his finding. We have a photographer from more than 100 years ago who documented areas of New Zealand's North Island. We have his work in a National Library collection. We have his work discussed as iconic for one of his Maori related photographs. We have his work revisited in a 2018 exhibition. We have descriptions of him related to his photographs, his career, and we have the photos themselves documenting the areas industries, sites, infrastructure from more than 100 years ago. If I was satisfied with the previous conclusions I would not be here. So I ask again, should we have an entry on this subject? Should we just attribute his photos where we use them to an unlinked name with no explanation or discussion of who he was? I think the answer is clear, and I wanted to hear Jimbo's opinion. I am aware of what was previously stated. Years have passed and I believe it's time to reevaluate and consider. I also think it's worth reflecting on our article creations processes more generally and how we apply our conception of "notability". ] (]) 23:33, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
*Godber's photographs include "views of the ] including large numbers of cars traveling to ], and the ]. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the ] Homestead in ] with scenes of farm life, including ], ] sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the ], ], ], the ], and the Hillside Railway Workshops); ] (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, ], ], ], ] and ]. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the ], and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the ], ], ] area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori ] and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining." ] (]) 23:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
*It's hard to choose which photos to share. Historic views areas, industries, bridges, natural features, railways and bridges, crafts. to his photos on Misplaced Pages Commons. Many already illustrate our entries on various subjects. ] (]) 00:01, 9 January 2025 (UTC)


== Just wanted to say ==
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You are invited to join ''']''', a WikiProject and resource dedicated to improving Misplaced Pages's coverage of ] and ].<br>
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You have created something valuable to everyone on the Internet. I'm sure you get this a lot, but thank you. <br>It may sound weird, but Misplaced Pages has helped me through some tough times. We can never thank you enough for this sometimes infighting, sometimes peaceful, sometimes divided, but always united community You are the backbone of the <s>cabal of editors</s> <b>thriving community</b> that is Misplaced Pages.
== Need help with the C Word (Crimea) ==
I wish I could give you a BarnMilkyWay but no one's come up with that, apparently. (]) &#124; (PS: Have a good day) 00:49, 6 January 2025 (UTC)


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I am a ] volunteer, and occasionally get requests for advice on my talk page. Today I got a request regarding Crimea that I don't quite know what to do with, and I think it is the sort of thing that may interest Jimbo or at least one of his <s> Loyal Minions </s> Loyal Talk Page Watchers. The request is and , but a look at the pages involved (] and ]) shows that it goes a lot deeper than that. It touches on how Misplaced Pages treats disputed territories in general. Any advice would be really helpful; this one is over my head. --] (]) 09:50, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:I looked at those, and it's well above my pay grade too. I respect Guy, and if he's asking for help, here, on this, he obviously needs it, and I hope he's getting it, somewhere. Far too often, well meaning contributors are left to act on their "best guess", then crucified for not "getting it right". Pleas for help with consensus like this should be acted upon swiftly, and I'm sorry if all I can do here is bump this for attention. If I knew more, I'd do more. <span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#000;">]&thinsp;]</span> 16:52, 26 March 2014 (UTC)


For the interested. ] (]) 10:58, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
== A kitten for you! ==


:Summary: {{tq|This document intends to show the problematic situation in Hebrew Misplaced Pages (hewiki), and provide evidence that it has been overtaken by a group of mostly religious and nationalist editors, who prevent others from achieving higher permissions while promoting their own allies.}} –] <small>(])</small> 22:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
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For totally owning those stupid "holistic medicine" nuts, and not letting them (or anyone else) promote their crackpot theories without evidence.


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Good days, Jimbo. I'd like to say that Chinese Misplaced Pages is introducing ARBCOM System currently, since Arbcom on this project, and in fact all the project is originated from the idea of yours, do you have any opinion for that? Any hints, advice or suggestions? ] 15:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
== Impossible.com application held by government ==


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Jimmy, given that you've thrown much public support to Lily Cole's Impossible.com, and your wife's Freud Communications added PR muscle behind it, I'm publicly notifying you here that the UK Nesta office to share Impossible.com's application papers that resulted in the project receiving a £200,000 grant. Since you are a champion of open government, perhaps you could orchestrate an end-around the secretive government and personally convince Ms. Cole to release the application documents to The Register and/or post them on Wikisource or Wikimedia Commons? Would you do that, please? - ] (]) 12:50, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:This discussion is not relevant to Misplaced Pages. I recommend you take it elsewhere. The article in The Register is typical of them - lots of sneering innuendo that doesn't really stand up to a moment's scrutiny. I've reminded Lily that Andrew Orlowski once trumpted a claim that Misplaced Pages was "Khmer Rouge in diapers". This is not a serious debate. --] (]) 13:10, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::I agree, the question, as framed, isn't appropriate to wikipedia. But, hey, it's your personal talkpage, so asking your opinion in this open-house format might be ok, no? Do you think it's ok for documents relating to a large government grant like this to be hard to access, if they are? That's not something I'd imagine you'd approve of, given what I know of your passion for openness. If the question seems personal to you, that's not necessarily the fault of the questioner. <span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#000;">]&thinsp;]</span> 18:08, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::If you are asking me my philosophical position on the transparency of government grants, then I will say yes, there should be significant transparency. It's important to note, though, that the reason the FOIA request failed is that the grant came from Nesta, which is not the government but rather a charity. It has a big endowment which did not come from the government but from the lottery, which is operated by the Camelot Group and licensed and regulated by the government, including a requirement that 28% of revenue go to good causes. What level of transparency should there be around that? Again, a very interesting philosophical question and were I to have anything at all to do with any of these organizations I would recommend that they pursue very transparent policies.
:::But as you can see now that we're into the details, none of this is what the original poster was really after.--] (]) 20:57, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::This is not a chatroom. You can email Jimmy if you want to, and he will answer if he wants to. Otherwise, please extend to him the same courtesy as any other user and do not start discussion topics that are unrelated to the encyclopedia and potentially unwelcome. ] <sup>]</sup> 18:45, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::::Ok. It says it's open house. Maybe you wrote that. Or maybe you're sticking your beak in unwarrantedly. Hard to say, really. I doubt it's your call, though. <span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#000;">]&thinsp;]</span> 18:53, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::It not hard at all to understand what's going on here. You need to treat other people on Misplaced Pages as human beings, rather than avatars in a shoot-em-up game. ] <sup>]</sup> 18:56, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::If you interfered with a third party conversation on my talkpage like this, I'd have you banned. I hope Jimmy will be more lenient. <span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#000;">]&thinsp;]</span>
:::::::1) Talk page bans are informal requests that cannot be enforced, 2) Jimmy's page is often answered by third party 'helpers', and 3) Based on Jimmy's response above, I believe that you'd face the greater chance of a talk page ban if Jimmy were to ever give one.--v/r - ]] 19:13, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::: You're lovely. Wikilawyering is beautiful. The world will appreciate it one day. I'm done here now. Enjoy. <span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#000;">]&thinsp;]</span> 19:30, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::Wikilawyering? Is that your go-to retort when someone points out the obvious to you?--v/r - ]] 19:36, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::::No. But I really am done here now. Have a nice day, <span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#000;">]&thinsp;]</span> 19:44, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::::Re: "Talk page bans are informal requests that cannot be enforced", go ahead and keep posting to a user's talk page after they have told you not to, and you will have a nice peaceful 24-hour block to contemplate the question of whether talk page bans are informal requests that cannot be enforced. --] (]) 19:48, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::::::Show me the policy. I can show you pages of ANI threads specifically about talk page bans. Unless there is a formal interaction ban by the community, administrators will not block because someone said "U banzed from muh page yo." Users don't own their talk pages. It is considered polite to respect a talk page ban but not required. And there are quite a few accepted exemptions including warnings and ANI notices. An administrator who blocked an editor for violating a talk page 'ban' by the talk page owner would certainly be questioned about their suitability in the role. Administrator's enforce community decisions. There is no community involvement in a talk page ban and so tool use is wholly inappropriate. ]: "If a user asks you not to edit their user pages, it is '''probably sensible''' to respect their requests (although a user cannot avoid administrator attention or appropriate project notices and communications by merely demanding their talk page is not posted to)." Do you read an explicit rule there? I read an implicit request.--v/r - ]] 19:57, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::::::They may not block for violation of a talk page ban, but they '''will''' for disruption and hounding, which stalking a talk page may certainly include. <span style="text-shadow:0em 0em 1em #003399;">]</span><span style="text-shadow:0em 0em 1em #FF8C00;">]</span> 20:25, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::::::::Then it wouldn't be a block for a talk page ban violation, now would it? It'd be a harassment block which has it's own set of standards of which ignoring a 'talk page ban' isn't one of them.--v/r - ]] 20:32, 26 March 2014 (UTC) <small>Which really distracts from which central point which is: Jehochman has sided with Jimmy whereas Begoon has sided with the OP. Who do you think Jimmy would 'talk page ban' if he were to do so?--v/r - ]] 20:35, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::Still, the actions in which a user takes in ignoring a talk page block, like hounding the user and personally attacking him could fall under certain standards for "harassment". <span style="text-shadow:0em 0em 1em #003399;">]</span><span style="text-shadow:0em 0em 1em #FF8C00;">]</span> 20:39, 26 March 2014 (UTC)</small>


That doesn't sound good. From '']''. ] (]) 09:37, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::::::Like I said, go ahead and keep posting to a user's talk page after they have told you not to, and you will have a nice peaceful 24-hour block to contemplate the question of whether talk page bans are informal requests that cannot be enforced. If and when that happens, feel free to consider it a harassment block instead of a block for a talk page ban violation, and the rest of us will feel free to mock you for silly wikilawyering. --] (]) 20:43, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::::::::::::::::If you say it enough times, it'll come true? Have ''you'' ever blocked someone for a talk page ban? No? Have you see it? No? Got policy to support your claim? No? You've got nothing but insistence that it is so. You're being silly. The issues that you say will get someone blocked are issues in themselves that would earn much more than a talk page ban. Someone involved in the harassment, hounding, and personal attacks which would earn a 'talk page ban' would actually have earned much more before such a talk page ban was even enacted. So what's left to talk page ban? I'll tell you, it's users who don't get along but are not violating policy. We don't block users for not getting along. And so we don't block for talk page violations. If someone was doing all the things you said they are doing to get a talk page violation, they would've been given an interaction ban and so a talk page ban wouldn't be necessary from the start. And if all of those things are happening after the talk page ban to earn the block, than what was the original reason for a talk page ban? I don't need to Wikilawyer, logic simply doesn't support you. You're in a causality loop.--v/r - ]] 20:53, 26 March 2014 (UTC)


:Being discussed at ]. ] (]) 10:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
*Jimbo, I am surprised you supported the site, and here's why: According to you . So looks like you do support "doing nice things for each other with no expectation of any particular return", but when around three months ago I asked you here, at this very page to do something nice for me you refused. I did not ask for anything impossible. What I asked for was within each and every Misplaced Pages policy. What I asked you for was within your power, and it was not only a nice thing to do, but the right thing to do too, and you refused. So I don't understand how one could support something, which he himself isn't following.] (]) 20:54, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::Thanks! ] (]) 11:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
::I don't have the least idea what you are talking about. But the idea that it's a great thing to do nice things for others with no expectation of any particular return does not imply that one must do every random thing that anyone asks. I'm sorry if I disappointed you in some way and if you can be more specific, I can either do the thing you are talking about, or try to explain to you why I won't.--] (]) 21:00, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
::Also discussed at ] and ]. ] (]) 19:07, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

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    Happy New Year to Misplaced Pages's Founder!

    Happy New Year Jimbo Wales! Wish you luck in 2025! Gooners Fan in North London (talk) 03:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

    Albert Percy Godber

    Albert Percy Godber at his brass finishing lathe in the Petone railway workshops. A sign before him reads: `This is my busy day'
    "Looking down over a settlement with houses set amongst trees. The arm of a lake or harbour lies beyond, with a mountainous range on the far side. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Probably taken at Queenstown, Godber having visited Lake Wakatipu and Queenstown in 1926"

    Happy New Year Jimbo!!! I hope all is well with you and your team.

    Could you or your page watchers help me with Draft:Albert Percy Godber? The draft has been declined and tagged up. It was then deleted years ago. I had it restored today after I came across one of his photos. I think he and his photography are fascinating for capturing aspects of New Zealand's transportation and industrial history. His work is in museum and library collections. At least one of his photographs has been used in a book. He photographed Maori sites.

    "Phyllis Mary Godber wearing a Maori cloak, holding a taiaha, standing beside a collection of Maori carvings, including two fire-screens, carved by her father Albert Percy Godber

    I'm sorry I haven't been able to work the draft up enough to get it admitted to mainspace. It does make me wonder about what we do and don't include, our notability criteria, Articles for Creation (AfC) process, and collaborative ethos. Thanks so much for any help or guidance you can offer! Have a great 2025 and beyond. Thanks again. FloridaArmy (talk) 17:57, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

    If Godber is not WP:NOTABLE, which is what the draft reviewers say, then Wikipedians can't fix that. Polygnotus (talk) 09:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
    user:Polygnotus is he "notable" and should we have an entry on him? FloridaArmy (talk) 17:26, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
    I dunno, but User:Sulfurboy wrote that the draft did not show significant coverage about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject at that point. Polygnotus (talk) 19:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
    "Godber family outside their house 'Railway Whare' at 23 Bay Street, Petone, circa 1906. From left to right: Albert Percy Godber, Mary Ann Godber, Laura Godber, Phyllis and William. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber"
    And this a request to revisit his finding. We have a photographer from more than 100 years ago who documented areas of New Zealand's North Island. We have his work in a National Library collection. We have his work discussed as iconic for one of his Maori related photographs. We have his work revisited in a 2018 exhibition. We have descriptions of him related to his photographs, his career, and we have the photos themselves documenting the areas industries, sites, infrastructure from more than 100 years ago. If I was satisfied with the previous conclusions I would not be here. So I ask again, should we have an entry on this subject? Should we just attribute his photos where we use them to an unlinked name with no explanation or discussion of who he was? I think the answer is clear, and I wanted to hear Jimbo's opinion. I am aware of what was previously stated. Years have passed and I believe it's time to reevaluate and consider. I also think it's worth reflecting on our article creations processes more generally and how we apply our conception of "notability". FloridaArmy (talk) 23:33, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
    • Godber's photographs include "views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars traveling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, New Zealand with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining." FloridaArmy (talk) 23:52, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
    • It's hard to choose which photos to share. Historic views areas, industries, bridges, natural features, railways and bridges, crafts. Here's a link to his photos on Misplaced Pages Commons. Many already illustrate our entries on various subjects. FloridaArmy (talk) 00:01, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

    Just wanted to say

    You have created something valuable to everyone on the Internet. I'm sure you get this a lot, but thank you.
    It may sound weird, but Misplaced Pages has helped me through some tough times. We can never thank you enough for this sometimes infighting, sometimes peaceful, sometimes divided, but always united community You are the backbone of the cabal of editors thriving community that is Misplaced Pages. I wish I could give you a BarnMilkyWay but no one's come up with that, apparently. (3OpenEyes's talk page. Say hi!) | (PS: Have a good day) 00:49, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

    Requests for comment/Severe Problems in hewiki

    For the interested. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:58, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

    Summary: This document intends to show the problematic situation in Hebrew Misplaced Pages (hewiki), and provide evidence that it has been overtaken by a group of mostly religious and nationalist editors, who prevent others from achieving higher permissions while promoting their own allies. –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

    Happy new year

    Good days, Jimbo. I'd like to say that Chinese Misplaced Pages is introducing ARBCOM System currently, since Arbcom on this project, and in fact all the project is originated from the idea of yours, do you have any opinion for that? Any hints, advice or suggestions? -Lemonaka 15:43, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

    Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Misplaced Pages editors

    That doesn't sound good. From The Forward. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:37, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

    Being discussed at Misplaced Pages:Village pump (miscellaneous)#Heritage Foundation intending to "identify and target" editors. CMD (talk) 10:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
    Thanks! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
    Also discussed at Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5/Evidence#Edit_request and Misplaced Pages:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Heritage_Foundation_planning_to_dox_Wikipedia_editors. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:07, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
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