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De-stub Daubert Standard

I hesitate to do it on my own because the great amount of good work you've done on the Daubert Standard article entitles you to great deference. The article is meaty enough, it seems to me, that it no longer qualifies as a stub. It's an excellent contribution to Wiki and stands on its own as a worthy example of a well-written, full fledged article on a very specialized topic/legal test. I'm confident no one can, with a straight face, argue it deserves stub status. Please consider excising the stub markup. Flawiki 05:16, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

De-stubbed as requested! Thanks for the kind words, though I'd like to point out that the article as it stands includes contributions from Wikipedians Toytoy and Postdlf, who worked separately on Daubert Motion before it was merged with Daubert Standard. Jokestress 05:18, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Wired article

Thanks! Too bad Daniel couldn't figure out that I'm a guy.... - UtherSRG 16:45, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)

Good work

I just wanted to commend you for the good work I've seen you doing since you got here just a short time ago. It is not going unnoticed. Keep it up! →Raul654 07:27, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the birthday wishes. Evil Monkey∴Hello 05:41, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Mark Felt

Salve, Jokestress!
I went and nominated W. Mark Felt as a FAC. I'd appreciate your vote at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/W. Mark Felt. PedanticallySpeaking 14:52, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC) P.S.: I was reading your handle all this time as two words "Joke Stress". I didn't think of it as being a feminine of "Jokester" until I saw your picture. Glad to know you.

Interested in an L.A.-area Wiki meetup?

It appears as though L.A. has never had a Wiki meetup. Would you be interested in attending such an event? If so, checkout User:Eric Shalov/Wikimeetup

- Eric 16:26, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's official! The first-ever L.A. Wiki Meetup will be occuring on July 25th, 2005. Are you coming? Would you like to help host? More details on the Meetup page. Be sure to check back regularly for updates! - Eric 30 June 2005 10:40 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback!

You make a good point. I didn't think of that yet. I have now made two new external links to the moviepages on About Gay Movies. Scimilar to the links to the Internet Movie Database. Is that what you had in mind? AboutGayMovies 7 July 2005 23:45 (CET)

Yep! See your talk page for more info. Jokestress 7 July 2005 21:46 (UTC)

Helen Gandy

Jokestress,
Since you worked on the Mark Felt article, I wonder if I could get your support on my latest FAC, Helen Gandy. PedanticallySpeaking 21:00, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Race and intelligence

Hello. I just wanted to comment about something you just posted on Talk:Race and intelligence. I'm really happy that you're such a bold editor and are so interested in improving Misplaced Pages, but you're stirring up a bit of a hornet's nest here, and I'd like to see if we can get things calmed down. You wrote:

I found a "mess" when I arrived. I am letting about 50 things stand in the intro while I go through point by point. I find many of these belabored objections above and below (like this 1995 quibble- check the original APA release date) to be "irrelevant," in the way other POV objections are deemed "irrelevant" by the editors who got this article to its present state. I am going to come here every day for the next eleven months until this thing is NPOV. Jokestress 21:16, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

This comment comes across very badly, and in these tense circumstances could be read as "I'm going to edit this article the way I want it to be, and to hell with what anyone else thinks." When you come into an article this highly developed and start telling people who have a lot of background in the field, and who have worked very hard on an article for a long time -- even if you disagree with the work they have done -- that they're wrong and practicing bad science, you're stepping on a lot of toes, and people are liable to take it personally.

I think you have some interesting points and could potentially make a good contribution to this article in a non-disruptive way, with a slight change of tack. Please pay particular attention to Misplaced Pages:Civility and try more to work toward consensus before making major edits. Remember to assume good faith always. Cheers --malathion 21:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome to the R&I page. I think I am basically echoing malathion's sentiment here, but let me say it anyway: You are obviously a well-spoken and -reasoned individual, and the attention you lavish on the R&I article is welcome. It is improving all the time, and I am confident that your contributions will benefit further. I have been on a much-needed holiday away from cyberspace for the last two weeks or so, and am only slowly getting through all the edits to the page; some of yours I liked very much. Please keep up your good work.

This being said, I was also quite put off by some of your contributions. For example, I cannot understand how you can view your comments on the WSJ article as anything but heavily skewed:

Though intended to outline "conclusions regarded as mainstream among researchers on intelligence," about half of the intelligence researchers asked to sign the statement prior to its publication as an op-ed piece refused to sign, citing numerous differences of opinion.

The tenor in Gottfredson's article (I mean the one with the background and history of the WSJ statement) is clearly the exact opposite of what your description implies, so you are misrepresenting or supressing data (namely, the number of non-signees and the condition under which the statement was signed) to make it match your own POV. That's terribly bad style, in any context, including WP editing. For illustration, here is the Bizarro version of your comment:

Several intelligence researchers asked to sign the statement refused to do so, out of fear of being physically attacked.

Like your comment, this is a true statement that can be infered from Gottfredson's article. But it would be a scandalously skewed representation of the truth, used to push a particular POV. I have learned to trust many of the other editors at R&I to not do such things, and would prefer to be able to put you on my own list of "trusted editors" as well. Best, Arbor 20:25, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

(Added after looking at your user page): I understand that you are a fellow skeptic. Great. One of the pending tasks I have for the R&I-related pages is to give an overview of the "Skeptic viewpoint" on R&I research. This would cover the chapter in Shermer, the skepdic-entry, the special issue of Skeptic (from somewhen in the 90s, I don't have it anymore, alas!), and the Miele–Jensen book. (I belong to the Swedish "chapter", so I have been busy collecting viewpoints in the "local" publications.) I can see that we are finally getting the Race and intelligence controversy page I have been lobbying for for weeks, so that would be a good outlet for such an overwiew. Can you point me to any publications that would fall under the "Skeptic" umbrella that I have missed? Arbor 20:34, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Why are you reverting my changes? Why? What is the matter with you?

Another Misplaced Pages Parody

A person just posted a link at the GNAA article about another Misplaced Pages parody: Encyclopædia Dramatica. I figure we should have a listing of these, but not sure where. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:49, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

L.A. Meetup Reminder

Don't forget! L.A's first Wiki meetup is TONIGHT at 7:30 at Philippe's in Downtown. Check out the meetup page for details. See you there! (If you can't make it, come to the next one! - Eric 21:59, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

humor

Jokestress, I'm not making jabs at you. When I say "seriously," I mean that you/anyone might not believe me because it's acutally very unbelievable that a professor would be caught making such inconsistent statements. --Rikurzhen 06:13, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

No problem. ;) --Rikurzhen 06:29, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

WSJ

However, I do strongly disagree with your interpretations. I'm still hoping you'll respond to my point-by-point breakdown of the statement. --Rikurzhen 06:22, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

Linda Gottfredson

Hi Jokestress, I wanted to say nice work on a clear and balanced article. Best, Nectarflowed 07:29, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Hi. Due to some merging and splitting, your lengthy Gottfredson footnote currently finds itself with a referer. Frankly, I am not quite sure where you think it is best (I would suspect the first appearance on Race and intelligence controversy), so I have left it alone on the Race and intelligence page (though nothing points to it). I only want to make sure that you don't misconstrue its currently fatherless situation as malicious editing. (Remember that I really think the footnote is misguided, so personally I would love to see it gone. But I wouldn't want you to think that I would misuse a major clean-up process to let it disappear.) I encourage you to (1) either keep a close eye on the poor note lest it disappears by somebody else's well-meaning cleanup zeal, or (2) find a good "home" for it, like the first appearance of the "mainstream" claim on Race and intelligence controversy. Another possibility would be on the Race and intelligence (References) page. I hope to be able to convince you to eventually remove it using the orbital mind control lasers I have just installed. Arbor 11:40, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Tom Brinkman

Hey, Jokestress
I wonder if you would look at my newest FAC, Tom Brinkman. The voting page is at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Tom Brinkman. PedanticallySpeaking 14:54, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

phylogeny

hi Andrea -- the nodal information, taxonomy and dates in the graph are drawn from Misplaced Pages articles (i.e. the articles on the (sub)species mentioned). the percentage is based on the previous graph it was replacing. the 2% number is widely quoted, e.g. in books by Cavalli-Sforza, but probably any Biology textbook. Is there anything in particular that you dispute? Especially the things based on WP articles may be questionable of course. dab (ᛏ) 06:28, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

alright, sorry, in this case my reply was beside the point. The separation of three branches of human population (imperfectly labelled "Africans, Europeans, Asians") is a result of mitochondrial research of the last decade. the "blown up" version of that part of the graph is on Image:Map-of-human-migrations.jpg (and the links in the image description page). The representation in this image is geographical, and most of the migration was done by the "Asians" (while most of the variety is subsumed under "Africans", only shown as two stubby arrows in that image, because they never migrated out of Africa). The decision to show exactly three branches of 'races' may be pov, since finer granularity would be possible. Image:Rosenberg_6clusters_human_popluations.png has six groups (Americans, Oceanians and Asians are all subsumed under "Asian" in my graph, since they are more closely related than the rest). I wonder about the absence of Australians in that image, and I don't know whether they would qualify as "Africans" or as "Asians" in the grouping of three, or as a seventh branch in the Rosenberg clusters. Since they branched off some 70,000 years ago, I suppose they would qualify as "Africans" genetically. dab (ᛏ) 07:12, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Main page of Race and intelligence

Jokestress, could you please re-read the thread that you just commented on, about the Pioneer fund etc. I hope you agree that I have given Ultramarine several different ways of getting his viewpoint on the main page, none of which he seemed to accept. I hope you feel my pain in seeing what was supposed a helpful cleanup turn into so much vitriol. I am not a big fan of Ultramarine's tone, but your comments so far have always been benevolent. It pains me to see my contribution described as a conspiracy to remove material from the main page. To wit, please see my edits from 13:12, 13:50, 14:09, 14:30, 14:58, all of which are different, concrete suggestions to put that material on the main page. As you might imagine, it is quite painful to invest a lot of work in menial editing jobs, just to be attacked by first Ultramarine and then even you. I urge you to re-read the thread and possible rethink your assessment of my motivation. Arbor 17:01, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words. Could you also please read my reply to you on the thread in question, about renaming Race and intelligence controversy? I fear we are about to do something that you don't agree with (frankly, I don't understand and I don't care, but I have a nagging feeling that a name change would alienate you further, and I don't want that. If these pages are biased then we very much need to keep you as a contributor). But if you agree with Ultramarine then we will just rename the page. Arbor 06:19, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the kind words. Ultramarine 20:35, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

some topics we haven't covered

good work filling in all those related articles. there still a few topics that i'm aware of that haven't made it into an article. i thought you might be interested in them:

for Race and intelligence (Culture-only or partially-genetic explanation), we haven't covered all of what Jensen calls "AD HOC THEORIES OF THE WHITE-BLACK IQ DIFFERENCE" reprint here. i have a copy of the book if we need to verify some detail

the IQ article doesn't have any real discussion of malleability, which is logically distinct from heritability. this, of course, is also of interest to the race and intelligence article. some paticular studies that might even need their own article:

• Minnesota Transracial Adoption Study
• Abecedarian Early Intervention Project - the most successful
• Milwaukee Project (?)
• of course Head Start

ttyl --Rikurzhen 18:00, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

i can appreciate busy; it's becomming a way of life. would it be a help if we started a yahoo group or something like that to make paper requests and store PDFs? --Rikurzhen 19:22, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Raymond Cattell

Jokestress,

I am in email contact as of today with Raymond Cattell's daughter Devon. I asked her for permission to use a photo of her dad and she said she would have to check with her sibling and get back to me. I think if we tone down the ISARPOV edits, at least temporarily, we might stand a better chance of receiving that photo permission. hitssquad 00:07, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Back Again

Jokestress,
I never thanked you for supporting my Tom Brinkman FAC nomination. I'm grateful and pleased to note it was successful. I've got another FAC now, the next congresswoman from Ohio, Jean Schmidt. The FAC page is here. I hope to get it featured by September 6, the day she will be sworn in. I'd appreciate your support. PedanticallySpeaking 17:14, August 23, 2005 (UTC) (P.S. If you are worried about the "fair use" of her picture, when she's sworn, we'll be able to replace it with a nice U.S. government public domain photo.)

Thanks for your vote

Thanks very much for your vote of support on my Jean Schmidt article. I'm pleased to say it is today's featured article of the day. PedanticallySpeaking 16:55, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Race

Thanks for your comments. I, er, agree... mitchellanderson

Barnstar

This barnstar is a recognition of your many contributions to Misplaced Pages, especially to Race and intelligence and related articles.
-Willmcw 10:17, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

Hello Jokestress, If I were you I would be wary of an award from user Willmcw, he and his friends seemingly do nothing but POV push, they certainly don't make sense and aren't coherent. zen master T 19:58, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Assume good faith is a wise initial policy when there is an absence of information, however, when there is historical evidence of user(s)' untoward behavior then following it becomes unwise. It has been my experience that the citing of "assume good faith" is almost exclusively used to shut the other person up in a debate and/or to lessen the chance they will realize the vastness of the charades. People should be encouraged to think (outside the box) as opposed to assume anyway. A few months is a rather long time... zen master T 00:12, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

At it again

Congrats on the barnstar!
I'm back at it again with my Bruce Johnson article, nominated as a FAC. He's Ohio's lieutenant governor and already at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Bruce Johnson are votes opposing. I know I am a pest, but I find when I don't go out and ask folks such as yourself for their votes, my FAC's invariably are defeated. So I'd be grateful if you'd put your two cents worth in. Ave! PedanticallySpeaking 18:09, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Jimbo Wales to Attend San Diego Meetup on October 18 2005

Hello, Jimbo Wales will be in San Diego to attend OOPSLA and has agreed to come by and visit with the San Diego wikipedians. If you are interested, you will find more info on my talk page. Johntex\ 00:54, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Ask and You Shall Receive

Salve, Jokestress!
Hope this message finds you well. I didn't thank you for your kind words in your last message. I've been a bit snarky lately and I've ignored most people. That's my problem, not yours and I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner. Your note suggested I lay off the Buckeye politicians. I'm working on James Aubrey, head of CBS in the 60's, which I hope to soon put up as a FAC. I need a fresh set of eyes to run through my prose and would be most grateful if you could do it. I'm so familiar with it I fear I'm not seeing problems or areas that need work. Again, thank you for your kindnesses. PedanticallySpeaking 14:20, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Race and intelligence

Maybe you'd like to take a look at . I think my points around it are well enough made on the talk page; but I'd hate to let the hereditarian reductionists POV-ize the article even more than it already is. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 16:23, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Hey Jokestress, I wanted to make sure you saw the "interdisciplinary field" description is being discussed again, if you want to weigh in. --Nectar 09:19, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Hoodia

Just a quick thanks to the excellent additions you've made to Hoodia. Very nice work! :) --NightMonkey 04:17, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Robert Perloff

Some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Robert Perloff may not be sufficiently well-known to merit articles of their own. The Misplaced Pages community welcomes newcomers, and encourages them to become Wikipedians. By starting an account or logging in, each user is entitled to a user page in which they can describe themselves, and this article's content may be incorporated into that page. However, to merit inclusion in the encyclopedia proper, a subject must be notable. We encourage you to write or improve articles on notable subjects.

NOTE: I moved the above text from the aforementioned article because someone had inappropriately posted it in the article itself. I have not yet investigated this information myself. There is currently a nomination for the article's deletion that you may want to participate in. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 08:42, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the note about my tie-dyed shirt. I'm afraid I've responded by providing only mealy-mouthed support for the Perloff article. I apologize for my tepid "weak keep" vote, but I have an ongoing concern about where to draw the line of notability in different fields, and I just got through voting to delete some articles that I suspect have substantially more presence in our Web-oriented culture than Perloff does. I fell back on the argument that academics are more inherently notable than pop-culture phenomena, especially since they provide the published information that Misplaced Pages values (over the frequently unsourced, unreferenced essays that many of our enthusiatic editors write from their own "knowledge"). Fortunately, I think you've achieved a landslide of support anyway. By the way, your redlink to Robert Perloff may have been from Joyride To Infinity, the only article that links to Perloff, and that article is AFD-bait as being essentially a table of contents and list of authors, rather than an encyclopedia article. If you're interested, you might want to provide it with some meat. (I'm not going to nominate it for AFD or even add a cleanup tag; I've done enough damage for one day.) ~ Jeff "Benedict Arnold" Q (talk) 10:59, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

I go back and forth on deletionism and inclusionism. I favor the former when I think about how our threshholds for notability can be used to promote concerted and web-savvy vanity editors, even when it might trim otherwise useful articles. I favor the latter because of my dream that Misplaced Pages will evolve into Gordon R. Dickson's Final Encyclopedia. I'm afraid I often come down squarely on both sides of any issue. Oh, well. Have a safe flight! ~ Jeff Q (talk) 11:18, 28 November 2005 (UTC)