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Reply on social choreography

Hi, thanks for your feedback on the Social Choreography draft—good thoughts! Left you a reply. --Astrecker12291 (talk) 17:19, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Help

Hi, "earls" one was a mistake but the co-authored book- Art of Nasty written by Marc Morris only. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarika9140 (talk • contribs) 05:22, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Editing Protoplasm article

Sorry, I had to go for some work so I left editing Chemical Composition section incomplete with message that editor will edit soon. I will do it just now. Sarika9140 (talk) 08:37, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!

You provided a very useful and appropriate link to supplement a paywall-protected link in the article on Cathal Ó Searcaigh, which I've often helped contribute to: (https://en.wikipedia.org/Cathal_%C3%93_Searcaigh). Excellent job, for which I'm very grateful. Dmhball~enwiki (talk) 13:41, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you so much for your help; am now a 'Blue' user:-)

Am a newbie, so hope this msg is appropriate, and in the right place!

Davidetalg2 (talk) 01:33, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thanks again, jmcgnh Will continue to refine the draft article, and will seek out secondary sources. Had assumed primary sources were best. Thanks again David Davidetalg2 (talk) 05:55, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi. Here are a few thoughts regarding your comment on my talk page (regarding my username user:Deleteopedia).

Thanks user:Jmcgnh! One other question...

I see that you are very experienced in reviewing new articles. I am about to be ready to post my first one. I started in my sandbox, and a little bit ago I moved it to draftspace, but it's getting close, like maybe even tonight or tomorrow.

Would you by chance be interested in taking an informal look at my 1st attempt at a page and letting me know if you have any advice? As you can tell I'm super nervous about my work getting deleted, so I'd really be down for a review prior to bringing it live.

Thanks. Deleteopedia (talk) 18:46, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Two quick things. Where is the evidence that the photo you are using has a license compatible with Misplaced Pages? The LSU website just has a blanket copyright notice on it.

Templates like {{collapse}} are not used in the body text of articles. Inside tables, sidebars, and navbars, yes, but not in the body text. — jmcgnh 19:44, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Awesome thanks! I'll have to get on that copyright issue. Good call on that. I know there must be some way because tons of pages have pics. I'll have to figure that out. In the meantime I can just not use it. TBH I was just trying to figure out how to make the infobot work but I figured it out so I'll get on that copyright now. The collapse bars are easy to solve I never planned those to be in there those are more an editing tool so I don't have to look at all that junk I haven't decided what to do with yet.

Thanks a ton man! I'll get it finished and get my copyright in orer and let you know when it's ship shape. I really appreciate it man! Deleteopedia (talk) 22:32, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi again, — jmcgnh I found a page called WP:CONSENT and decided to follow the process there. I emailed him at his lsu.edu email and asked him to donate the copyright. He replied to me and to OTRS and granted permission . Does look like a good resolution to the copyright issue? Thanks. Deleteopedia (talk) 20:48, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Deleteopedia, If OTRS accepts it, who am I to complain? The problem, as I see it, is that the actual copyright may not belong to Honeycutt. Unless he took a selfie, the photo's copyright might belong to the photographer, or - under certain types of contracts - the university. The people who put up websites for universities are sometimes clueless about copyright issues. — jmcgnh 21:04, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

File:Marital Copyright Law.pdf

Wow! Haha jmcgnh it's like you have a crystal ball. They just emailed him today and CCed me and said the photographer had to release it. He answered back a short email; "My wife took. it. We hold the copyright jointly". They haven't replied yet. IMO he is correct, but that's a pretty deep copyright argument that law professors spill much ink over, so I'm not sure OTRS is going to be familiar with it. While I can't say anything I've seen regarding wikicopyright/OTRS is "wrong", they seem to work with pretty broad generalizations, not nuanced explanations like community property creating a tenancy in common with a non-creating spouse "by operation of law". It's actually a really interesting issue in copyright law. I enjoyed creating a little summary for OTRS/Honeycutt. Here is a link if you want to check out the summary I made. Deleteopedia (talk) 23:10, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the assistance with my first article! Very much appreciate, and yes I was able to figure out my error. Very much appreciate your input.Heart to you! Navymom9194 (talk) 20:45, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

I need tech help...

Someone did a weird edit or hack on a page I had previously edited. I tried to fix it, but was blocked from editing the source code. I then tried to fix it using the visual editor. I deleted the offending jpeg, but other good images disappeared with it. My fix was to go back and copy the last good version into my text editor, then paste it into the current revision and publish. I'm sure that's not the proper way to do it.

I am very concerned that the first insertion of the offending jpeg in the source code is in that week-old revision that shows my username. (How did they do that?!) I took screenshots of both the source and the display.

Can you take a look? The article is "Folk art." Thanks in advance! CohuttaBlue (talk) 18:27, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

CohuttaBlue, It looks like there's more going on here than I can immediately address. I will have more time to look at it later today. — jmcgnh 19:56, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! CohuttaBlue (talk) 22:49, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

CohuttaBlue, If I use this diff comparison:

https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Folk_art&type=revision&diff=1009270375&oldid=1008057844

it shows that you have successfully removed the spam-like material added by another user. That user's other spam attempts, elsewhere in other articles, now appear to all be reverted.

The solution you came up with seems to have worked even though it is not the best way to have done it. I would have looked through the history of changes to the article, going backwards through the diffs, and - when I found the one that seemed right - clicked on the option to "restore this version". The edit summary that would have been automatically generated for the reversion would have made the action clearer. Adding more explanation to your edit summary, specifically indicating the policy that you think justified the removal or reversion, would have been a helpful thing to do.

As to your finding that source editing was blocked, I don't know what to make of it. Switching between visual and source editing is supported, but I so seldom use the visual editor that I don't know how well it handles a case where you switch after having already made some edits.

I have also not figured out what alarmed you regarding the appearance of your username in the article's history. It all looks completely normal to me. Your edits are attributed to you. If you have screen shots and would like to share them (Imgur or something like that), perhaps I can provide more explanation. — jmcgnh 04:39, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Roygbiv

Hi Jim, thank you for your advice on below and I understand that. I will not mention any resource that I am connected to. However, can I use the official Irish department of education site which I have no connection to as evidence? This is being adopted in schools in Ireland. Thank you. https://www.scoilnet.ie/browse-search/?q=colours%20of%20the%20rainbow

see previous conversation below.

Please help me with...ROYGBIV

Hi, I am not totally sure how to do thuis - but I am trying add information to the ROYGBIV page about a new system to remember the colours of the rainbow that has been adopted by schools in Ireland. I was asked to provide a reliable source. The source would be that the Irish Department of education listed it as a resource: https://www.scoilnet.ie/search/resource/entity/show/Lre/33553/ It has also being listed on school resource websites http://www.schooldays.ie/education-news-item/In-the-Company-of-Huskies-reinvent-how-kids-Remember-the-Rainbow-to-support-diversity And RTE featured it on theor school hub programme and online resource material.

Does this verify it ok? Thank You. Damianmhanley (talk) 08:10, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

No. These seem to be primary sources with which you have a connection. This represents a conflict of interest situation and you would at a minimum need to disclose your affiliation with the publicity effort. - jmcgnh

@Damianmhanley: Here's how I look at it: You are pushing for recognition of this novel mnemonic in a wider scope than you have so far achieved and seem to think Misplaced Pages is a suitable place to do that. The general opinion of the Misplaced Pages community is that the project is NOT to be used for this sort of promotion. There are two separate issues to consider. First, is the resource video being used by schools in Ireland noteworthy? That would be determined by looking at independent press reports talking about its creation, effectiveness, and extent of adoption. The second issue is whether this mnemonic is sufficiently widely used to be considered as a rival to the other mnemonics documented in the ROYGBIV article. That, again, would need to be attested to by independent press reports. Misplaced Pages's reluctance to give much weight to 'official' sources is well documented - we do not wish to be part of anyone's promotional efforts. — jmcgnh 05:06, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you

Many thanks for your help with my first toe in wikipedia !--Nkings12 (talk) 11:54, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Reply on America 3000 Revision

Thankyou for the feedback, I am currently heavily trimming down the summary. I haven't added sourcing just yet for the article but I do have 5-6 different pieces of referential material. As for the glossary, The only reference I've found to any effort of attributing the invented words to English is that of a B-movie review website, which I don't believe is credible. Would you recommend I axe this section in its entirety? thankyou, WillKBeatty (talk) 21:05, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks & follow-up

Thanks for the quick reply. Looking at the fancruft page (which I had no knowledge of prior to this), I think that's definitely what's going on here. In this scenario, would the Album WikiProject be the appropriate place to ask for second opinions on these specific edits? I have noticed this user has done some disruptive editing in the past and also had some things reverted, so I don't think addressing them on their own talk page would do much good.—The Keymaster (talk) 06:55, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks

I followed your suggestions: Added the one book, and added all the ISBNs. Regarding a reference, I was thinking that the author's website might have been a good reference, but ... don't really know how to add a reference yet. Thanks for the assistance! Addua (talk) 20:32, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your answers to my questions! 64.121.103.144 (talk) 13:12, 23 April 2021 (UTC)