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Thank you. It was my first attempt at posting on Wiki for someone else and I just tried to emulate that which was posted by others. I obviously did not do it correctly and am not understanding the process. Wxextreme (talk) 14:45, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Randy Wayne (biologist)

I have removed all the references to Wayne's work in physics. I have added many secondary references to work that is based on Wayne's cell biological work. I removed the "deleted" box. I hope that the changes I have made have been substantial enough to keep this wikipedia page. BinaryPhoton (talk) 01:19, 28 June 2012 (UTC) BinaryPhoton

Wikipedia has a learning curve -- it takes time to get the rules down. If you'd like me to write this article, please ask -- I have a track record in writing articles which stick. But the current version will generate much scrutiny and will probably get deleted.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 07:33, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Randy Wayne (biologist)

Dear Tomwsulcer, Thank you for offering to write the article so it will not be deleted. I gladly accept your offer. BinaryPhoton (talk) 11:09, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Ok I will try. I can not promise an undeletable article -- it depends on the sources I find -- and nothing is permanent in Wikipedia -- but I'll do my best. Give me about a week; I'm doing a construction project in a garage and probably won't get to it until maybe Sunday.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 11:56, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Summit NJ

Hi Tom,

I just wanted to explain why I added the reference to recent home prices in Summit. The reference that currently exists, dates to 2009, and is outdated. Further, Zillow is a California based commercial enterprise that uses data that often is incorrect, particularly for our market. Each month I take data from the Garden State MLS and compute it and publish it. This is not intended to be spam, but rather is information which is substantially more informative and accurate than Zillow's reference to 2009.

Thanks,

Cara MoxleyCaramoxley (talk) 11:20, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi Cara. Thanks for your note. I understand that the 2012 data may be more recent, and may be more accurate, but Wikipedia has rules about what and what does not constitute a good source. A "reference" to Bunn Moxley Homes website, which sells real estate services and such, is essentially citation spamming and is not permitted -- the reference serves as a link to promote a specific website selling real estate services. It is advertising, indirectly; it uses SEO procedures to boost the B-M SERP results. If Wikipedia permitted everybody to do that, then the encyclopedia would not be as good as it is. The reason that you, yourself, enjoy using this encyclopedia is partly because it is advertising-free. If you or your husband become quoted in a local paper such as the Independent Press, Patch.com, Star-Ledger or other valid source about the sales prices of homes, we can use that information in the Summit, New Jersey article. If you still have questions, please let me know.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 12:15, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

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Sandy Hook

Just want to remind you that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tourist guide. Pretty pictures of people playing on the beach which don't provide any additional information or insight into the subject are not appropriate, so please do not re-add them without first getting consensus to do so on the article's talk page. Thanks. Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:55, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Just want to remind you that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a collection of pictures of decaying military installations for history buffs. Sites which few people see or have one iota of interest in, such as abandoned fortifications with grass-overgrowing them, while ignoring information in which most people do at Sandy Hook (beach, tourism, recreation, windsurfing, bodysurfing, fishing etc) places undue emphasis on only one aspect of a subject, which violates Wikipedia's rules for neutrality. Please understand that many agendas are at work here, not just yours.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:31, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

PLease don't be an asshole. Sandy Hook has been a military establishment for a long, long time, and those pictures -- which have been in the article for a long time as well -- depict that history, and that length creates the consensus. The generic pictures you added recently add nothing to the article, and need to have consensus. Whatever problems you have with the military, don't work them out here, please. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:17, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Please learn to be civil and assume good faith. The fact that pictures have been in the article a while does not create consensus. We are all bound by rules of neutrality and at present, an article on a geologic place such as Sandy Hook, which is visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists, beachgoers, is heavily oriented towards old forts. I see the article as entirely over-focused on military history in its present version. My addition of pictures showing bathers and beach scenes -- which was reverted by you without much explanation other than you thought it was unnecessary -- reflects the fact that Sandy Hook is now primarily a vacation spot simply in terms of usage. Please accept this reality. Please accept the reality that there are other people in Wikipedia who may have a different idea of what belongs here. Please learn to be respectful and open-minded. Please learn to be tolerant of views which differ from yours. It is possible to include some pictures of military posts if you wish, but we need balance -- photos of the tourist and vacation activity as well as both. If you are unwilling to compromise, then in order to keep the article balanced, I will trim the photos.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 01:49, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Sandy Hook warning

I'm gonna pull up one of those big 'ol cannons and fire a warning here. You are at (if not past) a violation of WP:3RR in the edit warring over Sandy Hook. I agree that it is possible to get overboard with images, but I think that your concerns are better addressed by adding photos of a non-martial nature, rather than deleting what appear to be relevant photos of the area's historical military presence. There is ample room for disagreement, but let's try to do that with much more discussion and much less edit warring. See the other guy's talk page for an equal and opposite warning. Alansohn (talk) 02:27, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for caring. Alan maybe you could add two of the beach photos you like (from the talk page gallery maybe?), remove the POV/unbalanced tags, and restore the military photos -- is that a compromise that we can agree on for the present?--Tomwsulcer (talk) 02:47, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Purge function

Regarding comments at the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volume! AfD discussion, the red link appearing in the AfD template is almost always corrected (from my experience) by simply purging the page. This clears the page's server cache and updates the link as a functional blue-link. For more information, see Wikipedia:Purge. Happy editing! Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:56, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. If something still needs to be done, I probably won't get to it for a day or so; have other stuff (real life stuff) to deal with here.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 12:05, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Summit error on my part

This edit of mine inadvertently removed the death date you had added in your previous edit. Thanks for catching and correcting the error, and my apologies for the mistake. Alansohn (talk) 17:02, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Hey, I figured as much. No need to apologize. You do mighty great stuff on the Wiki especially your excellent focus on NJ. Thanks for improving the reference.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 20:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

COI

HI there. I've removed the COI tag from the Jonathan Hay article -- which had been initially applied by me, then removed by the creator. I did so because, as I've stated at the COI noticeboard, I'm no longer satisfied that there's any solid proof of COI, and I think I may have accused him quite unfairly. Please don't reapply without discussing first, because I really don't think we have the diffs to prove anything. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 03:28, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Ok. Still the COI seems to be the least of the problems.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 03:42, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Yes, a real red herring from me, I'm afraid. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 04:31, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Notice of Wikiquette Assistance discussion

Hello, Tomwsulcer. This message is being sent to inform you that a discussion is taking place at Wikipedia:Wikiquette assistance regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is An Uncivil Threesome. Thank you. VQuakr (talk) 18:45, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for this notification. I have responded.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 19:13, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Julie Spira

Hi! I've been trying to help strengthen the Julie Spira page, but I'm caught with a citation problem. It seems when you revised the page a few weeks ago, the inline citation numbers didn't all quite match up with the footnotes numbers. I thought I'd take a crack at fixing it, but I'm at a loss. For example, you'll see that while the last inline citation number is 20, there are only 19 footnotes. Can you help, or point me in the right direction? Thanks!! MartinMartin226 (talk) 20:53, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Satellite Spies

Did you get a chance to do anything in the way of a sandbox draft? They are still squabbling away on the talk page, protection expires in two days, and I would rather not simply extend it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 23:01, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi, JohnCD. I saw the page was protected, yet in the middle of a seemingly endless content dispute, so I did a quick check of references and added them to the talk page. I prefer to work on more heavily-trafficked articles with higher pageview counts; at 10/20 per day, this page is not one that motivates me much. The exception would be if you are an administrator and will watch out for this article, then I'll revamp it impartially based on the sources I found (it would be a short perhaps 4 to 6 sentence article at best); but my sense is that this (rather) unimportant article could be a huge waste of time for both of us.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:14, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

I am an administrator and, for my sins (imprudently answering an adminhelp to remove a libellous statement when the article was first protected) it looks as though I am stuck with looking after it. I agree it looks like a waste of time, and I am tempted to try AfDing it and see whether I can get it deleted - then if somebody says "Keep" I can say fine, you look after it. But maybe it's a case of write that 6-sentence stub and protect it again, telling the talk-pagers that unsupported rants will be deleted and only proposed changes backed by reliable sources will be considered. If you would have a go at a sandbox stub, I'd be grateful, it needn't be a long-term commitment. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 23:33, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Ok will try to get a revamp ready soon in my sandbox. I'll write a note here when I'm ready.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:48, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Ok here it is: here. Bare bones. I kept the discography (do you think it is right? I haven't been following the talk page back-and-forth. Please go ahead and load it in if you like it or make changes or not load it as you see fit. Remember to re-enable the category; plus there's other junk in the sandbox too (different possible list in the making)..--Tomwsulcer (talk) 00:04, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks. I'll pick it up and do something with it. I'm not sure about the discography, because I think rights to the records is one of the things they are fighting about. The "Reaction records" linked to is evidently not the same one, because its article says it only operated in 1966-7. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 00:25, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Okay good luck with it. :) --Tomwsulcer (talk) 01:03, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Patrolled By Radar

Hi Tomwsulcer!

Thanks for all your work in creating the Patrolled By Radar page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrolled_By_Radar!!! I am the fiance of the singer/songwriter for the band, Jay Souza, and would like to help maintain the accuracy of Wikipedia by updating the information on the page.

Specifically, while Jay and the lead guitarist are both from 50 Cent Haircut, Patrolled By Radar is a new band that was never known as 50 Cent Haircut. This confusion is probably why the picture and band list include Brian Stone and Bryan Coulter, who were never in PBR. There is the added confusion that the final 50 Cent Haircut album, Be Happy, was re-released as a PBR album when PBR signed with Knitting Factory Records. We'd really like to clear all this up, so here are my questions:

I've tried to stick my toe into the water with a couple updates, but they've been rejected. How do I prove my credibility? Is referencing the band's bio on their website a valid source?

Also, how can I submit a current photo? I've searched and searched but haven't found anything information on how to do this.

Thanks again for all your prior work, and I look forward to helping out!

~b — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scarlettwharton (talk • contribs) 04:49, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Please remember to sign your posts using the --~~~~ convention or else clicking on the pen icon above the editing box. If you'd like to become a Wikipedian, and begin learning the ropes, I can help; if so, ask; there is a learning curve. Or, if you'd just like help with this one article, I'll try. If your past (presumably accurate) edits were rejected, sorry, in Wikipedia most changes by IPs are either vandalism, test edits, or some other change not in keeping with Wikipedia's rules. When I was researching PBR, I had trouble finding references; but since two of the members had been with 50 Cent Haircut (which had references), I used those. PBR is a borderline article with not much press, and so deleting the 50CH references puts it in danger of deletion, so I urge you to keep that stuff in. If there are new sources (new press, new write ups) of the band in music publications, newspapers, magazines, or reputable music information websites (ie not junk or promotional websites) let me know. If you'd like to make changes to PBR, please go ahead, sign your posts, explain on the talk page of the article, and write something in the edit line too please describing each change. If you write something on your user page, then your name won't light up in red letters, and the community will show you changes more deference. For photos, please email it to me at thomaswrightsulcer (at) yahoo (dot) com, and tell me the name of the photographer, the names of the people in the photo with correct spellings, the date of the photo (if known), and the email address of the photographer (who will need to forward an email for permission purposes). With this information, I can take it from there.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 11:06, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Hoopla Worldwide

How can you call the links I put up "WP:REFSPAM" when they are not. I put up links that prove Hoopla Worldwide have those artists. Most of These came from DJ Booth (which isn't a blog and part of Complex Media network.) I didn't repeat the links, they are different ones from a very credible outlet. It doesn't make since why you would delete those references and label them as "WP:REFSPAM" and then threaten with "will again come under scrutiny and possibly deletion". You removed most of the artists who were on the label.

I am moving this to the Hoopla Worldwide talk page. Please remember to sign your edits.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 11:06, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

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re: Thor Hessla

This is in response to a suggested Thor Hessla page and the discussion which followed A picture was requested: http://thorthor-hesla.virtual-memorials.com/uploads/11765/pg_-1_element_26_orig.jpg Photographer Mia Phifer (Howard who coordinated his memorial site would likely have her email: lcross999@yahoo.com) memorial site: http://thorthor-hesla.virtual-memorials.com

On a personal note, while I understand that notability usually includes/requires media-coverage, I do believe Thor is a person who should have a WIkipedia page. He wasn't in the media because he was a behind-the-scenes worker. He was a tireless advocate for those without a voice and a bigger-than-life person and personality... he's the kind of guy you want to point your kids towards and say, "seriously--be like him. Live large, contain multitudes, think fiercely and well, and be good".

I understand and respect the community's wishes, nonetheless. Best, HOrdover 17:34, 24 September 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by HOrdover (talk • contribs)

Agree about Thor Hesla being a bigger-than-life personality. Regarding Wikipedia's rules, I only follow them, and have almost no influence on which rules are made; and I realize that sometimes Wikipedia's rules prevent pages of people who, as you say, maybe should have a wikipage, but can't; but I can do little in this department. And overall I have learned to respect the rules as helping all of us build a great useful informative ad-free encyclopedia. So, regarding Thor Hesla, what are you asking me to do?--Tomwsulcer (talk) 20:02, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Sándor Szabó (musician)

The article Sándor Szabó (musician) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

All refs but one are about performances or concerts, not about Szabo. Only ref about him says he is a church choir director. There are no independent and reliable refs that go into any detail about him outside of local papers. No refs say he has released any music or say his importance.

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Galia melon

You have a picture of a Casaba melon at the link below. You have it labeled as a Galia melon. Please correct this mistake. It is a Casaba melon and not a Galia melon.

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Healthycyberguy (talk) 18:59, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I suggest you ask somebody at Wikimedia Commons to please assist you with your request.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:41, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Request from the oldie-newbie

- You once offered to mentor a little while back.

- I made an edit on the United States article, an editor suggested something else at talk, I changed it. Golbez reverted it. we went to talk, I thought I understood him, I edited the page, Golbez reverted it. We returned to talk and talk.

- Please take a look at United States:Talk, I have been fencing to little effect in two sections, Talk:United States#Into: territories -- political v. geographic, and Talk:United States#Intro first paragraph.

- This oldie-newbie just doesn’t get it. Golbez just observed, since no one joins in the discussion, he must be right ipso facto, the consensus is undisturbed. I just thought I had my thoughts refined enough to call for a ‘request for comment’ – I think that’s what is now called for ... ?

- My modest proposal, reduce some of the wordiness of the first paragraph, and incorporate a political sense of the United States as 21st century sources see it: U.S. State Department, U.S. Census, CIA and U.S. Congress. Current conventions of scholarly geographical associations may not admit to that, so the proposal may be fruitless if geographic conventions govern the wikipedia United States article. But none of that speculation on my part has come forward, only wiki-fencing. I just thought to give a little political inclusion a go. The third draft runs thusly, additions and changes in italics:

The United States of America (commonly called the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic consisting of fifty states. U.S. citizens in the federal district and five other territories in the geographic United States have delegates in the U.S. Congress representing 4.5 million. The country possesses nine uninhabited islands and it maintains special political relationships through Compacts of Free Association with two United Nations members and one foreign dependency together numbering 170,000. The U.S. is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. Alaska lies west of Canada, Hawaii lies in the mid-Pacific Ocean. Other territory is found in the western Pacific and the Caribbean Sea. At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 314 million people, the United States is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area, and the third-largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries.

- Well, anything more you should read for yourself, if you could take a few minutes. It’s an interesting exercise in wiki-editoring regardless of the outcome, and I really should get back to another article if this cannot go anywhere. I trust your judgment. Thanks. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 08:37, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

This looks like you are asking for me not to mentor you (haven't you been doing Wikipedia for longer than me?) but rather for me to side with you in an editing dispute on a heavily trafficked article, namely, the United States. There is a group of editors who have been monitoring this article and improving it, and I remember Golbez being one of them, and generally my sense has been that the article is in good shape, overall, so I am inclined to trust their judgment. You probably know that it is usually difficult to get one's way on heavily-trafficked articles which are closely monitored -- from my past experience, I have found that my additions or wordings are less likely to be reverted on articles with less readership traffic -- so I hope you realize that sometimes even minor changes can take considerable persuasion. I may put the article on my watchlist for a bit, but I'm dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in NJ, and in the meantime, I wish you good luck.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 13:33, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

- None of the siding business applies. I meant to say before, "I can read your reply here", which is something I take directly from your talk page (thanks). The reply here is exactly what I needed, a larger perspective and gentle wiki-love encouragement. Thanks, I feel better now.

- At 'United States', I did get the pics aligned right per WP:ACCESS, decluttered a little using double-image frames, and captioned pics with context in the first few historical sections and government with a triple image frame. Got a nice 'praise' note from an editor on my talk page. Thanks again for your barnstar award on U.S. Constitution. I promoted it to my home page recognition section.

- I think I'll go for something more limited as you point out, anything more is unlikely of success -- maybe the first sentence only -- the U.S. is a democratic republic with a "geographical extent of 50 states, a federal district, five territories and nine uninhabited islands." -- But I still haven't finished thinking it through to my own satisfaction, and I have one more source from Golbez to read through, explore its notes, online references, digest and rewrite my thought before launching an rfc with rationale. The editor really does know his geography, so I have to do my homework, if I am going to actually make a contribution, in both senses of that word. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 21:21, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Good luck. You're a sharp guy and a dedicated Wikipedian and I think you'll find that the caliber of talent of contributors on the United States article is high, and that they are a good bunch to work with and will approve your sensible contributinos.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:45, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

College admissions page edit

Hello there, I noticed you reverted my deletion of a table that contained many errors in the page "College admissions in the United States." I have created a section in the talk page outlining the many incorrect bits of information in the table as well as its dubious source. I will be re-deleting the table in a few days if there are no objections to my explanations on the talk page and I hope you will look over it.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Blckmgc (talk • contribs) 19:28, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

OK, I'll have a look and see what you're talking about.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:05, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

I have made another suggestion on the same article's talk page. Blckmgc (talk) 04:34, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Use of Photo

I used one of your photos on a recent blog post. You can find it at My College Helper. If you want it credited in a different way, let me know (proofreadera@mycollegehelper.com). Thank you for the great picture! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.49.21.151 (talk) 18:41, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Hey you're welcome! Cool! "My" photos I donate to the public domain so you can credit them any way you wish or leave it uncredited -- whatever suits your purpose best. My name is tom sulcer and I am glad that they're of use to somebody.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 19:48, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Suhail Abdul Lateef Galadari for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Suhail Abdul Lateef Galadari is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Reply

Hi, thanks for the message! The image of Santa on the Christmas article seems to me to be the most appropriate, since it shows Santa with a child and it has a descriptive caption, but if you want to go ahead and change it then that's fine! I've no problem with Santa images on Christmas, it's just a matter of room, as I'm sure you appreciate. If you want to run any changes you make to the section by me then I'll do my best to help.

Okay, thanks; I may substitute the photo; a related concern was that the current photo of Santa with the young child might have a personality rights issue. If I get charged enough to add more on the Santa topic, I'll ask your view first before adding stuff if you are interested.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 19:45, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Also I agree that the Loantaka Brook Reservation article needs better image placement, and I think the big issue is that it just has too many images. I'm going to remove most of the gallery and add a link to Commons:Category:Loantaka Brook Reservation. Hopefully the article will be expanded (by somebody who knows more about the topic than I do) and there will be more room for images. I'll make a few changes to the article and you can tell me what you think. -- Hazhk ^{Talk to me} 18:36, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Hey thanks much better. The "Commons Category" thing is a great space-saver. I'll try to use it more often. Btw those snakes at the Loantaka -- really saw them out in the wild but I don't think they were poisonous. Right now I'm trying to rewrite the lede paragraph in authority control.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 19:45, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC this Saturday Dec 1

Wikipedia Goes to the Movies in NYC

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Decemmber 8 - Wikipedia Loves Libraries Seattle - You're invited

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Date Saturday, December 8, 2012 Time 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Location Seattle Public Library Meeting Room 1 on Level 4, Central Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle WA, 98104 Event An editathon on Seattle-related Wikipedia articles with Wikipedia tutorials and Librarian assistance on hand. Hashtag #wikiloveslib or #glamwiki. Registration http://wll-seattle.eventbrite.com or use on-wiki regsistration. Yours, Maximilianklein (talk) 03:49, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your warm welcome, Tom! I sure appreciate it! You have a very impressive list of contributions! LibrarianAnnie (talk) 21:11, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks LibrarianAnnie, I find I learn stuff when I contribute so it's fun, and there are lots of sharp folks around this place who really make Wikipedia a top notch resource.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:17, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

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Alan, about a year ago...

I got into long debates with more experienced Wikipedians about the whole issue of quoting. And they kind of persuaded me to try to keep quotes short and sweet. It didn't matter much whether the quotes were in the "quote" section of a reference; the idea was to try, as best we can, to respect copyrighted material, and I have come around to accepting their way of looking at things. That is, Wikipedia could possibly take a NY Times article, and quote it verbatim, at length, and publish it for everybody -- but you might see how this is ripping them off in a way, since they worked hard to get the information, and hope that they have a right to publish it, and make money from it. And we can quote it provided that we use just the minimal amount necessary. So, just a-saying.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:40, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Oh, Alan, one other thing: happy New Year!!!--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:41, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

I'll start with the more general and thank you for all of your work on improving and adding images to New Jersey articles, in addition to wishing you the best for the new year. There are people who use unbelievably long quotations, either in articles or within references, and there are those who believe that almost any quotation is a WP:COPYVIO issue. There are arguments for both extremes, but I find that a middle ground is appropriate. The quotation used here includes an introductory sentence and half of the next sentence, long enough to provide adequate contextual background for anyone reading the quotation, but still only a small fraction of a very long article. My issue with your change was that the sentence fragment wasn't adequate to show the connection between the character and the place that would be sufficient to a reader who hadn't seen the article. There is support for almost any position, though I think that based on all relevant law that there is no issue in using such brief quotations. It is acceptable within articles, and all the more acceptable when used within a source where it is abundantly clear that ownership is being attributed properly. Alansohn (talk) 00:20, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Ok, fair enough. The middle position seems best; isn't that what Aristotle might have recommended? :) And btw thank you for all your contributions to NJ articles.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 00:55, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Celebration and Mini-Conference in NYC Saturday Feb 23

Doing the "Open Space" thing at one of our earlier NYC Wiki-Conferences.

You are invited to celebrate Wikipedia Day and the 12th anniversary (!) of the founding of the site at Wikipedia Day NYC on Saturday February 23, 2013 at New York University; sign up for Wikipedia Day NYC here, or at bit.ly/wikidaynyu. Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience!--Pharos (talk) 03:25, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thank you for the lovely Latte. it was divine! I Feel Tired (talk) 22:45, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

SCOTUS edit

Hello Tom: Please see my note at Talk:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States#The_Teaching_Company_as_a_source regarding your recent edit.--S. Rich (talk) 03:43, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Seabright Seawall

Hi Tom, I'm a grad student in sociology at the University of California Santa Barbara, writing my dissertation on seawalls and seawall alternatives. My work mainly focuses on developing countries (Guyana, India and the Maldives), but I am thinking that NJ would make an interesting comparative chapter. I saw your pictures of the seawall on the Seabright wikipedia page, and thought I would contact you. As a handyman in NJ, I thought you might have some interesting views on the topic. If you feel inclined, you can email me at summer.m.gray@gmail.com. Thanks, Summer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.102.136.205 (talk) 23:24, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

You bet us New Jersey handymen (who generally don't build seawalls but have, on occasion, photographed them -- although, to be fair, I probably could build a fairly sizeable seawall if I have huge rocks, a crane, a bulldozer, and many concrete mixers) are wondering why a sociology graduate student would be quizzing a handyman about seawalls. Such is our usual wonderment. But us New Jersey handymen will gladly try to answer all your queries, as best we can.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 01:59, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

My general view on New Jersey seawalls is: after Hurricane Sandy, it is highly advisable (by moi) for New Jersey townships which have names with the word "sea" or "sand" or "ocean" or "bay" OR which exist primarily on the giant sandbar known as the Jersey Shore -- highly advisable not to encourage rebuilding on the shoreline. People love being near the ocean, but these sandbar-houses are right in the path of giant waves and storms, and it is not fair for the rest of the state, as well as the nation, to foot the bill when waves wash houses out to sea. And seawalls will most likely be unable to prevent such washing. Such is my two cents.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 02:03, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

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Illegitimate Changes by Alansohn to Pulaski Skyway Article

Alansohn's cited Record article for the Pulaski Skyway is filled with information, which contradicts many facts in the Wikipedia article and would confuse readers and contaminate the validity of those facts. The cited Record article also briefly summarizes some, but not all info that is now cited for reference from an official NJ DOT press release.

Alansohn's cited Record article should NOT be used as a reputable citation.

I updated Pulaski Skyway article with correct information about number of arches and NJDOT plans for handling traffic problems during upcoming construction. I removed the Record article citation since it had wrong info about the number of arches and provided a brief summary of some, but not all info in the actual cited NJ press release about all of these issues.

I then notified Alansohn that the Record article was unreliable and filled with mistakes.

Instead of communicating with me about this Record article, Alansohn went back and reinserted the Record article I had removed and also used it as reference for another statement, even though it is an unreliable article.

He has also tried to undo many of my changes in other Wikipedia articles without notifying me, even though I previously explained the basis for my changes.

Please see my 2 communications with him about Illegitimate Edit Warring and Changing References for Leanna Brown in Chatham Borough Article.

Alansohn seems to be using EDIT WARRING to undo my changes, even after I explain the basis of my changes.

If Alansohn wants to do undo my changes and reinsert an unreliable Record article, which contradicts many facts in the Wikipedia article, it is his responsibility to make his case on the Puylaski Skyway Talk page prior to undoing anything I have done and which I previously explained to him. It is not my responsibility to start this dialogue.

I am a novice to Wikipedia editing and have done extensive investigations prior to making any legitimate changes in good faith.

I thought it was Wikipedia's policy to welcome new users and welcome legitimate changes made in good faith.

If my changes are undone for a third time prior to any further dialogue, I will bring a claim against Alansohn for EDIT WARRING. Thanks for your consideration and understanding.Wondering55 (talk) 05:30, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

TWS, take a look through Wondering55's edits and share your thoughts regarding Wondering55's edits at WP:ANI. You only saw the Pulaski Skyway edit, but use your familiarity with highway articles in general and share your opinion on the quality of the sources and the justification for their removal in the whole string of edits. Alansohn (talk) 05:42, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Wondering55, Wikipedia has rules and policies which can take some time to learn; and one way we learn is by having discussions like these; most of us here at Wikipedia continue to keep learning the rules as we go along. My experience has been that Alansohn is an established editor with a long successful track record of constructive edits and a reliable contributor who understands the rules well. I see the reference in the source Record as an example of a reliable source; it is not a good reason to delete a reliable reference on the basis of it disagreeing with other supposed facts in the Wikipedia article. Remember this is a cooperative project. Sometimes other editors will chop out contributions we've made (legitimately -- according to the rules) or rewrite our verbiage. It is a part of the process and is not "edit warring". If you stay here long enough, you'll learn to appreciate the beauty in the give-and-take process, and you'll begin to appreciate Alansohn's contributions as helpful, with the overall result -- superior articles on rather mundane subjects such as the Pulaski Skyway -- as beneficial overall.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 12:59, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

re: rob dunn/citizen science

Several months ago, you asked me if I had published references for including Rob Dunn's work in the science 2.0/citizen science article. I am sorry I am not around editing too frequently, and even less checking my talkpage. My response is that the best I can point you at is his own page. I have seen his lecture, read the papers, the blog and the book, on the ants and on the body bacteria... I think if his navel bacteria project is not citizen science in Biology, then I really have to re-learn this term. Check out his page... cheers. Land Moil (talk) 05:34, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Could you please explain what you are talking about? What exactly are you asking me to do? And where.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 16:07, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Jonathan Hay (publicist)

Given your good faithed attempts to work with User:Causeandedit to try and improve Hoopla Worldwide I'm informing you about a bunch of afds. First is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hoopla Worldwide where I have directly pointed to your stub. Others strongly related where you may have no direct involvement are Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Birdgang clothing, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Audio Stepchild, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sabrina (pop singer)

Totally agree. Thanks for pointing it out. I had stopped following Hoopla Worldwide, after repeated tries to get User:Causeandedit to follow the rules. I initiated discussion at ANI about this. There are even more "articles" out there and lots of junk unfortunately.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 16:05, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Article Feedback deployment

Hey Tomwsulcer; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:57, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for notifying me. Let me know if there is something you'd like me to do.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:08, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Re: Confidence trick

Well, the photostat of the check was sort of the tipping point. But in general, I've never been a big fan of the viewpoint that Wikipedia is improved by adding more unsourced material to an already poorly sourced article. And the whole addition was so specific, it just sounded like an "I have a friend who..." story. The phenomenon is real, however; I'm just not up to revising and properly citing it right now, but perhaps you could make use of some sources like these to develop a more generalized description:

• http://www.wcnc.com/news/consumer/BBB-warns-of-fradulent-Crag-191800601.html
• http://www.wbtv.com/story/21197795/sheriff-warns-citizens-of-scams-in-lincoln-co
• http://tucsoncitizen.com/bbbconsumeralert/2011/08/17/new-twist-on-advanced-shipping-fee-scam-targets-new-industries/
• https://www.iovation.com/blog/craigslist-scammers-ship-checks-via-fedex
• http://blog.chron.com/frugalconfessions/2011/06/we-were-scammed-on-craigslist-how-to-protect-yourself/

The fourth one may be questionable; all the others definitely qualify as RS. Fat&Happy (talk) 17:15, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining your reasoning. I may get around to fixing up this article sooner or later along the lines you suggest. Problem is, I deleted the file with all of my newspaper sweeps, so it may be a while before I get around to it. I still think it is helpful to have examples of how scams work.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 20:04, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

33 Thomas Street

Your change to 33 Thomas Street has been reverted. The information in question is not supported by the references given. Personal knowledge of the site unfortunately isn't sufficient to meet verifiability guidelines. If there is a reliable 3rd party source for this information you can point to, the information should be restored and that information cited. Thanks --RadioFan (talk) 13:11, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I've been doing Wikipedia a while now and I don't need to be quoted on rules which I am well acquainted with. The information which you keep insisting on removing, despite the choices made by myself and another editor, with you running the risk of violating edit warring guidelines, is correct, and hardly controversial, and to insist that it needs a reference is, in my view, pushing it; rather, it is wise to keep the noncontroversial (and correct) information, keep the "citation needed" tag, and leave it at that. It may take you a while, but a big part of Wikipedia is learning to trust the eyes and knowledge and skill of other contributors here.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 13:16, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for adding the citations to the Verizon and ATT references, I have no further problem with this section.--RadioFan (talk) 12:31, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for saying that. I still hope better references might be found so perhaps you'll agree that it is probably a good idea to keep the "citation needed" tag on.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 12:36, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

You Tube is great

YouTube video— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.109.224.239 (talk) 13:49, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes YouTube is great. This video of somebody reading Wikipedia's Union County College article as of April 2013 has been added as an external link to the wikiarticle on UCC. Thanx for sharing this.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 14:06, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

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April 2013

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware, Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

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I added well-sourced relevant material to College admissions in the United States. It was removed without much discussion by another user. I restored in in good faith. I hardly see how that constitutes edit warring.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:48, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Nat Gertler articles

Thanks for the help with the apparent vendediting of the article about me. I'm always a bit reluctant to call directly for help on edits such as those you fixed, or the not-yet-addressed edits by the same editor at About Comics, in concerns of it being called a canvass attempt; however, as you've requested that I reach out to you on such occasions, then I'm just fulfilling a request. I do try to avoid direct editing for WP:COI reasons, and also because I've always regretted rolling back the edit that said that I suck donkey balls; it would've been better to add a Citation Needed tag. --Nat Gertler (talk) 15:34, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Lol. Yes, thank you, this stuff happens here, unfortunately, and the community respects your contributions as well as your commitment to abide by the rules. So please continue to alert me about such matters. Seems to me like the article About Comics is ripe for an overhaul or revamp, and I will try to get around to it but it may be a few months. I am writing a science-fiction novel plus revamping my terrorism prevention strategy after watching the mess following the Boston Marathon violence. If you might remind me sometime over the summer I'll try to have a go at it, if interested.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 15:44, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Good luck in all your efforts! -Nat Gertler (talk) 20:48, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 20:55, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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Urban coyote

Hey Tom. I just wanted to give you a heads up that I expanded the article, mostly with content trimmed from the main article. Take a look and see if I missed anything, and there's one quote I think we could cite a little better. Awesome topic, and thanks for starting it! Steven Walling • talk 01:15, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

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Hey Sarah Stierch. You, m'dear, are a COOL Wikipedian. Right now I am writing a science fiction book about a high schooler who flies to Betelgeuse and encounters sexy aliens! That is my priority for the time being, as well as mentally preparing myself for a cicada invasion; after that, I may have time for your project if you ask me on an article-by-article basis. Best of luck to you!--Tomwsulcer (talk) 00:56, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

IRS processing of tax returns

Dear Tomwsulcer: Regarding your concerns about the delays in processing your children's federal income tax returns: Although there were indeed big delays in getting things set up, the IRS processing systems for the year 2012 individual income tax returns were supposed to be pretty much up and running by Monday, March 4, 2013. I don't know what data you are looking at that says the electronic processing of your children's returns (filed in March) was not completed until May 19, 2013. I would be curious to know: Do you have copies of the actual account transcripts from the IRS (that would show some of the processing information), or are you talking about something that the FAFSA people told you? From early March to May 19th does seem like a long time -- especially for electronic filings. Famspear (talk) 04:04, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Dear Famspear: For each kid, I have a document from my accountant saying the IRS "accepted" the returns on March 6 2013, and gave a "Federal Submission ID" number of many digits, plus a document from the IRS itself, dated April 22 2013, saying "no record of return filed", complete with an IRS tracking number. I can photograph these documents and email them if interested. I have been thinking of posting the documents to Wikimedia Commons.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 09:38, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Dear Tomwsulcer: You might want to just hold on to those documents, which are of course your confidential information. I was just curious. I've been out of my office, but later this week I might do a little research and try to find out how long it should take for electronically filed returns to "post" to the IRS "books", so to speak. I'll let you know what I find. Yours, Famspear (talk) 11:40, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Dear Famspear, thanks. According to FAFSA, the wait time should have been only three weeks at most. My hunch is overall that this was IRS incompetence, backlog delays, that sort of thing, but given the scandal, and my affiliation with a (semi) partisan group Fair Tax which calls for reforming the IRS, there is a possibility the delay was deliberate.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 11:53, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Dear Tom: I just want to let you know that I haven't forgotten about checking on the timing issue on processing federal tax returns. If you want, you can bug me about it next week to remind me. Famspear (talk) 13:52, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Dear Famspear, thanks for your consideration. I have learned that a likely reason for the 10-week delay of processing the tax returns, rather than the customary 2-3 week delay, was something I found online (see quote below). My kids had balances due (which were paid promptly after filing on March 6th). An IRS policy was to delay parents/students from uploading IRS data to FAFSA if there was a balance due. It is not clear to me why the IRS had such a policy, since it seems somewhat arbitrary that students with a balance due would be disadvantaged from using the upload tool while students expecting IRS refunds would not be similarly disadvantaged. My sense at this point is we should not bother pursuing this any longer, unless something changes, new information is revealed, or if the scandal widens to include such issues as whether the IRS manipulated the data retrieval tool for partisan purposes.-Tomwsulcer (talk) 14:28, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Students and/or parents applying for financial assistance are excluded from using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool in the free application for federal student aid to verify tax return information if they have filed a balance due or amended return, filed as married filing separate or have an address change.

— IRS source

Also, I looked at your userpage. Cool. I have done many biography articles, if there are references about you perhaps from your talk show days and if I can write an article on you and you would like one, let me know. I'm always looking for new people to write about.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 15:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

OK. Glad you were able to find that information.

As far as a biography article on me -- naaahhh. I'm not notable. (And the talk show was a local radio talk show, not a national one.) Famspear (talk) 15:20, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

You are notable in my world. :)--Tomwsulcer (talk) 15:27, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

I appreciate that! Famspear (talk) 20:16, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Leo Linbeck III

On the page Leo Linbeck III you recently changed the page to show that Leo Linbeck is deceased. This is false. Leo Linbeck Jr., who is Leo Linbeck III's father, is deceased. Please be more careful when altering a page in such a serious way. See the obituary here, which clearly states that Leo Linbeck III, presently alive and the subject of the article you altered, is the son of Leo Linbeck Jr. Article in Texas Tribune — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.181.252.41 (talk) 04:31, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Mistakes happen but the community has many good eyes, like yours, to spot them and fix them. It is part of the process.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 11:48, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Nat Gertler

You reverted out my recent edits to the Nat Gertler article, saying:

My concern was having a separate subsection for each (early life, education, family etc) with one sentence for each, detracts from the article. Here, short & pithy is the key, focusing on what's encyclopedic => Nat Gertler as a comic artist. I moved information to categories so if people from Riverton, New Jersey want to claim NG as one of their own, they can find him. Other people can find this information on the NG website.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 09:58, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Why? It doesn't make sense what you did. Hometown, family, educational institution attended ... all are in countless other articles inline. ---- Wikiklrsc (talk) 12:57, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

I didn't revert technically but moved the information to categories. My sense was the added information was really not critical to the topic -- whether NG lived in such and such a town, or what he thought of as his hometown. Is this stuff really important? Do you yourself feel that this information is really that important? And if people really want to know what town NG considers as his hometown, can't they consult his website? Including names of wife, kids, again -- are these really needed? My sense is NG is notable for being a comic artist, not for having kids named such and such. I realize in the case of celebrities, then names of children become more important, such as Katie Holmes having a kid named Suri, for example -- it's what people talk about, then maybe including names of kids and spouse can be worthwhile. It's a judgment call. If you feel strongly about re-adding this information, go ahead, how about maybe a line or two at most -- not separate subheads with one sentence each -- and it would be nice to have better sources than links to the guy's website.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 13:42, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your thoughts on the matter. --- Wikiklrsc (talk) 19:57, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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ANI Thread

The reason your ANI thread was closed is because your expectation for punishment was way higher than the crime committed. You were effectively asking to cut off his hands because he drank from the wrong glass of water. Was calling you an idiot called for? Probably not. But the administrator's noticeboard is for action requiring the administrative tools which amounts to blocking and calling someone an idiot does not rise to the level of an infraction that would get a block by normal community standards. You can file an WP:RFC/U which is the most appropriate place to handle user conduct issues, or you can try WP:DRN, but your best option is to move on and let it go.--v/r - TP 23:09, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough. Thank you for explaining this to me.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 23:13, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Urban coyote for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Urban coyote is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Urban coyote until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Noted. Thanks.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 18:03, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you, Tom

Dear Tom: Not to be too effusive about it, but you did a superb job on my article, Wheeler Winston Dixon. A very pleasant surprise, and many thanks. Now, if it isn't too much of a hassle, could you possibly do the same, when you have a chance for the entries on Gwendolyn Audrey Foster and Figures of Light, when you feel like it? They also need significant work, and you obviously know what you're doing. Again, much appreciated, and all best wishes. WWD— Preceding unsigned comment added by Wdixon (talk • contribs) 05:35, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words, and you are welcome. Hope it is an improvement. Today I'm building an anti-mosquito enclosure, possibly repairing screens, and organizing tools; my time is limited, plus I am writing a novel in my non-handyman time, so working on other projects is a back burner project at the moment. Wondering: did Gwendolyn attend Rutgers? About Wikipedia, as you know, there's a learning curve, a method; pretty much anyone can master it. Consider, possibly, asking your students to read WP:RS, WP:V, WP:NPOV and WP:CITE, also, WP:SECONDARY, and seeing that after possibly attaining such wisdom they might spruce those two articles you mentioned, and if they do an unsatisfactory job, fail them. I'll put those two articles on my watchlist but I make no promises for the immediate future.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 10:42, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

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One Correction, Perhaps

Dear Tom: On my Wiki page, if you want to make the correction, in fact ALL of my experimental films were acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in 2003, all of the ones you list at the bottom of the page. MoMA used to have the entire schedule up for my retrospective, but they took it down over the years; they gave me two days in which they screened all my films, and then I donated all of them, prints and originals, to MoMA. Josh's existing notes just list a few of them as examples, as in "films include," but it was my entire output as an experimental filmmaker; they are now in the museum's permanent archives. I realize that with Josh's abbreviated notes, this would be hard to discern, but nevertheless, that's what happened. Further, I was paid by MoMA for the donation with an honorarium, so that perhaps "acquired" would be a better word. But I don't want to make this change myself; it's up to you, whatever you think is right. WWD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.88.95.162 (talk) 20:14, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks,  Done. Minor factual changes are fine to make, please go ahead. The problem comes with articles over time, when improper references are used, or unsourced material added, again and again, like barnacles accruing beneath a boat. It slows sailing; the text becomes sluggish. As an example, check out Wikipedia's entry on Chris Agee -- a notable poet (I read one of his books of poems) -- but the excessive irrelevant material might persuade someone, coming across the article for the first time, that Agee was less noteworthy than he really is.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:12, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Quarterly Review of Film and Video

Tom -- one last thing -- for the Wiki page on Quarterly Review of Film and Video -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterly_Review_of_Film_and_Video -- the journal I co-edit -- which was also tagged -- the questionable notability tag is simply wrong. A quick glance at the journal's official website from Taylor and Francis -- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gqrf20/current#.Uh9g9JWxpG4 -- you can toggle back through the issues, and see for yourself -- should convince anyone that it's a major journal, founded in 1962, and the second oldest scholarly film journal in the United States. We have published the work of the top critics and theorists in the field since then, and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster and I took over the editorship in 1999. Please edit as you see fit with the rest of the text -- I have no intention or violating any Wiki policies -- but QRFV is clearly a notable journal. Yours, WWD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.88.95.162 (talk) 15:01, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes, except the notability tag is properly applied, since there are no references listed to the article Quarterly Review of Film and Video, therefore the content is unsourced, and the article appears unprofessional, and (as an unfortunate side-effect) makes your journal appear unprofessional. Can you see how the article needs improvement? Wikipedia has a learning curve, an approach. Do you wish to improve it? Or do you have students or associates willing to learn Wikipedia's style? I'll be glad to offer advice but my main priority now is working on my novel. What I recommend is (1) start the QRFV article from scratch (2) find other publications when mention "Quarterly Review of Film and Video" -- nonbiased, impartial assessments (3) collect these references with inline citations using the standard referencing format then (4) write the article from an impartial viewpoint, with each sentence having a reference which supports that sentence. Do that: everything should be hunky dory.-- Best, tom--Tomwsulcer (talk) 15:21, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

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Rutgers Univ.

I know you've been involved with the Rutgers article for many years. I had been years ago and while briefly working on it here and there the last few months, decided it needs a rather large revision effort. I'd like to bring it up to FA status by the end of the year. I've been working in my sandbox on a revision here: User:ColonelHenry/sandbox/Rutgers University if you'd like to keep track of what I'm planning.--ColonelHenry (talk) 19:12, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Great! I have visited the campus a few times and taken photos. If you have ideas for photos or diagrams or maps, let me know, since I will be visiting periodically. Let me know how I can support your effort. My experience has been that articles improve when the number & quality of references goes up. My experience with doing revamps is to try to include as much of the (good) information that is already there, adding references, but redoing it to improve the writing and especially the organization; that way, past contributors don't make a fuss if their past contributions get nixed; good idea to reach out to people ahead of time. Some articles I've written include History of citizenship and Equal opportunity (major revamp) and Wall Street (revamp). I'm writing a novel but from time to time I can contribute, let me know what you'd like, I'll defer to your good judgment.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 20:45, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

• I received my BA back in '02 and get down there every 2 or 3 months. I've been planning to get down there this month...so we should plan to go together and do a photo tour. Coincidentally, a lot of the content on the article is stuff I wrote 8-9 years ago that has been added to here and there or just decayed. I just fell in love with the history and tradition of RU when I was there. What I have been doing is copying a section at a time to my sandbox to work on, then adding, subtracting, altering, redoing citations, and when I get the entire article done in the sandbox, I'll move it over. I moved over the lede and university presidents today. I recently started an article on Kirkpatrick Chapel, started repairing Old Queens and will do one for Queen's Campus eventually (have a great DYK for that). Most of the article I've worked on have been on poetry Duino Elegies (an FA, 90% mine), my current project of Holy Sonnets (revamp), or booze-related (an FA: Alcohol laws of New Jersey). eclectic. --ColonelHenry (talk) 21:40, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

• Wow. At Wikipedia, I frequently run Wikipedians more skilled than me, who know more, write better, organize better, reference better, and you are one of the best contributors here, so I salute you, Colonel, and will defer to your judgment about the Rutgers and Rutgers-related articles. Cool you got a BA degree there; in English? I recently revamped a wikipage of an RU grad, film professor Wheeler Winston Dixon who is now teaching in Oklahoma. I'll probably visit during parents visitation days; I think it would be cool to get photos of students in the wikipage; wondering what you think. I am trying to learn more about poetry; my favorite poem is Hymn to Intellectual Beauty by Shelley.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 03:56, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Your photo, subtitled, "Atlantic Highlands from the Oceanic Bridge".

Although the photo you posted here is really nice, it is not a photo of Atlantic Highlands from the Oceanic Bridge. It is impossible to see Atlantic Highlands from that vantage point since A.H. is on the bay side of that particular piece of land, which is actually Middletown, NJ - Navesink, to be exact. I know this because I was born and raised in Atlantic Highlands, spent many years in the area, and drove over the Oceanic Bridge from Middletown to Rumson many times. Please change your subtitle and move the photo to the appropriate page, which would be one about Middletown or Navesink, NJ. A picture of Atlantic Highlands would be nice to put here, but this is not one of them. Sorry to point out the obvious to those of us who have lived there for many, many moons - and thanks for changing this photo out with one that actually is of Atlantic Highlands, NJ - my home town.

Sincerely, Bonnie Gregerson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.124.72.39 (talk) 23:52, 30 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Bonnie. I take many photos, but it helps when others are willing to correct me when the inevitable errors occur. I'm not sure which photo you're talking about -- would you mind correcting it yourself? Just click on the word "edit" and make your necessary changes, thanks!--Tomwsulcer (talk) 00:51, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Wikimedia NYC Meetup! Saturday October 5

Please join the Wikimedia NYC Meetup on October 5, 2013! Everyone gather at Jefferson Market Library to further Wikipedia's local outreach for education, museums, libraries and planning WikiConference USA. --Pharos (talk) 21:32, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

T off

Since this isn't really bout the T... If you've got car show pics, do upload them all at Commons. They're likely to be welcome. Anything hot rod or custom car related, especially. And any passing mention of the Hirohata Merc will get you Barnstarred by me in a second. :D TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 07:40, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the nudge, I will try to do this. Problem is, I am not knowledgeable about cars (or anything, for that matter) so I may have difficulty labeling some of the photos. But when I do, I'll post something here. Maybe be a week or so.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 15:43, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Hi, here are the photos so far; I have more (60+) but they were moved to the trash bin on my computer, and it is tricky getting the fotoxx photo editing program to find them.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 01:07, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

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