Talk:Jennifer Diane Reitz

This article was nominated for deletion on 15 January 2015 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.

This article was nominated for deletion on 7 February 2006. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Video games Low‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Video games, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of video games on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Video gamesWikipedia:WikiProject Video gamesTemplate:WikiProject Video gamesvideo game articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks:

Summary of Video games WikiProject open tasks

AfDs

Purple Francis (6 participants)
Gilman Louie (2 participants)
Yoshimitsu (2 participants)
Dr. Wily (8 participants)
First Internet Backgammon Server (3 participants)
Emote (2 participants)
Stardew Valley Guidebook (2 participants)
Preston Arsement (6 participants; relisted)
Jackpot World (3 participants; relisted)
Melee (game terminology) (7 participants; relisted)

Merge discussions

Other discussions

No major discussions

Featured content candidates

Good article nominations

DYK nominations

Reviews and reassessments

Articles that need...

LGBTQ+ studies

This article is of interest to WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies, which tries to ensure comprehensive and factual coverage of all LGBTQ-related issues on Wikipedia. For more information, or to get involved, please visit the project page or contribute to the discussion.LGBTQ+ studiesWikipedia:WikiProject LGBTQ+ studiesTemplate:WikiProject LGBTQ+ studiesLGBTQ+ studies articles

Biography: Arts and Entertainment

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the arts and entertainment work group (assessed as Low-importance).

Comics: Creators / Webcomics Low‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Comics, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to comics on Wikipedia. Get involved! If you would like to participate, you can help with the current tasks, visit the notice board, edit the attached article or discuss it at the project's talk page.ComicsWikipedia:WikiProject ComicsTemplate:WikiProject ComicsComics articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Related work groups:
/
	This article is supported by Comics creators work group.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Webcomics.

Women writers Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women writers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of women writers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women writersWikipedia:WikiProject Women writersTemplate:WikiProject Women writersWomen writers articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

The contentious topics procedure applies to this page. This page is related to gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them, which has been designated as a contentious topic.

Editors who repeatedly or seriously fail to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behaviour, or any normal editorial process may be blocked or restricted by an administrator. Editors are advised to familiarise themselves with the contentious topics procedures before editing this page.

This article should adhere to the gender identity guideline because it contains material about one or more trans women. Precedence should be given to self-designation as reported in the most up-to-date reliable sources, anywhere in article space, even when it doesn't match what's most common in reliable sources. Any person whose gender might be questioned should be referred to by the pronouns, possessive adjectives, and gendered nouns (for example "man/woman", "waiter/waitress", "chairman/chairwoman") that reflect that person's latest expressed gender self-identification. Some people go by singular they pronouns, which are acceptable for use in articles. This applies in references to any phase of that person's life, unless the subject has indicated a preference otherwise. Former, pre-transition names may only be included if the person was notable while using the name; outside of the main biographical article, such names should only appear once, in a footnote or parentheses.

If material violating this guideline is repeatedly inserted, or if there are other related issues, please report the issue to the LGBTQ+ WikiProject, or, in the case of living people, to the BLP noticeboard.

Mergefrom Accursed Toys

Accursed Toys is not notable enough to have its own article. Jennifer Diane Reitz is more notable than the company, which she founded. Therefore, merge the company into this article. Pan Dan 00:16, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, neither seems notable enough to pass WP:BIO or WP:CORP. Will tag with {{notability}} and {{primarysources}}. Pan Dan 14:50, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jennifer Diane Reitz is a notable author of webcomics and computer games, and this article now cites a third party source stating that HappyPuppy.com, which Reitz and her family company founded, was once the most heavily visited games site on the internet. Reitz is also a notable figure in the transsexual community, and in my opinion, her Transsexuality website is a good starting place for people with little knowledge on the subject. I have removed the {{notability}} tag from the article. However, I agree that Accursed Toys should probably be merged with this article. Andrea Parton 00:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your opinion is factually wrong. That site is a terrible starting point for anything, and is effectively designed to lure people down the same misguided trap thinking that resulted in JDR being in the situation he is today. It does the transsexual community no good to associate with someone rather demonstrably not a transsexual, surgery notwithstanding. 172.56.10.252 (talk) 16:28, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 17:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the happy puppy money....

The article currently states: The proceeds of HappyPuppy made Reitz and her family a significant amount of money, but most was spent quickly.

It had previously (my edit) stated that the money was "lost".
Prior to that, it was claimed to have been spent on toys/anime, with a citation to Reitz' impressive collections of the same.

Now, I argue that having a large collection of "stuff" is not enough evidence that subsequent lack of money now was due to those purchases. Sound investments and purchases can also lead to the accumulation of "stuff" without significant monetary loss.

Conversely, money can be lost without it being actively "spent" - as the page now claims. Money can be lost through unsound investments or theft (for examples)

Lastly; Jennifer's own claim is that the money was lost on the internet crash. Whilst this seems likely, is there any other evidence for this claim? Additionally, what evidence is there regarding the "significant amount" that was made from the sale of Happy Puppy in the first place? Or what evidence is there that it has now mostly gone (not that I disbelieve Jennifer - more that I am wanting to ensure editors on this point consider where their opinions are coming from)

Personally, I believe some variant of "the money was lost" is most appropriate here. Any other thoughts and comments? --.../Nemo (talk) 06:30, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wholeheartedly agree with Nemo. Andrea Parton (talk) 12:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

*bows* I have updated page again in a manner I feel is appropriate, given the points I raised previously :) --.../Nemo (talk) 05:50, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notability (new source)

Google books shows that Game work: language, power, and computer game culture by Ken S. McAllister discusses some research of hers. It's printed by University of Alabama Press, 2004. That sure sounds like a reliable source waiting to be read. Cloveapple (talk) 20:47, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What games did JDR create?

It says "Reitz has created computer games and anime-style comics since 1981", but the only one I've ever heard about is Boppin' (1994). 31.50.70.172 (talk) 21:23, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What about Kamishibai. She wasn't super-prolific but had at least two videogames and at least two webcomics IIRC179.57.120.30 (talk) 07:18, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Jennifer Diane Reitz. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 05:02, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

COGIATI

It must be mentioned that the "COGIATI" test was made up by Reitz and has no professional, or accredited, scientific or psychological backing whatsoever. It's no more credible than the "personality tests" you get in magazines for teenage girls. Except it's aimed at convincing people to become transsexual, through purveying complete nonsense as unquestioned fact. I genuinely fear for any young people who might take the test, implicitly supported by Wikipedia as it is.

Isn't it WP policy to point out pseudoscience and deception, if it's mentioned or linked to? To avoid ambiguity wherever possible? That's particularly important in this case. The "COGIATI" link either needs removing, or a decent disclaimer attaching. It's absolutely not OK that one individual can give themselves implied authority and legitimacy through what is supposed to be a serious encyclopaedia, albeit one that really needs more supervision around it's fringe areas.

84.67.99.15 (talk) 00:45, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

We go by reliable sourcing. If you have some to support the changes you want then please present them. Gleeanon409 (talk) 02:39, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I will try to find some reliably sourced critical perspectives on the test, but I have to say I'm also concerned about the legitimisation that its inclusion here implies, considering its infamous reputation and lack of scientific or medical backing. --MasqueDesRonces (talk) 09:51, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(It has to be said that the test may simply not be notable enough for it to have seen any significant review in academic literature... The sole reference currently is a passing mention in a fairly undistinguished journal. --MasqueDesRonces (talk) 10:05, 28 October 2020 (UTC))[reply]

Why is this individual notable, but not Happy Puppy?

Happy Puppy was at one point in time the most popular gaming site on the internet, but the only remnant of it on Wikipedia is hidden here. Isn't the site more notable than the founder? Would it make sense to have a page on Stan Lee that talks more about his marital life than his time at Marvel Comics, and not have any page at all for Marvel Comics?

Happy Puppy is a notable part of the history of the internet and games journalism, and in that context the founder is notable. But without that context, why even have this page at all? 2600:1700:7F:8580:2A14:FFF0:7F4B:6E11 (talk) 11:28, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]