User talk:Coemgenus/archive2006

Wikipedia survey

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Inclusion of the episcopal succession

I object to the inclusion of episcopal succession charts:

• If they are obtained from Catholic Hierarchy which is © David M. Cheney 2005, it is not fair use, but a copy. Without a declaration from the copyright holder, I believe it to be a violation of his copyright.
• If they are obtained from any other source, that source should be credited.
• In these biographical articles of bishops, their immediate consecrator might be mentioned in the article text, but the rest of the historical episcopal lineage is irrelevant except in the case where it is disputed. That refers to the validity of orders.
• Who they consecrated is likewise irrelevant.
• The succession box for the office held by the bishop (i.e. diocesan ordinary, curial appointment) on the other hand is relevant.
• If Cheney makes a correction, how is that propagated back to the Wikipedia mirror?
• If a Wikipedia reader detects an error, how is that communicated back to Cheney?
• Biographical articles on bishops should focus on what they did, not their status.

In general, I oppose "pump and dump" from other reference sources into the Wikipedia. It makes the Wikipedia someone else's content fork and it's cheap content.

The greater problem faced by Catholic Wikipedians is the locked-in exclusion of obvious facts such as "The Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ" in favor of "scholars have shown the Catholic Church was not founded by Jesus Christ." There is no problem at all connecting the 21st century Catholic hierarchy to the 17th century Catholic hierarchy.

With reference to the Cardinal Spellman article: It's is a terrible article for one who had so much influence both in the Catholic Church but also in the history of New York and the United States. It is not helped by the adding a huge text block of his episcopal lineage. It's sad that Spellman's bio doesn't draw the interest of Catholic Wikipedians for improving the article, but only the interest of homosexual advocates for the detraction of Spellman's character. I hope to put some more time into the Spellman article. Tragically, only the Cooney biography is available as a resource and even there, the obsession is with the rumors and hearsay excluded from the text. patsw 16:57, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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The state of the Cardinal Spellman article is disappointing, I agree. I don't know much about him, and I hope you are able to find more information to fill out the article. As to the matter of the succession:

• I disagree with your contention that the information is copyrighted. These are historical facts, not artistic expressions. As the Wikipedia article on copyright states, "Copyright law covers only the particular form or manner in which ideas or information have been manifested, the "form of material expression". It is not designed or intended to cover the actual idea, concepts, facts, styles, or techniques which may be embodied in or represented by the copyright work." (emphasis added) You're right that is it not fair use: fair use is an exception to the copyright rules; this situation concerns something (facts) outside of those works altogether. A photograph of the website, on the other hand, would likely be a copyright violation. A similar question (about far more questionable material) was recently litigated in Baigent v. Random House

• I disagree also that the episcopal lineage is "irrelevant" to the article. This manifestation of the legacy of the Church is part of the essential character of a bishop. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, "To fulfill their exalted mission, 'the apostles were endowed by Christ with a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit coming upon them, and by the imposition of hands they passed on to their auxilliaries the gift of the Spirit, which is transmitted down to our day through episcopal consecration.'" (#1556). A reader of the article might be interested in something so important.

• You say that "the historical episcopal lineage is irrelevant except in the case where it is disputed." This troubles me, because it would mean that the only place an episcopal lineage could be researched on Wikipedia would be when it was the lineage of a schismatic. Would you document those orders that are dubious and ignore those that are recognised? It would be a shame if the only examples of apostolic succession a researcher could find would be those of the most irregular sort.

• As for future possible discrepancies between Wikipedia and Catholic Hierarchy, I confess that I do not know the answer. I would hope that any Wikipedian who discovered a discrepancy would notify Mr. Cheney, but I can't be certain that he would. But the same could be said of any material that is documented both on Wikipedia and on another site. Wikipedia aims to be the "sum of human knowledge." What's wrong with adding some more?

--Coemgenus 18:13, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Source and copyright

The question of copyright law is outside of my competence. Neither you nor I are going to resolve if Catholic-Hierarchy meets the threshold of originality criterion. It's a matter for the Wikipedia Foundation and David Cheney to work out should it come to that. As it stands now, David Cheney claims All Rights Reserved and in my reading of applicable Wikipedia policy is the we're obligated to honor that.

Should you decide to honor Cheney's copyright and use the material under fair use, The Wikipedia has this boilerplate request to copyright holders for permission to incorporate material as fair use.

As a moral matter, I believe you should have the permission of David Cheney to use his research and to let him decide how it should be copied and attributed. patsw 20:15, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Relevance

The validity of the episcopal succession (e.s.) of a bishop is always relevant in the abstract — but as an editor of biographical articles on Catholic bishops, I would only include a discussion of the e.s. when it had been disputed. The actual detailed e.s. of a bishop, whose validity of orders is not questioned, is irrelevant and should be not included in a specific Wikipedia biographical article.

As a matter of editing and creating good articles, it also brings up the question of how much weight should be given in terms of the text to a specific bishop's e.s. and what weight to what he did in his role as bishop. It would create a truly poor collection of articles to auto-format the Catholic-Hierarchy data on birth, ordination, assignments, and episcopal succession and add nothing else.

No existing compiliation of biographical articles on Catholic bishops that I am aware of include each bishop's e.s.

The general question of apostolic succession is covered in the article on Apostolic Succession which, compared to other religion articles, is quite compatible with Catholic teaching. patsw 20:15, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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We seem to be in disagreement, and I doubt further discussion between us will resolve it. Should we ask for a third opinion? I'd suggest a poll on the site, but I don't know that it gets enough traffic to give a good sample.

--Coemgenus 20:48, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I've asked some experienced Catholic editors to have a look. patsw 02:06, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Hiya, having been asked to comment I want to say this:

• I have no clue about the copyright situation and hence no view on this.
• I don't think the "episcopal lineage" should be included into an individual bishops article, just as we don't include the complete succession list of his see (or sees). The same goes for secular rulers: we don't include the whole succession list or genealogies (which would be the parallel for the episcopal lineage). However, we may very well link to such lineages.

Str1977 ^{(smile back)} 11:48, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

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Some above average vandalism I came across

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Purcell&diff=prev&oldid=68926461

Destructive, sure, but it's more creative than most

--Coemgenus 02:10, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

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Paul Kalmanovitz

Hey, thanks for creating the article on Paul Kalmanovitz. It's one of those that I'd been meaning to get around to, but never seemed to have the time. Anyway, thanks again. --Brownings 03:29, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, glad you liked it. I kept coming across his name in articles (Wikipedia and otherwise) about beer and thought he ought to be on here. --Coemgenus 02:10, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

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Philly meetup

Hi, Coemgenus! There will be a Wikipedia Meetup in Philadelphia on 4 November. If you're interested in coming, RSVP by editing Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 2 to reflect the likelihood of your being able to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Hopefully, we'll all see you (and each other) on the 4th! --CComMack (t•c) 17:21, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

• Hope to see you there! --evrik 16:05, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi there Coemgenus. That was a very nice surprise to find on my talk page. I noticed you also made some improvements to the article - I hope you still like it. Thanks for your kind words on this little known war. It is much appreciated Raymond Palmer 21:39, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Well spotted! I've re-uploaded the image. I thought the shaded boxes might be more controversial, but so far in the peer review no one's complained - it may even catch on! Although we'll see if the article goes for A-class review. Thanks for the help btw, there is alot of editing it seems. Raymond Palmer 19:12, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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What are the odds?

That we'd revert the same vandal on the same page within 3 minutes of each other? JCO312 21:02, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Niagara Falls JCO312 21:09, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Northeast Philadelphia

Sorry I missed that part in the Northeast....thought I got it all Shoessss 16:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Northeast News Gleaner

Stub created; feel free to fact-check. :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 19:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

My recent RfA

Thank you for considering my RfA. It was a very humbling yet surprisingly gratifying experience. I am grateful for all the constructive comments that will undoubtedly make me a better contributer, and hopefully a stronger candidate in the future. Grika 15:01, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

You helped choose Yeast as this week's WP:AID winner

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Roosevelt Mall

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Roosevelt Mall, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Roosevelt Mall. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Oo7565 22:00, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Coemgenus/archive2006

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Thanks for your support on my successful Request for Adminship (final result 78 Support /0 Oppose / 1 Neutral) I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months. I am humbled by your kind support and would certainly welcome any feedback on my actions. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Once again, many thanks and happy new year! All the best, Asterion^talk 13:29, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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