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Speedy deletion nomination of Nelson Cunningham

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I decided to undelete it--my reasoning is on The-Pope 's talk p., & the advice to the user is on mine. Basically I will generally undelete any of my deletions that might have a chance if someone makes a reasonable appeal , give them a chance to improve it, and send it to AfD if they do not. I am not infallible--and it's easier than arguing. On the very rare occasion where someone makes an appeal of something ridiculous, it's of course another matter. Please never hesitate to reverse any of my deletions you think appropriate to reverse, & just let me know--there is no need to ask me first. DGG ( talk ) 16:19, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

the Public Policy Initiative Assessment Team wants You!

Hi Jmabel, I got your name from the Editorial Team participant list, and wanted to tell you that we will be testing out assessment metrics in the Wikiproject: United States Public Policy, your talk page says you are only moderately active, but I was hoping you would be interested in assessing articles with the Public Policy Initiative. There is more info about assessment on the 9/13/2010 Signpost. If you're interested or just curious you can sign up on the project page or just contact me. Thanks! ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:10, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not interested in getting involved in formal assessment of articles. - Jmabel | Talk 04:58, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Mystery aircraft photo

Hi, I think I have found the answer to the mystery photo you uploaded (women building a Boeing aircraft wing in the early 1900s). From a 3-view drawing that I have I would say that is almost certainly the upper wing of a 1919 Boeing-built Thomas-Morse MB-3 biplane. Cheers Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 21:27, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Subgenius-JHVH-1-by-St-Ken.jpg

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Falls City Masonic Hall

Falls/Fall City Masonic Hall

Hi Jmabel -- Thanks for taking nice pic, now used in new stub article Falls City Masonic Hall. Could possibly please comment at its Talk page, regarding the proper name of the building. I am not sure how to interpret your photo description, as suggesting the name of the building from its inception was "Falls City Masonic Hall" or whether perhaps you mean there was a clerical error in the NRHP listing in 2004 that yielded that name, rather than "Fall City Masonic Hall" (with no S). Hope you can help. Thanks either way for your pic! --doncram (talk) 21:13, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Oddfellows Hall (Seattle, Washington)
Thanks for your followup there. By the way, i've been working on List of Odd Fellows buildings and similiar fraternal organization list-articles, and creating articles for all of the individual notable buildings, and I am happy to come across other photos of yours, like the Oddfellows Hall in Capital Hill area. Hope u may be glad to know more of ur photos are getting good use. :) --doncram (talk) 14:39, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Subgenius-JHVH-1-by-St-Ken.jpg

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If you will look at the discussion at Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2010_October_3#File:Subgenius-JHVH-1-by-St-Ken.jpg you will see that the last thing there is me asking a question, trying to find out exactly what someone's issue is before I proceed with OTRS. How can you possibly close the discussion in that state? - Jmabel | Talk 06:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Acciones armadas de extrema izquierda en Chile (página de wikipedia en español)

Hola Jmabel. Ojala usted me pueda ayudar. Dos wikipedistas -- Jcestepario y Petronas -- siguien borrándome mis ediciones. Parece ser que quieren tapar los crímenes de los guerrilleros del FPMR y MIR en Chile. Lo que más me molesta es que dicen que la mayoría de los caidos de los uniformados en Chile fueron asesinados por las propias fuerzas armadas de chilenas.

Uno me ha borrado hace poco lo siguiente (1ra. Restauración, a pesar de contar un extracto del Informe RETTIG que tanto promueve):

El 25 de marzo, una bomba explota en el interior del Hotel Araucano, frecuentado por personal militar. Pierden la vida dos suboficiales del ejército: Armando Lara Arriagada y Alejandro Avendaño Sánchez.[1]

Tambien me borraron esta contribuccion mia (2da. Restauración junto con la fuente provista):

En agosto la policía secreta chilena descubre un poderoso arsenal del FPMR en Carriza Bajo, conformado por 3.115 ametralladoras M-16 y 281 lanzacohetes.[2]

Y esto (Mi 3ra. Restauración):

El 2 de noviembre estalla una granada dentro de un autobús repleto de policías matando al menos a cuatro.[3]

Y ademas esto (Mi 4ta Restauracion):

Andrés Pascal Allende, dirigente del Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR), dice que a lo largo de la dictadura murieron entre 1500 y 2000 miembros del MIR.[4] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Breitkopf (talk • contribs) 01:34, 30 October 2010 (UTC) --Breitkopf (talk) 01:39, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea why you are turning to me on this. I have only the most minimal involvement in the Spanish-language Wikipedia. - Jmabel | Talk 05:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ En el informe de la Comisión Rettig, puede leerse textualmente: + 25 de Marzo de 1985: + En la ciudad de Concepción, murieron como consecuencia de un atentado explosivo, René Osvaldo Lara Arriagada, de 32 años de edad, Sargento 2º de la Armada; y Alejandro del Carmen Avendaño Sánchez, de 41 años de edad, Suboficial de Ejército. + En ese día por la noche, las transmisiones de Televisión Nacional fueron interrumpidas con proclamas políticas emitidas por la radio clandestina Liberación; se constató que tales emisiones se efectuaban desde un hotel de esa ciudad, donde fueron encontrados los elementos de transmisión radial. Mientras se procedía a su revisión por parte de personal de Orden y Seguridad, detonó un artefacto explosivo que ocasionó la muerte instantánea del Suboficial Avendaño y causó lesiones de gravedad al Suboficial Lara, quien falleció horas más tarde en el Hospital Regional de Concepción. En el hecho resultaron heridos también otros dos Suboficiales y un funcionario de Carabineros de Chile. + Los informes de autopsia practicados a ambos afectados, concluyeron que la causa precisa y necesaria de las muertes fueron múltiples alteraciones traumáticas, producto de un artefacto explosivo. + Habiéndose acreditado que ambos funcionarios se encontraban realizando funciones de servicio y que el hecho tuvo clara motivación política, La Comisión se ha formado convicción de que el Sargento 2º de la Armada René Lara y el Suboficial de Ejército Alejandro Avendaño, fueron víctimas de violación de los derechos humanos, por cuanto fallecieron a raíz de un atentado explosivo, realizado por particulares que actuaron bajo motivación política.
  2. ^ Pinochet S.A.: la base de la fortuna. Escrito por Ozren Agnic Krstulovic. Página 147.
  3. ^ Chile under Pinochet: Recovering the truth, Mark Ensalaco, p.140
  4. ^ Los Allende: con ardiente paciencia por un mundo mejor. Escrito por Günther Wessel, Página 155, Editorial TEBAR, 2004

Ed Miliband

Hi Joe,

I thought Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism#Is Ed Miliband "Jewish", "of Jewish descent", "Jewish atheist"? would be of particular interest to you, and that you might have helpful insight into this issue. Cheers! Jayjg (talk) 18:53, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Montevideo

Hi! How are you? By the looks of it you are busy in RL but I've begun a big translation of Montevideo the capital city of Uruguay at Wikipedia:WikiProject Uruguay/Montevideo. Can you help us translate it? It may take a week to fully translate or longer and fully write. It doesn't need to be done immediately and can be gradual... Once the translation is done it can further be expanded, there must be a wealth of sources on it. But if you look at the current state of it the only decent part of it is the history and even that needs improving. And it a major South American capital city.... I'd be very grateful if you could help out. I'll also invite a few more Spanish translators to help so between us we ought to be able to accomplish it..♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:43, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

I'll try to look in. I am definitely busy in real life, and most of my wiki time lately has been on Commons. - Jmabel | Talk 06:30, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for helping in Montevideo. Since you started WP Ethnic Groups you might be able to explain to me how the scope of category (Uruguayan society/Demographics of Uruguay/)Ethnic groups in Uruguay relates to that of Category (Uruguayan Society/)Immigration to Uruguay. Does their content overlap or is there some essential difference? Thanks. Hoverfish Talk 01:45, 22 November 2010 (UTC ) -- P.S. Greetings to the Pike Market if you pass by. I was a Seattlite for a year or so back in 1984. Hoverfish Talk 01:48, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I haven't really been active on the Ethnic Groups project for a couple of years, you'd do better to ask on the project talk page. It would help if you would give precise category names and links that you are asking about instead of these slightly vague descriptions. - Jmabel | Talk 02:20, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Infernal Noise Brigade at RampART.jpg

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Given our rather more stringent requirements for fair use that have been adopted since 2005, I suspect that this may no longer conform. While there is no way to take a photo of this defunct musical group, I don't think having an image is really necessary to the article. - Jmabel | Talk 05:23, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Last Exit on Brooklyn

I've exhausted my sources, but I think notability has been established. Perhaps you could add to it from any local sources you may have access to? Yworo (talk) 03:12, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

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WikiProject Dacia

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About emergencies

Thank you Jmabel, your watchfulness is much appreciated. I left a comment in Talk:Montevideo#More_of_the_same. If we cannot source all this, or if it is not essential, I guess we can just skip it. Hoverfish Talk 21:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

ID'd another church

The church at "42nd Street, looking from near the Reservoir" is West Presbyterian Church at 31 West 42nd, built in 1862. Beyond My Ken (talk) 09:55, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

And another one: the church marked as "Chelsea Church 32nd Street" is identified in Dunlap's From Abyssinian to Zion (2004) as a church on Mulberry Street. I've updated the categories on this and the other one. Beyond My Ken (talk) 10:36, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
A third one: the church on 34th Street is the 34th Street Dutch Reformed Church, built 1860, dissolved 1920. Updated. Beyond My Ken (talk) 11:10, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much. I kind of suspected West Presbyterian but wasn't confident enough to say it. The others I hadn't a clue. - Jmabel | Talk 01:50, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Another one: "42nd St & Fifth Avenue" is actually the old St. Bart's on Madison at 44th. Beyond My Ken (talk) 08:54, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
So they lied! - Jmabel | Talk 02:33, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
Yeah -- I don't think whoever prepared those stereo cards at the time took great pains in identifying what the subject was. Although this time at least they got the general neighborhood right - I was amazed at the Chelsea 32nd Street church that turned out to be on Mulberry Street. (If Dunlap is correct, of course.) Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:58, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
We're running over 10% active misidentifications in this set. - Jmabel | Talk 03:17, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello

I was just wondering if you ever plan on returning to Romania. Of course this financial 'crunch' has slowed down things around here, but I'm sure quite a few things have changed since 2006 (it's harder to notice changes from the 'inside'). Anyway... as a Romanian and someone who visits Wikipedia pretty much daily, I couldn't help but congratulate you on the work you've put into articles and commons related to my country (not to mention my city, Bucharest). Thanks!

I've also read your travel log from your time spent here. It's always interesting to see this place through the eyes of a foreigner. In fact I'm sure you've portrayed things in a better light than most Romanians would have.

Oh, and Merry Christmas! Or Happy Holidays! or whatever politically correct phrase is used these days in the US. I believe those American sitcoms I keep watching keep me up-to-date on these things :)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giuseppe86 (talk • contribs) 01:27, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

As always, I forgot to sign Giuseppe86 (talk) 01:31, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

I certainly hope to get back to Romania someday, but my only near-term travel plans are domestic. - Jmabel | Talk 04:25, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

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Article Tahash Timeline

Please look at the article Tahash, and on the Discussion Page: "Consensus on Timeline" give your opinion about the Timeline. Thank you. --Michael Paul Heart (talk) 12:56, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, but it's a topic I don't know much about, and it's a long and contentious argument in which neither side seems to have summarized its arguments. - Jmabel | Talk 16:56, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

mike hudson

[1] - Nice!Volunteer Marek (talk) 06:54, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Service award level

There has been a major revision of the the Service Awards: the edit requirements for the higher levels have been greatly reduced, to make them reasonably attainable.

Because of this, your Service Award level has been changed, and you are now eligible for a higher level. I have taken the liberty of updating your award on your user page.

Herostratus (talk) 07:21, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually, you advanced three levels (!) to Master Editor... which I think you were eligible for anyway under the old system, considering your high edit count, and I assume you just weren't bothering to update, but since I was here I updated you anyway. Thanks for your many contributions to the Wikipedia! Herostratus (talk) 07:21, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Baritone question

A year ago you posted a question regarding a photo of a woman playing a baritone that subsequently was posted to Commons:File:Honk Fest West 2010-296.jpg. The answer is that it is an american baritone, probably mid-century, maybe a Conn (Conn-Selmer). The bell is positioned as a European would be used to like that of a tenor horn or continental baritone, but it is adjustable and would normally be in a bell-front orientation. (A straight bell could also be swapped on a Conn Constellation to become an American Euphonium - not that there was any actual difference in bore to justify the name)--Rwberndt (talk) 17:27, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! - Jmabel | Talk 20:28, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

File:Aziz efendi-muhammad alayhi s-salam.jpg

Hi Jmabel. Just FYI, I have listed the above linked file that you restored at WP:PUF. Feel free to comment there. Jujutacular talk 00:50, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Wall Street has been selected as the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for May 2011

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Jewish ethnicity

Hi Jmabel. A discussion has arisen regarding Jewish ethnicity at Talk:Ed Miliband#Ethnicity in infobox. I thought you might be able to provide some insight. Thanks! Jayjg (talk) 00:55, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:WikiProject Seattle

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Hawaii Territory

Regarding your contribution at Talk:Territory of Hawaii from 2004, and the redirect I have a question.

There is now

  • Territory of Hawaii oldest edit from 16:38, 22 May 2004 and
  • Hawaii Territory oldest edit from 19:12, 19 April 2003, which is a redirect to the former since 18:13, 22 May 2004.

Do you think Territory of Hawaii could be merged into Hawaii Territory? So it is properly documented that a Hawaii Territory article already existed in 2003 and credit is given to the original creator? There are no overlapping edits and the 2003 article has no talk page, therefore the merge should be easy? HawaiiLibre (talk) 21:13, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Lenny Bruce at the Fillmore.jpg

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I suspect that by our current, heightened bar for the use of non-free images, this image no longer meets our criteria. - Jmabel | Talk 23:23, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Posters are standard in film article infoboxes to viually identify the film, how does this differ? Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:29, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
Because it's not an article about these particular performances, and we already have another image of Bruce. I'm not happy how tight Wikipedia has gotten on this issue, but it's not for me to set policy. I'd be perfectly happy if someone were to write up an acceptable non-free use justification, but I'm not interested in investing my own time into what I think will be a losing fight. - Jmabel | Talk 23:43, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
I'll take a look. That the poster advertises what turned out to be his final performances seems to me to be a significant factor. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:19, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
Yup. As the caption indicates, that's why I added it. - Jmabel | Talk 01:22, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
I've added a FUR. Feel free to fix it if I've erred. Beyond My Ken (talk) 01:40, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Bet you didn't think this problem would rear its ugly head again

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shining_Path&action=historysubmit&diff=418534579&oldid=415793412 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.9.68.183 (talk) 18:26, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Economics

When added to the interests/activities section on Facebook profiles, the first picture of that topic's Wikipedia page becomes the topic's icon. It didn't seem right that the icon for economics was a picture of a vegetable market ---> hence the shift up of the stock market picture. On second thought, I didn't have to remove the picture entirely, I could've just shifted it further down the page. Mod0001 (talk) 04:05, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Hillman City, Seattle

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DYK for Hillman City, Seattle

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How to change the name of Desaix ?

Moved from my user page. - Jmabel | Talk 00:16, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

The name of Desaix is not Louis Desaix (as it is written on Wikipedia English) but Louis Charles Antoine Desaix ! (As you can see on his baptismal certificate http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extrait_acte_bapteme_desaix.jpg). I am not able to change this name on wikipedia ! Could you help me ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nolege (talk • contribs) 17:14, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

  • As long as the appropriate redirects exist it is of little consequence which particular form of a person's name is used for the article page. Most people are generally known by something shorter than their full legal name (let alone baptismal name). We usually put the page at the most common form of the name. A couple of prominent examples would be Ronald Reagan (page not at Ronald Wilson Reagan) and François Mitterrand (page not at François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand). In short, I don't think the page should be moved. - Jmabel | Talk 00:21, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Soft Expert page

Hi Jmabel,

I'm Valentin Dumitru and i'm tring to create a page for the company Soft Expert. But every time I create it Andrei deleted it. He sait i can talk to you about this.

All I want is to creata a page similar like one of this (Siveco, Senior Software etc.) and to add it to this index.

Please help me with this.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valentin.dumitru (talk • contribs) 10:49, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

  • I know nothing about the company. I presume that if it is a significant company involved in software there should be a good bit about it online. Can you provide two links to reliable sources independent of the company that write about it, and where the content indicates encyclopedic notability? -- Jmabel | Talk 15:43, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

I hope those links are enough. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valentin.dumitru (talk • contribs) 09:42, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

The first two are possibly useful for some basic facts, but not for notability, and they are not particularly reliable sources, since they clearly wrote it themselves ("proves our ability... Our solutions... clienţilor noştri..."). Does show that they are a Microsoft partner, but that's not notable: I've worked for small companies that had that status and certainly were not of encyclopedic notability. There's also really no assertion here of anything notable: nothing about doing any specific significant projects, etc., just generalities.

As for the others, they rather annoyingly put me through a subscription thing (which I hope I'll have an easy time canceling) and so far I still see no indicatio that gives me any access to the pages. However the URLs all ending in furnizori all lead me to expect to see more of the same, rather than news stories. So my assumption so far would be that there is nothing here that would be the basis for an encyclopedia article. - Jmabel | Talk 16:00, 5 September 2011 (UTC)


  • Hi

Do you thing that more than half of the companies listed on the page "Lista companii din romania" indicates encyclopedic notability?
If this is a major issue how come those pages exist?
Would be fare that anybody gets the same treatment.
Thank you for your time

    • I have no idea, and to work out whether "more than half" are notable, I'd have to read a lot of articles I'm not interested in. If you want a general review of the area, or want to get some people working on establishing standards of notability in this particular area, I'd suggest you start a Request for comment. I won't be at all surprised if the conclusion is that a lot of these should be deleted, but I don't have time right now to focus on that. - Jmabel | Talk 16:04, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
    • If you start a request for comment, feel free to refer to this conversation as an indication that I suggested you do so. And if you want me to help edit the English in a draft request for comment, I'll be glad to do so. - Jmabel | Talk 16:05, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
  • Thank you for your answers. I don't want to start a request. I just wanted to add some information about Soft Expert and Manager Financiar ERP. Manager Financiar ERP if and ERP system developed in Romania by this company and this ERP it is studied in the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest Romania. I'm lecturer at this university and I teach my student about the ERP system. I even have a PhD on this field. If you thing this is publicity that is you opinion and nothing more. All I wanted was to add some informations about the ERP use in my PhD research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valentin.dumitru (talk • contribs) 13:35, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
    • It's not a matter of whether it is 'publicity', it's a matter of whether notability can be demonstrated. Again, if you can find two published sources writing independently about the company, that would be the easiest way to demonstrate that it meets that threshold. - Jmabel | Talk 15:09, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

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I restored the image to the article. Not only is it a more interesting and informative image than the flag which replaced it -- because it shows both the flag and a party slogan -- but the flag image itself (from Commons) is dubiously "free" or authentic. Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

The Knowledge Network: Invitation to participate in our closed beta

Hello!

My name is Gabriel, and I represent a startup company called Planeto (http://planeto.com). We are currently developing a new type of community we call the Planeto Knowledge Network.


We all have knowledge and interests in various forms, of different topics and areas. We might even be experts at something. Our Knowledge Network is an attempt to gather and connect people who have a passion, and would love to share that passion by communicating their insights and knowledge with other people with similar interests.


I noticed your high activity in the Liberalism section of Wikipedia, as well as your interests on your user page, and thought you might be a nice candidate to join the invite-only beta of our network. You could be a manager of a domain of knowledge regarding Liberalism, which you seem to be interested in. Among other activities, you can start discussions, and create quiz questions regarding Liberalism for our players to be tested on, in order for them to be certified as "experts" on the topic within our Knowledge Network.


There are also a wide range of other topics to choose from that needs a manager (or curator, as we call it), should you feel that you might be more interested in another subject.

Sounds appealing? Send me a mail to gabriel@planeto.com and I'll invite you to our closed beta!


Have a nice day! :)

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No thanks, far too busy. - Jmabel | Talk 14:43, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Interview with Wikimedia Foundation

Hello Jmabel, I hope you're well. My name is Aaron and I'm one of the Storytellers working on the 2011 fundraiser here at the Wikimedia Foundation. For this year's campaign we're seeking out and interviewing active Wikipedians like yourself, in order to produce a broader and more representative range of "personal appeals" to run come November. If you'd like to participate in this project, please email me at amuszalski@wikimedia.org. Interviews are typically conducted by phone or Skype and take between 30-90 minutes. (Note: This invitation is open to any interested Wikipedian — If you're reading this, and would like to be interviewed as well, please contact me.) Thanks! Aaron (WMF) (talk) 04:27, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

To be honest, I don't have much interest in doing this. - Jmabel | Talk 04:31, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


Wells Fargo Photo

You posted a stereo photo of a building to the History of Wells Fargo talk page. You asked if anyone could identify it. I read the sign as saying "Express" so it is not one of the banking offices. And the street name on that sign cannot be either "California" nor "Montgomery" streets. It is not long enough and does not have the right typographical shape. My guess the photo shows another Wells Fargo Express location. Hope this helps. Nick Beeson (talk) 19:57, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Des Moines Beach Park

Here's the coding for the infobox for the Des Moines Beach Park. Nyttend (talk) 14:37, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

By the way, you may want to see WP:NRHP help. Nyttend (talk) 04:37, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

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User:PbJellytime

Hi Jmabel, I am a new user to Wikipedia and have been assigned to create an article in my college english class. I have chosen to create an article on a historic hotel on my college campus. I noticed that you have a lot of experience on Wikipedia and made contributions to the Camlin Hotel article and I was hoping that you could view a draft of my article and give me some advice on how to improve it. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is a link to my sandbox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pbjellytime17/Clemson_House_sandbox Pbjellytime17 (talk) 03:34, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Quick observations:
  • Lacks a lede.
  • Lots of one-paragraph sections, almost always an indication that either you need to write more or sections should be combined.
  • You say this is your campus, so you probably should be able to take a photo of the hotel and use it to illustrate the article.
  • There is a broken reference link. Fix it.
  • I assume "Past-Clemson University President" means "Former Clemson University president"; however, unless he was already a former president at the time referred to, it should simply be "Clemson University president".
  • I took the liberty of separating "Notes" and "References" sections and of improving the Wikisyntax of the latter.
  • Your references section does not seem to follow any known standard. May I suggest considering using {{citation}}?
  • The following is not standard academic style, but it is standard Wikipedia style: where many statements use an identical reference, we generally do not repeat the reference over and over. Instead, we give it a name, and have multiple footnotes lead to one reference. For example, on first use <ref name="Reel">Reel, Jerome V. The High Seminary. etc. etc.</ref> and on subsequent use <ref name="Reel" />.
  • "...on clear days the Blue Ridge Mountains can be seen in the distance" is exactly the sort of thing that most needs a citation, but it's uncited.
  • "...built in 1950 ... construction ... took 10 years": so did construction start or end in 1950? (Yes, it's clear later in the article, but it should be clear within the paragraph.)
  • "world-reknown violinist" ==> "world-reknowned violinist"
  • Clearly Dean Rusk, Yehudi Menuhin, and Beverly Sills deserve links, as do Clemson University and Clemson, South Carolina.
  • You list several references you never cite. Are these really references (you used them in constructing the article) or just works you are aware of (which belong in a separate "Further Reading" section)?
That's all on a quick scan; I hope it's useful. - Jmabel | Talk 04:56, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the McGinn pics

Mr Mabel, I used one of your excellent photos for the bio box in McGinn's article and just wanted to say thanks; the generation of original, quality content is really important. TomPointTwo (talk) 22:26, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Featured article review for Rosa Parks

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Unused NRHP images

Hi Joe, you might like Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Unused images. It a list of images which could possibly be used in one of the NRHP lists. It's now updated daily. We use this a lot at the Dutch Wikipedia. multichill (talk) 11:40, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:POUM Obreros.jpg

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Five and a half years ago when I uploaded it, I believe my tagging was in accord with policy, which has since changed. I will pursue the currently required justification, but this seems an incredibly delayed warning. In that time, I could easily have left the project, no? - Jmabel | Talk 01:14, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Sadly, like a lot of backlogs, it CAN take 'years' for someone to note there is an issue :( Sfan00 IMG (talk) 01:24, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Can you at tell me whether you agree with my assessment of its copyright status, which I have written at File talk:POUM Obreros.jpg? - Jmabel | Talk 01:29, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:14, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Rosa Parks FAR

[2].  Volunteer Marek  20:22, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Michael McGinn

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You've previously participated in discussions about the article on Michael McGinn, the mayor of Seattle. I've written a critique of the article on its talk page, and have also raised my concerns at WP:BLPN. Your input would be welcomed. Thank you. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:53, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

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Portuguese translation

Hello. I was on Wikipedia:Translators available and notice that you were on the list for Portuguese to English translators and wondered if you could translate John VI of Portugal and/or Amélie of Leuchtenberg? Thank you or obrigado.--Queen Elizabeth II's Little Spy (talk) 00:10, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Those are pretty big & I'm pretty busy. I'll try to get to it, but probably slowly over the course of a month or so. - Jmabel | Talk 01:58, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Amélie of Leuchtenberg should now be complete. Not sure when I'll get much time to work on John VI of Portugal, but it will remain on my list. - Jmabel | Talk 01:18, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rabih Mroué

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Just wanted to add a little bit to this. My sense is that a WP article about a person is inherently a biography, but your article is more about quotes and lists, with almost nothing about the man's life. This is an interesting person and I think a bit more about his life and the thought behind the theatrical titles can be added to this to make it a better candidate for the front page. As for the other requirements of DYK, everything is fine. Marrante (talk) 12:43, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Jmabel,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


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If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

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Terrorism in Peru

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WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening invitation

Hello, Jmabel:

Thank you for your contributions to Horticulture – or Gardening – related articles. I'd like to invite you to join WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening, a WikiProject to improve horticulture and gardening articles on Wikipedia and coverage of these topics.

If you would like to participate or join, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks! Northamerica1000(talk) 04:12, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, but not a topic where I have any expertise. Glad to see someone doing it, though. - Jmabel | Talk 05:30, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

John VI

Hi JMabel

I left some stuff for you on the John VI talkpage. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 23:27, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Administrator Page Project

Hello, my name is Alex and I'm part of the group of students working on the new Admin page project. You said you were interested in taking part in an interview over skype about being an administrator on Wikipedia. Please leave me a message on my talk page about possible times during the next week or so when you're free. It should take about half an hour. Your help is much appreciated and I look forward to the interview. Stepiena (talk) 18:07, 28 March 2012 (UTC)


I'm on eastern time, so Monday the 2nd at 9pm for me and 6pm for you sounds great. My Skype name is alex.stepien55. Stepiena (talk) 19:49, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Seattle meetup

If you get a chance, take a look at Berliner Motor Corporation and let me know if you have any clues as to how I can find more about the lives of Joe and Michael Berliner. Also, my company has lots of openings -- see [3]. I can probably answer questions or find someone who can. Thanks! --Dennis Bratland (talk) 04:58, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Hi-Q (band) for deletion

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Queen Anne Blvd.

Hello again, Joe. I came across the article on Queen Anne Boulevard and I am trying to determine if there is actually a street named Queen Anne Boulevard, or if this is only the name of this loop of streets. It appears to me that there no such named street. If you get up to the top of Queen Anne Hill sometime, perhaps you could check this out and see if there is a street sign bearing the name "Queen Anne Boulevard". A picture of such a street sign would be good proof. Regards, •••Life of Riley (T–C) 00:18, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

  • Refers to particular portions of several streets, mostly in the usual street grid although a small number run at 45 degrees for a few blocks; it is not one particular named street. The route is distinguished from the other streets in the neighborhood by the color of the street signs (brown rather than green; same color-coding is used elsewhere in the city for other boulevards laid out by the Olmsted firm as part of the parks system, e.g. Ravenna Boulevard, Lake Washington Boulevard, Green Lake Way). The Donald N. Sherwood materials that are the first citation in the article are among the several sources that are explicit (and mutually consistent) about the route. - Jmabel | Talk 06:35, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Dan Savage

Hello. Way back in 2004, almost exactly eight years ago, you made this edit to this article[4], stating that Savage's opinions frequently clash with 'what Savage has been known to call the "gay establishment".' A version of that text is still in the lead of the article. An IP user has just commented on the talk page, asking where that quotation comes from, and saying they haven't been able to find any sources where Savage uses the term 'gay establishment'; I've done my own search and can't find any either. I realise this is going back a bit, but do you remember when exactly you saw him use the phrase? Or were you just paraphrasing/describing his views rather than quoting him directly? (If it's the latter, we should be embarassed - we'd have kept an unsourced quote in a BLP for eight years.) Robofish (talk) 19:15, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Geez. No, I've heard him use the phrase more than once. No idea if it was in print or not. I know he used it with respect to, for example, Seattle Gay News and that era's steering committee of the city's annual Gay Pride march. This was long before we had our current standards of citation, and there is no way I remember my source 8 years later, though I'll try to follow it up some time. If someone had asked for citation within, say, 6 months, I probably could have made good.
Of course, these days, the way his career has gone, Savage increasingly is part of any perceived Gay establishment in Seattle. - Jmabel | Talk 20:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
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