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Happy New Year JoeHebda!

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JoeHebda,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. BlAcKhAt9(9 (talk) 17:08, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

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Change of signature

Update: yesterday changed signature from default to a custom signature. JoeHebda| Talk 13:10, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Another signature update with shading.  JoeHebda (talk)  03:05, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Template:AbQ Pie

Hi JoeHebda,

may you please fix that template? It's only showing the default pie slices.--Kopiersperre (talk) 14:43, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Greetings Kopiersperre – I am confused because I made no changes to this template. It was last updated 02:46, 15 December 2015‎ Yurik (talk | contribs)‎. Secondly, I would recommend taking this question to WP:VPT (Village Pump-Technical) where they can help you. Please let them know exactly what WP article you are seeing the error at. Last of all, I only joined Wikipedia in April 2014, and am still somewhat new. Also have no wiki-knowledge of pie charts. Cheers!  JoeHebda (talk)  15:24, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

(talk page stalker). Hi Joe and Kopiersperre. The last good version of AbQ Pie is here. Click on next version and you will see that it falls apart after that. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 23:46, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

@That Video Shop Guy: May you fix that?--Kopiersperre (talk) 13:54, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi Joe and Kopiersperre. AbQ Pie template is now fixed: Template talk:AbQ Pie. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 13:01, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Tip of the day on your user page

Hi Joe. I noticed on your user page that your tip of the day is stuck on August 25. You can make it dynamic by transcluding the TOTD template of your choice by placing that template on your user page (with the four curly braces). Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 23:31, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

Checkingfax – A copy of Wikipedia:Tip of the day/August 25 – Where to look for help is kept here on my user page for these reasons: first, so that I can jump to these help locations while searching for new TOTD ideas. Secondly with all the updates being done, even though it's kept in Revision history, I want to keep an extra copy here just in case it gets overlaid with another tip. Lastly my dates memory' is not as sharp to remember that Aug. 25 is one of 366 tips.

* Question for Checkingfax and The Transhumanist – Should a link to tip Wikipedia:Tip of the day/February 5 – Getting real-time help via IRC (Internet Relay Chat) be added to Aug. 25 list? My vote would be * Approve.  JoeHebda (talk)  13:41, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Joe, Roger that on why you have August 25 on static. Good idea! I thought maybe you had just overlooked it, like I would

I will defer to The Transhumanist on what do do with the IRC tip. But, it sounds logical to me. Headed off to do some IRC with Dispenser regarding WP:Checklinks. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 13:51, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Catholic-Hierarchy.org

Hello. I noticed that you have edited a number of articles on Catholicism. A discussion is taking place as to whether the website Catholic-Hierarchy.org is a reliable source that can be utilized on Wikipedia or whether all references and information derived from it should be deleted. This topic is currently being discussed at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard [1]. As the website's removal as a reference will affect several thousand Wikipedia articles, I believe that the broadest range of opinions should be obtained before action is taken. Please contribute if interested.Patapsco913 (talk) 22:07, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Your edit to Talk:JAWS (screen reader)

Hi Joe, I think I understand why you made this edit to the talk page for JAWS, because the DOS version has been released as freeware, but freeware is not the same thing as free software at all ... the latter term implies that the source code is freely available and modifiable, which is most certainly not true for any incarnation of JAWS. In fact your edit there is one of the most unintentionally funny things I've encountered on Wikipedia ... pretty much the blindness community equivalent of tagging Talk:Microsoft Windows with the free software project tag! Oh well, we live and learn. Graham87 10:45, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Greetings Graham87 – Thanks for the communication. Should the List of screen readers entry for JAWS here be updated? I see other lines with freeware so perhaps a note under the table explaining Freeware definition? Regards,  JoeHebda (talk)  14:56, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

Nope, the JAWS entry is fine. The entries in the list of screen readers that are released as open-source are clearly marked as such, so I don't see the point of adding a further distinction for freeware. Graham87 15:08, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

From the Recruiter's desk at "The Signpost"

Hi Joe, I just saw your post at User talk:Leeds United FC fan#"The Signpost" - Newsroom updated for WikiProject desk. Sorry I didn't see the ping. Would you be interested in working at "The Signpost"? I hope you say 'yes' and if so, just let me know what area(s) interest you and we can talk some more. Best, --Rosiestep (talk) 17:41, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Argh. And another one of your posts that I missed: User talk:Leeds United FC fan#Tip of the day, completed Interview for The Signpost. I'm adding @Go Phightins!, our co-Editor-in-Chief, here who can sort out how we might add the Tip of the Day interview to an upcoming issue. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:50, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Greetings Rosiestep – Also add what I posted on January 28 at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/WikiProject desk#Interview requests. And sadly, no response... wondering how many (or few) are monitoring that page. Also posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council and no responses their either. Even though there are page Watchers, I wonder if there is something that I'm missing communication-wise?

About helping at "The Signpost" - Since my retirement in July 2014, I'm enjoying my time at Wikipedia doing updates (as a hobby), dividing my efforts between writing new tips at Wikipedia:Tip of the day and article assessments at Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism. For TOTD, yesterday I completed "the big push" for February & am looking forward to a mini-break before taking on March TOTD. Before committing to volunteering at SP, let me spend some time this week reading more at the SP guidance pages. Not sure of how I could help, other than to say, maybe something WikiProject Desk related. Regards,  JoeHebda (talk)  14:08, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Those WikiProject are good suggestions. I think that the WikiProject Desk might be a good fit for you. It does not have to be a regular (weekly) report, e.g. if no WikiProject has responded to an interview request, no worries. We (the Signpost Editorial Board) don't have someone coordinating the WikiProject Desk (someone who focuses on and follow-ups on interview requests), so if this seems like something you'd be interested in doing, I'd welcome speaking with you regarding Next Steps. Best, --Rosiestep (talk) 15:21, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Rosiestep – After reviewing WP Desk info, I noticed it could use a "Call for interviews" that can be posted at WikiProject talk pages in order to help find interviewees. The discussion is here. Cheers!  JoeHebda (talk)  20:01, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

John Gregory Kelly

Many thanks for helping with the editing of the Bishop John Gregory Kelly article-RFD (talk) 17:24, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

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Resolved

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At the AME disambig page, I added these three entries to clarify. Hope it is not too confusing.

• Saint Ame, a Benedictine abbot and hermit who is also called Saint Amatus.
• Saint Aimé, the abbot of the Agaune monastery in Switzerland and bishop of the Sens (or Sion) diocese.
• Saint-Amé, a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.

Thank you DPL bot for sending me this message. Cheers! — JoeHebda • (talk) 14:00, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Franciscus Monachus

Thanks for your additions to the above page. I'm not sure that Monachus would be happy to be categorised as a priest :-)  Peter Mercator (talk) 13:11, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Today I included some additional categories. — JoeHebda • (talk) 14:58, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

About the Wikipedia:Community portal

There was true consensus to add "Create these articles" (which {{Recent changes article requests}} will be transcluded to it), "Represent a worldwide view" and "Add historical information" to the Community Portal's "help out" section (cf. Wikipedia talk:Community portal/Archive 18#RfC: Add three blocks to the "help out" section), however no one practiced this request. Hope that you will add these three blocks to the portal a.s.a.p. Thanks!--RekishiEJ (talk) 11:31, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Greetings RekishiEJ – Please see tasks needed to complete that I posted here. Thank you for contributing WP improvements. Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 14:07, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia Authoring

Was wondering if you would be interested in Contracting to Author a wikipedia article on behalf of a small, faithful Catholic company. If so, please contact me at mattjdunn@ascensionpress.com (redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.204.121.242 (talk) 17:30, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

 Redflag  Not possible –  No action N Not done and not likely to be done — JoeHebda • (talk) 20:58, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Cat

I don't know if category:Latin religious phrases is suitable for the parts of the Mass, which are much more than "phrases". I would understand category:Latin religious texts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:31, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt – There is Category:Latin words and phrases which might also be useful. Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 21:39, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

English is not my first language, I may have a problem understanding. I think "phrase" is a way-too-small term for the Credo, for example, a complex text, much more than a phrase. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Saints

Hello, You removed the WP Saints banner from Jordan of Pisa; however the scope of that project is not restricted to those who have been canonized. It is concerned with "articles about people venerated by some Christians as saints or the blessed" e.g. the article Beatification is within its scope.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 20:17, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Johnsoniensis for letting me know. I was not aware that the Saints WP is that "generic" and will keep that in mind going forward. Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 12:42, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Wikiproject

Hello, you should totally add yourself to the list of wikiproject participants since you have edited the page a few times. Thanks a million! Ilikeguys21 (talk) 15:50, 2 May 2016 (UTC) Edit Page Here <<<

Greetings Ilikeguys21 – Thanks for the invite. While I do have a passing interest in herbs & spices, foods & nutrition, my primary focus on Wikipedia is elsewhere. When I was in school, for three years I was a library volunteer so I do have a wide variety of interests. While working on WP:TOTD and WP:TIPS I did make up an invitation here for that WP. Perhaps you could clone that one and use to invite others to the Essential Oils WP. Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 18:03, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you very much Joe. I will be using this everywhere now. Ilikeguys21 (talk) 18:42, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Star the Dog

Joe

I appreciate you fixing the Star the Dog page very much. One concern I have is Star is globally know as Star the Dog or by her facebook page and many articles Star - The New York Pit Bull. Is it possible to give the page the name Star - The New York Pit Bull? I appreciate any help.

Thank you, Charlie 108.167.4.178 (talk) 03:27, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Is there consensus on Catholic-hierarchy.org

Joe - there doesn't seem to be a consensus that Catholic-hierarchy.org is not a reliable source. I suppose it theoretically qualifies as a "self-published source", though the discussion at the RS noticeboard doesn't even have consensus on that issue. Accordingly, I've reverted your edit to Roman Catholic Diocese of Zipaquirá, but left your tagging of the CH sources as "self-published" alone. Argyriou (talk) 20:06, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Greetings Argyriou – This topic about self-published sources has been raised in the past. Here is the related discussion.

* Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Christianity/Noticeboard/Archive 8#Manual of style for WikiProject Christianity

* Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources#Questionable and self-published sources

At present, I recall there may have also been a Teahouse question. Based on this, here is what I have been doing when improving Catholicism articles.

1. If the Catholic-hierarchy.org appears at References section, I add the tag.
2. For articles where there is a CH line in External links section, it is removed. It's my understanding that criteria for EL is stricter than References.

Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 20:27, 10 May 2016 (UTC) `

More info from Catholic-Hierarchy talk page

At Talk:Catholic-Hierarchy and look at WP:WEB section title. Here is a partial quote from there.

From a quick look at the WP:WEB criteria, I don't think the site meets them. While the site is heavily used and has been around for some time (roughly 5 years at the current url), it is unofficial.--Dcheney 19:53, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Hope this helps to clarify. — JoeHebda • (talk) 21:22, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

A second quote:

A discussion took place as to whether the website Catholic-Hierarchy.org is a reliable source that can be utilized on Wikipedia. This topic is located at Reliable Sources Noticeboard: catholic-hierarchy.org.Patapsco913 (talk) 00:39, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Further clarification

After more research, I am adding the following guidance for Catholic-Hierarchy.org usage in Wikipedia articles.

For article:

• References section, add template.
• External links section, add template.

It is also helpful to append the "|date=" parameter. Adding these templates alerts article readers of the self-published source. Maintenance editors can add these templates so that expert editors may then improve the article by locating other, reliable sources. Expert editors can then remove these templates after their updates. — JoeHebda • (talk) 00:14, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

It might be easier (if technically possible) to add it to the existing templates for references to the website. --Dcheney (talk) 00:44, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

An additional note, first quote above is accurate, but was related to a discussion of whether or not my website should have a separate article. I have taken no position in that discussion as it would be a COI, imo. I'm not sure how that impacts whether it is a reliable source. As always, I am happy to answer any questions regarding my website. --Dcheney (talk) 04:13, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

List of canonizations

There is a merge tag on this page dating back to November 2013. The discussion is as follows:
I am proposing to merge List of saints by pope with this article. They both are duplicate of each other. --Jayarathina (talk) 16:43, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Yup. (Although, honestly, while this is a better article, I think that one has a better namespace. I'm usually all for brevity, but this one is rather unclear as to the subject.) — LlywelynII 17:11, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

The proposed merge was in progress. (Frankly, the tables in List of saints by pope look better.) How do you make that vandalism unless this is a clear case of WP:OWNER? Mannanan51 (talk) 18:53, 12 May 2016 (UTC) p.s Simeon of Mantua was not canonized in the same year of his date of death. ---and you removed a RS backing that up.

@Jayarathina: @LlywelynII: and @Mannanan51: – Even though I've been updating WP Catholicism related articles since 2014, there is still some WP jargon that confuses me. Looking over these two lists, I think it would be easier to:

1. Continue updating content for List of canonizations with dates; most recent List of canonizations#Pontificate of Pope Benedict XIV (7).
2. Place a redirect at List of saints by pope to point to List of canonizations since there is much less content & duplicates the canonization list.

Sorry that I missed the tag about merging. Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 20:57, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Reporting: Gadget only works with Vector skin, javascript error

Greetings, This report at Village Pump technical is now archived at: Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 144#Reporting: Gadget only works with Vector skin, javascript error.

Note that the report was posted with {{DNAU}}.

Unresolved issue is archived - How to "UN-Archive"?

Greetings, A problem awaiting resolution is now archived here and tracked at phabricator:T126553.

If it's not possible to pull back from archive, does it need to be re-posted again?

Regards,  JoeHebda (talk)  19:04, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

@JoeHebda: Just post the new question, with a link back to the archived thread. --Redrose64 (talk) 21:39, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

If I re-post again here, will it be archived again before the issue is solved? Just wondering... JoeHebda (talk)  02:19, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Possibly; archiving bots do not take any notice of whether a thread has been replied to or not. Threads on this page are archived if they've not been posted to for five days. So if nobody responds here before the next bot run that occurs after 10:30, 5 March 2016 (UTC), it will be archived. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:30, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Redrose64 – Thanks for the update. Yesterday I did repost the new VPT archive link to Wikipedia talk:User scripts#Fix needed: Gadget only works with Vector skin, script error which was orginally posted on Feb. 15th. Wondering if there might be a better place to post where the issue can be fixed? Without waiting for months for a resolution? If I knew anything about scripts (which I do not) I would attempt to fix myself. Regards,  JoeHebda (talk)  13:39, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

1) ω Awaiting a solution – also see: MediaWiki:Gadget-mobile-sidebar and Wikipedia:Gadget.  JoeHebda (talk)  13:45, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

@JoeHebda: You can use {{DNAU}} to prevent archiving. nyuszika7h (talk) 21:26, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

2016 Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Community Survey

The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has appointed a committee to lead the search for the foundation’s next Executive Director. One of our first tasks is to write the job description of the executive director position, and we are asking for input from the Wikimedia community. Please take a few minutes and complete this survey to help us better understand community and staff expectations for the Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director.

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Thank you, The Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Search Steering Committee via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:49, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Answered. — JoeHebda • (talk) 00:07, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Aid to the Church in Need

Category:Catholic charities is a subcategory of Category:Religious organizations. It shouldn't be in both. and it doesn't seem to belong in Category:Development charities. It appears more focussed on religion than economic development. I'm not clear whether it is a Category:Religious service organizations, because I'm not very clear what the boundaries of the category are. Rathfelder (talk) 19:17, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi my good friend

sorry for not fixing yet mostly articles that i created on spanish demolished landmarks, is i spend now time for my life, but thanks to you for help on that. im seeing that everyday and thanks very much. the gramatical errors and some messes in these months i will fix. A Salute--Vvven (talk) 14:12, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Many Thanks

Many thanks for helping with the article about A. Lucille Matarese. I used her legal name in the article instead of the religious name she took when Matarese entered Abbey of Regina Laudis. She had served in the Connecticut General Assembly before she entered the convent. Also the Connecticut Bar Association and the Connecticut voters list used her legal name not her religious name.RFD (talk) 12:55, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Acta Diurna

Thanks for properly assessing those articles. I feel stupid right now. — JudeccaXIII (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

JudeccaXIII – That's okay, from time to time I have seen this with other articles. Before changing these, I was considering whether to also add WP History or not, but that one might be too generic. Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 00:31, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Reverts

You made no effort to determine if the Catholic Church in these countries were exclusively Latin Church or included Eastern Catholic Churches. It is wholly unnecessary to specify this in the lede. Detail can be explained in the body of the article. Also the links did not comply with WP:SEAOFBLUE in that there were three wikilinks directly next to each other appearing as one. Finally, the specification "Roman Rite" does not apply to Church governance, only to liturgies, and of course, you made no effort to determine if there were Ambrosian Rite or Dominican Rite, etc., celebrations within these countries. Does not apply. Elizium23 (talk) 23:54, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Elizium23 – Thank you for the feedback & taking the time to explain this to me...much appreciated. Regards, — JoeHebda • (talk) 12:50, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Diocese of Aleria and tag 'unreliable source'

Thank you for your additions to the article 'Diocese of Aleria'. I am happy to join you in your attitude toward 'Catholic-Hierarchy' as a putative reliable source. My additional problem is that the web site provides no way of checking information or following up information. That a source like Cheney's is considered 'generally reliable' is no help at all in identifying the reliability of specific pieces of information. The argument that 'Catholic-Hierarchy' is used by many web sites is not an argument that confers authoritativeness; it merely indicates that the site is convenient for many users. Keep tagging. Now, what about 'GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow'? I have exactly the same problems. --Vicedomino (talk) 20:45, 23 November 2016 (UTC)