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Speedy deletion nomination of Humanitarian Open Streetmap edit

Hello JamieWoodhouse,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Humanitarian Open Streetmap for deletion, because it seems to be promotional, rather than an encyclopedia article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

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SamHolt6 (talk) 21:25, 12 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

November 2017 edit

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sentientism (February 19) edit

 
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sentientism (April 18) edit

 
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sentientism (October 6) edit

 
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October 2018 edit

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sentientism has been accepted edit

 
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78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 17:17, 9 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

"Notable Sentientists" edit

Having a list of "Notable Sentientists" is fine. However, there needs to be a reliable source that directly states that person is a sentientist, either that you provide or that is already included in that person's article. Citing combinations of vegan/human/vegetarian/athie/-ism is a violation of WP:SYNTH. I hope that helps. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 14:14, 2 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Category:Sentientist edit

Wikipedia policy requires that any category added to an article must be supported by information in the article. The majority of people you added this category to have no mention of "sentientism" in their articles, so I have removed the category. Please do not add it back until there is information cited from third-party WP:reliable sources or direct statements from the subject saying that they are a "sentientist", i.e. an article with "sentientism" in the title by the subject is not sufficient unless they make a positive statement of their views and identify as a sentientist. Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:37, 27 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

You have a Conflict of Interest in regard to Sentientism edit

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  • As the "leader of the Scientist movement" -- as I just read in an article -- you obviously have a conflict of interest (COI) in regard to any editing which involves sentientism, where it's in articles, or categories, or anywhere else on Wikipedia. You need to read our policies on WP:COI, and you should put a notice of your conflict at the top of your talk page, and on the talk page of any article you are conflicted on. Obviously that includes Sentientism and any of the articles about people you claim are sentientists.

Thanks for the comment. I am not the "leader of the Scientist movement" or the leader of the Sentientism movement. Sentientism is just a worldview (in the same way as humanism, biocentrism or ecocentrism). While there are online community groups around Sentientism there is no organisation, no leadership and no funding or compensation. I think Sentientism is important so I am working to raise awareness of it - so there is a risk of bias. I will always try to ensure any edits I make or propose are neutral and well-sourced. I'm sure many edits to other "worldview" pages are made by people who understand and hold those worldviews - they work to resist bias too. The conflict of interest guideline states that "Conflict of interest (COI) editing involves contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships". On that basis, I do not have a conflict of interest. Any further guidance is welcome. JamieWoodhouse (talk) 09:56, 28 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

That was the way you were described in any artifcle. Regardless of the amount of huperbole in the description, it still means that you have a serious COI in regard to the subject matter, and should probably not be editing articles about it on Wikipedia. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:07, 5 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Corey Lee Wrenn (May 31) edit

 
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MapleSoy (talk) 23:00, 31 May 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hi Jamie; in my view, Wrenn meets WP:AUTHOR, as she "has created ... significant or well-known work ... [that has] been the primary subject of ... multiple independent periodical articles or reviews". A Rational Approach to Animal Rights was reviewed in Contemporary Sociology, Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism, and The Journal of Animal Ethics, which are all perfectly respectable academic journals. Perhaps you could incorporate these references, and then Maplesoy could revisit? Josh Milburn (talk) 10:28, 1 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
Also, I just thought of you as I was reading Critical Terms for Animal Studies. I know you've had some people raise puzzles about sourcing for claims that someone is a sentientist; on page 365 of Critical Terms for Animal Studies, Varner explicitly calls himself a sentientist; he names Singer and Sapontzis as sentientists on the next page. (On page 365, he mentions that the term originated in Rodman's "The Liberation of Nature", which I didn't know.) Josh Milburn (talk) 11:02, 4 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Improving Corey Lee Wrenn edit

Hi Jamie, thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. Some ideas to improve this article:

  • Dividing into sections (e.g., education, career)
  • Talking about what she researches/what her books are about
  • Replacing primary sources with secondary sources as much as possible

Some general tips for future articles: we discourage the use of external links in the body of the article (I've removed these), and the references should go after the punctuation.

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- MapleSoy (talk) 20:28, 4 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

MapleSoy's suggestions are all very good. I've moved things around a little in the article and it's definitely starting to take shape. Some discussion of her books/research would be a great addition. For example, it may not be too hard to put together a summary of A Rational Approach to Animal Rights based on the reviews. (I own a copy, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet...) Josh Milburn (talk) 17:56, 11 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Veganism and Vegetarianism WikiProject edit

 
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Thank you for your contributions to veganism – or vegetarianism – related articles. I'd like to invite you to join WikiProject Veganism and Vegetarianism, a WikiProject to improve veganism and vegetarianism 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! Psychologist Guy (talk) 11:51, 21 July 2020 (UTC)Reply


Removing cow-dog picture (discussion in Speciesism article) edit

Your opinion is sought here: Talk:Speciesism § Removing cow-dog picture. Rasnaboy (talk) 17:58, 6 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thank you Rasnaboy. I've added a comment - hope helpful.

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Sentientists edit

Hi, I noticed you are interested in adding sentientists. I have read your website and I occasionally listen to your podcast interviews. I am more interested in historical animal welfare or animal rights individuals or philosophers etc. I am not sure if you have heard of Guy Murchie before but you should check out his book The Seven Mysteries of Life (1978), there are some other historical examples of sentientists. Psychologist Guy (talk) 20:52, 15 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi - thanks so much for the suggestion and for listening in to some of the Sentientism episodes. I'll have a look into Murchie - hadn't come across him before. Most of our "Suspected Celebrity Sentientists" here are modern but we have some interesting historical examples including Henry Salt, the Shelley's and Al-Ma’arri of course: https://sentientism.info/who-are-sentientists/suspected-sentientists. I found Norm Phelp's "Longest Struggle" a great historical overview. I think Steve Cooke the philospher is working on something currently too... JamieWoodhouse (talk) 09:45, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

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