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@Vami IV: Thanks. It feels good man!!! jp×g 21:00, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2021-27

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• The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 19 July.

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Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

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Help out with edit to the Quad (company) article

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Note to self

Fix that CSS so that it stops looking like ass on New Vector. jp×g 04:44, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Done. jp×g 23:19, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Hang on v2

Are you a retarded Leftist?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.215.20.212 (talk • contribs)

@76.213.20.212: I would not describe myself that way, no. Is this in specific reference to something, or are you just asking for funsies? jp×g 23:20, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Get a life

Get a life, Wikipedia Nerd! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.245.131.85 (talk • contribs)

My life fuckin' rules, but thanks for the concern. jp×g 01:00, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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Barnstar

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		The elegance, but commitment, with which you argued your position in an edit discussion at Palmer Report would usually be overlooked except for the fact its cool civility and adroitness were magnified by the background drama simultaneously occurring there. Chetsford (talk) 05:25, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

July 2021

Pretty zippy to use rollback button, umm. Care you explain why you reverted my edit on [Al-Khalid tank]]. Have you gone through history of the page. Kalu Dada from Thathri Kutty (talk) 06:23, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

There are a bunch of maintenance tags on the article (including {{cn}}s) because there are a lot of uncited statements and potential OR. It's only tagbombing if it's unjustified. jp×g 06:40, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

JOHN Caldwell GAN

I requested from the town clerk of Ridgeway, place where Caldwell was born, today and this is what she said,

Please see attached the scanned record per your request. I scanned it in so it is exactly how the image looks on our books. Please let me know if you need anything else.

I will be glad to send you a forward of the email thread of today (including PDF image attachment she sent me), if you email me. Can I use the image I put in the article? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:49, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Doug, I've removed the address and done some tiny amount of formatting on your message because while it is freely available online, it's generally not a good idea to post other people's contact information on Wikipedia without their permission. Primefac (talk) 15:24, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

@Doug Coldwell: Kickass! I'll get on it (and hopefully finishing the GAN) tomorrow. jp×g 06:40, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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Weird reverts

Why would you revert one item in a list, but not delete the other uncited items? Drunk editing to work on your count? Nobody cares Raxythecat (talk) 06:35, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

@Raxythecat: I am not sure what you are talking about, because you have not mentioned what page this concerns. jp×g 06:39, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

You would have to use your brain to think back several minutes. Think hard, unlike when you made the alert. Raxythecat (talk) 06:44, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

@Raxythecat: You're going to have to be more specific when you talk about being reverted: do you mean the content removal in your first edit, the MOS:LABEL violation on your second edit, or the correctly formatted PROD template added on your fourth edit using this account? jp×g 07:21, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

FYI, Raxythecat (talk · contribs) is none other than Editingwiki777 (talk · contribs) evading a block. An SPI has been filed. Skyerise (talk) 13:45, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

needless reversion

I explained my reasons perfectly clearly on the talk page for the article don't just revert changes for 'look at all my edits' brownie points. this isn't the first time you've done this looking at the history of this talk page.

I've put a huge yellow banner at the top of this page asking that you tell me what page you're talking about, and sign your comment with four tildes (~~~). Since you haven't done this, I have no idea who you are, which edits you are referring to, or which page this concerns. jp×g 09:02, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Mallard II

On 5 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mallard II, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the wooden-hulled Mallard II (pictured), built in 1936, is "probably the oldest operating dredge in California"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mallard II. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mallard II), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Clarification on source for Mad Max (video game edit)

I am one of the people who preordered the game and was never notified that it was canceled, along with a few of my friends. After the estimated delivery date came and went with no updates, I decided to do some searching online. Chatting with others on a number of web forums, I discovered quite a few others were still patiently waiting for the game to arrive, as well. After doing some further searching, we discovered the game had been cancelled. We were all forced to go through the Amazon.com order cancellation/refund process. This is why I didn't list citation on my edit that mentioned the incident. It was personal experience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.92.181.198 (talk • contribs)

@69.92.181.198: You may benefit from going through WP:V. jp×g 22:50, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Re: political polarization

The removal was intentional. I tried to clarify in https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Political_polarization&oldid=1033628418. I'm new, so still learning the ropes. Thanks for your patience! LarryLovesLimes (talk) 21:28, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

@LarryLovesLimes: No problem. jp×g 22:51, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

False accusation of Vandalism

I am just making the page look better by moving items as it has been done in other automobile related articles Such as moving the gallery outside to an Indipendant category as I other articles ගොඩය (talk) 10:18, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Please don't undo the gallery as I am inserting more images to it. ගොඩය (talk) 10:29, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

@ගොඩය: I think it would be easier for everyone involved if you moved a gallery in one edit, rather than removing the entire thing in one edit and placing it somewhere else in the next. jp×g 22:52, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Mental health page

hello, I am sorry if i did not explain why I removed those parts. It was referring to specific researches and quoting them which I think were not appropriate and required there. Do you diagree ? The page is too long and needs to be cut down. If you do agree please revert back the change. If you dont we can talk about it. Regards Shris26 (talk) 12:21, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

@Shris26: Sure, it may have been undue, but it'd still seem preferable to trim down the content (and keep the references) rather than removing the whole passage. jp×g 22:53, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Feedback request: July 2021

Hello, I'm Trangiaphu2003, also know as 2402:800:6319:4F55:65CF:45BD:1E69:FBCD. I have receive your message and I have understand my problem. Thank you for letting me know so that i won't make the same mistake the next time. Thank you.

No problem. Glad to be of help. jp×g 22:53, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Shoop

Hi JPxG, I re-reverted you edit to Shoop because I cannot find a Wikipedia article that mentions this use of the word. Disambiguation pages are supposed to guide readers to existing information in Wikipedia, and any reader who clicks on Adobe Photoshop or image editing looking for 'shoop' is going to be disappointed. Could the term be added to either article? Leschnei (talk) 13:39, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

@Leschnei: I've provided a reference for that entry, but if there's a problem still I would be happy to put a brief mention in the page on Photoshop, on image editing in general, or a Wiktionary link. jp×g 22:55, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

That would be better, since references are always supposed to go in articles rather than DAB pages. Leschnei (talk) 23:52, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Reason for deletion

Hi,

I did explain my deletion...the page already covered much of what was in that subsection already. You have to actually read the other sections. With the addition of that subsection, there is now quite a bit of redundant information, which degrades the article. 174.193.195.63 (talk) 09:30, 19 July 2021 (UTC) Looks like my IP reset...I am referring to 2021 California gubernatorial recall election 174.193.195.63 (talk) 09:31, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

The subsection in question:

In 2017, ahead of the recall of State Senator Josh Newman, the law concerning recall elections was changed to give voters 30 business days to withdraw their names from the recall petition (43 voters out of the more than 1.7 million valid signatures took advantage of this opportunity in this recall election).[14] The 2017 law change also added a 30 day period for the state Department of Finance to conduct a cost estimate, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee has 30 days to review that estimate.[15] On June 28 2021 Newsom signed SB 152 into law to allow the California Secretary of State to certify the recall, and then for the Lieutenant Governor to set a date for the recall without waiting for the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to review the cost estimate "so long as the Legislature has appropriated the funds it determines 'reasonably necessary' to conduct the recall election."[16] With the same law change, the legislature appropriated $250 million to administer the recall election.[17] However, on July 1 the Department of Finance estimated the cost of the election at $276 million.[18]

What already is in the article:

The recall campaign submitted 2,117,730 signatures by the March 2021 deadline.[48] On April 26, 2021, the office of Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced that the recall effort had gained enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, pending official certification after a period of 30 days where voters could retract their signatures[Note 1] and where state officials tallied the costs to conduct the election (up to 60 days).[50] The final count yielded 1,719,943 valid signatures, which was roughly 13.8 percent of votes cast in 2018, exceeding the 12 percent threshold required to trigger the recall election.[51] On June 23, 2021, the secretary of state announced that only 43 recall signatories withdrew their signatures statewide prior to the withdrawal deadline, ensuring that the election to recall Gavin Newsom from the governor's office would proceed.[52]

Note 1: Due to legislation introduced by state Democratic lawmakers trying unsuccessfully to prevent the 2017 recall of Democratic State Senator Josh Newman[49]

After official certification, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis was legally required to call the election within 60 to 80 days.[53] The official certification occurred on July 1,[54] and on the same day, Kounalakis called the election for September 14, 2021.[55]

On June 10, 2021, lawmakers in the supermajority-Democratic state Legislature announced the inclusion of $215 million in election funding in the regular state budget to waive the required review of election costs, which would have allowed the recall election to be held by August 2021, earlier than November 2021, which was expected. An early election could help Newsom avoid potential political fallout over fires, virus variants, or school reopenings, and increase the odds of him defeating the recall.[81][82] California's county election clerks urged Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis to schedule the election after mid-September, citing an inability to guarantee a successful election, possible voter confusion, and the potential for costs far beyond the $215 million that Democratic legislators had provided in their budget proposal. The $215 million estimate was originally produced by county election officials, who had assumed there would be a traditional recall calendar, which ran counter to Democratic legislators' goals to change the laws to speed up the electoral process to help Newsom defeat the recall.[83][84] Jack Citrin, a political science professor at UC Berkeley, said changing the calendar threatened to reinforce the public’s cynicism about politicians using any means available to stay in power, and that they were "trying to create a situation that is most favorable for the partisan outcome that they favor".[85] The date for the recall election was chosen to be September 14, 2021 after the proposed rule changes were signed into law by governor Newsom. The changes were heavily criticized by Newsom's Republican opponents.[86]

@174.193.195.63: Yeah, it looks fine to me. Apologies for the hassle. jp×g 22:58, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Questioning

Please can you help me Alajiyusuf (talk) 13:35, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

@Alajiyusuf: With what? jp×g 22:59, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

N. mapulensis

Sorry about the main photo disappearing on the page. Thanks for repairing it, I edited the correct location info and citation in. Nrajah587 (talk) 03:42, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

@Nrajah587: No problem, we all mess up sometimes. jp×g 22:59, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

"If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page"

You did. Surprisingly. My description stated that the corrections were of grammar and semantics, i.e. the previous version contained incorrect and confusing usage of English grammar and meaning. However, if the state of Wikipedia 'editorship' is such that poor English usage (i) is not recognised and (ii) is confused with meaning then I can't waste my time correcting what should be secondary school mistakes. At least they would be in most countries outside the US of A. I'm not surprised as there are so many examples of poor education and use of language in the US of A. In education terms the US of A really is a 'third world country'.

Since you have not signed your comment, and you have not said what page this is in reference to, I have no idea what you are talking about. With regard to grammar mistakes, I would recommend you write "in educational terms" instead of "in education terms". jp×g 23:02, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Mallard II

I'm about to take a look at the Mallard II article, and I was wondering if you have any way of finding out certain mechanical details (e.g. hull dimensions and propulsion) and where the ship was built, and by whom it was built.

Regards: GreatLakesShips (talk) 17:44, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

@GreatLakesShips: This was actually one of the things I'd been meaning to ask you about -- what are good resources for finding this information about ships? I couldn't glean anything about that in the sources I found. Are there databases or gazetteers that have things like that? If it helps, I have access to local libraries (and could probably go look at the thing in real life to locate identification numbers). jp×g 23:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

The only global database I know about is the Miramar Ship Index, which I don't have access to. GreatLakesShips (talk) 00:23, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Accademia

You recently reverted an edit of mine. Unfortunately, you don't seem to speak Italian, and I do. "Academy" is spelled with one C in English, but "Accademia" with 2 C's is the Italian word, as you should have checked before talking of experiments and sandboxes. The Accademia Peloritana is well-known (and under that spelling). I used to be a very active Wickedpedia editor under my own name, but the combination of ignorance and snarkiness, hostility, or worse, had me quit about ten years ago, and I now very rarely fix some minor thing, usually a typo. Even proper spelling one has to fight for around here. Ick. 24.136.11.43 (talk) 12:41, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

@24.136.11.43: It would seem that I fucked up here, so I offer you my apologies. jp×g 23:05, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

editing tourism security section

we are needing your help in reversing the dishonest intervention of Mr. Ollie. We have edited the section Tourism security with changes important for Emerald Group, which were reversed because we would make so-called ads of the editorial organization. We are far from doing this. the text we want to insert is this.. the reason is simple tourism security lacks of a journal and series, and this is the first in its nature.

Although the specialized literature in tourism security abounds, there is a scarcity of book series and journals in the theme. In 2019, Emerald Group Publishing creates the first book series dedicated to tourism security and safety. The series, which entitles Tourism Security Safety And Post Conflict Destinations, is directed by Niall Kennedy. The series publishes books associated with risk perception theory, terrorism, tourism security, aviation security, pandemics, dark tourism and post-disaster tourism.

Apologies: I would look into this in more depth, but your post wasn't signed, and I am having trouble finding this section's addition in the page history, (which means I'm unable to find the article and edits this is in reference to). jp×g 23:09, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

References

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	Thank you for being a friend <3 (no hetero) E. K. Braveman (talk) 23:01, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

@E. K. Braveman: You too. jp×g 01:38, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mallard II

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