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== thanks for the help ==
== Welcome back! ==


Just noticed you are ticking off the unchecklisted ones too. :) [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 09:00, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
The Universe is always in flux -- some are leaving, some are coming.  Hope that all goes well.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 18:53, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
:No problem. Also I've noticed that this page has a number of non-articles there. As I've said before, people trying to insert weird stuff on the wiki tend not to subpaginate. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 09:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
:CZ is cooler when you are here. Welcome back!--[[User:Domergue Sumien|Domergue Sumien]] 11:01, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
::A good way to catch it before it enters the stream. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 09:02, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
::Yes, welcome back, and warmly so! --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 11:21, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
:::Thanks, everyone! [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 06:23, 29 August 2011 (UTC)


Thanks for your disambiguation of [[Labour]]. I have been trying to sort out a terminological mess, and that helps. [[User:Nick Gardner|Nick Gardner]] 05:56, 5 June 2009 (UTC) PS I don't see the need for footnotes: what did you have in mind?[[User:Nick Gardner|Nick Gardner]] 06:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
== Returning to Citizendium ==
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== Thanks for the U.S. political help ==
Your message to inactive users is well worded and very encouraging. I think the link to their contributions is a nice touch. Good job! [[User:David Finn|David Finn]] 13:25, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
:Thanks. Actually, thanks to you they will see a lot of edits in the 'recent changes' list specific to each workgroup.


It sometimes helps to have eyes on terminology, especially when a well-intentioned "native" author is working from journalistic sources rather than direct experience in the operations of politics. You have a good eye.
:I think I've done over 140 people now, about a third of the absent editors (all Natural Sciences workgroups, plus Engineering). So far not much luck coaxing many people back, but I have tried the 'hook' of pointing out that they have public bios here that they might at least like to update. I have personalised the template I've been using to point to the workgroups of which they are members... this takes quite a bit of time and ideally is something a robot should do, but we don't see many robots around here these days. There are certainly people labelled 'inactive' who have been editing in the last few months; this could be fixed by a robot, but I lack the technical skill to run one. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 14:43, 19 November 2011 (UTC)


While I do have considerable direct political experience, I learn things from visitors. I'll never forget the observation of a friend, Swedish-born and European raised, now living in the U.S. and indeed teaching U.S. history as she finishes her doctorate. I was playing tourguide in Washington, DC, where I lived for about 40 years and know rather well, and we had first visited the Lincoln Memorial (which still has an emotional effect on me like few others). We walked two blocks to the Vietnam War memorial, "the wall", and Pia Kate commented "how appropriate these two monuments are so close!"
::That is something I have seen working with the "[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages Special Pages]" - in some cases the lists are not updating on anything like a regular basis. Maybe there is a central problem to do with CZ statistics not updating regularly - sounds like one for the tech team. [[User:David Finn|David Finn]] 14:51, 19 November 2011 (UTC)


Puzzled, I asked her to explain, and she asked "weren't these the two times your country had the greatest internal instability?"  One might make a couple of other suggestions, but it was a profound insight. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 07:38, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
== Helping to understand Japanese phrases ==


== Write a Thon  Wednesday!! ==
"このときの歩行速度は時速0.5km にも満たない"


Hey John--when you awake, please join us at the write-a-thon, to discuss thoughts (and books) [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 23:36, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I tried really hard to find out what the walking speed of the E0 prototype was. I'm afraid that the sentence above states "at the time it was really difficult to reach 0.5km/h" rather than saying "E0 walked at 0.5km/h." Do you know what it means? Thank you. ([[User:Chunbum Park|Chunbum Park]] 03:48, 22 November 2011 (UTC))
:My Japanese is really not very good, but I think it means 'At this time, the walking speed was less then 0.5km per hour'. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 13:56, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
::Yes, the walking speed "did not reach 0.5km/h". --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 14:34, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
:::Thank you. ([[User:Chunbum Park|Chunbum Park]] 13:10, 7 December 2011 (UTC))


== Obama personal article vs. administration article ==
== EC ==


What is your thinking about how closely the articles should be tracking? For example, I put material about the [[National Security Council]] reforms into the administration but not the personal article, because Obama himself was not especially part of the discussion. True, the [[Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs]] was talking about his official relationship to the President, but I felt it wasn't [[James Jones]] talking about his relationship with [[Barack Obama]]. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 04:59, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Hey John, I have nominated you for the EC election. I don't think there is any mechanism for you to know that without research or me telling you so here I am. You have a good overview of CZ past and present and some good ideas about its future so I hope you will consider accepting the nomination. [[User:David Finn|David Finn]] 09:20, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
:Thanks for adding more to this article. Yes, I agree with you - material on the personal article should relate more firmly to Obama himself, and the activities of the many members of his administration are for the [[Obama administration]] article. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 03:28, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
:Thank you and I will certainly take the nomination very seriously. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 05:06, 28 November 2011 (UTC)


== Recursive redirect ==
== Referenda ==


"English in Japan" now redirects to itself. I assume you intended it to redirect to something else -- true? [[User:Bruce M.Tindall|Bruce M.Tindall]] 01:21, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Should the discussion be [[CZ_Talk:Referenda_(Citizen-Initiated)#Voting|here]] or [[CZ_Talk:Referenda_(Citizen-Initiated)/Elections#Electoral system|there]]? [[User:David Finn|David Finn]] 13:52, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
:Yes - thanks for spotting that! [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 06:23, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
:What about on the Talk pages for the referenda subpages? [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 14:20, 6 December 2011 (UTC)


== Hawaiian language ==
::Suits me! [[User:David Finn|David Finn]] 08:40, 7 December 2011 (UTC)


I want to write an article on the Hawaiian language, but I am afraid that I just wouldn't do it justice. Perhaps after I write up the basics, you could look over it for me? I'm don't have any formal education in Linguistics, nor do I have any real experience with Linguistics, but having grown up in Hawaii, I do have some experience with the language.[[User:Drew R. Smith|Drew R. Smith]] 10:20, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
== Thank you! ==
:I have created the [[Hawaiian language]] article. Could you please take a look at it?[[User:Drew R. Smith|Drew R. Smith]] 08:14, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


== Inactive Editor bot ==
Indeed. I've been in college so things were busy. Time flies and I have a semester left to graduate. Hope I will have more time soon to edit this encyclopedia. [[User:Yi Zhe Wu|Yi Zhe Wu]] 05:01, 4 February 2012 (UTC)


I've now created this bot, the code for which can be seen at [[User:Caesar Schinas/pwb/cg_inactiveeditor.py]].<br />
== Messed up adding quotes to Welcome Page ==
Two examples of the changes which it would make are {{plainlink|{{fullurl:User:Hugues Abriel|curid=100019558&diff=100524284&oldid=100116963}} this}} and {{plainlink|{{fullurl:User:Helena Barbas|curid=100011750&diff=100524286&oldid=100070539}} this}}.<br />
What do you think? [[User:Caesar Schinas|Caesar Schinas]] 13:40, 29 June 2009 (UTC)


:I have run the script through [[:Category:CZ Editors|the list of editors]], and it's a bit depressing to see the number go down from over 300 to under 50... [[User:Caesar Schinas|Caesar Schinas]] 23:20, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
John, I tried adding quotes #s 50 & 51 to Welcome Page, but somehow messed up, as Welcome Page now shows no quotes.
::Still, a job well done. Clever that it moves the categories if they'd been in the wrong place. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 02:17, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


== Updating image code ==
Will you rectify, and explain what I did wrong.


Hi John,
Thanks. [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 19:29, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm afraid you are updating in the wrong direction here &mdash; [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=Japanese_English&diff=next&oldid=100485816 these updates] let the credit line disappear, which is not intended. Please take a closer look. Thanks! --[[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 11:01, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


== Citizendium charter drafting commitee nomination ==
:There were some 'nowiki' tags next to the 'mod' value. Fixed now. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 00:19, 28 April 2012 (UTC)


Hi John,
::Thanks, John.  I saw the tags, but gave them no attention, possibly because quotes had been appearing before I opened the editor to add my quotes.  It's a mystery to me how and when those tags got there.  [[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 16:15, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
You've been nominated by a fellow Citizendium member to be a candidate for election to the Citizendium charter drafting committee.   


If you haven't been following the discussion in the forums, we're getting ready to establish a charter for Citizendium that outlines the project's goals, ideals, and basic structure.  To get the process moving, we put together a plan for electing a group of Citizens to compose a draft of the charter, which will then be submitted for community review.  You can find more about the plan [[CZ:Charter_drafting_committee|here]].


You've been nominated by another Citizen to be a candidate for election to that committee. The next step is up to you: you may either accept or decline the nomination by going [[CZ:Charter_drafting_committee/Nominations|here]] and following the instructions at the top of the page.
==Pompeii==
Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for adding related articles to the Pompeii page. That's one less thing to do! [[User:Richard Nevell|Richard Nevell]] 12:06, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
:No problem. :) [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 11:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)


If you have any questions, just let any of those who accepted know. [[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] 15:06, 29 September 2009 (UTC)


== Charter drafting nomination ==
== Picture of George Fox ==
 
It would be really helpful to know the provenance of the picture of George Fox.  I have developed the stub article on him, but am reluctant to add the picture without knowing more about it.  It appears to be an imaginative reconstruction rather than derived from an actual portrait. The latest biographer of Fox (Larry Ingle) is reduced to using a "supposed" portrait extracted from a caricature of a Quaker meeting (as evidenced in a book by Rosemary Moore).  The picture you have provided could conceivably have been constructed as a younger version of that image.  --[[User:Martin Wyatt|Martin Wyatt]] 19:24, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
Hi John,<br />You were nominated by a fellow Citizendium member to be a candidate for a position on the Citizendium charter drafting committee, but you haven't indicated whether you want to accept or decline.  To learn more about what the committee is all about, you can go to [[CZ:Charter_drafting_committee|the page that describes the process]].  To indicate that you either accept or decline the nomination to participate in the process as a committee member, you should visit the [[CZ:Charter_drafting_committee/Nominations|subpage for nominations]]; there are instructions on what to do on that page.<br />Thanks much!<br />--[[User:Joe Quick|Joe Quick]] 03:48, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 
== Continental drift...and stuff... ==
 
Hey John--come on over to the [[CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon]] [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 01:43, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 
== Speedydelete ==
 
The speedydelete template causes problems when the file is transcluded. Definitions are often transcluded (by the r-template).
 
Thus it is safer to use <nowiki> "<{{subst:fast del|text|sign}}>" </nowiki>.
 
See [[CZ:Article Deletion Policy#Procedures for deletion marking and deletion]] for details. [[User:Peter Schmitt|Peter Schmitt]] 10:34, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 
== Great_Siege_of_Scarborough_Castle ==
 
Thanks for putting so much work into these articles, John.  Russell, Howard, and I are all working on the charter, but we'll do our best to get this article moving toward approval too! --Joe ([[User:Approvals Manager|Approvals Manager]]) 18:49, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 10:41, 9 March 2015



Welcome back!

The Universe is always in flux -- some are leaving, some are coming. Hope that all goes well.... Hayford Peirce 18:53, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

CZ is cooler when you are here. Welcome back!--Domergue Sumien 11:01, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Yes, welcome back, and warmly so! --Daniel Mietchen 11:21, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, everyone! John Stephenson 06:23, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Returning to Citizendium

Your message to inactive users is well worded and very encouraging. I think the link to their contributions is a nice touch. Good job! David Finn 13:25, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Actually, thanks to you they will see a lot of edits in the 'recent changes' list specific to each workgroup.
I think I've done over 140 people now, about a third of the absent editors (all Natural Sciences workgroups, plus Engineering). So far not much luck coaxing many people back, but I have tried the 'hook' of pointing out that they have public bios here that they might at least like to update. I have personalised the template I've been using to point to the workgroups of which they are members... this takes quite a bit of time and ideally is something a robot should do, but we don't see many robots around here these days. There are certainly people labelled 'inactive' who have been editing in the last few months; this could be fixed by a robot, but I lack the technical skill to run one. John Stephenson 14:43, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
That is something I have seen working with the "Special Pages" - in some cases the lists are not updating on anything like a regular basis. Maybe there is a central problem to do with CZ statistics not updating regularly - sounds like one for the tech team. David Finn 14:51, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Helping to understand Japanese phrases

"このときの歩行速度は時速0.5km にも満たない"

Hello. I tried really hard to find out what the walking speed of the E0 prototype was. I'm afraid that the sentence above states "at the time it was really difficult to reach 0.5km/h" rather than saying "E0 walked at 0.5km/h." Do you know what it means? Thank you. (Chunbum Park 03:48, 22 November 2011 (UTC))

My Japanese is really not very good, but I think it means 'At this time, the walking speed was less then 0.5km per hour'. John Stephenson 13:56, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Yes, the walking speed "did not reach 0.5km/h". --Daniel Mietchen 14:34, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. (Chunbum Park 13:10, 7 December 2011 (UTC))

EC

Hey John, I have nominated you for the EC election. I don't think there is any mechanism for you to know that without research or me telling you so here I am. You have a good overview of CZ past and present and some good ideas about its future so I hope you will consider accepting the nomination. David Finn 09:20, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you and I will certainly take the nomination very seriously. John Stephenson 05:06, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Referenda

Should the discussion be here or there? David Finn 13:52, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

What about on the Talk pages for the referenda subpages? John Stephenson 14:20, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
Suits me! David Finn 08:40, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!

Indeed. I've been in college so things were busy. Time flies and I have a semester left to graduate. Hope I will have more time soon to edit this encyclopedia. Yi Zhe Wu 05:01, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Messed up adding quotes to Welcome Page

John, I tried adding quotes #s 50 & 51 to Welcome Page, but somehow messed up, as Welcome Page now shows no quotes.

Will you rectify, and explain what I did wrong.

Thanks. Anthony.Sebastian 19:29, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

There were some 'nowiki' tags next to the 'mod' value. Fixed now. John Stephenson 00:19, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, John. I saw the tags, but gave them no attention, possibly because quotes had been appearing before I opened the editor to add my quotes. It's a mystery to me how and when those tags got there. Anthony.Sebastian 16:15, 28 April 2012 (UTC)


Pompeii

Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for adding related articles to the Pompeii page. That's one less thing to do! Richard Nevell 12:06, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

No problem. :) John Stephenson 11:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)


Picture of George Fox

It would be really helpful to know the provenance of the picture of George Fox. I have developed the stub article on him, but am reluctant to add the picture without knowing more about it. It appears to be an imaginative reconstruction rather than derived from an actual portrait. The latest biographer of Fox (Larry Ingle) is reduced to using a "supposed" portrait extracted from a caricature of a Quaker meeting (as evidenced in a book by Rosemary Moore). The picture you have provided could conceivably have been constructed as a younger version of that image. --Martin Wyatt 19:24, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

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