Jim.henderson

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Template messages for user talkpages

Jim, when you revert a piece of vandalism, such as the blanking of Ancient Greece, please put a message on the user's talk page. This helps to build up a picture for later occasions. The list of messages are at Wikipedia:User talk page warnings. Thanks, Macdonald-ross (talk) 07:32, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Placing Commons category templates

Hi, Jim. I noticed that you added Commons category templates to a couple of articles recently. You probably didn't know, but there are directions about where to put those and other sister project link templates. The ones you added to Bay Area Rapid Transit and Body-painting weren't in the right place, so I moved them. The information about where they go is in the documentation for Template:Commons category. That information also applies to any sister project templates in an article (Wikiquote, Wikispecies, etc.). Please read that and let me know if you have any questions -- it's not completely straightforward, because placement depends on what else is in the article. Thanks! --Auntof6 (talk) 00:19, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Ah. Thanks. I've been putting them in places that result in a good layout on my screen. But of course they will look different on other screens. Jim.henderson (talk) 01:46, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

Packaging

Don't forget to do something about this. Or ask for it to be deleted. Macdonald-ross (talk) 18:25, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Patroller

Hello Jim.Henderson,

I think you are a trusted user, so I have given you the patroller flag as well. Thank you for your contributions. --Eptalon (talk) 22:10, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Wild Blocks 1

please report him/her for vandalism. thank you. --Fdena (talk) 23:36, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

November 2015

Hello, I'm Krett12. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Syrian civil war, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see Wikipedia:Citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. If you have a citation, feel free to remake the edit with the citation Krett12 (talk) 01:15, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

My edits.

Hi Jim how are you? Am I editing to fast? If so please redirect me. Thank you. --DonLandry2 (talk) 20:24, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

Lord Darnley

Thanks for creating the article on Lord Darnley! When I created the one on Margaret Tudor, I saw that we were missing articles on some of her more notable relatives, so thanks for helping fix that! --Auntof6 (talk) 06:26, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I saw you add yet another red link to the fellow and decided he was much needed. Wow, I thought English politics of the time were ferocious but the Scotts make them look tame. You of course soon greatly improved him. Preparing for Wikipedia Day will make this a busy week for me but later I may get to adding a bit more and maybe seek other interesting red royals. Jim.henderson (talk) 00:46, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Full moon

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You may also change the article during the discussion to address the nominator's concerns. But you should not remove the requests for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you very much. PokestarFan (talk) 00:05, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Flying Fickle Finger

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make helpful changes to Wikipedia. However, some of your changes, like those to "Regions of France", did not seem to be helpful and have been reverted or removed. If you want to try out changing Wikipedia to learn more about how it works, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Auntof6 (talk) 03:28, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Really? This kind of message on the talk page of an editor who has been with us for at least 3 years? The edit was likely an honest mistake (or a bug in the mobile app which I recall he mentioned a few days ago). Chenzw  Talk  03:51, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

How about you let Jim say if he was offended by this? No offense of any kind was meant. I have never subscribed to "Don't template the regulars". I don't always use templates, but when I do it's because they are a quick shorthand way of getting a message across, nothing more or less. When I get a templated message, I assume it's because the sender didn't want to spend time writing something that we already have a template for. I don't have a problem with that. See en:WP:DTTR#AGF. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:05, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

No worry at all, even had I been right. As it happens, it was a tablet mistouch, not noticed due to haste. Yes, the vagueness of the template makes it slightly scary but we old-timers must know that even the rightly well respected don't always have time for precision. Jim.henderson (talk) 16:26, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

I don't appreciate that kind of thing either. There's a reason the template says "Welcome to Wikipedia". Krett12 (talk) 16:30, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

In case someone may wonder, bugs in the iPad mobile app have given me less trouble in reading in recent weeks. Its editing feature is crude but I have never seen it do things that I would classify as buggy. I sometimes edit by browser in Mobile mode, partly because bugs in the reading part of the app often send me there, and partly to learn the various ways of using the little screen. As for the mistake in question, none of the above. Rather, I was using Visual Editor with the desktop page and iPad. I might blame it on the poor fit between iPad's browser and Vis Ed, but nobody would have seen the error if I had reviewed properly before saving. Mostly I use the little screen for Simple, first because the small article and small screen fit each other nicely, and second on the theory that errors here are less seen than in the real Wikipedia. However, I also do several edits there and in Coommons each week by iPad. This edit, on the other hand, is using the real computer, partly because it is long. Jim.henderson (talk) 20:39, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip

You responded to a talk page post on the article, fat. You had good advice. Would you mind going back and adding your signature so that my students can reply to you knowing who to address in their response? Swim123blue (talk) 19:37, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Category on WP:VIP

I reverted your adding a category to WP:VIP as probable vandalism, but maybe it was a mistouch on a touch screen. In any event, please be careful. Thanks. StevenJ81 (talk) 19:03, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Ah. Indeed, it's my fault and a mistouch. Not my finger, but I was distracted when an extraordinarily clumsy newbie was learning to handle the iPad. Thank you, StevenJ81. Jim.henderson (talk) 23:21, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

why did u remove infobox on The Alamo??? I know i had a bad picture though. 2601:6C4:205:AAC0:39F7:9442:2CD6:AA1C (talk) 00:50, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Help

why u remove infobox? on Alamo??? 2601:6C4:205:AAC0:39F7:9442:2CD6:AA1C (talk) 00:52, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Huh? I see the tnfobox. Jim.henderson (talk) 03:36, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

January 2017

Hello, Jim.henderson. When you revert a user's changes, like you did earlier, don't forget to leave the user a message on their talk page. You may find Template:User talk page warnings/table useful when doing this, to let them know that the change was considered inappropriate, and to direct them to the sandbox. Thank you. Pkbwcgs (talk) 13:21, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

Can you please leave a warning after reverting vandalism? Without warnings, the administrators can't block the persistent vandals. J991 16:41, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Warnings are not required for blocking, nor are you required to warn. Its just some admins who like to see warnings to block. But warnings are not required for blocking. -DJSasso (talk) 15:08, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Question nowiki

Is there a particular reason you added <nowiki/> with this edit? I've seen that kind of stand-alone tag in other places, and I usually remove it. Does it serve some purpose that I'm missing? --Auntof6 (talk) 13:01, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

It doesn't serve a purpose that I know of, unless the makers of Visual Editor want it to leave a distinctive mark. For short articles I mostly use VisEd, in part because I coach newbies at edit-a-thons and ought to be accustomed to the methods recommended for them. It often adds those unnecessary bits of code, particularly when linking words that are plural in the sentence but singular in the article name. When doing something with the old accustomed markup editor I also see and usually remove those tags.

OK, that would explain why I see it in so many places. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 13:43, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

January 2018

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make helpful changes to Wikipedia. However, some of your changes, like those to "Cleveland Browns", did not seem to be helpful and have been reverted or removed. If you want to try out changing Wikipedia to learn more about how it works, please use the sandbox. Thank you. -★- PlyrStar93. _{→Message me. ←} 04:24, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Global warming

Hi I was wonder why you revert articles on global warming? AdmiralNelson (talk) 22:02, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Same reasons as for other topics, @AdmiralNelson: Reasons include vandalism, redundancy, irrelevance, bad grammar, and many other defects. You can look at my list of changes to find many examples. The last revert I did on the Global Warming article can be seen here:

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Global_warming&diff=5731379&oldid=5728190

Are you perhaps asking about something else? Jim.henderson (talk) 23:05, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Yeah but I didn't do anything wrong I post update news check what going on or so?

Grinding away...

Could you have a look at your gristmill and mill (grinding) perhaps with a view to a merge? I can't help thinking we should have fewer pages on mills. Perhaps one about what they grind, and one about their motive power... Macdonald-ross (talk) 15:55, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Probably a good idea. Alas, the details of such an action require thought. With many other Wikithings on my plate, I'm unlikely to apply enough thought to this, during the summer. Jim.henderson (talk) 18:12, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

November 2018

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make helpful changes to the encyclopedia. You may not know that Wikipedia has a Manual of Style that should be followed to keep the encyclopedia looking neat and professional. Using different styles in the encyclopedia, as you did to "Dynamite", can make it harder to read. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about changing this encyclopedia. Thank you. Bad grammar. Feel free to re-add what you added if you clean up the grammar. Beasting123 (talk) 03:04, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Beethoven edits

Hi, what don't you like about my edits on the article? I could see that you might think the last bit to be a bit of hearsay, but what else? - Bossanoven (talk) 23:53, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the catch. I was reverting too many of his edits, meant to move that page not revert it and must have not noticed I was out to lunch. -DJSasso (talk) 13:28, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Always glad to help the industrious, @Djsasso: Easy to go numb during a long repetitive session. Jim.henderson (talk) 13:53, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Bone

Why did you remove much of the text about what bones do? Kdammers (talk) 04:06, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Duplication. Ribs and skull as armor don't need to be mentioned twice; etc. Jim.henderson (talk) 11:07, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

About what you wrote on your page

Hi Jim,

You wrote: "So, I seldom edit that way anymore." Did you mean "rarely"? ;-) But seriously, thanks for this edit. Regards :-)

PS. Even if "108.14.112.90" is your IP, it appears to be from Ashburn, Virginia, which is not "a small island off the coast of New Jersey" ;-) But who cares about your IP? 85.193.247.94 (talk) 18:51, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Vandal alert!

User:109.78.242.2 (an I.P.) is constantly vandalizing the Wikipedia Administrator Noticeboard. Please block him if he continues. Here is the talk page. --Auri1999 (talk) 23:07, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

User:72.90.136.211 (an I.P.) is constantly vandalising Science. Please block this I.P. if the vandalism continues. --Auri1999 (talk) 23:13, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for mentioning the matter, @Auri1999: but, though a busy wp:watchlister, I am not an Administrator and cannot block anyone. Anyway, it seems a real Admin already blocked the vandal before I saw your message. Jim.henderson (talk) 00:06, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Review "simp"

Hello, I would like someone to review my Simp article. I feel it has much more simplified language compared to the English Wikipedia version, but it might still be a little bit complex in my opinion. Could you please review it for me? I can't trust myself to review my own work, since there is a principle that oneself cannot judge one's own work independently without bias, or something. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | changes) 23:37, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

August 2021

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your changes. One of the main rules of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A change you made to "Holy Land" appears to be biased, and your change may have been undone to fix this. Please remember to follow our main rules. Thank you. Hockeycatcat (talk) 07:20, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Hockeycatcat, I don't think this was an NPOV problem - Jerusalem is well-known to be especially holy and significant. --Ferien (talk) 15:43, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Request writing about Isabelle de Charrière (Q123386)

Hello Jim.henderson Would you like to write about Isabelle de Charrière (Q123386) for the Simple Wikipedia? That would be appreciated. Boss-well63 (talk) 14:33, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

It's a flattering request, @Boss-well63: but I write few new articles and hardly ever a biography, and this subject is not even mentioned in Simple English Wikipedia. Especially in subject areas of which I know nothing. Better you should add some information to relevant articles that already exist. Jim.henderson (talk) 16:42, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Talk:Interchange (road)

As for "stupid ideas, beautifully expressed" - I see them everywhere. Homeopathy, astrology, or the official explanation of the collapse of 7 WTC are good examples. 85.193.252.19 (talk) 04:47, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Atom

Hello, I'm trying to improve the article on the atom. I've made a draft here. I would really appreciate if you could look at this sometime, and simplify it if necessary. Thank you! Lights and freedom (talk) 01:38, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Username warning

Hi, I'm PotsdamLamb. I've just noticed that your name reflects a living person Jim Henderson who played baseball but is still alive. Thanks, 00:18, 20 July 2022 (UTC).

This is not anything against you, and you are encouraged to choose a new account name that meets our guidelines - we hope to see you editing again soon!

Our username policy says how you should choose your username. Put simply, you should not have a username that people find offensive, advertises a real world group or company, or is confusing (for instance, if it impersonates another user).

If you have already made changes and wish to keep your changes under a new name, you may ask for us to rename your account. If you want to, please go here and ask for a new name. It will be changed by someone once they receive the request.

If you think that Jim.henderson fits inside the guidelines, feel free to tell me why on this page, and I'm sure we can come to some conclusion.

However, please be aware that the username you currently have, Jim.henderson may be blocked from changing pages without warning — if your name is listed here, you may want to tell people why you should not be blocked on that page.

Thanks again,

Da Lamb^{Talk to me!}_{OMG, What have I done?} 00:18, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @PotsdamLamb Except Jim Henderson is his real name? This merits no warning. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 00:28, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: Seriously? Have you noticed how long this user has been around and how many edits they've made here and on enwiki? It isn't like "Jim Henderson" is a very unique name. I can say that the admins will not be blocking this user. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:28, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

@Auntof6@Fehufanga I’ve striken it out. I apologize to Jim for this mistake. Da Lamb^{Talk to me!}_{OMG, What have I done?} 00:42, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

@Da Lamb Yes, these semi-automated tools sometimes slightly escape control; I've been Wikiing long enough to have suffered similar minor errors elsewhere; twice I was blocked from editing though both times the mistake was in identifying a vandal's IP range rather user ID. As for personal identification, couple years ago I noticed that Wikidata had given me a Library of Congress author number. That's flattering, but it actually belonged to Professor Jim Henderson of the University of Chicago, writer of books about economics. There are also at least two Canadian politicians and a hockey player. Off-wiki, decades ago I was tracked down by an abandoned wife of yet another Jim Henderson. Were it to go beyond a chronic minor nuisance, I would adopt a middle name such as "Wiki" or "Dingaling" since I seem to be the only Wikkan Jim Henderson that's a retired Bell System worker. Anyway, it's nice to know there's plenty of alertness among the Admin corps. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:29, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Helping with a research project in Simplification

Hello Jim,

I'm reaching out to you because I am working on a research project on simplification and am looking to collaborate with domain experts.

A quick introduction: I am a researcher interested in text simplification and am working towards publishing a resource in text simplification based on Simple Wikipedia (quite a rich encyclopedia). We believe this resource, which we will make public, could be valuable to educate and increasing awareness of text simplification.

Some colleagues and I are looking to collaborate with domain experts in the creation of the resource. We've secured some budget for our research project, so there's the possibility to remunerate a few experts that would work with us.

I do not mean to spam you, so feel free to disregard/delete if you feel this is inappropriate (and I apologize). On the other hand, if you are interested, please feel free to reach out, either directly on Wikipedia or by email (phillab@berkeley.edu) and I would be happy to tell you more.

Thank you, and sorry again if you feel this is inappropriate,

Philippe Laban

You can check my previous academic publications (one of which is on Simplification) on this website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fR5t200AAAAJ

~~~~ Philippelaban (talk) 23:39, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Gordo (dinosaur)

Hi again! Just FYI -- as we discussed at the Philadelphia salon, I've created this article here. Might be suitable and fun. If not, feel free to edit or delete. I'll tune in now and then to learn how to get good at Simple English. -- Econterms (talk) 01:35, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Quick deletion of Thermal insulation

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Editor experience invitation

Hi :) I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:15, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for teaching Seven Stories about Wikipedia

We loved learning from you Jim! Thank you so much for coming! Librarysparkle (talk) 21:57, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi; it was a pleasant and informative session, wasn't it? Just a notice, you correctly posted to me but you're in Simple English Wikipedia which is one of mine but not where most English-language editors will look. Since most of the group were completely unfamiliar with our methods and customs, I am currently writing a group E-mail. Oh, and I'm going to put a copy of this reply in your English Wikipedia User Talk Page. Jim.henderson (talk) 01:36, 10 December 2024 (UTC)