User talk:JocularJellyfish/Archives/2018/June

This is an archive of User talk:JocularJellyfish. Please do not change it in any way. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 14:56, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Judges photos[edit]

Remember that little conversation this morning about trying to find judge's photos? Not 20 minutes after that conversation wrapped up, I stumbled into a nice collection from the 10th Circuit Historical Society. Talk about irony. :) In any event, I have already uploaded 10 of the images and attached them to their appropriate articles with about 22 images left to go, which I may finish today or tomorrow at the latest. So that gets us 32 photos we didn't have before. They are all of deceased judges from either the 10th Circuit or District Courts within the 10th Circuit and all are proper official photos. Safiel (talk) 19:58, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Safiel: Apologies for my very late reply here. That's a good find and hopefully there are more sources for other circuits to draw from. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 18:05, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Right Stuff June 2018[edit]

June 2018

FROM THE EDITOR

The Right Stuff Returns

By Lionelt

Fellow members, I'm pleased to announce the return of the newsletter of WikiProject Conservatism. And considering the recent downsizing at The Signpost the timing could not be better. The Right Stuff will help keep you apprised of what's happening in conservatism at Wikipedia and in the world. The Right Stuff welcomes submissions including position pieces, instructional articles, or short essays addressing important conservatism-related issues. Post submissions here.

Add the Project Discussion page to your watchlist for the latest updates at WikiProject Conservatism Watch (Discuss this story)

ARBITRATION REPORT

Russian Agents Editing at American Politics?

By Lionelt

After a series of unfortunate events largely self-created, bureaucrat and admin Andrevan was the subject of an Arbitration case for conduct unbecoming. Prior to the case getting underway Andrevan resigned as bureaucrat and admin. A widely discussed incident was when he suggested that some editors he described as "pro-Trump" were paid Russian agents. This resulted in a number of editors from varied quarters denouncing the allegations and voicing support for veteran editors including Winkelvi and the notorious MONGO.

Editors who faced Enforcement action include SPECIFICO (no action), Factchecker atyourservice (three month topic ban ARBAPDS), Netoholic (no action) and Anythingyouwant (indef topic ban ARBAPDS). (Discuss this story)

IN THE MEDIA

Breitbart Versus Wikipedia

By Lionelt

Breitbart News, in response to Facebook's decision to use Wikipedia as a source to fight fake news, has declared war on our beloved pedia. The article in Haaretz describes the Facebook arrangement as Wikipedia's "greatest test in years" as well as a "massive threat" to the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Breitbart's targeting of Wikipedia has resulted in an "epic battle" with respect to editing at the Breitbart article. The article has also recently experienced a dramatic increase in traffic with 50,000 visitors according to Haaretz. There is no love lost between Breitbart and Wikipedia where editors at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard have criticized the news websites unreliability and have compared it to The Daily Mail. (Discuss this story)

DISCUSSION REPORT

Liberty and Trump and Avi, Oh my!

By Lionelt

President Donald Trump Speaks at Liberty University Commencement Ceremony

There are several open discussions at the Project:

There is an RFC regarding Liberty University and its relationship to President Trump; see discussion
Activist and commentator Avi Yemini is listed at AFD; see discussion

Recently closed discussions include Anti-abortion movements which was not renamed, and an RFC at Trump–Russia dossier. (Discuss this story)

Delivered: 11:12, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

Quick note[edit]

Just want to tell you that I made a very tiny change to your template {{Template:ChiefJudgeDC}}. I basically compressed the template a wee bit to prevent the occurrence of white space I had been noticing following the template in articles. The change worked and the extra white space is gone. Safiel (talk) 18:57, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Safiel: Thanks for the fix to the template. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 18:06, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Template merger discussion[edit]

Hello, you may be interested in a discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 June 18#Condense federal court infoboxes. Ergo Sum 16:53, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach birthplace[edit]

Hi, Okay, so you noted that "other Puerto Ricans have U.S. in the birthplace parameter" Where? If I look at all the currently active judges listed, none of them have "U.S" listed as part of the parameter; that's why I changed it, for uniformity. If you ask an islander "Where you from?" They say, "Puerto Rico" not "Puerto Rico, United States" – to me, to have the "U.S." distinction just doesn't jive right. Snickers2686 (talk) 19:57, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Snickers2686: I looked at politicians such as Luis Fortuño and Pedro Pierluisi when considering whether or not to have "U.S." in the infobox. I am indifferent to the inclusion of "U.S." in the infobox, but I do prefer consistency. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 23:26, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Supreme Court[edit]

Think he'll stick to the list? Either way, I am sure you and Snickers2686 will have the nominee's page updated before the nominee even knows they've been nominated! :) Marquardtika (talk) 20:47, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Marquardtika: I'm pretty sure he will. But I may not get to the page on time because I'll be away from a computer the majority of July. :( – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 21:31, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Marquardtika and JocularJellyfish: I think he'll stick to that list. Several threads I'm watching are say Garland for boarder wall funding....I don't like that thought personally. Amul Thapar might be a good pick considering he was confirmed unopposed to the district court, plus he'd be the first Indian-American justice. If Trump's looking at women then it could be Amy Coney Barrett or Allison H. Eid but both have had short tenures on the appeals court. I doubt he'll pick a moderate, but something tells me Democrats will put up a fight over this pick just like Republicans did with Garland. McConnell has already said this pick, whoever it is, will be confirmed in the fall. Snickers2686 (talk) 21:53, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Marquardtika, Snickers2686, Safiel, and BD2412: We might want to get ahead of the president and do some copy-editing on the articles of potential nominees and Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates. Traffic has increased substantially already, and some cursory glances I've taken have already revealed somewhat dubious edits by IPs and/or newer accounts. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 22:21, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. I'm sure there is quite the flurry of interest in these pages. Marquardtika (talk) 03:12, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is awesome! It would be great to nominate promising article for A-Class. WikiProject Conservatism just setup a new A-Class Review and there's no waiting. A-Class is a higher quality than GA but not as rigorous as FA. – Lionel^(talk) 08:55, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Closing TfD[edit]

Would you be comfortable closing the open TfD about {{Infobox United States federal court}} at the TfD log so I can begin implementing the new template? Ergo Sum 01:30, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ergo Sum: I apologize, but I don't know how to do that. Also, isn't there an issue with me closing the discussion since I participated in it? However, when the discussion is closed, please let me know so I can assist you in implementing the template. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 01:41, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ergo Sum: I am familiar with closing discussions, but as I participated in that discussion, I can't close it either. However, I would expect that it will be formally closed anytime now, as it has gone the regular time length and was uncontested. Safiel (talk) 02:04, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I thought only the nominator was not allowed to close it. Either way, we can just wait it out. Ergo Sum 02:14, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]