User talk:JayJasper/Archive 5

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Independent Greens of Virginia

You have a previous edit on this article or its discussion, so FYI: Talk:Independent Greens of Virginia#Material by editor "PonchoChet". Let's try to make the article better. -Colfer2 (talk) 20:07, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. I'll see what I can do.--JayJasper (talk) 00:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject United States

Hello, JayJasper/Archive 5! WikiProject United States, an outreach effort supporting development of United States related articles in Wikipedia, has recently been restarted after a long period of inactivity. As a user who has shown an interest in United States related topics we wanted to invite you to join us in developing content relating to the United States. If you are interested please add your Username and area of interest to the members page here. Thank you!!!

--Kumioko (talk) 18:10, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to the Project! Please let me know if you have any questions, commments or suggestions.--Kumioko (talk) 20:35, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite. I'm happy to contribute in whatever way I can.--JayJasper (talk) 20:40, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiXDC: Wikipedia 10th Birthday!

You are invited to WikiXDC, a special meetup event and celebration on Saturday, January 22 hosted by the National Archives and Records Administration in downtown Washington, D.C.

Date: January 22, 2011 (tentatively 9:30 AM - 5 PM)
Location: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), downtown building, Pennsylvania Avenue & 7th St NW.
Description: There will be a behind-the-scenes tour of the National Archives and you will learn more about what NARA does. We will also have a mini-film screening featuring FedFlix videos along with a special message from Jimmy Wales. In the afternoon, there will be lightning talks by Wikimedians (signup to speak), wiki-trivia, and cupcakes to celebrate!
Details & RSVP: Details about the event are on our Washington, DC tenwiki page.

Please RSVP soon as possible, as there likely will be a cap on number of attendees that NARA can accommodate.

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New Years Message for WikiProject United States

With the first of what I hope will be monthly newsletters I again want to welcome you to the project and hope that as we all work together through the year we can expand the project, create missing articles and generally improve the pedia thought mutual cooperation and support. Now that we have a project and a solid pool of willing members I wanted to strike while the iron is hot and solicite help in doing a few things that I believe is a good next step in solidifiing the project. I have outlined a few suggestions where you can help with on the projects talk page. This includes but is not limited too updating Portal:United States, assessing the remaining US related articles that haven't been assessed, eliminating the Unrefernced BLP's and others. If you have other suggestions or are interested in doing other things feel free. I just wanted to offer a few suggestions were additional help is needed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions or you can always post something on the projects talk page. If you do not want to recieve a monthly message please put an * before your name on the members page.--Kumioko (talk) 03:32, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Date on Pawlenty article

Hi, JayJasper - just a quick note: the Weekly Standard article is dated the 17th of Jan; presumably the date the magazine is supposed to come out. Since we back-date news stories from a few days ago, I assume the same would be done for articles to come out in the future, and therefore listing it as the 17th of Jan, rather than 7th, is correct. SE7^Talk/_Contribs 19:29, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey SE7, duly noted and corrected. That was actually an inadvertant revert. Funny thing, it seems you and I were updating Cain to the Declared section at just about the same time. When I went to make the change, I got the "edit conflict" message and when it cleared, you had made virtually the same change I was in the process of making! I then decided to refine the ref & website links, so - to make it easy - I cut & pasted the preview page from by the previously attempted edit. In so doing so, I unintentionally reversed some of your recent changes that I was unaware of, which - as you can now see - has been fixed.--JayJasper (talk) 19:51, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Presidential election templates

See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States presidential elections#United States presidential election, YYYY templates and third-party candidates. Wasted Time R (talk) 15:15, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

PPI Research Update

First, thanks JayJasper, I am in awe of the work the assessment team did for this project. The results from the quantitative metric assessments were amazing, really. Check out what your work shows about Wikipedia article quality - I think it’s exciting, but you’ve probably figured out by now that I’m a bit of a nerd. A summary is posted on the Assessment page and a report will be on the Outreach wiki.
Second, I wanted to ask if you haven’t done many assessments on the Student post articles, to please do a couple; articles toward the bottom have only 1 or none assessments. I know some of the material is pretty dry, but this assessment is the most important one for the fall semester and this assessment will be the primary method of showing article quality to the project grant funder. So please do a couple if you possibly can. HUGE Thanks - ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 07:48, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

New WikiProject United States Newsletter: February 2011 edition

Starting with the February 2011 issue WikiProject United States has established a newsletter to inform anyone interested in United States related topics of the latest changes. This newsletter will not only discuss issues relating to WikiProject United States but also:

Portal:United States
the United States Wikipedians Noticeboard
the United States Wikipedians collaboration of the Month - The collaboration article for February is Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
and changes to Wikipolicy, events and other things that may be of interest to you.

You may read or assist in writing the newsletter, subscribe, unsubscribe or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following this link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page or the Newsletters talk page. --Kumioko (talk) 20:48, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

NFL MVP

Putting this on your talk page, as you are the last Named user to edit the page

NFL MVP Edits

It seems some Patriots fan really want Tom Brady to be the first Winner of over 9000 NFL MVP awards. I don't have much experience, but I know he did not achieve that milestone. I have reverted to your version, but if someone can keep an eye on the page that would be nice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.126.29.47 (talk) 02:22, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the alert. I'll be watching the page, as will others I'm sure.--JayJasper (talk) 16:26, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the merger request at The Constitution Project

Lord do I suck at that. I have never gotten it right.--Yachtsman1 (talk) 22:26, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem. You're quite welcome :)--JayJasper (talk) 22:28, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Wikimania 2012 bid, DC chapter & next meetup!

At WikiXDC in January, User:Harej proposed that DC submit a bid to host Wikimania 2012. A bid and organizing committee is being formed and seeks additional volunteers to help. Please look at our bid page and sign up if you want to help out. You can also signup for the bid team's email list.
To support the Wikimania bid, more events like WikiXDC, and outreach activities like collaborations with the Smithsonian (ongoing) and National Archives, there also has been discussion of forming Wikimedia DC, as an official Wikimedia chapter. You can express interest and contribute to chapter discussions on the Wikimedia DC Meta-Wiki pages.
To discuss all this and meet up with special guest, Dutch Wikipedian User:Kim Bruning, there will be a meetup, Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 16 this Tuesday at 7pm, at Capitol City Brewery, Metro Center. There will be a pre-meetup Wikimania team meeting at 6pm at the same location.

Apologies for the short notice for this meetup, but let's discuss when, where & what for DC Meetup #17. Also, if you haven't yet, please join wikimedia-dc mailing list to stay informed. Cheers, User:Aude (talk)

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Public Policy Initiative Recruiting Assessors for Spring

Hi JayJasper, Your work assessing article quality is really valuable and generated some excellent results from fall semester. The assessment process has been streamlined and dates are clearly posted for the upcoming assessment rounds. The Initiative has a lot more classes signed up for spring, so I would like to recruit some more Wikipedian assessors, and I was hoping you could help with that. I think community members would be more likely to participate if they are recruited by Wikipedians like yourself who have a good reputation. The strategy that worked last semester was to leave an individual message on the talk pages of non-adversarial Wikipedians. I looked for people by contributions to public policy related articles and those active on the 1.0 Editorial Team. I usually mentioned in the message what specifically about their work history made me think they would be a good assessment team participant. This is super time consuming to contact like 50 people, but only doing a few is not so bad. Also, I am looking for feedback about assessing with PPI, so please check out the discussion on the assessment tab, and let me know there if you have a chance to recruit some other assessors. I hope you are looking forward to another great semester working on this project. Drop me a line - ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 06:54, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

missed vandal edit

Hello, and thank you for removing vandalism from Article One of the United States Constitution. This is much appreciated, but unfortunately your repair was not successful in restoring the article to its pre-vandalised state. For future reference, it is better to deal with vandalism by checking the article's page history to determine how it appeared before it was vandalised. You can then restore the whole article, or the relevant part of it, to an appropriate earlier version. If you simply delete the visible vandalism then any content removed or overwritten by the vandal is lost. See How to deal with vandalism for details. Thank you. Ooppsss! You missed the previous edit. (See: [1]) That's fine -- I got it. And I've made the same mistake myself a few times. --S. Rich (talk) 21:54, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, and for reverting the vandalism I missed. Typically, I do check the page's history before reverting vandalism in order to return it to the pre-vandalized state, but I obviously forgot to do so this time. I'll try to be more mindful of this in the future. Thanks again.--JayJasper (talk) 04:37, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

hi

I didn't see anywhere that Ron Paul served in the Air Force as a surgeon in the Vietnam war and served in the National Guard. I'm completely new to Wiki and wasn't quite sure how to add this information and saw in the history that you add quite a bit of information so I think you know what you're doing which is why I contacted you. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcrist82 (talk • contribs) 00:16, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Jcrist82, and welcome to Wikipedia! I could not locate a reliable source confirming that Paul was a surgeon in the Vietnam War. It is my understanding that he was an Air Force surgeon during the War but was never actually served in Vietnam. His service as a USAF surgeon was already mentioned in the article, but the statement had been unsourced until I added a citation. I would not have thought to do this had you not sought my assistance, so thanks for bringing this to my attention. The citation I found also mentioned his National Guard service which - as you pointed out - was missing from the article, so I added it. I hope my contribution was helpful, as I am happy to be of assistance. To further assist you, I'll send a "welcome package" to your talk page with some helpful links that will show you how to add information as well as spell out the basics of contributing to Wikipedia. Cheers!--JayJasper (talk) 03:46, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Explanation of exploratory committees

I just wanted to stop by and mention that I thought your explanation of exploratory committees in Talk:United States presidential election, 2012 was very informative. Monty₈₄₅ 05:41, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.--JayJasper (talk) 02:45, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Assessment with WP:USPP is the ultimate!

hi JayJasper,
A new assessment round is posted. This round is mostly starts and stubs, so evaluation should be really quick. WP:USPP Assessment 2.1
The Public Policy Initiative is super exciting this term. The topics are really interesting this term and the student's are producing some really good quality content. Recent numbers indicate that our project is actually contributing a significant amount of content to Wikipedia. There is a group of about 20 subject matter experts who are assessing, but the Wikipedians are so consistent, that I really need your scores to measure article quality.
On another note, are you going to Wikimania? I am looking for people to co-present with, so let me know if you are! Best, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 20:54, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks JayJasper, I saw you already assessed some. The topics for the articles this term are way more exciting aren't they? best, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 05:54, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

I agree, the topics are more exciting overall. Best wishes for continued success with the project, I am happy to be a contributor!--JayJasper (talk) 18:31, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

RFC on Bot template page

Hi JayJasper. Just wondered if you would like to comment on the Bot template page where a discussion about the change of the icon that trial bots use has been started. I feel more input is required before consensus is reached. You are reciving this message as you are signed up for the RFC service. Thank you. Cj005257 (talk) 18:39, 10 April 2011 (UTC).

Thanks for the posting. I'll give it a look.--JayJasper (talk) 16:25, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

DC Meetup: May 7 @ Tenleytown Library

The next DC Wikimedia meetup is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, 3:30-5:30 pm at the Tenleytown Library (adjacent to the Tenleytown Metro Station, Red Line), followed by dinner & socializing at some nearby place.

This is the first official meeting of our proposed Wikimedia DC chapter, with discussion of bylaws and next steps. Other agenda items include, update everyone on our successful Wikimania bid and next steps in the planning process, discuss upcoming activities that we want to do over the summer and fall, and more.

Please RSVP here and see a list of additional tentatively planned meetups & activities for late May & June on the Wikipedia:Meetup/DC page.

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James Eric Davidson

Hi there. You contributed to this article back in 2008; I have recently nominated it for deletion. If you're interested, your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Eric Davidson (2nd nomination). Robofish (talk) 00:06, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

New Assessment for article improvements with PPI

hi JayJasper,
Another assessment round is posted. This round is the follow-up to the previous assessment, so it should reflect some big improvements to the articles. WP:USPP Post Assessment 2.1
There is a group of about 25 subject matter experts who are assessing, and last week I sent them a tutorial video on how to leave comments on talk pages. So if you see any newcomers on the discussion pages, please help me welcome them.
You are doing a really amazing job, in fact, here at WMF, we are using your ratings as the “gold standard” to test the Article Feedback Tool and see how well it works. I will be presenting lots of research in the coming months. Thank You! Best, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:23, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) has given you a WikiCake! WikiCakes promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cake, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Bon appetit!

Thanks JayJasper for your work assessing articles!

Spread the tastiness of cakes by adding {{subst:GiveCake}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Hi JayJasper, your work is very appreciated and I hope you will join WP:USPP for the last 2 assessment rounds this spring! best, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 21:27, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the "cake"! It's been a pleasure working on the project, and I definitely plan to stick around for the last 2 rounds.--JayJasper (talk) 04:24, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

WP:USPP Spring Assessment 3

hi JayJasper,

Thanks for helping with assessment! There is a new assessment posted here. There are 25 articles in both this assessment and the next/final assessment. There was a huge amount of content that got added this term, hopefully the randomly selected articles will show it to be high quality. You should see some results form the assessments in the coming months. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 19:44, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

United States Bill of Rights has been selected as the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for June 2011

The United States Bill of Rights article has been selected as the United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month for June 2011. The goal this month is to get this article to Good Article standards or better by July 4th, 2011. You can also vote for next months article of the Month or submit a candidate for article of the month here. --Kumioko (talk) 16:10, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Democratic Party (United States) presidential candidates, 2012

When you put someone out of the CURRENT prospective candidates you must put to the FORMER prospective candidates.--46.12.12.181 (talk) 08:49, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Can you answer please?--178.128.183.42 (talk) 15:27, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Please see this discussion. Thanks.--JayJasper (talk) 18:14, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Politicians arrested and charges with corruption

You are invited for discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 June 1 and also Category talk:Politicians arrested and charges with corruption--- . Shlok _{talk .} 17:38, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Inclusion standard

Do you still agree with the standard used at United States presidential election, 2012?--William S. Saturn (talk) 18:45, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm going to be jumping into that discussion very shortly. I've been observing that exchange for a while now from the sidelines in part because when I first became aware of it, it was moving so quickly that it took time to digest all the various arguments being put forth. And also in part because I was hearing many viewpoints worthy of consideration from all sides of the debate and decided I'd wait until having taken them all into account before commenting. I plan within the next day or two to take a shot at playing diplomat and put forth some ideas that I think, or at least hope, will help bridge the gap between the warring factions. That may prove to be a Herculean task, but I'm going to give it a go. Oh, and to answer your question: in a nutshell, I mostly still agree with the existing standard, but have a particular sticking point where WP:WEIGHT is concerned which prevents me from giving an unqualified "yes" at the present time. I'll address that concern, among other things, when I submit the aforementioned proposals.--JayJasper (talk) 22:26, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Last PPI Assessment!!!

hi JayJasper,

We finally made it, this is the last assessment request for the Public Policy Initiative! I was really impressed with the content the students developed this term, I hope you enjoyed it too. The last set of articles is at Student Post 2.2. I will keep you updated on results and publications. Thanks ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 05:22, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank You! JayJasper, your assessments made a big contribution toward quality evaluation. I will keep you posted on the research and results that come out in the coming months. All the best, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 17:00, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

It's been a pleasure to contribute, and I look forward to hearing from you again!--JayJasper (talk) 17:15, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

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WikiProject Presidential elections

I wanted to let you know that I'm not sure how much interest there is in adding presidential elections to the list of projects supported by WPUS. You are the only one the really commented on it but I know there are other members of the project so I am hesitant in moving forward at the moment. I will be out of town for the next couple weeks starting saturday but if there is interest we can look into it once I get back. --Kumioko (talk) 13:55, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

You might get more responses if you specify a bit more about how being supported by WPUS would benefit the project. You might also want to message the active members of WPUSPE, with a direct link to the thread on the WPUS talk page, and ask for their input. Just suggestions. Thanks for the posting.--JayJasper (talk) 16:37, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, will do. --Kumioko (talk) 16:40, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Jack Fellure

On 7 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jack Fellure, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that American perennial candidate Jack Fellure, whose platform is based on the Authorized 1611 King James Bible, received the 2012 presidential nomination of the Prohibition Party? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--William S. Saturn (talk) 00:07, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for posting this.--JayJasper (talk) 04:22, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

PPI Assessment research in FastCompany

Hi JayJasper, I wanted to let you know that FactCompany.com reported the Public Policy Initiative research. They noticed all of our hard work on article quality assessment! And, I presented some preliminary results of the Public Policy Initiative today at the Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit; it was very well received by academics. They were impressed with the rigor of the research and that is due in large part to your efforts. So yet again, Thank YOU! I will keep you posted as I continue to get the results out there. Also, if you would like a token of appreciation (aka Wikipedia swag) send me an email (aroth@wikimedia.org) with your address and I will get a package out to you later this month. all the best, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 02:29, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the report. It's good to know that our efforts were useful & appreciated!-JayJasper (talk) 03:19, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

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Smithsonian Archives of American Art Backstage Pass

Archives of American Art Backstage Pass! - You are invited!

The Smithsonian is hosting its first Backstage Pass at the Archives of American Art on Friday, July 29. 10 Wikimedians will experience the behind the scenes aspects of archiving the world's largest collection of documents and photographs related to American art. After a complimentary lunch, an edit-a-thon will take place and prizes will be awarded. Followed by an evening happy hour. We hope you'll participate! SarahStierch (talk) 14:15, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

GLAM-Wiki Baltimore meetup

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Summit Research Summary

Hi JayJasper,

Here is a brief summary of the results that I presented at the Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit. Unless you request otherwise, I will keep you posted as the research results come out. ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 22:42, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, and by all means continue to keep me posted as the research results become available.--JayJasper (talk) 23:51, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject National Archives Newsletter

The first ever WikiProject National Archives newsletter has been published. Please read on to find out what we're up to and how to help out! There are many opportunities for getting more involved. Dominic·t 21:28, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject National Archives Newsletter
July 2011

News

From our recent uploads:

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Special requests:

This section includes special requests from the NARA staff:

Ongoing

New contributions

A list of some recent contributions to the project:

Future plans

Major image contribution The National Archives has hundreds of thousands of digitized documents in its holdings. We are working on a bulk upload to Commons of one particular cache of about 123,000 TIFF master files in the next few days! Once uploaded, these will require a massive community effort to help categorize the files on Commons and add them to articles on Wikipedia or transcribe them on Wikisource.	Inclusion in the online catalog We are currently working on a system for including links to pages on Wikimedia projects in the National Archives online catalog. The Wikimedia projects are hosting an increasing number of transcriptions of National Archives documents and high-quality image and video files that are not available through NARA's own site. Links to these Wikimedia pages in the documents' actual catalog records will benefit the end user by providing them access to further resources about the documents, and they will also demonstrate the National Archives commitment to supporting Wikimedians' efforts.
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July 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States

The July 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

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DC Meetup, July 29

DC Meetup 21 - Who should come? You should. Really.
	DC MEETUP 21 is July 29! This meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. See you Friday! SarahStierch (talk) 16:32, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Need your help...

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Sacco & Vanzetti

Hi, I am pretty new to Wikipedia - at least when it comes to editing - and made a small change to the Sacco & Vanzetti page today. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but would you mind dropping me a short note why you reverted it? Many thanks Fmueller (talk) 02:42, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi Fmueller, welcome to Wikipedia and thanks for contributing. This is the edit you're referring to. Usually, I leave an explanation in the edit summary when making changes (reverts or otherwise), but forgot to do so this time, my apologies for that. I reverted the edit because a) it was unsourced; and b) it was unclear what was meant by "rehabilitated" in this context (perhaps you meant to use a different word?). I hope you didn't find the revert discouraging, after all, there's a certain amount of trial-and-error involved when you're a new editor (that was certainly true for me), and hope you'll continue to edit Wikipedia and enjoy it. Thanks for contacting me, and please don't hesitate to do so again if I can be helpful in any way. BTW, ~~if you could elaborate on or clarify the statement you added to the article, I might be able to help you locate a source for it if you can't find one.~~ I rephrased the statement you intended to add to the article and added a source. All the best.--JayJasper (talk) 05:04, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for taking the time to respond to my inquiry. Since I didn't even log in for making the initial change to the article, I guess I should not complain about you not leaving an explanation for reverting it! Anyhow, I appreciate the need to source everything that's added, and I should have done so, especially since what I added is already contained later on in the article - sourced and in more detail - under "Dukakis proclamation". I just thought it deserved more emphasis by being included in the intro of the article, and it seems you agree.

I struggled a bit with finding a word for what Dukakis did. I believe both "vindicate" and "exonerate" imply Vanzetti had been guilty and were pardoned. I then consulted the German language article, and found "rehabilitiert". When checking Merriam Webster for the English meaning, I found as second meaning of rehabilitate: "to restore to good repute : reestablish the good name of". This seems to be exactly what Dukakis had in mind when he said: "any disgrace should be forever removed from their names". In my opinion this goes further than just saying they had not received a fair trial. Greetings Fmueller (talk) 23:07, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

DC-area Meetup, Saturday, August 6

National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
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Comments requested

Hello Jasper. I just signed up several days ago, and I would appreciate your input on a discussion I am having, Talk:C/2010_X1here, specifically on the Conspiracy Theory section. I am dissatisfied with the way the discussion is being handled, and I would appreciate a second pair of eyes on the issue. Perhaps the problem is myself, I don't know. Any advise would be appreciated. Apologies for any inconvenience. Thanks Misha Atreides (talk) 12:47, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Spanish general election

This page move was incorrect. Aside from Canada and its provinces, jurisdictions without fixed terms, and even many with fixed terms, are parked at "Next [name of jurisdiction] election" until the year of the election is certain. See Next United Kingdom general election, Next Australian federal election, Next German federal election, and Next Japanese general election. (Canada uses ordinals, e.g., 42nd Canadian federal election, until the year is certain.) The reason is made clear by what happened after your page move: until you reach the point where an election can only happen in the last year of the mandate, any year in the title is speculative. Just 13 days after you moved the article to "Spanish general election, 2012", it had to be moved again to "Spanish general election, 2011" because Zapatero called a snap election. -Rrius (talk) 04:16, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

I can only plead ignorance & good faith. Point taken & duly noted. Thanks for setting me straight.--JayJasper (talk) 04:22, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

No probs, I was just pretty surprised when I was looking through the history and saw a move with that edit summary. -Rrius (talk) 04:58, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

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You're invited! Wikimedia DC Annual Membership Meeting

DC Meetup 23 & Annual Membership Meeting

Wikimedia District of Columbia, the newest officially recognized chapter, is holding its Annual Membership Meeting at 1pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library.

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election of the Board of Directors for the next two years
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DC-area Meetup, Saturday, October 8

National Archives Backstage Pass - Who should come? You should. Really.
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List of "Occupy" protest locations

Can you give me a hand fixing the citation overkill over at List of "Occupy" protest locations? User:Timeshifter has reverted back to the ref filled intro and apparently won't back down. Pristino (talk) 20:45, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

I just responded to your latest posting in that discussion - seemingly at the same time you were messaging me!--JayJasper (talk) 20:47, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Great, thanks! Pristino (talk) 21:28, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

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It appears you have an impersonator at AN/I

An IP editor who's been involved in a rather lengthy and acrimonious discussion at AN/I appears to have just decided to sign your name to one of his statements - see [10]! - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 07:06, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello, User:JayJasper. This kind of canvassing and dramatising, above, is very unsavory to me. I quoted you on the noticeboard. I've made clear note of this fact. There was not, isn't, and never was intended to be "impersonation." 99.12.181.124 (talk) 08:08, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

It wasn't clear at the time; and it's required to notify someone who has been mentioned at AN/I. It is not "canvassing". - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 17:36, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the notice. Glad to have the "impersonation" issue cleared up!--JayJasper (talk) 18:57, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

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You're invited! Wikipedia Loves Libraries DC

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Fine Art Edit-a-Thon & DC Meetup 26!

Fine Art Edit-a-Thon & Meetup - Who should come? You should. Really.

FINE ART EDIT-A-THON & DC MEETUP 26 is December 17! The Edit-a-Thon will cover fine art subjects from the Federal Art Project and the meet up will involve Wikipedians from the area as well as Wiki-loving GLAM professionals. You don't have to attend both to attend one (but we hope you do!) Click the link above and sign up & spread the word! See you there! SarahStierch (talk) 16:20, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

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Re: Thanks....

You're most certainly welcome. I'm not sure if I actually performed the edit you had intended, but I gave it a shot nonetheless. :) Have yourself a great day, and happy editing! -- WikHead (talk) 04:40, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

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Wondering if can provide a little help

JayJasper,

I noticed you are the original creator of the 2012 independent presidential candidates. I recently have become a 2012 presidential candidate. I have provided my information below. If you or you could refer me to someone that may help in building a first page - since I believe that is what is required to be submitted to the 2012 independent page. I do not have any programming experience, yet I am making an effort to gradually learn. I would greatly appreciate the contribution on your behalf or your references behalf. I am trying to become more familiar with the wikipedia format and this is the only way I knew of contacting you. Further correspondence, if possible, can be made to the following address, showuscitizenshowtorun@mail.com.

Thank you,

Brandon Dean

'Brandon Dean (Born July 12, 1977), is an independent candidate for President of the United States. He is currently the youngest candidate in the 2012 Election Campaign; as well, he is the youngest candidate ever to run for office of presidency that would be eligible to take office once elected. He is currently 34 years old and will be 35 years old at the time of the November election. He has never ran for any other political office before this. His campaign committee is "Showing U.S. Citizens How To Run For President." The purpose of his running is to show every detail of the candidacy process; as Brandon Dean says, "It is an experiential candidacy, I want to make the dream of becoming president of the United States of America more accessible to every American citizen."

Dean is current a full time respiratory therapist, or an RRT (Registered Respiratory Therapist). In 2008, Dean graduated from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences with a degree in CardoPulmonary Care. He holds licensure as a Respiratory Care Practitioner in Oklahoma and Arkansas. He also graduated from University of the Ozarks, in Clarksville, AR with a degree in Business Administration. He is the founder of LifeMatching, a personal matchmaking company; and is founder of Brimful Productions, an experimental video and media company.

Brandon Dean was originally born in Fort Smith, Arkansas at St. Edwards Hospital. He has lived in many cities in Arkansas including Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Harrison, Batesville, Conway, Little Rock. He currently resides in Owasso, Oklahoma and commutes to Tulsa to work everyday.

File:/Users/brandondean/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Previews/2011/12/10/20111210-145222/IMG 2018.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by BDean1977 (talk • contribs) 21:38, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas

--William S. Saturn (talk) 00:37, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, William. Hope you are having an enjoyable holiday season as well!--JayJasper (talk) 04:39, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

WP:INSURMOUNTABLE

Hi. You expressed interest on WP:VPR in an essay to help out newbies. I've started a rough draft of this essay. Could you please take a look? Feel free to make changes.--v/r - T P 00:25, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

I'll be happy to look it over, as I really like the idea.--JayJasper (talk) 04:50, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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National Archives ExtravaSCANza

You are invited to the National Archives ExtravaSCANza, taking place every day next week from January 4–7, Wednesday to Saturday, in College Park, Maryland (Washington, DC metro area). Come help me cap off my stint as Wikipedian in Residence at the National Archives with one last success!

This will be a casual working event in which Wikipedians are getting together to scan interesting documents at the National Archives related to a different theme each day—currently: spaceflight, women's suffrage, Chile, and battleships—for use on Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons. The event is being held on multiple days, and in the evenings and weekend, so that as many locals and out-of-towners from nearby regions¹ as possible can come. Please join us! Dominic·t 01:22, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

¹ Wikipedians from DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, and Pittsburgh have been invited.