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Welcome to my talk page I use the name Cullen328 on Wikipedia, but you can call me "Jim" because that's my real first name. If you want to start a new conversation, please click "New section" at the top of this page. I keep the old comments from July and August of 2009 that follow the "Contents" here, because these friendly words of greeting made me feel welcome when I first started editing Wikipedia.
The importance of a friendly greeting
Hello and welcome to my talk page. If you want to start a new conversation, please click "New section" at the top of this page. I keep the comments that follow from July and August of 2009 readily visible, because these friendly words of greeting made me feel welcome here on Wikipedia when I first started editing. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 17:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
Please offer your thoughts
I would appreciate comments and suggestions on any contributions I make. I am learning.Cullen328 (talk) 03:22, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
- Nice work on Jules Eichorn. He's been needing an article for a while. Will Beback talk 06:28, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
- If I may suggest, now that you've posted the Eichorn article the draft below might be deleted. It's your talk page to do with as you like, but it's a bit hard to edit around.
- As for formatting and pictures, a good way to learn is to look around at other articles to see what you think looks best. It can be helpful to break up long blocks of text into subsections. Perhaps it'd be possible to split the biography into two or three eras. Other than that, the formatting is usually kept fairly plain. As for photos, it's easy to upload them: the trick is in finding photos with appropriate licensing. If you have any personal photos then those'd be fine. There are might be pictures of the peaks he did first ascents on in the Wikicommons. File:Cathedral Peak.png is a so-so pic of Eichorn Pinnacle.
- As before, feel free to ask if you have any questions. There are several editors here who are mountaineers or just admirers of the Sierra, so you're in good company. Will Beback talk 21:13, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
- PS: Many editors create "sandbox" pages for drafting articles. For example, User talk:Cullen328/Sandbox. Will Beback talk 00:17, 1 August 2009
Your climber biographies
Hey Jim, just wanted to say welcome and thanks for your contributions to the Sierra Nevada climbing history articles. You're filling a niche that's been missing here, I look forward to working with you. --Justin (talk) 11:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
- I'll second that. Nice work on Allen Steck and welcome to Wikipedia. I don't know who you are planning to write up next but if your taking requests I think Peter Croft (climber) could really use a page. If you ever have any questions please ask. Thanks again for your great additions.--OMCV (talk) 02:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks Justin and OMCV. I am beginning work on Tom Frost and Glen Dawson. Comments on Norman Clyde would be welcomed. I will defintely read up on Peter Croft, OMCV. I am still "learning the ropes" in Wikipedia, to use a climbing analogy, and have all sorts of things in mind. My biggest challenge right now is getting permission to use images. My next biggest challenge is hiking to the top of Mt. Whitney with my wife in ten days - she's never been above 12,000 feet except for the train ride up Pikes Peak. As she's 56 and developing arthritis in her toes, it will be an accomplishment if she (and I) complete the Class 1 feat. Jim Heaphy (talk) 02:34, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- Debra and I made it to the summit of Mt. Whitney at 2:20 PM on Friday, September 11. Jim Heaphy (talk) 00:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year 2021 I hope your New Year holiday is enjoyable and the coming year is much better than the one we are leaving behind. Best wishes from Los Angeles. // Timothy :: talk |
working on a new page
hello jim, hope you are doing well. i am a beginner on wikipedia but i am auto correction user. i want to write an article on a ngo which is working very good in there respective field. a friend of mine wrote a article on that topic but it got deleted due to less third party source. can you suggest me something how to write an article which won't get deleted, also i have some credible third party source so i want to ask how can i mention them because they are external links. Devanshusharma569 (talk)devanshusharma569
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope your St. Patrick's Day is enjoyable and safe. Hopefully next year there will be more festive celebrations. Best wishes from Los Angeles. // Timothy :: talk |
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Request of Help on "Just the Facts" Tone
Hi Jim,
I am very new to Wikipedia. I got your feedback on the draft article located under PhoCoHaNoi. Thanks so much for your comments. I would greatly appreciate if you would spare some valuable time to highlight those parts from the draft that I need to pay close attentions to regarding the aspect that you raised. I know it would be a long shot to ask if you would even consider providing specific examples by directly editing them on the draft.
Lastly, I still do not know on how to submit the revision for review. I do not see any obvious buttons or pull-down menus from the Sandbox setting that would be able to allow to submit the article for review.
Thank you so much.
PhoCoHaNoi
- Hello, PhoCoHaNoi. I am not going to edit the draft myself, because I want this to be a learning exercise for you. Here are a few examples of unacceptable wording:
- "celebrating the 73-year history of outstanding men and women"
- "pioneering contributions"
- "sustained leadership and strategic vision"
- "Exceptional services to innovation ecosystem"
- "stimulating small business innovation, meeting the Air Force and DoD R&D needs, broadening participation in innovation and entrepreneurship, and boosting commercialization"
- " So, as Dr. Pham looked back now, he brought systems-theoretic science and control engineering principles, together with teamwork and interdisciplinary to bear fruition in solving warfighter engineering problems, various areas of specific focus for increased activities in space control autonomy and space domain awareness."
- It is not the job of a Wikipedia editor (you) to praise a person. Every trace of this non-neutral language must be removed. A Wikipedia article should never say "Person A is great!" Instead, it should say "Reliable source C reports that Expert B says that Person A is great", along with a reference to Reliable source C.
- As for how to submit your draft, I will explain that when the draft complies with the neutral point of view. Cullen328 Let's discuss it
Sending Messages to Other Editors
Hi Jim. I will deeply appreciate anything that you can do to help. How can I find out about other editors and send them messages? I recently looked for an article about The Italian Coffee Company that I had read years ago. However, I could not find it. I believe that this article should be available. I am a new editor and I have a big learning curve ahead of me. Maybe you can post to my talk page. I am user Mojosa17. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Heads up re blocked user
Hey, I don't know if this is a thing to check into or not, but going through the new user feed I spotted User:CorruptPolitican having been created by User:Tasmanianisation - who you blocked not long ago as a VOA. I'd assume the additional account should get dinged as well in a case like that? Thanks! Tony Fox (arf!) 05:56, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hello Tony Fox. I am surprised that these two accounts are connected, because Tasmanianisation is account creation blocked. I wonder how that happened. But CorruptPolitican hasn't yet edited. Strange. Cullen328 (talk) 17:02, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you for this [1]. I was distressed by that conduct. Your comment helped. Regards - GizzyCatBella🍁 18:28, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- GizzyCatBella, you are welcome. Cullen328 (talk) 22:32, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
Question from JonahHale (22:10, 5 May 2022)
How can I check notability of a person for Wikipedia page --JonahHale (talk) 22:10, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, JonahHale. Please read Wikipedia:Notability (people), which says
People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.
Cullen328 (talk) 22:31, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
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- Thanks, Doug Weller. I will think about it. Cullen328 (talk) 16:30, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).
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- Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
- Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.
- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
hi Cullen328! Im Nunavut1234 so i like editing and looking articles up. i know im new so i do changes btw --Nunavut1234 (talk) 21:39, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Nunavut1234. What is your question? Cullen328 (talk) 23:57, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
Thoughts on this
Hey, Cullen. I see you're active at the moment, could you give me your thoughts please on Readisten? There appears to be a somewhat good-faith reason for them being here, wanting to develop text-to-speech recordings, but there's no indication that's directly in the interest of Wikipedia. I've engaged them on their talk page but illicited no response yet. I'm finding it a little hard to gauge the next move. Obviously WP:UAA came to mind but i don't think a block is immediately warranted, but as i said i'm not entirely sure. Zindor (talk)
A Barnstar for you!
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Thank's for your copy edits on Lucy Westlake, I wrote it in a rather short period of time, and your cleanup has helped a lot! Sea Cow (talk) 01:04, 15 May 2022 (UTC) |
- Thank you very much, Sea Cow. You did a good job starting an article about a fascinating young woman. I took a look at your user page and noticed that you are the main author of Osprey Packs. So, here is my anecdote. Like Westlake, I too am a mountaineer, although much less accomplished. I climbed the west face of Mount Shasta in 2007, at age 55, which was both grueling and gratifying. I used a 30 year old backpack that was extremely uncomfortable. Two years later, my wife and I climbed Mount Whitney, California's highest peak. While preparing for that climb, I bought a new Osprey pack, and it was excellent. We made it to the summit on September 11, 2009, shortly after I started editing Wikipedia. So, I have very positive feelings about Osprey. Cullen328 (talk) 01:19, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- I'm heading on a backpacking trip myself this summer, with a Osprey pack, so I'll be crossing my fingers it holds up well enough. I'm going up a bit smaller mountain then you, my peak of the trail is about 12.4k feet above sea level, with a much smaller 2.7k prominence. Cheers! Sea Cow (talk) Sea Cow (talk) 01:28, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- Wow, Cullen, I never knew about your impressive mountaineering activities! Softlavender (talk) 01:41, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- LOL, Softlavender, not that impressive, really, although I enjoyed all of my climbs. There were some frightening moments, which adds to the memories. I climbed enough over nearly 40 years to proudly call myself a mountaineer, but not a particularly good mountaineer. I am the equivalent of a Little League baseball player who writes and edits encyclopedia articles about Major League Baseball players. Cullen328 (talk) 01:55, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Question from Qaismj (05:41, 17 May 2022)
Hello I need to create a page for my company , how to do that on your platform? --Qaismj (talk) 05:41, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Qaismj. Wikipedia does not have company pages. Instead, we have neutral, well referenced encyclopedia articles, many of which are about notable businesses. This is not a "platform"; it is an encyclopedia. When you say that you "need" to create a page (or article), experienced editors will push back. Your personal needs are of no interest here and you should not discuss your "needs" any further. All that experienced editors care about is improving the encyclopedia, not the subjective needs of any individual editors. There is a very structured successful process for writing new articles, which is described at Your first article. With regards to companies, the established standard is Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Read that carefully, because experienced editors take it very seriously. If you have any direct connection to the subject of your article writing, then read and comply with Conflict of interest, and if applicable, the mandatory Paid contribution disclosure. Cullen328 (talk) 05:59, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
WP:MINORS
Hello! Awhile back I noticed this edit [2] which sadly was unchallenged for a month. It happens, and who watches essays anyway. There's been some disruption this year, but not at RfPP level. However, because of the sensitive topic, it could be a good idea to put a greylock on it anyway. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:47, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Gråbergs Gråa Sång. I have semi-protected that page for a month. Let me know if you see any further disruption. Cullen328 (talk) 15:33, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- Will do! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:35, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
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Help on publishing notable article and association
Hi Jim, Good day. I just submitted my draft article regarding the nonprofit association AMASS Association Friends of Cancer Patients (Arabic Name: جمعية أصدقاء مرضى السرطان -the Arabic word “AMASS” means in need of help and assistance) is a Saudi Arabian volunteer-based, non-profit, charitable organization that aims to provide psychological and moral support to cancer patients and their families, and to educate and spread health awareness to the community about the disease and the importance of early detection.
It was declined by one of the admin of wikipedia. I would like to ask your help to make it better to meet a standard for official Wikipedia page please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amasssaudi (talk • contribs) 08:18, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
Question from Vexillologer (01:06, 23 May 2022)
Hello --Vexillologer (talk) 01:06, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello to you too, Vexillologer. However, "Hello" is not question. Do you have a question? Cullen328 (talk) 01:12, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- I created a draft Draft:Tayabas Western Academy but there is an existing article with the same name Tayabas Western Academy. How can I delete my draft? Vexillologer (talk) 01:27, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- Vexillologer, place the following speedy deletion tag on the first line of the draft:
- I created a draft Draft:Tayabas Western Academy but there is an existing article with the same name Tayabas Western Academy. How can I delete my draft? Vexillologer (talk) 01:27, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
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U5
Hi, Jim. I see you used a WP:U5 speedy deletion tag in draft space, not user space, at Draft:The Game Clone theory. Was that a mistake, or an intentional application of IAR? JBW (talk) 06:18, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, JBW. It was a mistake. You are correct that WP:G11 applies instead. Thanks for pointing out the error. Cullen328 (talk) 15:13, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
Great response
You gave a great response to User:ItsAmmon over at the Teahouse (== what the freak? ==). You regulars at the Teahouse and Help Desk are awesome. 73.127.147.187 (talk) 08:18, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
Apparent block evader on Salvatore Cordileone
Hi - since you were the blocking admin, notifying you of this recent edit. Don't want to revert myself as not sure if it would be considered edit warring. Might want to semi the page. Funcrunch (talk) 18:44, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
block evasion on your block of 108.48.147.41
108.48.147.41 (talk · contribs) was blocked at ANI and eventually at RR3 for three months, including talk page access for edit warring and threatening to sock and continue the edit war on Funland (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware). The user is now using 2600:4040:21D4:700:FC88:1F33:57BA:5840 (talk · contribs) to continue the discussion on the original IP's talk page. Meters (talk) 21:44, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, Meters. I blocked the fresh IP. Cullen328 (talk) 01:12, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- He's persistent, now evading on 2600:4040:21d4:700:ac91:8658:2682:9819 (talk · contribs) Meters (talk) 07:06, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- There's no other IP traffic on that /64 range. Meters (talk) 07:15, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker). A /64 range is normally one person. I've extended Jim's 6-month block to 2600:4040:21d4:700::/64. Bishonen | tålk 07:22, 28 May 2022 (UTC).
Advice on an AFD
Hey there. I'm looking for advice on an AFD I participated in that is coming up on its seven days, but that I think could use some more eyes after discussion kind of stalled. I don't want to get dinged for canvassing, but I do have some concerns about it that I'd definitely be expressing if I wasn't involved. I've already left a notice at a related WikiProject that has not generated any response. Would you have any suggestions on how I could get more input without being perceived as canvassing? Thanks! Tony Fox (arf!) 00:45, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Tony Fox. Not being a mind reader, I do not know for sure which AfD you are referring to, but I did see one that you are involved with that seems to be subject to brigading by SPAs. They could be sockpuppets or they could be meatpuppets but it seems highly unlikely that three brand new accounts would stumble almost simultaneously on an AfD debate, all claiming expert knowledge. I tagged the comments by the SPAs and would be inclined to count on the closing administrator to detect baloney. I certainly will not close that AfD, because we could both be accused of misconduct, and that would be unpleasant. But maybe that is not the AfD that you were alluding to. I recently moved to a new house and do not have immediate access to either my Crystal ball or my Ouija board, both of which are hidden somewhere in a gigantic pile of cardboard boxes stacked up in my new garage. As for drawing in opinions from other editors, sometimes the picture is clear to uninvolved administrators and more input is not really required. I am, after all, the eternal optimist. Cullen328 (talk) 01:56, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- I'm probably being too cautious about canvassing, honestly, I'm still finding areas of the place that have become more stringent and careful about misconduct. I do appreciate you taking a look - I do find that your insight is always helpful, and I agree that in this case it's likely that uninvolved admins will make a good call. Thanks! Tony Fox (arf!) 02:59, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello again, Tony Fox. It is good to hear from you. Please feel free to drop by my talk page at anytime, to discuss the encyclopedia. Cullen328 (talk) 05:07, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
Question from Yusuf Tansalic (09:07, 1 June 2022)
Hi
I need our company google descp. How do I do it ? Can you give me some information? --Yusuf Tansalic (talk) 09:07, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Yusuf Tansalic. Wikipedia has no direct connection with Google. If you want to write about your company, then you need to make the mandatory Paid contribution disclosure. Then read the NCORP |Notability guideline for companies. If your company meets that guideline (most companies don't), follow the instructions at Your first article to write a draft, and submit it through the Articles for creation process. Cullen328 (talk) 16:03, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Question from Aaa232355 (15:03, 1 June 2022)
Hello Mr. Cullen
This is more of a in depth question about Wikipedia as a whole. The question is what is the point of the free encyclopedia? Why should we invest in Wikipedia? --अथर्व कॉल (talk) 15:03, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Aaa232355. Please read Wikipedia. I am not sure what you mean by "invest". This is a volunteer project. Cullen328 (talk) 16:07, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
You guys ask me to give you a tip every few years. अथर्व कॉल (talk) 19:52, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hello, Aaa232355. You must be referring to the Wikimedia Foundation which provides the servers and programmers. Wikipedia volunteers work independently and have no direct connection to the WMF. Cullen328 (talk) 22:09, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).
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- Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
- The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.
- Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
- An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.
Question from Dwimu KB (14:07, 3 June 2022)
Textile technology in medieval India --Dwimu KB (talk) 14:07, 3 June 2022 (UTC)