User talk:Jason Potter

Hello Jason, welcome to Wikipedia. Here are some useful links in case you haven't already found them;

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Titanic Characters

Jason, Kiehl and Hawkins are two fictional 1st Class passengers who, at one time, were popular in Titanic tales. Kiehl was a history teacher, from Washington D.C., and Hawkins was a flamboyant, Spanish-American War veteran. I find it odd that you haven't heard of them. I guess they aren't as popular now as they used to be. Anyway, I hear that they will soon be making a comeback. An author (who's name I can't remember for the life of me) will be including the men in an upcoming novel about the Titanic, set for release around the 100th anniversary of the sinking. If I ever remember the name of the author, I will let you know.

need your help on two RFCs

Please visit these pages and post a comment in support with an example of how this is true. Thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User:Gamaliel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User:Robert_McClenon 24.147.97.230 17:20, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Human evolution project

Hello Jason. Sorry about the delayed response, but my Wikitime has been seriously cut short lately.

Of course, I'm thrilled that you found and used my template. I've been hoping to use it for some time now, but haven't been able to.

ClockworkSoul 01:39, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

RE: Requested Moves — Handicapping → Handicap theory

It would be rather simple to fix the redirect of Handicapping and I have just created a redirect for Handicap Theory to the lowercased Handicap theory. However, I do not think that Handicapping would be appropriate as a redirect to the article you requested it redirect to. The references I have hitherto seen and the associations hitherto had with the word handicapping was in reference to the practice and method of sports scoring used to advantage less-talented or less-able players when competing against talented/able players through the use of a head start, or a point advantage. Much to my surprise, no article on handicapping (even this definition) existed until you started it yesterday. Thus, as a compromise, I would like to see an article on Handicapping regarding the more prevalent sports scoring method/practice, but in order to assuage the need you have to reference the evolutionary phenomenon of Handicap theory, it would be more than reasonable to have a disambiguation disclaimer at the top of the article stating something to the effect of: If you are seeking information regarding the biological theory, please see Handicap theory. Would that compromise be acceptable? I'll be watching your talk page, in addition to mine and the Requested Moves page for your response. Lacking that, I plan to go ahead with the compromise I propose. —ExplorerCDT 02:50, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Human evolution

Hey you reverted out my contribution in Human evolution!!

Nowhere in all the pages about human evolutino is there a discussion on the point Imade. Dont you think that the point where we began to 'think' is relevant? the point where we stopped being 'clever apes' and started to have 'humanity'? Because I certainly do!!!

Please justify censoring this discussion, because I see no reason not to include it, whatever happened to NPOV ?

Lincolnshire Poacher

Hmm, whe bit I added wasnt 'original research'. That which I wrote is the current mainstrean consensus, read a few magazines liek Scientific American., Nature, and New Scientist.#

As as result of your revert, wikipedia still doesnt have a discussion about humanity, when it occurred, and how. I think your position that its not relevant is mind boggling,. Its the single most significant paradigm shift ever to accur to our species!!!!

Lincolnshire Poacher

Image copyright tags

Thanks for uploading Image:Neanderthal 1 langle.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, Tagishsimon (talk) 00:03, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Let us work on it

Ok. Ya wanna vfd my Facts of Reproduction page. Great. I want you to, because you aint gonna kill, ya only gonna make me stronger by forcin me re-write that thin super-fine and high-level academic quality. I thank you for that. You drive me to higher 'n higher quality that way. That is a good thin for Civil-i-zation. Now, you know I am already workin' on some other pages (and this pseudo-Appalanchean voice I write in is a pathetic cover-up for my careless typing, which I do right in my web browser to save me time). Shit! Just look at my work and ask yourself, am I hurtin' ye or am I hepin ya? Huh? Special:Contributions/Amorrow . If I make a mistake, eviscrerate me. I sure got it comin'. Just please continue communicating. Thank yew. Amorrow 01:47, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

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User:Jason Potter - I see where you participated in the matter concerning Abraham Lincoln's sexuality that was discussed and voted upon on Talk:Abraham Lincoln. There has been a lengthy and exhausting discussion surrounding this exact same issue at Talk:Elvis Presley and the archived Talk pages as well. Because this has the potential to create a new standard for what is acceptable sources, I thought that you might want to be aware of it.

If the policy consensus you and others arrived at on the Abraham Lincoln issue is set aside in the Presley article it will result in new ones for countless others. I think your group discussion that arrived at a determination of what constituted a proper source should be defined by the Wikipedia community and set as firm policy which would go a long way in helping to substantially reduce the tiresome and repeated edit wars. Thank you for your interest. Please note I have left the same message for others who worked on this matter. Ted Wilkes 20:16, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

It me again

Like you cannot guess. I have thought a bit about your evaluation of my involvement as a "game". Well, if you look at my overall contributions in articles, rather than the multi-user dugeon (MUD) that goes on in the duscussion tabs, you might think differently. Now that Amorrow is blocked, probably forever, you will not be able to monitor my further work, but just check out the Special/Contribs thing and re-evaluate, if you have the time to. As my home page is also blocked, you would have to use non-Wiki email, which is amorrow@earthlink.net, and get through several levels of spam filter, but keep it non-HTML and simple and that should work. Note that there is a non-null discussion tab on the recent vfd of interest. It is mostly about formalities, but you might want to think about it: "How does the vfd process differ from a lynch mob?". 165.247.212.93 02:01, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Christopher Hitchens

How can descriptions that are from an article in Wikipedia about Christopher Hitchens be bias? In fact, I believe it is relevant to the article to let people know that Hitchens is not only an atheist, someone who does not believe in God, but that he is also anti-religion. If Hitchens is going to be such a big factor to the article then his bias should be known within the article. Anything less would be biased. Dwain 19:11, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Crazy Uncle Bill

Please send him some sauerkraut with my compliments ;-) Karmafist 14:42, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Janelle Pierzina vote-for-deletion

Since you voted in the last vote-for-deletion, I thought I would mention there is a revote now going on at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Janelle Pierzina 2, due to complaints of the first vote. So, you are welcome to particpate again if you wish. --rob 23:17, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Primates category rework

After some good discussion on the talk for WP:PRIM with User:Marskell, I've begun work on cleaning up category:Early hominids. Please come to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Primates/category rework to weigh in your opinion on what direction to take. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:12, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Tip on handling vandalism

When reverting vandalism, I always find it best to simply go back to the version in the history I want to restore, click "Edit this page" and ignore the warning about editing an out-of-date version, rather than manually reversing the vandal's edits. For instance, in this edit [1] the vandal was very subtle about breaking all the creationist links (so subtle it's lasted almost a month). The first method would reverse everything he did on that edit, while the second might only catch the obvious difference as in this case. Vandals can be quite sneaky. — Laura Scudder | Talk 07:11, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

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Jesus, a historical reconstruction

I answered your comments on talk:Jesus (see part6)

(Mullerb 23:53, 19 December 2005 (UTC))

Dubious evolution claims

How exactly are my claims dubious? Have you read Gould's article I linked to in the talk page? If you do I think you'll agree my claims are not dubious but reflect scientific consensus. It is vital to distinguish between the fact of evolution (i.e. organisms change with time to adapt to their environment - "descent with modification") and the mechanism that EXPLAINS WHY organisms adapt to their environment over time. The primary mechanism that does this is the theory of natural selection (there is also, of course, sexual and artificial selection)... Mikkerpikker 21:08, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Helping Hand:

For major help on the Dinosaur article, -- Spawn Man 02:59, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm thanking everyone who helped me majorly in getting Dinosaur to the main page, especially on New Year's Day! It was not a one man job & I really appreciate the help you guys have done. Happy New Year! Spawn Man 02:59, 1 January 2006 (UTC) P.S. I don't get the thingy on your user page, kinda weird.... :)

virago

please consider this[2] Slrubenstein | Talk 23:20, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Neanderthal help/To do list

Hi, you left a post on my talk page for help with the primal sludge of Neanderthal. I'm glad I'm thought of as knowledgable. I always find that the tasks seem so much easier when you lay them all out on a big list. I'll help with what I can, but I want you to do most of the work, partly because, this will be your pet project, just like Dinosaur was mine, so I don't get any, if a little, credit for it at all & so that one day, you may be able to write many FA's. Also, I want to take a load off after the dinosaur project. You must prepare yourself for a few things however: Once it gets to the main page, people are going to get hold of it & probably wreck it. You're going to have to do long hours, (I did a 6 hour session one time on Dinosaur!). You'll never think the article is good enough, because you'll always be it's biggest critic & finally, you may fail. You will have arguments with creationists no doubt, & maybe a few know it alls. You will probably go through a few mental stages: Stage1, The unsure stage, you're unsure & don't know what to do. you seek help from anybody you can. Stage2, The "getting it" stage, you finally realise how to stand on your own feet. Stage3, the hard worker stage, your whole life will revolve around this article. Stage4, the frustrated stage, by this time, the article will probably be on FAC & people will be asking you to do things left right & centre & you feel overwhelmed. This is probably when I & other collaberators come in handy. Stage5, the crazy stage, This is nearing the end of the FAC. People are changing the article & it's looking insane. The end is near, but you don't know if you'll make it. You snap at people who disaggree with you. From here it can go to the Doom & gloom stage, your article has failed its FAC, you're determined, but feeling defeated & you lose confidence & interest. Or it can go to the maintaining but happy stage, your article has gone through & will appear on the main page. Although it is on the waiting list, the article can still be un-awarded its FA staus if it has changed too much. You're constantly mopping up newbie editor's mistakes & you can't wait until the article is on the main page. This stage never really ends, as you feel obliged to maintain the article. Forever.....

And that's just your preparation!

List:

1. The first thing I noticed is that the article has no footnotes. Check out the Dinosaur article & its footnote section. Especially see my 3rd talk archive & the dinosaur talk page where I got help on how to do them. They're tricky at first, but all they really are, are two templates. I garuntee you, people will deny it FA status because of this.
3. The whole article needs major expanding. No where as big as the Dinosaur article, but nearly as big.
5. Maybe another picture. If it expands greatly, maybe another two.
7. Put the refernces section above the external links section.

That's it for now, but I'll think up more. Hope this helps a bit. Spawn Man 02:43, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

It is nice to reply to see if my advice is good or not. Hope it helps anyway..... Spawn Man 00:48, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

Hi Jason, Just saw you withdrew your RfA. It can be really disenheartening to have a failed RfA, but I hope you'll keep editing and working on Wikipedia articles, 'cause you're on the right track. Take care, :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 23:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Ditto, dear Jason - as I said there, don't despair, please. This doesn't mean in the least that your contributions are not valued and appreciated; and rest assured that, once you've amassed more experience, a great editor like you will get massive support at a new nomination in a while. Keep it up! :) Please, let me know if I can help you in any way, ok? Warm regards, Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 23:50, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Comments re: bots

I'm interested in what you said about bots not performing any meaningful edits to articles. The purpose of a bot is not to redefine the encyclopedia. Bots exist to do repetitive simple tasks that would be difficult or silly for humans to do. These tasks include things like template substitution, updation of cleanup tags, reversion, warning, and reporting of simple vandalism, and creation of daily afd logs. Typically these tasks are done on a large scale after substantial effort on the part of the bot maker. An extensive approval process is required to start a new bot. I understand that it can be frustrating to have bot edits appear in a page history or flag your new messages button, but I *hope* you realize that something meaningful is going on.

I dunno...does that clarify it a bit? I understand that they can be annoying, but they're not trying to (or at least my bot isn't =D). αChimp ^laudare 21:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Right, yeah. I too didn't realize that the approval process existed for a while. It pretty much separates the wheat from the chaff, and filters out pointless bots (e.g. somebody wanting to do whitespace moves with AWB. By the way, I responded to your post on the RFA page. αChimp ^laudare 21:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Savanna Theory

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Biped redirect

However, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with Savanna Theory. The article was even peer reviewed. Ryūlóng 07:21, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

What is "AAT"? Ryūlóng 07:26, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah... I've heard of that theory. Just remember to redirect to "Biped" and not "Bipedalism" as you'll do a double redirect. Ryūlóng 07:31, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Only a matter of time

Check the history of this page. As I predicted: it was only a matter of time before some apologist put this article up for deletion. The article has already been merged, as per a vote on the page it was merged on. Since you have contributed absolutly nothing to this article, I would suggest leaving it at that. Travb (talk) 06:27, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

My apologies for incorrectly erasing the deletion label, "thanks" for calling me a vandal, which, in this case, may be true.

I just want to say that the research on the page you attempted to delete is probably more research, footnotes, and further reading that a good majority of wikipedians every add to one article, probably including youself.

Please stop masking your POV in wikipedia policy, a common weapon of veteran wikipedians.

I can say much more but WP:Civil Prevents it. Travb (talk) 06:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your apology, I will remove my Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Savanna Theory objection to "keep", since I have no idea what it is anyway : ) Best wishes. Travb (talk) 16:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Breach of Civility

There is a posting on the Talk:Attachment Therapy talk page that I think should be deleted as it contains material that is not civil and that may be slanderous. I would delete it, but am not sure if that is allowed. I'd appreciate your taking a look at the posting in the "Time For Civility/Self-Promotion is against Wiki policy" at the end of the talk page. If you think it should be deleted I will do so or you can. If you would respond to my talk page I'd appreciate it DPeterson 15:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

The post reads:

Well, as an adoptive parent conned by attachment therapy, I like the article. Something needs to be done to stop the spead of these attachment therapist claiming 100% success. I had the horrifing experience of dragging my family though a group pretty much using the re-birthing process. I came to find out the Douglas Gosney, they guy that taught the person who kill that girl, was part of the group we went to. Do any of these groups ever have success? Even the Dr. Art guy. All I see ever helping these kids tends to be the meds. they get put on.

Something in the blurb really should address the fact that there are many cons out there taking advantage of very desperate parents trying to help their adoptive kids.

PLEASE DON"T DELETE THE Attachment therapy article... I wished I'd had it to read before what all we went through. We went to this guy Bryan Post in Oklahoma who claims 100% success. Our city even pays for adoptive families to go their. All therapy consists of is parents being held down on air mats to do that deep breathing stuff. It was very hurtful to our family. This was since 2002. Just as the ACT says, even Bryan Post does not have the actual PhD he claims to from a real college. These programs are all over the country. It really is a big scam. Lots of kids are getting hurt.

Thanks.DPeterson 15:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi

As you know there is a tight poll going on at the moment on the WW2 page. Would you be so kind as to vote on this. By the way, I have found your approach to be reasonable at all times. Thank you. Wallie 23:24, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

OK. Neutral. Wasn't quite what I had in mind... but... Thanks for the vote. and I mean't what I said earlier. Cheers. Wallie 23:30, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Jesus Seminar

I see you've been deleting references that I tagged for citation. I don't like it when Christians delete my edits to protect the pages they want to protect, so I try to be cautious in deleting others' edits. I don't expect you to be so timid, but that's where I'm coming from. Jonathan Tweet 17:18, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Creationism Revert war

Ymous is a bit of a nutcase. He made a RFM or RFA against a whole bunch of people in the Evolution article claiming we deleted his discussion points and edits, when in fact he never did one thing on there. He's got an agenda, and trying to reason with him is nice, but probably pointless. Orangemarlin 21:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Image:Neander Valley Map.JPG listed for deletion

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Request for Reference

On the Talk:Evolution page, you said that only 0.14% of life and earth scientists reject evolution. Could you please provide a reference for that statistic? -- MrRedact 06:02, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the citation! That should be a useful statistic if I get into another debate with the Jehovah's Witnesses who come around now and then. MrRedact 02:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

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Creation/evolution controversy article

Rencently, you logged your disapproval with the removal of the following text from the creation/evolution controversy.

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I added them back in, here and also added another related section here.

These two sections may not fit well for this particular section, and I invite you to contribute and improve these sections, or they may be removed by others. StudyAndBeWise 04:33, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Intelligent Design

Thanks for your intelligent discussion (no pun intended ;-) of the following:

• Dembski and Meyers come out against common descent, but Behe accepts it, so saying ID is pro common descent isn't exactly true. [3]

I vaguely knew that not all ID supporters accept common descent, but I never was aware of who thought what. Intellectual laziness on my part, I guess. --Uncle Ed 15:25, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Lazarus and Dives RFC

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Aquatic ape hypothesis

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Ancient history question

I noticed that you had made several corrections to my entry on the Constitution of the Roman Republic. Is there any kind of community of ancient history junkies that edit entries?RomanHistorian (talk) 04:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Jason, I got your message. What is your email address? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RomanHistorian (talk • contribs) 01:58, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Jason, I tried to email you though the "email this user" feature. It said that you don't have a registered email address. Do you know why this is the case?RomanHistorian (talk) 10:12, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Jason, it still doesn't work. You can email me if you want.RomanHistorian (talk) 23:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Antony and Cleopatra (novel)

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