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Aspen Dental

Hello: As you are a user who has edited the Aspen Dental page in the past, I’d like to solicit your input on sections that have been added to the page that lack citation, and potentially violate neutral POV. As a COI user I’d like to avoid making edits to the page myself, and so was hoping you could take a look. Here is the discussion: Talk:Aspen Dental. Thank you. - Amanda aspendental (talk) 19:56, 8 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

Joan Biskupic

I have put her in Category:Washington Post journalists.

I think categorizing journalists by some of their past papers is debatable, but I added her anyway. Maurreen (talk) 07:07, 6 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

I don't have a strong disagreement with that, but I noted several former journalists in Category:Washington Post people, so I tried to be consistent. One solution would be to create separate "current" and "former" categories, but that might be overkill. -- JPMcGrath (talk) 07:33, 6 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
I think there is potential for some "former" cats. A few weeks ago, I started a cat for former NYTers.
But later I saw that those are at least discouraged. Maurreen (talk) 19:41, 6 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
I am happy with either. I just want it to be consistent. -- JPMcGrath (talk) 05:23, 7 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
I don't feel strongly, but do you think it would be worthwhile to start a larger discussion, maybe at Talk:Journalist, to determine which way to be consistent? Maurreen (talk) 06:21, 7 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
I would think that Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Journalism would make more sense, since the issue does not really apply to the Journalism article. But then, the issue does not apply only to journalist categories. For example, Carly Fiorina is in Category:Hewlett-Packard people, Robert Reich is in Category:Harvard University faculty, and Ozzy Osbourne is in Category:Black Sabbath members. So maybe it would make more sense to take up the issue at WT:Categorization of people -- JPMcGrath (talk) 12:23, 7 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
You are right, the discussion would be most appropriate at WT:Categorization of people. When we do it, we might also address freelancers and the like. Maurreen (talk) 06:29, 10 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
I started a discussion here. Maurreen (talk) 09:01, 10 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

Thank you

Thank you! Though in some of the pages you mention my participation is limited (or in the past in one of them). Magidin (talk) 20:13, 17 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

I felt it was deserved because of the accumulation of good work across multiple articles. And it's never too late to recognize a job well done. -- JPMcGrath (talk) 22:06, 17 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

Request for mediation of Gun laws in the United States (by state)

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Re: Gun laws in the United States (by state)

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Dear JPMcGrath, this message serves as a formal warning regarding your editing and talk page behavior on Gun laws in the United States (by state). As you know, you were reported to WP:ANI with accusations of tendentious editing and content warring. While I don't see much evidence for a high level of tendentious editing, it is clear that there is local consensus and you are editing against it. You are welcome to seek wider community opinion by asking for a third opinion or even a request for comment, among other various methods. The warning I am issuing you is to hopefully prevent a WP:BLOCK of your editing privilege. Please read WP:CONSENSUS and thoughtfully consider your next steps. Sincerely, Basket of Puppies 00:08, 22 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

I do not believe that the charge is reasonable, and would like to respond to it. I do not see any mention of this at WP:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Where should I respond? — JPMcGrath (talk) 19:45, 24 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
ANI threads are automatically archived after 24 hours of inactivity, but may be restored for further discussion. So, I've un-archived the thread, back to where it was at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive820#Tendentious editing by JPMcGrath on Gun laws in the United States (by state). Feel free to respond there. If no one says anything for 24 hours it will be archived again. Mudwater (Talk) 20:11, 24 October 2010 (UTC)Reply
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There are all sorts of tasks available for any type of editor, whether you're a writer, organizer, gnome, coder, or image guru. The National Archives is making its resources available to Wikipedia, so help us forge this important relationship! Please sign up and introduce yourself. Dominic·t 15:22, 22 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

New AfD of article you have worked on

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Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Congress#Capitals

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