User talk:Jmc

Dear JMC, Did you actually look at what you so blithely said was an "irrelevant link". Happy editing. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:31, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Or we could put in text to this effect: At least one large radio controlled model of the A-380 has been built and flown in a model air show in Switzerland.^[1]

7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:37, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Apparently your self professed adherence to WP:1RR is more honored in the breach than the observance. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:24, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

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I noticed your revert of my edit on Model aircraft. I was correcting an error to the spelling of manoeuvrability. After your revert the error is still there. If you insist on using British English the least you can do is get the spelling right. Perhaps you would like to correct the error yourself now that you have reintroduced it. Jodosma (talk) 19:27, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

I see it's corrected. Well done. Jodosma (talk) 21:39, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

I appreciate your help, and am sure that you just want to see Wikipedia be as good a resource as I want it to be, but you have twice removed the fact that I added to the article on Rosemary Brown (spiritualist) where I simply named two pianists who have recorded her work.

As I said when I restored the information: the fact is readily verifiable from a quick search of Google, YouTube, eBay, Discogs, Amazon, or other websites.

If you think the information was in the wrong section, then feel free to move it. But you surely can't be disputing the accuracy of the fact?

Just deleting a fact doesn't help make an article any more interesting or accurate, or Wikipedia any better a source.

And I wonder why you appear specifically to object to the fact that I have included, when so many other facts in the article - much less readily verifiable - remain unchallenged? Examples would be (just in the first sentence alone) that Rosemary Brown was English, or that she was born and died on the dates asserted. Where's the proof?

I add information to Wikipedia when I know something that other users might find interesting, or that I myself would have found interesting if I hadn't know it already. It seems that all too often there's a knee-jerk reaction to remove any new piece of information because it lacks "citation", when merely a small amount of common sense or research on the part of the deleter could verify the information— Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.10.136.114 (talk) 12:05, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

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I'm pretty sure an article is likely sometime (viz evidence at Draft:Gareth_Powell). Cheers, ^~~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~~ 10:27, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for that - I wouldn't have reverted if the draft had been referred to in yr edit summary ;). Restored. - Jmc (talk) 18:28, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

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@Diannaa Thanks for your vigilance. I wasn't aware of the unacceptability of the CC-by-4.0. -- Jmc (talk) 22:23, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

It's okay for images, but not for prose. — Diannaa (talk) 13:38, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Navigating to the right boldness, methods, timing, and approach to expression on this tough topic is taking some work. There is a lot to take in at once. I appreciate every bit of advice and direction you've been providing. Keep it coming.

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KSci (talk) 16:24, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Hey, John. Greetings. You reverted my replacement of the lead image on Radio-controlled aircraft. I am sure you have a good reason for this. But I do not find it in the reversion description.

Can you comment on the new talk section I've just created? I do not know your reasons. But I do not intend to put the lead image I used back. Instead I nominate other images of higher resolution and quality from the commons for replacement instead. The existing lead image is 240×320-pixels big. It has served its function for these years. Perhaps it is time to retire it.

Please opine. Thanks! Fred Hsu (talk) 02:16, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

You didn't give an edit summary so I don't know exactly what the problem was, but I'm guessing the source on this revert seemed too tangential, being a weather article. But it was the best I could find to confirm that the game (a) exists at all and (b) is popular in New Zealand. (I couldn't find anything to support it being popular outside of New Zealand, which is what you've reverted it to.)

Without it, the article reads a lot like a hoax or one family's house rules for Crazy Eights. (It's probably an acronym that needs to be expanded, but I can't find any evidence that the "OBT Card Games" book currently given as the only source actually exists.) --Lord Belbury (talk) 12:34, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Your guess is correct, Lord Belbury. It seemed like such a highly tangential reference as to itself read like a hoax.

I've now added a much more direct and reliable reference as evidence that the game (a) exists and (b) is popular in New Zealand. On the other hand, as you say, evidence that the "OBT Card Games" book currently given as the only source actually exists is lacking. The reference to it could well be removed.

(I've copied this exchange to the Last Card Talk page for the info of other editors.)

--Jmc (talk) 09:19, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

You edited my text about the required increase in forest territory for limit warming to 1.5 degree,from For avoid temperature rise by more than 1.5 degree, until 2050 forests should cover 10 million square kilometers(approximately the territory of Canada), more than they covered in 2010" to "For example, a 10 million km2 increase in forests by 2050 relative to 2010 would be required'. Square kilometers mean territory, so maybe it would be better to include this word? Also, for understanding the scale of change it will be better to give an example and Canada is exactly what we need, so maybe we should let it stay?

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Hello JMC: I noticed that you reverted my edits on basic flight controls for Radio Control Aircraft on the 18th of May. Could you please explain why you reverted them. Thank you Eparaqutam (talk) 22:08, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

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Excuse my English, I'm not an English speaker, but why have you deleted my edit? This is an objective fact, and if you do not want to read the sources, it is explicitly stated in the Wikipedia articles themselves. I don't understand your point. Armando AZ (talk) 05:01, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@Armando AZ Please take discussion to the Talk page, as I requested in my edit summary. -- Jmc (talk) 07:05, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jmc I do not think that it is necessary to do "that", it is that there is nothing directly wrong with my editing. It complies with all Wikipedia standards other than being approved by the previous librarian, it's a waste of time

Armando AZ (talk) 17:02, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

I do not think that it is necessary to do "that", it is that there is nothing directly wrong with my editing. It complies with all Wikipedia standards other than being approved by the previous librarian, it's a waste of time Armando AZ (talk) 17:04, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

You're kidding? ---> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_atheism#Revolutionary_France

That one person does not know about history does not mean that the others also, I have studied this subject and I know what I am talking about. In the part that mentions the French Revolution there is no mention of this, you can read it for yourself, champion Armando AZ (talk) 17:16, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Remember that there is a rule of three reversals whereby the same person cannot reverse more than 3 times. I do not want to start an edition war with you, you have 2/3 Armando AZ (talk) 19:28, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Jmc, several years ago you thanked me for an edit regarding a certain song cycle. Although I briefly had a look at your contribs, I was busy at the time and didn't contact you. We seem to have a number of shared interests. I started some topics on my talk page if you're interested. MinorProphet (talk) 17:06, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

@MinorProphet Well, thank you for getting in touch and particularly for alerting me to your Miscellanea. All four topics are of considerable interest to me and I shall certainly be responding in due course. -- Jmc (talk) 19:47, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jmc, and thanks for your fixes to the article on theistic evolution. The article is a lot neater now. I'm curious, do you personally believe that evolution was caused by God? (You don't have to answer my question if you don't want to.) Thanks! Félix An (talk) 18:00, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

@Félix An Thanks for your thanks! As for your question, I'd first want to ask you what you mean by God. -- Jmc (talk) 19:58, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

@Jmc I'm not sure. Which god, if any, do you believe in? Félix An (talk) 20:27, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

@Félix AnAh well, that's another question altogether. -- Jmc (talk) 20:32, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Are you at all concerned about the appearance of two new accounts, both interested in little more than Presbyopia and the idea that the Bates Method might not be 100% "ineffective"? ApLundell (talk) 02:43, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

@ApLundell - certainly made persistent attempts to have 'ineffective' removed, but met considerable resistance and now appears to have retreated. is in a different league and appears to support the characterisation of the Bates method as 'ineffective' and the beliefs of its founder as 'erroneous'. -- Jmc (talk) 02:55, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Dear Jmc: Nice to hear from you! I am the original contributor of AR Computer To Terminate Eyestrain And Myopia https://eyewiki.org/AR_Computer_To_Terminate_Eyestrain_And_Myopia All the contents on the website are written by myself. Could you please tell me what should I do if I want to make a same or similar article on Wikipedia?

Best regards and Happy Christmas

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@Crescentnz Your User talk page has a complete answer to your query. -- Jmc (talk) 21:51, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Jmc,
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Did you mean to revert me or the IP? Either way, that language is hostile. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 21:59, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

My abject apologies for a much too hasty and ill-considered edit. Indeed I did intend to revert the IP editor. -- Jmc (talk) 22:12, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

No worries. I definitely understood the sentiment. Just when it was initially reverted, I thought it was directly at me and I was pretty confused! . -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 22:15, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hello, You undid revision 1174178545 by 31.217.12.202, because you need proper additional references for Paradigma publications. Please see: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1906833591 and https://www.amazon.com/dp/1906833508 I hope this is enough to redo the revision. Thank you Best regards Toh3000 (talk) 17:55, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Toh3000 Please follow the format of the extant bibliographic entries. Amazon links are not appropriate. The actual publisher (Paradigma) should be referenced (as, for example, Doubleday is for other entries). -- Jmc (talk) 19:09, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

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Happy New Year! - I am curious where I would find discussions about infoboxes on project Classical music. I remember some on project composers, and they date to 2016, for example. More recently, Mozart and Wagner were discussed, and not heated ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:55, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

And happy Bach-filled new year to you, Gerda!

One place to dive into discussions about infoboxes is Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music/Major discussions and arbitration case. There's quite a bit of heat, for example, in the discussion of Bullying and ownership concerns at Talk:Johann Sebastian Bach and Sparrow Mass over the use of infoboxes ! But you know that, because you participated (unheatedly!) in that discussion. Jmc (talk) 19:42, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

We talk about 2013 discussion:: the Mass got an infobox the same year, and Bach not much later, and most Classical music editors I know don't enjoy any of these discussions. Once upon a time (2010), Composers had an RfC, to treat composers differently from other creative minds. Why? I don't know. Why should a person who composes not have an infobox, when the same person is also a conductor, or a writer? - The location for questioning the exception would be Composers, not Classical music. I won't, - I did it once.

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Hey... You recently replaced the word belief with view in the article Theistic Evolution. I can't find any dictionary where view makes sense in that sentence. Can you help me understand your reasoning? I'm coming from the common definition of a view being an "opinion or attitude", but this isn't about opinions. 12.75.41.70 (talk) 00:09, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

I went ahead and started a talk page topic there, so no need to reply here. 12.75.41.70 (talk) 00:13, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

@12.75.41.70 See my reply on the Talk:Theistic evolution page. JMC (talk) 02:09, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, as ever, for your edit, but I think the IP's tweak was OK. When I wrote the lead I meant that Britain was a Protestant country, yet it undoubtedly contained many non-Protestants and I think the IPs edit reflects the then state of the nation correctly. What say you? Best wishes, Tim riley talk 20:49, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

@Tim riley Thanks, Tim, for canvassing the issue. As author of the lead, your understanding must be beyond dispute. So I'll simply explain my own understanding and my reason for reversion.

I took the capitalisation of 'Protestant Britain' to be critical, in that it designated a particular named group within British society, which regarded Elgar's Roman Catholicism "with suspicion", and didn't refer generally to the totality of British society, which incidentally was predominantly protestant (small 'p').

Having said that, I've no problem with your reverting my reversion. Best wishes to you, too. JMC (talk) 22:19, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! A characteristically gracious and lucid response, if I may say so. I'll ponder, but I'm minded to restore the IP's added word. Tim riley talk 12:29, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

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