User talk:Jeh/Archives/2016/04

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Continuous lack of AGF

Please assume good faith in your dealings with other editors, which you did not on Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Does inclusion of common English pronunciation deserve a "geographical imbalance" tag?. Assume that they are here to improve rather than harm Wikipedia. Ttt74 (talk) 10:55, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

You have repeatedly cried "AGF" when no reasonable person would conclude that AGF had been violated. In several of those cases, third parties have told you there was no AGF problem. This is yet another instance. I have tried explaining this to you, with detailed quotes from WP:AGF; so have others. (I've kept logs.) Obviously these attempts have failed. So I am simply dismissing this new complaint of yours as unfounded (as were the others). Jeh (talk) 11:09, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Continous incivility

Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Does inclusion of common English pronunciation deserve a "geographical_imbalance" tag?. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Ttt74 (talk) 12:01, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

As with the above - There are no personal attacks there. And given my detailed deconstruction of your arguments, my opinion of them as "ridiculous" is completely justified. Same answer: I'm ignoring your accusation as unfounded, and I'm not going to explain why it's unfounded because I have no reason to think you'll pay attention. (And please stop breaking my talk page layout.) Jeh (talk) 12:10, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

That edit to SATA

Thanks for letting me know what was wrong with my edit on the SATA page! >.< I'm trying to get an entry-level IT job and have been studying for the A+ certification after a long period of unstimulated mom-brain... The excitement from learning things again just got the best of me and I presumed to think I knew what I was talking about! Sorry, and thanks for the gentle correction. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.21.181.62 (talk) 02:20, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

You are welcome, and thank you for the nice feedback. As I said, many editors have fallen afoul of this in the past; 10b/8b encoding is not something commonly encountered, and frankly the SATA committee made it more confusing than it needed to be. (fwiw, CD and CD-ROM use something similar, called "Eight-to-fourteen modulation" - it takes 14 bits in the low-level channel to move 8 data bits. And believe it or not this actually reduces the channel bandwidth and improves reliability!) I've added some comments to the Wikitext at the SATA page that may help head off similar issues in the future. Good luck in your education and work. btw, if you have questions on A+ - type stuff, I strongly recommend the forums at arstechnica.com and also superuser.com - both have a great bunch of very well informed people, who are good at answering questions. Jeh (talk) 02:29, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Websites and their publishers

Hello

I have set up User:Codename Lisa/Websites and their publishers in an attempt to improve the existing citations quality in the computing topics. Perhaps it can be a part of the Manual of Style one day. I hope you find it useful. And if you wanted to edit or contribute, I'd be honored.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 02:40, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Nice resource! If it's centered on computing/tech maybe its title should reflect that? Just a suggestion. Jeh (talk) 03:02, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

I haven't decided on that. You see, the majority of sources that I have had contact with since 2012 were computing-related and that's why I can compile such a list. But on one had, gaming is also part of computing and I have little to contribute in that area. On the other hand, computing articles use lots of news sources (mainstream media) that aren't strictly computing-only. Britannica and BBC are the examples. I have included them too.

Best regards,

Codename Lisa (talk) 14:01, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Wikipedia ac power connectors tables.png

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MythBusters

No, not even flaming letters in the sky work. Eventually they'll give up, but until then ... -AussieLegend (✉) 09:07, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

I have more, brighter flames available. :) Jeh (talk) 09:09, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Since they don't seem to be working, I've added an editnotice to the page. You can see the actual notice at Template:Editnotices/Page/MythBusters and everyone will see it when they edit the page. --AussieLegend (✉) 15:08, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

The one I have here doesn't work all that well. We'll see! Jeh (talk) 15:10, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

ENGVAR at Violet (color)

I dont like the use of the word color so what you said is invalid, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldenpeacock123 (talk • contribs) 02:03, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

What I said is consistent with Wikipedia policy and guidelines. When you are the first significant contributor to an article that has no strong ties to any national variety of English, you can choose to use the "colour" spelling. Otherwise we leave such things alone. Also: In the future, please sign your talk page comments by following them with four tildes (~). Thank you. Jeh (talk) 02:10, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for correcting my error re 0407

I had thought that was a sort field and that for IBM machine numbers the common style was for 3-digit numbers to precede 4-digit numbers in listings. Thus I thought "|IBM 0407" would sort "IBM 407" ahead of "IBM 1234", for example. Apologies for my mixing things up; thank for your repair. 73.71.159.231 (talk) 16:48, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

There may be something in the WP table format that allows you to specify a different value for sorting than what is literally displayed. Or maybe there's an option to "sort by numeric value". I did notice that a couple of vendors do show these numbers with a leading zero, hence four digits, but that is their choice for database purposes. I can tell you for certain though that the numbers on the nameplates - and the IBM manuals - never had a leading zero to make them four digits. Jeh (talk) 23:05, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category#Sort_order. You might try reverting one of the entries that was reverted - just to see what happens. The leading zero on the sort key should NOT be displayed. Thanks again for your help. 73.71.159.231 (talk) 00:02, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

I reverted the three 0xxx edits that you had reverted. As described above, look at the category impact printers and you'll see the 3 machines now listed in the common sequence. Thanks again for your help. 73.71.159.231 (talk) 07:47, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I did not realize that the four digits would not display that way. I didn't have time to follow up after reading your previous comments here. Thanks again. Jeh (talk) 10:48, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

WP: WPRS

I didn't know if you were interested in joining The WP: WPRS group. That's the Wikiproject Radio Stations group.Stereorock (talk) 04:07, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Serial ATA

I note that in changing one instance of a number smaller than ten to a word, you have ignored ~~two~~four more in the same section. You have followed neither MOS, nor consistency with article-local norms. Too fast on the revert button, and too little actual constructive editing. 46.226.191.198 (talk) 14:48, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

WCBS NewsRadio 880

Why you delete my WCBS slogan? Dung247 (talk) 13:32, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

I explained that in the edit summary. If you want to discuss beyond that, please comment on edits pertaining to article content at the article talk page, not here. Jeh (talk) 13:40, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Recent edit to Serial ATA

Hello, and thank you for your recent contribution. While the content of your edit may be true, I have removed it because its depth or nature of detail are not consistent with our objectives as an encyclopedia. I recognize that your edit was made in good faith and hope you will familiarize yourself with what Wikipedia is not so we may collaborate in the future. Thank you! Laber□^T 22:47, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

The "content of my edit" has been in the article for quite some time; I merely restored it after an unjustified deletion (on NPOV grounds: The remark that the four-pin Molex connector is "decades old" is not a "point of view", it is historical fact). I am well familiar with WP:NOT and I see nothing that runs counter to those two words - please be specific as to which item there you're talking about? 'cause I can't see it. On the other hand, historical perspective is a valuable aspect of technical information, particularly when discussing a new technology that's replaced an older one. I will be restoring that information in some form or other. Jeh (talk) 22:50, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Jeh (talk | contribs) at 09:36, 24 April 2016 (Undid revision 716852233 by Goudlas

Jeh, My apologies, you are right I was wrong. My edit of the article was incorrect, I was looking at the connectors from the pin out side. Thank you for correcting my mistake. Keep up the good work.

                Goudlas.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goudlas (talk • contribs) 07:29, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

The text probably should clarify that we're looking at the cable side, not "the side where the pins go". You could do that... btw, a leading space kicks you into "plaintext mode", as seen above. Dunno if you want that, but if not, don't start lines with spaces. Cheers! Jeh (talk) 15:09, 25 April 2016 (UTC)