User:Jack4576

Hello, I'm Jack. My interests include Australian law and culture.

My view on WikiMedia sites and their guidelines
When applying guidelines the following approach should be taken by editors when trying to interpret the how the rules ought be applied:

"I know it when I see it, and someone else will know it when they see it, but what they see and what they know may or may not be what I see and what I know, and that's okay"

Its foolish to try resolve interpretive disputes by arguing definitions or arguing about what the words in a guideline 'truly mean'. Such arguments often involve editors reading additional words into the text, or incorporating the words of prior discussions into the text. My view is that we should instead just take words at their face because this is a more pragmatic approach.

One perpetually vexed linguistic issue on this website is the meaning of 'Significant Coverage' and how those words should be interpreted when determining notability. My view regarding this is 'I know it when I see it'. Making categorical declarations about what things can or can't amount to 'significant coverage' is a Sisyphean task. The better approach is for editors to trust their own judgement and command of the English language, and to grow an acceptance that for these kinds of issues it is inevitable that reasonable minds may differ.

My view is that all editors should apply guidelines as written, and that community consensus is a type of guideline that must be followed. I always follow guidelines as written, and treat community consensus as incorporated within that guidance where decided by consensus.

GAs

 * Bill Dunn (Pilbara elder) Symbol_support_vote.svg

Created

 * AB v CD (Australia)
 * Abebe v Commonwealth
 * Appellant S395/2002 v MIMA
 * Arnold Bloch Leibler
 * ASF17 v Commonwealth of Australia
 * ASIC v Kobelt
 * Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond
 * Benoy Berry & Anor v CCL Secure Pty Ltd
 * Bryant & Ors v Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd
 * Bunny Industries v FSW Enterprises
 * Brian Slocum (law professor)
 * Briginshaw v Briginshaw
 * Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education v Barclay
 * Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd
 * Chan Yee Kin v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs
 * Chen Shi Hai v MIMA
 * Clubb v Edwards
 * Cranssen v R
 * Craig v South Australia
 * Comcare v Banerji
 * Companion rule (Criminal law)
 * Defamation in Australia
 * Dinsdale v R
 * Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy
 * Egan v Willis
 * Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation
 * Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd
 * Fox v Percy
 * General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW)
 * Hollis v Vabu
 * House v The King
 * Hurt v The King
 * Jeremy Gans
 * Jones v Dunkel
 * Katy Barnett
 * Kennon v Spry [2008] HCA 56
 * Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales
 * Knight v Victoria
 * Lewis v ACT
 * M v R
 * Mark Leibler
 * Metal Manufacturers Pty Ltd v Gavin Morton as Liquidator of MJ Woodman Electrical Contractors Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) & Anor
 * MIEA v Guo
 * Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang
 * Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf
 * Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd
 * MIMA v Haji Ibrahim
 * MIMA v Khawar
 * MIMA v Respondents S152/2003
 * Native Administration Act 1905
 * Norbis v Norbis
 * NZYQ v Minister for Immigration
 * Pearce v R (WIP)
 * Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun
 * Postiglione v R
 * Principle of Legality (Australia)
 * R v De Simoni
 * Redland City Council v Kozik
 * Roffey v The State of Western Australia [2007] WASCA 246 | #2 Cited WASCA case
 * Smethurst v Commissioner of Police
 * Special leave in the High Court of Australia
 * Stanley v. Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)
 * SZBEL v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
 * Unfair dismissal (Australia)
 * Unsafe conviction
 * Veen v R (No 2)
 * Vindicatory damages

Adopted

 * Ashurst Australia


 * Allens (law firm)
 * Chapter VIII of the Constitution of Australia
 * Clayton Utz
 * Constitution of Australia
 * Cole v Whitfield
 * Constitution of Australia
 * Dietrich v The Queen (WIP)
 * Freehills
 * Herbert Smith Freehills
 * High Court of Australia (WIP)
 * Jury instructions
 * King & Wood Mallesons
 * Labour brokering (Southern Africa)
 * Labour hire (Australia)
 * Labour hire in Namibia
 * Law of Australia
 * Mabo v Queensland (No 2)
 * MinterEllison
 * Plaintiff M70
 * Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)
 * List of High Court of Australia cases
 * Tort law in Australia

Created

 * Adrienne Stone
 * ALE Property Group
 * All Things Equal
 * Almost Friday Media
 * Angelica Panopoulos
 * Anna Dziedzic
 * Apollo Inn
 * Aru (restaurant)
 * Aswan Reid
 * Ayesha Erotica
 * BAMBII
 * Beatbox Kitchen
 * B.EAST
 * Balthazar (Perth restaurant)
 * Belles Hot Chicken
 * Be Mine (Book)
 * Brian Slocum
 * Bill Dunn (Pilbara elder) Symbol_support_vote.svg
 * Billy Lee's
 * Brass Monkey Hotel
 * Bruce Mathieson (businessman)
 * Bruce Mathieson Jnr
 * Bushwick Collective
 * Cambodia's Kitchen
 * Camillo Ippoliti
 * Chicago CRED
 * China Bar
 * Cityfields
 * Clovis Chikonga
 * College Dropout (restaurant)
 * Connections (Nightclub)
 * Contest (novel)
 * Conti Roll
 * Could be the move
 * Crimson Education
 * Daniel McClellan
 * DarkwebSTREAMER
 * Donvale Christian College
 * Ellington Jazz Club
 * Embla (restaurant)
 * Emma Ferguson and Dan Morris
 * Enoteca Boccaccio
 * FaceFX
 * Francoforte
 * Fremantle Octopus
 * Genocide of Indigenous Australians
 * Gimlet (restaurant)
 * Hakata Gensuke
 * Harry Mitchell (Jazz musician)
 * Hayley Edwards
 * Heritage Care Pty Ltd
 * Ian Silk
 * India-Pacific Islands Relations
 * Insurance and Care NSW (icare)
 * Jacob's Ladder (Perth)
 * James Donald Forbes McCann
 * JBWere
 * Jean Napangardi Lewis
 * Jess Lemon
 * Jimmy Grants
 * Joe Aston
 * Kafeneion
 * Labour hire
 * Lego Junkbot
 * Liberman family
 * Little Picket
 * (redacted) 6th grandchild of Biden
 * Lunden Roberts
 * Niah McLeod
 * Ning Zeng
 * No Mafia
 * North Macedonia - United Arab Emirates relations
 * Magenta Marshall
 * Mary Street Bakery
 * Mayura Station
 * Maz Salt
 * MEL&NYC festival
 * Michael West (journalist)
 * Ministerial Advisers (Australia)
 * Midwinter Ball
 * Miscellania (nightclub)
 * Model Synthesis
 * Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
 * Mojos Bar
 * Oliver Yates
 * Our Daily Bread (album)
 * Paul Schroder (union official)
 * Peter Arvanitis
 * Raph Rashid
 * Red Shirts scandal
 * Revolver Upstairs
 * Retail superannuation fund
 * Rob Broadfield
 * Rosemount Hotel
 * Section 8 (music venue)
 * Sharndre Kushor
 * Snarnz
 * Stalactites (restaurant)
 * Suresh Naidu
 * Special Operations Group (Book)
 * Jason Varuhas
 * Patrick Braxton
 * Pop Mart
 * Pretty Little
 * Programmed Maintenance
 * Public Service Act 1999 (Cth)
 * Ten Minutes By Tractor
 * Tim Gurner
 * The Bell Tower Times
 * The Oxford Scholar Hotel
 * Tino (restaurant)
 * TrumporBiden2024
 * Top of the Town (brothel)
 * TWUSUPER
 * Uncle Billy's
 * Valmorbida family
 * Vin Populi
 * Vunilagi v. The Queen
 * Vue de Monde
 * Wave function collapse (algorithm)
 * Where do Camels Belong
 * William Street Bird
 * Yousuke Yukimatsu
 * Yugen (restaurant) (soft close)
 * Zeus Street Greek

Adopted

 * Australian residential rental market
 * Duncan Maskell
 * Electrical Trades Union of Australia
 * Glyn Davis
 * Hawker Britton
 * Indigenous Australian customary law
 * Industry superannuation fund
 * Jamie Beaton
 * John Setka
 * Margaret Gardner
 * Ministerial Advisors (Australia)
 * Persol Holdings
 * Picabar
 * Phillip Thompson
 * Restricted military area
 * Superannuation in Australia
 * The Court Hotel
 * Yoshiko Shinohara

Created

 * Template:Labour Hire
 * Template:Australian law
 * Template:Australian Constitutional law

Adopted

 * Template:Australian Constitution

To-do list

 * Cameron v Hogan
 * Comm’ of Police v Barbaro [2020] QCA 230; https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/qld/QCA//2020/230.html
 * Note in particular para [18] & [19]
 * Commonwealth v Mewett [1997] HCA 29
 * Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Spotless Services Ltd [1996] HCA 34, (1996) 186 CLR 404
 * Henry Moseley
 * McAuliffe v. Mayor of New Bedford
 * Freedom of political communication
 * McCabe v British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd
 * Minister for Home Affairs v Benbrika | https://auspublaw.org/2021/04/minister-for-home-affairs-v-benbrika-2021-hca-4/
 * Parker v The Queen | From High Court of Australia wiki page
 * Pearce v W D Peacock & Co Ltd
 * The Queen v A2 [2019] HCA 35
 * https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/3565539/Gans-442-Advance.pdf
 * Samuels v The State of Western Australia[2005] WASCA 193; 30 WAR 473 | #1 Cited WASCA case
 * Scottish Burial Reform and Cremation Society v Glasgow Corporation
 * St Helens Oysters Pty Ltd v Coatsworth [2007] TASSC 90; 17 Tas R 43 | #1 cited Supreme Court case in Tasmania
 * THE COMMONWEALTH v. HOSPITAL CONTRIBUTION FUND
 * uniform evidence law
 * Independent contractor (Worldwide viewpoint)
 * False_self-employment
 * Special leave applications in Australia
 * Special leave applications in Australia

Wikipedia could be better
Ms. Categorized: Gender, notability, and inequality on Wikipedia

Wikipedia belongs to the world. It does not belong to Jimmy, it’s editors, to consensus, the admins, or to the arb committee. Least of all does it belong to the self proclaimed 'encyclopediaists'; whatever that self-important circular reference means.

The only way this site can address systemic issues with its coverage is through a substantial relaxation of the notability guidelines. This would not lower the quality of the site, which is sufficiently protected by WP:VERIFY, WP:UNDUE, and WP:NPOV.

Until changes are made, EN:Wikipedia will be wasting its potential. It will continue to prioritize coverage capriciously and disturbingly narrowly.

The "ethnic cleansing" problem
In particular, the English Wikipedia has an "ethnic cleansing" problem. Subjects from countries where English is not the native or official language and utilize a non-Latin script alphabet are especially susceptible. When citing references, English-language sources are not required, but a lack thereof is enough of a shortcoming for an article to be marked for deletion. Sources in the topic's native language are often ignored, even in cases where knowledgeable users provide them; falling under the scrutiny of the eyes of the wrong group of users can easily lead to the systematic removal of invaluable articles. Actively trying to save these articles is a daunting task to undertake, but the effort on those who commit to handle this issue to the best of their ability is desperately needed. - ✗  plicit

Reliable Sourcing is what matters
Statement from the UserPage of Rschen7754, to which I concur: "Especially in today's world of misinformation, I believe in reliable sourcing and verifiability.

I do not believe in the pedantic misinterpretation of said policies by some as a means to systematically delete an entire topic area of content that has existed and been the work of hundreds of editors over the past two decades.

I do not intend to make substantial edits to the English Wikipedia under the current state of affairs, outside of attempts to make a (perhaps futile) attempt to resolve the situation. --Rschen7754 03:07, 2 December 2022 (UTC)"