User talk:Allecher

Robert Sapolsky
Hi Allecher, I saw you made some edits to Robert Sapolsky but I updated your citation because it had the wrong date. Would be great if you could add more to Sapolsky's biography as I think the article is in pretty poor shape and doesn't explain his ideas and achievements. I'm new to Wikipedia too, but like you, not new to computer science. Actually, I'm a bit embarrassed in myself for not being involving in Wikipedia sooner but it's never too late to start I guess. Well anyways, have a great day. Jason (talk) 05:47, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sapolsky page does look like some work needed, but thankfully not a ton. Jason, welcome to Wikipedia.  Sgerbic (talk) 05:31, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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Amazing Meeting
I made a few edits, mostly to add some third-party sources to the article. Most of them could probably be linked in more places in the article, the SFWeekly article in particular is very long and has lots of details about the Connie Sonne MDC that could be put in the article. Krelnik (talk) 03:58, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

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Paul K
I took a look at my work and as of this time I agree that it was to long.

That's why it's shorter now. --Agnostihuck (talk) 00:17, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

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DYK Bach
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QPQ added
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Thanks
Thanks for catching my mistake at the AW article -- I thought it was safe to make simple reverts over my phone, but this proves I should avoid it in the future. Best,

a13ean (talk) 01:15, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Camp Quest
Here's the page you requested - User:Allecher/campquest. I'm very concerned/confused about this deletion (it was deleted for being "advertising" not for being non-notable), unfortunately I just don't have the time to properly analyze the situation right now. If you need any help I can provide let me know.  Citi Cat   ♫ 03:39, 11 April 2013 (UTC)


 * OK, I see it's been done.  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  05:36, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

After a bit of discussion the page is now restored (let me know if you now want the page in your space removed). I do agree with the admin who deleted it that is does require improvement. The tone of the article is not appropriate for an encyclopedia, it needs to sound less like it is written by someone promoting the camp, and be more from a neutral point of view. If you still have interest in working on it that would be great.  Citi Cat   ♫ 12:53, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I will be glad to clean it up a bit. I agree that it is currently overly promotional but I think I can find some secondary sources to make that more encyclopedic. You can leave my userspace copy for now. Thanks again!! Allecher (talk) 13:06, 11 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Talk restored, thanks for taking on the task  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  17:46, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi Allecher, I noticed that you're working on article cleanup on the Camp Quest article. I'm the Camp Quest Executive Director, and I've noticed some things that are out of date or incorrect, but I don't want to violate the conflict of interest rules and edit an article about an organization in which I have a vested interest. The biggest thing is that the list of camp locations is out of date. Since that list was made several locations have been added, and a few like Ireland have stopped running. The current list is always on the sidebar of the front page of the Camp Quest website. I know you also need more secondary sources for article cleanup. It's not completely up to date, but there is a list of some media mentions with links at http://www.campquest.org/media. I agree that the current version of the article needs work to meet encyclopedia standards, and appreciate that you are working on the article. I don't want to interfere, but if I can help, please contact me. (Forgive me if any of this differs from the community norms for handling these things. I am not an experienced Wiki editor.) Ametskas (talk) 15:48, 23 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks Ametskas. I think this is a great way to handle it because you have pointed me toward some secondary sources that can improve the article. I'll take a look. Meanwhile, even though you can't edit that page, you can join us at WP:SKEPTIC to find other ways to improve the quality of the skeptical pages on Wikipedia. We would love to have your help!! Allecher (talk) 17:21, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
Thanks for the welcome. I will definitely try to be more diligent in filling in the edit summary. FYI I am receiving guidance from some more experienced editors, that's why I pulled the CHILD page into my sandbox for a rewrite.MrBill3 (talk) 17:35, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

American Cancer Society Criticism section
As you were kind enough to welcome me and offer help, I would appreciate your taking a look at the American Cancer Society article. I had edited the Criticism section and my edits were undone. Please read the Talk page and or the Talk page for user Capitalismojo. I am attempting to support the use of 3 specific blog entries as sources, maintain information from a reliable source (news article) and support the validity of several sentences of criticism.MrBill3 (talk) 06:51, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Hey Allecher

I'm sending you this because you've made quite a few edits to the template namespace in the past couple of months. If I've got this wrong, or if I haven't but you're not interested in my request, don't worry; this is the only notice I'm sending out on the subject :).

So, as you know (or should know - we sent out a centralnotice and several watchlist notices) we're planning to deploy the VisualEditor on Monday, 1 July, as the default editor. For those of us who prefer markup editing, fear not; we'll still be able to use the markup editor, which isn't going anywhere.

What's important here, though, is that the VisualEditor features an interactive template inspector; you click an icon on a template and it shows you the parameters, the contents of those fields, and human-readable parameter names, along with descriptions of what each parameter does. Personally, I find this pretty awesome, and from Monday it's going to be heavily used, since, as said, the VisualEditor will become the default.

The thing that generates the human-readable names and descriptions is a small JSON data structure, loaded through an extension called TemplateData. I'm reaching out to you in the hopes that you'd be willing and able to put some time into adding TemplateData to high-profile templates. It's pretty easy to understand (heck, if I can write it, anyone can) and you can find a guide here, along with a list of prominent templates, although I suspect we can all hazard a guess as to high-profile templates that would benefit from this. Hopefully you're willing to give it a try; the more TemplateData sections get added, the better the interface can be. If you run into any problems, drop a note on the Feedback page.

Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:17, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank
I appreciate your thanks. Proxima Centauri (talk) 09:53, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Stale draft
Can this be sent to mainspace? Came up as a stale draft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Allecher/Hai-Ting_Chinn Legacypac (talk) 06:42, 11 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm still waiting on a few more sources to prove notability. So I guess it is a stale draft but not forgotten. Allecher (talk) 16:26, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

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Requesting article expansion support
Hello and greetings

I am looking for some help in article expansion support to following article:

Please do have a look at article Superstitions in Muslim societies and Talk:Superstitions in Muslim societies and please do support article expansion if you feel interested about.

Thanks and warm regards

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Rejuvenate WikiProject Skepticism
Hello - my name is Susan Gerbic (Sgerbic) and I'm writing to you because at some point you joined WikiProject Skepticism. This might have been months ago - or even years ago. With the best of intentions the project was created years ago, and sadly like many WikiProjects has started to go dormant. A group of us are attempting to revitalize the Skepticism project, already we have begun to clean up the main page and I've just redone the participant page. No one is in charge of this project, it is member directed, which might have been the reason it almost went dormant. We are attempting to bring back conversations on the talk page and have two subprojects as well, in the hopes that it might spark involvement and a way of getting to know each other better. One was created several years ago but is very well organized and a lot of progress was made, WikiProject Skepticism/Skeptical organisations in Europe. The other I created a couple weeks ago, it is very simple and has a silly name WikiProject Skepticism/Skepticism Stub Sub-Project Project (SSSPP). This sub-project runs from March 1 to June 1, 2022. We are attempting to rewrite skepticism stubs and add them to this list. As you can see we have already made progress.

The reason I'm writing to you now is because we would love to have you come back to the project and become involved, either by working on one of the sub-projects, proposing your own (and managing it), or just hanging out on the talk page getting to know the other editors and maybe donate some of your wisdom to some of the conversations. As I said, no one is in charge, so if you have something in mind you would like to see done, please suggest it on the talk page and hopefully others will agree. Please add the project to your watchlist, update your personal user page showing you are a proud member of WikiProject Skepticism. And DIVE in, this is what the work list looks like frightening at first glance, but we have already started chipping away at it.

The WikiProject Skepticism/Participants page has gone though a giant change - you may want to update your information. And of course if this project no longer interests you, please remove your name from the participant list, we would hate to see you go, but completely understand.

Thank you for your time, I hope to edit with you in the future.Sgerbic (talk) 06:46, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

KF’s death
This needs a citation. May I suggest: https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/si-editor-kendrick-frazier-has-died-age-80/ Rp2006 (talk) 21:43, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

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