User talk:Cherniack

Welcome
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Overeaters Anonymous
I just wanted to thank you for all the info that you added to the OA article, it is really coming together. MicahMN | Talk 19:32, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Overeaters Anonymous
I just wanted to thank you for all the info that you added to the OA article, it is really coming together. MicahMN | Talk 20:19, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Saul Mark Cherniack and related articles
Hello,

I'm User:CJCurrie, and I was responsible for the previous edits to the Saul Mark Cherniack page. I have two comments.

First, thank you for your corrections. Much of my information was taken from published works by Russell Doern and Sidney Green. I had tried to filter out their obvious biases and present their accusations in a neutral light, though apparently not as successfully as I'd intended.

I'd been trying to find a decent account of "the other side of the story" vis-a-vis the 1968-69 leadership contests for a while. Again, thank you.

Second, I've written several other articles on political figures from Manitoba, most of which are listed at "Category:Manitoba MLAs". While I've tried to be accurate, I don't have your firsthand knowledge of the province's political culture. Any corrections you could make to these pages would be appreciated. CJCurrie 21:25, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Self-Therapy Anonymous
Hi Cherns,

I’m just learning how to use Wikipedia, so forgive me if I’m not doing this correctly. I noticed that you removed my addition of Self-Therapy Anonymous (http://www.sta12.org) from the list of Twelve Step Programs – because, as you stated, “Self-Therapy Anonymous doesn’t use the 12 Steps”. Although your statement has some truth to it, STA's Twelve Steps are inspired by the Twelve Steps of AA and follow a similar progression – close enough, I would argue, to keep them within the ballpark of still being “Twelve Step” in spirit. Also, STA is not the only program (on the list) whose steps deviate in certain (and sometimes key) respects from those of AA, though STA's steps do deviate more.

But more importantly, Self-Therapy Anonymous has many significant overlapping characteristics with AA and other Twelve Step Programs, and as such I think it would be more valuable to expand the Wikipedia definition of a Twelve Step Program than to exclude a program that does not seem to meet it. So while yes, Self-Therapy Anonymous is a different sort of animal from other Twelve Step Programs, I still think it is not a wholly mutant species and thus belongs on the list.

But also, from what I understand (and I may be wrong here!), Wikipedia believes that decisions are best made by consensus, so perhaps giving Self-Therapy Anonymous a bit more time on the list would give others a chance to enter this discussion. Thanks! Selftherapy 17:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

List of Twelve-Step groups article
Hi Cherns. I noticed you re-introduced the external link for Overeaters Anonymous into the List of Twelve-Step groups article. The editing I did yesterday was basically to put an external link only for those entries which didn't have an associated article, which would contain the external link to the group's site. I think we should back out the change you made ? Thoughts ? Yours and Bests. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 17:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC) (talk)


 * Okay by me!

Thanks for your feedback and reply, Cherns. I made the change. Best Wishes. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc 19:15, 11 September 2006 (UTC) (talk)

Who vs. Whom
Hey Cherns,

It's nice to meet you. I had a question regarding this grammar edit you made to Chicago school (literary criticism). I had thought that "whom" was correct because it was referring to those being criticized – in other words, the object of the sentence. I had learned that the object of a sentence should be given "whom" treatment, while the subject should be given "who" treatment. It's confusing, so I might have gotten this mixed up, but in this case, I'm convinced that "whom" is the right choice. It's trivial, but I wanted to clarify because I spent a couple minutes trying to find out what was correct to use here. Best, Airplaneman   ✈  17:38, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Airplaneman,

Nice to meet you too. I understand why you're convinced of what you wrote, but here's my response.

The object is not "who" -- it is "those" -- the sentence is "It did . . . criticize those" and the phrase "who were not clear or consistent about the initial hypotheses and definitions behind their theories" modifies (enlarges, clarifies, defines) the preposition "those". "Who" is not the object of the verb "did criticize". "Those" is. "Who" is the subject of the phrase whose verb is "were not clear".

Hope that makes sense!

Best,

Lawrie (Cherns)
 * Yep, makes sense! Cheers, Airplaneman   ✈  03:54, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
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Condolences
My condolences on the loss of your father, and thank you for remaining objective in fixing his article. —  Wylie pedia  @ 00:56, 31 March 2018 (UTC)