User talk:Geremia

Abortion-breast cancer hypothesis
While I appreciate your concern about the trichotomy; it was there for the explicit purpose of delineating between scientific and political sources. It also showed the sources were balanced in number, and hence discouraged link spamming of further links. Now without headers they all look the same and people will be more inclined to add more links. I don't want either to happen. - RoyBoy 13:57, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Edit warring
On multiple articles, you have been re-inserting disputed edits without prior talk page consensus. This is a form of disruptive editing called edit warring. On wikipedia, editors work together as a community, and build consensus for controversial changes through discussion and compromise. Have you had a chance to read WP:BRD? Bold edits are encouraged. However, if an editor in good faith reverts your bold edit, it is never appropriate to re-instate the controversial edit. Instead, the editor pushing for the change should go to the talk page, start a new discussion making the proposal for the changes, and discussing in detail why you feel the edit is necessary and within wikipedia guidelines. Instead of starting a discussion and trying to build consensus for your changes, you reverted back to them without discussion and in spite of multiple other editor's concerns. I ask you now, to in the future please try to avoid edit warring and needlessly reverting other editors, but instead use article talk pages to discuss your proposals whenever you meet opposition to a bold edit of yours. If you have any questions about any of this, or questions about how wikipedia works in general, feel free to ask. If you want to discuss the article content further, please use those article's talk pages (there is a tab at the top of each article that says "discussion"). Hope this helps.-Andrew c [talk] 15:06, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Joe venuti.ogg
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Advice questions
You're adding advice questions to article discussion pages. Those pages are for discussion about the article, not for you to tap Wikipedian's pool of knowledge to satisfy your curiosity. Please stop. Additionally, you have been spamming the same question in several places; a tactic that is unnecessary even when the question is on task. About your Venuti questions: buy this album. You'll have the answer fairly quickly. Binksternet (talk) 17:34, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Ooops! Copy and paste accident. The link I intended is this one. Binksternet (talk) 06:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

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Sound clips
Hello Geremia, Since I took the trouble to identify the Mozart on the sound clips you posted at Talk:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, would you kindly tell me where they are from? Thanks, Opus33 (talk) 17:39, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Opus33 (talk) 05:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

BLP warning
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Re: International Space Station orbit simulation
Correct, you made the movie. But the visuals WITHIN that movie were made by Imaginova Corp and are copyrighted. Their copyright supersedes your "derivative" copyright. --Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 14:29, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Anon edits to 72 equal temperament
Why do you say that's vandalism? It looks like good-faith edits to me. &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 19:36, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Compulsory Education Act
Hello! I am currently working on the Compulsory Public Education article and I noticed that you have made some contributions to the article on Oregon's Compulsory Education Act. I am working on the Compulsory Public Education article in conjunction with a course at Syracuse University that has partnered with WikiPorject: U.S. Public Policy. Any feedback or suggestions you have on the current state of the article would be appreciated. Thanks! Clairestum (talk) 02:38, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey Geremia, I saw your contributions on the article Religion and abortion and I was very impressed. Keep up the good work. - Haymaker (talk) 09:40, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Religion and abortion
Hi! It's great that you're trying to help out at Religion and abortion, but Esoglou and I have actually been in the process of working out the wording and we seem to be nearing a summary of the main article that is both brief and accurate. Any fundamental rewrites should probably be brought to the talk page first.

As I also noted in my edit summary, the statements for which you added Citation needed tags are more than adequately substantiated by the citations in the main article. The MOS for summaries requires that material that is "challenged or likely to be challenged" be attributed, and since you're the one challenging it, I suggest that you bring over the citations from the main article. (I didn't think it was "likely to be challenged" - I honestly thought everyone knew this.) Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 04:18, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, on second thought, I'm constitutionally incapable of letting anyone else do things, so I've done it myself. Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 04:26, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Re: RS
While the topic is still a bit fresh, is there anything else I can help you out with, in the way of information about how stuff works? Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 22:56, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? Thanks—Geremia (talk) 00:43, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, it seemed like you were unsure of the criteria for RS when we were talking about Clowes's Facts of Life (you mentioned that it was a printed book and available on Amazon/WorldCat, so I was explaining why that doesn't work). I just wanted to offer my services if there was anything else you were confused about.
 * Oh, and incidentally, you seem to have done a bit of work on Ensoulment, obviously - do you just focus on the Catholic stuff? Because at some point I'd like to write the section for Judaism, and I do have a few resources already, but if you could point me in the right direction for more (if your interest is more general/not just on the Catholic doctrine), that would be great as well. Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 01:00, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but what is RS? Also, I thought there used to be a Judaism section, but now it's not there? Thanks—Geremia (talk) 02:06, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * RS = WP:RS, or Wikipedia's guidelines on reliable sources. There was a Judaism section; however, it had links but no content, so I hid it from view. Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 02:16, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * That would seem to invalidate, e.g., source #25 since it is a self-published blog.—Geremia (talk) 03:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * You're exactly right! I'm just too lazy to change the citation to refer to the (apparently) reliable source that the blog post quotes, the Irish Theological Quarterly, rather than the blog post itself. ;) I should probably do that. Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 04:53, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * You can only do that if you actually read Irish Theological Quarterly yourself. You have to WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT, not "say where someone else (allegedly) got it".  WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:18, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Warning
As a heads up you appear to be at or near three reverts on the breast cancer article. You must discussion on the talk page.-- Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:24, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Summa influences
Hello, Geremia. Are you going to flesh out your addition to the Summa article with a reference? Is that idea from the Dimsdale book? I couldn't quite find it there. Thanks. --  Kenatipo   speak! 16:37, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't do anything -- I found a ref in the Fordham College monthly. Thanks.  --  Kenatipo    speak! 16:41, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. Unfortunately we only have a snippet view, so I can't determine the author of the article or the exact month --  but it has to be either November or December 'cause I saw a letter in there dated October 25.  I'll keep looking.  --  Kenatipo    speak! 18:22, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * As it turns out, the bound volumes cover a school year. Still don't know the author yet.  --  Kenatipo    speak! 20:06, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Abortion
What on Earth is this? Your statement is 100% incorrect, per both those articles, which I assume you have read. Abortion-breast cancer hypothesis: "The abortion–breast cancer hypothesis has been the subject of extensive scientific inquiry, and the scientific community has concluded that abortion does not cause breast cancer." Abortion and mental health: ""Post-abortion syndrome" has not found widespread acceptance outside the pro-life community; the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association do not recognize PAS as an actual diagnosis or condition, and it is not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR or in the ICD-10 list of psychiatric conditions." Deliberately adding misinformation like that is unacceptable and may be grounds for sanction by an administrator. Please don't do anything like that again. If you don't feel that you can edit neutrally in the topic area, you shouldn't be editing it at all. NW ( Talk ) 05:19, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Abortion and mental health
Did you read the discussions on either Talk:Abortion or Talk:Abortion and mental health before adding the new Coleman study? Could you please revert yourself and contribute to one of those discussions please? Thank you. NW ( Talk ) 05:32, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Abortion-related articles and 1RR
Just as a general FYI, abortion-related articles are under a range of community-imposed restrictions, including 1RR (no more than one revert per 24 hours). The details can be found here. If you were already aware of these restrictions, feel free to ignore or remove this message. MastCell Talk 05:25, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I came over to say the same thing. You've been riding roughshod over this rule, so I hope it's just that you weren't aware of it. Now that you are, please follow the rules that everyone else has to follow. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 08:11, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Blocked for 24 hours for 1RR violation
Per General sanctions/Abortion/Log, you have been blocked for 24 hours for your violation of the 1RR at Abortion and mental health. Users may not revert more than one time in a 24-hour period at abortion-related articles. You were warned of this above. You may request unblocking by placing on your talk page. either way (talk) 19:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Last chance
You either stop trying to evade your block to edit disruptively, or you will find yourself blocked indefinitely. &mdash; Coren (talk) 13:39, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

New report of a 1RR violation
Please see WP:AN3. It seems you have again broken the 1RR restriction at Abortion and mental health. You can respond to the AN3 complaint if you wish. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 03:38, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

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Accident on AN/I
I'm not sure what happened here, but please watch out to make sure that you don't accidentally do something like that again. I reverted your edit, since it removed so many other comments and quite a few threads at the bottom of the page, and restored your comment to the appropriate thread. Cheers. lifebaka ++ 18:59, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Sorry about that Geremia (talk) 00:01, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

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 * Thanks. I've make it point to Vatican_Publishing_House now.Geremia (talk) 18:32, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

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 * Any further violations of your topic ban will result in a block. Why unnecessarily do this to yourself? NW ( Talk ) 05:26, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

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Topic ban violation
As you're topic-banned from all pages related to abortion, I've reported your edit to Talk:Abortion and mental health at the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard. MastCell Talk 22:32, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * If I'm topic-banned, then why can I still edit it?Geremia (talk) 23:16, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The ban is not enforced by Wikipedia software, it is up to you to observe it by avoiding the listed articles. If you are not willing to pay attention to the problem, sanctions may be imposed. EdJohnston (talk) 00:17, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I came in to say the same thing. You are long past the point of being let off with a warning. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 01:14, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

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Re: Conservapedia
Hi. I notice you have called Conservapedia "the less biased equivalent of Wikipedia". I have no interest in arguing with you. My interest is in understanding why you think Conservapedia is less biased. Could you explain it to me? Viriditas (talk) 12:33, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I would say that it is because they are less monopolized by administrators' views; it's more "free market." Check out their page on examples of bias in Wikipedia, Differences between Wikipedia and Conservapedia, and Conservapedia's copyright policy, which is much less restrictive than Wikipedia's. Geremia (talk) 19:53, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. There is a strange dynamic at work on Wikipedia in regards to editors and sysops; it is based on an older paradigm of a centralized IT model which has become outdated.  Most people, as you probably already know, are resistant to change, and have difficulty imagining and predicting the future.  As for the linked explanations of bias, see our article on tu quoque. The solution to the left-right paradigm is not to give in to one side or another, but to move to the center and recognize the strengths and weaknesses of both sides.  Unfortunately, there are elements in the world which will continue to try to move people from one side to the other in order to assert control over individuals.  From where I stand, Wikipedia gives readers more of a choice in having access to multiple competing views. Viriditas (talk) 11:07, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

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Old dates
In this edit you wrote a Julian calendar date as 1546-04-08. Wikipedia's WP:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers calls for editors to avoid dates in that format that would violate ISO 8601 (even though Wikipedia hasn't formally adopted that standard). So there are two problems with 1546-04-08; it is before the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, and it is a Julian calendar date.

I am curious about how many editors had ever noticed the restriction in "Manual of Style/Dates and numbers", and how many editors had ever heard of ISO 8601. I'd appreciate your reaction. Jc3s5h (talk) 03:28, 2 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I was not aware it was a Julian date. By "Julian date" do you just mean a date prior to the institution of the Gregorian calendar? thanks Geremia (talk) 17:24, 4 February 2014 (UTC)


 * In this case, the document itself (assuming it was accurately transcribed) gives the date celebrata die VIII. Aprilis, 1546. That was before the first adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1582. So it must be a Julian calendar date. I understand it is rare for historians to extrapolate the Gregorian calender to dates before it was adopted (see Proleptic Gregorian calendar). However, ISO 8601 calls for dates in that format to always use the Gregorian calendar, even if the area under discussion, such as early 16th century Britain, used the Julian calendar. Wikipedia editors don't seem to do very well at following that prescription; indeed, they don't seem to do very well at specifying which calendar was used in articles where it isn't obvious. Jc3s5h (talk) 18:32, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

File:Shield of the Trinity with the Four Relations.svg
It's an interesting diagram (representing Western Christianity only, of course), but it doesn't display well at thumbnail size (one reason is that the TeX "Computer Modern" font is notoriously anemic), and it would appear to contain a significant element of the dreaded "original research". Also, if Trinities.org is not acceptable as a source, then Christianity.Stackexchange.Com is definitely not acceptable (especially since you appear to have written some of the material at the given URL). In any case, wonder why you didn't include a version with downwards triangle, which would have made the diagram more horizontally symmetric? The upshot is that I really don't think the image is useful to the article "Shield of the Trinity" in the way that you added it... AnonMoos (talk) 17:08, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

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