User talk:J. Finkelstein

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference
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Disambiguation link notification
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Nomination of List of authors published by Bloomsbury Publishing for deletion
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Disambiguation link notification for October 28
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Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest
I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers!

Replacement product
Please note that under WP:MOS,
 * It is incorrect to italicize parentheses and digits in things like (e + 1). Notice that here I have italicized the e but nothing else.  This is consistent with TeX style:
 * $$ (e+1) \, $$


 * The following differ from each other:
 * d - 1
 * d &minus; 1
 * The second is correct usage; the first is not.

Michael Hardy (talk) 18:48, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Boston climate chart
Hello,

Thank you for your recent edit to Boston. I noticed that when the template was placed it was not fitted into the article, creating a large gap between sections. I tried adding a {clear} to it, but it didn't do much. Upon further investigating I noticed that the current weather/temp box already distinguished average temperatures, making the new template redundant. I removed it, but wanted to notify you to let you know my reasoning for doing so (template appears redundant and does not conform well on the page). Thank you! Garchy (talk) 20:12, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Hm, it didn't leave any gap between sections when I viewed it on my browser/operating system. Oh well, thanks for the notice. J. Finkelstein (talk) 20:22, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I do like the chart so I'm going to try to work it in - thank you for spending the time creating it! I hope I didn't discourage you from continuing to improve WP :) Happy editing! Garchy (talk) 17:59, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:J. Finkelstein/Sandbox/Tufts University
User:J. Finkelstein/Sandbox/Tufts University, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:J. Finkelstein/Sandbox/Tufts University and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:J. Finkelstein/Sandbox/Tufts University during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 03:46, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers
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Your access to AWB may be temporarily removed
Hello J. Finkelstein! This message is to inform you that due to editing inactivity, your access to AutoWikiBrowser may be temporarily removed. If you do not resume editing within the next week, your username will be removed from the CheckPage. This is purely for routine maintenance and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You may regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! &mdash; MusikBot II  talk  17:09, 13 December 2018 (UTC)