User talk:JAK

Featured article candidates/History of Arsenal F.C. (1966–present)
Hi there. You're recent FAC nomination was filed incorrectly. You failed to fill it in in the correct format, and you failed to inform the main contributors to the article. Next time, please inform the main contributors. Regards, D.M.N. (talk) 08:26, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate that you are acting in good faith, but it is best if featured articles are nominated by people who have worked closely on them. In this way, they can give reasoned replies to reviewers and be familiar enough with the sources to act on suggested improvements. Someone who has not worked on the article can not provide this input, so the featured article candidate may continue on until opposition to it becomes so overwhelming that the article is failed; this takes away time from reviewers. While the History of Arsenal F.C. (1966–present) article is of reasonable quality, it is not yet featured article quality, and principle contributors must be consulted before a nomination, as required in the featured article candidate instructions. The FAC has been removed. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 09:46, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK
what does "not enough wikify" mean? Ironholds (talk) 13:30, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Again, i'm not understanding you. Ironholds (talk) 15:20, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

AZ move
I just noticed that you've moved the article AZ (football club) to Alkmaar Zaanstreek NV without any prior discussion. Could you explain why? Aecis·(away) talk 20:48, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Using parentheses is quite common on Wikipedia, when one word or name is used for more than one thing. See for instance James Baker (disambiguation), where you can see all the people named James, Jim or Jamie Baker who have a Wikipedia article. Jim Baker (politician) is about a politician, Jim Baker (footballer) is about a footballer, Jim Baker (frontiersman) is about a frontiersman. AZ (football club) makes clear that the article is about the football club called AZ, and not about the American rapper. There's nothing uncommon about the name of the article. Also, we have a special procedure for renaming articles, to avoid wars and fights breaking out on Wikipedia. It is outlined in Requested moves. Basically, if you think that an article should be moved, you can propose a new name and ask the community for their opinion. If the consensus is that it should be moved, it will be moved. If the consensus is that it shouldn't be moved, it won't be moved. Aecis·(away) talk 20:18, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Not at all, and noone has said you are. My only point is that sometimes things can be done better when they're done in a different way. Aecis·(away) talk 10:58, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

What the heck? Why move 0.999....?
Why did you move 0.999... to 0.999......? (Please answer on the talk page for the article.) Thanks. Phiwum (talk) 19:59, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

There are two problems with the move: First, you used two unicode ellipses, which means six dots. That's uncommon. Second, for reasons explained on the talk page of the article, editors have settled on three dots rather than a unicode ellipsis. Phiwum (talk) 13:41, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't say there's a ban on unicode ellipses, but there has been a discussion on whether the best title for 0.999... involves unicode or not and the consensus was that three dots are better. (I wasn't part of the discussion, so you should see the talk pages for details.) Phiwum (talk) 18:39, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

关于《栾大》的特色条目候选
请问你可否澄清你对此文章的不满吗？你的理由似乎解的不太清楚. 若需帮忙，我可以帮你翻译一下. 顺便一提，英文维基百科的特色條目条件之中，参考文献的标准比华文维基百科比较高，所以对于栾大这个人物所能采用的文献比较有限. Jappalang (talk) 23:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 你已误会这里列明来源的方法. 这里如果有一群句子从同一个文献而来的话，不需没一个句子挂个文献，只须在那一群句子或那一段后挂上就行了. 这里没有什么一定要有２０以上的文献，只要把大多数最恰当可靠而相应的文献用上就行了. 重要的是使用的文献能包含对于题材的大多数资料. 况且这里对于文献的可靠性更高. 比如你的蒂埃里·亨利文章里的"givemefootball.com","jockbio.com","goal.com","deadspin.com"在这里会被认为是不可靠而被淘汰. 这里对于文献的可靠性比较严.  Jappalang (talk) 04:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thierry Henry在这里是在2007年升为FA的，那时的水准不如现在. 若要拿它来当为华文维基百科的特色條目的标准的话，只是表示华文维基百科比英文维基百科落后一年. 难道你真的要以那种程度表扬华文维基百科？ Jappalang (talk) 13:26, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 极不中肯？！你从英文维基直接翻译一个古老级的文件到华文维基那儿去. 他们还可以把那种一年前的水准（而英文维基水准一直日日提升）毫无疑问地当成最佳作品. 这简直就像是说中国1980年的武装配备（使用1970苏联装备）如现代俄罗斯一样先进，似乎太离谱了吧. 我可没闲工夫在这样闹下去.  Jappalang (talk) 14:14, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Jin (rapper)
Hey there, I reverted your move you made of Jin (rapper) to MC Jin. His stage name is simply Jin, as even stated on his official website. Unless you have an proof that he has changed his stage name, please do not move the article without discussing it first. Thank you. Diverse Mentality  07:49, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * all HongKong people called him either his Chinese name or the name "MC Jin", he also named himself "MC Jin" on a programme of radio--JackyCheung (talk) 11:15, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

That's true, but for the majority, he's known simply as Jin. I went ahead and added it to the alias field of the infobox. Diverse Mentality  02:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * um...but don't you think that no disambig is better?--JackyCheung (talk) 02:41, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Not in this case because in English-speaking countries, he's not know as MC Jin, so someone searching under the name is very unlikely. Though MC Jin does avoid disambiguation, in this case, it's needed because readers will usually search for Jin, which is the whole purpose of the disambiguation page. Small note: Please reply here on your talk page. I like to keep discussions in one place and I have your talk page watched. Thank you. Diverse Mentality  02:46, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

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