User talk:JayWalsh

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I'd like to draw your attention to WT:Blocking IP addresses OrangeDog  (τ • ε) 18:13, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Comments on Jimbo's talk page
Your name came up at. - Stillwaterising (talk) 12:14, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
This is a kitten test!

JayWalsh (talk) 19:39, 9 November 2011 (UTC) 

Request for your perspective on SOPA
Hi Jay, there's currently an ongoing discussion about splitting the Stop Online Piracy Act page at Talk:Stop_Online_Piracy_Act. You've familiarized yourself with the entry before, and your insight and perspective on the matter would be appreciated. Hope to see you there,  Sloggerbum  ( talk ) 00:11, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I'll take a look. I'm not deeply informed on all aspects, but maybe I can help. JayWalsh (talk)

Your input is needed on the SOPA initiative
Hi JayWalsh,

You are receiving this message either because you expressed an opinion about the proposed SOPA blackout before full blackout and soft blackout were adequately differentiated, or because you expressed general support without specifying a preference. Please ensure that your voice is heard by clarifying your position accordingly.

Thank you.

Message delivered as per request on ANI. -- The  Helpful  Bot  16:33, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi JayWalsh- I can't figure out how to say this without sounding corny, (or kiss-butt-ey), but thank you for all the work you are doing to construct and reconctruct Draft Messages, and the other one thousand tasks relating to WKM's involvement in the opposition of the two Bills. It is not easy to take literally hundreds of well intentioned suggestions, and artfully piece them together. It isn't easy, period, to creat a message that has such critical importance weighing on every single word. Good luck with this, and thanks for your work and your time. Petersontinam (talk) 04:06, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that's really kind! We're all in this together. Just hope we can strike a powerful note! JayWalsh (talk)

Ping
Jay, I've emailed for The Signpost on the SOPA issue. Tony  (talk)  15:33, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

SOPA form
Hi Jay, thanks for all your assistance with the SOPA project - just wanted to point you to if you guys at the WMF are still looking for a form / tool. I'm sure the EFF would love to lend a hand. &mdash; PretzelsHii! 22:42, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

SOPA initiative and preventative technical measures
Since we're nearing the deadline for action, I want to be sure that this question made it to you (or someone on the team) in time. I could be mistaken, but I'm thinking that many of our articles could get temporarily downranked (or delisted) by search engine algorithms if they're crawled while substantially different in content. Needless to say that this would potentially reduce the campaign's effectiveness by a very wide margin. —  C M B J  05:24, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks CMBJ - folks from the ops and engineering side of the tech team are aware of this, and they're reaching out to Google, Bing/Microsoft and others to advise them of this situation. As I understand it this is underway. JayWalsh (talk) 07:16, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Headline/structure of landing page
Thank you for all your work on the blackout action. I'm really glad WMF is doing this.

I just posted a note at SOPA_initiative/Proposed_Messages about what I think was the latest version of the landing-page message. I think the small change I made is crucial for reducing blowback from less sympathetic would-be readers. The headline is different but the content is the same. The basic idea is to make it clear that the blackout is in defense of Wikipedia, not just because Wikipedians don't like the legislation. I understand that the message needs to be a call for action. But the headline needs to do something else. People will react emotionally to a black page where their article should be. The headline needs to start there – with that feeling – and then the message needs to transform that feeling into the action we need them to take.

If I can help by responding to the current version, please do let me know. I wish I'd known about this sooner – I'd have been in touch before now. – Pnm (talk) 22:18, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

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Contact by a reporter
Hello Jay,

I've been approached by a reporter wanting to interview me. I sent you an email, and would appreciate any thoughts you have to offer.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  00:02, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

fyi...
Thanks. Lourdes 03:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)