User talk:John G. Lewis

Your edits on Talk:Super Bowl XXV
Hi John,

I have a few comments regarding this edit you made on Talk:Super Bowl XXV. Please note that neither you nor I nor any administrator or group of administrators "owns" Wikipedia. The problem with the Super Bowl XXV article and many others is that several users have abused Wikipedia's well-known "anyone can edit" privilege by adding blatantly false information and/or other garbage to the article, so one of the various degrees of page protection has had to be applied to it.
 * First, your edit removed comments by other editors. This is not allowed except under a limited set of circumstances. When responding on a talk page, add your own comments at the bottom of other comments.
 * On wikis, it is not necessary to add 5 spaces or a tab to indent the beginning of a paragraph. This actually causes the word wrap feature of the wiki software to not work as it should. When separating paragraphs, simply press "Enter" or "Return" twice at the end of each paragraph.

I'll respond to your comments on Talk:Super Bowl XXV on that page. Best, &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 15:29, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

March 2013
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you have been adding your signature to some of your edits to articles, such as the edit you made to Jonathan Winters. This is a common mistake to make and has probably already been corrected. Please do not sign your edits to article content, as the article's edit history serves the function of attributing contributions, so you only need to use your signature to make discussions more readable, such as on article talk pages or project pages such as the Village Pump. If you would like further information about distinguishing types of pages, please see What is an article?. Again, thank you for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:51, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 02:38, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Received, and thank you. I'll try to remember all this, and of course, I can return to this page. (John G. Lewis (talk) 02:44, 26 June 2013 (UTC))

June 2014
Hello, I'm Mlpearc. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Star Trek: The Original Series, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 21:43, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

That Season Three, Star Trek The Original Series was a 'fallen season' in terms of quality, and to any notable degree...? If you would like to live with this fiction, very well, but I believe simply the truth is otherwise. I cannot offer any proofs, or references, other than my own humble aesthetic judgement. Yet many people put in a great effort for this the final year (perhaps most notably Walter Jeffries), and I would not like to see it unnecessarily aspersed. (John G. Lewis (talk) 22:28, 2 June 2014 (UTC))

Donaldson
It's nothing personal. All commentary on the talk page is intended to be directed specifically towards the task of article improvement. Anastrophe (talk) 06:40, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Ok... true. (I understand.) I wasn't adding anything, taking away, but rather making a series of relatively loose comments. I'll try to be more precise if I ever attempt to add to the Donaldson page again... Yet my sources and information are rather spotty, so it is unlikely. Nonetheless, if someone else added, I may be able to do something. (64.35.202.173 (talk) 20:06, 16 December 2014 (UTC))

September 2015
Your recent edit to List of people from Oak Park, Illinois appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person or organization added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 18:22, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

Yes. Very well. I believe that "John Lewis" 1842 - 1921, lawyer, was a notable person in Oak Park history, and does deserve his own Wiki page. I would construct the latter if I knew how. He was an early writer on the law of "Eminent Domain", and his book on the subject went through three editions, eventually becoming a two-volume set and 2100 pgs. People seem to have forgotten him. I have various information on him, including an extract from "Oak Leaves" (Saturday, July 2, 1921) which announced his death. Also an Oak Leaves editorial (Sat. Nov. 14, 1903) which reads "There was no feature of the corner stone laying last Saturday that was more pleasing to the citizens of Oak Park than the tribute which Mr. Jesse A. Baldwin paid to Mr. John Lewis, as to the man whom, more than any other, we owe our village government.  Mr. Lewis' labors in behalf of the Oak Park public have been through many channels.... [and] against his own political and financial interest as an office-holder of the old town [Cicero] cast his influence for a separate government for Oak Park.  His career in public office has been marked by a degree of unselfishness and probity ... [Mr. Lewis] has been a resident of Oak Park since 1873..." (John G. Lewis (talk) 17:42, 19 September 2015 (UTC))
 * First, in order to show notability (which by the way, is the name of our standard for inclusion. When you see the term notable in Wikipedia, that is what it means. The general notability standard for biography is at WP:BIO. The specific standard for academics is at WP:PROF), you need things written about him, and in detail. A mention in a newspaper is not enough. Being politically active in a suburban town is not enough. Being mayor of Chicago is. 50 short mentions like you gave in example above is not enough. Having written books is not enough. Check the standard for academics above, but at some point, having his books cited in scholarly publications does show notability. So do multiple articles focusing on him. Same thing for detailed mention in books.
 * Second, as you are related to this gentleman, our policy on COI discourages, but does not forbid, you writing about him. If you wish to create a bio on him, you should familiarize yourself with COI policy and most certainly use our reviewed method of creating an article, AFD. If you need technical help, I'll be glad to help you. Best. John from Idegon (talk) 00:02, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Yes... I did not like the nepotism angle, either. But I do have info on the man others don't, not unexpectedly. (John G. Lewis (talk) 02:26, 20 September 2015 (UTC))

He was my great-grandfather. I have a Yale Univ. biography, the Oak Leaves obituary, and possibly one other obituary. Additionally, we have sundry letters and writings from him. If Wiki changes their mind, I would be pleased to place up some information. You might also check with my brother Anders G. Lewis at some point. (John G. Lewis (talk) 08:31, 16 January 2018 (UTC))

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!
Allright, John. I see your link for "the Teahouse". Are you in Iceland, btw? For my notes here are leaving odd times. [And I apologize for revising this particular note twice.] I assume I can I 'go there' anytime (use the "Teahouse" link, that is)? Or are some times better than others? But thank you for the invitation. I will try to read up on creating Wiki pages before I attend, of course. Rather new to Wiki and computers (as is evident), but ... I have done some editing of late, true. Anyway, beyond Mr. John Lewis (of late 19th century Oak Park): knowing how to "create a page" obviously is useful to young editors. I will read up on "notability" too. Thanks again, very much, and will be in touch. (John G. Lewis (talk) 03:05, 20 September 2015 (UTC))
 * Hahaha. No, I'm not in Iceland. Your confusion probably comes from the way your preferences are set to show time. Default is Greenwich Mean Time. You can change it to Central Standard Time (assuming you are in Chicagoland) by going to your preferences tab. En.Wikipedia is worldwide, as English is the official language in many places around the world. The different versions of Wikipedia are language based, not politically based. So, yes, teahouse I'd open 24 hours a day. My bizzare name comes from the fact that I live on the Idaho-Oregon border. As a matter of fact, one of my property lines is the state line. If you wish to know more about a brother or sister editor, clicking on their name will take you to their user page, where most serious editors have some biographical info. I am not a youngster, either (60 in a couple months). And I'm originally from Chicagoland myself. (NW Indiana). Glad to help any way I can. John from Idegon (talk) 03:31, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Color me embarrassed! I'm telling you how to find info about other users, and I didn't even look at yours. Sorry. Please don't consider me forward, but I would suggest removing your email address from your userpage. Instead, enable the email feature in your prefferences. Spambots regularly crawl popular websites like Wikipedia in search of info that can be used unscrupulously. So unless you want all sorts of ads on get rich quick schemes and penis enlargement......John from Idegon (talk) 04:15, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

John ... from Idaho/Oregon. Some interesting country out there. SE Oregon? Quite remote, desert. A head's up, and you prob. know, but in less than two years a Total Eclipse will pass just north of you. (Aug. 2017) I'm on the East Coast. Thanks for all the notes and help. -- John in NH. (John G. Lewis (talk) 10:21, 20 September 2015 (UTC))

I viewed the Aug. 2017 total eclipse from the Blue Mountains of N.E. Oregon, near the John Day Monument... Gorgeous, though the smoke from all the fires in California I believe shaded viewing, yet very slightly... Seeing the Corona was a sight. (John G. Lewis (talk) 18:37, 16 February 2018 (UTC))

Briarcliff High School
Hi John,

I appreciate your fond experience at Briarcliff High School in the 1980s. I urge you to share your recollections with the Briarcliff Manor Historical Society at briarcliffhistory.org. However, Wikipedia relies on using things like news articles and history books for writing history, and it does not accept personal stories or knowledge as a source. For that reason, I am reverting your edits, but again, I strongly recommend you share your history and experiences in Briarcliff with the historical society, which would love to enter them into their records and share them with the community. Best, ɱ  (talk) 15:44, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

No Problem. I'm sorry it could not work out. (John G. Lewis (talk) 03:19, 11 March 2019 (UTC))

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has an RFC
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has an RFC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. &#8212;&#160;CJDOS,&#160;Sheridan,&#160;OR&#160;(talk) 05:11, 6 August 2023 (UTC)