User talk:Michael G. Wasserman

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Conversion between Julian and Gregorian calendars
I suggest you re-write your edit so that it is entirely in the third person, which is more in line with encyclopedic wording, as noted in the guidelines. I also suggest you provide a citation for the material. Donner60 (talk) 23:19, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

TO: Donner60. Thank you. I will consider very seriously your suggestion that I write only in the third person, keeping in mind that my goal is to explain rather than to lecture. I will cite Jc3s5h's article on the Gregorian calendar for the accuracy of my facts. Michael G. Wasserman (talk) 02:24, 9 February 2015 (UTC)


 * It is important that you read the the Gregorian calendar and Julian calendar articles, as well as Adoption of the Gregorian calendar. Your essay states as absolute facts, with no qualifications, rules that only work between some British realms (England, Wales, Ireland, and British overseas colonies) and the Gregorian calendar; the rules you state do not work for Scotland and many continental European countries. Therefore I have reverted the change. Jc3s5h (talk) 00:51, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

TO: Jc3s5h. I have read the articles you suggest, including your exhaustive piece on the Gregorian calendar. I found nothing in any of those articles that seriously conflicts with the contents of mine. In fact, everything in your article confirms what I said as respects my central example, Washington's birthday. I will reinsert my article after revising it to note that the existence and duration of a period of year-end adjustment varies depending on location.

Thank you for referring me to your article, which I will cite for the accuracy of the facts I use. Michael G. Wasserman (talk) 02:24, 9 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I don't have an article. Also, Wikipedia articles are not considered reliable sources and should not be cited to support claims; see WP:CIRCULAR. Jc3s5h (talk) 03:58, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Content forking
I note that you made several attempts to update Conversion between Julian and Gregorian calendars (here, here and here) and in all cases your edits were reverted, at which point you created Methodology of Conversion of Julian Dates to Gregorian Dates in order to promulgate your own version of the issue. This is called a content fork, and in this particular case, a POV fork intended to push one particular point of view (POV). This is an unacceptable form of editing. In this case, I have redirected your new article back to the original.

In a case like this where you have made an edit (several times) and had the edit reverted (several times), your best course of action is to engage in a discussion in the relevant talk page. Explain why you think an update is needed, and listen to the voices of those who disagree with you. See if you can come to a compromise, or an understanding of why one point of view should prevail over the other. In the case of the edits you're making, it appears that you are limiting your world view to only the United States and Great Britain, whereas the issue of Julian/Gregorian date discrepancy has much wider scope. In any case, take your issue to the talk page and talk it out. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:42, 18 February 2015 (UTC)