User talk:Torontojeff

The Brady Bunch, and the term "jumped the shark"
Your edits here and your reinsertion after I had reverted them are appreciated. But note what I said in the edit summary when I reverted after the first time you made the change. I am under the impression you do not completely understand what jumped the shark is - it is a broad-based concept, broader than simple insertion of characters into a show that's slumping in the ratings. And if you had read the entire paragraph you were editing, I wonder if you saw the term in the preceding sentence; you are essentially making a redundant claim by putting the term in a second time. The original text, and term, "Cousin Oliver" is also mentioned under List of The Brady Bunch characters as "Cousin Oliver syndrome", which is a specific case of "jumped the shark" where they add younger characters to a show due to an aging original cast in order to regain appeal of their audience. There was nothing wrong with that original text, and it states the claim more clearly then two mentions of "jumped the shark" in consecutive sentences. If you disagree with how I see things here, please reply to this or on my talk page; unless you explain your rationale behind the edit, I have to deem it unconstructive/disruptive, and you may receive warnings next time. MPFitz1968 (talk) 18:58, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

WP:BLPPRIVACY
Hi there, I'm not sure how you missed it, considering you edited around it twice, but there was a very obvious embedded note in the birth_date parameter of the Infobox at Mary Jo Catlett instructing users that per WP:BLPPRIVACY, birthdates must be sourced and widely published. With identity theft a serious ongoing concern, people increasingly regard their full names and dates of birth as private. Wikipedia includes full names and dates of birth that have been widely published by reliable sources, or by sources linked to the subject such that it may reasonably be inferred that the subject does not object. Please be sure to provide references from reliable sources when you add birthdates for living persons. Much obliged. Note that IMDb is not considered a reliable source. (WP:RS/IMDB, WP:RS, WP:TVFAQ)

Also, since I'm noticing a pattern in your edit history of multiple attempts to make what are generally not complicated edits, I need to encourage you to please use the Show Preview button (located right next to Save Page) so you can work out the bugs in your contributions before saving them to an article. In these edits, Show Preview would have helped you spot mistakes like the unresolved wikilinks in the first three edits.
 * The series aired in Canada by [[Dejaview] channel 636
 * The series aired in Canada by Dejaview channel 636
 * The series aired in Canada on Dejaview channel 636
 * The series aired in Canada on DejaView channel 636

Thanks, and I hope this helps. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:07, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Mary Jo. Catlett
I got the birth info for Mary Jo Catlett from Google. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Torontojeff (talk • contribs)
 * That would not be sufficient. All content at Wikipedia needs to come from reliable sources that have a reputation for fact-checking, like magazines, newspapers, books, television news shows, medical journals, etc. Google is a search engine. There is no presumption of fact-checking, let alone a reputation for fact-checking. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:40, 1 October 2015 (UTC)


 * So, the information I got from Google can be right or wrong correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Torontojeff (talk • contribs)
 * You cannot use Google search results as a reference because as I said above, we need information to come from publications like the ones in my list—publications with reputations for fact-checking. Unrelated to that, let's please keep this discussion here at your talk page. We don't need to duplicate the discussion on mine. Also, please be sure to sign your talk page comments by typing four tildes like this: ~ Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:08, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Billie Bird
Hi Torontojeff, with regard to your query at my talk page, I think it's better if I show you how to do it yourself. "Teach a man to fish" and all.

Note the example below:
 * 1984
 * Sixteen Candles
 * Dorothy Baker (Grandmother)
 * Dorothy Baker (Grandmother)

The top and bottom |- (pipe + dash) characters are dividers that tell the table where the next batch of information goes. There are four field parameters, Year, Title, Role, and Notes. In the above example, the Notes field exists, but is blank. In this edit of yours you added the following content:


 * 1984
 * Happy Days
 * Mother Kelp (Marion Cunningham's Mother)
 * 2 episodes??
 * 1984
 * ''Three's A Crowd
 * Aunt Mae 1 Episode
 * Aunt Mae 1 Episode

Now this did not resolve successfully. Let's figure out why. There is a divider at the top, then there are four parameters. Year, Title, Role and Notes. We first need to put a divider at the end of the Happy Days stuff. So that becomes:


 * 1984
 * Happy Days
 * Mother Kelp (Marion Cunningham's Mother)
 * 2 episodes??
 * 1984
 * ''Three's A Crowd
 * Aunt Mae 1 Episode
 * ''Three's A Crowd
 * Aunt Mae 1 Episode

The Happy Days row is now fixed. Now we can see that there's a divider after the content you added, so we're in good shape there. But what are we missing? Well, first of all it's easy to notice that the pipes (the vertical lines | ) are missing. We have to add them.


 * 1984
 * Happy Days
 * Mother Kelp (Marion Cunningham's Mother)
 * 2 episodes??
 * | 1984
 * | ''Three's A Crowd
 * | Aunt Mae 1 Episode
 * | ''Three's A Crowd
 * | Aunt Mae 1 Episode

And it also looks like we're missing a parameter. We have Year, Title, and Role, but no notes. Ah, "1 Episode" should be in our notes field. The fix is to add another pipe and to move the content down.


 * 1984
 * Happy Days
 * Mother Kelp (Marion Cunningham's Mother)
 * 2 episodes??
 * 1984
 * ''Three's A Crowd
 * Aunt Mae
 * | 1 Episode
 * Aunt Mae
 * | 1 Episode

Then we tidy up by removing extra spaces, fixing our formatting (fixing italics for Three's a Crowd) etc.


 * 1984
 * Happy Days
 * Mother Kelp (Marion Cunningham's Mother)
 * 2 episodes
 * 1984
 * Three's A Crowd 
 * Aunt Mae
 * 1 Episode
 * Aunt Mae
 * 1 Episode

Now you have the tools to do it yourself. Hope this helps and good luck. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:58, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

October 2015
Hello, I'm MusikAnimal. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —the one you made with this edit to Oscar Mayer— because it didn’t appear constructive to me. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  19:24, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

November 2015
Hello, I'm Johnny Au. Your recent edit to the page Flexity Outlook (Toronto streetcar)‎ appears to have added incorrect information, so I have removed it for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:26, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Recent edit to Whoopi Goldberg
Hello, and thank you for your recent contribution. I appreciate the effort you made for our project, but unfortunately I had to undo your edit because I believe the article was better before you made that change. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. Thank you! Dcirovic (talk) 21:42, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

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September 2020
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