User talk:JeffJ

Thanks

For your work on a death list - that is always a thankless challenge - you might or not know we have a project too -= as well at this very minute are changing (proposing) to change - some death categories as well- cheers SatuSuro 02:41, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

List of unusual deaths

Would you be kind enough to explain why you deleted Anacreon and Aeschylus from the list?Wolfymoza (talk) 08:59, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Aeschylus: Virtually all scholars believe the eagle story to be a myth or legend. [1], [2],[3]. And the accounts are inconsistent with some claiming that the eagle dropped a stone, thinking his head was an egg [[4]], or that it was a Lammergeier, not an eagle. Many encyclopedias don't even mention the story. As such, I don't think it appropriate for Wikipedia to perpetuate it. --JeffJ (talk) 14:26, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Anacreon: Again we have another very dubious story that's given little credibility in the main article. But that aside, choking to death on a seed doesn't strike me as being unusual. --JeffJ (talk) 14:26, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

As for Anacreon I was a bit unsure too and I go along, but as for Aeschylus, I think Pliny is enough source to give it an entry. Also, many deaths on that list are legentary, and cannot be conclusivly be proved to be true or false. I think the note on the top, (many of these deaths might be legendary) covers for all that. If we add this death -on Aeschylus- is highly doupted, could you consider leaving it?Wolfymoza (talk) 16:22, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Many of the ancient legends are considered apocryphal, but editors leave them in place if there is no scholastic evidence that they're fabrications. In the case of Aeschylus, there are several sources that discount the legend, many main-stream encyclopedias that omit the legend, and sources that offer alternate versions (i.e., it was a rock dropped by a lammergeier), that it would be inappropriate to perpetuate what is very likely a fabrication. --JeffJ (talk) 15:42, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I ll continue my search, and post and changes in the talk page for list of unsual deathsWolfymoza (talk) 06:36, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Unnecessary?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_unusual_deaths&diff=next&oldid=373851998 I believe I was (Or, I thought I was) correcting a grammar mistake, not making an unnecessary edit. If the grammar edition was wrong please state that rather than just "Unnecessary" - Little confusing... --Τασουλα (Shalom!) (talk) 17:55, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Discussion has been moved to the article's talk page. --JeffJ (talk) 00:27, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

List of unusual deaths

If it wasn't for vandalism, List of unusual deaths would be a really boring article. I still miss the turtle falling on whats-his-name's head, though. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 19:42, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Death of Officer William Morrison, Dorchester

I understand the need for a cite. But am confused as to how I can can attest to something personally? I was there at the time. In any event, here is a cite for you. http://canada.odmp.org/officer/155-correctional-officer-william-morrison

Morrison was shot with a shotgun by the keeper on duty at the time. The hostage takers had dressed him in prison greens. After the wall was blown, Morrison tried to escape by scrambling up a ladder, dressed as I said, in prison greens. The keeper killed him with one shot from his shotgun. He thought he was killing an inmate. The range, D range if I recall, was very dark at the time as the inmates had hung blankets in the windows to deter snipers. The other stories are lies and white washing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.35.104.216 (talk) 18:39, 11 August 2011 (UTC) Bill_O173.35.104.216 (talk) 15:01, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Your request for rollback

Hi JeffJ. After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

• Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
• Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
• Rollback should never be used to edit war.
• If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
• Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! FASTILY ^(TALK) 23:33, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Fairly Common Decapitation

Moved discussion to Article Talk Page. --JeffJ (talk) 15:46, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

October 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not remove Articles for deletion notices from articles, or remove other people's comments in Articles for deletion debates, as you did with Corrections. Otherwise, it may be difficult to create consensus. If you oppose the deletion of an article, please comment at the respective page instead. Thank you. JeffJ (talk) 19:49, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

This is a fake warning with no diff. I've removed a WP:PROD notice, which I'm allowed to. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 19:52, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit that you made has been reverted or removed because it was a misuse of a warning or blocking template. Please use the user warnings sandbox for any tests you may want to do, or take a look at our introduction page to learn more about contributing to the encyclopedia. Thank you. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 19:54, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

You have violated the WP:PROD policy

You are not allowed to reinstate a {{prod}} template once it has been removed in good faith: "If any person (even the author him/herself) objects to the deletion (usually by removing the {{proposed deletion}} tag), the proposal is aborted and may not be re-proposed." Your first addition [5]. Your reinstatement. [6] Please revert yourself. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 20:03, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

More incorrect tagging

Additionally, the article is not unreferenced. [7] Only some details are. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 20:04, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Your reference makes no mention of "Department of Corrections".--JeffJ (talk) 20:37, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Your removal of citations

I WP:AGF that this was a mistake, although the citation was pretty clear to me, and I have enhanced it. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 20:07, 19 October 2011 (UTC)