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== A matter of interest ==

Jimbo - there's a discussion over at ] that you might be interested in looking at (and I don't mean to imply anything by that; I really just think you might find it an interesting read). it's getting at some ''very'' core aspects of Misplaced Pages policy, and may have some broader impact across the wikis regardless of how it pans out. --] 20:07, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
<small>(I don't know why, but this didn't get archived: added timestamp for archiving purposes ] (]) 07:19, 14 July 2008 (UTC))</small>

== Request ==

Mr. Wales, please see . If you want to lead Misplaced Pages, then lead. Otherwise, please step out of the way. ] <sup>]</sup> 01:26, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
:What, precisely, are you asking me to do? In what way am I standing in the way of anything with respect to that case?--] (]) 11:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
::I think she means that your not participating in the Arbitration Committee <sup>(spelling?)</sup>. I thought you made it quite clear to me that you weren't interested in that stuff anyway on one of your previous archives (June, what was the heading?). ] <small>(], ], ])</small> 06:24, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

== Minhaaj ==

Hi Jimmy. I seem to be having some problems with a user from Pakistan called ] who I believe labelled us bigots, xenophobics and the whole works. He has accused us of being corrupt and unwilling to give the thrid world a chance. I told him he is wrong. Despite this and trying to reason with him, I keep getting uncivil messages like
. It is not pleasant to log in and receive such a message. What would you suggest we do about him? Thanks ]</span> <sup>]</sup> 08:53, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

:Appears to me as if Minhaaj is sensitive about his third-world country and viciously defends his heritage, interpreting even gentle requests as insults. If only there was a gentler way to say "lighten up, man"... ] <small>(], ], ])</small> 06:20, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

== Mr. Wales... ==

Mr. Wales you are a gentleman and a scholar. I look up to you so much that I added your name to my list of role models at school. Thank you for all that you have done. --]'''<sup>]-]</sup> 18:06, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

== Little technical question ==

You are close to all the hardware that drives Misplaced Pages, right? If not, can you refer me to a place where someone is?


== Old edits to your user page retrieved, your very early edits, etc. ==
Anyway, my question is:


Hi Jimmy, I've moved your user page edits from their previous location at "Jimbo Wales" to {{noredirect|User:Jimbo Wales/old2}} with ], so they're no longer in the main namespace; the title "{{noredirect|User:Jimbo Wales/old}}" was ]. I then imported edits to your user page from some 2001 database dumps, most notably the one from August 2001, so we can now see ]! I hope this is all OK with you.
How much total space (in the whole Misplaced Pages project, all name spaces, etc.) is taken up by ] and all subpages (as two raw values, maybe with a percentage)? Also, how many links are present in ] (et. al.), and, assuming the size of the "average page", how much space would it take up if someone <sup>(some completely godlike person)</sup> created all articles at the same time?


It's a long story how I ended up doing this. So ] is celebrating a milestone of 20% of our biographical articles being about women. In the ], a ] about who was the first woman to get a biographical entry here]]. I was able to give a ] of ] on ]! I've been spending the last couple of days checking the very early edits of the first biographies created around that time, and came upon ] (or ThomasEdison as it was at first in CamelCase). In the process of consolidating the Thomas Edison page history, I moved your edit from "ThomasEdison" to "Thomas Edison"; your early edit to that page on 23 January (UTC) was previously listed as the first one but ].
Thanks! ] <small>(], ], ])</small> 06:10, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


As noted in various places like ], your first surviving edit under the username "JimboWales" was to the ThomasEdison (or Thomas Edison) page. I checked the August 2001 database dump for any earlier ones, found them, and imported to the English Misplaced Pages database. Of course you made earlier edits, but it's interesting to find early contributions attached to your username (in CamelCase form or otherwise). ] (]) 15:32, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
:While you are waiting for an answer, you may care to read ]. ] (]) 06:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


::Actually, I am not close to the hardware and I am particularly useless for questions of this type. I would recommend asking Brion Vibber. :) --] (]) 13:46, 14 July 2008 (UTC) :Such nerdy presents we give. Thanks, brother. ] (]) 16:17, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
::No worries. My Christmas gifts are ], as I realised later. ] (]) 05:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC)


== ''The Signpost'': 24 December 2024 ==
== McCain vs. Obama ==


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Hi - I've been watching both ] and ] for a week or two and it's pretty obvious both of these articles are being edited for partisan purposes. To the credit of many of the people involved, most of the partisanship is being confined to the respective talk pages, but there's a tremendous amount of clearly politically motivated bickering going on. I'm curious what you would think about replacing these pages until the November elections with very simple soft redirect pages (fully protected) along the lines of:
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:''<x> is the presumptive candidate of the <y> party for the forthcoming U.S. presidential election. Please see <campaign site> for more information.''
Misplaced Pages was not as well known in 2004. I certainly don't know this for a fact, but I wouldn't be surprised if one or both of the parties are paying people to try to slant these articles in their direction (with negative and positive spin). Paid or not, there are certainly plenty of folks apparently trying to do this. I'm not sure if this is the best solution, but there is definitely a problem. Another admin, ], was trying to moderate the Obama talk page and has given up (in exasperation). The Obama page has been protected off and on, but leaving both of these pages openly editable seems to make them irresistible targets for political POV-pushers. Perhaps there are enough reasonable people around to keep these pages NPOV, but the amount of effort involved seems to me to be quite herculean.


== Happy New Year to Misplaced Pages's Founder! ==
As I say, I'm not sure what the best solution is but I suggest you watch these pages for a while and ponder.


Happy New Year Jimbo Wales! Wish you luck in 2025! ] (]) 03:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks. -- ] <small>(])</small> 19:16, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

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    Old edits to your user page retrieved, your very early edits, etc.

    Hi Jimmy, I've moved your user page edits from their previous location at "Jimbo Wales" to User:Jimbo Wales/old2 with a little assistance, so they're no longer in the main namespace; the title "User:Jimbo Wales/old" was already taken. I then imported edits to your user page from some 2001 database dumps, most notably the one from August 2001, so we can now see the first version of your user page on 19 January 2001 (UTC)! I hope this is all OK with you.

    It's a long story how I ended up doing this. So WikiProject Women in Red is celebrating a milestone of 20% of our biographical articles being about women. In the draft press release about this event, a question was raised about who was the first woman to get a biographical entry here]]. I was able to give a definitive answer of Rosa Parks on 21 January 2001 (UTC)! I've been spending the last couple of days checking the very early edits of the first biographies created around that time, and came upon Thomas Edison (or ThomasEdison as it was at first in CamelCase). In the process of consolidating the Thomas Edison page history, I moved your edit from "ThomasEdison" to "Thomas Edison"; your early edit to that page on 23 January (UTC) was previously listed as the first one but not any more.

    As noted in various places like this discussion, your first surviving edit under the username "JimboWales" was to the ThomasEdison (or Thomas Edison) page. I checked the August 2001 database dump for any earlier ones, found them, and imported all of them to the English Misplaced Pages database. Of course you made earlier edits, but it's interesting to find early contributions attached to your username (in CamelCase form or otherwise). Graham87 (talk) 15:32, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

    Such nerdy presents we give. Thanks, brother. BusterD (talk) 16:17, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
    No worries. My Christmas gifts are so predictable, as I realised later. Graham87 (talk) 05:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

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    Happy New Year Jimbo Wales! Wish you luck in 2025! Gooners Fan in North London (talk) 03:13, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

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