Cullen328

I don't live on Cullen Ct, but I like the street sign

If you have any interest in editing Wikipedia by smartphone, I encourage you to read my essay, Smartphone editing. Thank you.

Welcome to my talk page I use the name Cullen328 on Wikipedia, but you can call me "Jim" because that's my real first name. If you want to start a new conversation, please click "New section" or "Add topic" at the top of this page. I keep the old comments from July and August of 2009 that follow the "Contents" here, because these friendly words of greeting made me feel welcome when I first started editing Wikipedia.

The importance of a friendly greeting

Hello and welcome to my talk page. If you want to start a new conversation, please click "New section" at the top of this page. I keep the comments that follow from July and August of 2009 readily visible, because these friendly words of greeting made me feel welcome here on Wikipedia when I first started editing. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 17:38, 6 November 2011 (UTC

Please offer your thoughts

I would appreciate comments and suggestions on any contributions I make. I am learning.Cullen328 (talk) 03:22, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Nice work on Jules Eichorn. He's been needing an article for a while.   Will Beback  talk  06:28, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

If I may suggest, now that you've posted the Eichorn article the draft below might be deleted. It's your talk page to do with as you like, but it's a bit hard to edit around.

As for formatting and pictures, a good way to learn is to look around at other articles to see what you think looks best. It can be helpful to break up long blocks of text into subsections. Perhaps it'd be possible to split the biography into two or three eras. Other than that, the formatting is usually kept fairly plain. As for photos, it's easy to upload them: the trick is in finding photos with appropriate licensing. If you have any personal photos then those'd be fine. There are might be pictures of the peaks he did first ascents on in the Wikicommons. File:Cathedral Peak.png is a so-so pic of Eichorn Pinnacle.

As before, feel free to ask if you have any questions. There are several editors here who are mountaineers or just admirers of the Sierra, so you're in good company.   Will Beback  talk  21:13, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

PS: Many editors create "sandbox" pages for drafting articles. For example, User talk:Cullen328/Sandbox.   Will Beback  talk  00:17, 1 August 2009

Your climber biographies

Hey Jim, just wanted to say welcome and thanks for your contributions to the Sierra Nevada climbing history articles. You're filling a niche that's been missing here, I look forward to working with you. --Justin (talk) 11:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

I'll second that. Nice work on Allen Steck and welcome to Wikipedia. I don't know who you are planning to write up next but if your taking requests I think Peter Croft (climber) could really use a page. If you ever have any questions please ask. Thanks again for your great additions.--OMCV (talk) 02:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Justin and OMCV. I am beginning work on Tom Frost and Glen Dawson. Comments on Norman Clyde would be welcomed. I will defintely read up on Peter Croft, OMCV. I am still "learning the ropes" in Wikipedia, to use a climbing analogy, and have all sorts of things in mind. My biggest challenge right now is getting permission to use images. My next biggest challenge is hiking to the top of Mt. Whitney with my wife in ten days - she's never been above 12,000 feet except for the train ride up Pikes Peak. As she's 56 and developing arthritis in her toes, it will be an accomplishment if she (and I) complete the Class 1 feat. Jim Heaphy (talk) 02:34, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Debra and I made it to the summit of Mt. Whitney at 2:20 PM on Friday, September 11. Jim Heaphy (talk) 00:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year 2021 I hope your New Year holiday is enjoyable and the coming year is much better than the one we are leaving behind. Best wishes from Los Angeles.   // Timothy :: talk

working on a new page

hello jim, hope you are doing well. i am a beginner on wikipedia but i am auto correction user. i want to write an article on a ngo which is working very good in there respective field. a friend of mine wrote a article on that topic but it got deleted due to less third party source. can you suggest me something how to write an article which won't get deleted, also i have some credible third party source so i want to ask how can i mention them because they are external links. Devanshusharma569 (talk)devanshusharma569

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope your St. Patrick's Day is enjoyable and safe. Hopefully next year there will be more festive celebrations. Best wishes from Los Angeles.   // Timothy :: talk

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Request of Help on "Just the Facts" Tone

Hi Jim,

I am very new to Wikipedia. I got your feedback on the draft article located under PhoCoHaNoi. Thanks so much for your comments. I would greatly appreciate if you would spare some valuable time to highlight those parts from the draft that I need to pay close attentions to regarding the aspect that you raised. I know it would be a long shot to ask if you would even consider providing specific examples by directly editing them on the draft.

Lastly, I still do not know on how to submit the revision for review. I do not see any obvious buttons or pull-down menus from the Sandbox setting that would be able to allow to submit the article for review.

Thank you so much.

PhoCoHaNoi

Hello, PhoCoHaNoi. I am not going to edit the draft myself, because I want this to be a learning exercise for you. Here are a few examples of unacceptable wording:

• "celebrating the 73-year history of outstanding men and women"

• "pioneering contributions"

• "sustained leadership and strategic vision"

• "Exceptional services to innovation ecosystem"

• "stimulating small business innovation, meeting the Air Force and DoD R&D needs, broadening participation in innovation and entrepreneurship, and boosting commercialization"

• " So, as Dr. Pham looked back now, he brought systems-theoretic science and control engineering principles, together with teamwork and interdisciplinary to bear fruition in solving warfighter engineering problems, various areas of specific focus for increased activities in space control autonomy and space domain awareness."

It is not the job of a Wikipedia editor (you) to praise a person. Every trace of this non-neutral language must be removed. A Wikipedia article should never say "Person A is great!" Instead, it should say "Reliable source C reports that Expert B says that Person A is great", along with a reference to Reliable source C.

As for how to submit your draft, I will explain that when the draft complies with the neutral point of view. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it

Sending Messages to Other Editors

Hi Jim. I will deeply appreciate anything that you can do to help. How can I find out about other editors and send them messages? I recently looked for an article about The Italian Coffee Company that I had read years ago. However, I could not find it. I believe that this article should be available. I am a new editor and I have a big learning curve ahead of me. Maybe you can post to my talk page. I am user Mojosa17. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Invitation to Local Wikimania Event in San Francisco this Friday

Hi!

Wikimania is happening and hopefully you're enjoying the sessions. While it's fairly last minute, you're warmly invited to participate in the local Wikimania-themed meetup in the Wikimedia Foundation office this Friday (tomorrow!). You will have to register in advance, but we would love to see more people from the WikiSalon community participate! For more information and registration, please check out meta:Wikimania 2022/San Francisco Meetup.

The event will involve hacking, teaching, learning, and celebrating and we'll have snacks. We will have the opportunity to watch live sessions at Wikimania together in the afternoon. The rest of the day we'll have opportunity to participate in the hackathon, and we may have some on-demand workshops/learning sessions.

In case we run out of space, it's first-come-first-serve so let us know soon! Hope to see you there.

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Question from Mkhan2538 (06:32, 21 June 2024)

How I can add my information, name and profile picture birthday --Mkhan2538 (talk) 06:32, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Mkhan2538. Wikipedia is not a social media plstform. It is an encyclopedia. Please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Cullen328 (talk) 23:27, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Derek J Moore (10:00, 23 June 2024)

Hello Cullen. Very pleased to find that I have a mentor. I have been having lots of fun mastering wikipedia. Created articles, edited articles and attempted translations. At present the translations part is where I am getting stuck. If you have and advice here, your expertise would be appreciated. --Derek J Moore (talk) 10:00, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Derek J Moore. Please read Wikipedia:Translate for information about translating from other languages into English and Wikipedia:Translate us for translating from English into other languages. One thing to keep in mind is that a Wikipedia article in another language is not necessarily acceptable in English. Each language version of Wikipedia has its own policies and guidelines, and the English version tends to be pretty strict. Cullen328 (talk) 17:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Anachronist case request declined

The Anachronist case request has been declined. For the Arbitration Committee, HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 21:38, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi Jim!

Hi Jim, Happy to have found you. In the past you gave me some advice in the teahouse, and not sure what prompted me, but today I read through your bio. I saw that you live at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. My family has a cabin in the southern Sierra's and I'm always looking to learn more about the mountains. Anyway, so glad I read through your bio. Warmly -- Slacker13 (talk) 18:05, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Slacker13. Yes, I have lived in Grass Valley, California for the past three years. I have backpacked and camped in the Sierra Nevada many times over the years and have climbed several of its highest peaks. The range is so vast, though, that there are many areas I have not yet visited. If you don't mind telling me, where is your family's cabin located? Cullen328 (talk) 18:12, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Springville, just outside Porterville. So many native american relics and I'm learning a bit about foraging, but I've only scratched the surface. Miner's lettuce is pretty tasty though. Slacker13 (talk) 19:02, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

Dear Cullen328,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:19, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

— The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:19, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Congratulations, and thank you for your service! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:11, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from IndependantArtist (21:27, 30 June 2024)

I want to create a Wikipedia page of myself because i’m starting music online and want people to know more about me. How can I do that ? --IndependantArtist (talk) 21:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello, IndependantArtist. If you are just starting out in music, then you are not eligible for a Wikipedia article. Only a person who has been extensively covered by reliable, independent sources can be the subject of a Wikipedia article. Self-promotion is not permitted on Wikipedia. There are many social media platforms where you can let people know about your music. Wikipedia is not among them. Cullen328 (talk) 22:32, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

double-checking

Is there a concern about the referencing the editor is doing? Just checking whether there is something I should bring up, since afaict he is listening to me. Elinruby (talk) 22:34, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Elinruby. No, the concerns are about ENGVAR including repeated negative comments about American English, italicization, specifically about when a word of foreign origin has entered the lexicon of standard English and no longer needs to be italicized, and POV pushing about the superiority of the "authentic" cuisine as compared to Americanized versions. Also, bombarding the Help Desk for countless opinions from other editors about relatively trivial edits that could have been made boldly. A tendency to make mountains out of molehills, in my view. Cullen328 (talk) 22:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

I figured that was probably where you knew him from. There does seem to be some generalized anxiety and/or excitability. I told him to go read MoS. He apparently has found it given his last question, though I maybe should check on whether he got to ENGVAR,.because that editor talking about cookie vs biscuit had a point. I admit I am having trouble taking marinara sauce seriously though. Elinruby (talk) 12:13, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Happy 4th of July!

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RE: threats made off site

Regarding Fourthmode's post to ANI earlier today, I wish to let you know that the offending redditor has been temporarily banned on reddit for making threats. Insanityclown1 (talk) 21:20, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Insanityclown1. Thanks for the update. Cullen328 (talk) 21:30, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

By the way, sorry for the way I conducted myself a few months ago. That was unacceptable on my part. Insanityclown1 (talk) 21:37, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

July music

story · music · places

My story today is - because of the anniversary of the premiere OTD in 1782 - about Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera by Mozart, while yesterday's was - because of the TFA - about Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera by Offenbach, - so 3 times Mozart if you click on "music" ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers the chamber music from two amazing concerts. Mozart and Mazurka, - share with your wife ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:41, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mattyzeeeee (13:51, 19 July 2024)

Hi! I just have a question about a wiki page for the Australian Citizens Party that was written by an oppositional politician years ago. Everytime the actual members try to change it to properly describe their party, this guy and some other obvious followers object their revision, call it obvious vandalism, and its back to being a slanderous description again instead. I am curious, what can they do to stop this guy from continuously doing this? It says all sorts of crap, like they are conspiracy theorists and climate denialists which couldn't be further from the truth. Is it cos this jerk started their write up that he has power over everything that gets said on there? Seriously tho, someone needs to be held accountable for the bullshit that they have had to put up trying to fix their page. Talk to anyone on the Australian citizens party and u will find out they aren't the party described. I know this probably isn't the right avenue to follow this up, but it's the only line of contact I could find that would hopefully get to a real person. PLEASE HELP these guys get this monkey off their back! Thanks in advance for any help may give them.. BTW... their page link is this.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Citizens_Party# --Mattyzeeeee (talk) 13:51, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

@Mattyzeeeee I saw this as I watch this talk page. How do you know who is a member of the party? The lead in this version read like the party manifesto[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Citizens_Party&oldid=1222748161 or Facebook page, It uses the word "our" which is clearly unencyclopedic, and language such as "Under the Crown, corporations, banks and other lackeys of the City of London and Wall Street have been profiting from the exploitation of Australia’s natural resources, privatisation of our essential services, deregulation of our industries and through their hold over the political process to protect their speculation within our banks." which we would never use. Lackeys? This is not the party's page and they have no rights over it. Are you a party member? Doug Weller talk 14:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Mattyzeeeee, the Neutral point of view is a core content policy on Wikipedia, and an article about an organization such as a political party should summarize what reliable sources fully independent of the party say about it. The proper place to make specific proposals to improve the article should be made at Talk: Australian Citizens Party, where no one has commented since 2021. One thing is certain. The article will not be controlled by members of that party. Cullen328 (talk) 18:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting, Doug Weller. Cullen328 (talk) 18:19, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

No problem. Doug Weller talk 19:29, 19 July 2024 (UTC)