User talk:Jengod

Happy new year, Jengod! Hope life’s good. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 18:16, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

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Happy new year 2025, opened with trumpet fanfares that first sounded OTD in 1725 (as the Main page had). My story today is about a composer who influenced music history also by writing. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:26, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

... and today, pictured on the Main page, Tosca, in memory of her first appearance on stage OTD in 1900, and of principal author Brian Boulton. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:01, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

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In https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_winds#Wildfires, you apparently edited "The winds aggravating the fires reached over 100 mph (160 km/h) in some areas, with wind speeds comparable to that of a class 2 hurricane" to read "100 mph (160 km/h)" and "class 2" after I had edited it to read "80 mph (130 km/h)" and "class 1" to conform to the previously cited source, https://theconversation.com/how-santa-ana-winds-fueled-the-deadly-fires-in-southern-california-246965, which states, "The wind gusts in early January 2025 were reported to have exceeded 80 mph," but states nothing about 100 mph. I am curious why you would want a statement on Wikipedia to contradict its cited source. Please help me understand. 24.55.41.185 (talk) 02:42, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

I see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mosby%27s_Raiders&diff=prev&oldid=114268063 in 2007] that you converted this from a stub about a board game to a disambiguation page. At least to me, it seems like this is a WP:ONEOTHER situation with the Confederate unit as the primary topic. Unless there's something else that needs to be disambiguated, I'm inclined to have a hatnote at the unit article and redirect Mosby's Raiders there. Do you have any objections to this? Hog Farm _Talk 20:02, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

:@Hog Farm (1) LOL like I remember anything I did on here in 2007, (2) I totally agree w you that the guerillas are the primary topic! Go forth and reorder with my blessing. jengod (talk) 20:12, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

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:@JSFarman whoo! jengod (talk) 15:44, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

::Jengod, my hero! I hope you are coming!!!! JSFarman (talk) 17:48, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

:::I will be there! Just told husband that I'll be out of the office tomorrow to go play w my Wikipedia friends 😝 jengod (talk) 19:01, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, there. I hope all is well. Commons just deleted your :File:Chain Reaction by Paul Conrad in Santa Monica 2023 September.jpg.[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Chain_Reaction_by_Paul_Conrad_in_Santa_Monica_2023_September.jpg] I know it's sad, but we can still use it as long as it is tagged as non-free and we reduce the size. If you want to do the work yourself, you can use the Wikipedia:Non-free content/Image size calculator to scale your image before you upload. Just add the original size and it will tell you which size to scale it to. If you don't have time to do any of that, don't worry, I'm happy to do it for you and add the necessary tags, but you'll need to tell me when you upload it so that I can do it before it is deleted. Note, you'll want to upload it to Wikipedia, not Commons. Thanks! Viriditas (talk) 08:17, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

:@Viriditas Oh bother. I just looked and I don't even have it on my phone anymore so it you want to upload it that's good by me. Thanks for being so thoughtful and all your work. jengod (talk) 15:43, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

::Update: A Commons admin was kind enough to temporarily restore the file to allow me to download it. After examining the photo, I found that the building on the left and the lamppost on the right were interfering with the composition. Additionally, the bright green of the foliage and the bright cerulean blue sky were distracting from the piece. To compensate for this, I performed a close crop, which I generally do not like to do, but I find that it is needed in these kind of scenarios. To accentuate the sculpture and take the focus off the sky and plants, I performed a selective desaturation on those two objects. While that might sound extreme and unusual (and it is most certainly is), it has a beneficial side effect. It leaves the photo looking like a Conrad cartoon, which is exactly how the sculpture was intended to be seen. It might take a moment to get used to, but if you look at some of his cartoons, read about the history, and then look at the adjusted image, it all makes a bit of sense. Apologies for the radical transformation of your lovely image, but I think this puts the focus back on the sculpture by de-emphasizing the other elements. Thanks, again. Viriditas (talk) 21:45, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

:::It's all good by me! Thanks for doing that @Viriditas! jengod (talk) 22:01, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

::::No worries. I may redo it if it can be proven that the building on the left is or was the RAND corporation. If so, then the intent of Conrad was to build the sculpture as a kind of response to the role of RAND (if any) in nuclear proliferation. ("RAND’s strategic theories, including the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), were born from the devastating potential of atomic weapons, aiming to prevent nuclear war through deterrence.") More research is needed. In other words, my crop might have weakened the work. Looking into this, I think the chance of the building in the original image on the left side is RAND, so I will have to consider another version. Viriditas (talk) 23:34, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

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You might be correct that his article really does belong in the "See also' section List of POTUS" because of a possible familial relationship, but...is there any reliable sourcing on this? I couldn't find anything about the possibility in Jennings' article... - Shearonink (talk) 01:48, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

:@Shearonink You should revert me. There is nothing but vibes. It's the responsible thing to do.

:But ALSO, after traveling in this world for a minute... "Body servant" was almost always code for "my half-brother" or "my kid." The fact that he was even interviewed for a memoir--WHY HIM?! The fact that he stayed so close to the family afterward. The fact that he's such a trusted key figure in the family carrying away the paintings. [https://www.montpelier.org/projects/jennings-annotations/ This article] on the Montpelier website says "His Reminiscences offer a provocative glimpse into his world, yet leave the reader with the feeling that Paul Jennings knew and experienced much more than he chose to tell." The world of American shadow families is just beginning to be studied and I have not done any kind of dive on Jennings bc there's other stuff on my plate. But in the coded world of American racism, Jennings' story *screams* to me that he is some kind of biological relation to either Madison himself or Dolley's side of the family. Another such case is Philip Lee (valet). In addition to my belief that Jennings is Madison kin, I'm also at least half-convinced that Randolph Snow of the Snow Riot is Beverly Hemings. IDK IDK jengod (talk) 02:00, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

::OK, will revert. As an aside it's always been my belief that West Ford wasn't George Washington's son as some have asserted but that he was rather Bushrod Washington's son. - Shearonink (talk) 02:45, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

:::@Shearonink I think you are most likely correct but it's all been scrubbed so hard for so long we will probably never know. (Frustrating!!) At some point I may create a longer list of something like "accusations of miscegenation against 19th c U.S. politicians" bc there are a lot, and in some (many?) cases the charges seem to be accurate. Like Henry Clay for sure, and if Richard Mentor Johnson says it about George Poindexter I think it must almost definitely be true but hell if I know where to look for more information. I feel like we need a place for like Column A: Allegation, Column B: Definitely true, definitely false, and/or we have no idea, watch this space for updates, so as folks encounter different sources it can all get processed as part of a cultural pattern not just "this one guy cheated on his wife" jengod (talk) 03:24, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

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:Heh. Thanks @WhatamIdoing I'm genuinely very glad that my inchoate screaming into the void serves to produce valuable edutainment on this here website. :D :D :D Seriously, it's very nice of you to barnstar me and I hope you have a beautiful, peaceful week. <3 jengod (talk) 06:11, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

::You, too. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:05, 6 February 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, in Red Hynes you use {{sfnp|Rosenzweig|2017|page=37}}, but no such work "Rosenzweig 2017" is listed as a source. This makes it impossible for readers to look the reference up, and adds the article to :Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. If you could supply the missing source it would be appreciated. DuncanHill (talk) 10:56, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

:No worries, I [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_Hynes&diff=1278081612&oldid=1277935073 fixed it]. There was a typo in the listing of the source. DuncanHill (talk) 11:03, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

::@DuncanHill CUE THE THEME SONG FROM *BEACHES.* -- 🎶 "Did yooooo ever know that you're my heeeeeero, and everything I wish I could beeeee" 🎼🎵 Sorry I actually have a terrible singing voice so I will spare you but seriously: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 14:36, 28 February 2025 (UTC) jengod (talk) 14:36, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Would you be willing to help with this draft? FloridaArmy (talk) 13:31, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

:Surely. I have no idea if I can help but let me get my bearings with the topic and I'll see if there's anything I can contribute! No promises jengod (talk) 15:49, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

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You may find my new article interesting! ꧁Zanahary꧂ 21:43, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

:@Zanahary what an utterly beautiful article. I love working songs but I hadn't read about ones that were mostly used for "women's work." Thank you so much for writing this for Wikipedia and letting me know that it was posted. jengod (talk) 05:59, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

::I'm glad you like it! I can ping you when I track down (or digitize myself) a historical audio recoridng of a lace tell. I thought, while researching it, that it's kind of similar to akazehe. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 06:01, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Should you ever tire of being a hawk, as a SAHM you could identify yourself as a :wikt:huismus. Narky Blert (talk) 17:51, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

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:I created this page title as a redirect in 2004 (apparently) but otherwise disclaim all knowledge of it. Thank you for the automated notification tho that is good of you. jengod (talk) 00:39, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

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I don't understand your definition of "prey" in List of large carnivores known to prey on humans. It seems be defining "be preyed upon" as opposed to what the carnivor is doing. Maybe if you have access to that dictionary you can re-check the source and try to phrase it more correctly. Dicklyon (talk) 04:40, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

:@Dicklyon Feel free to rework it or reframe it or nominate it for move or deletion. It's the way it is bc I did a big sort of :Category:Animal attacks and after looking at all of those, I came to the conclusion that humans (the primary users of this site) have a primal fear of being bitten and eaten by something. We serve that to some extent with the articles Lion attack and tiger attack--the list was an attempt to put some facts and context around the sort of murky psychological mode that makes animal attack content attractive. I hope it's been useful to someone somewhere at some point of but if it's outlived its purpose it can change or go away. Thanks for checking in. That was very thoughtful of you. jengod (talk) 06:37, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

::Can't you just look up the definition and revise it? Dicklyon (talk) 01:11, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

::Google search says prey means "catch and kill for food" and prey on means "hunt and kill another animal for food". Dicklyon (talk) 01:12, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

:::@Dicklyon check and see if I did what you wanted/meant? LMK if it needs other fixes. jengod (talk) 01:26, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

::::The definition is better, if slightly circular. But it sounds like it should say transitive, not intransitive, since it takes a direct object. Dicklyon (talk) 04:45, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

:::::@Dicklyon You have now vastly exceeded my knowledge of grammar in any language. I am begging you to change it how you see fit because I am only going to make it worse. jengod (talk) 05:01, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

::::::But you have the dictionary. I'd hate to change it without seeing the cited source. Dicklyon (talk) 05:04, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

:::::::@Dicklyon Ok I switched to Merriam-Webster instead of OED as the source, bc it's an open access dictionary. Better? Worse? LMK jengod (talk) 05:25, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

::::::::Better. No particular need to say transitive or intransitive. Dicklyon (talk) 15:03, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

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I think that the article's title should be changed to something like "List of large predatory animals known to prey on humans" or "list of apex predators known to prey on humans" to include past entries like crocodiles and sharks. The "list of apex predators known to prey on humans" title would also prevent misleading entries like chimpanzees and hippopotamuses from flooding the list. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 05:16, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

:Please propose the move? {{u|Edelgardvonhresvelg}} This list has been a *nuisance* and whatever we need to do to get it stable is fine with me. jengod (talk) 05:47, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

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I know you have been improving many Mississippi articles. A while ago I created :Category:Populated places destroyed during the American Civil War...in case you spot a few of these places. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

:@Magnolia677 I have for sure applied that category to a couple of articles. Thank you for creating! If I see or start others, I will sure to include. Cheers, jengod (talk) 16:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Just came to add, this was wonderfully written and a great article topic. I enjoyed reading :) -- NotCharizard ^🗨 02:38, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

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