User talk:Joshuajohnson555

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Hello, Joshuajohnson555, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Abusive user at Talk: Evolution

Welcome again to the site. I just wanted to let you know that users like LeftCoastMan, who tried to accuse you of things at Talk:Evolution, are not the standard editor around here. He was completely off base in his remarks, and browsing his edits it seems he has a history of leaving unconstructive comments for almost every editor he encounters. You are welcome to share whatever ideas or opinions you like on the talk pages, so long as they are about the article's content, just like you have done so far and I hope you continue doing in the future. Happy editing! -- Fyrefly (talk) 20:56, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your encouragement. I am trying to make Wikipedia biased-free (on both sides of the debate), which is pretty hard to do since we all believe what we believe and we think the other side is wrong.

Also, what can be done about abusive users? It creates an environment where people are shot-down for their input and so they don't want to write anything else. I don't really want to contribute to the evolution article anymore if its going to be a huge, rude debate.--Joshuajohnson555 (talk) 23:06, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, while the user certainly wasn't following the guidelines for good behavior on Wikipedia, he probably isn't quite breaking any strict rules. Kind of borderline. There's an article about options for dealing with users like him at Wikipedia:Civility#Dealing_with_incivility. I've actually already brought the issue up on his talk page and he has made it very clear that he doesn't care about acting civilly toward other users (and please don't follow my example on that, because I let him draw me in a bit too far). If you want to, the next step would be to bring the issue up at Wikiquette alerts.

As far as continuing to participate in the discussion at Talk:Evolution, it seems like the other editors were able to respond to you with civility, even though they disagreed. I would encourage you to keep on participating and just ignore LeftCoastMan's comments until he goes far enough to warrant further actions. Often, ignoring people like him will make them bored and they'll go away. -- Fyrefly (talk) 01:32, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

How to Use Wikipedia

Hello, I was just wondering if it is possible to track a page so that my account tells me whenever a user responds to one of my comments on talk pages? Is this possible?--Joshuajohnson555 (talk) 23:37, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, at the upper-right corner of each article there should be a button that looks like a star, next to the 'View history' link. It will look hollow, but if you click on it, then the star becomes filled in and you will get a message telling you that both the article and its talk page have been added to your watchlist. You can look at your watchlist by clicking the 'My watchlist' link in the very upper-right of your browser window, next to your other user links. Also, under the Watchlist tab of your account preferences you can set a variety of things, including an option to automatically add any article that you edit to your watchlist. -- Fyrefly (talk) 01:13, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, Fyrefly. Joshuajohnson555 (talk) 22:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Another question: How do I insert a "citation needed" into an article? Joshuajohnson555 (talk) 22:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

That one is as simple as placing {{cn}} wherever you like. -- Fyrefly (talk) 01:07, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much—again. Joshuajohnson555 (talk) 23:51, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

A question about citation: should one cite the original source of a quotation or a secondary source, (cited in another work)? For example, in the article Isaac Newton's religious views, it cites him as saying, "I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily," but the quotation is taken from a secondary source, a biography by John Tiner.

I need some more help. Okay, if I use a citation in an article where I use the <ref name=''name''>''details of the citation''</ref>, which refers to the template reference of the source, how do I then specify that this specific citation refers to one page/chapter/part of that source, so that I can use the same code to then later later refer to another page/chapter/part of the same source in a later citation? See my edits on David Denny regarding the source Blazing the Way if you are confused by what I mean. I changed the code so that it looks like this: <ref name=Denny>{{Harvnb|Denny|1909}}, Part II: Chapter 3, p. 203</ref>, referring to this source: Denny, Emily Inez (1909), Blazing the Way—or—True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound and Other Pioneers, Rainier Printing Company, Inc. Code: {{citation |first=Emily Inez |last=Denny |year=1909 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wIQUAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Emily+Inez+Denny&hl=en&ei=-NI4TvSvLM3YiALq5oHODg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Blazing the Way—or—True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound and Other Pioneers |publisher=Rainier Printing Company, Inc |accessdate= }}.

Hey there

I see that you need some help around. Would you like my help? —mc10 (t/c) 20:15, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, I was wondering how do I know if I a have a global account. I believe that when I signed up I unchecked that box. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshuajohnson555 (talk • contribs) 00:11, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Go to my preferences (link); then, there should be a section called "Global account status". There should be a message saying like "Not unified yet" and a link. Press the link; it should lead you to Special:MergeAccount. It might ask you to retype your password for confirmation; if so, just do so. Afterwards, it should give you a message that says "Login unification complete!" You should be done. By the way, you should sign all of your posts with four tildes (~~~~). Cheers, —mc10 (t/c) 03:19, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Has it worked for you? —mc10 (t/c) 04:58, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I am global now.Joshuajohnson555 (talk) 21:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Resurection

If you're going to resurrect 50 archived threads, you might like to explain more specifically what it is that you feel still needs addressing. Even better, you could just start a new thread. After all, who is really likely to read through so much material again anyway? Cesiumfrog (talk) 00:05, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

My concern is primarily with Wikipedia's definition of "Bible," and more so how the introduction makes it sound like there is no common Bible, while there is (see my latest Bible:Talk edit). Should we re-archive them, or just delete them? Joshuajohnson555 (talk) 00:12, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi there

Hey JJ, greetings from JJ. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:43, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Hey JJ - that's fun! Another JJ! How did you find me? You have a well-developed site there that clearly shows your interests - nice job! Joshuajohnson555 (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2015 (UTC)