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Happy New Year, Jprg1966!

Happy New Year!

Jprg1966,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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I learned how to edit from the one you sent to me on my talk page. MrBeastRapper (talk) 23:37, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Let me know if you have any questions. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 23:38, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Lithuania

Can you please edit Lithuania? It contains many flaws. 73.116.225.180 (talk) 21:53, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What specifically needs to be fixed? --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 21:55, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I removed a comment you made...

...here. I removed the second requested move template, and your response was out of place in that section after that removal, so I removed your comment as well. If that's an issue I'll revert myself. Just trying to keep the talk page tidy as the situation develops. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:34, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@ScottishFinnishRadish: That's fine, thanks for letting me know. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 00:37, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I assumed it would be fine, but I make a habit of letting someone know if I edit or remove their comment. Better safe than sorry, no misunderstandings this way. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:39, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Business Proposal

Hey @Jprg1966this is @Jgrimes3rd. How about we both work together to create an informative wikipedia article? I think it would become very popular. This is up to you. I just joined wikipedia, so I might not have enough experience to write with someone as experienced as you. But I have written a Wikipedia article before, so I know the basics. Again, this is totally up to you. Best of Regards, @Jgrimes3rd Jgrimes3rd (talk) 01:58, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Jgrimes3rd: I can definitely help you write an article. What would you like to write? And I'm curious what you mean when you say you've written an article before—was that as an IP editor? --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 02:01, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Miley, in all variations

You wrote to Smiley Face Miley offering sympathy that they had run afoul of rules. I wouldn't let their troubles bother you. If you check out Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Divalicio (and its archive), you'll note that this user is quite prolific in their rule flouting. I wouldn't waste any time assuming good faith on their part. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 20:21, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiDan61: I helped report one of the socks, actually, for impersonating Miley Cyrus. Sad that they didn't listen to my advice not to SOCK. Alas. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 22:18, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Bruce Karsh

Hi Jprg1966, I am working to update Bruce Karsh's page. I noticed that you recently edited the article and thought you may be interested in reviewing my edit request on the Talk page. I'd appreciate your input and assistance with implementation. Thank you, LeiaVOaktree (talk) 17:39, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LeiaVOaktree, thank you for following protocol with your COI edit request. These edits look appropriate and sourced to reliable sources, so I will add them. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 23:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oaktree Capital Management

Hi Jprg1966, I am working on improving the Oaktree Capital Management article. As you have previously assisted with updates for Bruce Karsh, Oaktree's co-chairman and CIO, I thought you may be interested in reviewing my suggestions on the firm's Talk page. I look forward to hearing your feedback and would appreciate assistance making the updates. Thank you! LeiaVOaktree (talk) 20:17, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

John B. Frank

Hi Jprg1966, thanks again for your previous work on Oaktree Capital Management and its co-chairman and CIO, Bruce Karsh. I am now working to update Vice Chairman John B. Frank's page and was hoping you may be able to review my recent edit request. Thanks, I appreciate it. LeiaVOaktree (talk) 20:11, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hyphens

Hello Jprg1966,

On your edits at [1] and [2]: you wrote "Restoring script edits to change hyphens to dashes per MOS:DASH, and ISBN number displays". First off, you should know that there was an RFC on standardizing ISBNs at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_188#RfC:_Standardizing_ISBN_formatting_(and_an_end_to_editwarring_about_it) (with the proposer advocating against your style, actually!). The result was that there is no consensus any one version of ISBN formatting is better than the other. You're free to format ISBNs however you like, but don't run around to other articles "fixing" something that isn't broken. The no-hyphens format is fine.

Secondly, you've changed – to a Unicode –. Believe it or not, to better comply with the guideline, I prefer the spelled-out version. I can't really tell the difference between a hyphen and an ndash, and spelling it out makes more clear what's really there. It'd be one thing if you were making significant changes and I'd certainly be happy to defer to your preferences then, but you're just doing a drive-by edit. There is zero difference in how they display to users, so you're solely messing with the source used by editors here for no gain.

Thirdly, you removed double spaces, but double spaces are explicitly allowed. They, again, don't display any differently to the reader. It's not a helpful gnoming edit to remove them.

The sole change that seems to have had merit was the hyphen change in "2 Maccabees - while seemingly out of chronological order -". That is not a very big issue, but sure, I guess it can be fixed. But please just fix that, then. I guess the verse ranges in the 3 Maccabees edit could be kept as well, but in practice people use hyphens all the time for them. Your other changes were not helpful. SnowFire (talk) 01:34, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for explaining the formatting policies above, and I don't by any means intend to relitigate any discussions over them. All of these changes are easily done with one click of a button from a widely used script I installed ("Auto-Formatter"), so it's not like I was going out of my way to change every single thing I could. I assumed the script was generally in line with MOS preferences. I'll keep your points in mind in future edits. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 00:01, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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