Users/jefftolentino - Davis Wiki

Hello my name is Jeff

I'm a donor.

Name

Jeff

Powers

• making coffee

• taking pictures

• invisibility

Weaknesses

• ice cream

Magic

• unicorns

Weapon

• Ti-89

Sidekick

Poox

Ride a bike!

Pictures

I enjoy taking pictures. Photography is cool.

Here are some pictures I've taken:
spaceupper marketbicyclescart

dovesmilk farmbarn owl

You can see more stuff on my flickr account.

I also do the Random Camera project, which includes silly pictures like these:
smilespiano barmonkey hugs and friendsshields

I also like to make photograms with instant film. Here are some polagrams I've made:
butcher's apronivywild strawberryjapanese maple with extra lobe

Comments:

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Is your brother James Tolentino? If so, I went to school with him. -JamesSchwab

Yes, James is my brother. He's doing graphic design in Venice Beach. He also enlightened me on bacon dogs. -JeffTolentino

Nice watermelon picture!
Protip: preview is your friend if you want to make a series of edits on a page —StevenDaubert

"hmmmm, did some fooling around and seems to work if I enter the time as 4:00PM (6 and a half hours later). Shows 4:00PM to when i'm logged in, and 9:30AM when i'm logged out. Noticed different times on other events too." — from the Events Board/Talk page. What is your time zone set to in your user settings (under your name in the upper right)? —PhilipNeustrom

2007-08-25 15:33:40 Thanks for the comment bar, philip. I've been meaning to do that. :) —jefftolentino

2007-09-03 06:43:12 Great picture of Richards bike tunnel —EdHenn

2007-09-04 18:27:58 Thanks for the good editing. Sometimes [[Include(PhotoRequest)]] are left on a page to get a non-copyrighted picture or to get a better picture. —JasonAller

2007-09-05 00:29:50 Heh, I didn't connect the you from this page and the you from the bike rides until just now. I've checked on your page before because I've wondered if you're related to a Leto Tolentino, who also lives in Davis and went to high school with my mom. Are you? —ElisaHough

2007-09-05 11:52:56 Yes, my mom too. She also tells me that you came to my first birthday party. —ElisaHough

2007-09-12 09:42:39 Jeff- thank you for helping— I somehow erased the Events Board and had no idea how to undo this!! —MaryBurke

2007-09-18 22:39:15 Hey, Jeff. Congratulations on such a cool mystery picture. I especially like the metal milk box because it's a relic from Davis's earlier years. —robinlaughlin

2007-09-19 15:40:28 Random Page is definitely the way to avoid Recent Changes braindeath! —PhilipNeustrom

2007-09-21 16:59:20 When I went to Sly Park, my buddy and I built the best shelter of anybody, but we didn't get to sleep in it. Did you graduate from DHS? Maybe you should add yourself to Graduates of the Davis Joint Unified School District. —NickSchmalenberger

2007-09-26 00:04:50 Full moon ride tonight at 9 pm, meet in Central Park! Maybe I'll bring pictures of us as kids. —ElisaHough

2007-09-26 19:34:31 Not sure if you got a real world distraction, but I just quickly tossed those images you uploaded into Bike Bridges. —JabberWokky

2007-09-26 20:14:51 Fantastic writing on the Bridges. That was a fun read. —JabberWokky

2007-09-26 21:41:19 Awesome contributions! BTW, I remember your brother from DHS and (I think) Holmes... —Graham.Freeman

2007-09-28 23:47:31 nice pics on the Critical Mass page. and i like th epics on this user page. since you like to solve math problems, can u prove that .999 repeating = 1? —JessicaRockwell

2007-09-28 23:57:44 but there's a mathematical proof. shall i tell you or have you work it out? —JessicaRockwell

2007-09-29 00:06:39 x=.999 bar
10x=9.999 bar
subtract x from both sides
9x=9
x=1
Q.E.D.
(as taught to me by Casey) —JessicaRockwell

2007-09-30 10:44:37 xie xie ni —JessicaRockwell

2007-09-30 15:45:04 I love your polaroid mystery pictures! —PhilipNeustrom

2007-10-01 01:01:50 thanks for posting the pics of mass. —PxlAted

2007-10-07 17:18:25 good mystery picture, I've got a photo of it as well. —JasonAller

2007-10-23 23:52:41 I'm not gonna let some n00b get away with sanitizing an entry. I have little tolerance for this crap in general, actually. I figure if I keep their stuff from being up too long and act quickly, they'll find that it isn't worth their time to trash the wiki and move on. Provides a disincentive to repeat the behavior in the future. Seems to work, with the notable exception of Steve Ostrowski who never got the cluestick. —WilliamLewis

2007-10-25 00:15:59 Hey, Thanks. I did want a better representation of the unit. It was my overall goal. Honestly I am new on here... I mean really it's a public posting site, not a video game or anything. I really didn't want that senseless editing war, but if someone really has the time/energy to waste on trying so badly to get rid of newcomer edits I just felt like playing along with it since I was bored at home anyways. haha.

Anyways, i'm happy somebody understands the idea of treating newcomers well. =) —ThUn

2008-01-03 12:31:23 Nice Featured Page! —JabberWokky

2008-03-29 14:55:57 Hi Jeff! I just came across a comment you left re Zocolo's in Sac. Finally, someone who agrees that it's nothing more than a noisy meat market. I met up with some friends there and that is exactly what I thought. When I shared this with them they got all, "How DARE you!!" —CurlyGirl26

2008-03-30 14:06:36 Last time I was at Zocolo's, I was just angry. To avoid the blowhard-y Zocolo's crowd, I now go to Tres Hermanas or Ernesto's. Both have good Mexi food; less douchebags.

Diet Coke, I know: Lame. I got addicted to it while in college trying to avoid the Freshmen 50 or whatever. I know it's totally gross, but. . .I love it! It's weird that I even drink it because I don't have to worry about calories or watching my weight and all I eat is crap, anyway. I'm trying to quit, though. —CurlyGirl26

2008-08-19 19:58:13 Good guess, Jeff! I never would have known that the photo was taken at Crepeville had I not been there. —CurlyGirl26

2008-10-10 07:05:44 Ok, so google maps approximates the distance from Covell to the dead end at about .17 km. Let's say you're riding on a 26x1.5 tire (around 40-559), which should have a circumference of around 201cm (we could do the roll-out test for better accuracy here). That gives us 84.6 tire revolutions to reach the wall. In the unreasonable 52/11, that's almost 18 pedal revolutions. A more reasonable gear of 42/20 gives 40 pedals. You said 45 which is pretty close. A gear of 42/23 (a bit low maybe, but way more reasonable than 52/11) gives 46 pedals. I'd say you nailed it.

Additional bonus points for revealing the little Montessori school without a wiki page behind the wall at the end of the Green Meadows greenbelt! That has to be a high score or something. —EdHenn

2008-10-16 05:05:37 So you grew up in Davis? I'm wondering if you're related to a Gina I went to school with. —EdHenn

2008-10-16 22:57:49 Don't think I've seen her since dhs... say hi for me! —EdHenn

2008-12-25 11:23:17 Merry Xmas everybody! —jefftolentino

2008-12-25 11:28:43 Merry Christmas! —JabberWokky

2009-05-12 19:11:55 I like the kiss. That's a nice one. —JabberWokky

2009-05-13 22:32:24 hi Jeff! nice photos on your page. it's true, i am a traitor. —IrinaChakraborty

2009-06-03 20:39:46 Love your polaroids! —PhilipNeustrom

2010-01-21 10:40:45 Your office neighbor saying Hi! (at least when I'm around!) —LeeY

2010-02-08 16:36:11 It's a bug in the wiki software. Sorry, didn't mean to clobber your question. —WilliamLewis

2010-03-03 09:04:49 ROFL! —EdWins

2010-03-15 22:37:36 Best page idea ever! —TomGarberson

2010-03-16 00:04:19 Okay... let me just open the envelope... Aaaaand... the award for best new entry so far in 2010 goes to... Jeff Tolentino! For his work, "Inanimate Objects with Amusing Faces"! —JabberWokky

2010-03-28 10:10:05 Thanks! —WesHardaker

2010-04-02 23:53:34 Thank you! —IDoNotExist

2010-05-11 07:01:51 Hey, how is my suggestion not "do nothing, other than tools"? It is intended to be such, and if it's being misinterpreted, I'd like to fix that. Zero changes on the content and people side, only adding more ways to make the record of changes more open and easy to read. Right now there are a limited set of people who know how and have time to track down the information that is available scattered across several pages. —JabberWokky

2010-05-11 07:03:58 Ennui is a great entry! —JabberWokky

2010-05-11 08:13:28 6 is do nothing but one specific change. 7 is do nothing to people's rights to edit the wiki (including making sure everybody appears the same when editing), and allows for unspecified informational changes (the ones I list are tools I have and Jason had, so it's flattening the inequity there), but draws a clear line: all editors from first uncertain edit to burnt out gnome will remain equal when it comes to the actual content. No flagging within content, no rights given or taken due to any automated metric. What Bob can do, Connie can do. 8 is do nothing, including not opening up records so that they are easier to read (which creates inequity in what people can be aware of). 7 is an effort to share opportunity more evenly and explicitly draw a line to protect equal rights to content. —JabberWokky

2010-05-11 08:42:44 Well, there are going to be a bunch of changes, so do nothing is really "keep the interface as similar as possible to what we have now". —JabberWokky

2010-06-16 14:09:22 http://vimeo.com/12555175 is the video. The time lapse section might be cut out and added to the wiki. —JasonAller

Yeah, you can see it at it's home on http://localwiki.org/ Daubert

That IS awesome! —jefftolentino

2010-07-08 11:57:04 haha thx, i've been going thru pages with the spellchecker on firefox and just correcting what catches my eye. —JoePomidor

2010-07-20 08:25:32 Explore is huge and very little should be added to it... and that was a great addition, in my opinion! —JabberWokky

2010-07-30 10:08:59 Hi Jeff, Send me an email re: City Commissions and let's see if we can find a time to talk. kemblepope [at] gmail dot com —KemblePope

2010-08-10 21:29:00 A noble effort with XYZ. I hope it gets through. —TomGarberson

2010-08-31 19:40:53 That's awesome, thank you so much, Jeff! —TomGarberson

2010-11-29 23:02:46 Sweet picture! :) —PhilipNeustrom

2010-12-06 08:47:44 Your reply on the RR fence page cracked me up. —TomGarberson

2011-01-28 08:01:52 Fantastic photo on Fog! —TomGarberson

2011-03-13 14:21:59 Thanks for your help on the Bar Taboos page. —Wes-P

2011-04-11 21:55:49 Hi Jeff, thoroughly enjoyed the Random Camera @ the MU! Thanks! —ForestNeel-Grant

2011-05-18 12:22:47 Anybody who creates a Talk page off a Talk page is a dork. Wait...

—JabberWokky

2011-05-18 12:22:58 Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. It's spelled Monticello. Come on now! —TomGarberson

2011-05-25 15:25:32 Yeah. Not cool. —TomGarberson

2011-08-27 19:20:49 As stupid as it may sound, I think the core wiki greatness is in the kind of stuff just created about the carpet cleaning. —JabberWokky

Doesn't sound stupid to me at all. I agree completely. —cp

2011-09-14 02:39:16 The LoshJawson account is not JoshLawson and has nothing to do with Josh himself. It's a parody account that somebody else is using. On the other point, a few people have emailed or IMed me about banning William this evening, and at least one person hinted at it on the wiki. I think you're the first, however, to mention it openly on the wiki. Most seem to feel he's crossed some kind of line in their mind, but that a ban proposal "probably won't go anywhere". I don't know what that means, but I figured you'd at least like to know you're not alone in being concerned about the treatment of new editors. I even got an "I've been doing this for x years, and am an expert in internet blah blah, and you should ban WilliamLewis" email out of the blue. (It was polite, I'm not trying to mock the email or its intent). I get the idea sometimes that there's a silent audience that watches the active editors: I've sometimes gotten calls from people (usually business owners) who know all kinds of odd details about wiki culture but I've never seen edit or speak up. —JabberWokky

2011-09-19 01:22:41 new owner so you never know! —StevenDaubert

2011-09-23 11:50:20 while I understand the need to inject your flair into that article, the city has it's own term which Scott used correctly. Thanks —StevenDaubert

2011-09-23 14:06:43 it's my fault for giving him the image that has Davis statistics on it, they delineate between Sewer and Water manholes —StevenDaubert

2011-09-30 09:55:25 Jeff, the discussion has been dead for two weeks. Unless you have something else to add, the discussion should be deleted. —WilliamLewis

2011-09-30 11:05:31 Again, you are restoring a dead proposal. Unless you want to continue discussing why I need to be banned, the proposal should be closed. —WilliamLewis

2011-10-01 16:14:51 Me, too. (Of course I'd say that!) Really, discussion over content is disheartening enough. Policy is worse (the ban page would fit in there). Metapolicy (how should we deal with the pages dealing with proposed policy) is even worse. The antidote for me? Go out and take some pictures. The wiki always needs more. One more reason I need to move back to Davis... —WilliamLewis

2011-11-21 17:39:51 That Katehi is more dangerous to the campus community than her alleged health and safety issues is not an opinion. It's a fact. There would have been no hospitalized students if she had not sent in the police. "Some people feel" are weasel-words that should not be applied to facts. —WilliamLewis

2011-11-21 17:40:57 I agree with WL on this one. —CovertProfessor

2011-11-21 17:48:34 Not trying to downplay her actions here, but I think it serves the movement better to be objective in our editing here. Trying to be an adult. —jefftolentino

I contend I am being objective here. Just because something is bitingly critical doesn't mean it isn't true and unbiased. As for what serves the movement better or not, I could not care less. I despise the occupy movement. Capitalism is great, class warfare is Marxist bullshit, and income inequality is not a problem.... a low standard of living across society is. And those are subjective opinions. What isn't is that the university's response has been inept, harmful to students, and has only added fuel to the fire they were trying to extinguish. That should be expressed as clearly as possible to the world.—WilliamLewis

2011-11-21 17:57:07 I believe adults often express strong opinions, especially ones that they can back up with sound reasons, as WL did. —CovertProfessor

2011-11-21 18:08:27 Actually, I agree with Williams message here. Just trying to remove some of the more absolute language. I think it makes the statement stronger. —jefftolentino

2011-11-21 18:13:21 We miss you. Don't you think it's about time to officially rejoin the Davis Wiki community? Forgive us, please. It's the adult thing to do. ;) —ScottMeehleib

2011-11-21 18:14:49 I've missed you too. I've been working on the treatment plant articles. I will upload eventually. —jefftolentino

As in waste water treatment? This sounds strangely fascinating. <3 —WilliamLewis

Probably not so much, but it should improve what's there currently. I really have missed this place. —jefftolentino

2011-11-21 21:15:45 90% of my editing is done on an iPhone. Sucks indeed. —ScottMeehleib

2011-12-06 10:42:49 That seems to get into the whole NPOV issue... besides which, Jeff Wood doesn't seem to disagree with the use of "casually." I guess I'm opposed to deleting a description just because someone doesn't like it. If it's actually inaccurate, sure. If there's a difference of opinion, both opinions can be represented on the page. If it's just that someone doesn't like it... well, I'd say tough patooties. —TomGarberson

2011-12-06 14:12:59 I honestly want to know how this edit is offensive and me making it was in any way uncivil. —WilliamLewis

It pains me that you're a board member, William. Grow up. —JT

In response to this comment not taking my query seriously and insulting me instead, I deleted this thread with the edit comment, "I wanted an answer, not an insult. *sigh*." Jeff restored the thread with the edit comment "If you want to seriously discuss, say so. Don't delete. We all have opinions :)" If you insist on having this discussion, please answer my original question and drop the insults. How was this edit offensive? How was making it in any way uncivil? —WilliamLewis

Don't know what to tell you William. Publically accusing a police officer of throwing gasoline on innocent protesters is pretty inflammatory (no pun intended). This may be YOUR opinion, but to me its immature and unbecoming of someone who represents and makes organizational decisions for Daviswiki. That is my opinion, William, but you are free to restore your edit to the protest page if you feel it is the right one to make. —JT

I will gently and respectfully suggest to you that you misread it. Tom and I were wondering why you were so upset. It does not say at all what you read it to mean. -jw
For what it's worth, I took the "throws gasoline onto the Occupy UC Davis movement" phrase as non-literal, as in throwing gasoline on the fire. If viewed in that light (also no pun intended), I'd also say it's a fairly accurate statement, in that it brought bajillions of people out and turned Occupy UCD into a major international news story. If interpreted literally, it seems more just... weird... than uncivil. —TomGarberson

As an idiomatic phrase, it is pretty common. Even more common is the related "adding fuel to the fire". Both simply mean to inflame and increase an already dramatic situation, which is what the pepper spraying did. -jw

So you honestly thought I was talking about literal gasoline and not the cliché "throwing gasoline on the fire"? I thought that was a commonly understood phrase. The pepper spray has caused the tents to grow in number, three police officers to be suspended, spawned five investigations, and brought thousands to the quad. The loss of respect the department has suffered is profound. Most importantly, the administration is politically unable to use any police force to clear the quad, their original objective.
As for the Wiki Spot board, I don't speak for the board on here unless otherwise stated. —WilliamLewis

Wow, well that was definitely a poor edit then, especially in light of the recent discussion. Ambiguous and way too easy to take literally. The dude is squirting liquid all over people! It should have at least been thought through a little more. —JT

I got it. Did anybody else take it literally besides Jeff? -M

I don't think anyone could plausibly be misled. The very next words on the page are "UCD Police Pepper Spray Seated Protesters" as the first line in the TOC, which is repeated again in huge lettering down in the first header. The phrase "pepper spray" (or spraying, or sprayed, etc.) is repeated 10 more times in that first section of the narrative. Nowhere is it claimed that gasoline was used on protesters. At worst, the caption claimed that an officer sprayed a movement with gasoline. And in that case, it's nonsensical, but there's hardly a risk of misleading anyone about what happened. —TG

I think it was clear, but I think there might be a better place to note that the pepper spraying poured gasoline on the Occupy UC Davis movement — and the Occupy movement more generally, I think. —CovertProfessor

I don't know what to tell you guys. I know that gasoline was not really thrown on anyone, but there was a lot of loose language tossed around this morning, (I remember a couple jokes about pepper-spraying each other over bad edits for instance). To me it came off as an inappropriate joke edit in the midst of a serious discussion about subjective language on the protest page. The timing and language could have been thought out a little better. I'll concede however, if read in the way William has explained it, it is not offensive. Still its sometimes hard to tell when people are being facetious or not. There was a lot of pointed and snippy language today, and nobody is going to interpret every edit the same way. I've definitely said things which have been called offensive, which I thought were fine. In any event; William, I'm sorry I misunderstood your edit. The way you intended it was not offensive, I just didn't understand it correctly.

2011-12-07 15:51:44 Well said. Thank you. —JabberWokky

2011-12-07 17:03:36 Just a heads up to everybody. I'm stepping back again now. I made my statements and I want to let it go for a while myself. If it not the end of it, so be it. I can give it another try later. Thanks, JW, for the nod. In light of my own bad edits, I want to fix things up again. —jefftolentino

2011-12-07 18:07:26 I didn't see your post until after mine. Don't worry I am going to pull back for now and just let the mmen handle it at meggos suggestion —OliviaY

2011-12-08 20:23:21 My question was whether he meant to delete his comment or not. I believe that is separate from trying to start the conversation up again. —MeggoWaffle

2011-12-09 11:14:45 Yes, I think he should restore it if he didn't mean to delete it. Now, don't take this next part personally. I understand you think you are trying to keep the peace, but honestly, and maybe you don't realize this, it appears as though you are trying to assert authority. Both of your messages have been the equivalent of "well you have every RIGHT to wear that dress, but it makes you look really fat." Maybe he agreed with your post and that's why he deleted it, or maybe he just accidentally did so after the edit conflict. I think he's capable of making the decision on whether to restore his comment without you hinting about how much 'damage' it would do. —MeggoWaffle

2011-12-09 18:34:19 Eh? How did you get to sacwiki during the downtime? They are on the same server... —JabberWokky

2011-12-09 19:01:02 Ah! —JabberWokky

2011-12-11 20:08:33 Hey jeff- the sac test url wasn't supposed to be really passed around yet. The edits made to the site, until the import is finalized, are thrown out every time I do a re-import. But don't worry - I saved that crazy map trace you did of the Sac region on my computer :) —PhilipNeustrom

2011-12-12 08:37:06 Hey, Jeff - the test version was just replaced with a new test version. He emailed me: The only known problem with this import is the "All Pages" tab crashes right now. Aside from that everything should be good. The user information, includes and redirects should all be working now. Take a good look around and let me know if you spot any problems with the import!

(and just to reiterate, don't put anything even sort of important on the test site. I'll blow away the import when I do another import. All important stuff should still go on http://sacwiki.org/ up until the point we do the final import and switch-over) —NicholasBarry

Take a look at the notice I put up on the front page of the test site.

2011-12-12 11:35:37 Cool. You should comment on the Wiki Gatherings page about your interest! —NicholasBarry

2011-12-12 14:08:03 Hey, FYI, you can indent bullets in Localwiki. You just have to use the Indent button in the toolbar. —NicholasBarry

I also think it would be cool to be able to indent using the TAB key. I've added that to the feature requests already - probably not everyone will think to look for the indent button.

Thank you! Lovin' the new format, but yeah still trying to figure out some of the details. Definitely better than the old markup schemes though. —jefftolentino

2011-12-17 16:27:29 Sure thing. I hope I didn't hurt your feelings - I know you mean well. —MeggoWaffle

2011-12-21 10:19:55 Jeff, thanks for all the great map edits on the new Sacwiki! (Isn't the map fun to play with?) —NicholasBarry

Definitely! The mapping alone makes the whole localwiki upgrade worthwhile! —JT

2011-12-24 17:33:20 I don't mind addressing the issue of opening up the wiki to underrepresented groups, but I'm thinking that that particular entry is somewhat poisoned with antagonistic stances. I'm not being down on the participants, but I think the mood or tone in that particular space isn't ideal for a productive discussion about issues. Gender issues is one reason I support pseudonyms, preferably ones somebody can relate to. My personal concern is the lack of older Davisites (above 60), as they are drastically underrepresented. I'm sure there are several other groups as well as those two. I did try to work with a couple of the homeless to get their views. I used to talk to George Swazo now and then about the wiki and Davis. —JabberWokky

2011-12-26 04:31:55 my words exactly, but I was slightly more vitriolic so I backed off —StevenDaubert

2011-12-26 06:49:22 I figured I'd help him prove his point. Amusingly, I would really like some good, solid anti-Occupy viewpoints represented on the wiki. Whatever that was, was not that. —JabberWokky

2011-12-26 19:29:59 And now we'll see just how well the wiki's messaging system works, if at all... —CovertProfessor

2011-12-26 19:39:35 Oh, I was upset with some of the recent conversation about (not at you). I couldn't believe some people were saying the things that they were saying. I suppose I should put it back.

But then again, I could ask you when your page is coming back. It was always such a nice page.

And yes, we can hope that the editor will see the little yellow flag. —CovertProfessor

2011-12-26 22:50:30 Thanks for your kind comments about my page. I'm behind on some of my restaurant reviews, but hopefully I will get to them soon. As for the Sac Wiki, I see the appeal, but I wouldn't be much help since I don't actually know all that much about the city. I just wanted to create a page for the ice cream place I'd heard about, but when I tried to edit the table I was getting a link that I couldn't delete, and had no way of telling if it was linking the way it should or not (it was for the address, so perhaps this relates to the cool mapping feature you mention). Of course, I could have RTFM, but I've never been very good about doing that. With the Davis Wiki, I could just click Edit and see how it was done. It's pretty rare that I actually had to consult a help page. And there is nothing worse than fighting wysiwyg, trying to figure out how to get it to do what you want it to do, when a clear and unambiguous code will specify exactly what should be done. —CovertProfessor

2012-01-03 15:20:56 Thanks for the tip about Downtown Plaza, and thanks for enduring harassment for the cause! Also, I love your profile page (this page). —NicholasBarry

2012-01-04 20:14:48 No Jeff, they're not the same group. The Quakers, the Friends and The American Friends Service Committee — they're closely related. These Friends are pacifists and it wouldn't be surprising to find some of them participating in the peaceful Friends of the West Pond activities. There's an idea on the Davis Wiki that things can be linked so the surfer, so to speak, will go all over the place. I don't know if there's an appropriate place on the page for the Friends from the Davis Friends Meeting since the surfer is probably expecting that "Friends" are for the West Pond. Perhaps there could be a comment to distinguish a link to the Quaker Friends. —BruceHansen

2012-01-04 21:52:55 I agree with your observation that the crosslink lacked relation and was difficult to understand. Bruce is big on word play - they both have the word 'friend' in the title. I think the page content makes it pretty clear that one group is focused on a pond. —EdWins

2012-01-04 22:32:56 I'm OK with whimsical linking, but this one was potentially confusing (from one group to another, perhaps falsely implying that the groups were connected) and so I deleted the link. I think the whimsical links work well only if it's obvious that they are just for fun. —CovertProfessor

I love whimsical links, but yeah — the idea is to promote discovery, not imply incorrect assertions. I have, while editing, made links and changed or undone them specifically because I was worried they implied something unintended. -jw

2012-01-06 16:37:02 Hey, interested in getting together for a Davis edit party to play around with the new Sacwiki code? Not that it's anything new for you, since you've been working with it for a while now, but it could be fun to get together with some other editors. I just put together a page to suggest this gathering: Edit party to preview Localwiki code. —NicholasBarry

2012-01-09 12:16:20 Oh, don't worry, we're also doing Sacto edit parties, and we'll be promoting those in Sacramento. The Davis edit party (or parties) will be mostly to give Davisites a chance to see what the new site looks/feels like. —NicholasBarry

2012-01-11 10:22:58 Oh, I know. Anytime communication breaks down or is inefficient, tensions raise. I think it's just a typical human reaction to feeling misunderstood/frustrated. I wrote a reply to JW on my page that also works as a reply to you, to explain why I commented. —EdWins

2012-02-07 15:57:54 Jeff, what good is it if the wiki mirrors content found elsewhere? Why not go to the original source? Besides, the text you restored was copied from another website without licensing information. We can't relicense other people's works under creative commons. Oh, and you clobbered the map point and removed an important suggestion that someone bring a USB extension cable to a dead drop. —WilliamLewis