User talk:Jason L. Gohlke

Welcome?[edit]

I understand people consider "Welcoming" another user as an accomplishment. That's interesting. gohlkus 22:13, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I said this sarcastically since no one bothered to do so. I don't feel very welcome. gohlkus (talk) 07:11, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Still waiting to be welcomed to Wikipedia. gohlkus (talk) 17:02, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it's too late, but that's kinda sad. - 67.174.202.147 (talk) 10:52, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It probably wasn't too late. Instead, you chose to express sadness while not logged in. Nearly seven years and still no welcome. gohlkus (talk) 23:55, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't too late, and it still isn't. Nine-plus years. Anyone? gohlkus (talk) 18:19, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Still waiting. gohlkus (talk) 18:57, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Someone. Anyone. It's very simple. Just welcome me to Wikipedia. And congratulate me on ten years here. That's all I ask. Is that so hard? gohlkus (talk) 18:24, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone please welcome me to Wikipedia, after eleven years and five months? I'm starting to feel distinctly unwelcome. I'm beginning to get the suspicion that no one cares and that this may in fact no longer even be a tradition after this much time has passed. I guess 67.174.202.147 (talk) was right in 2009 after all--it was too late. gohlkus (talk) 14:59, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WELCOME TO WIKIPEDIA!!! I hope you like the place and decide to stay, er, when you get round to deciding ... but don't let me rush you. And congratulations on your many years of faithful service, for which We The Community Salute you! Oh and please have a look at WP:WELCOME and the Tea House and er er oh dear, sorry, I've run out of things to say ... but WELCOME! There, better now? 213.205.198.182 (talk) 15:06, 13 July 2017 (UTC) (not his real name)[reply]

Ha, perfect, thank you so much! It really does matter. gohlkus (talk) 16:10, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Barry Zito article[edit]

You might want to think about nominating it for the Baseball AID Kingjeff 01:59, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks -- didn't know that existed. gohlkus 23:42, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for proofing[edit]

I notice where you corrected typos in my work in the article Single-wing. Thanks, any help is appreciated. --Bill Spencer (talk) 14:16, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I refrained from posting this on the tl:dr talk page but didn't want to throw it out, so I chose to post it here.[edit]

I think it's incorrect to imply that "Brevity is the soul of wit" is not modern English.

Every word in the quotation "Brevity is the soul of wit" is a modern word. Their meanings have not changed. Just because some editor doesn't understand what it means (basically, "shorter is better," but with more nuance -- "wit" is a very meaningful three-letter word) doesn't mean it's not modern. Worse, the statement that is presented as more or less equivalent ("Omit needless words," directly from Strunk & White) is not the same thought at all. The former is a declaration about the essence of being clever. The latter is a simple imperative that leaves much more to interpretation. Equating the two is a bad example of how to make something less tl;dr. I suppose I could unilaterally change it but I'd rather complain about it here.

The whole article comes off as intentionally tl;dr, which I have to imagine was the point (and if it wasn't, wow). gohlkus (talk) 14:00, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article is much better than it was back then (he said to himself). gohlkus (talk) 23:44, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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