Jayjg opines on Thekohser's hometown, it's about the Jews, of course Options

[thekohser]

I grew up in Jackson, Michigan. I lived there until I was 12, and I've returned to visit perhaps 15 times in the nearly three decades since.

Jackson is not a major hub of Judaism the way you might think of a place like Cherry Hill, New Jersey, or North Miami Beach, Florida, or Rockville Centre, New York might be. Rather, most of the religious residents of Jackson are either Catholic or Lutheran (if you're white), or any of a set of other Protestant churches (if you're African-American).

But, Jayjg has swooped in to add what he apparently knows about to the Wikipedia article about Jackson:

==Religion==
Jackson is home to [[Temple Beth Israel (Jackson, Michigan)|Temple Beth Israel]], a [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] [[synagogue]] founded in 1862 by [[History of the Jews in Germany|German Jews]].

That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. If you want to understand religion in Jackson, Michigan, Wikipedia will have you believing that it's pretty much a Jewish town, top to bottom.

Now, is this the way Wikipedia gets built? Is Jayjg doing the "proper thing" by adding this one fact, with the absence of any other facts about other religions in Jackson? Might I expect that other editors will be along shortly to describe the various other faith traditions that reside in Jackson?

(Point of fact... the Temple Beth Israel in Jackson is located on the SW corner of Michigan & West Avenues. My first piano lessons were conducted on the NW corner of the same intersection.)

This post has been edited by thekohser: Mon 30th March 2009, 3:56am

[Somey]

I'd have to agree with the part about Jayjg not knowing where Greg is from originally - I myself thought he was from a small town in Pennsylvania. There's no reason to think that Jayjg was aware of Greg's connection with Jackson, MI...

Nevertheless, Jayjg should be desysopped immediately. That pretty much goes without saying.

[Proabivouac]

Nevertheless, Jayjg should be desysopped immediately. That pretty much goes without saying.

That's the official opinion of the Review, no question. It may be that some people have legitimate grievances wth Jayjg. But taking a look at WR staff, of the time I've been here, at least three of five have had sockpuppets legitimately and accurately busted by Jayjg at one point or another. Not that I'd judge all these socks to be alike and equal in wrongdoing, and socking per se is no sin - for example, Greg's socks do nothing unethical - but isn't that a massive undisclosed conflict of interest?

[Herschelkrustofsky]

But taking a look at WR staff, of the time I've been here, at least three of five have had sockpuppets legitimately and accurately busted by Jayjg at one point or another.

There you go with the impugning again. First of all, if you will consult our roster, WR only has 4 staff members. Somey says he has never edited WP, and I have no reason to doubt his word. Next, how on earth would you know whether Jayjg's sock busts were legitimate and/or accurate? The evidence is never made public (although presumably other CUs can see it.) As someone else pointed out, Jayjg seldom CUs nowadays except in cases which bear upon his POV, which raises questions about the "legitimacy" of any CUing that he does. And as someone else, possibly Thatcher, wrote somewhere (forgive my vagueness on this point,) CUing is not an exact science -- much of it is based on hunches, rough geolocating (the perp lives somewhere in a Very Similar Way,) and "exceptional well-honed linguistic analytic skills."

[Somey]

There you go with the impugning again. First of all, if you will consult our roster, WR only has 4 staff members. Somey says he has never edited WP...

I think he meant to include Poetlister in that count (i.e., "since I've been here," which would include part of the time Poetlister was around).

[Proabivouac]

There you go with the impugning again. First of all, if you will consult our roster, WR only has 4 staff members. Somey says he has never edited WP...

I think he meant to include Poetlister in that count (i.e., "since I've been here," which would include part of the time Poetlister was around).

Herschel's conduct differs from others in a few key respects: he uses and links to the same username he used on Wikipedia, is upfront and sincere about his motivations and interests re Wikipedia's La Rouche related articles, hasn't impersonated anyone (e.g. young women) and hasn't, to my knowledge, lied to the Review's readers.

This post has been edited by Proabivouac: Tue 31st March 2009, 9:57pm