User talk:John Abbe

{{Systems-stub}} / Systems Thinking stubs

Hello. I notice that you added {{Systems-stub}} to the stub types page. Note that the top of the page states:

"To avoid unnecessary redirects and reverts, please discuss all new stubs types at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Criteria prior to creation of new stubs and placement in articles or tables."

I have therefore moved the entry to the relevant location. Feel free to discuss it there.

--TheParanoidOne 22:37, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Missed that. --John Abbe

Reverted back Wiki

I reverted Wiki back to the version that has it inheriting the properties of software engine. I put what I feel is a logical illustration of my claim of this relationship in the talk section. If there's information that I'm missing, then I'll gladly oblige. Timhowardriley (talk) 21:00, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As noted there, not all wikis are software engines. And even if they were, it's not a helpful term for most readers. --John_Abbe (talk) 11:26, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Friendly heads up

Hi John! Thanks for your great contributions to the project! One guideline you may want to read up on is WP:Overlink. Usually we don't create wikilinks for common words like 'transport'. :-) -- — Keithbob • Talk • 18:27, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks yeah, it's true that I am very fond of adding links in Wikipedia, but I try to keep it relevant - and with Elon Musk's SpaceX, Tesla, Hyperloop, etc., just seemed like a missing link. It's interesting, because Musk's explicit goal seems to be to help save humanity, but somehow it always leads to him designing and building fast-moving toys! :-) John_Abbe (talk) 19:40, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

NVC @ Wikipedia

Hello John, since you sport an NVC user template on your page (and an advanced one!), I wonder if you made any experiences using NVC at Wikipedia. If so, I would love to learn from your experience; I prepared a page at User talk:SebastianHelm/NVC for discussing that. — Sebastian 11:26, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the invitation, I have chimed in there and we'll see what happens!

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Public Domain Day 2025

Hey!

Thanks for updating pages with the new public domain info! I do the research for Duke's page, and I am happy to see you engaging with the material. Feel free to message me if you want to discuss anything.

Best,

Sean SDudley (talk) 22:39, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing my brain fart. Public Domain Day is a holiday everyone can get behind. :-) John_Abbe (talk) 00:50, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries! I love the collaborative nature of these spaces for that!

I also always learn new things. Right now I'm doing some research into Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film). It seems to have been in notice 1951 and is PD because of the renewal being 29 years later. Interesting, the film was copyrighted 1951 and not distributed until 1952. So I'm looking into the status of the songs since they were in notice in 1952. Trying to determine if the lack of publication affects the songs which seem to have valid renewals. SDudley (talk) 02:30, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice. At some point we thought copyright reform had become a downhill battle, but now it seems it will take a great deal more work. I wonder if anyone is doing an alternate Public Domain Day, covering a fictional (perhaps satirical) release of all works 28 years old into the public domain. ;-) John_Abbe (talk) 03:33, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]