User talk:Jeffrey Scott Bernstein

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Stanley Kubrick

I see from the history here that you made many edits in a short period of time. Please use the "preview" button a tad more if possible, since it makes the page history and recentchanges a easier to read and is a tad easier on the servers :) Aaron Schulz 20:07, 6 October 2007 (CDT)

Thank you very much, Aaron, for your assistance. You have every right to rap me on the knuckles! I do not wish to complicate matters! In future I will be sure to preview the page before saving it. Thanks again. (Haha! Oops! I forgot to add the tildes, so I have to save the page again! Haha, sorry, I promise to try harder!)Jeffrey Scott Bernstein 20:14, 6 October 2007 (CDT)

Waldo

Thanks for your kind words! I hope to have the article finished within a couple of days. The problem, which you as a writer I'm sure you know about, is that sometimes that there's *too* much material -- it's very difficult for me to winnow it down into a general article. If I could write about "art" meaningfully I'd do so, but I can't, so most of the article has to be narrative. I wasn't sure what to do with the Joyce material -- since you like it, I'll be sure to work it in. That's a nice picture by the artist you directed me. Reminds me more, perhaps of the American painter Thomas Hart Benton who, of course, is far better known than Waldo. All the best, and keep up your own contributions: I've glanced at them previously but was waiting to see a more final version. Hayford Peirce 16:41, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

"The problem . . . is that sometimes there's *too* much material." Indeed. Isn't it somewhat ironic that so much of writing is deciding what NOT to say? Best wishes for your continuing cerebral adventures! Jeffrey Scott Bernstein 16:47, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

As Anatol France, or Oscar, or *someone* supposedly wrote, "I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote a long one." Hayford Peirce 17:01, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

Hugh Hefner

Hi Jeffrey, I moved the article as it is a name. I hope I didn't mess you up,but I figured the sooner I did it the better before you added stuff! Also, notice the workgroups link in the list to the left. I think Alfred Hitchcock should be in the Visual arts workgroup and leave out the CZLive. That one goes in automatically when we do the {{subpages}}. Good to see you hard at work!--Matt Innis (Talk) 19:36, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

Thanks, Matt. I still don't have much of an idea about workgroups. Sorry. I need to learn about them. Also, I screwed up with the title, "Hugh hefner". How do I change it to "Hugh Hefner"? Oopsy.Jeffrey Scott Bernstein 19:39, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

No problem. There is a learning curve. You'll have it down in no time. What you do is copy this: {{speedydelete}} and put it on the top of the talk page for Hugh hefner and I (a coonstable) will delete it for you. For more details see CZ:Article Deletion Policy. Matt Innis (Talk) 19:47, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

Thank you, Matt. I shall do my best to learn all of the technical details as quickly as possible. A hundred years should do the trick.Jeffrey Scott Bernstein 19:49, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

Hopefully I'll still be here :-) Matt Innis (Talk) 19:56, 8 October 2007 (CDT)

style

From my own experience here, and comments from Larry that I occasionally see, I would say that we *always* write out the name of states, ie, always Maine, never Me. or ME. It's the New York Times that uses 1960's in their style manual; I myself like it, but no one else does, so it's not used here. The — (em dash) is used here, *without* a space on either end of it, ie, November 25, 1965—October 3, 2005. It's easy to put in the em dash -- go down to the Special Characters at the bottom of the edit screen and just click on the — at the very start of the special characters. It will appear where you left the edit cursor in the edit screen. Feel free to ask me about anything else -- I may be wrong in my answer, but at least these are issues that I myself have been concerned about. Hayford Peirce 11:21, 9 October 2007 (CDT)

Thank you, Hayford. In my own writing, I swear by the em dash (but weirdly I can't find it on my laptop; only on my "big" computer; so thank you for pointing it out for me at the bottom of the screen. Also, thank you for clearing up for names of states for me (you and Professor Jensen are in complete agreement here). One more question: what's the meaning of life? Haha, just kidding. Well, personally I think it's: to veer from the path of fate in order to be able to choose between destinies for oneself and achieve the most authentic self (fullest realization of one's potential). Stay well.Jeffrey Scott Bernstein 11:28, 9 October 2007 (CDT)