User talk:JocularJellyfish/Archives/2018/April

This is an archive of User talk:JocularJellyfish. Please do not change it in any way. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 23:05, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Autopatrolled granted

Hi JocularJellyfish, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Schwede 66 23:27, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 2018

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Number of Court of Appeals Vacancies

I saw you made an edit and then reverted yourself. You had the right idea. The problem is that the FJC hasn't figured out that Reinhardt died yet, so really there are 19 current vacancies (but the FJC says 18) and 9 future ones. This is taking into account Reinhardt's death, Cook's announced retirement, and Prado actually retiring as of three days ago. (I was going to change the number of current vacancies, but I figured it was just easier to wait until the FJC figures it out.) Hope that helps you straighten out your numbers. LacrimosaDiesIlla (talk) 03:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@LacrimosaDiesIlla: Thanks for the info. I was very confused with the numbers being different from what seemed correct! – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 13:52, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Series of revisions of my edits

Hello, As you know, all senior officials in the U.S. government are nominated by the President, then have to be confirmed by senate. This is true for all federal judges, secretaries agency directors and so on. For all nominees there is unequivocal agreement that the Assumed Office infobox field should reflect OATH DATE. I don't see any plausible reason to use a different policy here. If he can't do the job until the swearing in, his term starts after it. term length means the period of time the person EXECUTED his office. A commission is merely an appointment certificate.

 נריה לוי (talk) 01:48, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@נריה לוי: I am aware of that. However, the commission indicates the official start of the person's tenure in office. For executive branch appointees it usually is the same day as the oath of office. For judges it's different because they rarely go to the White House to get sworn in. The FJC bio lists the accurate commission date, so we can use a correct starting date for judges going back to John Jay. I don't really think that there is a 100% complete database of swearing-in dates for judges. So I'm going to stick with the status quo, and ask you not to blatantly make changes that completely ignore the notes right next to the parameter. Paging @Safiel: for comment. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 01:54, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For Federal judges, we have long used the commission date, which is the beginning of the Judge's term, regardless of when they take the oath, which reflects the date they assume the duties of their office. Commission date is always available via FJC Bio, while the oath date may or may not be easily accessible. Additionally, by Federal law that dates back to the enactment of the judiciary act of 1789, a Judge's seniority is reckoned from their commission date, NOT from their oath date. While the oath date should be mentioned in the body of the article if available in a reliable source, the infobox should reflect the commission date. Safiel (talk) 02:31, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

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National varieties of English

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John A. Horn

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/former-us-attorneys — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shapsam19 (talk • contribs) 05:38, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Shapsam19: He's not Senate-confirmed so I didn't believe he should have the same "weight", so to speak. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 12:47, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach

Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach has been removed from the "List of Puerto Ricans" because the following rules of inclussion were not followed:

Read carefully before adding a name to this list! This list should contain the names of persons who meet the pre-established Notability criteria, even if the person does not have an article yet. Additions to the list must be listed in the section which best describes the field for which the person is most notable and in alphabetical order by surname.
Each addition to the list must also provide a reliable verifiable source which cites the person's notability and/or the person's link to Puerto Rico, otherwise the name will be removed.
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Please feel free to re-add the name in question once again with a reliable verifiable source. Thank you, Tony the Marine (talk) 17:10, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References for Steven Mnuchin

Hi JocularJellyfish Were are your References for Steven Mnuchin being Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Governor of the African Development Bank, Governor of the Asian Development Bank, and Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank? And Plus can you please add them to the Page? Thanks:96.36.68.29 (talk) 19:56, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Clinton's 9th Circuit Court confirmation?

Hi. I see you edit judicial confirmation articles so thought I would ask you. I was looking at the number of confirmations to the Circuit Courts in the first term of a president ad noticed that the 9th that was confirmed under Clinton appears out of order (if the order listed is by date of confirmation)...or have I missed something? Birtig (talk) 19:15, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Birtig: If you're talking about José A. Cabranes, I just fixed the issue. – JocularJellyfish ^Talk _Contribs 19:31, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]