User talk:Joshua Jonathan

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Second try: Reconsider your edit to Credential Inflation

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This is my second try for a response from Josh J. I am a monthly financial contributor, and a believer in WIKI until stuff like this happens. Where is the accountability? Thanks, Glen Ten years ago you merged my Credential inflation article with other topics, and I want you to reconsider. In its own right, Credential Inflation is a scholarly topic now receiving the attention it deserves. It should not be confused with other aspects of education. Please, disaggregate "Credential Inflation". The Credential Inflation article needs updating. Much has changed in ten years. http://encyc.org/w/index.php?title=Credential_inflation&action=history 50.4.132.185 (talk) 17:25, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@50.4.132.185: I think you should put a proposal at Talk:Credentialism and degree inflation, not here. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 03:49, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So, Joshua, are you saying that you are unable to disaggregate "Credential Inflation" from the article on Credentialism? Thanks, Glen 50.4.132.185 (talk) 19:33, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's a fuzzy topic, interconnected with other topis. "Credentialism" has similarities with "professionalisaton," but also with degree inflation etc. So, having these tooics together is choice, but there are also other possibilities; therefor, ask the community! Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 18:28, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help -- I just noticed that "Grade Inflation" has its own article now. That's great!

I am having difficulty navigating -- a whole lot has changed at wiki in 15 years! Glen 50.4.132.185 (talk) 23:00, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What does this mean?

Josh, I found this from 2015, but I have no idea who "someone" is. How is this supposed to work? Did it ever happen? Thanks, Glen

"Hm, that was a little bit too bold... could someone please delete Grade inflation, so this page can be moved back, including the merged info, and the talkpage and history retained at the correct page? There-after I shall split this article into "Grade inflation" proper, and "Credentialism and grade inflation", containing a section on "grade inflation." Thanks! And apologies for the extra work. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:32, 20 May 2015 (UTC)" 50.4.132.185 (talk) 22:29, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think now that this seems to be irrelevant. I wish that I reviewed recent article changes before I went off on my lone horse! 50.4.132.185 (talk) 23:01, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thats not an unconstructive edit

You placed an unconstructive editing [1] note on a user talk page but I'm not seeing unconstructive editing I'm seeing a content dispute with you templating the other party for no reason. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 15:28, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We've had this discussion many times before, and posting this post at my talkpage is also a sign of WP:DONTGETIT. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 15:36, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that the editor you templated has ever participated on the talk page nor is there a consenus on the talk page to use that wording. Why template them instead of inviting them to participate in the ongoing discussion on the talk page? Please don't add unwarranted personal attacks against me on top of the one you've made against this other editor. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 15:39, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously, this editor starts of bad; hope your message over there will work. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 16:13, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unconstructive alerts

User is aware of ctops and should not be given Unconstructive alerts. Huraira Aben (talk) 10:52, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Huraira Aben your ctops-note is blanco. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 12:00, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What say you?

Should we consider Greek philosophy “Western philosophy”? Isn’t that dishonest? Isn’t it a kind of appropriation? Isn’t it also misleading? Ancient Greece was part of the Eastern Mediterranean world, deeply interconnected with Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and even India through trade and cultural exchange—perhaps reaching India long before Alexander’s invasion, as far back as the time of the Ionians. To claim it solely as “Western” obscures these influences and imposes a modern East-West divide that the Greeks themselves never recognized. Did anyone ever ask the Greeks if they wanted to be lumped together with a Germanic worldview? Is it called “Western philosophy” simply because much of the modern Western world attributes its intellectual foundations unapologetically to Greek civilization? 2409:40E3:20C7:979A:54C:1346:D13D:A3F7 (talk) 12:47, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Eh.... what's your point? "Western philosophy" would, as a starter, refer to 'modern' philosophy, I think. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 13:52, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. Not as of now, at least. But I do hope that one day only 'modern' philosophy is referred to as Western, not the ancient ones—especially Greek. Maybe start with Roman? But that's really just another expression of Greek. I see why now. Hmm. 2409:40E3:2013:ED50:D0EA:95B5:616D:55C (talk) 14:17, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]