Talk:Jessica Telephone/Archive

Historical Jessica Telephones & the IRM

With the IRM now established as backstories for specific incarnations of JT, I thought it would be useful to consolidate iterations of the Eternal Jessica mentioned on the main article into a list for easier reference, and provide a space to theory-craft backstories for additional JTs, so people can work collaboratively on adding them to the IRM. At present, the article mentions:

Spartan Warrior Jessica Telephone (480 BCE)
Jessica Persephone (580s? BCE)
Ancient Rome Jessica Telephone (80s? BCE)
Viking Jessica (980s CE)
English Restoration Era Jessica Telephone (1680s CE)
'Classic' Jessica Telephone (1980s CE)
'Pie High' Jessica Telephone (2080s CE)
Lasers & 4-D Holograms Jessica Telephone (2380s CE)

It might be useful to state which iterations people have an interest in working on backstories for, so people don't work at cross purposes on the similar eras of JT. Likewise it would probably be best to also to submit the finished IRM blurbs onto this talk page for feedback/sensitivity reading, and also to discuss which historical eras should probably not be elaborated on further-- especially those that lend themselves to potentially problematic historical depictions-- i.e., it may be best to avoid "Viking Jessica Telephone" or "Ancient Roman Jessica Telephone" entirely. It would also be great if we could expand the scope of JTs away from their overwhelming focus on European history, but that naturally comes with its own pitfalls, and should IMO be handled with extra care. Kerascene (talk) 01:54, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Kerascene (talk) 17:35, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

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Thanks for compiling these! As a classical archaelogist, I would be willing to tackle the Roman JT entry in order to avoid problematic content. I'm thinking a Catullus-esque (minus the invectives) "poeta nova" who writes elegies to her paramour. I also think a post-apocalyptic 3480s Fury Road or Tank Girl style JT could be neat. Cassiterine (talk) 12:04, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

YES to both! Tank Girl/Furiosa JT sounds FANTASTIC. Likewise, my field is 17th/18th century history so I would love to work on 1680s JT. I'd also be interested in writing the Jessica Persephone entry, but that should definitely have input from Tigers fans since it's the period of Jessica Telephone most closely associated with her time on their team. Kerascene (talk) 12:35, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

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So who is working on Classical Jessica, like the version without all the dirtbag stuff? Is there a concentrated effort anywhere, how does one become part of it? Also I have no idea how to add a timestamped signature to this DyoGenesis (talk) 19:07, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

I volunteered to write it, but I'd like to get input from the Tigers beforehand. Kerascene (talk) 20:40, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

You can read all the basics about how to use Talk pages at Editing 101/Talk Pages, but the quick answer for signatures is four tildes. BlaseballSteve || Admin, Founder || Steven_#3235 (talk) 16:25, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Word Flow

Some of the writing on this page doesn't fit with the style of the wiki/does not flow well. I am asking permission to change some of the word choice to better fit the style guide. No actual content, however, will be changed. I can post the changes I was hoping to make here first if that would help? (extremelygoodandcool, 10/26/2020)

If it is the change that was just attempted on the test wiki, no you may not change it. It reads to us as an attempt at a characterization change. We can revisit it after the siesta and wiki changeover. Nesblitt || Admin || nesbitt#1991 (talk) 17:50, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Jessica Telephone and Pitching Machine

Since joining the Macchiato City for the inaugural Coffee Cup, Jessica Telephone and fellow Macchiato City player Pitching Machine have struck up an unlikely friendship, bonding over their mutual experience in being shelled, their similar music tastes, coffee (Macchiatos, obviously, and various other things.

GoinUSPS (talk) 01:48, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Would recommend cross-posting this to Pitching Machine's page as well to get some eyes on it. Nesblitt || Admin || nesbitt#1991 (talk) 02:14, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, would I just copy and paste this over there?

GoinUSPS (talk) 23:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)