User talk:Edgar181

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Contents 1 Archives 2 Deletion summaries 3 Thanks for the thanks 4 Ethanol page edits 5 Image on En Wiki and Wiki Commons 6 Glucose images 7 Please unblock me 8 Shiny new buttons 9 User:Dantain 10 Why not omega minus 3? 11 Blocked again for nothing 12 Cateogry move 13 Narengin 14 moved image... 15 Deleted article - Dick Punch! 16 Deleted Article - AGHOST (acronym) 17 Reply

[edit] Archives

• Oct 2005 - May 2006
• June 2006 - Sep 2006
• Oct 2006

[edit] Deletion summaries

Hi, I have noticed that you often provide only a very short abbreviated deletion summary when you delete pages (like "a7" "nn-bio" and similar). Please keep in mind that most users do not know all of Wikipedia's speedy deletion criteria by heart. Please consider providing a brief "plain English" explanation without relying exclusively on "CSD jargon". Additionally linking to the relevant criteria so people can read it in full can also be useful, for example [[WP:CSD#A7]]. This will help a "layperson" better understand why something was deleted when looking at the deletion log.

Most browsers have a autocomplete or other "form filling" features that allow pre-prepared boil plate texts to be inserted into web forms with just a few keystrokes. This is useful for inserting detailed deletion summaries without having to type out the same things over and over. Please consider looking into it. Thanks. --Sherool (talk) 15:37, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Looking through the deletion log, I see that my edits summaries are fairly typical. But your point is well taken, and I will make an extra effort to supply edit summaries that are more accessible to the novice user. Thanks for the suggestion. --Ed (Edgar181) 15:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the thanks

Ed: thank you for the very nice message and encouragement. It is reassuring to know that my efforts make a difference.--Smokefoot 17:47, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ethanol page edits

Thought you'd want to know, I've put up User: Ethanol (band) on WP:MFD. Deleting the article might help stop users from adding it. -- Merope 19:38, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I've added my recommendation to delete. Thanks for taking care of it. --Ed (Edgar181) 20:21, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image on En Wiki and Wiki Commons

Dear Edgar181

I have upload the following images to English Wiki and Wiki commons:

• Simple_distillation_apparatus.png
• Sublimation_apparatus.png

I want to keep the Wiki commons image as the source of the image, and delete the local English Wiki hosted image. The reason being that, if I decide to update this image, I only have to upload it once.

Would it be possible for you to delete the local image on English Wiki?

I presume that English Wiki will then use the Wiki commons image as the new source of the image?

Thanks Quantockgoblin 15:25, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, done. It should work now. Let me know if there is a problem and I can undelete if necessary. --Ed (Edgar181) 15:50, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Great - thanks Quantockgoblin 20:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello Ed I'm back ...

Can we delete the following .jpgs images that I created as well:

Image:Perkin_triangle_distillation_apparatus.jpg

Image:Deank_stark_apparatus.jpg

Image:Soxhlet_extractor.jpg

Image:Short_path_distillation_apparatus.jpg

Image:Vacuum_gas_manifold.jpg

Image:3_way_tap_vacuum_gas_manifold.jpg

Image:Cold_fingers.jpg

Image:Sublimation_apparatus.jpg

Image:Schlenk_flasks.jpg

Image:Burette.jpg

as these images have been replaced with .png images

thanks Quantockgoblin 12:08, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Done now. Glad to help. --Ed (Edgar181) 12:46, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Again thanks Quantockgoblin 12:52, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Glucose images

Hi Ed, my reply to your comment is here.

Ben 22:28, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please unblock me

Please unblock me!! Please unblock Bobabobabo

To tell you the truth, I was a wonderful contributor to articles in Wikipedia "Yu-Gi-OH and Pokemon". The story began when a user named Mitsumasa began creating and upload Pokemon images and articles.

After about 5 months after the start of the articles the PCP began merging the articles (A Man in Black, Ryulong, Interrobamf) i tried talking to them, and the PCP but they did'nt listen. I even tried to leave a committ on their usertalk pages but A Man in Black is the only one that responds to my committ. I gave up until recently students at my school "The Learning Community School" began bullying me, they knew that I was a contributor at the site "Wikipedia", so they told my teacher that they logged in some accounts and began vandalizing the articles that I personattly was currently having problems with you. My teacher Mrs. Lisa Mercato talked to the students Jene', Jessica, Aaron and restricted them from using the school computer.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Yukiudaigx (talk • contribs).

I'm very sorry. May you please unblock me and my IP address 72.177.68.38. May you please just make it that I can create a new account. It is a total misunderstanding. If you want to talk to my teacher, please email her at lmercato@yahoo.com. The block is casuing the school not to edit Wikipedia. Thank you, and God Bless

I think you are better off talking to and listening to those that are already dealing with your situation, rather than just fishing for someone who tell you what you want to hear. --Ed (Edgar181)

[edit] Shiny new buttons

[edit] User:Dantain

Thanks for blocking this user. Could you put a notice on his talk page? Rlevse 13:31, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, done. --Ed (Edgar181) 13:46, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why not omega minus 3?

I notice you reverted User:137.131.130.84's edit in Omega-3 fatty acid from "omega minus 3" back to "omega-3". I looked at the the Nomenclature section of Essential fatty acid and decided that the "omega minus 3" was an improvement in this context (explaining what omega-3 means), although in most contexts the shorter "omega-3" is better. I wonder why you reverted it? You're welcome to reply here or on Talk:Omega-3 fatty acid or even on my talk page. --Coppertwig 13:36, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm. I haven't seen or heard nomenclature such as "omega minus three" in place of "omega three" in a scientific context. But maybe it's different in a more popular culture context; so perhaps I was a bit hasty in simply reverting. I won't object if anyone wants to put it back. --Ed (Edgar181) 13:52, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blocked again for nothing

Edgar you keep blocking me for vandalism. I've only posted twice. The first time I posted in the wrong section (ok that I understand), the second time I got blocked for posting a comment about a firearm on a DISCUSSIONS page. Since I'm new, perhaps if I posted incorrectly somewhere you could tell me about it, rather than continually blocking me. I've also been blocked a few times when I hadn't posted anything at all, logging on to check new messages to see I've been temporarily blocked without explanation. This has happened 5 times or so. Nobody shares this computer or this IP address so I'm not going to take that as an excuse. If you hold some kind of grudge then lets talk about it, rather than having it drag on and on while you block anything, everything, and for nothing because of something else that's bothering you. 70.112.133.120

If you check your block log,[1] you'll see that your IP address has only been blocked once. That was on Nov. 6 and you were not blocked for nothing. You were repeatedly adding the same thing to the plutonium article, despite being reverted at least five times by different editors and despite being warned to stop. I blocked your IP address appropriately and according to Wikipedia policy. That block was for only 31 hours and expired weeks ago. If you believe that you have been blocked 5 times or more, you are either mistaken or you are using multiple IP addresses and you'll have to tell me what those addresses are for me to investigate other blocks. I have no grudge against you and as far as I can tell my only interaction with you has been to apply that one block. --Ed (Edgar181) 14:24, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, perhaps I've had a different IP address in the past then. That might explain it. I'll check in on that. Thanks for the explanation and sorry for the confusion. I just know that whenever I'm browsing I get a new message saying that I'm temporarily blocked, with the most recent stating for vandalism and it had my quote from a firearms discussions page, but my comment is still there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.112.133.120 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Cateogry move

I just saw you made a recent change. How do you request a category to be moved. I made one but would like to rename it. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pinkkeith (talk • contribs).

As far as I'm aware, categories can't be easily renamed like articles can. If you just created a new category, chances are it's not being used yet, or not being used by many articles. In this case, it's probably easiest to just create a new category with the name you would like to change it to, then switch the category for each article. The misnamed category can then be deleted by request by any administrator (I'd be happy to do it, just let me know.) If there are many articles with the category you want renamed it's more difficult and should only occur with discussion and consensus which should take place at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. Hope this helps. --Ed (Edgar181) 22:09, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Narengin

Thanks for fixing the image of naringin. That hydroxyl group was irritating :) --Kupirijo 23:53, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. And thank you for all the contributions that you've been making to flavonoid and related articles. Some of those articles certainly need the help. --Ed (Edgar181) 00:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] moved image...

I copied to commons under the same file name, but have no idea how to tag it as "PD-someone else" :). perhaps you could make the note on the commons page? The wikipedia version should be deleted anyway, might as well be you ;). --SB_Johnny|^talk|_books 13:09, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

NM, found the tag. --SB_Johnny|^talk|_books 13:17, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted article - Dick Punch!

Hello Edgar,

I was wondering why my article titled Dick Punch! was deleted. I'm not yet familiar with the workings of this website so i apologize if i've broken any rules.

If you can tell me what i can do to put the article back up and have it be allowable in it's content i would appreciate it very much.

Thanks for your time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bekimhida (talk • contribs).

Wikipedia has specific criteria for inclusion of articles about bands. Please see Wikipedia:Notability (music). The article I deleted was a single sentence and included little more than a statement that Dick Punch is a band from NJ, plus a link to a myspace page. The article was marked for speedy deletion by another editor under criteria A7 (see WP:CSD#A7). I agreed and deleted it. If you feel the band really does meet the notability criteria, you can rewrite the article adding info about album releases on major labels, national media attention, etc. and it will probably be kept. --Ed (Edgar181) 11:11, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted Article - AGHOST (acronym)

Hey Edgar,

I saw that the article about "AGHOST" was deleted without any sort of review. I'm a bit new here so I'm still reading up on the processes. It seems it was deleted due to "Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content...", I actually disagree with this assumption and ask you to reconsider your decision. The group AGHOST has been around for five years, has had hundreds of members pass through, and is currently a non-profit paranormal research organization - which is somewhat uncommon these days. You're welcome to take a look at the media page on the group's website: http://www.aghost.us/106.html, which perhaps could give you an idea of the impact the group has had. If there were portions of the (albeit short) article that were inappropriate, please remember that I am a bit of a newbie and I'd be more than happy to remedy the problems if you'll let me know what was done wrong.

Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Obsid (talk • contribs) 20:09, 4 December 2006 (UTC).

If you haven't seen it already, Wikipedia has guidelines for inclusion of articles about organizations. See Wikipedia:Notability (organizations). The article was marked for speedy deletion by another editor under criteria A7 (see WP:CSD#A7). I agreed and deleted it. Taking a second look, particularly in light of the link to media coverage you note above, AGHOST may meet the criteria so I'll undelete the article for you. I'd recommend adding links to media coverage directly to the article rather than just linking the list on AGHOST's webpage. Also, I think others will the view the article as self-promotional because of the many links to the organization's webpages, so just a few self-links in the external links section is probably enough. I don't know if this will be enough to satify other editors' opinions about notability, and I suspect that it will be at least questioned again. But the article is undeleted now, and you're welcome to try. --Ed (Edgar181) 21:03, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Edgar! I will continue to work on the article tonight and attempt to make it more informative. Again, thanks for the feedback and for undeleting the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.107.0.103 (talk • contribs) 22:26, 4 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Reply

Sorry Ed, I was having an orgy of fun. :) SouthPaw 16:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)