User talk:Sadi Carnot

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[edit] Chemical and bio engineering wikiproject

Hi, it seems you are interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemical and Bio Engineering. Kentakhare got this project started and recently I've attempted to breath some life into it. I think that the two of us are still novices on wikipedia (or perhaps only me), so we are struggling with the project. One thing I think wikipedia could definately use is some improvement on engineering articles. It seems that the natural scientists are fairly well organized, and there is a great deal of work to be done on engineering-related topics. The biggest help would be if you could

  1. Tag articles that fall into the scope of the project
  2. Add to our open list of tasks
  3. Make suggestions or improvements to the project page.

Feel free to respond here, on my talk page, or the project discussion. Thanks for your interest! Biomedeng 04:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

BME, the first thing you should do is make a good reading list. Then make a list of all the important or famous scientists in this field. I'll stop in on the project from time to time. Can you recommend a good biomedical engineering thermodynamics textbook? This will probably be the area of the project I would like to contribute in, e.g. today I'm reading parts of Raffa's 2001 Drug-Receptor Thermodynamics compendium. We'll see how the project grows. Talk later: --Sadi Carnot 04:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for being so slow in responding. My only experience with a biological thermodynamics textbook was Biological Thermodynamics by Donald T. Haynie. Not sure how "biomedical" it is, although it was used in my biomedical thermodynamics course. The Biomedical Engineering Society recently came out with an inaugural class of fellows; if I can find the list (can't seem to find a complete list online) then I will post their names to the wikiproject page (although it is primarly US based faculty, at least it would be a start). I'll also try to tackle a good reading list as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Biomedeng (talk • contribs) 00:29, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
BME, Haynie's books is one of my favorites. Lots of good stuff in there. Out of time for this week but I'll check back in on the project next week. Later: --Sadi Carnot 00:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Propinquity Venn

Hi Sadi,

The letters mean Universe (U), Set A (A), Set B (B), and Similarity (S); thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Charlesrkiss (talk • contribs) 22:47, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Thanks, --Sadi Carnot 23:03, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: WP:ELAC

Sadi Carnot wrote:

Hi Gurch, you seem to be fairly knowledgeable about behind the scenes Wiki-Media, Wiki-stuff, and Wiki-details, etc., why don't you join our group? Your help would be appreciated. --Sadi Carnot 19:30, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I recognize this issue is an important one, and I appreciate the effort you're putting in. I'm don't really want to concern myself with article content or policy making, though; I tend to stick to administrative and maintenance tasks (vandalism patrol, speedy deletions, archive tagging, that sort of thing). Thanks for asking, though, and let me know if you need anything – Gurch 02:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I understand. Feel free to check in on us from time-to-time, your inputs are good. I may come to you with questions here or there, if that's ok. One question, for example, is what is the best way to find a couple of admins who would help in backing up (ELAC) long-article tag reverts? This is a situation I've been in before. I'm interested in trying to streamline the process. In other words, if an ELAC team member says “please don’t do that” but they repeat the action, it may then (depending on the situation) be helpful to have an admin say “please don’t do that”. Some long articles are so tensioned up that, in many cases, the regulars can’t stand to see an extra-long article tag on their page. This could potentially lead to a heated situation, which is what I don’t want. Thus, say we tag an article (on the main page) that has been reported to us, but then the tag gets removed by an article regular per some random justification. What protocols would you suggest to handle a situation like this? --Sadi Carnot 14:04, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
If users persistently remove maintenance tags without explanation, despite being warned several times, this is usually considered vandalism; note this at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and an administrator should take appropriate action fairly quickly. If users appear to be edit warring over whether or not the article should have a tag, try leaving a message at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents – Gurch 14:13, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks, this sounds like a good plan. Talk later: --Sadi Carnot 14:16, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Psycho (1960 film)

Moved to: ELAC talk page: Psycho (1960 film).

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