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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, DMacks, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  NBS525 22:23, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! DMacks 01:18, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Homosexual

since when is the term "homosexual" a personal attack? He is in fact a homosexual - this is not an opinion or criticism - he is actually a homosexual. Granted my entry was not very informative and should have been expanded upon on, but it was not a personal attack. You just automatically assumed that calling someone a homosexual was a negative attack, illustrating your own biases about the subject. Jdw052 02:53, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Brown University

[edit] Critical Review (Brown)

By the way, just out of curiosity, how and when exactly were you involved with the Critical Review (I assume it was not earlier than 1994)? NBS525 22:25, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I worked on CR from '93 to '95, first as a writer and later as an editor (or associate editor, or whatever the position was called then:). I still talk to Christopher Anderson at reunion most years. DMacks 01:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Was there any particular reason you did not capitalize "brown" in the new name of the Critical Review article? NBS525 02:19, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Was in a hurry when I did the initial move, mis-typed it. Then later, some combination of not noticing and not caring enough to change it:( Feel free to move it if you like. DMacks 02:30, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tubulin

Your edit summary was ("highway" implies tubulin is a conduit, not the actual transporter). I don't have a problem with your edit content but it is correct that the tubuin is a conduit. The dynein or kinesin motor proteins would be the actual transporter. David D. (Talk) 07:00, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

In the example given, the spindle fibers appear to shorten as the sister chromatids separate towards their respective centrosomes. Is sliding of the kinetochore along the fiber a significant part of the overall chromatid motion? DMacks 07:24, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Excellent point i didn't read the context well enough. I was thinking with respect to organelle transport where it really is a conduit. David D. (Talk) 07:26, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Caffeine

Thanks for the help. :) – ClockworkSoul 15:45, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ref format

DMacks: I noticed your edits on Tebbe's reagent. Is there a simplified set of instructions on the formatting for references in articles, if not would you write one up?--Smokefoot 15:25, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Magnet

Thanks for the citation on this article! I would like to get your feedback in the discussion I opened regarding the change I just made. Dansiman 05:46, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Acetal vs ketal

I'm very curious about your comment about acetals having a more general meaning that also includes ketals. I've been a practicing organic chemist for 15 years, and I don't think I have once heard someone use "acetal" that way. I'm wondering if it is a geographical or national difference. Anyway, feel free to revert my change if you prefer it the way it was. --Ed (Edgar181) 22:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Topicity

I like your suggestion of merging homotopic, enantiotopic, and diastereotopic into one page. It would make discussion of such obviously related terms more coherent. I wonder if there are mathematics articles that cover similar topics. If so, we might look to them for ideas for organizing a topicity page. --Ed (Edgar181) 11:10, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Looks good! Thanks for doing it. --Ed (Edgar181) 22:11, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: ATAGOusa

My company does have a section of our site dedicated to explaining the basic principles of refractometry (reflaction and transparent method) and polarimetry. It is part of our corporate website, but the scientific information is all correct. Would that be ok to put up for "refractometer" and "polarimetry"? --Atagousa 14:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the tips! When I get some free time, I'll be sure to work on putting that together!--Atagousa 23:40, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion vote: NA Temple Youth

Hi, since you were involved with the article, please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North American Federation of Temple Youth - Mid-Atlantic Region (2nd nomination). Best wishes, IZAK 12:01, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response

I am not sure of the technical nature of the script added, but it seems like an emerging standard that articles are moving toward, especially ones with lots of references. Judgesurreal777 20:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Template

In my opinion no, the so called project would say otherwise, but their template has no more officlay statust then the one currently used, and to tell you the truth, even if it is biased, i still theink that the the generic one is hardly an inprovment over the obe that is being used. I am in the process of creating a better version of the current one oon the page anyway. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 05:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

BTW if you want to see the new concept that i am working on, i have it on test at User talk:Boothy443/citybox test, it is the top one, eventually i like to have one intergrated template that will work on all muncipalites in the United States, eventually including counties as well, Similar to another infbox that i worked on {{Infobox Irish Place}} which works on counties, cites, towns and provences of ireland. If you have any comments on the concept desing, let me know. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 06:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Apologies

Sorry for my accidental blanking of the Chromatography page. I think it may have been because I manually reverted it, then accidentally clicked the "Rollback" button on Lupin's anti-vandal tool. Anyway, thanks for pointing it out. TheSTtalk 03:38, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] major revisions complete

The Half-life computation article has undergone substantial revision which has hopefully addressed everyone's concerns. If you have any further comments after looking at the article again, please list the items you do not like, make whatever comment you have and please be specific and allow time for further revision. If there is any reason I can not comply with your wishes then I will let you know the reason why. ...IMHO (Talk) 12:09, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UPenn linking to Penn State

DMack, it is only the lower classes and those who are not educated that confuse Penn with PennState. If one were to look at the top of Penn's page and see PennState one might think that it is a PennState page. I know you do not attend one of the big four (Penn, Harvard, Yale, or Princeton) but I am sure you understand what I mean. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.91.220.163 (talk • contribs).

Wow, thanks for blurring the line between "elite" and "elitist" for your school. Oh wait, not just yours: one of my degrees is actually from UPenn. DMacks 16:07, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Ok, break it up. GChriss <always listening><c> 16:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chemistry not right

Removed the verbage. The concept is important, not the perceived value of the concept. No point in arguing as the more detailed explanations are covered in the references. I'm still annoyed at the Matter at the atomic level debate. Quantum Mechanics is the science of matter at the Atomic Level. Chemistry is really at the molecular level. I'll try that change and see if we can come to a consensus at that. Tmcsheery 18:10, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

reverted to your nomenclature on "between 0 °C and 100 °C at sea level" as I like that better. The rest was reworked significantly to address your and other's comments / concerns. Tmcsheery 23:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LA Freewaves

Thanks for the help on the page! I'm still new to wikipedia, and even though everyone has their own little pet peevs (you might like it one way and user:X might like it his way), I know you're only trying to help out. Much appreciated! If you're into video art, you should check out the website, it has TONS of videos. But be warned, ALOT of that stuff is just weird, even for me.

[edit] Images

Gray lines represent bonds . Boxes are to show where one bond ends and the next begins. The top image of a pi alsp uses a grey line to represent bonds. I'd be happy to change my image to make it clearer if you have suggestions. I wanted to put in some context so I could show the bond rotate.

Regards Cayte 18:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)Cayte

[edit] Baltimore, MD article

Thanks for adding that note to the page about the whole "flagship" thing. It is kind of useless since there is no recognized flagship school. -chemica 04:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Caffeine structures

I made some of the changes that you recommended to the caffeine images. What do you think? – ClockworkSoul 05:33, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

  • I downloaded a 2-week trial version of ChemDraw Ultra 10.0. It's a little frustrating: the software itself will initially draw the hydrogens correctly, but will "forget" the positioning as soon as I try to actually do anything with the image. – ClockworkSoul 05:44, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
    • I think I managed to beat it into submission. How does this look now? – ClockworkSoul 05:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
      • And yours too! It wouldn't be possible without all the editors who have been putting so much time into reviewing. Seriously, I wish I could read articles as closely as all of you. Now if only more people would vote to support... ;) – ClockworkSoul 05:57, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Caffeine FAC

As you know, caffeine is a current featured article candidate. If you have a second, would you mind taking a look at its FAC page voting your support/opposition to it being promoted to featured article status? Cheers! – ClockworkSoul 02:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

I, ClockworkSoul, hereby award you with the EMC² Barnstar for all of the time and effort that you put into helping to raise caffeine to featured article status! – ClockworkSoul 15:24, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
I, ClockworkSoul, hereby award you with the EMC² Barnstar for all of the time and effort that you put into helping to raise caffeine to featured article status! – ClockworkSoul 15:24, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

As you probably know, caffeine has at last been promoted to featured article status. Thank you for all of the time and effort that you put into raising my beloved article to its current level of quality. Cheers! – ClockworkSoul 15:24, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scary Attack

I decided to copy here, my response to your unsolicted comment on my talk page:

I would appreciate it if you would specify my alleged "attack" on an editor. The idea that anything I have written could be construed as uncivil or an "attack" is laughable. I will continue to express my opinions. If anyone does not appreciate this, I think I can live with it. And by the way, the idea that truth can be determined by majority opinion is a concept made popular in Germany in the 1930's.

So you see, you are in fine company. Cheers. Doctor Faust 22:02, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Unsolicited comments are how things work here. I've responded to your concerns (and now your incivility here) on your talk page. DMacks 23:02, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

LOL Doctor Faust 00:39, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Magnets

I know what 209.220.205.169 wrote, but I think you know what he meant. Can we develop "At distances which are large compared to the magnet's dimension, the magnetic field obeys an inverse cube law. This means that the field strength is inversely proportional to the third power of the distance from the magnet." Mr Stephen 21:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

To make sure that we are as one, are you happy with "At distances which are large compared to the magnet's dimension, the observed magnetic field obeys an inverse cube law. This means that the field strength is inversely proportional to the third power of the distance from the magnet."? Mr Stephen 21:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
OK, Done that. Mr Stephen 22:09, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current APT / apt-rpm fiasco

I've got a mediation request open for this already. I really don't think the revertee is acting on good faith here regardless of excuses about language barriers or whatever; I'm pretty sure the current discussion page stuff is just stalling. Chris Cunningham 09:47, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MedCab case

Hi, I'm going to be the mediator for the Advanced Packaging Tool MedCab case. The discussion is going to take place on the talk page. Thanks, Addhoc 12:24, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Rob Levin

Thanks for fixing my edit. I was in a hurry and you see what you get when you hurry with your edits.. -- RichiH 14:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RefDesk

About the science desk: I do believe the bot will be able to differenciate between active and non-active questions, but that's all up to Martin. If it is, and transclusion is deemed worthy (there were a lot of complaints last time), then cutting off the questions after 5 days makes sense (I think 3 days is a little bit unreasonable). I still don't think it's a good solid solution, because we will come across the same problem if the volume of questions doubles in the near future.

As for monitoring, I feel that splitting the desks would make it much easier. Putting the pages in your watchlist right now is basically a waste of time, not only because of the volume of questions but because of the range of edits that can be made in any particular subject. The only reason I can think for someone to really want/need to use their watchlist with regards to RD is if they only want to be notified of a certain type of question that they are interested in. This is easy enough with the Language desk as it is (I watch for questions on Asian languages), and I think it could be possible if Science was split into its own broad categories.

Thanks for your input.  freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ  00:01, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flammability of Oxygen

Right on! You got it. Put your cat in heat for some serious fun.  --LambiamTalk 21:05, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "felinectomy"

Nicely done. :-) --SarekOfVulcan 02:12, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry for the mistake on Coffee page

I goofed up in the comments part in my edit. Sorry about that :( Fleiger 19:45, 30 October 2006 (UTC)


Don't worry, I wasn't saying that. I just wanted to make my intentions clear ;) And thanks for pointing out the mistake. I was just using the same comment on many of the articles I devandalised (which you might have seen), and that would have been a major issue for me. Fleiger 20:00, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Doggy doo-doo

Glad to do it. I saw this thing issuing forth last night, but not quite at the level I was seeing it earlier today. Apparently, the guy used an existing article and posted his biographical information (and his plausible nonsense) all over the place. People. Go figure.  :) - Lucky 6.9 00:04, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nikhil Parekh

I have just placed this notice on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nikhil Parekh page, and am bringing every voter's attention to it as promised.

Comment. Sigh. Despite the inevitable tirade that this will unleash, I am sorry to have to bring new information to the table. I have this morning received an email from Vijaya Ghose, editor of the Limca Book of Records. "Dear Mr (----), We have enlisted a couple of claims of Nikhil Parekh. Longest Poem is not one of them. He has formidable competition in John Milton's Paradise Lost and our own Mahabharata. However, he has written to many heads of state and has received replies but not from the head of state but the secretary or executive assistant. He is is the first from India to feature on Eppie. We checked with them. Regards Vijaya Ghose. So Parekh, though probably not notable as a poet, is indeed an Indian world record holder. I suspect that this changes the balance on his notability, though the article would still require a great deal of clear-up. I will notify everyone who took part in this vote and ask admins to extend debate a little. Sorry.

I don't know whether this changes your vote, but thought you should know. Vizjim 06:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

  • I know what you're saying, but that would possibly get messy as well - do you discount or not discount opinions above the line, from editors who may not be around to see the new information, but might not change their minds if they did? Frankly, what I'm doing is seeing whether this changes people's minds: if it does, I'll withdraw the nomination and possibly re-list it later (as I can't make up my mind whether such footling records are notable enough to clear the bar). Vizjim 06:25, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: The Kumiko Koiwai Page

Don't things need to be nominated for deletion and discussed, not deleted out of hand right after I make it? I'm just trying to blue link the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Awartha 02:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:Euacreations

Perhaps I'm still a little bit muddled though I've been told on my talk page here: [1] I should discontinue reverting deleted warnings. Are the "remove warning" templates back in service? Oo -WarthogDemon 07:17, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

That's the first I've heard of it. I've often heard that users should not remove legit warnings from their talk pages, which the ones at hand certainly appear to be (possible key difference vs your case?). Under the guidance of WP:ARCHIVE, non-controversial still-active/on-going issues should not be archived, so non-archived removal of warnings and other current admin/abuse-related stuff seems even further out-of-bounds. And I certainly agree with your concern about wanting others to be immediately aware of the situation without having to dig through the edit history. I'll happily to defer to an admin on this issue, now that I know there's an issue. DMacks 07:42, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes, please do. I'm confused about all this, and would like to know if reverting is okay or not. -WarthogDemon 16:57, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Star ranks

Hi and thanks for your suggestion. Whilst I think that it would be useful to include links between the star officer rank pages and Comparative military ranks, I would not be in favour of a merge. What prompted me to write the pages was reading Timothy Garden, Baron Garden which used the description "a 3 star officer". Whilst I knew what this meant, I don't think that all readers would know. Just directing them to a lengthly article on comparative military ranks would not help readers to find out what a "3 star" was quickly. I agree that they are a bit stubby at the moment (by all means add a stub tag to the pages). However, I suspect that there is significant scope for these star rank pages to grow. Greenshed 21:25, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk Page Blanking

Forgive me, I'm still not sure of this. Is it still alright of me to revert if a vandal blanks his talk page? Still unclear. >_> -WarthogDemon 19:36, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I have no idea:( I've seen several discussions, and the most recent ones lean towards not reverting. However, I haven't seen many suggestions not to warn the user that blanking doesn't accomplish anything though. Obviously not needed every time he removes warnings, and no threat of admin action for blanking like the old warning-template did, but at least advising that blanking doesn't magically make the warnings go away. DMacks 20:44, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, in that case I'll just see if they've blanked their talk pages before and, should they need a new warning, add a blanking note at the end. Oo -WarthogDemon 20:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the help on the Fidonews wiki, it's sincerely appreciated :) I made another change that makes it look a little better (thanks to your help)

[edit] Publishers Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books

Heya. Just to let you know, I've removed the {{db-repost}} tag you placed on the above article, because it was not deleted because of an XfD discussion. The tag does not apply to speedy or unilateral deletions, which was the case here, so it's better simply to tell the admin that originally deleted the article (as I've done) and (possibly) take it to either PROD or AfD. Cheerio, -- Daveydweeb (chat/review!) 22:16, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

It can be speedied, just not with that tag. :) The best thing to do here is to either tell the deleting admin so that they can do it themselves, report it to WP:AIV if the user has recreated the same article and been warned with the first four {{Test1article}} tags, or simply take it to AfD and suggest it be salted in your nomination. Lots of options, but none of them are very reliable or easy. :) Daveydweeb (chat/review!) 22:23, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, I guess you could also use {{db-reason}}, but I'm loathe to recommend that people use that tag. This would be one of very, very few cases when that tag can be used appropriately, so if you do yse it, try to avoid the temptation to speedy unspeedy-able material. Daveydweeb (chat/review!) 22:25, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely no problem at all. :) Daveydweeb (chat/review!) 08:36, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Limb bud creation

I don't think I get the joke... You've never seen someone just throw 'stub' in the edit field when they make a brief new page? Or is it that there are now detailed infoboxes so it seems silly to call it a stub? Robotsintrouble 20:50, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

No, you're right, it is funny... I've just been wiki-ing all afternoon and lost all my appreciation for irony. Time to take a break, perhaps? Robotsintrouble 20:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pizza dude

Ok, done. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 23:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vets Auditorium

Thanks for the fix. Any thoughts on whether there's enough information out there to split the Vets article off from the "Mason Building" article? --SarekOfVulcan 20:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC) (Yeah, what the bot said)

[edit] Tikoos

The article is a repost of deleted content, therefore you can use CSD G4 - Template code {{db-repost}} rather than typing out your reason for deletion. StoptheDatabaseState 00:18, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

I used to do that, until last month when an I was told that wasn't proper. See #Publishers Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books above. DMacks 00:20, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
I see. I never noticed that previously. I guess it stops an article that is erroneously speedily deleted going through the same loop repeatedly because "It was deleted before therefore it must be deleted". I guess there's always deletion protection. StoptheDatabaseState 00:27, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: SPEEDY of Tom Radigan

An AfD was started for that page before you speedy-nuked it. Could you close its AfD please? DMacks 22:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Radigan - looks like it was reposted inbetween times. Now closed and deleted again. (aeropagitica) 22:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Scot Hacker citation fixups

Thanks for cleaning those up, wasn't sure how to format them. 13 seconds after I posted the article, too! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jamiew (talk • contribs) 00:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Introduction to genetics

My suggestion here is that gene or genetics attempt to do the same as we have done for evolution and has been done for special relativity and general relativity. That is, an Introduction to Genetics article be created in Wikipedia to allow easier access to the material. I would be glad to help. I propose to use the Simple Wikipedia article as a basis, and then we can edit it to be more suitable, just as was done in the case of Introduction to evolution.--Filll 21:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for removing the vandalism from my page. Best regards, Djma12 16:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What ho, Mr Macks!

Just one rhodite saying g'day to another. Funny finding you here... Ossipewsk 01:22, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Why don't you drop me a line at rfitz cat accc dog gov dog au? Ossipewsk 00:01, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ivy League edits

You deleted my addition to the Ivy League article that talks about Ivy presidents coordinating on various issues; I've reverted your deletion and offer this explanation (a shorter version is in the edit summary): The reference was to an article that referred to Ivy presidents getting together and discussing sweatshop/ethical licensing policies. I added the sentence (and reference) to the article when I redirected Ivy Council of Presidents to the main Ivy League article. I thought that the coordination section was the most relevant place to add the sentence; if you disagree, feel free to move it. Because I made a copyedit immediately after reverting your edit I wanted to leave something on your talk page so you didn't think I hid my revision. 68.239.84.252 22:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Lemon list AFD

There really isn't much I can do at the moment, since warning him of WP:POINT could be stuffing beans up my nose. I'd recommend keeping an eye on him, and posting on ANI if he continues making WP:POINT edits. --Coredesat 01:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Zum Gali Gali

Its Zum, I happened to come across it on a search engine, so I've piled some information together, and created an article, can you format it and clean it up for me so it won't reach the limits for speedy deletion? Nitro calibur 21:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding the copyvio

Good catch, I missed it.  :) Navou talk 10:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oak creek high school

What's up with the "oak creek high school" page, which appears to be an AfD notice on a page that didn't exist about a page that doesn't exist? DMacks 18:03, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

It's all in the timing....looks like the page was deleted just as I was adding the tag....Sorry for the extra work Shoessss 18:06, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] language wiki's


i need to put them on the relevant wiki's i thought the system would automatically integrate them once i uploaded them. Okay, i will have to do it manually (i am new to this) thanks for your help, do you have any further suggestions? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kellyanne.tomlinson (talk • contribs) 11:18, 8 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Deletion of Ion pump (physics)

The first version in the history is a copyvio. further more they wayback machine confirms that it was us that coppied from them.Geni 08:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] yeh

plo Filefire 16:44, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Amino acid

Thanks for the edits, a great improvement. If I work on the biochemistry here, and you polish up the organic chemistry we should be able to get this up to GA easily, or A-class/FA with a bit more work. Thanks again. TimVickers 19:05, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User warnings have been updated

Heya, take a quick look at WP:UTM. Looks like things like {{test4}} have been deprecated. --Brad Beattie (talk) 00:44, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Olefin metathesis DOI

As you see, I fixed that. Thanks for formatting it - I went to format it and got an edit conflict, as you beat me to it! I wish we had some software that would make uploading these refs easier! Thanks for spotting my mistake. Walkerma 22:21, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Acetone Peroxide

Your wording is a bit vague for an encyclopedia.

"Many people have been killed or permanently injured by accidents with acetone peroxide." while true it doesn't provide any numbers. If using this, at least provide a referance to the number of accidents per year, or something similar.

"It is widely used by people who want to make homemade explosives because of its low cost and ease of manufacture. " What is used? More accurate would be, "It is often made by those without access to less dangerous explosives due to the ease with which... (fill in the rest)." Yes it's a bit wordy, but using inaccurate language is worse than being wordy.

"They may be unaware of its extreme sensitivity; or they make it anyway because it is cheap and can be made in a refrigerator."

Where does the refrigerator play into this? All it does is emphasize how easy the synthesis is. A more accurate wording would be; "...and can be made with household materials."

Making something easier to read is admerable. However, doing so at the cost of accuracy is not. Can you think of a comprimise between wordy/accurate and an easy read? Foolishben 00:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree completely. Unfortunatly I tend to write in a style that can be difficult to read. What do you think of this? Without any studies I have had to avoid any words that imply a low, high, or moderate frequency of accidents. If you can find one that would be great.

"Due to the cost and ease with which the precursors can be obtained; It is commonly manufactured by those without the resources needed to manufacture or buy more sophisticated explosives. When the reaction is carried out without proper equipment the risk of an accident is significant."Foolishben 00:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Instant Tax Service userpage

Zapped as g11 advertising. Thanks, NawlinWiki 20:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit Summaries

Hey man, I know this sounds really strange, but I thought the BrainGate thing was the only change I made. Maybe I accidently reverted to an old edit as well. Sorry about the confusion, and feel free to revert my edit (except for the BrainGate thing). Chaz! 19:51, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] janejellyroll

Thanks for tagging that attack page for speedy deletion.  :) janejellyroll 06:58, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "popups" tool

Thanks, I hadn't noticed. andy 09:39, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Improving unbioctium article

I seen that you didn't delete unbioctium article to re-direct page, that's good. Please do not delete unbioctium article and redirecting it as you did before. It should be OK if I create element articles, it is not stupid thing to do compared to creating redirecting hypothetical element names. Cosmium 17:13, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Touro synagogue

Howdy DMacks. Can you cite a repurposed temple that we need to consider here, or are you erring on the side of possibility? I believe the Touro synagogue's own language in their publications (they claim to be the oldest) is sufficient, as does the National Park Service. In fact, to include a disclaimer where you are unsure one exists has the opposite effect of suggesting one or more older former temples exist. I tempted to follow Strunk & White and say more with less here. And, if you do know of older ones (I don't) it would be appropriate to mention it/them, where they are located etc. Thanks for the consideration. CApitol3 20:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reform Judaism

Hi! I agree that your removal of the link from the article was appropriate because the web site involved appears to be a non-notable personal website that simply doesn't meet the criteria for external links in WP:RS. The link's label also appeared to be misleading, although that could be fixed. However, I don't believe a link should be deleted simply because it provides criticism from a different theological viewpoint. The WP:NPOV policy permits editors to add notable, reliably-sourced, and honestly labeled critical viewpoints to an article, including viewpoints that share the deleted link's take on things. It's been done on a number of other Judaism-related articles. See for example Criticism of Conservative Judaism and Modern Orthodox Judaism#Criticism. --Shirahadasha 23:27, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Got your note. No problem!! Best, --Shirahadasha 02:20, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guess Chat

I have to ask and answer many things. This is Neru. I have simply made a page to my self and I have done nothing wrong but you state my page will be deleted? Why is this?

[edit] Metabolism FAC

Hi there, DMacks. If you had any comments or suggestions on this article, they would be very welcome. The nomination page is here. Thanks! TimVickers 04:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the careful review, I hope I've managed to cover all your comments. TimVickers 22:10, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, it has been promoted. Thanks again. TimVickers 15:33, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
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