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[edit] Your edits to Persistent carbene

Hi Quantockgoblin! I see you have taken up the tast to tidy up persistent carbene. Never expected this article to grow this fast. Nice work. But may I ask you to provide an edit summary with every edit you make? It makes it for other editors easier to see what happened, without them having to check the diffs. Thank you, kind regards, Dirk Beetstra T C 06:57, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Dirk Beetstra

I haven't figured out how to make an edit summary yet, but I will try to do it next time!

QG

OK, I'll try and give you some explanation:
  • The edit summary is easy, if you press the edit button on a page, you get a edit box where you can change the text (guess you've done that). Just below the edit box there are three things, a box Edit summary, and two checkboxes (minor edit and watch this page). Below that you see the three buttons 'save page', 'show preview', and 'show changes'.. guess you found the Save page-button already.
  • On talk pages, you can put some idea's, things you are unsure about, whatever, or just comment on things other people have edited. In the same way you can get someones attention by posting a remark on his/her talk page, the next time s/he refreshes a page while logged in, s/he will get a remark that there is a new message for him/her. By the way, it is common to sign things on the talk page, just type ~~~~, that will be replaced by your name and a date automatically.
  • There are some ways of creating references. The main method is using the <ref name=something>reference text</ref> format. When you use the same ref twice, the second time you only have to type <ref name=something/> (note the / ). All ref's are then automatically put in the references section (if available, that one should have a <nowiki><references/>-tag).
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask, I'll be watching this space, the persistent carbene page (and its talk page, but these are connected), but you can also ask me on my talk-page (if it is a new subject, hit the + next to the edit button in stead of the edit button above the page). I'll go and make some new persistent carbene precursors myself now, keep up the good work! Dirk Beetstra T C 07:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Dirk Beetstra, thanks for your help - I'm still pretty new around here so I'm sorry my thanks are late coming to you Quantockgoblin 14:37, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Perkin Triangle image

That is an excellent image that you added to the Distillation article. But, if you are not going to explain in the text what the T1, T2, S, D, and other labels are, then why not remove them from the image? As they now stand, they don't add any information of value. Regards, - mbeychok 21:59, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

mbeychok very true - I've updated the picture to explain what the labels mean. I've also uploaded the image to wiki commons and used numeric labels so that others can use the image if they desire. Quantockgoblin 14:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Manifold chemistry

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  • This very short article should really just be merged into Manifold. This article describes a type of manifold, not a science of manifold chemistry. I think that this would be a process of study, instead of a subset of the field of chemistry. - CobaltBlueTony 20:29, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image talk:Simple distillation appratus.jpg

See Image talk:Simple distillation appratus.jpg.

Also, did you notice in the pic at the top of the article Fractional distillation, the set-up appears somewhat more primitive than in my pic. That pic was a better candidate to replace than mine. H Padleckas 03:27, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

H Padleckas I'm not sure what you are asking me - are you suggesting that I should use my simple distillation image to replace the image on Fractional distillation? Regards Quantockgoblin 14:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vacuum manifold

Almost a year ago, it seemed to me there was little to nothing on vacuum manolds (equipment) in Wikipedia. I've been meaning to write a paragraph or two somewhere in Wikipedia about vacuum manifolds for quite a while, which I finally did. Care to take a look at the last paragraph of Vacuum manifold. I won't have the energy to make a pic for this for quite a while, if ever.
H Padleckas 04:35, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

H Padleckas please see Schlenk line - is this what you are after? Regards Quantockgoblin 14:46, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Allhin condenser

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[edit] "Oomph"-ed chemistry infobox.

I think the periodic table of the elements would be an excellent idea for an image in the background of the infobox header. Are there any images, bar the original Mendeleyev model that look instantly recognisable? JCraw 12:49, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deutrated/Deuterated

I moved deutrated chloroform to deuterated chloroform. The latter is the way more general spelling .. or is this an UK/US-EN question? --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Nope - just a plain typo! - thanks!
Well, in that case, the common typo has a redirect :-) --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:30, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The E=mc² Barnstar
Thanks for all your high quality contributions to the improvement of Wikipedia's chemistry articles! --Ed (Edgar181) 15:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Hey, thanks for the barnstar—you didn't have to do that! Thank you for posting those requests and keeping the page going, and caring about stuff such as ring numbering for heterocycle pages and such. I just wish I could be helping more! Thanks again, Fvasconcellos 12:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please stop tagging

Please stop tagging chemistry related articles with {{Chemical drawing needed}} without checking the articles. I have checked a few and the tag did not make sense. Cacycle 00:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC) Also, you should check the changed articles and consider removing the tags if they do not fit. Cacycle 00:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I disagree - see the reply on your page. -- Quantockgoblin 01:02, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please be careful in tagging

Chemical structures are often very complex and request such as yours motivate well-intentioned folks who are often under qualified. The energy consumed by tagging could equally well used in contributing content related to the structures you seek.--Smokefoot 01:25, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry Smokefoot, but I disagree. Your statement above applies to all content on wikipedia. The very wiki-format encourages well-meaning (and often under informed) people to submit content. The role of other editors is to see if they believe that content is valid an delete/edit as they see fit. The same is true for Chemical structures. To be fair I would not tag these pages in a total vacuum. Both Ed and Fvasconcellos, who have drawn the majority of images on the [|Wikiproject Chemistry Image Request]], have said that they appreciate the tags and check the "Category:Chemistry pages needing pictures" regularly[[1]]. True, I have spent some time adding the tags, but I believe that the likes of Ed and Fvasconcellos will spend a great deal more time drawing and uploading images which they seem to enjoy. The burden of tagging is relatively low, and should result in useful content being generated that I alone could not do in the same amount of time. -- all the best -- Quantockgoblin 08:20, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm a bit miffed that you went and re-tagged quite a few articles with {{Chemical drawing needed}} after I added images to them. I'll agree that nitrene needs editing. But your methodology for (apparently) rejecting my images was rather inflammatory. You could have put a notice on my talk page about it, but instead, you tagged the articles without discussing things with me first. Additionally, I was alarmed by the reasons you gave in the template, that the structures weren't how you saw them. I caution you to avoid WP:OWN, just because a structure appears differently than you envision it doesn't make it incorrect. I chose the linear fashion over the "real" conformation in some cases for didactic and aesthetic purposes. I'd appreciate it if we discussed this matter further. shoy 23:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)


shoy, I'm sorry if you took offence, none was intended. In fact I'm grateful that you drew the pictures as they certainly illustrate the correct connectivity of the atoms.


But … and I think I am being fair, you have drawn molecules in which the bonds of the saturated carbon atoms form a square plane. This is not actually factually correct. A saturated carbon atom is in fact sp3 hybridised. This means that the bonds from the carbon atom form a tetrahedral structure (104 degree I believe). When I re-tagged the page and used the term "I see the structure less linear and more "real" in conformation" that was a polite way of saying that the molecules are not strictly factually correct, and not that I thought they would look nicer if drawn in a different aspect.


Yes I did retag these images soon after you drew them. This was not intended to be a snub. I simply retagged the images so that I would not forget which images I though could be updated at a later date.


I was going to drop you a line on your page tomorrow explaining my reasoning ... but it seems you found me first!


For the record, I haven't contributed anything of any substance to the article that I have tagged (in fact, as far as I remember not a word), so I really don't feel any ownership over them at all. I have contributed to quite a few chemistry articles, but for now I'm doing a bit of community service tagging pages that could do with images.


Best regards . -- Quantockgoblin 01:21, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
It's true that drawing the bonds at right angles to each other isn't technically correct. But then again, neither is drawing them 120 degrees apart. (The number you're looking for is 109.5, by the way.) I just thought that the structures might be easier to understand if they were drawn that way, especially for newcomers to chemistry. Anyways, I'll look through them and see which ones you think need to be changed. Thanks for being WP:CIVIL and helpful. shoy 04:00, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
shoy, Ok great! And, yes, I agree that in some regards molecules drawn at 90 degree angles are easy to understand, but so are molecule drawn with 120 degree bonds. At least when drawn with 120 degree bond angles, there are normally a few angles (i.e. looking down the axis of a bond) where this representation is "true" i.e. the bonds appear to be at 120 degrees. For a square planner arrangement it can never be strictly correct, no matter what angle the molecule is looked at. Again thanks for drawing the molecules -- Quantockgoblin 21:27, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chemical images

No problem! Best, Fvasconcellos 16:42, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey there. By the way, I've updated the image on natamycin, see what you think of this one. Best, Fvasconcellos 20:44, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deuterated THF

Thanks for catching my glaring mistake! I must have been asleep, or something. --Ed (Edgar181) 20:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

No probs, that makes up for a few howlers I've made in the past! -- Quantockgoblin 21:07, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Re d-8-THF etc, a) what's the justification in separate articles for each? b) surely these don't have 1H NMR spectra, so any search would be futile? 86.130.135.38 14:09, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] image for chemistry star

I tweaked the image, straightening out the angels, for the chemistry star and uploaded it to commons. I hope you don't mind (just revert, if you do). --Ed (Edgar181) 14:40, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] beta-test

Hi Antony, could you send me the beta-test version of ACD-ChemSketch. I sent you my email address via your form. Greetings, --Hoffmeier 12:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article atrane

Hi, Quantockgoblin, I have come across the atrane article, which you tagged as needing a drawing ({{chemical drawing needed}} tag). You can check the article and see that I have substituted the old image by a hopefully better SVG. Do you think it is OK? If not, feel free to re-tag and/or modify the article as you see fit. If you want the image modified (you proposed numbered structures, whereas I have put no number at all), answer here or in my talk page and I'll do it (or just change it yourself if you feel like it). Keep on the good job. — isilanes (talk|contribs) 22:11, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:NMR tube cleaner

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[edit] Air-free technique

Hi Quantock

I know this is one of your pet topics. I'm writing this article in my sandbox. Would you like to comment? --Rifleman 82 17:34, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy (Old) New Year!

Two weeks too late, you say? Not in the Julian calendar!
Here's hoping the new year brings you nothing but the best ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
The design of this almost completely impersonal (yet hopefully uplifting) message was ripped from Riana (talk · contribs)


[edit] Regarding email I sent you

QuantockGoblin, I sent you an email (via Wikipedia) yesterday. It regarded the fact that your real name is required to upload your [[Image:Perkin triangle distillation apparatus.png]] into Citizendium (which is one of the Wikis). I would very much appreciate getting your reply today. My email is mbeychok@cox.net Regards, - mbeychok (talk) 19:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Carbenic spelling

Hi QG, you seem to be someone in my area of chemistry, I like all the work you're doing. I've "corrected" the word carbeneic, but that's only to the spelling that I've seen- it's after all a non-word made up by chemists. So revert away if your version actually IS an alternative spelling. Nice work all round. Freestyle-69 (talk) 00:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Getting the hang of this editing and format stuff...
Yup, I'm using an isolated carbene but just for addition to metals- Ye Olde Favourite IMes. I can take a photo of some in a Schlenk, it'll be pale brown and not white. I've no idea of how to upload and where to, but I guess if I can read some crappy experimental then I can read some wiki instructions :) Freestyle-69 (talk) 01:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


Thanks for that. I'll upload when I get something, may be a week or two.
WRT IMes, we have a clean method in but it's not published, so I can't reveal here. I've seen the ion-sexchange cleanup before but we have a nice method into the chloride salt as well, I've just broken the lab record for yield (70%) which will give me glory to boot around here :) I think other methods in are variable (30% or less, maybe more) for this cpd and there's probably plenty of others. The chloromethylethylether reaction (Arduengo, mid 1990s I think) is neat but expensive wrt reagents.
The sublimation diagram is quite clear with the instructions, but I'm a chemistry person so non-chem people might be best for feedback I reckon. If you like I can tidy up the instructions a bit, no offence meant. I'm still getting used to "correcting" other people's creations, I know it has to happen but it still feels awkward... BTW much easier for others if you sign your posts on talk pages- so much easier to go to your talk then. Cheers Freestyle-69 (talk) 05:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey QG, here's 3 pics of IMes in a Schlenk: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Stable_carbene1.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Stable_carbene2.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Stable_carbene3.jpg

I'm not sure if they are any use quality-wise but the carbene is nice and clean (almost white). Couple of options there wrt angle and showing the Schlenk flask. All yours if you want to use them. Freestyle-69 (talk) 05:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

On another note, a US/UK language mix has popped up in Persistent Carbene. Since you're the person that's headed up the reorganisation (oops, you know what "camp" I'm in) of the whole page, and nicely done, do you know what variant it started in? I'll fix it all up, it has to be done, but I need some guidance about which way to go. I don't really care which way. In this case, WP:MOS#National varieties of English says basically to use whatever it started in. Freestyle-69 (talk) 01:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mesoporous silica article

Hello, I am writing to you because you know about chemistry. I am writing and article about mesoporous silica, and I want to know how to improve it. I plan to move the first box to the right as an info-box, but what else should I do? What can I do to make this article more useful?Apheontai (talk)

- Thank you for your help! Apheontai (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 16:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Replacement Monty Hall graphic

(From my talk page:) "Hello thanks for your comments on the talk page of the Monty Hall problem, although some people seem to think my graphic is so unclear that you must have been referring to the graphic already on the main Monty Hall problem page! Oh well, not to worry! Again, thanks for your supportive comment, I was starting to think my image only made sense to me!! -- Quantockgoblin"

Regarding the Monty Hall problem: I jumped right into a section without reading the whole thing. I did mean the existing article and graphic. I didn't even bother to try to decipher the graphic about which that section of the talk page was written. Even with the explanation, I had a hard time understanding it. (Green guys? Purple guys?) But while a picture can replace a thousand words of explanation, it shouldn't need a hundred-word explanation. Looking at it now, I see an attempt to visually represent a combinatoric explication of all six possible outcomes. I also see a bunch of arrows, icons, and doors. Lots and lots of doors. I don't know where to start; I don't know where to end. With the existing graphic, I see a table with three main elements, each with two sub-elements. Given a basic familiarity with the Monty Hall problem, I found the existing graphic far easier to follow, even without text. I'm not saying yours is worse at describing the full scope of the problem; I'm saying the existing graphic, with text, ended all questions in my own mind within a few seconds of looking at it, while I find yours visually confusing, like reading raw C++ code without comments. I'm sorry, Quantockgoblin, but I do prefer the existing graphic. Perhaps there is room for your graphic in the later section of the article with the other combinatoric tables. --75.173.4.172 (talk) 01:21, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Perkin Triangle diagram

Hi Quantockgoblin,

I probably could do the Perkin Triangle diagram without too much trouble, especially as I have already drawn the fittings for the Schlenk flask diagram. I'm a bit busy today and tomorrow, but will probably get around to it on Thu. morning.

Regards

David --Slashme (talk) 05:31, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi again,
I have made the svg. Please check for correctness. I marked it as "self-made" simply because I am extremely lazy, and I didn't want to be bothered to find the correct form of attribution. If you would like to be credited, please go ahead and edit the page. Thanks again for the contribution!
Kind regards, Slashme (talk) 06:44, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Thermometer plug: Well spotted! That's why it's always good to get a fresh pair of eyes on a picture. As for the copyright notice, it's been fixed: I should have used a template instead of just typing "GFDL-self" into the info template. I see you've added an attribution line. I think that's the best way to do it, so when I get around to svgifying your other diagrams, that's what I'll do. --Slashme (talk) 11:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Position of numeral 4 and thermometer plug: Done. Thanks for pointing these items out. --Slashme (talk) 08:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

By the way, I haven't been getting around to the other drawings. If you're in a hurry, why not open one of my svg diagrams in inkscape and see how it goes? You can get Inkscape for linux, mac or windows, and it is really quite easy to use - it should be about as easy as whatever you used to make the diagrams in the first place. If you need help, feel free to ask. But if the idea doesn't appeal, remind me in a month or so if nothing has happened by then. --Slashme (talk) 08:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Again! I've been on holiday for a bit, so I picked the two diagrams that looked the easiest to test my new graphics tablet ;-).

And two more... --Slashme (talk) 21:50, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

(Note: Added caption no. 5 to svg)

Didn't realize that this had already been done! Thanks for redrawing it!! - the previosu .SVG version had a few bits that where not quite right - see distilation talk page!! -- ~~~~

Please proof-read! (fixed amount of filtrate) --Slashme (talk) 8:18 9 May 2008 (SAST)

--Slashme (talk) 16:47, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

(In reply to comments on my talk page) Thanks for the comments, I agree with them and will fix. As for the connectors not being shaded blue, I was actually following your diagrams a bit too closely there ;-) --Slashme (talk) 07:27, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Schlenk flask

Thanks for the welcome. I stuck an image gallery on the Schlenk flask page. I'm not sure if the gallery is in the right place or even if a gallery is the best way to do it but the images are now there. Let me know if you want any opinions or consensus support on air-sensitive equipment. I've noticed a big chunk of chemistry exists mostly as an oral tradition which can make citation to wikipedia standards difficult. Thanks again. --OMCV (talk) 07:14, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] Hey

Welcome back :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 23:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Diagram

Hey, we do seem to be following each other around don't we :). Nice pics of the structures, what program did you use for them? Any chance of inverting the pentagonal pyramidal image to match the orientation of square pyramidal? Cheers Freestyle-69 (talk) 01:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Patent info in drugboxes

Hmm. At first glance that seems a bit too "special interest" to place in the Drugbox, but I suggest you ask for opinions over at Template talk:Drugbox—other editors will add their two cents. Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 23:38, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

I have added the rollback feature to your user account, and to those other trusted Wikipedia chemists. I hope this helps with reverting any vandalism or other inappropriate edits you come across. (If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it.) -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:29, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Carbene pic

Crikey, I thought I got it right with the pic, but it's been deleted... I'll see what went on and try to reload it. Bummer! Freestyle-69 (talk) 00:21, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Yep - they are very diligent at deleting anything without a license tag! -- Quantockgoblin (talk) 11:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
BTW if I've got some chemdraws to use in an article, is it just a case of saving as a png, uploading to commons, with the correct permissions :) and inserting? Freestyle-69 (talk) 01:24, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
OK, last thing (I'm putting a major edit together soon, sorry for the hassle)- is there an easy way to get references into an article (i.e. straight from Endnote or similar)? Seems like a lot of work to put in 35 references one little bit at a time... Freestyle-69 (talk) 07:19, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

For Endnote, I create a "Wikipedia" style, add a "journal article" bibliography output template, and key in:

{{cite journal | author = Author | title = Title | journal = [[Journal]] | year = Year | volume = Volume | issue = Issue | doi = Electronic Resource Number | url = URL }}

Unfortunately, pipes (|) are used as control characters, so all you get are double spaces. I copy the text into notepad, and replace double spaces (  ) with a pipe (|), and then copy it in place. Have fun. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 13:12, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

The Rifleman's on target again ... thanks -- Quantockgoblin (talk) 16:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help guys, now I've talked it up I have to put the edit together! Freestyle-69 (talk) 22:32, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey QG, Rifleman has put me onto this- it finds and then allows you to wikify almost any reference. A bit of messing around sometimes to find the ref (in some cases I had to input some title info and leave out the authors for some reason, strange but it worked). A pretty useful tool if you have a backward EndNote like mine, or are a bit of a script-numpty like me! Cheers Freestyle-69 (talk) 22:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
FS-69, Looks good, will try it next time I reference something. - Quantockgoblin (talk) 00:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey QG, after great expense to the management, here it is. All you didn't want to know about a blue-green algae toxin! Happy reading... :) Freestyle-69 (talk) 03:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stub of the day?

Did you ever get a response to User_talk:Betacommand/20070401#Stub_of_the_day_.3F? This was in Betacommand's sandbox, last version here. I don't know if it moved anywhere else. Wasn't Beta going to randomly grab a stub and write the template somewhere, daily? Gimmetrow 04:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Would you mind sorting out this mess on Gimmetrow's talk page? Not sure what you intended to do there; I'm inclined to revert your edit, but afraid that will just make a bigger mess. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:56, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Never mind; I'm impatient. I reverted your mistake, and re-added what appears to have been your intended post. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:04, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
No problem; I had to restore it so I could continue my tradition of depositing ten stupid questions per day on Gimmetrow's doorstep :-) 19:57, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxes on article pages

Hi there. I notice that a short while ago, you added the Userbox, User:StoptheDatabaseState/Templates/NO2ID, to the NO2ID article. While I sympathise with the message, this is not appropriate for the article, and I have removed it. References to Wikipedia should be avoided within Wikipedia itself (except where it's obviously appropriate) and this includes things like userboxes; since our articles can be freely copied by anyone, and a userbox would not be helpful to someone reading an article elsewhere. Userboxes should only be used on user pages or talk pages, not Wikipedia articles. For more information, see Wikipedia:Self-references. Thanks for reading. Terraxos (talk) 01:47, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Identity

Y Done. Now only admins can edit the page—if you need to change anything, drop me a line or ask the folks over at WP:RFPP. Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 20:24, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Various

Thanks to you and yours for the note. Keep up the good work yourself. I am hoping to get back to normal chem articles of the type that you do so well. --Smokefoot (talk) 04:38, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chemistry Bond Star

Thanks very much! It's really nice to be appreciated! --Slashme (talk) 08:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Quantock School bw shield.png)

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[edit] Quantock school crest

Hi QG,

The crest looks quite doable, but I won't get around to it this week. I certainly won't take offense if you bug me every two weeks or so, and that is more likely to spur me into action. --Slashme (talk) 06:27, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review

Hey QG, the mystery of your username starts to un-deepen! And I thought you were from somewhere in Middle Earth or another galaxy... my mental picture of a little green chemist with pointy ears and an evil chuckle has gone up in air-sensitive smoke :)

I've put up cylindrospermopsin for peer review, it's got a few comments that I will action, but I was wondering if you (and anyone else reading this!) could critically comment on it (yeah, you can look for the bad points this time)? I do plan to try David's png-to-svg tool, just been a bit snowed under to really put my head into it. Once I've got more comments and a bit of time, I'll put some serious effort into it to hopefully get it to GA status. No worries if you're snowed under yourself- I see you and David have been very busy with pictures and the like! Reply here is fine, it'll be on my watchlist. Cheers Freestyle-69 (talk) 08:03, 10 June 2008 (UTC)