[edit] Responses

[edit] So Long, and Thanks for the all comments

[replies here; sniping addressed ones; user responding to - comments; most "quoted" comments are in italics]

[edit] AfD nomination of Eric Lerner

I have nominated Eric Lerner, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Lerner. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. ScienceApologist (talk) 15:53, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] You've been mentioned

WP:FTN#Reddi's back. Fair warning. ScienceApologist (talk) 15:54, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Please do not harass me. Do not attack me. Thanks. J. D. Redding 15:56, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The preview button

You have been around long enough that I feel certain that you have noticed the "Show preview" button adjacent to the "Save page" button under the editing box. In two and one half hours this morning, you made 58 consecutive edits to a single article. This is an average of 2.6 minutes spent carefully crafting and pondering each edit. As a courtesy to your fellow editors, I would hereby like respectfully to request that you avail yourself of the preview functionality to break up your editing into larger chunks. Regards. - Eldereft ~(s)talk~ 17:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Help:Show preview. Not really necessary. That is how I have edited since I have contributed to wikipedia. If I can, I do. If I forget, I don't. Sorry. Sincerely, J. D. Redding 05:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

No, really - remember to use the preview button. Creating a long messy string of small edits that could easily have been a single good edit makes life more annoying for your fellow volunteers. Please be considerate. - Eldereft ~(s)talk~ 05:50, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. If you monitor full-depth watchlists, recent changes, or look at article histories, then you'll wish there were fewer edits. —EncMstr 05:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lists of patents

You're adding lists of patents to several articles very boldly. Other editors are removing them. The solution at this point is to discuss the matter not begin a revert war. Is there a specific venue you would prefer to use for this discussion? SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 18:51, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

The lists were there to start with. They were used in constructing the article. One particular user is removing lists of patents to several articles very boldly. Without discussion. J. D. Redding 18:55, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

BTW, he even removed the W Stanley Jr. bio's list! It's an important part there the most describes thier work accurately. Such as G. Marconi's list and N. Tesla's list ... and T. Edison's list! .... J. D. Redding

Let me try to rephrase this. Rather than getting into an edit war, why not discuss the matter? SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 19:24, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Ok. Responded on your talk page. J. D. Redding 19:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm trying to host a discussion in article Talk space: Talk:Telluric_current#List_of_patents. I'll keep an eye on things and contribute further if necessary. Hope this helps... SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 20:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject History of Science newsletter : Issue IV - May 2008

A new May 2008 issue of the WikiProject History of Science newsletter is hot off the virtual presses. Please feel free to make corrections or add news about any project-related content you've been working on. You're receiving this because you are a participant in the History of Science WikiProject. You may read the newsletter or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Yours in discourse--ragesoss (talk) 23:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ancient history by continent

Reddi, what is the point of your {{Ancient history by continent}} series? I argue that (a) it rehashes to 100% material already treated in detailed and well-developed articles elsewhere and (b) there is no "ancient history" of the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa and Australia. Simple fact. Neithere are there any "Early Middle Ages" in these parts. As your Image:World 1 CE.PNG makes clear, the term "ancient history" does only make sense for the Old World, viz., the Mediterranean, Persia, India, China, and to a lesser extent Southern and Central Europe (Mediterranean influence), parts of Central Asia (Persian influence), and Korea and Japan (Chinese influence). That's it. For the remaining areas, pray turn to Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric Europe, Prehistoric Australia and Prehistoric Africa, all of which already have a long history of development. dab (𒁳) 18:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Howdy ... Dbachmann, Ancient history by continent link up material already treated in detailed and well-developed articles elsewhere in a convienent manner.

The "ancient history" of the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa and Australia has ideographs. a form of writing.

Lastly, that isn't my image ... someone else uploaded that ...

sincerely, J. D. Redding 18:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

you do not seem to have an idea of what you are doing. Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia fundamentals, in your case WP:V and WP:SYN would seem crucial. If you're going to write about "Ancient Australia", cite a source that discusses "Ancient Australia", don't just pull something out of thin air based on a completely unrelated web url. Did you read what I say above? The image is fine: it shows why your project is flawed. dab (𒁳) 18:58, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Please slow right down. This is all contentious stuff. Do not remove merge tags without discussion, and then don't revert-war over the removal. Moreschi (talk) (debate) 19:13, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Invention of radio (timeline)

I believe you were the one who contributed the timeline for Radio—a very nice addition to the Invention of radio article. The article omits one fairly important figure in the radio story: Reginald Fessenden, the originator of the first 2-way telegraph transmission and the first wireless broadcast.[1] I plan to rectify this omission with a section on Fessenden in the article. I thought I would begin by adding his two most significant achievements to the timeline. Here's what I tried to add:

"at 1906 fontsize:5 text:"Reginald Fessenden makes first two-way transatlantic radio telegraphy transmission (Jan '06) and first wireless broadcast (Dec '06)."

Of course, I got a bleeding of the two entries for 1906. I tried a couple of ways to gerry-rig it so that both entries could occur, but no luck. Would you be able to help? Sunray (talk) 22:44, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New criticism, comments, and feedback

[edit] Images

Hi ! Thank you for having uploaded US Patent images on Wikipedia. Do you think these images could be also uploaded on Commons ? It would be nice for other wikipedias ! Regards --Zedh msg 22:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)