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Why do we have so few engineers as Wikipedians?

I am trying to understand why there are so few Wikipedians who are graduate engineers. Once I get a grasp on that, perhaps I may be able to formulate some ideas on how to attract more experienced engineers to become Wikipedians. It would be very helpful if you would respond to these a few questions:

  • Are you a university graduate engineer?
  • Please indicate in which of these engineering disciplines you obtained your degree:
    1. Aeronautical or aerospace engineering
    2. Bioengineer or biological engineering
    3. Chemical engineering
    4. Civil engineering
    5. Electrical engineering
    6. Environmental engineering
    7. Mechanical engineering
    8. Petroleum engineering
    9. Other
  • In what year did you obtain your degree?
  • What attracted you to participate in Wikipedia?

Please respond on my User talk:mbeychok page. Or you may respond to me via Wikipedia's email which I have enabled on my User:mbeychok page.

If you would rather not respond at all, that's fine also. Regards, - mbeychok 04:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Call

Why did you call me last night? Callrgeek 03:46, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Why are you leaving this message on apparently random people's talk pages? Stardust8212 04:52, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Bujinkan

I threw the baby out with the bathwater. Good catch. Thanks. EvilCouch 09:04, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Stardust8212 12:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Pritpal Sahota

Hello. Thanks for your help on the uncategorized articles backlog. I have removed the speedy deletion tag for Pritpal Sahota that you put in because, honestly, it does not quite meet the strict requirements of WP:CSD. I have put a proposed deletion tag instead, which should have the same effect (but in a week...) Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 02:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Don't know if you're watching this but whatever...I almost tagged for prod but I thought claiming a 9 year old won "Sportsman of the century" from Sports Illustrated was pretty non-sensical. Oh well, prod is just as good. Stardust8212 02:30, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Mini uzi

Just so you know warnings are not badges of shame that users are required to display. Mini uzi has clearly read it, so they are allowed to delete it. --Spartaz Humbug! 20:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I thought I'd read somewhere in the past, though I don't remember where and I'd be hard pressed to find it so maybe I imagined it, that they weren't supposed to be deleted because they helped to monitor repeat offenders. Also seeing as he deleted it while putting another personal attack in his edit summary I tohught it might be appropriate to read it again. Oh well. Stardust8212 20:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Reading your talk page and that of TheGreeFaerae its pretty clear that Mini uzi is objecting to content changes on the Futurama pages that you and TGF are supporting. This puts you in a content dispute with him. It can only escalate any dispute for you start telling him what he can and can't have on his talk page. Even if he wasn't allowed to delete the warning, it would have been wrong for you to be the one to tell him - especially as the abuse wasn't aimed in your direction. --Spartaz Humbug! 20:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I guess I never thought about it like that, mainly because I didn't realize I was even in a content dispute with him. Don't worry, I have no attention of venturing back to his talk page anytime soon. Stardust8212 21:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Nonsense page

See I was right. Lungszeague 20:58, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Right behind you ...

I was just about to fix this myself! Keesiewonder talk 22:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

THIS IS HELMR

This is Helmr, you keep on posting statements about Stephen Michael Cohen that are libelous and poory sourced. The sex.com case was a civil case and not a criminal case. I removed all statements relating to THEFT and convictions that never took place. Mr. Cohen has not been convicted of a Theft Crime.

Cohen was never convicted nor did he served prison sentences for impersonating a lawyer and forgery. Cohen was convicted of a Bankruptcy Fraud case out of the District Court in San Diego in 1992. During our interview with Cohen's attorney yesterday, my cammerman saw a subpoena for all records of Wikipedia issued from the District Court

Wikipedia has strict policies about poory sourced information and libelous statements. Cohen's attorney also claims that the picture posted has a valid copyright filed in U.S. Copyright office. You should check with Wikipediato determine if the subpoena has been served. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Helmr (talk • contribs)

The information I have added to Stephen M. Cohen has come from reliable sources and I have included these sources in the article. I have now removed all unsourced information from the article, including that which you added. Stardust8212 20:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
You have made an edit that could be regarded as defamatory. Please do not restore this material to the article or its talk page. If you do, you may be blocked for disruption. See the blocking policy.
Stardust8212, on April 11 you introduced into the Cohen article two sources from JewWatch, referring to them as "reputable sources" [1] and right above as "reliable sources". You insisted on reinstating them even after they had been removed ([2], [3]).
Wikipedia's Attribution policy proposal refers to "websites and publications that express views that are widely acknowledged as fringe or extremist" as "questionable sources", and asserts they "may only be used in articles about themselves". Wikipedia's Biographies of living persons policy begins with the words "Editors must take particular care adding biographical material about a living person to any Wikipedia page. Such material requires a degree of sensitivity, and must adhere strictly to our content policies".
JewWatch is widely acknowledged as an extremist racist and anti-religious website. Please take care not to use it again as a source in gratuitous articles, especially not in articles about living persons, and most definitely not in articles about Jews.
Thanks. Itayb 13:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
I was not familiar with the website in question and did not know that it was considered racist and anti-religious. The articles which were on the page claimed to have originally come from other sources and I made the mistaken assumption that they were merely archived there. I merely wanted to add at least some source to the information which was already included in the article which was defamatory and completely unsourced. I readded the links because, as previously stated, I thought they were ok in my admittedly limited knowledge and the person deleting them refused to offer any information showing they were incorrect. This of coure is why my next step was a request for comment because I really didn't know what step to take next. Fortunately this has resulted in people supplying more links and I think now I can come up with a version which is acceptable to the wikipedia community as a whole. Anyway, didn't mean to cause trouble, all I really wanted when I first came to that page was to restore the deleted categories, don't know why I even bothered with the article beyond that. Stardust8212 14:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
I may have been too harsh on you.
1. I acknowledge that the article you referred to originates in a perfectly benign and reliable source, namely courttvnews. In fact, i've restored a reference to this source in the Cohen article, adjusting the link to point to the original, see [4].
2. The Attribution paragraph referring to extremist sources seems to be controversial and ambiguous, see Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources#Banning "extremist sources".
3. You have used JewWatch only as an archive of reliable external content rather than as a source for original content. Such use may actually be explicitly permitted by the RS policy, see Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources#a reliable source archived in a questionable venue
However, i do think that referencing anti-Semite sources in biographical articles about Jews, particularly living persons, even if they are only used as archives, is problematic. Itayb 18:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
I agree, I should have paid a bit more attention to the website as a whole before using it but rushed myself a bit too much. I am glad you were able to find a less biased archive, makes me feel a little less guilty about using it in the first place. I will see what I can come up with on rewriting the article from the new sources in the next couple days. Stardust8212 19:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

International Mobile Satellite Organization

Hi there, the reason I removed all links and categories is because they belong to the article Inmarsat and not the IMSO article as I wrote in my edit summary and has been discussed many times in this article. The links and categories do exist in the article Inmarsat and should not be duplicated in the IMSO article because they refer to Inmarsat and not IMSO. --   Avg    16:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my user page. I really appreciate it.Professor marginalia 15:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Me too. Therequiembellishere 15:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Query

Hi there. Firstly, compliments on your contribution to Composite material, and for your useful editing tips on your User page. I now understand 'dismbiguation' in the Wikipedia context. My query relates to the word matrix. The article Matrix is a mess, needs a clean-up starting with an opening definition. There is an excellent definition at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/matrix. With your far greater knowledge of Wikipedia rules can you tell if it is permissible to reproduce this definition (with acknowledgement by citing the link) ? Thanks & regards Geoffrey Wickham 00:57, 20 May 2007 (UTC) Thanks for reply. WilcoGeoffrey Wickham 05:10, 20 May 2007 (UTC).

Hello again. Thanks for motivating me, by your tip, to improve my home page. Re your edit on discussion of Composite material of 19th May, I fully agree that the article needs overall restructuring in a more encyclopedic form. Re the lead 'definition' I think it is Ok because it defines composite materials in the broadest sense, but the text then becomes a bit confusing to the general (non-engineer) reader in the subsequent sections which talk about fiber reinforced plastics as well as aggregate reinforced concrete etc. Perhaps additional text to the lead definition could clarify the difference between the two. I'll ponder that but my way of doing things is always to get all possible knowledge & opinions from others before acting.
I've added a comment to Discussion suggesting the section 'Geometry' be deleted. Basically, it just doesn't fit within the context of the article, is unspecific as to what the writer is talking about and is unlikely to be clarified. I suspect it's about polymer chemistry which is well covered in Polymer section "Structures and properties". Would appreciate your opinion & that of others. Best, Geoffrey Wickham 58.168.192.56 03:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)


Jan Roskam

Hey Stardust. I actually tried to create an article on Dr. Roskam about a year ago (I think it was about when he retired), based on the information provided at his DARCorp web site, since I noticed he had a redlinked entry at List of aerospace engineers. Well, it was speedily deleted while I was still editing it: an administrator apparently thought I was plagiarizing DARCorp's web site. I actually did copy the DAR-Corp material and was still sand-box editing to remove the "appearance of plagiarism" when I hit "save" instead of "preview"; and then was gone before I knew anyone was even looking at it. Just goes to show a well-intended deed never goes unpunished. Anyway I would love to see a standing high quality Wiki-article on Roskam: he is as notable as they come. Just could not come up with any verifiable information other than what is posted on his web site, and I'm still smarting from the last attempt. --T-dot ( Talk/contribs ) 19:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC) (KUAE BS '83 MS '86)

Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience with your Roskam article, hopefully this one will last a bit longer! Feel free to edit my start, I've just moved so I won't be working on it steadily for a few weeks. I'd love to have any input you could offer. Stardust8212 22:11, 30 May 2007 (UTC) (KUAE BS '05)


"Retired" may be too harsh a word...

Thanks. I "retired" several months ago, but i've kept editing on a much smaller scale ever since. Nowadays i consider Wikipedia's worth to lie primarily in the "External Links" sections. I'd rather not get entangled in any conflict here. It's not worth my time and energy. Withing these limitations, i'd be happy to offer you my assistance. Itayb 12:48, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, i'm not up for the job. I'm not interested anymore in improving Wikipedia. I'm here for fun. My own, nerdy definition of "fun". This definition does not encompass getting myself into disputes with other editors. I wish you luck, though. Cheers. :) Itayb 13:50, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


DYK

Updated DYK query On 28 September 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jan Roskam, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Elkman (Elkspeak) 15:58, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Minor error

Hello. I noticed you mdae this edit which restored the version with vandalism. I fixed it for you. :) *Cremepuff222* 01:21, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I had a popup related booboo, not quite sure what happened. Was getting ready to fix it when I saw you already had. Stardust8212 01:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

For the edit you just made in Iggy Arbuckle. I had such a heck of a time trying to keep sections with infoboxes and the sections just below them tidily organized and arranged! Now, thanks to you, I know how to do it. I can't thank you enough! Wilhelmina Will 02:32, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem, I know a lot of the little tricks just take a moment if you know them but they can take forever to figure out without seeing them work. Stardust8212 03:09, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


Thank you for your contributions!

Thank you for finding all that external information on Iggy Arbuckle, and for tidying up some of the formats! That was much appreciated. Any other notable external/internal info you can find would also be appreciated.

By the way, I personally recommend trying the show. It's really cute! I'm actually beyond the targeted age of the viewers, but I had read the comic strip years before, as I am a regular receiver of National Geographic Kids. When I found out that it was now a TV show, I instantly started watching it (I think it was only produced as a strip once, and I wanted to know more about the characters and the Kookamunga.). I just love it! Wilhelmina Will 05:09, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

What do you think of this?

I found this site: http://art-candy.blogspot.com/2007/08/photos-of-vancouver.html while I was trying to find a reliable source for a requested citation I put up in the List of Iggy Arbuckle characters. I don't know if it's a reliable-enough third-party source (it probably isn't, I know, but I'm really excited) but it's saying that there's a strong possibility of a second season being released in April. Do you think I should include this in the main page? Wilhelmina Will (talk) 01:17, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Blogs typically don't qualify as reliable sources unless they are written by someone who would otherwise be reliable (a well known columnist who is an expert on the subject may be an example, or the show's creator or producer). I would say in this case it cannot be used as a reliable source. As a tip, I find the best place to find reliable sources is to use a Google News search rather than a basic Google search. You can even set it up to email you every time a new news item meets your search criteria (I have three emails in my inbox right now for articles that say "Futurama" anywhere in the text). If there's going to be a second season it will eventually be mentioned somewhere reliable. Just remember, there is no deadline, you don't have to rush to get the latest gossip and news. Try searching the websites of the production company or television station to see if they officially have announced it yet. Sometimes voice actors will also leak info like this. Billy West was the first to announce the possibility of Futurama's return. Anyway, just be patient, it'll come eventually. Stardust8212 02:30, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

THat's a thing typically hard for me to do - be patient - even though I request it of others. People usually don't like a taste of their own medicine, do they? Well, I would never remove content from an Iggy Arbuckle page unless it was for transferring to another page, so somebody else will probably do it. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 02:36, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Good advice!

I think I'll take your advice. However, when it comes to the discussions on his page, I'm not so sure about completely avoiding participating. His talkpage is also on mine, and I remember a few weeks ago, he was in an argument with User:Still Calico - about episode articles of a show, as usual - and I gave a suggestion to Still Calico about what he could do. That ended up bringing peace between those two users, however temporarily. But otherwise, you're right about not bursting in the doorway every two minutes, so to speak.

By the way, thanks for the cookie! I've given other users - besides TTN - cookies and smiles, but this is the first time anyone ever gave me such a thing, aside from a blank stare... Wilhelmina Will 03:35, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

By the way, you wouldn't happen to know the formula for userboxes which say that a user is of the following ancestries: Polish, German, Dutch, Danish, Prussian, Russian, Swedish, French, and Portugese - would you? Wilhelmina Will 03:47, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Wilhelmina Will 04:04, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

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