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Vsmith 03:25, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
American spelling is the international standard according to whom? English, unlike other languages, has no central authority on proper usage. There are several organizations, such as IUPAC, the OED, and others that attempt to set rules but there is no reason we must follow them. Even many scientific periodicals and journals do not follow the convention you mention, much less encyclopedias. Most UK scientific journals still seem to use British spelling, as any database search will show. - SimonP 17:39, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)
Vsmith 22:56, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I started this project shortly after I joined wikipedia (months ago), and soon discovered that decisions & discussions about what really belonged in the infobox & how to phrase things were way beyond my ancient & rudimentary experience. I haven't been involved in this project since then, and I have no idea whether anyone else has picked it up and started solidifying the standard infobox & terminology & applying it to articles. (I've abandoned rocks for the dog breeds project :-) .) I would be thrilled if someon else were to take the initiative on this project & work on establishing some suggested standards to help ensure consistency. It's always a challenging thing to do, but IMHO needs doing--in a cooperative and encouraging way, of course. Have fun, in between torturing high school students! And I'd be delighted to answer questions about what we've done in the dog project over time, too, as a parallel. Elf | Talk 16:06, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your efforts on concentration. The article is much, much better for your input! -- FirstPrinciples 09:06, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)
So far, I like the direction your edits are taking; you are sharpening the viewpoint; if I might suggest an addition, at the epoch of the big bang at the instant of the first timestep, the physical constants may not have yet stabilized toward the current set we are enjoying now. What I am pointing out is that at the event of the big bang, in the infinity of cosmological decades (in the sense of 10^^-N years or seconds), just at the edge of the first Planck time, we could have been in a different version of the multiverse (one which would not have settled on our specific universe yet). Thus the current set of physical constants determined our version of the multiverse, our universe. I say timestep because before the first Planck timestep, we cannot really talk about the continuous variable time. My viewpoint is that we really cannot talk about t=0. Regards, Ancheta Wis 23:42, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hi there! I like the work you've done on the geology\minerals articles. I was hoping for a suggestion. There are lots of links to intrusive rock and I am wondering how to link this. Pluton links back to Batholith. I was thinking of an article like Intrusion (geology), where I could list Batholith, Laccolith, stock, sill etc. Then intrusive rock could link to there. But perhaps that's overkill? You know of any articles out there I'm overlooking that would make a good link? The geoogy catagories seem a bit juggled too; many articles are in several cats within cats. I want to move a lot of stuff under Earth Science category to Geology, But will fish around for comments first. Just looking for any suggestions; I love discussing geology. Thanks! -- DanielCD 21:32, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
My apologies, both for apparently misplacing some of the discusion on chemical names when I archived and for not answering sooner. I thought I had, but I must have pressed the wrong button.
I agree that the discussion seems to have died out; that's why I archived it. I didn't follow along and so don't know how close you were to a consensus. If you were close, you might want to state your current proposal and see if there are any objections. If you're far from consensus, you might want to put it aside for the time being. If the discussion was somewhere in between, you might want to try a straw poll.
Good luck. I'm not sure how helpful this is. I've been on Wikipedia less than two months myself.
By the way, I worked for a year at a high school in Tempe, Arizona. Maurreen 06:48, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hey, do you think this article is better under Stratum or Rock strata? I saw your comment, but I thought Stratum would work better. But now I'm not so sure; Rock strata seems more intelligible to the layman. Just letting you know I didn't just brush your suggestion aside. They can always be switched. -- DanielCD 16:14, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for the help with the rock/mineral articles. I've moved several from the 1911 ency. and intend to work on updating/clarifying the info as I'm able. Some of the names may be outdated as well, so if you see any outdated stuff, zap it or LMK. Really appreciate the help! -- DanielCD 14:59, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hey, I am having a hard time finding any policy on capitalizing sub-words that go with geologic ages, such as "Late" Paleozoic and Permian "Period" (as opposed to late Paleozoic and Permain period). Outside info says to capitalize these, but I don't know what to do here. I would like to follow the standard and capitalize them. You have an opinion ? -- DanielCD 19:44, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I saw you are standardizing some mineral formulas. I've done quite a few lately, and may have left some messes because I need to research more and the 1911 formulas often translate badly. Geology could use some standardization in dates also. Someone commented in the talk at the Gondwana article that the dates didn't add up. Almost afraid to tackle that one because dates vary so much. Just letting you know; I'm working on it and always like to fish for comments/suggestions. Especially when I fins someone who appreciates rocks! -- DanielCD 14:35, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
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... addition to "Niagara Falls". This is up as one of the Featured article candidates if you are interested in supporting (or ... gulp ... objecting to) it. Sfahey 18:54, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
... and for your recent vigilance on "Niagara Falls". It's interesting how different folks pick up on different types of items, (usually) for the betterment of the whole enterprise. BTW, I just now noticed your reply (above) to my long-past query. D'ya know if the convention is to reply on this page, as you did, or to the originator's "mailbox"? You must have enjoyed a bump in classroom attentiveness since the tsunami. Sfahey 01:49, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Your reply to my comment was a personal insult, and did not address what I had to say. Guettarda 18:52, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Dear Vsmith,
I only moved the contents for the enty, 'Boomer bible' to an appropriate entry title of, 'The Boomer Bible.' The book being described is, in fact, The Boomer Bible by R. F. Laird, (New York, NY: Workman Publishing, 1991) and I thought it would be appropriate to have it under the correct title.
There was a link that pointed people that had used 'Boomer bible' to the new destination of 'The Boomer Bible' for the convenience of other users.
Please reconsider your decision to undo my edits.
Thank you for your kind consideration.
Regards,
BalowStar sounds well-intentioned, and he may have a point about moving this page.
Shall we list it on Wikipedia:Requested moves? Would that be the best way to proceed?
Jonathunder 19:02, 2004 Dec 17 (UTC)
( William M. Connolley 10:14, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)) Hi. You added a nice pic to the aerosol article, but... to me it doesn't necessarily look like pollution. It looks rather more like cloud from the mountains. Could you add a link back to the NASA source so I/we can check NASA's description? Thanks.
I note you've moved the alternate definition of the former to the same page as the latter. As the definitions and applications thereof are, however, very different I believe it would be better to leave them in seperate locations (and expand the former), it also being bad practice to point from a term to different term in this way. Slag (slang) is now at slag -- Vamp: Willow 10:21, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Hey, could you peek at the liquefaction article and see my edits. I think I am getting in a beef with the creationists, though I don't want to (believe me, I stay away from the debate like the plague!). But I need an opinion. If I can't put scientific stuff on the Flood geology page, why should there be stuff like that on a science page? Maybe I'm getting Wikistress or something. But I don't think all fossils formed by sinking into the ground and I don't know of any published studies on this. I also removed a statement that claimed all strata were laid down at one time under water by precipitation. I don't want to offend anyone though; I just want to work on geology stuff. An opinion would be appreciated. -- DanielCD 16:14, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I am surprised to see that in your template of sedimentary rocks you go for "clastic" vs "precipitate". It seems to me that even when you add "biogenic or chemical" this falls a bit short for carbonates. What do you do with a cross bedded grainstone for example? I would like to suggest that carbonates be kept into a subcategory of their own. I realise this is a discussion that could go on for ever but I am not trying to pick a fight..this is just meant as a friendly point of view/suggestion. Carole a 13:24, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Oh good, you didn't take it badly. The all thing about rock classification is that, you are right, it is never going to be perfect. Coal, for one will always mess you up and chalk is another killer if you get to the nitty gritty of it. I am not a regular wikipedian, so I don't want to promise too much, but I'll try to help with the rock project every now and then. I am out of country right now, away from my books and don't want to do too much stuff from the top of my head. I'll make sure that I take a couple of my favourite petrography texts next time I leave home. Carole a 04:48, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Hi there again. I just made an article at Water hardness and would like to invite you to proofread/comment, if you are interested. None of the other water articles seemed to cover it in any depth. Later -- DanielCD 15:51, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I just read that Kare Fog page. The thing makes me cringe with how much more it's concerned with demonizing Lomborg than with disputing his work. Perhaps there is a better page that could be found to represent scientific critique of Lomborg's work? I also stumbled across this analysis of the Fog criticisms [1], which you should read all the way through if you have not yet, since it seems to be written from a more clear perspective. — Cortonin | Talk 07:48, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hi again. You know, I've been looking at that wave loading article and it just doesn't seem to make sense. I've tried researching it, but nothing is really clear on what it is or what its connection to liquefation is. In short, I can't find any reference material to verify anything this article is saying. Is it simply sediment suspended in water? Is it wave pressure pounding on one side of a structure? I'm just a little puzzled and was hoping you could help me decide what this is. Know of any references that might help?
Thanks for your time. -- DanielCD 14:56, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
From what I can tell, it means pressure that waves themselves exert on a floating vessel or pressure placed on submerged structures. I don't think the sediment in the water has anything to do with it. I would like some input on possibly removing the wave loading reference from the liquefaction article. Nothing I find says anything about sediment in the water affecting the pressure the waves exert. Sure it may affect a centimeter's depth of sediment in very shallow water, but that's like using lunar gravity to explain the water movement in my bathtub. -- DanielCD 15:14, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Well, I did it, but as you might guess, Unguss quickly reverted it. Ho hum. Check out liq. talk page for some laughs. And someone else "clarified" the def of wave loading at that article. Sorry to be a pest. Just LMK if you want no part of this. -- DanielCD 19:22, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hi again. I just posted a new article at Archaeopteris, a fossil tree. Don't know how much into paleo you are, but it's more my specialty and I think you might find it interesting. I think its pretty good, but could use some peer review. Once again, thanks for your time. -- DanielCD 21:12, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Nice cleanup of Alfred Wegener. – Quadell ( talk) ( sleuth) 12:46, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
Hi again, it seems this is not our first mutual run in with nonsense and idiocy on wikipedia. Why do we keep meeting this way? :o) I see you've recently voted in the RNA world vote [2] (thank you). However creationist nutter 138.130.194.229 just won't stop, he is continuing his revert wars and has also now begun inserting copyvios etc. Your input on Wikipedia:requests for comment/138.130.194.229 would be very greatly appreciated. Thanks.-- Deglr6328 19:53, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The changes you made are great. Glad I could find something new for you to learn. -- Gruepig 07:40, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Originally had a long rant here, but I decided to spare you.
Yes, the Eugenics example was masterfully funny if nothing else. Wanna place a bet on how long the Creation example will stay if I put it back? -- DanielCD 15:21, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Take a look at Talk:Deluge (mythology). I made a few small changes and it's sparked a storm of BS. If only they could take they highpowered, anal need to diagram every word of a person's reponse and turn it toward the creation articles. -- DanielCD 19:34, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
It irks me to no end to see these guys using "Flood geology" in articles like Deluge (mythology). It is not a legitimate field of study and I don't think it should be stated as such because the term makes it sound as if it's real geology. I took it out and put creation science in its place, but they changed it back. I'd like to remove it again, but I know these guys will have a fit. What do you think? -- DanielCD 14:18, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Looks like Ungtss quit Wiki. I think I'm gonna lay off the debate stuff for a while. I am getting a little too nitpicky I think. I hate to see him leave, he was actually a really even-tempered debater. Never saw him rant like some of the others. Oh well. -- DanielCD 17:10, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment on my discussion page. Unfortunately I have very little time at the moment to get really involved into things. I just finished my comment for the ArbCom. Probably you know about that already, but nevertheless here is the link: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/JonGwynne. best regards -- mkrohn 02:14, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
The block only prevents the "Save Page" function. Admins can still (un)block/protect/delete pages while they are blocked. Even the one-click page rollback function still works (and looks to other users like regular edits). Rollbacks of course are not permitted on the disputed page, but may be used during Recent Changes patrol against vandalism. I could live without these can-do-while-blocked features, but so far there were very little problems in that respect with admins. Hope this answers your questions. -- Chris 73 Talk 08:18, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
Hey, at the agate article, there is this: " Mexican agate, showing only a single eye, has received the name of cyclops." This apparently came out of the 1911 encyclopedia. I typed in "mexican cyclops agate" in Yahoo, and it looks like this same reference is all over the web. I dunno about any "cyclops" agate; I know about Mexical crazy lace though. I'm trying to veryfy what this is, got any ideas? Do you know of any good resource that gives detail of agate formation?
Also, a picture popped into the fossil article captioned "fossil plants" that I think is a dendrite and not a fossil. Give it a peek if you get the chance. Thanks. -- DanielCD 19:43, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I'll start Dendrite (rock) here in a bit, unless you have a better name. -- DanielCD 16:56, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Dendrite (crystal) has been launched. No new info yet, just moved the old stuff over. -- DanielCD 14:16, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Hi. If re-writing a copyvio, please use the temporary page as indicated in the copyvio text. Updating the original article text causes more work for administrators because the copyvio must still be deleted from the article's history. By using the Temp page for the re-write, the original article with the copyvio in it's history can be deleted and the Temp re-write can replace it. In that way, no copyvio in the history. It just makes life easier for admins if the copyvio process is followed as explained. Nothing really get messed up but the page history doesn't accurately reflect the article's edit history. That's why I copied it to the talk page before deleting it. RedWolf 04:09, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)
Hey, I added a pic to Hematite. I think I might need to crop it some though now that I see it on the page. Know anything about doing pics? I'm just venturing into the world of wikiimages. My first one was better, at Asaphus kowalewski. Also check out Schist. LMK what ya think. -- DanielCD 13:26, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Just working through the page history. It's hilarious. Will try and make some sense of what is really going on after class. Guettarda 17:24, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Yea, you wouldn't think a lil' green shack for growing flowers would be so controversial. -- DanielCD 14:21, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Vsmith, I have kept most of your version around, but have simply tried to make sure that the physics is correctly described within it. See the lengthy description under "Approaches to a question" on the talk page for an explanation of why this is necessary. — Cortonin | Talk 19:22, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Sorry about Norite - thanks for fixing it. I was a bit afraid it was too much of a composite to be called a mineral, but I did not find it anywhere in Wikipedia and didn't know where to put it. I ran into the minerals list on "random" viewing. Pdn 16:53, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I've notived you seem to monitor similar pages to me (eg. geomorphology). Would you like to purposefully collaborate at fleshing some of the lesser entries out? Cheers, Daniel Collins 03:52, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I was going to yell at you for reformatting my multiline paragraph into a single line paragraph. But having read Don't use line breaks I now understand it's more complicated than making editing easier. But, having said that: why do you collapse multi-line paragraphs into single-line paragraphs? Josh Parris ✉ 03:11, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
this does... Vsmith 03:51, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Just wondering if you might not want to tone down your comments just a tad. I know I shouldn't talk (given our first conversation, and the fact that I went straight to Ed's talk page)...Ed appears to be a lost cause, his true colours have come out...but I suspect that other readers might give your comments more weight if they were just a little more measured. I think it's important to say what you said, I just feel like the tone was a little stronger than it had to be in a few places. Feel free to ignore this, btw - I don't actually know what I am talking about when it comes to the whole "people" question. Guettarda 00:30, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
( William M. Connolley 22:33, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)) Hi. I've just read the Horticern paper and commented on the solar greenhouse page. I don't think it supports C's POV, and I don't even think he has understood it. I am more than ever convinced that he is simply pushing his own personal research, probably out of a combination of dislike for anything I say combined with embarassment at being corrected by me right at the start of this. I doubt he will do anything other than post a lot more words there. On the assumption that he has nothing useful to say:
My proposal is: that the GHE page goes back to what it was before this: stating that the GHE is a misnomer, with a few refs (inc the Weart one, which I consider quite reliable). I'm asking you because the sub-page was your attempt at consensus. I think we can leave the sub-page for a while, unlinked from the GHE page. Will you support me in this?
To Cortonin: yes, I know you'll read this. Please don't place intrusive comments or I'll just take this discussion onto personal mail.
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William M. Connolley 09:00, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)) Thanks for your help. Sorry I was little use, my "24" hour ban seems to have been a bit extended, for obscure reasons.
( William M. Connolley 14:33, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)) Errm, but I think I ought to aplogise for reverting your version to mine. The reason was that it appeared to be so compromised as to be near meaningless.
Don't worry about it. I'm glad you caught the vandalism I missed. Thanks for the note, though. Dave (talk)
Hey, is liquefaction the "process by which sediments are transformed into suspension by water pressure from beneath" ? There's a new article at liquify. I haven't been following the "Liq." articles, but a lot of moving going on. How does water pressure come from beneath and then suspend sediments in water above? It would have to be a spring or something, eh?, and as such, a very minor thing. -- DanielCD 16:47, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I changed it a bit. I'm not so sure these articles needed to be split up. -- DanielCD 16:50, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Looks like everyone forgot what page they were on. [3] ( SEWilco 16:16, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC))
For your tireless efforts to defend the integrity of the science articles on Wikipedia, I hereby award you this buttered crumpet.
Don't let it get stale, don't feet it to your students, and don't eat it all in one sitting. Otherwise, enjoy! -- DanielCD 20:35, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Well, if he does it a lot and is in the wrong, there will be plenty of other opportunities to block him, or whatever. -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 03:20, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for tidying some of my new mineral articles including essexite. I'm no geologist; these come from the project to cover all the ground of Britannica ( Wikipedia:2004_Encyclopedia_topics) and I realized some of these articles were low-hanging fruit. Er, rocks. Feel free to jump in and find other rocky red links on those 28 pages. I also created ferricrete, ferrierite, ferrohortonolite (so far). David Brooks 05:06, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
A new gem/mineral article that looks a little fishy (a copyvio?). Definitely needs some focusing/pruning. Just thought you might like to take a look as minerals seem to be your prime area. -- DanielCD 04:14, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your message! (I didn't have gemstone on my watchlist, for some odd reason.) I've done a major refactoring and expansion of the article, and included the infobox and three more references in the process. Most of the bare facts were correct, at least those pertaining to the actual mineral. However, the bulk of the article seemed to be tangential background information about the historical and geological history of the Pamir region, which IMO didn't belong in the article. I axed most of the text explaining the humite group; this could be moved into a new article on the subject, but I'm not prepared to do that if its copyright status is in question. Judging from the colour of the imaged stone, it would pass as climohumite; then again, it could easily be its cousin chondrodite (which is apparently better known for its garnet-like colour). It's certainly a very large specimen (I've got stone envy). Judging by the generic file name, it's likely this user's own digital image. I'll ask him to provide source and licensing information, of course. After that's established I'll probably crop and re-upload it to the Commons.
I regret that Arem's book is one of the few (English) gemmological texts I don't own. It isn't a recommended text, as it's a bit dated (I own only one gem reference book whose edition predates my birth, but it's an exceptional monograph on synthetics); however, if Arem goes into this much detail on clinohumite of all things, I think I better find myself a copy. You see, clinohumite is one of those ridiculously rare gemstones that isn't even included in the secondary (optional) British course syllabus. I have several thousand dollars' worth of reference books, and only one (Webster's Gems, the "gemmologist's bible") mentions clinohumite, in a rather terse single paragraph. Webster doesn't mention Youngman or van Dyk, nor does he corroborate their observations. A recent (2000) Journal of Gemmology article did establish that Pamir is not the sole source of gem-quality material, and I've included this (along with Webster and Mindat's entry) within the references.
User:Zotter's text does look like a copyvio, especially due to his/her mention of the USSR in present-tense. I don't know how I'll broach the subject of possible copyright violation, because I don't want to be accused of "biting the newcomer". Anyway, how does the article look now? :) -- Hadal 07:00, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
Hello. In the past, you've spoken in favor of the serial comma in the WP Manual of Style. Currently, two or three users have been taking out all guidance on that in favor of a statement that the MoS takes no position. They've said they reached a consensus on the talk page. Would you care to comment there? Jonathunder 22:06, 2005 May 9 (UTC)
Hi! Why you deleted discussion on diamond talk page? The talk is continued [ here ]
p. s. thanks for correction of Udachnaya pipe. I Hope for successful cooperation. Stepanovas 03:13, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
Yes - it takes a bit to learn the various ways things get done around here. I see User:Hadal has modified the diamond page to better show the various garnet indicators - seems my uvarovite info was in error. Hadal is a gemmologist and an admin around here, good person to go to for questions. Great editor and if you have questions or need help with editing just drop either of us a note. Vsmith 16:06, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
I agree with edites. Best wishes. Stepanovas 20:16, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
HI there Vsmith. I put a new picture in at Trilobite and I was hoping I could get your opinion on it. Do you think it's too dark? I'm kind of scratching my head as to whether I should try to lighten it. It looks fine on my monitor, but on another I saw it was really dark. It's the Cyphaspis tafilalet pic. Perhaps some of the folks who frequent your talk page will take a peek too. -- DanielCD 01:51, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Hi Vsimth. You reverted my attempt to delete the quote in TSE and replace it by a summary. While I don't think my summary was the best ever, I do think that the TSE page is - in general - plagued by excessive quotes. I don't think that encyclopedic articles should contain that much quotes, esp. since they could easily be summarised. Would you mind joining the discussion I started on this topic on the TSE Talk page? Thanks! Luis rib 20:06, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, I've put it on watch and will try to help. Joe D (t) 01:53, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
That was the result of an database artefact from me trying to action the request on WP:RM to move Lead Sulfide to lead sulfide. I saw that the history of lead sulfide pretty much terminated when galena (mineral) was created, and that the two were essentially identical at that time - that is, apparently a cut and paste move some time last year.
To merge the page histories, I had to delete galena (mineral) so I could move lead sulfide on top and then undelete the historical edits for galena (mineral). Somewhat bizarrely, when you undelete, you can end up with an older edit later in the edit history than more recent edits, so I had to "revert" an edit from (IIRC) April 2005 to end up with the most recent version of the page from May 2005! Strange but true. Once "reverted", the database seems to catch up with itself, so it looks like I reverted an edit that was never there.
You may also have noticed that I screwed up in making the page move - I managed to send lead sulfide to "galena (mineral)" (note the spurious quotes) and had to play around with more moves and deletes to sort it out. Sigh. Perhaps I should leave this stuff to violetriga! -- ALoan (Talk) 00:04, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hee. :) I just happened to see the article's creation on a random reload of Recentchages, and I thought it was the least I could do. I've been rather lazy lately in that I haven't written/expanded any articles since mid May, and no rock/mineral articles (save for diamond) since.. I don't remember. I'll try to remedy that once this sticky heat wave is over. (Promises, promises.) By the way, those were great edits to diamond! The section is much more precise now, and reads better too. I hope Stepanovas has been appeased. :) -- Hadal 04:42, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Vsmith 03:25, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
American spelling is the international standard according to whom? English, unlike other languages, has no central authority on proper usage. There are several organizations, such as IUPAC, the OED, and others that attempt to set rules but there is no reason we must follow them. Even many scientific periodicals and journals do not follow the convention you mention, much less encyclopedias. Most UK scientific journals still seem to use British spelling, as any database search will show. - SimonP 17:39, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)
Vsmith 22:56, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I started this project shortly after I joined wikipedia (months ago), and soon discovered that decisions & discussions about what really belonged in the infobox & how to phrase things were way beyond my ancient & rudimentary experience. I haven't been involved in this project since then, and I have no idea whether anyone else has picked it up and started solidifying the standard infobox & terminology & applying it to articles. (I've abandoned rocks for the dog breeds project :-) .) I would be thrilled if someon else were to take the initiative on this project & work on establishing some suggested standards to help ensure consistency. It's always a challenging thing to do, but IMHO needs doing--in a cooperative and encouraging way, of course. Have fun, in between torturing high school students! And I'd be delighted to answer questions about what we've done in the dog project over time, too, as a parallel. Elf | Talk 16:06, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your efforts on concentration. The article is much, much better for your input! -- FirstPrinciples 09:06, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)
So far, I like the direction your edits are taking; you are sharpening the viewpoint; if I might suggest an addition, at the epoch of the big bang at the instant of the first timestep, the physical constants may not have yet stabilized toward the current set we are enjoying now. What I am pointing out is that at the event of the big bang, in the infinity of cosmological decades (in the sense of 10^^-N years or seconds), just at the edge of the first Planck time, we could have been in a different version of the multiverse (one which would not have settled on our specific universe yet). Thus the current set of physical constants determined our version of the multiverse, our universe. I say timestep because before the first Planck timestep, we cannot really talk about the continuous variable time. My viewpoint is that we really cannot talk about t=0. Regards, Ancheta Wis 23:42, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hi there! I like the work you've done on the geology\minerals articles. I was hoping for a suggestion. There are lots of links to intrusive rock and I am wondering how to link this. Pluton links back to Batholith. I was thinking of an article like Intrusion (geology), where I could list Batholith, Laccolith, stock, sill etc. Then intrusive rock could link to there. But perhaps that's overkill? You know of any articles out there I'm overlooking that would make a good link? The geoogy catagories seem a bit juggled too; many articles are in several cats within cats. I want to move a lot of stuff under Earth Science category to Geology, But will fish around for comments first. Just looking for any suggestions; I love discussing geology. Thanks! -- DanielCD 21:32, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
My apologies, both for apparently misplacing some of the discusion on chemical names when I archived and for not answering sooner. I thought I had, but I must have pressed the wrong button.
I agree that the discussion seems to have died out; that's why I archived it. I didn't follow along and so don't know how close you were to a consensus. If you were close, you might want to state your current proposal and see if there are any objections. If you're far from consensus, you might want to put it aside for the time being. If the discussion was somewhere in between, you might want to try a straw poll.
Good luck. I'm not sure how helpful this is. I've been on Wikipedia less than two months myself.
By the way, I worked for a year at a high school in Tempe, Arizona. Maurreen 06:48, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hey, do you think this article is better under Stratum or Rock strata? I saw your comment, but I thought Stratum would work better. But now I'm not so sure; Rock strata seems more intelligible to the layman. Just letting you know I didn't just brush your suggestion aside. They can always be switched. -- DanielCD 16:14, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for the help with the rock/mineral articles. I've moved several from the 1911 ency. and intend to work on updating/clarifying the info as I'm able. Some of the names may be outdated as well, so if you see any outdated stuff, zap it or LMK. Really appreciate the help! -- DanielCD 14:59, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hey, I am having a hard time finding any policy on capitalizing sub-words that go with geologic ages, such as "Late" Paleozoic and Permian "Period" (as opposed to late Paleozoic and Permain period). Outside info says to capitalize these, but I don't know what to do here. I would like to follow the standard and capitalize them. You have an opinion ? -- DanielCD 19:44, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I saw you are standardizing some mineral formulas. I've done quite a few lately, and may have left some messes because I need to research more and the 1911 formulas often translate badly. Geology could use some standardization in dates also. Someone commented in the talk at the Gondwana article that the dates didn't add up. Almost afraid to tackle that one because dates vary so much. Just letting you know; I'm working on it and always like to fish for comments/suggestions. Especially when I fins someone who appreciates rocks! -- DanielCD 14:35, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:
OR
Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man ( comment| talk)
... addition to "Niagara Falls". This is up as one of the Featured article candidates if you are interested in supporting (or ... gulp ... objecting to) it. Sfahey 18:54, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
... and for your recent vigilance on "Niagara Falls". It's interesting how different folks pick up on different types of items, (usually) for the betterment of the whole enterprise. BTW, I just now noticed your reply (above) to my long-past query. D'ya know if the convention is to reply on this page, as you did, or to the originator's "mailbox"? You must have enjoyed a bump in classroom attentiveness since the tsunami. Sfahey 01:49, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:No personal attacks. Your reply to my comment was a personal insult, and did not address what I had to say. Guettarda 18:52, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Dear Vsmith,
I only moved the contents for the enty, 'Boomer bible' to an appropriate entry title of, 'The Boomer Bible.' The book being described is, in fact, The Boomer Bible by R. F. Laird, (New York, NY: Workman Publishing, 1991) and I thought it would be appropriate to have it under the correct title.
There was a link that pointed people that had used 'Boomer bible' to the new destination of 'The Boomer Bible' for the convenience of other users.
Please reconsider your decision to undo my edits.
Thank you for your kind consideration.
Regards,
BalowStar sounds well-intentioned, and he may have a point about moving this page.
Shall we list it on Wikipedia:Requested moves? Would that be the best way to proceed?
Jonathunder 19:02, 2004 Dec 17 (UTC)
( William M. Connolley 10:14, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)) Hi. You added a nice pic to the aerosol article, but... to me it doesn't necessarily look like pollution. It looks rather more like cloud from the mountains. Could you add a link back to the NASA source so I/we can check NASA's description? Thanks.
I note you've moved the alternate definition of the former to the same page as the latter. As the definitions and applications thereof are, however, very different I believe it would be better to leave them in seperate locations (and expand the former), it also being bad practice to point from a term to different term in this way. Slag (slang) is now at slag -- Vamp: Willow 10:21, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Hey, could you peek at the liquefaction article and see my edits. I think I am getting in a beef with the creationists, though I don't want to (believe me, I stay away from the debate like the plague!). But I need an opinion. If I can't put scientific stuff on the Flood geology page, why should there be stuff like that on a science page? Maybe I'm getting Wikistress or something. But I don't think all fossils formed by sinking into the ground and I don't know of any published studies on this. I also removed a statement that claimed all strata were laid down at one time under water by precipitation. I don't want to offend anyone though; I just want to work on geology stuff. An opinion would be appreciated. -- DanielCD 16:14, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I am surprised to see that in your template of sedimentary rocks you go for "clastic" vs "precipitate". It seems to me that even when you add "biogenic or chemical" this falls a bit short for carbonates. What do you do with a cross bedded grainstone for example? I would like to suggest that carbonates be kept into a subcategory of their own. I realise this is a discussion that could go on for ever but I am not trying to pick a fight..this is just meant as a friendly point of view/suggestion. Carole a 13:24, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Oh good, you didn't take it badly. The all thing about rock classification is that, you are right, it is never going to be perfect. Coal, for one will always mess you up and chalk is another killer if you get to the nitty gritty of it. I am not a regular wikipedian, so I don't want to promise too much, but I'll try to help with the rock project every now and then. I am out of country right now, away from my books and don't want to do too much stuff from the top of my head. I'll make sure that I take a couple of my favourite petrography texts next time I leave home. Carole a 04:48, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Hi there again. I just made an article at Water hardness and would like to invite you to proofread/comment, if you are interested. None of the other water articles seemed to cover it in any depth. Later -- DanielCD 15:51, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I just read that Kare Fog page. The thing makes me cringe with how much more it's concerned with demonizing Lomborg than with disputing his work. Perhaps there is a better page that could be found to represent scientific critique of Lomborg's work? I also stumbled across this analysis of the Fog criticisms [1], which you should read all the way through if you have not yet, since it seems to be written from a more clear perspective. — Cortonin | Talk 07:48, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hi again. You know, I've been looking at that wave loading article and it just doesn't seem to make sense. I've tried researching it, but nothing is really clear on what it is or what its connection to liquefation is. In short, I can't find any reference material to verify anything this article is saying. Is it simply sediment suspended in water? Is it wave pressure pounding on one side of a structure? I'm just a little puzzled and was hoping you could help me decide what this is. Know of any references that might help?
Thanks for your time. -- DanielCD 14:56, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
From what I can tell, it means pressure that waves themselves exert on a floating vessel or pressure placed on submerged structures. I don't think the sediment in the water has anything to do with it. I would like some input on possibly removing the wave loading reference from the liquefaction article. Nothing I find says anything about sediment in the water affecting the pressure the waves exert. Sure it may affect a centimeter's depth of sediment in very shallow water, but that's like using lunar gravity to explain the water movement in my bathtub. -- DanielCD 15:14, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Well, I did it, but as you might guess, Unguss quickly reverted it. Ho hum. Check out liq. talk page for some laughs. And someone else "clarified" the def of wave loading at that article. Sorry to be a pest. Just LMK if you want no part of this. -- DanielCD 19:22, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hi again. I just posted a new article at Archaeopteris, a fossil tree. Don't know how much into paleo you are, but it's more my specialty and I think you might find it interesting. I think its pretty good, but could use some peer review. Once again, thanks for your time. -- DanielCD 21:12, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Nice cleanup of Alfred Wegener. – Quadell ( talk) ( sleuth) 12:46, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
Hi again, it seems this is not our first mutual run in with nonsense and idiocy on wikipedia. Why do we keep meeting this way? :o) I see you've recently voted in the RNA world vote [2] (thank you). However creationist nutter 138.130.194.229 just won't stop, he is continuing his revert wars and has also now begun inserting copyvios etc. Your input on Wikipedia:requests for comment/138.130.194.229 would be very greatly appreciated. Thanks.-- Deglr6328 19:53, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The changes you made are great. Glad I could find something new for you to learn. -- Gruepig 07:40, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Originally had a long rant here, but I decided to spare you.
Yes, the Eugenics example was masterfully funny if nothing else. Wanna place a bet on how long the Creation example will stay if I put it back? -- DanielCD 15:21, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Take a look at Talk:Deluge (mythology). I made a few small changes and it's sparked a storm of BS. If only they could take they highpowered, anal need to diagram every word of a person's reponse and turn it toward the creation articles. -- DanielCD 19:34, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
It irks me to no end to see these guys using "Flood geology" in articles like Deluge (mythology). It is not a legitimate field of study and I don't think it should be stated as such because the term makes it sound as if it's real geology. I took it out and put creation science in its place, but they changed it back. I'd like to remove it again, but I know these guys will have a fit. What do you think? -- DanielCD 14:18, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Looks like Ungtss quit Wiki. I think I'm gonna lay off the debate stuff for a while. I am getting a little too nitpicky I think. I hate to see him leave, he was actually a really even-tempered debater. Never saw him rant like some of the others. Oh well. -- DanielCD 17:10, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment on my discussion page. Unfortunately I have very little time at the moment to get really involved into things. I just finished my comment for the ArbCom. Probably you know about that already, but nevertheless here is the link: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/JonGwynne. best regards -- mkrohn 02:14, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
The block only prevents the "Save Page" function. Admins can still (un)block/protect/delete pages while they are blocked. Even the one-click page rollback function still works (and looks to other users like regular edits). Rollbacks of course are not permitted on the disputed page, but may be used during Recent Changes patrol against vandalism. I could live without these can-do-while-blocked features, but so far there were very little problems in that respect with admins. Hope this answers your questions. -- Chris 73 Talk 08:18, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
Hey, at the agate article, there is this: " Mexican agate, showing only a single eye, has received the name of cyclops." This apparently came out of the 1911 encyclopedia. I typed in "mexican cyclops agate" in Yahoo, and it looks like this same reference is all over the web. I dunno about any "cyclops" agate; I know about Mexical crazy lace though. I'm trying to veryfy what this is, got any ideas? Do you know of any good resource that gives detail of agate formation?
Also, a picture popped into the fossil article captioned "fossil plants" that I think is a dendrite and not a fossil. Give it a peek if you get the chance. Thanks. -- DanielCD 19:43, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I'll start Dendrite (rock) here in a bit, unless you have a better name. -- DanielCD 16:56, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Dendrite (crystal) has been launched. No new info yet, just moved the old stuff over. -- DanielCD 14:16, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Hi. If re-writing a copyvio, please use the temporary page as indicated in the copyvio text. Updating the original article text causes more work for administrators because the copyvio must still be deleted from the article's history. By using the Temp page for the re-write, the original article with the copyvio in it's history can be deleted and the Temp re-write can replace it. In that way, no copyvio in the history. It just makes life easier for admins if the copyvio process is followed as explained. Nothing really get messed up but the page history doesn't accurately reflect the article's edit history. That's why I copied it to the talk page before deleting it. RedWolf 04:09, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)
Hey, I added a pic to Hematite. I think I might need to crop it some though now that I see it on the page. Know anything about doing pics? I'm just venturing into the world of wikiimages. My first one was better, at Asaphus kowalewski. Also check out Schist. LMK what ya think. -- DanielCD 13:26, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Just working through the page history. It's hilarious. Will try and make some sense of what is really going on after class. Guettarda 17:24, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Yea, you wouldn't think a lil' green shack for growing flowers would be so controversial. -- DanielCD 14:21, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Vsmith, I have kept most of your version around, but have simply tried to make sure that the physics is correctly described within it. See the lengthy description under "Approaches to a question" on the talk page for an explanation of why this is necessary. — Cortonin | Talk 19:22, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Sorry about Norite - thanks for fixing it. I was a bit afraid it was too much of a composite to be called a mineral, but I did not find it anywhere in Wikipedia and didn't know where to put it. I ran into the minerals list on "random" viewing. Pdn 16:53, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I've notived you seem to monitor similar pages to me (eg. geomorphology). Would you like to purposefully collaborate at fleshing some of the lesser entries out? Cheers, Daniel Collins 03:52, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I was going to yell at you for reformatting my multiline paragraph into a single line paragraph. But having read Don't use line breaks I now understand it's more complicated than making editing easier. But, having said that: why do you collapse multi-line paragraphs into single-line paragraphs? Josh Parris ✉ 03:11, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
this does... Vsmith 03:51, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Just wondering if you might not want to tone down your comments just a tad. I know I shouldn't talk (given our first conversation, and the fact that I went straight to Ed's talk page)...Ed appears to be a lost cause, his true colours have come out...but I suspect that other readers might give your comments more weight if they were just a little more measured. I think it's important to say what you said, I just feel like the tone was a little stronger than it had to be in a few places. Feel free to ignore this, btw - I don't actually know what I am talking about when it comes to the whole "people" question. Guettarda 00:30, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
( William M. Connolley 22:33, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)) Hi. I've just read the Horticern paper and commented on the solar greenhouse page. I don't think it supports C's POV, and I don't even think he has understood it. I am more than ever convinced that he is simply pushing his own personal research, probably out of a combination of dislike for anything I say combined with embarassment at being corrected by me right at the start of this. I doubt he will do anything other than post a lot more words there. On the assumption that he has nothing useful to say:
My proposal is: that the GHE page goes back to what it was before this: stating that the GHE is a misnomer, with a few refs (inc the Weart one, which I consider quite reliable). I'm asking you because the sub-page was your attempt at consensus. I think we can leave the sub-page for a while, unlinked from the GHE page. Will you support me in this?
To Cortonin: yes, I know you'll read this. Please don't place intrusive comments or I'll just take this discussion onto personal mail.
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William M. Connolley 09:00, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)) Thanks for your help. Sorry I was little use, my "24" hour ban seems to have been a bit extended, for obscure reasons.
( William M. Connolley 14:33, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)) Errm, but I think I ought to aplogise for reverting your version to mine. The reason was that it appeared to be so compromised as to be near meaningless.
Don't worry about it. I'm glad you caught the vandalism I missed. Thanks for the note, though. Dave (talk)
Hey, is liquefaction the "process by which sediments are transformed into suspension by water pressure from beneath" ? There's a new article at liquify. I haven't been following the "Liq." articles, but a lot of moving going on. How does water pressure come from beneath and then suspend sediments in water above? It would have to be a spring or something, eh?, and as such, a very minor thing. -- DanielCD 16:47, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I changed it a bit. I'm not so sure these articles needed to be split up. -- DanielCD 16:50, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Looks like everyone forgot what page they were on. [3] ( SEWilco 16:16, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC))
For your tireless efforts to defend the integrity of the science articles on Wikipedia, I hereby award you this buttered crumpet.
Don't let it get stale, don't feet it to your students, and don't eat it all in one sitting. Otherwise, enjoy! -- DanielCD 20:35, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Well, if he does it a lot and is in the wrong, there will be plenty of other opportunities to block him, or whatever. -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 03:20, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for tidying some of my new mineral articles including essexite. I'm no geologist; these come from the project to cover all the ground of Britannica ( Wikipedia:2004_Encyclopedia_topics) and I realized some of these articles were low-hanging fruit. Er, rocks. Feel free to jump in and find other rocky red links on those 28 pages. I also created ferricrete, ferrierite, ferrohortonolite (so far). David Brooks 05:06, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
A new gem/mineral article that looks a little fishy (a copyvio?). Definitely needs some focusing/pruning. Just thought you might like to take a look as minerals seem to be your prime area. -- DanielCD 04:14, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your message! (I didn't have gemstone on my watchlist, for some odd reason.) I've done a major refactoring and expansion of the article, and included the infobox and three more references in the process. Most of the bare facts were correct, at least those pertaining to the actual mineral. However, the bulk of the article seemed to be tangential background information about the historical and geological history of the Pamir region, which IMO didn't belong in the article. I axed most of the text explaining the humite group; this could be moved into a new article on the subject, but I'm not prepared to do that if its copyright status is in question. Judging from the colour of the imaged stone, it would pass as climohumite; then again, it could easily be its cousin chondrodite (which is apparently better known for its garnet-like colour). It's certainly a very large specimen (I've got stone envy). Judging by the generic file name, it's likely this user's own digital image. I'll ask him to provide source and licensing information, of course. After that's established I'll probably crop and re-upload it to the Commons.
I regret that Arem's book is one of the few (English) gemmological texts I don't own. It isn't a recommended text, as it's a bit dated (I own only one gem reference book whose edition predates my birth, but it's an exceptional monograph on synthetics); however, if Arem goes into this much detail on clinohumite of all things, I think I better find myself a copy. You see, clinohumite is one of those ridiculously rare gemstones that isn't even included in the secondary (optional) British course syllabus. I have several thousand dollars' worth of reference books, and only one (Webster's Gems, the "gemmologist's bible") mentions clinohumite, in a rather terse single paragraph. Webster doesn't mention Youngman or van Dyk, nor does he corroborate their observations. A recent (2000) Journal of Gemmology article did establish that Pamir is not the sole source of gem-quality material, and I've included this (along with Webster and Mindat's entry) within the references.
User:Zotter's text does look like a copyvio, especially due to his/her mention of the USSR in present-tense. I don't know how I'll broach the subject of possible copyright violation, because I don't want to be accused of "biting the newcomer". Anyway, how does the article look now? :) -- Hadal 07:00, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
Hello. In the past, you've spoken in favor of the serial comma in the WP Manual of Style. Currently, two or three users have been taking out all guidance on that in favor of a statement that the MoS takes no position. They've said they reached a consensus on the talk page. Would you care to comment there? Jonathunder 22:06, 2005 May 9 (UTC)
Hi! Why you deleted discussion on diamond talk page? The talk is continued [ here ]
p. s. thanks for correction of Udachnaya pipe. I Hope for successful cooperation. Stepanovas 03:13, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
Yes - it takes a bit to learn the various ways things get done around here. I see User:Hadal has modified the diamond page to better show the various garnet indicators - seems my uvarovite info was in error. Hadal is a gemmologist and an admin around here, good person to go to for questions. Great editor and if you have questions or need help with editing just drop either of us a note. Vsmith 16:06, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
I agree with edites. Best wishes. Stepanovas 20:16, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
HI there Vsmith. I put a new picture in at Trilobite and I was hoping I could get your opinion on it. Do you think it's too dark? I'm kind of scratching my head as to whether I should try to lighten it. It looks fine on my monitor, but on another I saw it was really dark. It's the Cyphaspis tafilalet pic. Perhaps some of the folks who frequent your talk page will take a peek too. -- DanielCD 01:51, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
Hi Vsimth. You reverted my attempt to delete the quote in TSE and replace it by a summary. While I don't think my summary was the best ever, I do think that the TSE page is - in general - plagued by excessive quotes. I don't think that encyclopedic articles should contain that much quotes, esp. since they could easily be summarised. Would you mind joining the discussion I started on this topic on the TSE Talk page? Thanks! Luis rib 20:06, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, I've put it on watch and will try to help. Joe D (t) 01:53, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
That was the result of an database artefact from me trying to action the request on WP:RM to move Lead Sulfide to lead sulfide. I saw that the history of lead sulfide pretty much terminated when galena (mineral) was created, and that the two were essentially identical at that time - that is, apparently a cut and paste move some time last year.
To merge the page histories, I had to delete galena (mineral) so I could move lead sulfide on top and then undelete the historical edits for galena (mineral). Somewhat bizarrely, when you undelete, you can end up with an older edit later in the edit history than more recent edits, so I had to "revert" an edit from (IIRC) April 2005 to end up with the most recent version of the page from May 2005! Strange but true. Once "reverted", the database seems to catch up with itself, so it looks like I reverted an edit that was never there.
You may also have noticed that I screwed up in making the page move - I managed to send lead sulfide to "galena (mineral)" (note the spurious quotes) and had to play around with more moves and deletes to sort it out. Sigh. Perhaps I should leave this stuff to violetriga! -- ALoan (Talk) 00:04, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hee. :) I just happened to see the article's creation on a random reload of Recentchages, and I thought it was the least I could do. I've been rather lazy lately in that I haven't written/expanded any articles since mid May, and no rock/mineral articles (save for diamond) since.. I don't remember. I'll try to remedy that once this sticky heat wave is over. (Promises, promises.) By the way, those were great edits to diamond! The section is much more precise now, and reads better too. I hope Stepanovas has been appeased. :) -- Hadal 04:42, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)