Welcome!

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

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• Tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  Alai 01:08, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

maps

Hi,

i noticed your fine maps on the Greek-Italian war. If you make any further maps, could you please upload them on commons?

From commons, the wikipedias in all languages can use these maps as if they are present in the wiki.

thanks in advance,
Z.

hi, the maps in First Kashmir War are good, but if possible can you change the colours used for the region of India and Pakistan to one of saffron and green respectively? The reason is to ensure NPOV. As it is it appears to show that the entire J&K region was an indian territory and that Pakistan intruded into Indian territory to take posession. This is objectionable from both parties since J&K region itself was disputed and still remains disputed. Thus if the countries India and Pakistan are shown in saffron and green - both colours regularly used by many maps to show their religious majorities, then I think the map will look more neutral.

On a similar note, don't you think that Aksai Chin should be given a different colour in the same maps created by you? after all it was and is disputed as to who actually inherited the land. Also labelling the countries as India and Pakistan will help those who have no knowledge on this subject matter. Idleguy 07:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC) reply

we thought so too :p —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.215.45.73 ( talk) 23:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC). reply

OK ignore that. 129.215.45.73 23:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC) reply

The image seems to have been taken from here: [1]. What is your contribution that you marked it with a {{ PD-self}} tag? ~ trialsanderrors 03:54, 3 April 2007 (UTC) reply

I took the Photo. Note the angle is slightly different Mike Young 15:32, 3 April 2007 (UTC) reply

May I please ask why one reference to a Pakistani writer on the 1947 arson and looting in Kashmir was ( removed) in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947? Thanks. -- Idleguy 15:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC) reply

Is this image from Gillingham, Kent, or Gillingham, Dorset? Or even Norfolk? (personally I'm guessing Kent from your userbox) Totnesmartin 22:13, 28 May 2007 (UTC) reply

(rv West Bank boy, please explain any changes in the talk page, especially why you disagree with official government census figures)

I disagee with official government census figures cause these are unreliable sources written by commies or socialist or some extreme fundamentalist trying to hide the truth of muslims population in hungary. I just wanna notify u that im hungarian (my religion is islam) and i've seen muslims in great numbers in hungary, there's no such a thing as 3,000 or 6,000 or 300 or whatever, these are very extremely nationalist propaganda done by heartless hungarians from other part of the world like america who have never been to hungary nor know anything about hungary like i do as i grew up in there and experience things in there, yet the topic about islam in hungary seem to keep changing everyweek writing by some all sort of anti-Islam members of wiki who wants things to be on their way and not wiki's way, vandalising as much as they can to make a fun out these things, however this topic was to be disputed but again there's always some vandals who comes take these off without much point. It's pretty sad that there are many who has no mercy for this topic and they had to be taught a good lesson by someone moderate. anyway the reference i posted about muslim population in hungary is very much referenced as you can see it is over 606,000 not 3201 or all these extremist unreferenced sources which are damaging muslim's reputation in hungary and wikipedia itself. These are very important fundamental aspect for wiki and for muslims in hungary to keep the peace and not causing conflict for unreferenced source which provokes things into conflict and violence cause by some idiot who's writing things in wiki which can endangers other's lifes, afterall wiki is very popular in hungary. Can you imaging if Wikipedia is a fundamentalist website and not a pedia website???? geez i hardly come here cause it's getting fundamentally anti-islam and it's a shame. This has to stop.

                            best regard
                                       
West Bank Boy 04:24, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
reply

A tag has been placed on MuslimWiki, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because it is an article about a certain website, blog, forum, or other web content that does not assert the importance or significance of that web location. Please read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles, as well as notability guidelines for websites. Please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources which verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and put a note on Talk:MuslimWiki. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Thanks. McGeddon 11:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC) reply

... And it's gone. If you want to recreate the article, make sure to at least explain why it's an important site, rather than just putting up a one-sentence stub summary and leaving it. As you can see, such articles don't survive for very long. -- McGeddon 16:04, 12 July 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi, hope you like the award. :-) -- Idleguy 17:28, 23 July 2007 (UTC) reply

Pretty simple actually to give an award. Just go to Wikipedia:Awards and choose from the different categories of awards and select the one that feels best to be given to the recipient. -- Idleguy 03:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC) reply

• Ah, yes. It's much better now. -- Idleguy 15:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC) reply

It's upto the mark now. Thanks. -- Idleguy 12:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC) reply

Thank you for uploading images/media to Wikipedia! There is however another Wikimedia foundation project called Wikimedia Commons, a central media repository for all free media. In the future, please consider creating an account and uploading media there instead. That way, all the other language Wikipedias can use them too, as well as our many sister projects. This will also allow our visitors to search for, view and use our media in one central location. If you wish to move previous uploads to Commons, see Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons. Please note that non-free content, such as images claimed as fair use, cannot be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. Help us spread the word about Commons by informing other users, and please continue uploading!

Sfan00 IMG 14:24, 24 July 2007 (UTC) reply

Thanks for uploading Image:HandOfSabazius.JPG. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Image copyright tags

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 19:07, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Please don't edit my posts [2] and stop posting empty threats. Thank you. -- Raphael1 16:43, 10 August 2007 (UTC) reply

Though we might agree, that this source is using the phrase in a sarcastic manner, we don't have any reliable reference for it, do we?-- Raphael1 22:02, 29 August 2007 (UTC) reply

hi Mike Young, the word "give peace"(verb)(إسلام) is different from the word "peace"(noun)(سلام). & both are related to the word islam by root. see discussion page. << Smart_Viral 01:19, 30 August 2007 (UTC)>> reply

This is ridiculous. We need to get an admin on this. Do you know anyone? Alexwoods 17:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC) Saw your note for Sandbox2, Mike. Feel free to make any changes you'd like on ROP. -- Matt57 ^{( talk• contribs)} 16:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC) reply

I took a look at the sandbox draft. I think it's really good - you've improved the flow and clarity of the writing, and the little columns at the bottom present the websites very fairly. I'd strongly support the change if you made it. Also we seem to be reaching some kind of consensus on mention of the websites, so the redraft's chances for success might be good. Thanks for your hard work, people like you are what makes this website so great. Alexwoods 21:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC) reply

May i ask why you have started adding links into the see also section that are duplicated elsewhere. The idea of the navbox in the top right corner of the page is to provide all these links. The peer review highlighted the large see also section as a problem. There are many links within the text to these. I agree that the notable sailors section should be removed, (one section paragraphs are frowned upon). That section was a remnant from when that list was in the article. I think we only need one link though. Woodym555 15:50, 7 September 2007 (UTC) reply

I think most users look at the navbox at the top, then to the table of contents and then go to the bottom. If they go to the bottom they will see the list of active ships in the navbox at the bottom. That large navbox serves the same purpose as the link. I think one notable sailor link should be left in the see also section though. The WP:SEEALSO section has it in bold that links should not be repeated. (As a suggestion, you could use the show preview button to avoid clogging up the article history with minor edits). Woodym555 16:07, 7 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Yes, you become immune to spam after a while. I think the navbox serves its purpose!! Occasionally people just don't see it. No harm done. Woodym555 17:38, 7 September 2007 (UTC) reply

This is my first post to you, and I really hope I am not bothering you bad. I am here to make a request. Can you, please, take a look at the Bangladesh Liberation War article. I have tried and improved it so some extent, but a lot more is needed. Can you give me some directions? I promise to work on them as much possible. One thing I should mention is that the article is currently heavily overlapping with with the interconnected articles linked as "see also" or "main article" on that page. If you respond to this, please, do so either on the talk page of the article or my talk page. My plan is to work on your feedback first, and then request a copyeditor to collaborate, and only then take it to peer review. Given the scope of the article and availability of material, this ought to become FA with a little help. Aditya^{( talk • contribs)} 14:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maps of Bangladesh.

Thanks. As long as there are in-line citations (or the potential for it), wikification may not be a problem. I put myself up for a volunteer already. I also have put the article for peer review. You may want to post a few comments there. Aditya^{( talk • contribs)} 21:22, 15 September 2007 (UTC) reply

I have asked toddy1 already. It has also been submitted to a peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Bangladesh Liberation War/archive1. There's a few maps you can use. Check the commons category at right for the maps. And, oh, can you identify the particular information that really needs a citation, POV toning, or clarity? You're most welcome to make use of {{ context needed}}, {{ dubious}} or {{ fact}} tags. Thanks and cheers. Aditya^{( talk • contribs)} 03:56, 17 September 2007 (UTC) reply

I have posted to Toddy's talk page (awarding him and epic barnstar too). It seems some of his observations can be met by Indian or Pakistani editors. Can you name some who I can turn to? And, oh, did the maps on commons help you at all? Or do you need another map? I'll start working on the suggestions today or tomorrow (schedules have gone a bit hectic). Cheers. Aditya^{( talk • contribs)} 03:40, 23 September 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi, I'm a "wiki" friend of Elias and me and him cooperate in edits on Wikipedia with regard to certain Assyrian articles. I also have an interest in Byzantine history.

I would just like to thank you so much for your efforts in supporting an Assyrian family. God smile upon your act of kindness for taking care of strangers.

I'm also a fellow Briton, but I don't live in England any more. Well, see ya later mate! Tourskin 08:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC) reply

The photos were deleted because they were cited as copyvio by a Pakistani author. It appears that we may have to bide our time for a while. As per the official law, pictures taken in India have to be more than 60 years old, before they become public domain (PD) since they were first taken. Which means those 2 photos are not yet PD, but come 1st January, 2008, they'll automatically be under public domain, then I should be able to upload several images on the war. Just a matter of 3 months. -- Idleguy 02:32, 24 September 2007 (UTC) reply

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		Magnificent map. Bangladesh Liberation War looks so much more better now. Wonderful. Aditya( talk • contribs) 08:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi Mike. There is no designated national color for Bangladsh. But the two colors from its flag are, of course, green and dark red. Since green has already been used for Pakistan, dark red can be an option. However, during the liberation war, the flag used by Muktibahini used a third color -"Golden", which is somewhat equivalent to bright yellow in digital sense. Best regards, Arman ^{( Talk)} 01:38, 29 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Awesome. Just one question - are we cutting down the "war" part, especially the Bangladesh part, a bit more than ideal? May be a bit on the organization on the Mukti Bahini could remain. There may also be a bit on the legacy, including artistic depiction. I am checking the article from a Bangladesh perspective, but since are still working on it and you have better knowledge of war articles, I guess, you could tell me what is best. Aditya^{( talk • contribs)} 14:34, 29 October 2007 (UTC) reply

Yeah, I can see your point. The long text on the war that was there previously actually had little meat, but the size fooled me fine. Well, after boiling down that stuff I guess we have only what is there now. Thanks for showing the light. Aditya^{( talk • contribs)} 09:26, 3 November 2007 (UTC) reply

• Pl. give me some time and I'll get back to you. But I'm sure you must have done a great job. Idleguy 01:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Hey its the new user here who edited religon of peace, I accept if you want to revert now thinking over it, as the consensus is against me after I checked it and I am now versed in wikipedia's policies (i.e. consensus) however I still personally stand by what I wrote. I did what I did thinking (possibly wrong I accept) what I wrote was correct. Please revert, I just wanted a valid reason for reverting if someone did, and now I have cheked it out without going into it straightaway I see consensus is against me. Rob.G.P.A 23:09, 9 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Hey by the way, although this is completly unrelated to anything can I use your kent userbox? I dont know the policy on using other peoples userboxes. Rob.G.P.A 21:51, 10 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Im not quite sure how the email works, and its probably not the best place to awnser your question, but I live in Newington, near Sittingbourne in Kent(borough of Swale), I was born in Canterbury and raised in Rochester(Im a man of Kent) some time ago now.

		The Barnstar of National Merit
		I am sure you won't mind another barnstar. For your wonderful work on Bangladesh Liberation War. I am making this a national barnstar to signify what it means to us the people from Bangladesh. I hope this is not too nationalistic. Thanks, man, thanks. Aditya( talk • contribs) 13:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC) reply

Hi, please be more careful when you edit the articles. [3]

I put a comment for you here.-- Seyyed( t- c) 03:57, 10 December 2007 (UTC) reply

This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of London Accord, and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://www.london-accord.co.uk/final_report/exec_sum.htm. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot ( talk) 10:56, 19 December 2007 (UTC) reply

According to this, the report is copyrighted. I'll have to delete the article. Sorry, Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC) reply

A tag has been placed on London Accord requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. If this is the first page you created, you may want to consult WP:Your first article.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion by adding {{ hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

Comment: Hello again. (That is, "again", if you happen to have read my reply on the articles previous talk page before it got deleted. With the alleged copyright violation gone, there is still a possible notability issue. The article meets, in its current state, the criteria A7 for speedy deletion, and has been tagged as such. Just thought i'd notify you. G'day. ~ | twsx | ^talk _cont | 15:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC) reply

I have added two reasons for notability.

• It is non-government funded

• It is the largest investment research project to date on climate change. $7M to $15M

I hope that you will remove the speedly delete as soon as you can Mike Young ( talk) 15:56, 19 December 2007 (UTC) reply

Hello. Just stating those things do not make the article notable. Also, it is not me you have to convince, it is the whole, so you should find reliable sources that establish notability for the company, and then add those sources to the article. You can find more information about notability on wikipedia at WP:N. ~ | twsx | ^talk _cont | 17:10, 19 December 2007 (UTC) reply

Hello. I strongy recommend you seize re-creating the article in a state that infringes copyright. I have re-tagged the article for speedy deletion, and recommended the recreation of the article to be temporary prohibited. ~ | twsx | ^talk _cont | 07:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC) reply

I have deleted this again. Please note, asserting that the website the text has come from is open source is academic. Wikipedia requires a GFDL licence, and the source must explicitly release the text to us. There is no note on the source website that the text is released under GFDL. See Wikipedia:Copyrights for more help. Please do not repost this material unless it is fully re-wrtiten. I appreciate you are doing this in good faith, but Wikipedia has to take copyright very seriously. Thanks. Pedro :  Chat  08:33, 20 December 2007 (UTC) reply

I've looked at your draft as requested and commented on my talk page. —  Coren  ^(talk) 02:37, 21 December 2007 (UTC) reply

I note that the article on the London Accord has been deleted three times now. Most administrators when seeing the rebirth of an article that has been deleted three times will (undertandably) automatically re-delete it without looking at it.

I am writing to request you not to do this, as I honestly believe that the reasons given have been addressed now.

I have recreated the article at User:Mike Young/LondonAccord. I have expanded it and added other stuff to make a useful article which cannot resonably claim to be copy vio (remember the London Accord website is open source). I see no reason why the article in its present form should be deleted. However you may. Please feel free to comment on the article on it's talk page, or even better to help me improve it by editing it into a form which you will find acceptable as an article. This is a much more sensible course of action than engaging in a deletion war. I would appreciate a "Yes this is OK" on the talk page if you think this is not an article that warrants a speedy delete.

Thank you very much in anticipation for your time. Mike Young ( talk) 02:22, 21 December 2007 (UTC) reply

Hello. The article still contains the very same text as the homepage does which is, according to the homepages legal disclaimer, a violation of copyright. It will most likely be deleted again if added to the mainspace in it's current form. ~ | twsx | ^talk _cont | 08:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC) reply

• Note I have replied on User:Coren's talk page to keep things centralised. Discussion is here. Pedro :  Chat  08:15, 21 December 2007 (UTC) reply

Your recent additions to Biodiesel - Environmental Benefits fails to mention a critical detail - the values are specific to the UK. Transportation costs, referred to as "fuel chain" (for fuel, not feedstock), were figured in, inflating the values for foreign imports. At very least, this needs to be addressed, though I am in favor of removal. It's common for individuals to overlook details when presented with graphical displays; since this display provides a distorted view of the situation, it should be removed or replaced with something unbiased. Also, other, more general sources and comments were removed in favor of this nation-specific source.--E8 (talk) 19:36, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

• Mike - I moved your contributions to the new Biodiesel in the United Kingdom page and also started adding internal references to this page. I need sleep. When I get a free moment, I'll work on this more.-- E8 ( talk) 07:25, 29 January 2008 (UTC) reply

• • Nice work overall, Mike. Thanks for sticking with it and seeking out the obscured details.-- E8 ( talk) 19:50, 30 January 2008 (UTC) reply

• Mike - you'll note that Biodiesel will be different when review it next. Please take a look at the 100 or so recent edits and check them for technical accuracy; the fellow making the posts seems unwilling to work with me. Hopefully he'll respond to you better.-- E8 ( talk) 01:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC) reply

When you say 'paper', do you mean a paper you wrote for an academic project? As well, if you wish to avoid edit-warring, you may find it helpful to leave an edit alone until the matter is discussed and resolved. Without hard citations, the information cannot be used in the article. i am removing it until the discussion on the strength of these citations is determined. Please direct your comments on the subject to the discussion page of the article. - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 15:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC) reply
That came across as harsh when it wasn't at all meant to. I am sure you mean well, but we need some verifiable citations to include in the article, and the Slingshot bits do not seem to rise tot hat level. I would very much like to see them, but its become something of a nationalism issue at points, and I had enough of that when I was there at school (we both went to the OX, thought o different colleges). - Arcayne (^{cast a spell}) 16:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC) reply

Please comment on the revisions I am proposing for Biodiesel production.-- E8 ( talk) 08:34, 19 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Hey Mike. I briefly looked over your computations. Nothing was obviously wrong (I computed the same conversion factor). I'm buried in grading ATM. I'll scrutinize the numbers as soon as I can.-- E8 ( talk) 05:24, 21 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Hi Mike, its a bit of a nightmare isn't it? I have had a quick look, and it is hard to figure out what is being measured. My guess would be that the bhp-hr unit is a measure of power actually getting to the driveshaft of the bus, and therefore automatically incorporates the efficiency of the bus engine into the unit. The kg/MJ is presumably measured from the energy content of the fuel itself (the thermodynamic energy)- i.e. this assumes 100% efficiency. This would give us an efficiency of the bus engine of about 37%. This seems reasonbable to me, but I couldn't swear it was the right answer. Stainless316 ( talk) 14:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Further looking at different data, diesel produces 10.1 kg CO2 per gallon [ [4]], and has energy yield of 130000 Btu/gallon. 1 Btu = 1.055 kJ, threfore 1 gallon = approx 137MJ. This gives us 0.077 kg CO2 / MJ, or approximately the same as the UK figure. I am pretty sure therefore that the UK figure is based on the total yield, so I can only assume that the much higher figure in the bus trial is the useful energy, rather than the total energy. Stainless316 ( talk) 15:25, 21 February 2008 (UTC) reply

OK, a few more thoughts on the C02 problem.

Let's check the UK calculation.

The UK says it's 0.086 kg CO2 produced per MJ

We also have an energy density of 43.1 MJ per Kg

so we get 0.086 * 43.1 = 3760g CO2 per Kg diesel = 3.706 kg CO2 per kg Diesel

Check the US calculation

The US says it's 633/2.68452 = 235.793 g Co2/MJ Multiply by the (uk) energy density and we get 236.2* 43.1 = 10162 g = 10.162 kg Co2 per Kg diesel

Calculation by simple chemistry

Assuming a formula of C12H23 for Diesel Fuel. Let's calculate what % weight of diesel fuel ends up as CO2.

12*12(atomic weight Carbon) = 144

23*1(Atomic weight Hydrogen) = 23

So diesel is 144/167 Carbon

144/167=0.862275449

so 86% of weight of diesel is Carbon that ends up as atmospheric C02

so for 1 kilo 860g of Carbon is changed into CO2

Atomic weight of Oxygen is 16 and Carbon is 12: So we get

862 g of carbon produces 862*(16+16+12)/12 = 3160.666667 g of CO2 or 3.16 kg CO2 per kg Diesel

Extending

3.16 kg Co2 per kg

But diesel has a density of 0.89 kg/litre

So Diesel produces 2.812993363 kg CO2 per litre

But there are 3.785 litres in a (US) gallon so 2.812 * 3.785 = 10.64 kg CO2 per (US) gallon Close to the 10.1 stated at the start!

This is closer to the UK value than the US Mike Young ( talk) 21:59, 24 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Brain spinning out of control! Now, I have looked again, and come up with pretty much the same figures as you. When you say "close to the 10.1 stated at the start", which figure is that? The US EPA quotes 10.1 kgCO2/ US gallon, so this should be close to your figure from the chemistry.

UK The UK figure is 0.086 KgCO2 / MJ. Multiply this by energy density 43.1 MJ/kgfuel (units kgCO2/MJ x MJ/Kgfuel = kgCO2/kgfuel) = 3.7kgCO2 / kg fuel. (same as above)

Quoted US study The US says 633gCO2 / bhp-h = 0.633kg / bhp-h. Now 1 horsepower-hr = 2.7 MJ, so CO2 produced is 0.633 /2.7 = 0.23 kgCO2 / MJ, = 0.23 x 43.1 = 9.9 kgCO2/kgfuel (similar to above 10.1)

Thermodynamic (chemical) The thermodynamic yield (from US EPA [ [5]], which assumes 1% not burned), is 10.1 kg/US gallon, = 10.1 / 3.785 = 2.66 kgCO2 / L, = 2.38 kgCO2 / Kg fuel. (This calculates from 2778g carbon per US gallon, = 734 g / L, = 653g / kg. From Mikes assumed formula this was 860 g carbon / kg fuel, so this explains the difference between 2.38 and 3.16 kgCO2 / kgfuel.)

So, to sum up, we have UK fuel emission factor= 3.7 kgCO2 / kg fuel

US EPA (thermodynamic) = 2.38 kg / kg fuel

US bus study = 9.9 kgCO2 / kg fuel. I shall have to go back to the UK document to see where they define emission factor, but this is not too far away from the figure from US EPA. The US bus study is still way higher, and I think that is probably due to the efficiency I mentioned before. From the wiki entry on horsepower

Nominal is derived from the size of the engine and the piston speed and is only accurate at a pressure of 7 lbf/in². ^[1]

Indicated or gross horsepower (theoretical capability of the engine)

minus frictional losses within the engine (bearing drag, rod and crankshaft windage losses, oil film drag, etc.), equals

Brake / net / crankshaft horsepower (power delivered directly to and measured at the engine's crankshaft)

The fact that the authors are expressing their power as bhp suggest to me that this is useful energy delivered to the bus. Stainless316 ( talk) 13:39, 25 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Hi Mike, I had recently tried to compile all the maps that you created on the indo pak war of 1947, I have posted it here for preview, please comment on its suitability in the article discussion page. LegalEagle ( talk) 13:57, 27 February 2008 (UTC) reply

You wrote: "The U.S. Clear Skies Act, plans to cut carbon intensity by 18% by 2012. This has been criticised by enviromentalists as it can be achieved by increasing the GDP as well as by reducing Carbon output." Can you please clarify what that means and provide citation for the criticism? -- Treekids ( talk) 06:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC) reply

This sentance is the left overs from a pruning session I did on the article. It referes to carbon intensity as the ratio of Carbon to GDP. As this is a single number this means that it can reduced by reducing the denominator (1/3 is less than 2/3) or increasing the numerator (2/4 is less than 2/3). I think it makes sense ithin the context of the rest of the article (sepecially the sentance afterwards. Feel free to correct it if you find it confusing. Mike Young ( talk) 15:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC) reply

I don't know how to correct it. Cut carbon intensity of what by 18%? The entire US? What's been criticized? The act? Without citations, it's others can't check your work. -- Treekids ( talk) 04:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC) reply

You've addressed all my concerns! Thanks! -- Treekids ( talk) 00:44, 9 March 2008 (UTC) reply

From the r/K selection theory page you inserted

 + In his controversial book Race, Evolution, and Behavior, the psychologist 
J. Philippe Rushton argued that 
East Asians have used the K strategy to a greater extent than 
Whites, who have used the K strategy to a greater extent than 
Blacks. He posed this hypothesis to explain his observation that East Asians, Whites, and Blacks frequently lie along a continuum of traits, with East Asians at one end, Blacks at the other end, and Whites in between them. (See also: 
Rushton's ordering of the human races, 
race and intelligence.) Rushton has also noted that criminals tend to display characteristics more commonly associated with an r-strategy, including low IQs, short lifespans, large families, etc. 
 +  
 + Rushton's research has been widely criticized, however, and other studies have contradicted many of his claims. 

In the discussion page I previously stated "Went looking at the reference to r/K selection theory in Race, Evolution and Behavior, J. Philippe Rushton's controversial application of this theory to different human races, and could find none, so have deleted it as marginal to the topic".

There has been much discussion on the topic and the general feeling is that it be removed.

Regards

John D. Croft ( talk) 06:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC) reply

Peace be with you Mike
Hmm, yes I guess what you say does make sense.
Thanks for the suggestion, I think I'd rather shorten it myself. :-)
Peace
'Abd el 'Azeez ( talk) 12:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC) reply

Great work! Mark83 ( talk) 12:31, 19 July 2008 (UTC) reply

I noticed that this map is quite important to the articles which use it, but I noticed the image does not use an actual and detailed map of Burma, as you did in this image. Would you be able to re-make the image with better quality? I wish to do so however at the moment I do not have the resources I need. Thanks. -- Hamster X 08:51, 24 August 2008 (UTC) reply

Hi,

As a regularly contributing UK Wikipedian, we were wondering if you wanted to contribute to the Oxford bid to host the 2010 Wikimania conference. Please see here for details of how to get involved, we need all the help we can get if we are to put in a compelling bid.

We are also in the process of forming a new UK Wikimedia chapter to replace the soon to be folded old one. If you are interested in helping shape our plans, showing your support or becoming a future member or board member, please head over to the Wikimedia UK v2.0 page and let us know. We plan on holding an election in the next month to find the initial board, who will oversee the process of founding the company and accepting membership applications. They will then call an AGM to formally elect a new board who after obtaining charitable status will start the fund raising, promotion and active support for the UK Wikimedian community for which the chapter is being founded.

You may also wish to attend the next London meet-up at which both of these issues will be discussed. If you can't attend this meetup, you may want to watch Wikipedia:Meetup, for updates on future meets.

We look forward to hearing from you soon, and we send our apologies for this automated intrusion onto your talk page!

Addbot ( talk) 22:56, 30 August 2008 (UTC) reply

Hi Mike, I was intrigued by your latest edit in this article indicating that the character was singing a Latin hymn. Can you elucidate on that? FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 12:33, 5 May 2009 (UTC). reply

Always thought it was Latin, but having listened again I don't think it was

Hi there. Just to say that I reversed your change to r/K selection theory. Rushton's ideas are analogous to those of the article's subject so do not need expansion here. Also, there's the small matter of them not being widely supported in the scientific community. Anyway, readers can easily follow the embedded links in the article to find out more about Rushton's ideas. Cheers, -- PLUMBAGO 18:57, 26 May 2009 (UTC) reply

Toddy1 has given you a Hershey Bar! Hershey bars promote WikiLove through chololately goodness and hopefully this one has made your day better. Hershey bars are wonderfully delicious! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a Hershey bar, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Spread the goodness of Hershey bars by adding {{ subst:Hershey Bar}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message!

Thanks for uploading File:PD Mainelli Michael 26 02 08 (DO NOT DELETE).jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

• make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
• Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-enwikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-enwikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{ non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 06:07, 27 November 2009 (UTC) reply

Thank you for uploading File:PD Mainelli Michael 26 02 08 (DO NOT DELETE).jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 06:08, 27 November 2009 (UTC) reply

Please see User talk:SchuminWeb#Hang on tags for explanation on why the hangon tag is disruptive in the case of File:PD Mainelli Michael 26 02 08 (DO NOT DELETE).jpg. Please do not re-add the hangon tag without discussing first. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 05:52, 28 November 2009 (UTC) reply

And you know what - forget it. I did a little research, and found it to comfortably satisfy speedy deletion criterion F9 - blatant copyright infringement. The file is now deleted. Please do not re-upload this file, as the source of the file has been determined, and it is neither public domain as claimed, nor does it pass non-free content criteria, since the subject is still living and their past appearance does not have a bearing on their notability, thus a non-free image simply to show what the person looks like is not allowed. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 06:02, 28 November 2009 (UTC) reply

I had an interesting time with that photo. I wanted to put the photo on Wikipedia so I contacted Mr Mainelli who sent me that photo and an email saying it was his and public domain and I had permission to put it on wiki. If I had pretended I had taken it and put it up as pd-self that would have been the end of it. But I tried to do things properly and found it was impossible because of the bureaucracy involved. He must have used the same photo at the place you found it. (You can tell I didn't copy it from that place as it is more tightly cropped on your "source"). I had no idea that photo existed in another place on the web. I give up. I can't be bothered to fight this any more. It's a pity I as the photo really is a copyright free photo. I don't think there is a mechanism for people to give permission to use stuff on wiki. It's just not believed. Mr Mainelli has given blanket permission to copy anything from the Z/yen site and the London Accord site onto wiki, but no body believes him. I'll take a photo of him myself next time I see him, then I can upload it as self taken photo. With experiences such as those I have had with this process I can understand why people have stopped adding stuff to wiki. [1]Mike Young (talk) 14:58, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Muslim population growth. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and " What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muslim population growth. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. -- Erwin85Bot ( talk) 01:07, 29 December 2009 (UTC) reply

This would appear to be a bug in the AWB software (not my software). I'll notify it. Colonies Chris ( talk) 00:31, 2 February 2010 (UTC) reply

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is 100 Worst Britons. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and " What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/100 Worst Britons. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. -- Erwin85Bot ( talk) 01:07, 18 February 2010 (UTC) reply

Hello, Mike Young. You have new messages at Hohum's talk page.
Message added 00:30, 25 January 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. reply

Your name has been mentioned in recent evidence for an arbitration case filed on 2010-11-18. You were not originally named as a party, but I am sending this notice proforma to editors named in evidence, before the workshop period closes. If you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Longevity/Workshop#General discussion, or elsewhere on that page or the case's four talk pages. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

• Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Requests for Arbitration;
• Wikipedia:Arbitration guide.

Thanks, JJB 21:09, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Do you have an affiliation with LFDC? (Libyan Freedom & Democracy Campaign) I contribute(d) to the FB group for several months. -- Smart ( talk) 08:29, 6 August 2011 (UTC) reply

Hey there Mike Young, thank you for your contributions! I am a bot, alerting you that non-free files are not allowed in user or talk space. I removed some files I found on User:Mike Young/Sandbox5.

• See a log of files removed today here.
• Shut off the bot here.
• Report errors here.
• If you have any questions, place a {{ helpme}} template, along with your question, beneath this message.

Thank you, -- DASHBot ( talk) 05:06, 15 December 2011 (UTC) reply

Thanks for uploading File:BonsianSoap.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

PLEASE NOTE:

• I am a bot, and will therefore not be able to answer your questions. If you have a question, place a {{ helpme}} template, along with your question, beneath this message.
• I will remove the request for deletion if the file is used in an article once again.
• If you receive this notice after the image is deleted, and you want to restore the image, click here to file an un-delete request.
• To opt out of these bot messages, add {{bots|deny=DASHBot}} to your talk page.
• If you believe the bot has made an error, please turn it off here and leave a message on my owner's talk page.

Thank you. DASHBot ( talk) 05:47, 16 December 2011 (UTC) reply

saw this on your page and I think the solution is to just start the article. WP doesnt require perfection to start an article. Buffs ( talk) 17:33, 23 December 2011 (UTC) reply

A tag has been placed on Atlas of the World Battle Fronts requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article consists of a dictionary definition or other article that has been transwikied to another project and the author information recorded.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Finavon ( talk) 08:58, 16 June 2012 (UTC) reply

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Confidence accounting, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page ACCA ( check to confirm |  fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot ( talk) 11:29, 1 December 2012 (UTC) reply

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Claims to be the fastest-growing religion is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Claims to be the fastest-growing religion until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 08:56, 23 August 2013 (UTC) reply

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited History of Wargaming Project, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Donald Featherstone and Royal Military Academy ( check to confirm |  fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot ( talk) 09:06, 25 February 2014 (UTC) reply

	The Original Barnstar
	Hello Mike, thank you for your great awesome work on Wikipedia. Thank you for your hard and honest work. I found your info on /info/en/?search=Truth#mediaviewer/File:Time_Saving_Truth_from_Falsehood_and_Envy.jpg Amazing beautiful painting. God bless you :) Wish you all the best. Ghanem Ghanempdx ( talk) 10:14, 26 September 2014 (UTC) reply

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article David Adams (poet and business coach) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Adams (poet and business coach) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. EBY ( talk) 23:16, 13 November 2014 (UTC) reply

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 13:04, 23 November 2015 (UTC) reply

Hello, Mike Young. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC) reply

You uploaded or restored , File:MeTiny.jpg, but for various reasons did not add an {{ information}} block, or indicate your (user) name on the file description page. Media uploaded to Wikipedia needs information on the SPECIFIC authorship and source of files, to ensure that it complies with copyright laws in various jurisdictions.

If it's entirely your own work, please include {{ own}} in the relevant source field, amend the {{ information}} added by a third party, ensuring that your user name (or name you want used for attribution) is clear in the author field, and change the license to an appropriate "self" variant (if such a license is not already used). You should also add an |author= parameter to the license tag, to assist reviews and image patrollers. You can also add |claimed=yes and an |author=to the {{ media by uploader}} or {{ presumed_self}} tag if it is present to indicate that you've acknowledged the image, and license shown (and updated the {{ information}} where appropriate).

If it's not entirely your own work, then please update the source and authorship fields, so that they accurately reflect the source and authors of the original work(s), as well as the derivative you created. You should also not use a "self" license unless the work is entirely you own. Media that is incorrectly claimed as self or {{ own}}, will eventually be listed at Files for Discussion or deleted, unless it's full status is entirely clear to other contributors, reviewers and image patrollers.

Whilst this notification, relates to a single media upload, it would also be appreciated if you could ensure that appropriate attribution exists for other media you uploaded, You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log.

It's okay to remove or strike this message once the issue has been resolved :).

ShakespeareFan00 ( talk) 11:14, 3 July 2018 (UTC) reply

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in living or recently deceased people, and edits relating to the subject (living or recently deceased) of such biographical articles. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Doug Weller talk 18:47, 5 October 2019 (UTC) reply

I guess this is kinda reliable source for coronavirus death rate https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/ Nickayane99 ( talk) 23:11, 31 January 2020 (UTC) reply

Hello! Voting in the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 7 December 2020. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2020 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{ NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 01:15, 24 November 2020 (UTC) reply