RE: Labradorite. I have seen some non-pleochroic light yellowish or translucent white crystals in a West Texas gem show that were called labradorite. I could not see any pleochroism in the case setting and did not follow up. Are you familiar with this variety (if it is one)? Crubins 11:48, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment Crubins 20:46, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
I think that 209.80.142.210 has vandlized a little to much --Pewwer42 14:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
Would you mind helping me please with someone who is continually defacing an biographic article with their own CV please?
63.86.10.125 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) & 71.39.227.217 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is the same person who keeps adding his CV to Brent Russell a south african rugby player, this has been going on for weeks, I left a message on request for investigation with nothing happening, and I've left warnings as with many others on his talk pages, but feel quite impotent when I can't do owt. Would you mind having a look please. Thanks muchly Khukri (talk . contribs) 19:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
The work is appreciated which you keep doing at the chemical elements among other pages, but there's usually little reason to directly interact with you. So I thought I'd just throw a "hello" in your general direction (no need to catch or return it, obviously I know you're there, and courtesy replies are like fruitcake :). Femto 10:58, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
I didn't address the inconvenience to the geology articles because when I clicked "what links here" about twenty geology articles popped up and I thought to myself "my god these people were lazy / lacked foresight to decamp on an adjective; I'm outnumbered in my capacity to clean up loose ends, nor am I so fond of my edit count." For a noun or noun phrase, I would granted squatter's rights. I'm fine with how you changed it, though. MaxEnt 04:06, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
I saw you editted Mylonite, i left you a message there btw. What i want to ask is: I put some brackets in the text there, I thought that would be a good thing to do with so many specialistic terms in it. I find that on the English wikipedia, this is not a common practice. In fact i've seen many articles in which links seem to have been avoided just because the articles they directed to did not (yet) exist. Do you think i was right to do so? Is there a guideline for when to make a link or not? Woodwalker 22:41, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
OK, that's how I'll do it. I'll try to write articles on the missing red stuff, when I have time. Woodwalker 09:02, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
May I suggest that you go to the «Pussy, France» page and remove the respective «See also» section, just as you did for «Fucking, Austria».
Know you will be interested in this. -- Paleorthid 06:19, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the truncation of the Volcano page. I don't know how that happened, but now that I know that it can, I'll be more careful about checking for such problems. Best regards, Jim_Lockhart 13:45, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
So what do you want to do about Jeff Relf? He seems bent on singlehandedly fouling up the Einstein article, no matter what others say. I think what we should do is come up with a suitable "religious" section which relies exclusively on secondary sources and then make it clear to Jeff that it is better than his rambling and disconnected version of things, and if need be eventually put a block on him if he continues to be disruptive. What are your thoughts on this? --Fastfission 22:27, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi Vsmith, Take a look at the proposed text on my talk and let me know whether I should post it under Consensus science or under Junk science. Kind regards,--Iconoclast 20:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
Please read the article on Slander and libel before accusing anyone of personal attacks. ...IMHO (Talk) 03:08, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
What is going on there? Is one person going to dictate this section? He has removed your edits and replaced it with more pseduo-whatever. (Thanks for spotting the then/than business - thats one of my favourite mistakes to make, I think!) --Desdinova 13:11, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Yet again he is making the same entries.
I don't know how to revert unfortunately --Desdinova 02:49, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
No problem - I'm aware of the 3 reverts rule. Just a little frustrated at people Desdinova 03:44, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi - I've just picked you off the Project participants list, as a likely-looking editor to be able to help me (or to know someone who can!). I left a message on the Project Talk page, a few days ago, without response Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rocks and minerals entitled: 'Help needed please'. Can you take a look over there and see what you think, please? Very grateful for your time and trouble. - Ballista 13:33, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
A ref to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics%2C_philosophy_and_controversy to make the position a bit clearer.
On the talk: page I've mention previous talk of atoms (Dalton et al.) and also wave/particle nature of light (Huygens/Newton).
See what you think. You seem to have a much better writing style then me, so clean it up ;-)
Regarding removal of "alleged" from Holocene page. Can you provide to me the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that "human-induced" global warming is indeed a proven fact, and not just alleged?
Thanks, Erik Armstrong (tallershadow)
So then the answer to my question is 'no', then? Because, actually, there is not a widespread scientific consensus claiming that 'human-induced' global warming exists beyond a reasonable doubt, or that it is the majority of cause behind the recent warming trends.
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html
Listen to the news - NBC is covering this as I type - Strongest consensus ever. And I've seen that website - not impressed. Sign your comments please. Vsmith 22:34, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
You and me both know that you are convinced on your position, as am I, so let's just leave it at that. You're not impressed by information that doesn't support your stance, just as I believe that the major news networks are biased towards supporting certain left-wing causes. This whole thing is so politicized it's not even funny. Since you obviously have more time to edit and revise certain pages as you deem fit, your opinions will shine on. I signed my 'real' name up above, so relax, ok? Good day.
--Tallershadow 16:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
"In 2001 the original 1956 Directory structure integrated by a President and five members designated by the National Executive authority was reduced, eliminating four positions of the Directory by Decrees 1065/01 and 1066/01." --200.45.150.234 01:19, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Couls you please explain why you are reverting my edits? (read the articles and discussion pages first) --200.45.150.234 01:19, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
The Half-life computation article has undergone substantial revision which has hopefully addressed everyone's concerns. If you have any further comments after looking at the article again, please list the items you do not like, make whatever comment you have and please be specific and allow time for further revision. If there is any reason I can not comply with your wishes then I will let you know the reason why. ...IMHO (Talk) 12:09, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
I saw that you visited TheExitStore and remained at the homepage without navigating to any of the 40 informational pages concerning energy efficiency, trade offs on technology, use of tritium within exit signs, photoluminescent egress, etc.... Before you take the liberty to remove links on the basis of commericial intent, perhaps you may consider delving deeper into the external link. Clearly displayed on the home page are dozens of very informative links concerning the topics of my wikipedia additions. You have deemed ALL of our content as avertising, or commercial in nature, which it is not. The content is hosted on a commercial server, however the information concerning these topics is unbiased and non-commerically slanted. I wish not to grant licensing of this content into the public domain. Wether or not it is Indiana.edu or a .org non-nuclear proliferation website, every group uses some form of commercial transaction to maintain an existence. Does being one who is more obvious than others in their pursuit of self proprogation make them a more deserving target of penalty? If you were to see a price tag or a graphic with a website banner included or links added to a wikipedia page that bears no association to the content, then call it spam and then revert my additions. Until then, I am certain that my practical and informative linked information has a place amoungst the eyes of viewers on these topics and is at the very least a simple way of saving them or those within their circle of influence, countless dollars by removing electrically wasteful safety lighting fixtures, conserving tax payer dollars by switching to land fill friendly photoluminescent technology, and hopefully may prevent illegal disposal of nuclear signs into city refuse. Now, I ask of you... does your school use an electroluminescent or photoluminescent exit sign technology? Even "Energy efficient" LEDs use 20x's more electricity than these. An incandescent sign uses 200x's as much. An electroluminescent sign uses 1/4 of 1 watt per hour and will last for 30 years. A photoluminescent sign uses no electricity, will last for the life of the building, is non-toxic and requires no batteries for backup or disposal. Your district would recover the cost of the new signs by the energy savings and reduced maintenance costs in the first year alone. Take the savings per sign and then multiply it by the thousands of signs installed, and then you can begin to see how costly the lack of this knowledge is. Finally, and perhaps of greatest service, we sale all the signs at wholesale prices, with no minimum, rather than stacking on 5 tiers of commission that you would find using the very district popular GreyBear (<--intentional sp) or G-Ranger (<--intentional sp) Yes we sell signs, but we also offer a public service. Taking heed to your request, we will be more considerate in our posting of information. Thanks for your time.
You ought to ask Dr D E Meyers to answer the following question:
Does or doesn't each functionally dependent variable have its own variance? If yes, what happened to the variance of the distance-weighted average? If no, why not?
IAMG has yet to repond to any of these question. By the way, your spam remark doesn't make any sense. Look it up on Wikipedia. My website does not transmit spam to anybody.
Kind regards, JanWMerks
Howdy, Vsmith, Did you already ask Dr Meyers to assist in drafting the text for geostatistics? Have you already read what Stanford's Journel wrote to the JMG's Editor? Are you contemplating to buy for your personal benefit an inexpensive copy of Volk's "Applied Statistics for Engineers"? Kind regards, JWM,--Iconoclast 23:04, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
By the way, did you read what Stanford's Journel wrote in October 1992 to JMG's Editor? I'll post it again sometime soon. Please do not delete what you don't grasp. Rgds, JWM--Iconoclast 23:09, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I never really thanked you for reverting the vandalism to my page. So thanks. --Clyde Miller 00:57, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Please help me consider what I could do about the following
Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert an article to a previous version more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you. ...IMHO (Talk) 01:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Ligitimate clarification comments are inserted at the bottom of the poll in their own subsection not in the middle of straw poll introductory text. Inserting such references in the middle of a straw poll introduction text is obviously for the purpose and intent of disrupting the poll. You and your comrads have been caught. ...IMHO (Talk) 02:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
What would be the procedure for requesting protection for the 'Scientific Philosophy' section, as Jeff is now getting more and insistent on adding this pseudo-* stuff to it?
I note in the last 24 hours JR has reverted at:
1:21, 6:14 and 12:13
Desdinova 12:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
hi, i hope you can take part in the deletion review debate for the above metadata template that puts a star on the article's mainpage (you voted in the original deletion debate). the vote is here Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2006 July 8 (scroll down for Template:Good Article section). thanks. Zzzzz 00:33, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
I was in IRc with Tawker when the rangeblock was put in place. I fired up VP and cleaned up well. :-D Thanks! --ZsinjTalk 19:19, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Re: your message: You bet! See you around! -Tapir Terrific 19:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
Sadly, holocaust denial exists. Its wrong, but it exists. The situation is that holocaust denial is notable enough for a mention in the Holocaust article. Similarly, creationism is wrong, but notable enough for a mention in the fossil record article. 80.189.215.95 13:40, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
I think you probably understand the concept of a metaphor. Also this was in use on the discussion page, prior to my involvement. I'll reply in full on the fossil record talk page.80.189.8.190 18:52, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your service in Vietnam.
I just noticed you have some comments regarding alleged spam that I put on. This was from a few months back (or more). Do you have a way of seeing what you were referring to? It wasn't clear in your comments.
Thanks.--Utahredrock 15:58, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Well done, it was past time William M. Connolley 19:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Walkerma suggested I contact you about this.
There is a redirect on Blue Stone a nuclear weapon component, that takes readers to Blue stone, something completely different concerning mineralology. If you go to Yellow Sun which I edited recently you'll see that someone has later added a link to Blue Stone which is then redirected.
It was, and still is, subject to time constraints, my intention to generate a short descriptive piece about ENI's (Electronic Neutron Generators) as part of a more general update of British nuclear history. Blue Stone was originally a security codename used to describe several design generations of these devices that replaced the crude, short-lifespan impact generators used on early nuclear weapons, eg. Fat Man, Blue Danube, and its now the only name used for these ENI devices other than the later alpha-numeric jumbles. The name Blue Stone has become to ENIs in nuclear weapons terminology what hoover is to vacuum cleaners.
I'd like to get the redirect moved but am not sufficiently Wikified and want to proceed cautiously. Some source material for Blue Stone can be found at http://www.mcis.soton.ac.uk/pdf/Site_Files/nuclear_history/glossary.pdf
Regards. Brian.Burnell 06:52, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi VSmith, I must confess, I did not give it much thought whether minerals should have the template:ChemicalSources on them or not. Part of me says 'yes', these are chemicals, they have (probably) unique identifiers, and a short websearch (google) gives loads of sites (databases) which give spectroscopic data (Raman, X-ray, colours, etc.). They could therefore be encapsulated in Chemical Sources .. on the other hand .. they are not bought as a chemical, at least, most of them, so no need to avoid massive commercial links. What are your thoughts on this? --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Vsmith for being a sensible voice in Composting toilet edit war! As I said I was kicking myself for allowing my buttons to get pressed and getting embroiled which is obviously what the OP wanted, I blame the hot weather which is making everybody a bit tetchy around here... quercus robur 13:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for removing this attack. I didn't check as carefully as you did. --Uncle Ed 19:12, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed on your user page that you're a geologist. A couple months ago I rewrote the Antelope Canyon article from scratch. I added a Geology section, but as I'm not a geologist, it's pretty skimpy and and I don't have the expertise to know what's right, wrong, or ripe to be expanded. Would you mind taking a look at it, and offering some advice or making an editing pass on it? -- moondigger 19:16, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
No consensus was made as to cosmology in general, a large field of endeavour. However, there seems to be no reason to refute his contributions to relativistic cosmology and I have even included sourced information on his contributions to this effect. --68.224.247.234 01:54, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment on Talk:Albert Einstein. You're quite right. I just find it to be one of the most frustrating pages. It's not that wonderful an article, but somehow all the editors' energy goes into resolving silly disputes – like all the text generated about the one word "cosmology" in the intro, the surreal infobox dispute, and the whole User:Licorne debacle – it's enough to make one's blood boil. Perhaps that's an indication I should take it off my watchlist. –Joke 03:49, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Hello Vsmith,
Thank you very much for your "Welcome" notice, and I will read your links provided. I saw that there were no articles under certain areas that I knew about so I just decided to write them. I try to make sure what I write is factual and always document my sources, and this is why I am emailing you now. I notice that some articles only have "external links" with only a subject title that then leads to the other sources at the end of the article, while others, like mine, document the complete source with the http address provided. I prefer to document the source in its entirety for open peer review, but is there a preferred standard format that you would like to see being used? Thanks. Don Valich
Hey yes sorry about the "umpteen saves"! I only worked out that there was a preview button after I had begun my reign of terror on that poor article! Thanks for fixing all that stuff up on that article by the way, I couldn't work out how to fix it properly. Sorry about that again,
Thx, it does look more professional now. I just submitted tonight in Wikipedia for the first time. I din't know it would go up so quickly!
Do we put our sources and references in the text it self?
According to the APA style most often used in scientific articles, short quotations fewer than ~40 words should have the reference cited at the end of the quote. For example: It has been said that "time is the medium of all change, and this applies to the past as it does to the future." (Smarty, 2006, p. 101).
Block quotations larger than 40 words should be introduced first by the author and date of publication. For example: The source of the following critique of Moby Dick is Dr. Cruise Sojourner, published in his book, "A Whale of a Story" (p.123). Or: In a study by Sciknow (2008), "The world's knowledge is increasing beyond the levels of intellectual comprehension...."
No quotation marks are necessary in block quotations as long as the author has been properly introduced. A comma or period comes after the parenthetical citation in a block quotation.Valich 03:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
As a side note, I don't think that it's a good idea to just have links or "external links" that only go to a website without including the name, author and date of the source, because these weblinks often change or become outdated and then lead to no where.Valich 03:15, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Crude Oil Assay Article
OK I understand now.
Please go ahead and mark this article for deletion. The page is educational. The issue is with the two links in the article. The two links I added go to existing commercial webpages with lists of ASTM specified or industry specified test methods and other quality measurement parameters. What confuses me is that I see such linkage to commercial web-pages often in Wikipedia where commercial laboratories have added links to particular topics. I was assuming that others would add additional links to this page as it evolves, but apparently the 'launch version' is not meeting requirements.
Please delete this page as you have discussed.
Regards;
Erik Holladay --Erik Holladay 18:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Vsmith,
I see you removed some of the External Links under Travel & Tourism. The site Go Visit Costa Rica site is a very informative site about Costa Rica and it is not spam. The only link you left there is the Wikipedia Travel site which is very small and not as informative as the Go Visit Costa Rica site. I would like to suggest that you keep the Go Visit Costa Rica site as an external link.
Thank You,
Todd
Vsmith,
Thanks for getting back to me.
Have you looked at the website? The site is only about Costa Rica as a tourist destination and it is very high quality with over 10,000 pages of unique content including unique photos and one of a kind maps. It is one of the more popular websites for Costa Rica tourism and it is endoursed by the Costa Rican Tourism Board. I help run the website.
Thanks, Todd
Graphite is definitely edible. This is consistent with the pencil (see Miscellaneous) page which states that graphite can be heavily consumed.
Discussion copied to Talk:Graphite for visibility Vsmith 19:48, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Are you still on? THe anon has been blocked for 3RR... but I'm out of R for the day... William M. Connolley 20:07, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
I was in such a hurry to undo the vandalism done by OoTV that I did not notice the deleted 'scientific' in the Big Bang article. Justin Hirsh 21:59, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Vsmith, Thanks for the welcome. My posts promote a contrarian point of view in the quality grading and connoisseurship of gemstones. I read over the spam link as you requested. Seems to me, other than the fact that the author himself is making the reference, it is legitmate to put my book Secrets in the reference section since the point of view, i.e that the loupe standard is bs designed to make what is not particularly rare seem rarer is legitimate and if you want more information my book would be the source.
I see that the whole gem section needs work particularly when it comes to quality. My writing has a point of view that differs quite a bit from the mainstream. Oddly enough, my book is one of only one or two that address these issues at all. The trade has done a good job of suppressing information for a thousand years. So what else would I reference?
Gemwise (Richard W. Wise)
Just wanted to thank you for tracking down those citations for the evidence for evolution page. I was having trouble finding anything although I knew the statement was valid and your good timing saved me a lot of frantic hunting about the spare room! Weenerbunny 16:56, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
What do you think now that the article has been rewritten and the origins of the phrase have been traced? Gazpacho 21:34, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
FYI, I've sent you an email. JoshuaZ 00:54, 15 August 2006 (UTC)