User talk:Edgar181/Archive22

Thank you

Thanks for taking care of the user page I accidentally opened. ツ As I said on the ANI post, this was my first time at escalating vandalism beyond notification of the user with a personal note, or a template. In my nervousness, I had a momentary lapse of reason... All the best Fylbecatulous talk 14:42, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm glad to help out. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:04, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

A mini-trout for you!

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly.

Thank you for blocking the promotional account Sexpo-1 (talk · contribs). Unfortunately, you forgot to explain it on the talk page! --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 15:38, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

I routinely leave a talk page explanation, but missed that one somehow. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:04, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

The Guidance Barnstar

		The Guidance Barnstar
		This barnstar is to thank you for the off-wiki advice you have provided, even in areas you don't specialise in. Michael Anon 19:18, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

IBM's The Great Mind Challenge

After the discussion at ANI where you mentioned you blocked User:Iamanone0, the page IBM's The Great Mind Challenge is still getting charming edits from IP's. Would you mind semiprotecting it? Thanks. JanetteDoe (talk) 15:48, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:50, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

User:Jimbo Wales

Thanks for reverting, I wasn't even aware I'd made the edit. Must have misclicked something! --Stephen 03:03, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. I assumed it was accidental - it has happened to me before. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:45, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Semiprotect review

I wondered if you could review your semiprotection here from about 2 years ago on Ron Christie. While I'm not opposed to indefinite semiprotection, it seems like the vandalism that bothered that article has been nonexistant since, and was relatively limited at the time. Perhaps you could review it. It seems as though it might be an example of one that everyone forgot about and slipped through the cracks. Of course if there's something I don't see in there and it should still be semi'd, that's fine too. Shadowjams (talk) 04:20, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, you're right. This one does seem to have slipped through the cracks, as you say, and protection is no longer needed. I have now unprotected it. Thanks for noticing the problem and letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:48, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

JQ1

Hi Edgar. I just made an article for this interesting new non-hormonal contraceptive, JQ1 after seeing lots of recent coverage in the media. However there seems to be some confusion in the structures, the sulfur is shown closer to the triazole ring in the initial 2011 paper Selective inhibition of BET bromodomains, but in the more recent 2012 paper Small-Molecule Inhibition of BRDT for Male Contraception they show it on the opposite side, next to the phenyl group. Don't suppose you could look this up on the CAS database to resolve the issue? I suspect the original 2011 paper will have it correct, but the other structure seems to have been more commonly reproduced (and is the one I based my picture on). Will hold off changing the picture until I can work out which isomer it is meant to be! Meodipt (talk) 21:04, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

The structure in the 2011 paper matches the structure given in Chem Abstracts (CAS#1268524-70-4). In the 2012 paper, the structure in the graphical abstract doesn't match, but they get it correct later on in Figure 1. So it looks like you should revise File:JQ1 structure.png. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:13, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Fixed, cheers :-) Meodipt (talk) 21:22, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Bonn International

Err, please have a look at : this and the SPI I opened. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 15:41, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

User:Salvio giuliano blocked the sock and I have semi-protected the article. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:01, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome Sir. Happy Editing. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 18:03, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Joseph Berrios

Edgar, you blocked an IP, 68.250.73.249 in connection to his edits to Joseph Berrios. He has subsequently complained about BLP issues on his talk page. You may wish to take a look at this noticeboard entry I've started. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:20, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

I've left a comment there. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:26, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

User unblocked

Hi Edgar181. Just a note to let you know that I've unblocked User:Fkh2012 (previously User:Ttnclrc); they have now changed their username and so the username block no longer applies. Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 07:56, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Sounds good. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:46, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

I was a little suspicious myself, but I can't think of anything commercial that Fkh might stand for, and it got through WP:CHANGE unopposed - we'll see what they do now they have editing privileges again...

Edit Warring at The Goonies

Hi Edgar, I noticed you blocked an IP involved in an apparent edit war on The Goonies. However, it appears that User:TheOldJacobite was violating 3RR at the same time...as near as I could tell, neither of them were making any serious effort to engage in a dialog or explain their edits. I'm just a bit concerned that the IP is getting a raw deal given that both editors appear to have been handling this in a less than ideal manner. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the situation. Thanks. Doniago (talk) 18:44, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

For complex situations the full reason for blocking cannot always be captured in an edit summary. I blocked this IP for "disruptive editing" because this individual has been for quite some time using multiple IP addresses to edit war with multiple editors across multiple articles. A few details can be found at User:MarnetteD/Burton-on-Trent Vandal. This is a case of long term abuse by the anonymous editor, and it wouldn't be good to block TheOldJacobite for helping to deal with this disruption. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:54, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. I've left Jacobite a note because they did appear to be violating 3RR and IMO weren't doing a good job of explaining their own reasons for reverting, but I'll leave it at that. Thanks again. Doniago (talk) 19:35, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

It looks like both of them are now doing it again at Catch Me If You Can. Honestly I don't care which one of them's right given that they're both wantonly violating 3RR and Jacobite should know better than to repeatedly revert without even an edit summary. I've left both of them an edit-warring notice and will report if they keep this up. Doniago (talk) 20:15, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

I've reported the IP at 3RR now, and I've mentioned that Jacobite appears to also be in violation, though I haven't filed an explicit report in the latter case. Mentioned also that you blocked the IP previously, which is why Jacobite may be on safe ground. Frankly I don't know why Jacobite didn't report the IP appropriately or why they felt that consistently reverting edits without any edit summaries or other indications as to their reasoning was the best course of action, but I'm tired of seeing it. I'll leave it to higher powers to sort out what actions are appropriate, though. Doniago (talk) 20:34, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

User:Swarm has blocked the IP again. TheOldJacobite hasn't been blocked, which seems to me like the right thing here. -- Ed (Edgar181) 10:06, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm good with it, though a little bit concerned when the rationale for not leaving an edit summary (see Jacobite's Talk page) is "with this IP vandal there isn't time". That said I'm not planning to have any further involvement with this. Doniago (talk) 12:52, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Doniago. We are all volunteers here and none of us are required to hold your hand by leaving detailed edit summaries. We are happy to answer your concerns if you come and ask us but, until you have dealt with vandals like this for months and years at a time, you really should AGF with long term editors in the way that you do with new IP editors. MarnetteD | Talk 14:20, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Firstly, I don't think it's appropriate to compare leaving an edit summary to "hand holding". Frankly that sounds a bit patronizing, but I'll assume you didn't mean to come across that way. I would also note that I don't believe I ever said anything about a "detailed" edit summary. As far as the suggestion that I didn't AGF, I'd note that my initial inclination when I saw the apparent edit-warring between Jacobite and the IP was to give both of them an edit-warring advisory and file reports on both if the warring appeared to continue; you will note that that's not the course I ultimately pursued. That said, I do resist the notion that long-term editors should be entitled to IAR in ways that new editors are not. If anything, my opinion is that long-term editors have generally been around long enough that they should be well-aware of basic WP policy, especially concerning things like 3RR. Put another way, if an editor who's been here long enough to familiarize themselves with policy doesn't feel obligated to abide by it, why should newcomers feel required to do so? But I suspect this is all rather rhetorical; as noted above, I wasn't planning to have any further involvement with this case and am largely content with how it was resolved. Doniago (talk) 14:46, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I am sorry that you seem to be missing the point that all of the long term editors involved in this are aware of 3rr policy. In the case of this editor we apply this section WP:3RRNO specifically item number three. Thus, we did abide by the policy. That said I do appreciate all of the work that you have done around here over the years and I always appreciate seeing your name (and you too Edgar181) as I know that the articles edited are in good hands. MarnetteD | Talk 18:45, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Aw. Well, thanks. I love you too. <3 Sorry we butted heads a bit on this one....that definitely wasn't what I was looking for. Doniago (talk) 19:55, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

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Vocalltd

Hello,

My name is Stuart O'Connor I have been tasked with editing my companies VocalLtd Wikipedia page, our company is in fact called Vocal Limited and the reason stated for blocking me editing this page was that "it matches the name of a business the user is trying to promote".

I would be very grateful for some help on the matter as we would like to edit our own page.

<email removed>— Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.18.89.57 (talk) 15:05, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what account you are referring to, but if you mean Vocalltd (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) which I blocked several years ago, then yes, I blocked the account because the username matched the name of the company being promoted, which is against Wikipedia policy. If you wish to edit the article about your company, there is nothing currently preventing you from doing so - either by registering with a new account or by simply editing the article without being registered - however, I would strongly suggest that you first have a look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:32, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

aspartame controversy

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MeSha81 Craft & Design...DELETED

I see that my page was deleted.....but I like Wikipedia and would like for my business to have one. Please help me. Thank you so much and I apologize for whatever I did incorrectly..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by MeSha810 (talk • contribs) 17:12, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

There are notability guidelines for companies to be included in Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) for details. The article I deleted did not make any claim of notability and therefore met criteria for speedy deletion. Also, I would suggest that you have a look at Wikipedia's guidelines related to conflicts of interest, which seem to apply. You can read about them here: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. I hope this helps, -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:17, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikimail this time

Hi; you seemed pretty quick off the mark last time round, but I don't know if you're watching the page - more unwelcome comments apparently/sadly; thanks a lot, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 13:26, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure that I entirely follow, but Shane sprinkler (talk · contribs) has been indefinitely blocked and access to email has been revoked. Do you see anything more than needs to be done? -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:36, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I somehow failed to find that page, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 13:40, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

If the problem persists with other accounts, please don't hesitate to let me know or to report them at WP:AIV or WP:ANI. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:42, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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	Great Job! Helen-Heller (talk) 18:08, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:43, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

giorgi latsabidze

Hi, Edgar, You made some great edits in my article in past. I got a problem again, I don't know why, but just recently somebody from French editors put a deletion tag on my article about Giorgi Latsabidze. I need to ask you to look the article again and let me know what can we fix. I would very much appreciate if you can help with. I really put so much efforts in past, i believe there must be a solution for this. This guy is talking about unreliable sources in article, however I do find a lot of reliable sources which can not be disregarded. Also the editors who made contributions helped this article to become more encyclopedic. I would appreciate your advice and feel free to edit it. I really need your help now. Sincerely Sausa (talk) 18:32, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

I left a comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giorgi Latsabidze. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:43, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

I deeply appreciate that Edgar!! Sausa (talk) 21:05, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Mike David wiki page

Hi David, I was online researching Elan school and found that you had deleted this page and I was wondering why? I am a "85" graduate of both the school and program looking for answers about the closing in the spring of 2011. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.217.55.72 (talk) 01:22, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

I deleted the page Mike David last year because it was essentially devoid of content. It just said "Mike David is a Student of University". If you think there is an individual with that name that meets Wikipedia's notability criteria for inclusion (see WP:BIO), you may recreate the article. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:47, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

NewFrog

Why you just said I am advertising, My page for the NewFrog is just written by me, to show to the world that what is NewFrog, but not just advertising here!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimberlybosgat (talk • contribs) 03:44, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

I deleted NewFrog because it was blatantly promotional in tone. Wikipedia article must be written from a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not the place for you to advertise your new company; there are other better places for that. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:47, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

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Revision delete request

Hi, sorry to bother you but I saw your name on this list. I was wondering whether you could RevDel the left-hand side revision here on my userpage? Thanks, --Mark91it's my world 16:25, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, no problem. It's hidden now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:38, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Cheers! --Mark91it's my world 23:05, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Brownlow Medal winners list

2012, Jobe Watson, Essendon, 30 votes - the confirmed winner, despite vandalism. The rest of the version you've reverted to is correct, but please update with the current winner before protecting against further vandalism. --121.220.67.247 (talk) 12:49, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. It looks like User:Njb1969 just made that update to the article. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:53, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

TheOldJacobite

Hello. I note that you were the user who deleted the 'alternate talk page' of User:TheOldJacobite. Last I was editing Wikipedia, I had left a message there warning TheOldJacobite that I was imminently to avail myself of the dispute resolution process regarding his conduct. Now that the page has been deleted, this presents a number of problems - a) I have no record of his response, if any; b) Given his main talk page is semi-protected for reasons unknown, I have no way of messaging him (in order to, for example, inform him of the opening of an RfC/U) without recreating the 'alternate' page, which I am unclear about whether I have the right to do; and c) there is now no record either of his receipt of my messages to him, or of his uncivil conduct towards me, in that he reverted good-faith messages I left for him as vandalism.

What do you suggest that I do in this situation? --2.100.240.129 (talk) 17:38, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

As far as I can tell TheOldJacobite's talk page was protected because of persistent harassment. Unfortunately, it is non-ideal to have a user talk page either protected or unprotected in those situations. Much of the history of the alternate talk page that I deleted was vandalism and some of the other edits were copied to his regular talk page for response. In the case of your edits (I can guess which ones are yours, but can't be 100% sure because your IP address has apparently changed), if you need to see what was deleted and what the response was, I will undelete or copy those particular edits for you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:56, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I'd appreciate that. I think my previous IPs were 78.150.157.252 and 78.150.158.57.

And as for contacting TheOldJacobite when it becomes necessary...? --2.100.240.129 (talk) 18:10, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

If you need to contact TheOldJacobite, just let me know and I'll leave him a message for you. And if/when you would like a copy of the messages, you can ask me (or any other administrator) for them. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:45, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Category:Molecular formulas

Thank you for the suggestion. I will make an effort to include Category:Molecular formulas into the newly created molecular formula redirects. --Dcirovic (talk) 17:17, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:18, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Tetraethylammonium

Thanks for creating the chloride page. I'd like to cover more TEA salts in the same way, but lack the ability to draw structures (have given up on my antique version of Chemdraw), which is why I stuck the chloride data into the "Tetraethylammonium" entry. The same problem exists with all quats, of course, which would ideally have one entry for the cation and then separate entries for the salts, but this might lead to a lot of stubs. For that matter, the mention of the rhenium complex that still remains in the Tetraethylammonium entry is hardly in the right place, and surely merits its own page, but of course there's not enough information present to warrant creating one.

There's also a problem, which to my mind is more serious, related to biological/pharmacological studies with quats, where the specific salt used is identified (usually, if one digs through the "Materials" section of the paper diligently enough), but it is the cation that is the object of the investigation. The question then is whether to enter the results under the Quat name, or under the name of the specific salt. I'd appreciate your thoughts, and if you felt like popping TEAI or any other TEA salt that strikes your fancy into the graphics files that would be nice too. By the way, if you don't have anything else to do with your clearly copious spare time, my monograph on candicine is sitting in the "for approval" queue...Xprofj (talk) 18:42, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I like the idea of having a general article at tetraethylammonium covering properties that are specific to that cation. Separate articles will inevitably contain some of the same content, but I don't think that kind of duplication is a problem. I don't think you should let an inability to create images for any article you want to create stop you. I'd be happy to create images for any chemical structure that you would like (just ask) and there is also Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemistry/Image Request where you can make requests if I'm not around. I'll go ahead and create one for TEAI, but if there are other specific ones you want, just let me know. As for candicine, it looks like someone else has just moved it to the appropriate location. It looks great to me. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:18, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

TEAI: File:Tetraethylammonium iodide.svg. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:22, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Ed. Much obliged.Xprofj (talk) 22:41, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Manuscript Pen Company Ltd

I am a shareholder (via holding company Highley Pens Ltd) and Director and Company Secretary of Manuscript Pen Company Ltd and I am trying to create a new page on Wikipedia about the company. This is my first attempt to create a page on Wikipedia and I am trying to understand the rules. My company, Manuscript, owns the IP rights on all the data, including the trade mark and our website, in my first submission. However, I gather that I cannot include such content. Is that correct? I have started to redraft a page eliminating our trademark image and text which appears on our website and also trying to ensure that all content is impartial. My father, Arthur Charles, wrote a book about the Steel Pen Trade, which is freely available on line. Am I allowed to include a reference to this book and to a short biography about him? If you have any other guidance before I upload a further edit I would be very grateful. (Malissastockbridge (talk) 08:39, 26 September 2012 (UTC))

Wikipedia is unable to accept text that has been copied from a copyrighted website without certain restrictions (you can see details at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials) and that's why I deleted the draft article about your company. If you would like to write an article Highley Pens, you should probably have a look at Wikipedia's inclusion criteria (Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)) to see if it qualifies. If it does, you can write an article in your own (non-promotional) words and then I would recommend submitting it to the Articles for creation process as you did before. I would also recommend having a look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy as well, which seems to apply here. I hope this helps. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:23, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

I will read those references and try to understand them. It seems that the best course will be to submit a neutral article on Manuscript Pen Co Ltd and not include our trademark unless I can get my head round the guidelines of how to do this! Very few companies worldwide still manufacture steel pens and it is rarer still for five generations of the same family to be involved in such a business, which is still operting in the West Midlands. I hope this is sufficient to make it noteworthy. I fear it may take a while before I get my submission in the correct format but I am very grateful for your help. Many thanks Malissastockbridge (talk) 14:46, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

I have resubmitted a draft article about Manuscript Pen Co Ltd. I do not know whether you will be able to look at this but I would obviously appreciate your comments. Many thanks Malissa Malissastockbridge (talk) 14:18, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

From a quick look, it seems fine to me. But I don't have much time now and I'll be traveling soon, so I'll just let the Articles for Creation process take care of it (which, unfortunately, can be slow somethings, I think). -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:46, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. It has been rather a steep learning curve! I will await the Articles for Creation process in due course.Malissastockbridge (talk) 20:04, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Chembox in Magnesium hydroxide

The verification fields on ChemSpider, etc in Magnesium hydroxide have multiplied significantly in this Chembox. I didn't want to mess around, as I wasn't sure which ones, if any, should be removed. Thanks.JSR (talk) 17:29, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

CheMoBot introduced those errors earlier this year. If I remember correctly User:Beetstra, the bot owner, fixed the problem back then and reverted its errors but he must have missed reverting at Magnesium hydroxide. I just removed the extraneous parts. It should be fine now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:49, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

That's what it looked like had occurred. Thanks.JSR (talk) 18:51, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

92.13.196.126

Hi Edgar181. Could you have a look at 92.13.196.126 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · proxy check · block user · block log · cross-wiki contribs · CheckUser (log)) please? You 24-hours-blocked this IP slightly over 24 hours ago. IP is back vandalising, but still marked as blocked, so Huggle doesn't report. TIA and cheers - DVdm (talk) 20:43, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

By the way, I think he just created a username now. See Tollus tollus (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) which is indef blocked already now. If you check the content of his userpage, this might not be the end of it. - DVdm (talk) 21:01, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I've blocked the IP for a month now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:03, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

Chlorogenic acid

To all of you - the Bulgarian chlorogenic acid is really the only clorogenic acid at the concentrate level of 98.93 % made of sunflower leaves, and it is on the market under the trade name of yummyiagra. Whomever is deleting the fact from food adjectives - should delete the information about the Norway and GB as well - please let the information about BG stay. Otherwise will be considered discrimination agains our nations achievements and this is directly regarded to the chlorogenic acid itself !!! From Dr. Panova.

The content that I removed from the article was too unclear to be useful because of the poor English. It had nothing to do with any kind of discrimination. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:57, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

List of slang terms for white people in non-Western countries

Hi, just wondering what deleted/nonexistent page List of slang terms for white people in non-Western countries was reliant upon? Thanks in advance! – Arms & Hearts (talk) 16:27, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

I deleted that page because it was a redirect to a deleted page (List of terms for white people in non-Western cultures, which has since been recreated as a redirect). -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:41, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Burton on Trent

Hi Edgar181. After a couple weeks of peace our Burton on Trent vandal has returned and is currently editing from thie IP 90.200.85.15 (talk · contribs). Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 17:40, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

I have blocked the IP address, but he may have moved on to a different one by now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:12, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Many thanx. Of course, you are right about the IP hopping. I'll keep an eye peeled and let you know. Have a great week. MarnetteD | Talk 20:04, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

And here is the next one 90.200.85.220 (talk · contribs). I have visions of this person wandering all over B-o-T going into every wi-fi place that he can find so he can get a new IP :-) MarnetteD | Talk 15:33, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Here is a new one that is active at this moment. 90.200.85.127 (talk · contribs). MarnetteD | Talk 20:56, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I blocked for a year the 90.200.85.0/24 range that covers these last three IPs (it's been blocked many times before). If he returns again, please just let me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

PRIVO

Good afternoon Sir...

On 16 November 2007 it says that you deleted the PRIVO page due to lack of significance. I am a new employee with the company in charge of research and logistics. I have been tasked with getting the PRIVO page back up and refreshing the company information. Any assistance you could render getting this done would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PRIVO2001 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

I deleted Privo five years ago because it did not contain any claim of notability and therefore met criteria for deletion. Articles about organizations need to meet criteria outlined at Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) in order to be included in Wikipedia. If you think Privo meets those criteria, then you can create a neutral article about it; however, I would suggest that you first have a look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy first. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:48, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

TheOldJacobite 2

Hullo, me again. I think an RfC/U for User:TheOldJacobite becomes more and more urgent by the day; my two main problems are 1) his struggle to maintain civility, which I have seen in a few of his edit summaries, but is evident merely by looking at his current talk page, particularly [1]; and 2) articles on films and music appear to be his particular area of interest and/or expertise, but looking at his vast number of contributions to them, a large number appear to be reverting additions to them by other editors as "unnecessary" or "unhelpful" rather than actually contributing to the article, and that is in itself a highly unhelpful way to dispute someone else's good faith edits. TOJ appears to be of the opinion that once he disputes an edit its re-addition must be justified on the talk page, which may be a view in line with policy, but because he tends to revert each and every edit that comes along, it comes across as article ownership.

Anyway, given the requirements for an RfC/U are that two users contact the offending user, would you mind leaving a message for TOJ drawing his attention to these concerns, if you agree with them? Thanks. --78.150.175.214 (talk) 16:23, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Seeing that response on his talk page that you point out, I understand you concerns about civility and have left him a message about it. As for the large number of reversions to edits, I don't see any obvious cause for concern about that. I don't edit all that much in the areas of movies, music, or TV shows, but I've been around long enough to know that those types of articles get a large amount of edits that are unconstructive (at best) and TheOldJacobite's frequent reversions and requests for references are not problematic in my eyes in that context. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:19, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough on TOJ's editing practices. I agree that he does valuable work in reverting unconstructive edits to these articles, but this only masks the fact that he puts equal efforts into reverting good faith edits back to a 'stable' version without adequate explanation - i.e. any edits are bad. I suppose in order to convince anyone of this I would have to present some diffs, but that shouldn't be too much trouble.

I see you left that message; thanks. I'm somewhat amused by the replies to it, though - for one thing, judging by the strikethroughs he has added to his own message, I wonder whether the point on civility has gone over TOJ's head, as the issue wasn't merely the swearing but the contemptuous tone he tends to use. I can't think of any editors who wish to be described as "people who think their opinion means something" or having "trivial and pathetic" discussions, for instance. And quite disturbingly, MarnetteD is outraged enough at my concerns to not only fervently leap to TOJ's defence, but trace my IP back to Nottingham, imply I am engaging in sockpuppetry, bad faith editing and not keeping a cool head, and to top it off, scrutinise and revert my contributions - rather annoyingly in exactly the same manner as TOJ does that I take issue with!

Anyway I know you as an unrelated editor probably couldn't care less about this, so I shall let sleeping dogs lie for now and bide my time building evidence for the RfC/U that is, by degrees, inevitably coming. Thanks again. --92.16.49.33 (talk) 02:57, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

I don't think it is fair to conclude that I couldn't care less. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:19, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Apologies for my presumption, then; I hope I haven't offended you! I just find Wikipedians tend to pick and choose their battles. --78.144.167.137 (talk) 07:28, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

No, I'm not offended. Just don't want to be misunderstood. Cheers, -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:35, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Me again, again (again). I thought I would draw your attention to this: that only a few days after you warned TheOldJacobite for incivility on my behalf, and he took all necessary steps to redress the matter, he refers to another editor's edit as "bullshit" [2], and then when that editor attempts to warn TOJ on his talk page as you did, he is reverted with another terrible edit summary: "Are we all just a bunch of sensitive little children?". I have received no response since I left this message [3] for him, and as far as I can tell TOJ has not apologised to or further acknowledged the concerns of the editor (who can be shown to be being slightly uncivil himself, but I am more concerned about TOJ who has already been warned). Might you kindly ask him the meaning of this for me? Thanks. --78.144.171.26 (talk) 22:13, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply - I've been without power until today due to the storm. In contrast to the last incident that you asked me to have a look at, I don't feel the edits you've shown me here are particularly troublesome. There's simply no way that you can hang around here and expect not to see that kind of thing once and awhile. Certainly it's not ideal, but I don't find it unacceptable either. However, if you think this is part of an ongoing larger problem, probably the best way to deal with it at this point is to seek some type of dispute resolution (Wikipedia:Dispute resolution) related to the pattern of behavior, rather than trying to address each individual minor incident. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:07, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, I hope Sandy hasn't taken its toll on you!

Now hold on just a second - if you agree with me that these comments are uncivil, then I'm not aware of why incivility is something that should be tolerated in any circumstances on Wikipedia. All incivility is "troublesome" - as we can see in this instance, it caused the other editor to respond with uncivil remarks of his own. I don't point it out to you just to be picky - it's my desire for an editor as prolific as TOJ is to continue editing without making uncivil remarks, and if it means he has to be continually reminded of this, then so be it.

I'm aware of how the dispute resolution process can be applied to this but I don't feel it's necessary to resort to it when I feel that TOJ wants to be civil and is perfectly capable of being civil without formal admonishment of that nature. If you absolutely insist that this is something for further dispute resolution (after all, you qualify as a 'third opinion') then say again, and I shan't bother you further. --78.144.164.228 (talk) 20:54, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

There are varying degrees of civility/incivility. In my opinion, mild incivility is tolerable (though, of course, not ideal) and attempts to suppress it is not worth the effort. I don't insist on dispute resolution, but that is what I would recommend if you want to pursue this further. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:00, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

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PHYTOMELATONIN

I created the Phytomelatonin article on 14th October and today I found it redirected to Melatonin. Phytomelatonin and Melatonin are basicly two different things, as you can check by the description in the article and also in the italian version the two elements are differenced by creating two indipendent pages “Melatonina” (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonina) and “Fitomelatonina” (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitomelatonina). Can you gently explain to me this change? Thanks for your help. Martinflex — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martinflex (talk • contribs) 14:08, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Phytomelatonin and melatonin are the same chemical compound, regardless of the source. If you wish to add content to Wikipedia related to the presence and function of melatonin in plants, the best place to do that is in the article melatonin. There is already a section in that article related to that topic - you can just expand that. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:15, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

You're right, I know that they have the same chemical structure but in my article I want to present all the research history that stays behind the discover of Phytomelatonin. I could expand the existing section but it would become very long and I would not bother who created Melatonin article. If you tell me I can, I will do it. Thanks. Martinflex —Preceding undated comment added 15:21, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

I don't see anything problem with expanding the existing section in melatonin. I would recommend trimming some of the length from the phytomelatonin content, though - it contains quite a bit of technical detail that is not really appropriate for a general purpose encyclopedia. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:06, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Hydroxyamfetamine

I could use your help/support. I'd like to get this entry's name changed back to p- or 4-hydroxyamphetamine. I've been reading the literature on arylalkylamines for decades, and, despite the fact that "hydroxyamfetamine" is the INN name for this compound, I've never seen it referred to as such. I'm getting a bit exasperated at the cavalier use of specialized terminology by editors who, by their own admission, are not specialists in the subjects they are writing about. (Maybe this is preferred WP policy, but it doesn't work too well for scientific subjects - I'm by no means an elitist, but I'm using up a lot of time making simplistic corrections). If you look at the history of the edits for this entry, you'll see it's name has been changed several times, so I'm not the first person to raise this issue. I reckon some kind of "administrative edict" is required here, based on some kind of "objective" criteria from WP regarding the naming of chemical compounds that also have pharmacological properties. Thanks.Xprofj (talk) 20:40, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

I understand your frustration and have encountered similar situations myself. Unfortunately, an "administrative edict" isn't an option - Wikipedia administrators don't have any greater authority to decide the title of an article than other other editor. Admins essentially only have the additional authority to enforce community consensus. For this particular article, there doesn't appear to have ever been a discussion about its name (except for the suggestion on talk page to which no one replied). Probably the best thing to do is to start a discussion (see Wikipedia:Requested moves) and make your case - based on a quick web search and a quick literature search "p-hydroxyamphetamine" appears to be the most commonly used name. However, since hydroxyamfetamine is a marketed drug, I wouldn't be surprised if other editors will have a preference for sticking with the INN, which is the general practice for pharmaceutical articles. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:56, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Sorry I wasted your time, but I wrote in haste, not realizing that chemical/drug naming is such a democratically-decided matter at WP. If I start a discussion, it will waste even more time, but, with reference to your parting comment, I'd like to point out that, although "hydroxyamfetamine" is a (minor) marketed drug, it is also a chemical entity and a (major) pharmacological tool, and it seems "un-encyclopedic" to favor the pharmaceutical application. But, having expressed my opinion, I won't pursue this issue further.Xprofj (talk) 13:21, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Solubility

I see you have edited the article on solubility a lot. Instead of starting the first sentence, "Solubility is the property of...," what would you think of "In science, solubility is the property of..." or something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wdjunkin (talk • contribs) 02:42, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Personally, I think the qualifier "In science..." is superfluous. Solubility as a property of a material is independent of scientific study. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:37, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Robert Wade (screenwriter)

Thanks for mopping up after me and hiding the diffs I'd missed. Regards, GiantSnowman 12:58, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

No problem. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:59, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Structure Request

Following up on an offer you made some time ago, I'd be grateful if you could put drawings of tetramethylammonium (just the cation), and N,N-dimethyldopamine into the structure files for me. No rush, but these are probably going to be my next major projects. Thanks.Xprofj (talk) 17:23, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

OK, I created File:Dimethyldopamine.svg and there are several tetramethylammonium images at w:commons:category:tetramethylammonium cation. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:57, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou very much. Sorry I didn't check the existing files, but assumed that as there was no WP text entry for tetramethylammonium then there wouldn't be any images either.Xprofj (talk) 19:51, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm glad to help. There are often images at Commons which have been created for articles on other language Wikipedias. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:12, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Editing Symbols Etc

Help! I don't know how to phrase this in appropriate jargon, but the gist of it is that suddenly (overnight) I can't access the special symbols, foreign characters, subscripts etc (they simply appear as an un-selectable list), nor easily reach my Sandbox. I'm using an old Mac with OS 10.4. Did WP just do something or is the fault at my end?Xprofj (talk) 16:34, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know what would cause that problem. I don't have any trouble editing on my Mac while using either Safari or Firefox, but my OS is newer. A place to ask might be Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) where people with much more tech knowledge than me might be able to help you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:51, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks yet again. I'm afraid I don't know my way around all the nooks and crannies of WP, so your direction to Village pump was very helpful. Seems I wasn't the only editor with this problem, but the interface is back to normal again. May I ask which browser you use for your WP work?Xprofj (talk) 18:52, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

I prefer to use Firefox. -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:47, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

User:Ugtastic

Have you perhaps forgotten to notify User:Ugtastic that they were blocked and why? I would have posted {{softerblock}} myself on their talk page, but that template is worded in such a way as to state that its poster (i.e., I) was the one who blocked them. —Psychonaut (talk) 09:25, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

I seem to have missed that one. Done now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:49, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!

Wilhelmina Will has given you some caramel and a candy apple! Caramel and candy-coated apples are fun Halloween treats, and promote WikiLove on Halloween. Hopefully these have made your Halloween (and the proceeding days) much sweeter. Happy Halloween! If Trick-or-treaters come your way, add {{subst:Halloween apples}} to their talkpage with a spoooooky message!

Cheers! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 23:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:07, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Chembox

Sorry to bother you again, Ed, but I've been trying to clean up "tetramethylammonium hydroxide" and have found that I can't cleanly enter more than one number into the CAS field. The problem arises because there are different CAS numbers for the solution and the only solid form in which this substance exists, which is the pentahydrate. I guess one approach is to simply make the Chembox data pertain exclusively to the pentahydrate, but then problems may arise with the formula and MW. Well, I'm sure you get the drift...Any thoughts on the best way to proceed?Xprofj (talk) 22:03, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

The {{chembox}} template is already equipped to handle this situation with parameters such as these, for example:

|  CASNo = 1111-22-3
|  CASNo_Comment = 
|  CASNo1 = 2222-33-4
|  CASNo1_Comment = pentahydrate
|  CASNo2 = 3333-44-5
|  CASNo2_Comment = aqueous

If this isn't clear, or if you need help, just let me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:13, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, Ed. I was working from what might have been an old, or alternative, Chembox version that I cut and pasted from some other article.

I'm afraid that I'm still having trouble finding my way to specific tools and templates in WP. Would you be kind enough to explain the most direct route by which I might be able to access and deploy the Chembox which you illustrate?

(I hate pestering anyone about this sort of thing, but I've had to make a choice between learning more about what sometimes seems to me a labyrinthine organization of WP editing information and actual editing, which I admit to doing in the most primitive/inefficient manner.)Xprofj (talk) 17:13, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Many of the parameters that work in the chembox template can be seen the documentation at Template:Chembox, but unfortunately some of them aren't described. (I guess no one has taken the time to update the documentation to reflect some ongoing improvements that have been made to the template). It's probably easiest just to demonstrate how to add the CASNo parameters to the existing template at Tetramethylammonium hydroxide, so I have done so with this edit.

Please feel free to ask me about any questions or difficulties with Wikipedia editing. I don't mind at all. I'm happy to help. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:15, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou yet again.Xprofj (talk) 21:33, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

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User talk:38.66.67.1

More vandalism from this IP who you blocked recently. Should it be blocked again? -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:39, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

I reblocked the IP. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:17, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Many thanks, Edgar181, for keeping an eye out for vandalism on my personal pages. Regards, Pinethicket (talk) 18:00, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:18, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

the-travel-advisor.com

Hi Edgar181, Can You explain me why You delete my links and block me? I don't understand what you want. All my content is unique and exactly to the topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Travelmz (talk • contribs) 19:09, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Please read the messages on your talk page. You have been repeatedly adding inappropriate external links to the same website to multiple articles using multiple accounts and IP addresses. This is generally considered spamming and not permitted on Wikipedia. Your edits were all reverted by other users (I don't see any case where I did so). I temporarily blocked your account because you did not heed the warnings on your talk page to stop. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:31, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

(You know what for.) HiLo48 (talk) 19:40, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. If you want your user page semi-protected for a bit, just let me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:40, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Disguised Spam

Some more articles from the same editor you blocked: Are you using the best anti-wrinkle skin care about you?, Cosmetics company. Discount Cosmetics on a tight budget. The advertising is well disguised. --Anbu121 (talk me) 18:00, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

I blocked User:Deadseaproducts123. Looks like the articles are all deleted and the accounts that created them are all blocked now. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:24, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thank you for reverting the vandalism at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation. I have never seen that much vandalism before – nearly a million bytes! Anonymouse321 (talk • contribs) 17:56, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:57, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

p-phenylenediamine

is black. I'm looking at some right now in the lab - and it isn't the hydrochloride salt either. It's a black crystalline solid.

Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.243.253.112 (talk) 16:16, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

If it is pure, it is white. If yours is black, it has decomposed, or at least started to. You can recrystallize it from benzene to purify it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:40, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your contributions !!! Helen-Heller (talk) 02:52, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:23, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Problems with user The Old Jacobite

Hello, Just wanted to give you a heads up on user The Old Jacobite.

I noticed your exchange with this individual on their user Talk Page and wanted to contact you concerning the recent problems I’ve had with this person. I’ll quickly summarize by saying that The Old Jacobite has been vandalizing my Talk Page by deleting a notification I received from a concerned Wiki ediitor about the Jacobite’s “vigilante” tactics against me. (This user and I also have had a running exchange on the William Burroughs Talk Page, due to Jacobite's egregious, continuous censorship of sourced material which they "don't like.") If you would, please go to The Old Jacobite’s Talk Page to see the comment I just posted about the recent issue—it may, however, already have been deleted by this individual. This user’s behavior is very problematic and I don’t know what, if anything, can be done about it. I appreciate your attention to this and would welcome your thoughts. Betempte (talk) 20:51, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

From my brief interactions with The Old Jacobite, I can see that he can be difficult at times; however, referring to another user's edits, which in this case seem to have been done with reasonable explanations, as "vandalism" and "censorship" is a certain way to escalate a dispute by personalizing it. So I would advise you to take a less adversarial tone. Reasonable people can disagree with edits and disagree with the rationale for them. (I haven't looked closely at the content at dispute at William S. Burroughs, and I'm probably not knowledgeable enough on that topic to know which are what's best for the article.) In situations like this, if the discussion on the talk page hasn't gone anywhere, you will probably have to seek dispute resolution (Wikipedia:Dispute resolution). If you feel there are ongoing issues associated with TOJ's behavior as an editor, you will probably have to turn to an outlet such as Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct. This is probably a better approach than trying to deal with each individual incident separately. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:16, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback. I concede that my language with this user may veer towards “adversarial.” However, I won’t be intimidated by someone whose actions have gone beyond mere difference of opinion. As a frequent Wiki editor, I have never encountered someone with such adamant opposition that they use retaliatory tactics to discredit me. I said what I felt needed to be said. In future, if I should cross paths with The Old Jacobite, my past experience will guide me in how to proceed. I appreciate the links you provided. I agree with you that engaging one on one with a Wiki user can be frustrating and input and assistance from a third party can be useful. Again, thanks!

P.S. I've just seen that The Old Jacobite has removed the "Civility"section from his Talk Page, in which his lack of civility was discussed. I'm not surprised. Betempte (talk) 20:35, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

First of all, I regularly archive my talk page, which is very easy to deduce by looking at the archive box on the top right. I did remove your duplicate message --- which you had also added to my user page --- as it was redundant. However, even if I had chosen to remove the entire section, as I have every right to do, this would be no business of yours, and your decision to comment on it here only reinforces my belief that you are trying to bait me, and are not interested in an honest and frank discussion of the matter that lies before us. You came here to tell Ed that I am a problem user, with the insinuation that he should do something about me. I have never attempted, or had even any notion to attempt, to "bully" you. And I am not going to be accused of "censorship," "vandalism," or "slander" without some damn good evidence being offered for said accusations. As I said to you on my talk page, if you have evidence against me, open an AN/I discussion and I will vigorously defend myself. If you are not willing to make your accusations in a public forum where other editors and administrators can offer their opinions, it is best that you not make the accusations at all. If you want to discuss your edits to the Burroughs article, the place to do it is on that article's talk page, but I stand by my edits. If, however, your intention is to cause trouble, which I believe to be the case, feel free to continue on in your current manner. I believe, though, that it will have a bad outcome. ---The Old Jacobite_{The '45} 23:48, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

You are someone that refuses to be accountable for your own practices. Instead you instigate and are persistent in “causing trouble,” which you then attribute to others. This is illustrative of a dynamic, which is not amenable to flexibility or productive debate. For this reason, I deem that any further interaction with someone of your combative nature speaks to an energy wasting enterprise favored by those who enjoy the boxing ring. I don't go in for that kind of sport. Betempte (talk) 22:23, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Revision deletion requested on Fergie Olver

I noticed you're listed as an admin willing to contacted about revision deletions. The article Fergie Olver is often targeted with vandalism that violates BLP -- this is an ongoing thing that pops up every few months based on youtube footage. I'm not sure if the article needs to be protected but the revisions should be deleted in any case. Cheers. freshacconci talktalk 00:49, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

I hid the inappropriate edits and since this appears to be a long-standing problem, I have indefinitely semi-protected the article. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:56, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

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About Perilla Ketone

Dear Mr.

We are a Spanish company, and we need a sample of a purity of at least 90% of Perilla Ketone. I read your article on Perilla ketone in Wikipedia, and I would appreciate, if you could direct where to buy it.

I greet him warmly,

Laura Fernández — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.157.252.128 (talk) 12:16, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't know anything about purchasing this chemical compound. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:38, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

WinkaDinka

Thanks for using RD3 on Sean Patrick Maloney. Would you mind also using it on Annise Parker, Mark Takano, and Mark Pocan, the other gay politician pages the user vandalized? – Muboshgu (talk) 16:41, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Done. I should have noticed that myself. Thanks. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:44, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

No, thank you. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:45, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for your prompt attention at the school with the weird name in Mass. I can't stand David Hasselhoff, so those children were especially irksome to me! Gtwfan52 (talk) 16:43, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm glad to help. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:44, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

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Talk:Mephedrone#Racemate.3F

Do you mind dropping by there? --Rifleman 82 (talk) 01:27, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I copied my WT:CHEM comment to over there. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:41, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Phen375

Good afternoon, I would like to know why you deleted the Phen375 page, I know it has not many information but I was still working in it and it was not a promotional page. Thank you. Nathan

Another editor marked it for deletion as being entirely promotional in tone. I agreed and deleted it. We already have an article on phentermine and there is no need for a separate article for one particular brand of it, even if it weren't promotional. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:32, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protection request

Hi. Sorry to bother you, but I"m writing to ask if you would consider a semi-protect lock on the Kevin Clash article. There was a lock on it which expired a few days ago (prior to a new wave of "breaking" news stories about the subject). Not sure if you're familiar with the recent scandal(s) associated with him in recent days, but the page is attracting a lot of unconstructive edits from IP's, so it would be helpful if the page could have a few weeks to give the media storm a chance to cool down. Thanks. --- Crakkerjakk (talk) 06:46, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Looking at the page's history, I only see one edit in the last 50 that was vandalism, so it doesn't appear to be an issue at the moment. I notice that there has also been a request at WP:RFPP since yesterday that no administrator has acted on yet, so I think other admins are of the same mind - there is a potential for a problem, but protection isn't immediately necessary. I will keep a close eye on the article today and semi-protect it if things change for the worse. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:17, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

True. I should have been more specific. It isn't exactly vandalism, but more unconstructive edits (either mistakes, or unsourced, or trivial, etc). After reviewing, I admit I probably the gun on asking for a lock. But yes, if you could please keep an eye on the page over the next few days that would be great (since the page has had approximately 50 edits in the last 24 hours, I'm still concerned that, while the majority of edits may not necessarily be in bad faith, the article may become tiresome for other editors monitor. Thanks again. --- Crakkerjakk (talk) 15:01, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

I understand your concerns. I'll definitely keep a close eye on it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:59, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Reason for blocking

Why have you blocked me when I have not made any edits pertaining to Chemistry? Only editing Hong Kong actors' Wikis after new information about the TVB Anniversary Awards 2012 was published today. What nonsense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bernyong (talk • contribs) 09:06, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't know what you are talking about. Neither I nor any other administrator has blocked the account User:Bernyong. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:18, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Dartmouthaires

Thanks, Edgar. With the softerblock, shouldn't the standard template message appear at User talk:Dartmouthaires explaining what they may do next, if they choose? I don't see one there. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:10, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Because the template is used as the block log message, they will see the message if they try to edit. However, I should have put it on the talk page too, but somehow missed it. I've done so now. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:57, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Educational institution IP address

a few days ago I vandalized some articles from my school computer and referenced some of my friends computer a now it says my school is blocked by you and you will report me for vandalizing. Please don't do that, I only did it because someone told me you can write things on wiki and I wanted to try it and I didn't know you guys took these things so seriously and I only vandalized one article but I think other people at my school vandalized before. I go to Franklin High School, please don't tell on me, I'm active in athletics and student government and I don't want to be kicked out of that, I'm a good girl and I'll try to do something helpful for Wikipedia though I don't know if I can as I'm not as smart as you are, it takes a lot of smarts to write Wikipedia articles. I actually really like wiki, you guys are awesome, just please don't get me or my friends in trouble. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FHS Girl 2014 (talk • contribs) 18:09, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

If I blocked the IP address for your school, it is very likely that there was a considerable amount of other vandalism coming from your school beyond what you may be personally responsible for. Unless there is some kind of persistent abuse attributable specifically to you, no one is going to get you in trouble. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:17, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I vandalized from my school and I know now that I shouldn't have done that but I think you're right about other vandalism because there's like a million thingys on the page saying you will be blocked if you vandalize again. I was just scares because it says"it may be possible for your institution's administration to determine who was making contributions from this address at any given time and abuse reports may be sent to them for investigation". There are a lot of stupid people at my school and probably most schools even and you probably even think I'm stupid and I'm sorry for that. I feel bad that no one can edit Wikipedia from the computer lab because of me, even if it's not just my fault I contributed to it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FHS Girl 2014 (talk • contribs) 19:03, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Just consider it a learning experience then. -- Ed (Edgar181) 00:10, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Molecular Structures

Hey there, I've been making pages occasionally for psychoactive substances, but don't know how to generate the proper structures with transparencies as you did on N-Ethylbuphedrone. I usually just clip it from somewhere and upload it as in 3-Fluoromethamphetamine. How do you create those? --Brandonazz (talk) 19:45, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

I use ChemDraw. Any time you would like me to draw a structure, just let me know and I'd be happy to do so. There is also this page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemistry/Image Request. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:57, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for PHOX stuff

I realized only after the student had submitted the article that Wikipedia had a closely related one. I also considered merging the specific and the general case. So thank you for re-engineering that pair of articles. --Smokefoot (talk) 13:48, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

I think (S)-IPr-PHOX is sufficiently widely used for it to be a separate topic with an article of its own. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:56, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Request for Revision Deletion

as grossly insulting BLP [4]. Editor self-reverted. Thanks. 78.26 (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 21:39, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

TPS note: revdels done and user blocked. Acroterion (talk) 22:04, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Lycopene

Hi Ed

Is there a reason we don't have a structure in the box of this article? The all-trans seems to match the CAS number listed. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 22:18, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

The chemical structure images are in the "Structure and physical properties" section. Presumably they have been placed there because they are simply too wide to be usefully placed in the chembox. -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:55, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense. I was thinking that lycopene might be some sort of poorly defined mixture of polyenes. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 15:27, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

1,2-Dichloroethenes

Yesterday I split 1,2-dichloroethenes only to discover that I should never have done that. The combined chembox was artfully done. So is there some way you can reverse what I did? Then I will go back and re-edit the combined article with slightly updated information? Probably the main thing is to reverse my "move", then I can clean up the rest by converting the individual articles into redirects. Thank you.--Smokefoot (talk) 14:21, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

OK, I reverted the move. If you need help with anything else, just let me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:50, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Yuantong

thanks! Azylber (talk) 15:39, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm glad to help. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:34, 4 December 2012 (UTC)a

Question about External Links

Hello Edgar181,

I have a question about your comment about external links. I am new to Wikipedia and thought that I was adding a relevant link. The article is about the FDA. Anyone researching the FDA might find this company's site interesting since it has information. Furthermore, they are often writing blogs about the regulation changes. They also have a 24/7 live chat that can answer questions about the FDA. Why is this considered inappropriate? Thank you for your help, Maria

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and any external links listed in its articles should have an encylopedic purpose. The website you were linking to is not geared toward providing information about the FDA; instead it is focused on providing a commercial service to organizations who deal with the FDA. As such I don't think it meets Wikipedia's guidelines for inclusion. You can see Wikipedia:External links for details. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:07, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

B12 deficiency

Greetings, do you happen to watch over the Vitamin B12 Deficiency article as well? The new referenced info keeps disappearing before my eyes. All this is quite difficult from a phone haha. -DavidDavid Martin Zeegen Roth (talk) 00:55, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you are asking about. Yesterday I reverted some vandalism at vitamin B12, but I think that's my only recent contribution to the article. If you have questions about the content of the article, it's best to address it on the article's talk page: Talk:Vitamin B12. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:39, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

"Sophisticated Graffiti?"

I understand and I do not have have a question about content, but instead about graffiti. Will you please consider whether the following passage (especially the second half) in Vitamin B12 deficiency constitutes a sophisicated form of graffiti?

"In the developing world the deficiency is very widespread, with significant levels of deficiency in Africa, India, and South and Central America. This is theorized to be due to low intakes of animal products, particularly among the poor,[65] though data from WHO publications on world food consumption point to a large deficiency of poor populations in consuming adequate amounts of fresh fruit and vegetables, which carry B12 from bacteria in the soil they are grown in, so this is likely a primary cause as well, since vitamin B12 does not originate from animal sources and can be obtained without consuming animal products.[66]"

It appears to me that the passage attempts to state the absurd for the sole purpose of underminding the integrity of the article. Secondly, the passage is uncited. The first citation was taken from paragraph below it in the article and has nothing to do with the passage above, and the second citation contains nothing at all about B12. (I read all nine internet pages.) This is even though Ian.thomson instists that the passage "summarises" what the source directly states.

If this is not a WP:graffiti issue, is it an WP:original research problem?

Thanks, David. David Martin Zeegen Roth (talk) 23:32, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

When reading that paragraph, I don't see anything absurd about it or anything that would suggest that its purpose is to undermine the integrity of the article. In fact, it seems perfectly reasonable and unsurprising to me. So the question remains whether the references support that content or not. I don't have access to the Annual Review of Nutrition journal article "Vitamin B12 Deficiency in the Elderly" (currently reference 65), only the abstract which doesn't directly address the issue, so I can't say for certain whether it supports the statement or not. As for the second reference, although it does not explicitly make a connection to vitamin B12 as far as I can tell, it does support the claim that poor populations have diets that are more likely to be deficient in the foods that contain B12. So although I find the content to be perfectly reasonable, I think there is certainly room for improving the references. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:17, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Softerblock

I see that you blocked User talk:Histiocytosis Association on WP:ISU grounds. Are you planning to tell them why? (Did you notice that their talk page is still a redlink?) WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:18, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I did tell them why. When I blocked the username, I used the template {{softerblock}} as the block reason. When the user attempts to edit, they see the templated message. I've now added another copy of the template to their talk page. (If it bothers you that a talk page is red, it would actually be easier to add the template to their page than to leave a message for someone else to do it.) -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:49, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Halostachine structure

I'd be grateful for a Chemdrawing of halostachine (i.e. N-methylphenylethanolamine) if/when you have the time. Please orient in the same way as the drawing of Phenylethanolamine (which is under File: 2-Hydroxyphenethylamine.png).

Incidentally, you should probably change "2-Hydroxyphenethylamine" to Phenylethanolamine. I renamed it in expanding the original stub for "2-Hydroxyphenethylamine", but this misnomer still persists in the WP system. Although "2-Hydroxyphenethylamine" has been used as a synonym for phenylethanolamine, I think I've seen just one example of this usage in the literature, and, of course, the convention for using the trivial "phenethylamine" nomenclature would place the hydroxy group on the aromatic C-2. And the current situation will create a problem if someone wants to write an entry concerning the Ar-2-OH compound.

Thanks.Xprofj (talk) 00:27, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

I created one image without stereochemistry (File:N-methylphenylethanolamine.svg) and one for the (R)-isomer that is halostachine (File:Halostachine.svg):

I agree with your reasoning about renaming the other file, so I have moved "2-Hydroxyphenethylamine.png" to File:Phenylethanolamine.png. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:55, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou.Xprofj (talk) 20:35, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protection request

Hi. I'm dropping a note to ask if you would consider a lock on the List of Barbie's friends and family article. I've been keeping an occasional eye on the page for the last 6 months and a majority of additions are pointless IP edits if not outright vandalism. It appears nobody (including me) is currently being really vigilant about watching the page (as it is basically just a list after all), so I was hoping you might consider a semi-protect lock. I'd be inclined to try and perform some cleanup and additional sourcing for the page, but it seems like a futile exercise if 10-year-old IPs are constantly coming along and unconstructively adding/subtracting/deleting on an almost daily basis. Thanks in advance. --- Crakkerjakk (talk) 04:57, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

I have semi-protected the page for a month. That should give you some time to work on cleaning up or improving the list, if you wish to. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:21, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll see what I can do about sourcing the page. A lot of it is easy to verify (through Amazon or eBay searches), but not easy to cite with a reliable source, so it might take me a while, but I know I can at least get some references for some of it (particularly the "vintage" era dolls, which have had numerous books written about them). Thanks again. --- Crakkerjakk (talk) 19:50, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Recreate Talk:Late congenital syphilitic oculopathy?

Hello, I'd like to add the page Late congenital syphilitic oculopathy to the task force for ophthalmology, but I see that you deleted it a few years ago. Is there any reason the talk page shouldn't be recreated now? Rytyho usa (talk) 20:36, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Please feel free to create it. The prior deletion was merely housekeeping and isn't a reason to prevent it from being created again. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:39, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

User:hajoko Hans- Joachim Krahe

Hi Edgar, you not seem to like my hypothesis about Ketamine as an Hibernation hormone. What is the reason? You also can mail to <email removed> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hajoko (talk • contribs) 12:12, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

...... it should not be the American dream, to destroy everything that does not fit into a positivistic worldview. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hajoko (talk • contribs) 12:41, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Hajoko, it seems that you already found the person responsible for removing your edits on the article. First of all, I'd like you to not take any edit on Wikipedia to personal. We will always try to provide the best information to the community. That being said, in case you haven't done this yet, I'd suggest you to read the following special page: Wikipedia:Researching_with_Wikipedia. I didn't read your changes again, but I think you might have missed to place a reliable source for the information you've provided. It's not that we don't trust your work, it's just that we should take an extra care about cutting edge information, as we cannot leave the chance to have something wrong on the Wiki. Btw, you have asked on my talk page, and I should tell you that, indeed, Wikipedia has different permissions for authors. There are some with special powers, and this is based on the amount of articles you have created or edited. But I don't think Edgar181 is one of them (but I am not sure where to check this, so I may be wrong :) ).

T scholem (talk) 23:14, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Just to add.. If you want to discuss about your research, please use the "Talk" page on the article you are editing. T scholem (talk) 23:16, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Hajoko, first of all the content you added was nearly incomprehensible - presumably because English is not your native language. If you need assistance in writing something clearly to add to the article, you can make a request at the article's talk page (Talk:Ketamine, in this case). Also, the content that you added to the article does not appear to meet Wikipedia's guidelines concerning reliable sources ([[see WP:RS for details) and appears to be your own personal research which is also not allowed. If the content you would like to add has been published in a reliable source, such as a peer reviewed scientific journal, then we can discuss adding it to the article. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:46, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

.. ah, thank you. I did not have the chance to evaluate my hypotheses, I ketamine may not apply to other bodies, except my own. Sorry about my English, is the google translater. Do you know better? I can not publish in German, because I then banned from threatening. Still, I'm probably the only experienced psychotherapist who has made a long-term experiment with ketamine. The results of publishing is not so much in my interest as the public interest. Medicine has certainly not interested because my results raise the mental part of the diagnostic codes ICD10 overboard. If you see a discreet way to refer to people interested in my research page, then please do so, if not, then this time the Russians are just faster :-) hajoko — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hajoko (talk • contribs) 11:20, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

At this point I think it simply isn't appropriate content for the English Wikipedia. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:22, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Moved counter RM result, yet again

FYI. Best regards In ictu oculi (talk) 17:34, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:21, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately there are more. I won't restore your edit, but I have documented one on Talk page. Cheers. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:38, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

And another, also yours, Talk:Ha Tinh Province again I have documented but haven't restored. In ictu oculi (talk) 02:06, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm...somehow I missed that this title was the subject of a prior move that I had reversed. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:32, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

The move was counter to this RM decision, so it certainly shouldn't have been marked as an uncontroversial move. Kauffner was aware of the previous decision, as he removed the notice[5]. He should have opened another RM.Cúchullain ^t/c 17:06, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

It's probably not a good idea for me to take administrative action myself (WP:INVOLVED), so I think this issue will only be settled through the involvement of other administrators. I suggest bringing this to the attention of WP:ANI or to one of the dispute resolution venues such as Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:30, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Edgar. Unfortunately Kauffner has been unresponsive to this issue. It may indeed need to go to ANI again. Cheers,Cúchullain ^t/c 19:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

NCSD Lakewood Elementary Block

Excuse me. I am from the school you blocked. The Vandalisim was made by a student that will leave on May 1st 2013. If it would be possible to shorten the block to last until that day? This isn't blocking the person who used vandalism. This user has many computers each with a different IP Address. So because of that you are blocking over 500 people because of Aaron's decision. Could you please only block this IP to May first? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Evoogd20 (talk • contribs) 23:24, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

I'd be happy to take a second look, but you'll first have to tell me the IP address that you are referring to. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:16, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Ethylene Polymerization

Dear Edgar, Good-day to you. I see that you are a highly qualified Chemical expert.

I am a Shipping personnel, basically an Ex-Captain on ships, now a Marine and Management Consultant for the Shipping and Mairne industry, based in Singapore. I am associated with the Tanker industry that is carriage of oil and petroleum products, however I also sometimes get to inspect LPG and LNG ships. I am in the process of developing a procedure 'Gassing up Procedure for Ethylene' for ships which carry Ethylene in a Refrigerated form or semi-Refrigerated form.

To the best of my knowledge Ethylene is subject to Polymerization and hence may require the use of Inhibitors. Could you kindly advise whether this is correct and under what conditions would Ethylene polmerize. Your valuable advise would help me to draft my procedure.

Thanks in anticipation and with Kind regards Capt. Naveen S Singhal Singapore — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.225.205 (talk) 05:50, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

It is true that ethylene is subject to polymerization, but I don't have the expertise in that field to know what the appropriate inhibitors would be in such a setting. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:17, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

Could you please move "paraffin" to "paraffin wax", which requires administrative assistance. A couple of us have discussed this change over the past week. As you probably know, paraffin is sometimes used for any old saturated hydrocarbon and we are trying to avoid mixing the two meanings, such that we have one main alkane page and another article on the waxy stuff. There are also some variations within the English language. I think we have the disambiguation or such terminology set up at the front end to help readers navigate. Thank you, --Smokefoot (talk) 13:03, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

OK, done. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:20, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

User:It's 'cause I'm Black!

This user is following the same pattern as User:Manjuices and User:15th Pen.

User:Hammerhardest is likely the same person as well. See also User:Sockformycock, sock master. --Hammersoft (talk) 21:24, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

All blocked now. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:30, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for handling it! --Hammersoft (talk) 21:30, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	You're fast :D Qbgeekjtw (talk) 17:52, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:53, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Koleimports

FYSA; this editor has answered the standard block of COI questions and seems to have covered the main points. I've processed the unblock; as always, please feel free to revert the administrative action if I've missed something. Kuru (talk) 23:55, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

That's fine with me. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:13, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your great work in Wikipedia. Warm regards! Sausa (talk) 19:17, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

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pacifica quartet page

Hello, you had written the following regarding to the Pacifica Quartet's wikipedia page, which I help edit. You had written the below. So that I know precisely which portion of the page I should edit, can you give me specific examples of what seems questionable to you? I had pulled the quartet's bio from their website, should I delete that section?

Many thanks, You You Xia

Wikipedia has a policy that doesn't permit usernames to match the name of an organization, so that is why I blocked the account User:Pacificaquartet. You are free to simply sign up with a different username. If you would rather keep the old account, but change its username, you can follow the directions on your talk page, User talk:Pacificaquartet. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:35, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

request for admin action

Please delete/hide edit as grossly insulting BLP [6]. Thanks! 78.26 (I'm no IP, talk to me!) 23:58, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Done. The user has been blocked and his edits have been deleted or hidden. Thanks for reporting him. -- Ed (Edgar181) 00:00, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

User:Djpeterc

Edgar I apoligise for the lins on my page.Is it possible to email my old page so I can re-write my page and omit the links? if so here is my email address <email removed for your protection>

Thank You!--Djpeterc (talk) 18:13, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

I don't think the page would be appropriate even if you removed the links. At Wikipedia, your user page is to provide information about yourself that is relevant to your editing here. Since you have not made any edits here except to create and maintain the promotional content at User:Djpeterc, I don't think that page is relevant. You can see Wikipedia:User pages for details about Wikipedia's policy. In any case, I will email you the content of the page in case you would like to use it elsewhere. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:23, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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Article on Restorative Leadership

Dear Edgar181, In response to your comments, I resubmitted the article on Restorative Leadership. When I search Wikipedia, Restorative Leadership comes up as being "deleted." Are you able to see the new submission and is it sufficient. Based on my review of other pages, it seems to align with Wikipedia's expectations. Here are your comments below. Thank you and Happy Holidays!

Notify author/project: == Proposed deletion of Restorative leadership ==

The article Restorative leadership has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Reads like a research paper rather than an encyclopedic article - original research/synthesis

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I deleted the article Restorative leadership because it was empty. You removed all the content from it shortly after you created it. Was that not your intention? -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:08, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello Edgar181, I am unsure what happened yesterday, but I created the page Restorative Leadership with the intention of it being approved. What you deleted was not the entire submission. I created the page in Sandbox and then submitted it. I will do it again now. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Impact2013 (talk • contribs) 17:51, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Season's tidings!

To you and yours, Have a Merry ______ (fill in the blank) and Happy New Year! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:54, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Merry Christmas to you too. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:00, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Power Dive needs to be deleted

The article Power Dive needs to be deleted from wikipedia. The message has been staying on there for a long time and it needs to be finally deleted from wikipedia so can you please delete that article. Any thing, feel free to send me a mesage on my talk page. Thank you. Starship9000 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.131.177.233 (talk) 22:24, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Looks like another administrator already got to it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:59, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit in 'Thermite' page of wikipedia

I added 'Popular culture' section in 'Thermite' article with this info- "American TV drama series 'Breaking Bad' depicts use of thermite to melt the locking system of a warehouse in the episode " A No-Rough-Stuff_Type deal" I also added the reference for this. I would really appreciate if you could tell me why it was deleted. Thanks.182.19.53.134 (talk) 09:39, 27 December 2012 (UTC)PA

A passing reference to thermite during a single episode of the TV show is not relevant to the article. If thermite was the central theme of the show, for example, it might be worth mentioning as a popular culture reference; but not it's not appropriate to add this little bit of minor trivia. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:38, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for the quick response on Doggystyle2. He was getting way out of hand and I couldn't keep up with him. Regards, --Manway 20:39, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm glad to help out. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)