User talk:Materialscientist

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Nottingham Law School edits

Exactly what was inaccurate in my entries?? CC would be spinning in his grave! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.71.66.240 (talk) 13:42, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Being picky, but...

Hi Materialscientist, this is a pretty low level grumble, but you are probably the person to turn to. An article I started, Cambriae Typus, has just been placed into the DYK Template:Did you know/Queue/6. The original hook had sat unchanged during its time in the DYK talk page, but on going into Queue 6 the word 'map' has been added to "... that the Cambriae Typus (map) shows a sea monster in the Irish Sea?" I was really hoping that the vagueness of what the 'Cambriae Typus' was would attract attention to the article as people click to see why a sea monster is in the Irish Sea. The addition of the word 'map', I feel, lets the cat out of the bag. To cut to the chase, can the word map be removed? (PS nice photos on your talk page, but that sumo one comes out of left field.) Thanks in advance FruitMonkey (talk) 18:46, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

To me the current hook sounds quite intriguing (a map shows a permanent location of a sea monster in a sea - not that it is decorated with a sea monster). Not sure about sumo, you mean it looks odd in you browser at your screen resolution? Materialscientist (talk) 23:42, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Help about vandalism

Hello MS, you recently helped remove in accurate info on the page Khattak, thank you for that, since you are the senior wiki here, well more pro than I, I have another request, a user by the IP 94.169.16.55, has been vandalising different pages blatantly, as an example, here is what he did to the page Khattak:

• • "There are also many Khattak tribes that are very bad in hygiene they are known to be called the "GWHALL TRIBE" they are also known for their very big apetite of eating like pigs"

"GWHALL", in Pushto means crap or shit, It would seem the guy has some serious issues!!! ...........sorry for using bad language here but it was necessary.

As you can see it is blatant vandalism. This instance was removed by "ClueBot NG" stating:

• • "(Reverting possible vandalism by 94.169.16.55 to version by Materialscientist. False positive?"

However the same user is still active at edits and it is not a false positive, would you please warn him?? in reference to the Khattak vandalism? and any future ones between this request and your taking notice?? Thank you, MS. Msrafiq (talk) 03:20, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

I have warned them and reverted one of their 3 edits. Edits are too few and the editor seems inactive now. Let me know (or post at WP:AIV) if they resume. Edits like that on Khattak are blockable on the spot. Materialscientist (talk) 03:32, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK business

Scientist, there's an old DYK suggestion still in the doldrums, Nursing practice. The creator has asked for "admin input" but no one has jumped in--and Template talk:Did you know is already a talk page, there's no talk page. Do you know who might have a look at it? I don't think I have anything to add to what I said there (basically, no). Thanks in advance, Drmies (talk) 04:18, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Wildlife of Tanzania

Please move this User:Nvvchar/Wildlife of Tanzania to main space. Thanks.--Nvvchar. 02:39, 27 May 2011 (UTC) Thanks also for fixing the reference format.--Nvvchar. 06:54, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Trouted

For not removing the autoblock here. I've done it for you. —GFOLEY FOUR— 03:49, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Thanks. I should be trouted for blocking them in the first place. Materialscientist (talk) 03:57, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Indira Gandhi

References provided for the statement that Mrs. Gandhi started the culture of nepotism in post-independence India. Please request for more references if necessary rather than just reverting the edits ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathansammy (talk • contribs) 13:29, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Baffin Bay gallery

I was looking at the gallery at 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1024x768 and another that I can't remember right now. It looked fine in all of those. It's only fluffy decoration anyway as there is no indication that the images were taken in Baffin Bay and really adds nothing to the understanding of the article. Also it is covering up the see also section. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 04:12, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

More Revision Deletion

Would this fall under Criterion 3 or 2 for RevDelete?

I don't think so. Materialscientist (talk) 05:24, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

And good job on finally archiving your talk page. --The Σ ^talk_contribs 05:18, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Happens, from time to time :). Materialscientist (talk) 05:24, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

More comments

More comments on my talk page. Thanks for the tips. BarkingMoon (talk) 13:39, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Elements

Thanks for the help with Palladium and especially for the help with Potassium. Do you have a suggestion what is still missing in the potassium article?--Stone (talk) 15:10, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Potassium is roughly Ok (sure, this is a vast topic and plenty of ideas mentioned in a few words there could be expanded, in a neverending process). Holleman refs need page numbers, and I don't have that book. Some of those Holleman refs are backed up and can simply be removed. Materialscientist (talk) 06:19, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I will make the Holleman refs. I have him several times. I had a lecture with the younger Wiberg and therefore a Hörerschein (discount, because you attended the lecture). I will try to get it GAN ready soon. --Stone (talk) 21:39, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

[1]

Why decline ? The user attacked me with very insulting words, so he should be blocked for short time IMHO, doesn't he ? If it's not the right place for this, where can I report it then ? Sir Lothar (talk) 15:28, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

OK. I reported again, Regards, Sir Lothar (talk) 00:21, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Help request for nomination of Pearlasia Gamboa article, and Operation Broken Trust article, for DYK

You helped me on my first article at Wikipedia, on Louis Lesser, when everyone accused it of being a hoax, and it ended up on DYK and has been tightened up significantly. My next BLP was also accused of being a hoax, Pearlasia Gamboa.

Now my DYK nomination is implicitly being accused of being a hoax, because I am afraid to sign my name to it, due to the email threats from Gamboa and others in her crime ring, like ALlied Artists INternational's Warriorboy85, aka multiply convicted felon Kimball Dean Richards, who solictied the murder of a cop, impersonated Homeland Security, and hangs out with some very violent people... and edits on Wikipedia to further his Allied Artists fraud.

96 year old Louis Lesser was defrauded of every penny he has by Pearlasia Gamboa and the Gamboa-Pedley-Rooks Crime Ring. However, none of that can go into any Wikipedia article, since there is no secondary verifiable and reliable source... yet.

Peter Jamison at the San Francisco Weekly is writing an article on the Gamboa-Pedley-Rooks, and Peter has the email Cc of her email threat below, which she Cc copied to the SF Weekly. I do not want to be the one to nominate for DYK. Can you help with this? The help request was deleted from the DYK talk page, likely because someone reasonably thought it was a hoax. Nothing in the PG Wiki article lacks solid sources; it is all inline cited with CBS News, Washington Post, etc. And some very strict editors have reviewed the article, and so have high up editors in the various WikiProjects on the article talk page, so the article is now very tight. But this new stuff cannot go in, since there are no reliable sources, and Wikipedia is not news, even if a new news story comes out in the next few weeks.

This is the deleted help request at DYK talk:

“YOUR HANDS WILL BE CUT INTO SEVERAL PIECES UNTIL YOU ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO WRITE OR POST MALICIOUS AND VICIOUS LIES IN THE WICKIPEDIA (sic)” - Help request for nomination of Pearlasia Gamboa article, and Operation Broken Trust article, for DYK

Can someone help me with nominating the Pearlasia Gamboa article for "Did you Know", as follows:

Catch -

“YOUR HANDS WILL BE CUT INTO SEVERAL PIECES UNTIL YOU ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO WRITE OR POST MALICIOUS AND VICIOUS LIES IN THE WICKIPEDIA (sic)” – Pearlasia Gamboa’s April 2011 email to the Wikipedia editor she thought was the only contributor to the Wikipedia Pearlasia Gamboa article, which she Cc copied to the United States Attorney’s office, San Francisco Weekly reporter Peter Jamison, and personally emailed to US Prosecutor Timothy Lucey, to let him know she means business about Wikipedia

Lead -

In what Attorney General Eric Holder called the biggest bust of its kind in US History, Operation Broken Trust, Barak Obama just had and Homeland Security arrest Pearlasia Gamboa's underling husband, Mark Logan Pedley, for ZNext Mining (fka Pearl Asian Mining, but Pearlasia Gamboa is still at large, sending emails to Wikipedians that say, “Your hands will be cut off for writing Wikipedia articles on my international crime ring based on Washington post and CBS news 60 minutes stories” (paraphrased for context – exact quote regarding “lies” by CBS News and the Washington Post used to source the Wikipedia article: “YOUR HANDS WILL BE CUT INTO SEVERAL PIECES UNTIL YOU ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO WRITE OR POST MALICIOUS AND VICIOUS LIES IN THE WICKIPEDIA”).

Details -

Did you know that international fraudster Pearlasia Gamboa owned her own island country to operate from, while she defrauded impoverished Bangladeshi’s and Philippine citizens, who gave their only few dollar to her “micro finance” bank, in order for her to purchase the largest private residence in Beverly Hills, featured as the fictitious most expensive house of the richest movie producer in Hollywood on the 90210 television series?}}

The normally neutrally worded Washington Post newspaper called Pearlasia Gamboa’s her crime structure a “bizarre labyrinth”, and her uses of aliases “kaleidoscopic”.

CBS News 60 Minutes called her island nation “Fantasy Island”.]]

The Italian anti-Mafia Director in Rome says she is hunted by police all over the world, yet after he said that, she and her son Hazemach were in Italy full view of the world for days in Italy as her son Hazemach won an international silver and bronze medal in “weapons”, and she operated in the open in Redwood City California, selling billions of fraudulent securities in her son Hazemach’s phony gold mine, according to the SEC.}}

Her husband Mark Logan Pedley (alias David Korem), Hazemach’s father was arrested by Homeland Security for securities fraud involving Hazemach’s phony gold mines, in Barak Obama’s biggest security fraud bust, the largest such in US history according to Attorney General Eric Holder, but Hazemach and Pearlasia Gamboa remain free and in the open in Redwood City, CA, in San Mateo County, CA, at the Woodside Priory Catholic Benedictine School. the only one in the United States, where Hazemach is their all time mathematics champion student, and Gamboa is a significant donor.}}

Since Wikipedia is not news, the Pearlasia Gamboa article will not be able to be updated include any of this very interesting stuff, even if it hits the news when Peter Jamison writes his multi-page, multi-issue story series. However, the article as it is, based on stuff from the 90's and up to 2010, is still interesting enough for DYK.

(If you need me to email you a copy of the email threat, let me know. There are other members of that crime ring making threats about their mention at Wikipedia, too, espeicially if Wikipedia is to have stuff on them from the LA Times stories. I specifically did not give User:Ocaasi copies of the LA Times stories he requested on Allied Artists and Kim Richards because I was concerned for Ocaasi's safety, and I thought he did not believe about the electronic email threats, and I could not prove the RIchards threat stuff by sending him an email with copies of the email threats, because there is a criminal investigation of Kim Richards and Allied Artists, but it is OK to email the copies sent to Peter Jamison by Gamboa, since she sent them to about a hundred people. Again, none of this is suitable for Wikipedia, since there are no sources yet, and the news sources will be too fresh for Wikipeida, which is not news, but it is still important not to ignore it.)

Thanks.  :) PPdd (talk) 20:12, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

This is a waste of time. Emails to editors are neither published nor reliable. DYK is only about reliably sourced, published content. Let's focus on aspects of the article that have those attributes, please. Also, PPdd, what you're doing now is a claim of personal harassment. That's a legal and criminal issue which cannot be brought to light here; call a lawyer and a cop. Then, if you are not in danger, call a journalist. Then come back and work on the article. Cheers, Ocaasi ^c 20:39, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the note about the creeping snowberry article!

Awesome that it got on the DYK page! I wish I had a little more editing time because it got there so fast, but no matter, I'm extremely pleased! Jgreeter (talk) 02:20, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey, sorry for vandalizing. He does have a pretty round head. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.10.162.88 (talk) 05:31, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Limbo

Hello, Materialscientist. I have a strange problem. I made a request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations to change my user name from Moonraker2 to Moonraker. This has now been marked as done, but I do not know what to do now. I find I am still signed in as Moonraker2, and under that name my watchlist has been cleared and the "my contributions" list is empty, except for today's edits. The Moonraker account now appears under the name "Moonraker (usurped)". I went to the talk page of MBisanz, who seems to have dealt with my request at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations, but the page is autoprotected and will not let me edit it, giving me the message "This page is currently semi-protected and can be edited only by established registered users". I am now going to try signing out as Moonraker2 and signing in again as Moonraker, but I am not sure what the effect will be and just wanted to leave you this message in case I can't sign in again as either. Will update you here. Moonraker2 (talk) 08:41, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Some progress, I am now signed in as Moonraker, where my watchlist and user contributions are intact. I'll see what I can do now to rearrange myself. If you know of a help page for people in this position, a link would be appreciated. Moonraker (talk) 08:47, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Your user count as Moonraker indicates that the rename was executed. There were many server and database problems and delays recently, and database delays were occurring with transferring various bits between accounts even in better times. Thus my advice is edit as Moonraker and contact MBisanz if some functions still don't work after a couple of days. (I hope watchlist is transferred; never mind user subpages). In these matters waiting helps better than running to crats and developers. Materialscientist (talk) 08:58, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks, Materialscientist. My main query now is about what happens to SUL account, but I'll ask MBisanz about that. Regards, Moonraker (talk) 09:30, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Queues

Thanks for all your tips. I hope I'm not breaking too many rules or stepping on too many toes. I like making new articles and the DYK area. There are some empty queues, can you move some preps into them? Thanks.BarkingMoon (talk) 11:13, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Magnesia

Thanks for your help with the page edits I am trying to incorporate at Magnesium oxide wallboard. I stumbled on that page the other day and it looked like a soapbox of badly written uncited general information. It looks more like a promotianal bandstand piece for some brand of product without any reference cited for most all of what is stated there. I have not touched anything where there was a good reference. I did remove bad choice of language like the term MgO Board... MgO is to Magnesia like H2O is to Water... so it looks kind of silly to me call it MgO Board which appears to be more of a brand name. Unless the page is written for Chemists Magnesia is a more universal term for the actual material. Magnesia Cement is a common cement existing for thousands of years.

Please go through each of my edits one by one and if you feel one needs to change them please change just the one or few that you take issue with rather than baldly reverting many hours worth of my work from the other day. If you revise my edits and provide reasons and explanation then i will work with your to male the article the best it can be under the Wikipedia rules and spirit...

Again thank you for taking the time to assist me in my editing project. Tech Joe (talk) 14:35, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Errors revert

That was an accidental click. My bad :o. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 13:50, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK

Could we ask for our help on Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#June_2nd? Thanks. History2007 (talk) 14:24, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

I saw that post, but have to go offline for some 8 hrs or so. Materialscientist (talk) 14:28, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Ok, no problem. But I guess after that if it has not been done, your help will still be appreciated. Some of us do sleep 8 hours once in a while... History2007 (talk) 16:45, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. History2007 (talk) 05:24, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Help with some Wikipedia-related research?

Hi Materialscientist. My name is Sanjay, and I'm a 1st-year PhD student working on a project aimed at improving the quality of scientific articles on Wikipedia by providing easier access to relevant published refereed articles. I found you on the list of Wikipedians with access to Web of Science and I noticed that you edited a variety of pages pertaining to Materials Science. If you are interested in lending your expertise and advice to this research effort, I have posted a set of questions on my talk page - I would greatly appreciate your taking the time to answer any or all of them. The answers will help inform the design of a tool which I believe will benefit the Wikipedia community. Thanks! Sanjaykairam (talk) 18:26, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Carbonator

He's back and still rebuilding his message. OlYeller^Talktome 21:51, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

After some though, I don't care much about any message to or about me on his talk page. As long as he keeps it there and not in articles, it doesn't bother me. I doubt though that he'll keep derogatory comments about me or any other editors on his talk page though. OlYeller^Talktome 23:16, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Saw you blocked User:203.173.40.12 - was on them for 10 minutes Thanks man Uniltìranyu (talk) 01:39, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Boron picture

Is that old picture really pure boron or just boron deposited on something? Parts of it look almost like pebbles. --Chemicalinterest aka 98.221.179.18 (talk) 16:22, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

It is from reliable source and likely shows a mixture of boron forms (including amorphous), demonstrating a range of colors. The color depends on the boron form. We need free pictures where the form of boron is specified. Materialscientist (talk) 22:49, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Related comment added at the template talkpage. LeadSongDog come howl! 16:55, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Revision deleting

Delete me

Thanks! --The Σ ^talk_contribs 05:41, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

That was fast. --The Σ ^talk_contribs 05:43, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

How do you notice vandalism so fast?

You reverted the vandalism on my talk page without a tool within a minute of it's addition. Thanks! And how did you know about it? Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:36, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

I haven't watched your talk and got there via AIV, RCP or because that user edited something else. For the same reason some users get blocked a second after they are reported to WP:AIV - someone followed them from elsewhere. Materialscientist (talk) 22:44, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Many thanks for your incredibly swift assistance over the vandalism at the liberal national party of queensland page. Now I can go back to working on the page instead of reverting mindless destruction. Until the next vandal arrives. LOL. May you be showered with Barnstars! Translinkfish (talk) 23:59, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Aqua Regia history

The hydrometallurgy journal is a very reputable journal and Prof. Fathi Habashi is also a very known author. I don't understand why you are deleting the part which has such a good reference. Why don't you instead let it be and make discussion on the topic. User:Burgundy111

 I checked the confusion you mentioned, maybe you are right. I also could not find any other reference to back it up. Thanks User:Burgundy111 00:17, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

WP:AIAV

Hi, AIAV is sometimes a nightmare to navigate, isn't it? I never copied the correct template to my clipboard correctly and ended up putting a warning on the page that I used for the IP address haha! KiloT 14:24, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Yep, I am always scared to type a reply there because when I do I get an edit conflict with 50% chances. I figured you placed some {{vandal}} or alike template there, but only after clicked revert. Didn't mean it. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 14:27, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Queue problem

Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Dan_Savage this needs fixed asap please! BarkingMoon (talk) 02:44, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Revoke his talk page access please...

It's becuase of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Acroplosurinator&diff=prev&oldid=432477757 Island Monkey ^{talk the talk} 06:52, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

TB changes

Hi there, you keep changing back to BCG30 and remind me to cite. The problem is the correct citation is already there, but it is being used to support the incorrect construct for some reason. The NIH citation was for the launch of MTb72f, the first recombinant protein vaccine as stated in the cited article. Not for rBCG30 which is a modified live vector vaccine. Not sure if I should change it again. Kcirrad (talk) 19:21, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it. I led the development of that vaccine - your new article is accurate and reads well! Kcirrad (talk) 02:41, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Queues

3 queues are empty. Hooks at T:TDYK are getting backed up too. BarkingMoon (talk) 00:15, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Re: Feudal fragmentation

Glad you enjoyed it. There are still some interesting, rather basic topics that need coverage. I am still shocked this (ff) subject is so poorly covered in the sources. Byzantinism and tsarist autocracy where easier to write about... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 04:19, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Sock blocking request.

Can you block Romar9124 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? He's a definite sockpuppet sock of blocked user Christian2941 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) who created puppets such as Romar9120 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), Romar9121 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), Romar9122 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), and Romar9123 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Same MO of putting false info on cable TV channels. BTW, WP:AIV is backlogged right now four about two hours now. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 08:48, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Selenium picture File:SeBlackRed.jpg

Nice! Would it be possible to fit in a picture of grey selenium as well? --Lanthanum-138 (talk) 11:02, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Do we have picture of gray selenium in a similar bottle? Materialscientist (talk) 11:04, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Not that I know of. I have a grey selenium picture, but not in a bottle, and even worse, it's on some black selenium. Lanthanum-138 (talk) 11:35, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

, if you wanted to know. Lanthanum-138 (talk) 13:47, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Move request

Can you move User:Nvvchar/Kanak to Kanak people and redirect Kanak?Tibetan Prayer ^᧾ 16:54, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

WP Elements in the Signpost

"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Elements for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 17:15, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Rucka Rucka Ali

Could you revert the vandalism, please? The Mark of the Beast (talk) 21:37, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 21:38, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

AN notification

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding Template usage. The thread is "Vandalism, or not ?".Thank you. Peteypaws (talk) 00:29, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

anonblock

202.45.119.18, an IP you blocked for three months, has begun to abuse his talk page access. Revoke it before he puts more insults directed at you on his talk page. Crazymonkey1123 (Jacob) ^{T or M}/_{Sign mine} 02:42, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Sockpuppets of User:JarlaxleArtemis

If you find another one of them, please don't allow talk page or email access.Jasper Deng (talk) 04:43, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Specifically talking about Joinagent (talk · contribs).Jasper Deng (talk) 04:46, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Warning Notices

Can you help? When I rollback vandalism or page blanking I leave a warning notice. In many cases I have to open individual talk pages for these. I've noticed that these talk pages are appearing on my watchlist. Is this correct or am I doing something wrong?? Denisarona (talk) 10:32, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

If you use some automated tool (TW, Huggle, etc.) then I can't really help, as I don't have much experience with those, but I guess they have some setting to "put pages you edit on watchlist" in some preferences. If not, then its odd. Materialscientist (talk) 10:42, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

No, I don't use any automated tools (I'm basically computer illiterate). It seems strange - maybe it only appears once. Anyway, thanks for replying. Denisarona (talk) 11:23, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Check "my preferences" (top-right of any WP page), "watchlist", "advanced options" - there is an option there for adding articles you edit to the watchilst. Materialscientist (talk) 11:26, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

You're a Superstar!! I did as you suggested and removed the option for the moment. Thanks again. Denisarona (talk) 12:09, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK Archive inaccuracies in May (hook cluster duplicated, another missing)

Hello, I noticed that you were listed in the change log in the DYK archives for having archived May, so I'm bringing this inaccuracy to your attention:

• In the May 2011 Archives, the cluster of hooks including Sanmenxia Dam, Lacandon Jungle, etc.... up to Oskar Daubmann is listed twice, once in May 18, and once in May 17.
• On the other hand, a cluster of hooks from May 17 (to which I contributed) is not listed at all - this is the cluster that included Ronald Pope and Ludwig von Westphalen, as well as the hook I contributed (to Dhammapada)

Question: How can this be fixed? I suspect that this latter cluster belongs in the May 17 slot now occupied by the duplicate of Sanmenxia Dam cluster. As a last resort, I have a copy of the main page from that date saved in html format. But perhaps you know an easy way to fix it? Thanks. Regards -- Presearch (talk) 18:33, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

PS: I notice that THIS seems to be the DYK Bot DIFF for when the missing cluster was inserted onto the main page. It is 6 hours after a diff for the cluster beginning with Fusakichi Omori and 12 hours after a diff for the cluster beginning with Old All Saints Church, the two immediately preceding items in the May 17 archive. Thus, based on the sequence of diffs, it appears that the missing clusters should be substituted for the first occurrence of the duplicated cluster. Do you agree? -- Presearch (talk) 21:18, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

PPS In looking a little closer, I see the following info, which reveals what happened - a manual upload seems to have caused confusion:

• Old All Saints Church cluster: Mainpaged at 18:00, 16 May 2011 (UTC), archived at 00:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
• Fusakichi Omori cluster: Mainpaged at 00:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC), archived at 08:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
• Tent Spiders cluster (the missing cluster): Mainpaged at 08:00, 17 May 2011 (UTC), but apparently never archived; Instead, the bot itself archived the Samena Dam cluster: archiving it at 17:44, 17 May 2011 (UTC), which had been inserted by User:Orlady to manually replace the Tent Spiders cluster at 17:42, 17 May 2011 (UTC).
• South Pole cluster: Mainpaged at 17:44, 17 May 2011 (UTC), archived at 01:30, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

FYI: I went ahead and corrected the archive, explaining what I did on its talk page. -- Presearch (talk) 22:11, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK

Hi - I saw you participate in DYK. I dont know if any has noticed, but there are now 5 queues open. Thanks!--v/r - TP 00:37, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

WP:SDA/PUCPresidents

Obviously, I plan to work a lot more on sourcing that article, but do you think it is good enough for a DYK mention at this point? bW 05:36, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for delay. Upon a superficial look it seems Ok for DYK. The prose text is just 1512 bytes, but the huge table would compensate even if it shrinks upon some copyedit. Would be great to have more pictures for this useful article. Materialscientist (talk) 23:50, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Lanthanum(III) oxide

Why isn't your picture in the chembox? --Chemicalinterest (talk) 13:09, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

It was in the box, but somebody shuffled images around, and I didn't bother to change that back. Materialscientist (talk) 13:12, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Unprotected image on DYK

See Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know#Reverting_on_Yellow-crowned_Bishop_photo and User talk:Snowmanradio. BarkingMoon (talk) 22:07, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Materialscientist, I am still looking into how I downloaded the thumb of the commons image for the DYK image. Sorry, you had to intervene. Kindly Calmer Waters 01:52, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

I actually blame myself - I saw your upload yesterday, was surprised by the image size and didn't check it further on commons. Happens. Materialscientist (talk) 01:55, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Found my error, it appears I saved the thumb image on the queue page, rather than the commons page. As it was the the exact image representation, it did not appear different when I looked at the final product. No excuse. Not like learning to ride a bike, huh. Time to get back to reading up on the vast discussion board archive over the last several months. Again thank you. Calmer Waters 02:20, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Not much interesting there. Would be great to have you back on reviews/composing/etc.! Materialscientist (talk) 03:03, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Pls look at science article again

Pls see Template_talk:Did_you_know#HD_154672_b.2C_HD_154672, where you previously commented. I'm trying to clear up older noms. Tks. BarkingMoon (talk) 22:53, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Antwerp Diamond Heist

Thanks. Good enough for DYK now? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:45, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Nevermind. Replied on dyk talk. :) Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:52, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Ballylough

Please note that this DYK is factually incorrect. User:TibetanPrayer amalgamated two articles - Ballylough Castle (which is in County Antrim) and Ballylough (whcih is a village in County Down). They are not the same place. I have asked him to revert both articles immediately. Ardfern (talk) 09:56, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I AGF you are correct on that, but we needs references (I can't verify those in the article, at least some of them). Is there another Ballylough village near Ballylough Castle? I hope TibetanPrayer can fix the article. Materialscientist (talk) 10:12, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry about this, I really don't know who I was going to welcome, but I guess it ended up on your page :) I apologize. --Muhandes (talk) 14:29, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

eww, I just realized, it was User:SindhDost. I was going to let you know since you were the one who blocked 121.52.157.238 so I thought you might be interested to know he opened an account. Then I decided to leave him a welcome instead and somehow stayed on your page. Anyway, already blocked on account of the username. --Muhandes (talk) 14:34, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Shawn Storm

You previously one of the sock accounts related to this, please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shawn Storm. -- Cirt (talk) 23:35, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK Q1

Hi, I'm sure this was an oversight (I know you're busy), but the new lead hook (High Fens) you added to Queue 1 is missing its credit. —Bruce1ee^talk 13:36, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, fixing. Materialscientist (talk) 13:38, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Widowbird question

I responded to your question about the Widowbird at T:TDYK. BarkingMoon (talk) 21:15, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Queue 6 at DYK

Hi Material, I was just wondering if you could change "Lulz Security" to "LulzSec" in Queue 6; the page has been moved, and if I remember correctly our tracking software won't work correctly on redirects. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:39, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I've avoided the redirect, but left the name. Let me know if you want to change the name too (I thought its not necessary). Materialscientist (talk) 23:54, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Piping is fine, I think. Thanks! Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:14, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre

Please move this User:Nvvchar/Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre to main space. I have noted your suggestions on my talk page. Well taken. Thanks.--Nvvchar. 01:37, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Philipine hook move

This hook you moved to Prep1 last night was in the June 12 request section but the current Prep 1 will appear on 13 June. You may want to make a swap for the timing. BarkingMoon (talk) 10:43, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 10:52, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Matthew Tait

I am not experimenting, after the 2005 six nations match between England and Wales, due to two tackles from Henson, Tait was given the nickname, "Henson's Handbag" due to the nature of the tackle in which Henson held tait under his arm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.66.211.224 (talk) 15:35, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Animahenasyon article

Hi, I believe, the article Animahenasyon should also have a dyk tag on its talk page because it appeared on dyk main page as a double-nom together with the article Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc.. Thanks. - AnakngAraw (talk) 18:22, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Carex hirta DYK hook

You recently moved and edited the approved hook about Carex hirta, stating that it was "factually wrong". If this is so, then the article will need to be altered, since it contains all the information in the original hook, and backed up by references. What aspect of it do you consider to be false, and on what basis? --Stemonitis (talk) 05:45, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I get grumpy sometimes :-) The hook and the article are/were factually correct (if it was factually incorrect, be sure, I would get on your back and start editing/tagging the article :-) , but ".. was first found in North America in 1877?" reads as if the species was discovered in North America, whereas the meaning is "that in North America it was first found in 1877", which is a bit vague in absence of date when it was introduced there. Please check my rewriting - I thought the date is not essential, and that the combination of the hook+image+article was weaker than other lead candidates. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 06:00, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Fair enough. I wasn't questioning your characterisation of the hook as "dull" – everyone is entitled to his own opinion – but the factual part. Your re-wording seems equally true, and if you think it's clearer or more interesting, then that's fine by me. I'm a little disappointed not to see my picture used, but that's something for me to deal with, not something that need bother you. Thanks for clarifying. --Stemonitis (talk) 06:18, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

You picture looks fine in full scale, but not in a 100x100 thumb (which distorts gamma and contrast). Meanwhile, I was trying to find why it is called "hammer sedge"; if you know - please add to the article. Materialscientist (talk) 06:21, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

I don't think the hook was dull and I think the pic was fine in DYK size. Just my 2 cents.BarkingMoon (talk) 10:43, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

It read very interesting, but see above. Materialscientist (talk) 10:47, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Talkback Please

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I've done a search such as "platinum patina" and a lot of anecdotal evidence attest. Maybe it warrants further research?Curb Chain (talk) 10:42, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Society barnstar

		The Society Barnstar
		For long term efforts at keeping DYK going, making it as good as it is, and helping newbies. BarkingMoon (talk) 11:56, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of the vandal. He sure was on a spree. BarkingMoon (talk) 13:23, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

The BB King pic is better, but it's not in the bolded DYK featured article. BarkingMoon (talk) 13:26, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Will sort that out. That blocked account belongs to an established user, but is apparently hijacked. This doesn't happen often. Materialscientist (talk) 13:28, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Interestingly, it happened a few hours after he went on long wikibreak. Guess he shouldn't have left his computer on. Favonian (talk) 13:31, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Quick heads up: an unconvincing unblock request has been made. Favonian (talk) 10:31, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix to my talk page

Thanks for taking the time to see which version of my talk page was correct and reverting it back. Cloveapple (talk) 16:26, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Sierra No. 3

Hello, I know you are very much involved with DYK, so I am making you aware of an article I brought to main space a few days ago, Sierra No. 3. I am very busy with other things at the moment, but if you think it would by good for DYK, feel free to run with it. I think the Clint Eastwood quotes might make a good hook. Cullen328 (talk) 23:32, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Just to let you know that I'll hardly nominate it - nothing related to the quality or content, I just don't nominate other's work (and little time too). Materialscientist (talk) 23:49, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks anyway. I appreciate the work you do. Cullen328 (talk) 23:55, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Concerning User talk:58.160.33.6‎

Correct me if I'm wrong (I may not have all the details), but you have blocked this editor for a week only when you've given him a block message saying that it is indefinite? Which did you intend to do? That Ole' Cheesy Dude (Talk to the hand!) 04:59, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Correct the tag :-) Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 05:15, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Death of Selena

The article isn't on DYK for today. AJona1992 (talk) 13:14, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean - we run one set for 6 hours, Death of Selena was earlier today. Materialscientist (talk) 13:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

I mean't to say that its not currently on Wikipedia's DYK for today. AJona1992 (talk) 16:06, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Alexandrov Ensemble soloists

Please would you kindly help urgently with this one. An editor has twice attempted to remove non-free images which already had full WP rationales on their image files. He appears not to have checked or read them. If he removes the images from the attached commentaries in the article, he orphans the images and immediately invalidates the rationale, making the image files vulnerable to deletion. So by his editing he is pointlessly invalidating the valid rationales.

Also he has not read my explanation of the dead links on the discussion page, although he has been invited to do so in my edit summaries. The links go to this Japanese website called "Red Army", parts of which have been disabled during the fuel emergency following the recent tsunami and power station disasters. The person running that site, who is also a Wiki editor, will be reinstating it in full as soon as the emergency is over, and we hope that will be soon. So it is not necessary to add dead link templates yet.

Please would you kindly take steps to prevent or discourage the injudicious deletion of the images in question, and the meddling with the links to the Japanese website? Thank you.--Storye book (talk) 07:36, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

I am away from my PC temporarily, and will have a look ASAP. For now, don't edit-war. Beetstra is an experienced administrator. Materialscientist (talk) 07:59, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I have put a question on the link supplied by Beetstra. Sorry cannot do long edits (hence the undos) as my computer keeps crashing. Was trying to keep images linked to article while discussing, to prevent kneejerk deletion. 3rd attempt to answer you here. Broadband poor in my village. --Storye book (talk) 08:08, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

We are not stating that there are issues with the source, please read WP:NFURG the guide to writing rationales. As it stands what you are calling a rationale is not a rationale. ΔT _{^{The only constant}} 08:09, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Copy of message I sent to Beetstra:

Urgent: Please could you kindly sort out the speedy deletion tags on these files. I had asked you to temporarily protect these files as I feared that this would happen before I could deal with the rationales, but you cannot have seen my request and now they are tagged.

Meanwhile I have corrected the rationales. The images can go back in the article now, so they will no longer be orphaned. If there is still a problem with the rationales, please let me know asap so that I can deal with it before speedy deletion occurs. Thank you.--Storye book (talk) 09:02, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Questions about Lycodon aulicus distribution

Hello 'Materialscientist'

It seems you've edited the 'Distribution' chapther on the snake species Lycodon aulicus. Do you have any references on this subject? Specifically whether or not the species lives in the Maldives. If you can respond to hansviborg@hotmail.com, I'd appreciate it.

Best wishes Hans 83.91.91.110 (talk) 13:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I only know that it is found in many countries, and thus reverted this edit, but don't have references on the distribution. Materialscientist (talk) 13:14, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

121.52.157.238 trying to avoid block

Hi Materialscientist. I'm approaching you since you were the one that blocked 121.52.157.238 four times now. He is now trying to avoid the block by using a different IP for exactly the same edit. He also removed my attempt at discussion from the talk page. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 15:41, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for handling it. --Muhandes (talk) 08:53, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Chuy

Ah I think its OK. but the bridge is right at the end of the avenue. Would have been better to use File:Chuí.JPG or something.♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:11, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

If the bridge is on the avenue, the image is Ok. File:Chuí.JPG will not look much better in the 100x100px thumb. Materialscientist (talk) 12:14, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Nagendrapsingh=

Please add http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/canada/110615/canada-legalize-prostitution 's ref to Pickton's page TIA — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nagendrapsingh (talk • contribs) 19:48, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Mothers for Peace vandalizing? Thanks for patrolling...

Hello, Materialscientist. You have new messages at Geofferybard's talk page.
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Kinect Star Wars DYK

I've pulled the Kinect Star Wars DYK off the main page because of the content of the blurb - "that publishers sought to make the Jedi fighting animation realistic in the upcoming video game Kinect Star Wars because no one wants to look like "Star Wars kid" in front of their friends?". Obviously that is a major BLP problem to have on the main page, particularly given SWK's lawsuit. I note that you added it, I am unsure exactly how DYK works, but I trust that you will ensure whoever wrote that blurb is notified, and that you will also ensure blurbs like that one don't get posted again. Thanks, Prodego ^talk 05:50, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Pitta nom

Thoughts and new hook on my talk page. BarkingMoon (talk) 18:50, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Cas commented on my talk page. Pls review. BarkingMoon (talk) 02:07, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Eek ...Ur...

Hello and thanks for the many awards and updates you make to my page. Much encouraged and appreciate all your efforts. Just thought I'd point out that you've awarded me for Ekur when it hasn't gone live yet with the Lament for Ur. I got Hubur and it's probably got mixed up with the next award. Hope this saves confusion when it comes to awarding for the Lament. Cheers! Paul Bedson ❉talk❉ 22:21, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

DYK

Hello. Can you review or comment on Physics of the Future on June 10? There have been more comments on it. Lowercase Sigma (talk) 00:51, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Godavari Arch Bridge

Curious! The article was in the lead in prep area till afternoon. Any reason why it has been relegated to prep 2 in mid section.--Nvvchar. 12:38, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Most of recent leads were coming from the trio of yourself, Dr.B and Rosie, which is great, but we should give other editors a chance to have a lead hook. Also, the article is rather technical. Did I understand correctly that the bridge has not the longest total length, but the longest span of individual sections? If so, please amend the article. Materialscientist (talk) 12:47, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I have made it the longest span. I only expanded the article for User:tatiraju.rishabh a kid of 14 years age for whom it is the first DYK. Yes, I agree thst over the years many of my articles with my two other collaborators Dr B. and Rosie have been in the lead. Thanks for the clarification.--Nvvchar. 13:17, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

File:Daphne Oseña-Paez .jpg

I have a concern re this image. The Commons image info page says the source is "Author donation", but provides no evidence of permission. I think the image should be removed from the main page - we should not be displaying images of dubious copyright status in DYK or anywhere else on the main page. I am also concerned that this wasn't caught during DYK review (along with other basic formatting stuff). I haven't had much time to hang out at DYK review recently, but I get the impression that the new review process ("don't nominate without reviewing another nomination") is leading to a drop in review standards. Your thoughts? Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 13:37, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

I don't see this photo in Google images. It is uploaded in 2011 but dated to 2007. The uploader could well write "own work" and there would be no reason to question that, thus it seems fair play to me, but with an incomplete license. I won't pull this out unilaterally. Materialscientist (talk) 13:45, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Well we will have to agree to disagree on that - we have a process for evidencing permissions. That process has not been followed so that is a problem and because the commons file is protected I cannot even tag it as problem... – ukexpat (talk) 15:00, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia does contain errors all around the place, yet we don't shut it down or suggest reforms to change the error-fixing process, but go and fix them. The quid-pro-quo review system has obvious problems, and it was launched only because a group of editors was eager to reform the system. If you want a thing well done, do it yourself, and getting on WP:ERRORS asking to pull out a DYK hook is less efficient than spotting a problem earlier. Why don't you join the reviews at T:TDYK? The vocal DYK critics (Tony and Kevin) have done so recently, and it appears much more efficient than all those stalled reform proposals. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 23:37, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

undone correction in the electrolysis of water entry

Hi Materialscientist. The 23th of May I made a correction about the oxidation potential value of the water oxidation into oxygen gas: 2 H2O(l) → O2(g) + 4 H+(aq) + 4e− The correct standar oxidation potential is -1.23 V because the standard reduction potential of this electrode is +1.23 V (see it on Table of standard electrode potentials entry, actually is +1.229 V)

So, not only the oxidation value should be corrected, in the nest phrase the 1.23 value should be also changed by -1.23 V as:

Thus, the standard potential of the water electrolysis cell is -1.23 V at 25 °C at pH 0 (H+ = 1.0 M). It is also -1.23 V at 25 °C at pH 7 (H+ = 1.0×10−7 M) based on the Nernst Equation.

Because of this the negative voltage indicates a positive Gibbs free energy, meaning that it is a non spontaneous process (Universe would be not as we know with a spontaneous water electrolysis), so the next phrase referring to this is correct.

However, you undid my (partial, ok) correction, why don't you agree with me?

Thanks, R. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.144.2.249 (talk) 16:54, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

BLP Clarification

Hi Materialscientist,

I have a question I hope you can answer. I've come across the page Elisabeth DeMarse which is a BLP that has four sources, all of them press releases. When I run across something like this, am I able to tag for a BLP with no sources PROD since the sources are all primary and promotional, or does the fact that they've cited something like that mean I need to file an AFD? Thanks! N^oformation ^Talk 01:19, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

If sources do not support the bio information (often the only sources are bogus links to something unrelated to the bio), then "BLP with no sources" can apply. In this case the sources seem relevant and supporting the bio; whether press releases qualify is usually decided on case-to-case basis by the community - for many bios a newspaper obituary is the only source, and this might be acceptable. You can prod in any case per other concerns (e.g. notability, etc.) and AFD if the prod is denied. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 01:41, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Why you reverted my question? Could you explain? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.30.242 (talk) 04:04, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Starships

I asked specific question. There is nothing about it that require speculation. Main part - how huge percentage of Moon mass 1 000 000 000 spacecrafts of predefined mass would consume. How, and again perfectly numerical answer expected, the gravitation of changed Moon would affect the Earth, in terms of level of ocean/see level change during Moon apogee/perigee to the given point of ocean/sea. Again apogee/perigee is not perfect translation, but the closes I could come up with. 76.64.30.242 (talk) 04:17, 18 June 2011 (UTC)