User talk:Andrewa
G'day! This is Andrew Alder's user talk page, you knew that. Welcome!
 | If I left you a message on your talk page, please respond there, I am watching your talk page. That's of course unless the message at your talk page was a mere heads-up as to progress on a discussion here or on another talk page, in which case probably best to continue the discussion where it is.
I prefer to discuss issues regarding any particular article, policy etc. at its talk page, so if I'm already involved in a discussion there's no need to fork the discussion to here, and if not then a simple heads-up here with a link to the relevant talk page and section is best. Be aware of the canvassing guidelines, but if you're just asking me for advice rather than a whole list of people there should be no problem there. Please don't censor my talk page. Just because you don't support what someone else is saying is no reason to remove it. Is it now? (You wouldn't think I had to say that, but I have learned otherwise.) On the other hand, if the edits you are removing are by banned users (or their socks), then please feel free to do it. That's not censorship, it's administrative drudgery, and I thank you for taking it on. But if there's doubt as to who the contributor really is, or if the proposed ban is not yet in force, or both, better to leave me to clean up my own page. A non-abusive heads-up on the antics of the contributor, in reply to what they have said or done here, is always appreciated. TIA! |  |
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2012 Yale University systematic review and Harmonization
A Yale University review published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology analyzing CO2 life cycle assessment emissions from nuclear power determined that.[1]
"The collective LCA literature indicates that life cycle GHG emissions from nuclear power are only a fraction of traditional fossil sources and comparable to renewable technologies."
It went on to note that for the most common category of reactors, the Light water reactor:
"Harmonization decreased the median estimate for all LWR technology categories so that the medians of BWRs, PWRs, and all LWRs are similar, at approximately 12 g CO2-eq/kWh"
The study noted that differences between emissions scenarios were:
"The electric system was dominated by nuclear (or renewables) and a system dominated by coal can result in a fairly large ranging (from 4 to 22 g CO2-eq/kWh) compared to (30 to 110 g CO2-eq/kWh), respectively."
The study predicted that depending on a number of variables, including how carbon intensive the electricity supply was in the future, and the quality of Uranium ore:
"median life cycle GHG emissions could be 9 to 110 g CO2-eq/kWh by 2050."
Merger Proposal
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Road Case/Flight case merge
Agreed. I think that someone looking for encyclopaedic information on this topic would not differentiate between a flight or road case and would want all the information available in one article. Indeed, it would make Wikipedia more concise to merge. A visitor may not know there's any difference anyway, and not look for the other article at all.
What is the procedure for getting a merge to happen once it's been flagged on a talk page?Black Stripe (talk) 14 July 2013.
The article Cindy Carol has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
- Sole attribution is to IMDb
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1976-whenever compilations
Thanks for recent comments on several RMs. I think your suggestion of "If the rules say that change the rule" may be more productive. I get the sense that some actual song/album article contributors are less opposed to the artist name being visible than might be expected, but it is only recently that WP Songs removed the Primary Song idea, so who knows. In ictu oculi (talk) 05:33, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
ANI
As Echo will already have told you, I mentioned your name at ANI. I take my hat off to you for your patience in that bird name mess. (no reply needed to this) Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:56, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
Solid body
Solid body
Thank you for the reply! I am gratefully corrected. Clearly, prognostications are often wild speculation. I was likely digging for a response. In the last couple years, I haven't seen much talk appearing on Talk pages. No clue as to the reason. Hopefully my post wasn't annoying. That wasn't my intent. I could easily have looked up the origin of the article but didn't think to do so at the time.
I do grasp the origin and use of the term solid body applied to music instruments. Not to dispute you, but all acoustic pianos have soundboards and strings, although the strings are cast like bells and not drawn. Certain drums, such as the cajon, have soundboards and certainly the mbira, banjo, harp, etc. We might list scores of instruments. When electronic versions are developed, few if any of them are referred to with the words "solid body."
I see your point: encyclopedias are not fundamentally systems of classification but require vernacular language entry points. The emphasis is to embrace experience rather than reclassify it. At least that's what I think you're driving at. I get a little carried away by abstractions and a lot to learn.
I truly appreciate correction. Thanks again for providing some in a useful manner. I haven't yet wrapped my head around the encyclopedic concept. No Diderot here. Cheers! BellwetherToday (talk) 03:45, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
- ^ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00472.x/full Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Nuclear Electricity Generation