User talk:Omegatron/Archive/January, 2008

Question about the floating quickbar

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Hi there. I have been using the floating quickbar for almost a year now. I notice some kind of a minor bug on my en.wikipedia pages. The page seems to be a bit "broken", like some kind of a tectonic slip. It only happens in en.wikipedia (as its only here that i use the quickbar). Commons and other wikimedia projects is fine. See the image on the right. I added the grey and red lines to illustrate the problem. However im not sure whether it is caused by this floating quickbar script. Do u have any idea whats wrong? kawaputra^torque 05:52, 10 December 2007 (UTC) It also seems to occur only in large mainspace pages. kawaputra^torque 06:03, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have not seen that before. If anything, it would be a bug in Firefox. Are you using the latest version? Do you see it in other browsers? — Omegatron 04:43, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I See. I dont think im using the latest version. Mine is: v 1.0.7. I dont see the bug in internet explorer. And it only occurs in large en.wiki pages. So u reckon its a firefox problem? Or should i consult the wikipedia help desk? kawaputra^torque 09:09, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's almost certainly because you are using an outdated version of Firefox. Can you upgrade? — Omegatron 15:14, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think so. There is a free download on their website for v.2.0.0.11 (firefox 2). But im currently using dial-up so its really slow. I'll try d/l it asap, and see if the problem is fixed. I'll get back 2 u. Thanks. kawaputra^torque 04:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey you're right. Im using the updated version now and all is fine.:) I should have checked 1st. Thanks ya. kawaputra^torque 09:41, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. The upgrade is worth it for other wiki-related reasons, too, like spell check and SVG support. :-) — Omegatron 23:43, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ya, it sure is worth it. It also looks nicer and cleaner. kawaputra^torque 02:49, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Bridge-tied load

Yes, the BTL article may be merged into the Bridged and paralleled amplifiers article. Rohitbd (talk) 13:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Can you look at the comments on the talk page? — Omegatron 02:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This and that

Long time no see. I was rather inactive (and fear to return to this state, when my day job kicks in again). I'd like ask you for comments or request your attention regarding these points:

Oxyhydrogen: I've seen you edited this article short time ago. Unfortuantely I've say that this relict of merges. moves, and AfDs is in rather bad shape, both regarding content and form. Are you interested in and do you see the possibility of a radical rewrite?
The Energy Machine of Joseph Newman: I've sort of adopted the article by means of a failed AfD. You are cordially invited to participate.
Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#"Over-Unity" and "Anti-Gravity": I've asked for a confirmation whether it is OK to delete weblinks to and content only sourced from the Naudin site and similiar sites. Not much feedback but I'll take this as confirmation for now.

--Pjacobi (talk) 23:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you interested in and do you see the possibility of a radical rewrite?

I've been less active lately, too, and the HHO fiasco has a lot to do with it. I'd love to see a good article written that explains what oxyhydrogen is, its properties, and debunks the mythological stuff surrounding it, but I don't have the patience to do it myself anymore. I thought we had a good start at HHO gas and Brown's gas, but they were driven into the ground. We can still salvage content from them since they were kept in salted form. But there are some proponents floating around and I don't want to spend all my time fighting with both proponents and pseudo-skeptics again.

The Energy Machine of Joseph Newman

Oh dear. :-) That looks like a pretty good article, though. — Omegatron 02:53, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Omegatron, I missed the HHO fiasco, can you give me a link to that ? to read in ? made a wiki search on HHO and it seems to reemerge in the oxyhydrogen article, just curious. Cheers. Mion (talk) 22:51, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why ever would you want to read that? :) It's ridiculous and depressing:

People really don't like these articles, no matter how neutral or well-written. Now that Noah's the chief contributor to oxyhydrogen, it will face the same fate. — Omegatron 23:48, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

m:Help talk:Piped link#some guidlines for transcluded pages

Dear Omegatron! Thanks for your work at the documentation. Please see also m:Help talk:Piped link#some guidlines for transcluded pages. Best regards
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Recent restoration

Hi, Omegatron. Regarding your question as to why this material was removed, I removed it because it appeared to be unsourced. Your restoration has improved the material by making it into it's own paragraph and providing documentation. Thank you for improving the article in this manner. Phyesalis (talk) 00:36, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. In the future, please only remove things if they are doubtful, not because they are merely unsourced. There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding about this. WP:CITE#Unsourced_material — Omegatron 00:51, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the reminder. It did seem a bit doubtful/harmful at first glance, but with the source, I have no issues. Sorry about that. Phyesalis (talk) 04:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quality Standard

Can we revisit the quality standard of oxyhydrogen. I have done substantial work since yesterday, and believe substantial progress has been made on the readability and quality. Noah Seidman (talk) 21:06, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am also working on a main image for the article. There is a nice image from Kent State University, which I have contacted the author for permission to use. [1] Noah Seidman (talk) 21:08, 6 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We can just make an image like that. If Commons:Category:Water_molecule doesn't have a good enough image, find one there that's similar and ask the author to make a nice version of this. — Omegatron 00:05, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vote for a post-meetup restaurant

I'm charged with making the reservations for us, so let's make it official. We'll do this via voting and everyone including anonymous voters, sockpuppets, and canvassed supporters is enfranchised. Voting irregularities and election fraud are encouraged as that would be really amusing in this instance. Please vote for whichever restaurant you would like to eat at given the information provided above and your own personal prejudices at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC#Let's make it official. The prevailing restaurant will be called first for the reservation. If a reservation cannot be obtained at the winning restaurant, the runner-up restaurant will be called thus making this entire process pointless. Voting ends 24 hours after this timestamp (because I said so). ScienceApologist (talk) 17:19, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lightning Switch

Hi.

It's been quite a while since we chatted about Lightning Switch. You labeled it as like advertising and I said I couldn't find any subjective statement in it. We left it that you would take a look at it to take care of the problem. That was back in May I think. I don't know how to improve the article other than to add more material. But, frankly, the links to groups like NASA and industry magazines provide everything anyone would need to know...and they are as objective as I can imagine.

Any ideas?

ruedetocqueville

It still sounds advertisement-ish, but it's not too bad. — Omegatron 23:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Picture for Open Collector

Thanks for fixing the picture in Open collector - that's been bugging me for a while but I haven't gotten to sit down and make a decent replacement. Mystic Pixel (talk) 09:27, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It still needs a decent replacement. :) I just did a quick fix. — Omegatron 23:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

3RR Report

I have lodged a 3RR report for your recent edit warring on WP:MOSNUM. I will be prepared to request the report is closed if you can show where you have recently built up consensus for your edits to the guideline page. If you make any further reverts to the guideline page these will be added to your 3RR report. Fnag aton 17:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Monobook

Hi,

My monobook refers to your monobook. It is designed to add metric conversions and delink date fragments. Unfortunately, my monobook has just stopped working and I cannot work out why. Would you mind taking a look and seeing if you have any suggestions? Lightmouse (talk) 13:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I got it working. Sorry to bother you. Since you are interested in units (perhaps also date fragments), feel free to use the code in my monobook. Lightmouse (talk) 13:24, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TfD nomination of Template:Redirect-acronym

Template:Redirect-acronym has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Hairy Dude (talk) 22:45, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brown's Gas

The SAE journal articles referenced in Oxyhydrogen are likely causing the pathological-skeptics to scratch their heads. Coupled with the additional academic references on the Hydrogen fuel enhancement page it appears a substantive base of information is emerging. Regards Noah Seidman (talk) 04:29, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Placeholders

Can you let us know what the currents status of Placeholder images should be? Is one set agreeable? If so, the other ones should be marked superseded and the request listed as completed. If more work needs to be done, specific comments should be made so we know what to do. Finally, if the issue of what images to use has been resolved elsewhere, we would appreciate knowing it. Regardless, the request has been sitting idle for some time due to an uncertainty of "what now?"; since you were the original requester, hopefully you can help us figure out "what now". Thanx, 68.39.174.238 (talk) 17:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well.... did anyone create any new versions? — Omegatron 17:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]