User talk:Edgar181/Archive9

Hydrate and Isohumulone

Hi, can you find some kind of diagram that would serve as an example of Hydrate? Badagnani (talk) 08:25, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Also Isohumulone. Badagnani (talk) 18:35, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Three more:

• Dicalcium citrate
• Calcium citrate malate
• Monocalcium citrate

Badagnani (talk) 04:21, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Two more:

• Boron triiodide
• Iodine oxide

Badagnani (talk) 04:23, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

TYSONDOG (THE NWOBHM) BAND

The article you blocked regarding the above heavy metal band getting back together was rather unfair i should know i`m a member of the band(and the original bassist on all recordings from the 80`s ) we are back together check out myspace/tysondogrock & www.tysondog.co.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kjw1208 (talk • contribs) 14:44, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

The article was deleted because it lacked any information that demonstrated the notability of the band. Wikipedia's notability guidelines for bands can be found at Wikipedia:Notability (music). If you think the band meets this criteria and can supply references, feel free to recreate the article with that information. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:24, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Survey Request

Hi,
I need your help. I am working on a research project at Boston College, studying creation of medical information on Wikipedia. You are being contacted, because you have been identified as an important contributor to one or more articles.

Would you will be willing to answer a few questions about your experience? We've done considerable background research, but we would also like to gather the insight of the actual editors. Details about the project can be found at the user page of the project leader, geraldckane. Survey questions can be found at geraldckane/medsurvey. Your privacy and confidentiality will be strictly protected!

The questions should only take a few minutes. I hope you will be willing to complete the survey, as we do value your insight. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Professor Kane if you have any questions.

Thank You, Sam4bc (talk) 22:47, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I wish you well on your project, but I prefer not to participate. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

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RE: Nedaplatin

Hi there. Could you draw a chemical structure for nedaplatin? The Pubchem compound ID for this drug is 72120. :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 13:29, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done

OK, done. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:43, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Page deleted "Code Available Here" for mmckee17

I am the author of this code. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmckee17 (talk • contribs) 14:42, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Someone else marked Code available here as a copyright violation, which may or may not be true, but that's not the reason I deleted it. It seemed to me that you were just testing something because it only contained some source code, and therefore had no meaningful content as an encyclopedia article. If you are trying to simply share source code, there are other better places for that than Wikipedia. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:23, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Miraculin

Hi, can you come up with a diagram for Miraculin? Badagnani (talk) 20:06, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

As a protein, that's another one I don't have the tools to create. Perhaps User:Fvasconcellos can help out. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:08, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Idea

I have an idea: for compounds for which structures can't be created, could we have a field that says "Molecular diagram: none" or something similar, so people like me don't bother people like you when we find that there's no diagram at a particular article? Badagnani (talk) 20:37, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps it's something you can suggest at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemicals or Wikipedia talk:Chemical infobox, though I suspect it would be difficult to draw a line between those for which structure diagrams can't be created from those that are very difficult to create. But in any case, I'm not bothered at all by the requests. Also, are you aware of Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemistry/Image Request? Making requests there might be a good idea so that other chemists who may have different skills and/or tools than me for creating chemical diagrams can help out too. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:45, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, I left a question for you at talk:isohumulone, if you haven't seen it yet. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Great, thanks--no, I didn't know about that page, although I now know about the requested articles page for chemicals. Badagnani (talk) 20:50, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

thanks

thanks for the intervention with that IP that was getting abusive on my talk page - please feel appreciated! Sssoul (talk) 14:03, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:15, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

User:205.232.44.195

Hi. Did you notice that this IP had not edited since their final warning? Cheers TigerShark (talk) 23:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I did notice. But in my mind when one IP has made essentially the same vandalous edit six times over the course of a week and been warned multiple times about it, it is clear they are ignoring warnings and are likely to persist. A short block is warranted and likely to prevent further vandalism, in my opinion. -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I would agree if they had been given a final warning, but they had only continued after being given a couple of requests to stop. Once they were given a final warning, they stopped (well, as far as we know, because of course they are now blocked). Why is this different to a user who makes the edits within a few minutes and receives the same warnings? There is, I guess, an argument that we are too lenient to wait for a final warning even in those cases, but that is fairly standard practice. Would be good to hear your thoughts. Cheers TigerShark (talk) 23:37, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I understand your point. But I generally would block at the same point even if all the edits were made more rapidly, too. Admins have a range of attitudes about blocking IPs, and I'm sure I fall slightly towards the less tolerant end. For obvious persistent vandals such as this one and with a relatively short block, it probably doesn't make that much difference one way or another, though. -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Deleting

Hi there. I would just like to say thanks for your hard deleting work ^^ (especially the redirects). You might get this before you finish so if you do keep on going!

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For all of your hard deleting work especially with my tagged redirects and other stuff. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 15:34, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 15:34, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome ... and thanks for the barnstar. Time to give my fingers a rest. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:39, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Microdispensing

Hy Edgar

I, (Peter Langer), am the author of this article, (microdispensing), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later.

I paste the sentence into page the as evidence —Preceding unsigned comment added by Josenmeir (talk • contribs) 16:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Best regards

PETER —Preceding unsigned comment added by Josenmeir (talk • contribs) 16:35, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Peter, I see that you have added the statement "I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later" to the webpage. But unfortunately, I think the next statement "Only for use on wikipedia!" is inconsistent with that. But I'm not all that knowledgable about this type of thing. I would recommend that you ask at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions what the best way is to release your website content to Wikipedia. Someone there should be able to help you more than me. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:47, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

User talk:165.29.106.3

This page was finally blocked by you and has been locked for editing for a while. I was wondering if you and I could come to some sort of agreement on this school's IP editing privileges. Perhaps the ban could be lifted and their page cleaned so the school could use Wikipedia? I would be more than happy to watch its contribution feed personally. Look forward to hearing from you. -Delux- DeluxNate (talk) 16:03, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

The school is not prevented from using Wikipedia - anyone can still access and read Wikipedia articles, and anyone can edit from that school if they sign up for a username. Only anonymous edits from that IP address are disabled. This is quite a routine situation for shared IP addresses that have been the source of persistent vandalism, such as this school IP. The current situation protects Wikipedia while only having a minimal impact on those that wish to contribute constructively; I believe it provides a good balance between the need for Wikipedia to protect itself and the ability of the school to access Wikipedia. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:37, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Oligomycin

Please see my comments on the structure of oligomycin. I think an incorrect absolute configuration has been reported in previous literature, and the current diagram on the article page reflects an incorrect structure.Dr.kwan (talk) 16:29, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I'll check with the references you have provided and see what I can find out. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:39, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I have now updated the structure. Can you please doublecheck me to make sure it is correct now? So many stereocenters provide lots of opportunities for mistakes... -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:31, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

The structure that appears now appears to be in agreement to the two more recent sources.Dr.kwan (talk) 19:54, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Herbs and spices template

Hello, you had commented earlier at the template "Herbs and spices." An editor has just merged, without discussion nor consensus, the "Herbs and spices" and "Herb and spice mixtures" templates, making a very large template. In case you are interested, The discussion is here. Badagnani (talk) 06:05, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

The original version contained just herbs and spices, and the new version had herb and spice mixtures added, which was formerly its own template. Badagnani (talk) 06:06, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Annonacin

Hi, can you add a diagram for Annonacin? Badagnani (talk) 02:34, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:10, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Protecting Roger Miret

Edgar,
Thanks for protecting this article; someone claiming relation to the subject had contacted a fellow editor to complain about the outright rubbish that had been written, so I have been keeping a beady eye on it. I think it's actually only a handful of people (or one person and a few socks) involved in the vandalism, but your actions are very much appreciated.
Thanks,
OBM | ^{blah blah blah} 15:37, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Just let me know if related problems persist. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:52, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

InterGlobe

Edgar, I am atempting to add the history of a company called InterGlobe Technologies and you reviewed it and deleted it for reasons of attempting to advertise. I am interested in learning how to add InterGlobe's company history similar to American Airlines or IndigoAir. Can you suggest ways of how I might accomplish this? InterGlobe or cw369. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cw369 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

User pages may not contain "Advertising or promotion of a business or organization unrelated to Wikipedia." That's why I deleted the user page User:InterGlobe. If you wish to create an encyclopedia article (which should be titled InterGlobe rather than User:InterGlobe) please read Wikipedia's guidelines for notability first, to see if it qualifies, or the article may end up being deleted again anyway. Also you should read Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines as well, which may apply here. Hope this helps. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Hydrochloric acid FAR

Hydrochloric acid has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 13:40, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Anisodamine

Hi Ed, I saw on the Anisodamine discussion that you have the chiral info for Anisodamine. Where did you get it? I was toying with making a chiral drawing in the style of the other tropanes but couldn't find the info. --JaGa (talk) 17:58, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

I got the info from Chemical Abstracts. If this link ... doi:10.1016/j.jpba.2006.09.006 ... works for you, the correct isomer is specified in Figure 1. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:25, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm not a subscriber. Oh well. --JaGa (talk) 18:35, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

I have sent you email. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:11, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi Edgar, I've come back from some traveling and revisited this. I see what's makes this difficult - the -OH at the 6 spot on the heptane ring adds a bunch of chiral centers to the ring itself - which would make drawing the molecule in the style of Scopolamine or Hyoscyamine, which I prefer, very confusing. So I'm going to stick with the current achiral image. But thanks much for helping me find the proper chirality information. --JaGa (talk) 03:06, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good. I am happy to have helped. -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:11, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

MCF-7

Hello, you removed my speedy deletion tag from MCF-7 because it led to a valid target. You were correct in doing so, because it was a valid target, however this was only because MCF7 which had been speedily deleted as a copyright violation was recreated just after I deleted it. Ddorn 1999 has been creating a large number of articles that are copyvios, and even recreating them after they are speedily deleted. They have also been creating articles that are merely lists of external links, that I've also been having speedily deleted (so far they haven't been recreated but I'm holding my breath). It's hard to assume good faith here, because the one thing that all of these articles have in common is a series of links to ATTC links to pages where cell lines can be purchased in fact. I believe this user is running amok trying to advertise that site's products. I was wondering if you had advice on how to proceed, I've never dealt with a person who wasn't performing simple vandalism. Thank you. -- Atama^chat 18:44, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't catch that MCF-7 had been deleted and recreated. I think everything is cleaned up now. I'm not sure if the user is trying to advertise, or if he is in fact well-intentioned. In any case, I've left a warning on the user's page. I will watch, and if he persists, I will temporarily block him from editing. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:03, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

MCF7

The article MCF7 has been created again. This time there is a rewritten (barely) introduction, but the remainder still appears to be a copyvio. There is a start of a discussion on Talk:MCF7. I was wondering if you could have a look at this. Thanks. -- Whpq (talk) 21:00, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

MCF-7

Sorry if I have caused too much trouble, I am new to wiki and am still trying to work out my ways also communicating to the editors. I have no intention at all to promote ATCC. ATCC is just the largest depository for human cell lines. I wanted to start to create a comprehensive data base for cell lines, since this is not elsewhere given. If I have started this in the wrong fashion I am sorry, I just wanted to give the appropriate link to each cell line, which normally is distributed by ATCC, since this is the source of the large majority of human cell lines used in research, and felt this would make the article more valuable. If it is more desired, I can reference a lab from which the cell line possibly could be obtained, but this normally is less desirable, since the exact origin of the cell line is less defined. I apologize again for the problems, all best, ddorn_1999. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddorn 1999 (talk • contribs) 21:10, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

It's ok. The main problem here is that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material. That's why the articles you created with text copied from various websites were quickly deleted. Also, the amount of links to a site selling something made it look like an attempt at advertising. But I can understand that these links may have been well-intentioned. I'm still a bit concerned that MCF-7 is substantially similar to the website text. -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:32, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

RE: Chemical structures needed

Hello. I have created a lot of articles today, could you please draw chemical structures for falecalcitriol, fasudil, nemonapride, itopride, piroheptine, vesnarinone, and mozavaptan? :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 17:58, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:12, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I think I forgot to mention amosulalol. Could you please draw a structure for this drug? :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 19:21, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Got it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:07, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Fulchester United FC

I would love to know why you deleted my wiki page for Fulchester United FC. We are indeed a football team based in Saskatoon, Canada. Winners of 3 city titles, one provincial title and one SAL Cup. I would refer you to the origins of our team on our team website - which has been in existance for the lsat 5 years: [1]

If you require further proof that this team EXISTS - please refer to the team page on the Saskatoon and District Soccer Association webpage. [2]

I am very disappointed that you chose to remove my entry for a club I founded, run and play for as I spent a number of hours maintaining it and was about to update it again. Please see to it that this entry is reinstated immediately.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.64.82.199 (talk • contribs)

The article was nominated for proposed deletion by Angelo.romano (talk · contribs) and his reasoning was "Definitely non-notable football club, fails WP:N, no reliable sources independent of the subject covering this club." There was no claim that the it didn't exist. Based on what was written in the article, I agreed that it appeared not to meet guidelines outlined at WP:N and had no sources independent of the subject. Under the proposed deletion process, if there is no objection within 5 days, the article can be deleted, so I did. However, if contested later on, it can be undeleted, so I have now done so. I suggest that you address the concerns related to its deletion, or it may end up being deleted again. Hope this helps. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:22, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Recent User Block

Hey Ed ... in my usual daily routine of patrolling recent changes, I saw a block of Ecc-cartoonbooksclub. I know that they placed a couple of links to their own book club site on blogspot on a few articles, but I see nothing that really makes them "spam". In fact, I would say that a comic book club might be able to make some really valid edits on Wikipedia. I can understand warning them about their links, but I don't see any really good reason to block. Could you educate me otherwise? BMW(drive) 12:23, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I blocked the user because of the username, not solely because of the links he added. The username matches the name of a website the user is trying to promote. I also deleted User:Ecc-cartoonbooksclub per WP:CSD#G11. The block has the autoblock disabled, so he is free to sign up with a different username. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:29, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Chemical structures

Hello. User:Meodipt did not put any chemical structures and IUPAC names in the following articles:

• Perospirone
• Biapenem
• Bekanamycin
• Talaporfin

Could you please edit these articles? :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 13:17, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done Rifleman 82 did two of them, I did the others. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:57, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok. Add the corresponding IUPAC names for perospirone and biapenem to their articles. :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 15:00, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey I don't have time to add structures to all your pages, I did two and then had to go do some real work! Meodipt (talk) 01:41, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Heh, I've been doing quite a few—I'm blissfully on a break from real work in RL, at least for the next couple of days ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 02:57, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Some wikichemists are article creators, some are image creators (and some like Meodipt do a lot of both). For now we seem to have a decent balance between the article and image creators, so that most chemicals and pharmacology articles get images not too long after they are created.  :) -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:55, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

I think I forgot to mention the drug amezinium metilsulfate. Can you create a structure for it? :-) Carlo Banez (talk) 14:18, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:43, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Janus Green

I wonder how long my image has been there and nobody noticed it was wrong. I'll fix it soon, but duplicate images are hardly necessary. --M1ss1ontomars2k4 (talk) 18:02, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

It looks like Su-no-G (talk · contribs) noticed in May of last year, pointed out the error at Talk:Janus Green B, created a corrected image, but didn't put it in the article. These kinds of errors in chemical structures are easy to make (...done it many times myself) and sometimes hard to catch. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:11, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Tigyakuza.jpg

Hi, you deleted the discussion page I created for Tigyakuza.jpg. I actually intended to post the message on the picture itself, but it seems I couldn't (perhaps because I don't have an account)? Could you please repost the template you deleted on the page for the image itself. It is obvious that the image has just been stolen, as the uploading user has a track record of doing just that (see his talk page).--218.251.57.56 (talk) 13:19, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

OK, I understand now. The image is actually hosted on Wikimedia Commons, a separate project from Wikipedia, so the problem has to be addressed there (even though the image can be used here on Wikipedia). The image is here and instructions for nominating images for deletions are here. Can you please make your request there instead, because Wikipedia administrators cannot delete images that are on Commons. Thanks. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

message on 119.95.130.159

Do you mind making your vandalism accusations on me a little bit more solid? What changes have i made to organic chemistry? As far as I know I haven't made a single entry in this site let alone edit an entry. Straighten your facts before you accuse someone of something. And just for the record I'm a systems analyst specializing in financial systems - what do you think my interest would be in organic chemistry? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.95.130.159 (talk) 20:38, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

On March 10, this bit of vandalism was done by someone using the IP address you are using. If you wish to avoid receiving messages for others using your IP address, please sign up for an account. -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Sugar frauds

You deleted my comments concerning sugar frauds and "icumsa45.com". I hope you will be equally vigilent in (re-)deleting the links which our potential fraudster at icumsa45.com seems to be adding. I think that the Sugar article, or perhaps a separate article on these sorts of commodity scams, could be a way forward. These same scams exist for most widely traded commodities, e.g. cement, urea, etc. May I refer you to this article, which is still very current I believe: http://www.iccwbo.org/iccbjdh/index.html I do declare a personal and financial interest in the legitimate sugar trade which I would be happy to divulge confidentially. I'd be most grateful for your advice. Thanks, Hoolio46 (talk) 13:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)hoolio46

I certainly agree with you that many of the links in sugar were inappropriate, including icumsa45.com. But the comment you added was unnecessary as well. The article is on my "watchlist" and I will continue to remove icumsa45.com and other inappropriate links. If you like, you can see WP:SPAM and WP:EL for suggestions on how to deal with spam. If inappropriate links are repeatedly added, they can even be "blacklisted" which prevents anyone from adding them again (but that probably isn't needed at this point). If you wish to create an article on commodities scams and you think the topic is notable, please feel to do so. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:30, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Trying to Upload Page for Michaela Angela Davis

Hi... Ok so the information that I am trying to use for this page is straight from Michaela's computer. Its the Bio which she has updated today. How can I create a page for her which you wont delete?

thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Madvision (talk • contribs) 19:41, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

The text I deleted was identical to text on the website apbspeakers.com which has a copyright notice on it, and therefore Wikipedia cannot accept it. If you are the copyright owner of the text and you wish to allow Wikipedia to use the text, you can contact Wikipedia through its Open-source Ticket Request System. Alternately, you can write an article in your own words. However, you might want to first take a look at Wikipedia's guidelines concerning notability for biographical articles located at Wikipedia:Notability (people). If the subject of the article doesn't meet guidelines, the article may end up being deleted again anyway. For guidelines about what information is generally permitted on "user pages" (for you that would be User:Madvsion), you can see Wikipedia:User page. I hope this helps. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:51, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Don't

Delete my page I'm new at this and I have no clue how to do what I was trying to do and when I went back you had deleted it. Žálój (talk) 21:56, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, no problem. If there is something you are trying to learn how to do, maybe I can help. -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

How do you get a picture onto the page I've been trying all different codes from the picture and its not working. Žálój (talk) 22:29, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

For an image that is already uploaded to Wikipedia, you can type "[[Image:Example.jpg]]" to get an image like this one:

There is also more information at Help:Images. -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:05, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion

Hi there. Sorry I didnt realise when I added this term about the copy write thing. I have since added the copywrite textto the original page. Is this OK as we have a number of terms in our glossary that we would like to contribute to but we would also like to host these definitions on our own site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Retirement_housing&action=edit&redlink=1

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johndillonmission (talk • contribs) 19:23, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. I have now undeleted the article and removed the tags expressing copyright concerns. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:35, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Cupcake Day

Why did you delete the article on Cupcake Day? You flagged it for patent nonsense, which as I understand is simply characters that do not make intelligible sentences. If you believed that the material included in the article was not worthwhile knowledge, then that is a position that can be debatable, but the article itself was certainly understandable. Please reinstate the article (take it down tomorrow...for cripes sake today IS Cupcake Day!). -YF —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.168.138 (talk) 16:03, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps criteria A7 (web) would be better than G1, but the article clearly does not meet Wikipedia's standards for inclusion in either case. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

I understand now:

"An article about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant. This is distinct from questions of verifiability and reliability of sources, and is a lower standard than notability; to avoid speedy deletion an article does not have to prove that its subject is notable, just give a reasonable indication of why it might be notable."

You have unilaterally determined that Cupcake Day is insignificant, and therefore have deleted it. Then again, it is obviously important to a group of people (including at least (1) the author who took the time to post it, and (2) me who has taken enough time to question its removal). I still see no legitimate reason for the removal of the Cupcake Day article and your casual reference to sections of Wikipedia's standards evince a flippant decision -- almost an attitude which says "it doesn't belong because I said so."

Frankly, I am deeply offended and saddened that you would apply your power so broadly. Perhaps someone should take a deeper look into the standards you apply when deleting articles as I suspect this is not an isolated incident.

In the future, wikipedia would be better served if you limit your deletion to articles which do not belong as per wikipedia's standards, as opposed to your own belief as to whether the subject matter is important... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.168.138 (talk) 17:36, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

My actions are completely transparent. You are free to check the list of all ~17000 articles I have deleted here. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, your actions are far from transaprent -- there is no way to review the deleted articles to determine whether they violate the rules as you claimed. I attempted a review of all articles dubbed patent nonsense and was going to see whether you were abusing your discretion in your determinations, but alas, the text of the articles is no longer available. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.168.138 (talk) 19:00, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

The text of deleted articles can be viewed by any administrator. If there are any deletions that are of concern to you, I can supply you with the text (or if you don't want to trust me, any other administrator will be able to do so instead). -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:06, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

vandalism on Proto-Indo-European religion page

Note to Ed or whoever. I already am being blocked by religious bigots from editing the Proto-Indo-European religion page on the Proto-Indo-European religion page. Therefore I am posting the current scholarly version (not the inane xian gibberish they have up there at the moment) elsewhere on Wikipedia. If you have a problem with religious bigotry on wikipedia, and its unpleasant consequences, I suggest you report it to the appropriate wikipedia administrators and good luck with that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.32.223.31 (talk) 20:35, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Please stop trying to disrupt Wikipedia in order to make your point, or you will be blocked from editing. Thank you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:38, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 21:23, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Ed (Edgar181) 02:50, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Ditolylguanidine

Hi Edgar. Would you mind merging these two pages as they are about the same compound. Di-p-tolylguanidine and Ditolylguanidine and note that actually it is di-o-tolylguanidine, if you look at the reference. Meodipt (talk) 04:50, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, you're right. The article at Di-p-tolylguanidine has some information about di-o-tolylguanidine. For now, I have just removed the content specific to di-o-tolylguanidine and left the chembox data, which is specific to di-p-tolylguanidine. This leaves Di-p-tolylguanidine nearly empty, and I'm not sure if di-p-tolylguanidine is important enough to warrant an article itself, but I have left it for now. Do you think that works fine? -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:49, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, yeah that works alright. I'm not sure if Boghog2 meant to make a page about di-o-tolylguanidine and just misread the literature, or if di-p-tolylguanidine is an active compound in its own right, I'll see if I can find an SAR study for these compounds. Wouldn't surprise me if both are active, but the ortho- compound certainly seems to be the one all the literature refers to. Meodipt (talk) 00:59, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

threose and erythrose

Your images last year at these pages don't match their Fischer projection, and should be switched. -lysdexia 06:36, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Both of the structures that I created match the structures shown at the PubChem links in the articles. I believe they match the Fischer projections as well. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:37, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Block of GUID-FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF (talk · contribs)

You indefinitely blocked a good faith user, citing a policy that doesn't support your block. The person who reported the name was doing so in retaliation for an edit war, and you just helped him win it.

May I unblock the account now? rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 08:04, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

I think the username GUID-FFFFF... will only serve to cause confusion and/or disruption. The {{usernameblock}} template politely asks the user to choose a different name. The fact that the user may have been involved in some kind of edit war was immaterial to me. The user then signed up as GUID-3AD20178-DF60-4BDF-B4AA-7693DA6A6F23 which seems to be intentionally more confusing. But now that the user has chosen an appropriate name, NonGuid-FFFF, I don't see any reason to unblock and everything seems settled. However, it's not a big deal to me, so if you think there would be some benefit, I won't object if you unblock. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:33, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

"Potential confusion or disruption" aren't reasons to block, and are far outweighed by the real negatives of blocking a good user. The username is a computer science joke that would be ruined if it were one character shorter, and is clearly not meant to be disruptive. I'm going to unblock him under his chosen name. rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 14:29, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, I guess the joke was lost on me. In my mind it wasn't just "potential" confusion/disruption. Also, I'd like to say thanks for taking the time and effort to stick up for new user that you feel was wronged. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:31, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Charlie Sagar

I don't seem to be able to move Charles Sagar to Charlie Sagar. Apparently, the page is prevented from being created. Any chance you could remove the protection? – PeeJay 13:26, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Done. It appears that Charles was not move protected and Charlie was not protected from creation, so it must have been some kind of glitch in the system. I was able to make the move without any problem though. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:26, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Cheers dude. – PeeJay 14:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Organic ligand name- help please!

I came across this in Science, Stable Magnesium(I) Compounds with Mg-Mg Bonds doi:10.1126/science.1150856. Mg-Mg bonds sadly interest me and a new oxidation state for Mg deserves a mention. These guys have made a complex with an (Mg-Mg)²⁺ unit in it- with a number of bulky anionic ligands to stabilise it, LMg₂L. The best picture is here [3]- the aryl group is 2,6-diisopropylphenyl. What do you reckon a a decent sounding name for this ligand would be- I am no organic chemist and I would only embarass myself by guessing. Alternatively if the name is too complex for a title - the article could possibly be named something like Mg(I) adduct--Axiosaurus (talk) 15:51, 9 August 2008 (UTC).

Actually, I'm not all that good at systematic nomenclature. You could try asking at WT:CHM or WT:CHEM so that other chemists could help. I'd probably favor something like your suggestion of "Mg(I) adduct" or maybe "Mg-Mg complexes". -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:03, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks- will post on WT:CHEM Axiosaurus (talk) 16:13, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Hugging, brother? Is that an offensive idiomatic or curse?

I have a question you blocked somebody who put this kind of expressions on Fvasconcellos page. Running it through babelfish it appeared innocent to me. However, people have told me similar things in English, and I always wondered what they are up to? wtf? (I am not native english speaker) Is there some colloquialism, idiomatic expression or idiomatic offense or curse behind? Did the people saying that to me maybe think I am gay or something? Please be so kind to explain, google gives no answer running the phrase. Thank you in advance. Foreign cultures are difficult for immigrants. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 10:42, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

The block I gave that user was not based on the comment made to Fvasconcellos. If you look at other edits by this person, particularly the nasty comment made to Miranda, and the other vandalism and veiled threats, it is clear this person was not here to contribute to Wikipedia. (There are also edits of his that I deleted and can now only be seen by an administrator which contribute this conclusion.) The fact that this person chose a name very similar to Fvasconcellos to do the vandalism under indicates that he was not being friendly to Fvasconcellos. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:44, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

babelfish, google. Uuuh, oohh. I have to stop talking German to my wife in the supermarket.

Pute = turkey;

Putenschinken = turkey ham;

Putenbraten = roasted turkey;

etc. I am afraid this may sound offensive. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 13:40, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Off topic: Thank you for answering kindly. Since 2002 America became hostile to immigrants I feel. Strange accusations, then I lost the job. Many strange questions, xenophobia, an unsound political climate, frequently also political undertone, as if being nazi etc., or remarks making me think they are meant in an obscene way. Normally I am not mental. Being not fully familiar with the culture gives everything a vaguely opaque character in personal interactions, and a feeling of insecurity wrt. cultural appropriateness of own behavior. The Americans are not the good buddies of the Germans any more, as they were 10-20 years ago. Something changed, and I can't even tell what in detail, because it is such a multi-faceted change, including politics and economy and the perceived own position of the US and religion etc. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 15:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't surprise me at all that you feel this way as an immigrant, even though the United States has a long history of accepting and integrating immigrants from around the world (particularly from Europe). My wife comes from a family of immigrants and they have always talked positively about their experience in coming to the United States. But I think this accepting attitude has changed quite a bit in recent years. And I agree that the cause of this change is multi-faceted: the events of 9/11 which were very traumatic for Americans; many perceive "foreigners" as the cause; American response on the world stage has not been ideal; Americans themselves are finding significantly less acceptance abroad; etc. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:25, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind answer. The cause is multi-faceted, the effect is also multi-faceted and diffuse, hard to describe. But at least one common denominator exists, I feel. It is a growing influence of the irrational in public opinion and in public spin. The president talks about a crusade, the black and white caricature of reality shows the good ones and the bad ones. Those who are not whole heartedly the good ones, without asking questions, are the bad ones. The security theater of anti-terrorism focuses on identifying potential enemies by their profiles and political opinions. Methods rely on pseudo-science like forensic psychology and profiling as well as lie detector tests etc. This leads largely to suspicions against the usual suspects and deviants from the statistical clusters. It brings immigrants into a hard position, as they are drop outs in their cultural standards. Apart from that, the religious influence has been growing, the minister of justice has named "sodomites" as a cause of societal and moral decay, the statue of Justicia has allegedly been vailed for her bare naked bosom, I expect statues of horses to be fitted with trousers, the creationists are writing the school books, next will be the flat-earthers. The fossils are forgeries which have been dug in by fraudulent darwinist scientists to support their unholy theories, and the conspiracy theorists have their big time. If there were not that McCarthyism in history, I would hope it is all a hoax, but as things are, I am not sure. It all too much reminds me of the varieties of christian fascism in European history, the phantasies of a D'Annunzio or Mussolini and the tendencies of Franco's Spain. See Falange, national Syndicalism But this is no perfect model either, this one is not a catholic variety. see Infragard for the interbreeding of State and Business in executive functions. It really reminds of syndicalism. Like with Franco, it does not pursue revolution of the society, fortunately, but is off tune christian conservative. Now, this would not be entire news, as the US has supported a whole bunch of satellites during cold war, in particular in South America, which were clearly falangist in their character.

Besides, the public picture of Germany and Europe in general is horribly distorted, the people who have been stationed there for their military duties and who were our friends are my generation and old, they don't shape the public opinion so much. Germany is the home of goose-stepping nazis and commies, who are wearing a chain of sausages around their neck and have a liking for beer, shiny boots of leather, buxom valkyries etc. Europe in general is a socialist and godless whore house, they are kissing the butt of the Soviets, and Amsterdam is the capital. They are also all gay and smoking weed, etc. etc. I believe this to be the result of spin doctoring. I am only exaggerating very slightly.

Since I lost my job in 2002, virtually every day somebody has told me to go home. I have been unable to find work. This is clearly not the kind of future, I have been emigrating for, and not the kind of intellectual freedom which has attracted intellectual immigrants from the old world in the past. But if I don't like it I can go home, everybody is telling me. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 05:36, 12 August 2008 (UTC) 70.137.149.127 (talk) 15:01, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

To be precise, it appears as if after 9/11 the internationalism has been replaced by xenophobic, patriotic and nationalist tendencies. The constitutional protections have been overridden by the executive branch, functionally the separation of powers has been corrupted by concentration of the decisions in the executive. Constitutional challenges have so far largely been preempted by replacing part of the constitutional court and the ministry of justice by compliant candidates, if I am not wrong. The influence of spin doctors in public opinion is obvious, wrt. practically all politically controversial subjects, including war issues and the perceived erosion of liberties vs. police powers. This is much like in Franco's Spain.

Watching the TV it appears as if behind every bush are sitting drug addicted child porn crazed terrorists, concocting weapons of mass destruction from bullion cubes and shoe polish etc. ergo the library records have to be confiscated, the internet has to be controlled, the homes have to be searched secretly without judicial control etc etc. and everybody with an IQ greater 100 is suspect, like with Pol Pot.

Germany of the cold war was bad. It had the like mechanisms, people have been excluded from their profession, because they had been seen with a communist, or once, long forgotten had agreed to some "red" position in casual talk. (Maybe even without knowing) So they were denied employment in public service, as a teacher, even as a mail man etc. because "there were doubts in there adherence to constitutional principles", after background check, opened mail, warrantless search, questioning of the neighbors and colleagues etc. by the secret police "Verfassungsschutz". I didn't think this would reincarnate in the US under a new pretext.

Sorry for the long explanation, I thought it would be interesting for an American to hear the opinion. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 13:36, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Mark Hewitt (Potter)

Hi Edgar181,

Just wanted to check on your thinking in deleting the article on the potter Mark Hewitt. Your comment suggests that the article doesn't sufficiently indicate the importance of the subject matter. Perhaps this would be a good basis for improving the article with additional explanatory information. At this point, I don't recall exactly what information was provided. Based on a quick search, it seems to me that the following are some arguments for his significance as an artist, based in part on his own artist web site:

1) His work appears in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the followign

Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC National Arboretum, Washington, DC Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA Mint Museums, Charlotte, NC Ackland Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN

2) His work has appeared in some important exhibitions, including the following:

October 2005-March 2006 “The Potter’s Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery,” at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Co-curator with Nancy Sweezy. Catalogue published by UNC Press June , 2004 Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD June, 2004 Ferrin Gallery, Lennox, MA

3) His work has been written up in numerous publications, including the following:

December 2004 American Craft, cover article, “Village Potter”, by Ed Lebow October 2004 “The Poetry in North Carolina Pottery,” in “North Carolina Pottery: The Collection of the Mint Museums,” UNC Press December 2002 Studio Potter: “Mark Hewitt – Outside,” by Henry Glassie December 2002 Ceramics: Art and Perception #50: “Marking Time,” by Robert Yellin May 8, 2002 Japan Times: “Heart and Soul in Your Hands,” Robert Yellin April 2002 Ceramics Monthly: “The Iced Tea Ceremony,” Mark Hewitt July 3, 2001 Wall Street Journal: “The Magic of a Very Hot Fire,” Jim Morrison June 2001 Ceramics: Art and Perception #44, “Just Another Mug,” Mark Hewitt October 2000 Studio Potter: “Tradition is the Future,” Mark Hewitt October 1998 Smithsonian Magazine, “Fired with Finesse,” Jim Morrison September 1997 Ceramics: Art and Perception #29, “A Pot in the Hand,” Mark Hewitt May 1997 Ceramics: Art and Perception #28, “Jeff Shapiro’s Gestures of Creativity,” Mark Hewitt January 1996 Studio Potter, “Conversations,” with Janet Mansfield and Emily Galusha September 1993 Ceramics: Art and Perception #12 “Carrying on a Tradition,” Charles G. Zug III April 1991 Ceramics Monthly, cover article, “The Making of a Potter,” Mark Hewitt

Assuming that such information were appropriately sourced, would you still have a problem with this artist's inclusion?

Klmarcus (talk) 00:14, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

The article I deleted at Mark Hewitt had nothing to do with the person you describe above. It was about some college student and his friends (it clearly met criteria for speedy deletion). If you wish to create an article on the different Mark Hewitt based on the information above, I certainly wouldn't object. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:50, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Ack. I just realized that there was a good article buried in the history. Someone removed the content you added and replaced it with the info about some college student. I have undeleted the article and reverted it back to your version. Sorry about the confusion. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:58, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Thiostrepton

Thank you for the chemical box there. I haven't yet learned how to use it properly.

Now the standard box has "solubility" that is displayed as "solubility in water". When you made the chemical box, all non-water solubility info got lost. I now returned this text forcibly, and if you or anyone you know can add an appropriate field, (like solubility general information) it might be useful. AbuAmir (talk) 05:53, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, I separated the solubility data for water and for other solvents. Template:chembox new is complicated and there are quite a bit of datafields that can be added, but there are some limited explanations on at that page. Any time you have a question about it feel free to ask me, or at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemicals. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:11, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

ThanX --AbuAmir (talk) 13:12, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

72.235.203.202

Hi Edgar181. Maybe too late, but I'd ask you to look at the history of the article[4] and reconsider your block of this IP, unless I'm missing something else of course. Thanks. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 13:04, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Yikes! Thanks for catching it. Can't believe I missed that. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:08, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Old_World_babbler

72.235.203.202 (My account, IP address. Old world Babblers - Needs to be edited as page is repetitive. - Editing unecessarily preempted while in process by Edgar181 whom besides being just a little too quick on the draw [perhaps due to some kind of hubris;] is also not an Ornithologist.

C'iao —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.235.203.202 (talk) 13:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Please see my apology on your talk page. I saw that you were repeatedly removing content from that page, but failed to realize that it was duplicated content. To avoid this problem in the future, please use an edit summary (see Help:Edit summary) that explains what you are doing (not that I think this was in any way your fault). Zzuuzz (talk · contribs) was perceptive enough to recognize the problem and fix the article. Please feel free to make any other changes/corrections to Old World babbler as you see fit. Cheers, -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:27, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Apology accepted.-And though we all know about the occasional admin. also given for my sharp response. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.235.203.202 (talk • contribs)

For reply of an immigrant other kind of old world babbler see above, maybe it is scrolled off the screen.70.137.149.127 (talk) 14:04, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

I read all your comments. To a certain extent I agree, and it is good to hear your opinion, but in all honesty I think you are exaggerating comparing the current state of affairs in the US to some of the world's worst dictatorships. To illustrate, I would feel much more vulnerable publicly praising the current US president that I would publicly criticizing him. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Franco was seriously appropriate, cold war Germany too. Of course Pol Pot was an intentional exaggeration to make the point of anti-intellectualism. And: The situation for immigrants is more difficult than for citizens. The distrust against foreigners etc. and the whole immigration procedures are a bit fearsome, and nobody would tell you to go home either. So please understand that I exaggerated some points a little, to emphasize tendencies of the last 6 years. So to say, extrapolated into the future. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 15:09, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

And they didn't yet come at 5 a.m. because of my posting. ;) 70.137.149.127 (talk) 15:16, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

I do not claim that US = Nazi-Germany or Bush = Pol Pot or Pinochet. But having grown up in early post war Germany I have had a thorough exposure to a generation of genuine nazis and their opinions. Also their opinions vs. liberalization and (jewish? bolsheviki?) internationalism. I can not tell you how often I have heard the word "Gas" in that context, also wrt. homosexuals and other societal "diseases", and "pests", which have to be "exterminated" and "cleaned" etc., simply the whole agenda. If I am not wrong this is beyond your imagination. This has sensitized me to tendencies which may go unnoticed by naive Americans, or at least don't have such an alarming connotation to them. I have also experienced the whole cold war propaganda of both sides, living 30 miles from the iron curtain and listening to the radio and tv stations of both sides regularly. America will not be like that, I believe. But you may understand that I am more alarmed by ethnic profiling, homophobia, political spin, xenophobia, nationalist patriotism, anti-intellectualism and erosion of privacy and civil rights than Americans are, given my history. It are the tendencies which make me worry. And maybe my opinions are worthwhile in that light. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 01:47, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

To illustrate the point of anti-intellectualism: The FBI allegedly confiscated the book "Albert Camus, The Plague" from Ivins house as evidence, and mentioned it as aggravating the suspicion. Rather circumstancial evidence, what? Are they out of their %$&&&$# mind? In my country we call readers of this book high school graduates, not suspect. Looks like a FBI salary can't buy more than a doggy brain. Maybe wearers of glasses are suspect too? Unless they present a certificate of feeble mindedness? Where can I get an illiteracy certificate? This will protect me from suspicions, I guess. This must be a hoax. signed: X X X 70.137.149.127 (talk) 12:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure that story is made to sound as ridiculous as possible. If I were an investigator collecting possible evidence in the home of someone suspected of criminally spreading disease, I would certainly take books titled "The Plague" too. I wouldn't be doing my job properly if I didn't. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

You can't be serious. It is illogical, and you are a scientist. It gives more away about the FBI, than about the reader. What would be the logic? 70.137.149.127 (talk) 13:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Maybe I misunderstand the story?? It sounds logical to me. Collecting everything circumstantial in an investigation is absolutely necessary. What you do with it and what conclusions you derive from it are different story... -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:16, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

That the FBI dares to mention this as circumstancial evidence is a culmination point of stupidity. It really gives more away about the FBI than about him. If you can't see this , uhhh, welll... 70.137.149.127 (talk) 13:22, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I will explain that to you. It gives away a total lack of cultural background. If the man had owned pet rats, together with the book, they would have confiscated them too or killed them, thinking he wants to use them as a vector. Thats what they call preemptive strike. It gives away, that they have not read the book, and don't know what it is about. It gives away that they live in a world of idiot logic, trained to catch flatliners like McVeigh and be on par with them. It gives away that they are neither trained not selected for intelligence tasks, and not even trainable. You can teach an old dog new tricks, but you can't teach a dumb dog new tricks. Summarized, there is no such thing as "police intelligence", its an oxymoron. And this is a hoax. Let them kick doors in and do ballistics and fingerprints, but for heavens sake no intelligence. Every intelligence organization will do with them what they want. And their response will be brutal, but totally arbitrary, always getting the usual suspects and the wrong man, and then wrecking him. The other points of "evidence", as far as disclosed, are in a similar way fallacious. It must be that they have absolutely no formal logic training. It must be a hoax, or god help us. So it looks as if they are raising arbitrary suspicions of doggy brains, doggy phantasies, to the status of evidence. Thats not how intelligence works. Its how you make a movie plot for a B-movie, targeted to a flatliner audience. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 14:05, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Reading the whole anthrax story gives away that the order to turn the FBI into an intelligence organization and to have them do "preemptive strikes" was signed with three crosses. XXX. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 15:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I have to ask his colleague Henry S. (Hank Shlomo) Heine about this. Und sieh, und sieh, an weisser Wand, da kams hervor wie Menschenhand, und schrieb und schrieb an weisser Wand Buchstaben von Feuer, und schrieb und schwand. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 13:01, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Magnesium hydride

Hi, can you make a diagram for Magnesium hydride? Badagnani (talk) 22:49, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

That's a tough one. I'll see what I can do. -- Ed (Edgar181) 01:14, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

User talk:65.216.70.60

Just FYI, as soon as your temp block on this user expired, he went to town, vandalizing my user page and hitting a couple other editors up with uncivil remarks.  RGTraynor  15:16, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

I have reblocked the IP because of the continued incivility. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:22, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough; thanks for your very prompt action!  RGTraynor  15:28, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Quinones

Why did you mark "quinones are not aromatic" with fact? I think they don't make the Hueckel-Rule with their double bonds? 70.137.149.127 (talk) 13:32, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, someone else asked for a citation - I just switched formatting to the {{fact}} template. I don't dispute that quinones are not aromatic. But I can draw a resonance structure of quinone that fits Huckel's rule (though it is one that does not contribute significantly to the character of quinone) so it may not be obvious to everyone. Calling for a citation is therefore not unreasonable. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

How do you do that, where are the electrons from then? 70.137.149.127 (talk) 15:06, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

It's the structure in the middle: File:Quinone resonance.png

As a charge-separated structure, it's not a significant contributor to the overall character of quinone. But quinones are easily reduced because of the stability of the radical anion on the right. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:28, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I think thats the one you use with alternating double bonds in dyes. Then it flips forth and back between quinoid and phenolic, I understand. 70.137.149.127 (talk) 15:39, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

OT: here a nice link to anthrax vs. The Plague:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/anthrax-suspect-had-forei_b_117414.html

70.137.149.127 (talk) 15:39, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you!

Thanks very much for the barnstar and rollback feature, I'm honoured! Halogenated (talk) 21:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:48, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Edgar

Page deletion query

Softline Pastel

You deleted a page that I added for copyright Infringement, but the companies belong to each other, so it is actually their content? Thanks, Marc —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcashwell (talk • contribs) 09:27, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

The issue is that the text for that article was copied word-for-word from a website that has a copyright notice on it. Wikipedia cannot accept any text that is copyrighted and not released to the public domain. If you think the company meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion (see Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)), you can recreate the article using text written in your own words. -- Ed (Edgar181) 10:48, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

User:65.216.70.60 redux ...

Just to give you a head's up, no sooner did the block come off but this fellow's back to his antics, with incivilities on my talk page and on Caranorn's as well as in edit summaries for an article in it looks like he's been engaged in edit warring, and by blanking the talk page on 68.239.20.96, which certainly does look like his home account, now. He just seems to have a hard time getting the message.  RGTraynor  11:38, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

His comments seem milder to me compared to before; the edit warring doesn't rise to the 3RR level; and blanking one's own talk page isn't forbidden. So I don't think any admin action is needed at this point - I'll keep an eye out for now. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:47, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

He's blocked again now...-- Ed (Edgar181) 12:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I'm certainly not going to bust a fellow's chops for blanking his own page, but if I'd already had two blocks for incivility, I'd be very chary with where I'd fling repeated insults at people upon returning. In any event, maybe this will get the fellow's attention.  RGTraynor  14:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

And I was plainly wrong; he's using another IP address for more harassment, and I've just taken it to ANI; I just wanted to give you the heads up: Wikipedia:Administrators noticeboard/Incidents#User:65.216.70.60 etc.  RGTraynor  03:48, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. For now, I'll wait and see if another admin can take a look. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:44, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Yep. No need to give the fellow the notion that you have a personal vendetta against him, unnecessarily.  RGTraynor  14:34, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Gold Karat

User Acarpov Hello Edgar i was wondering why you delete the external link that i put on my article Gold Karat? It is not allowed?

Thank you

External links to sites that exist primarily to sell products are not permitted, and that's why I removed the shopping link from Gold Karat. Details can be found at Wikipedia:External links. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:53, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Can i link it only to the page where i will have jewelry making tips with all techniques for jewelers and advice for jewelry buyers? thank you for your response —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acarpov (talk • contribs) 02:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but those types of links are generally not permitted according to Wikipedia's external links policy. The policy also says "You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent, even if the guidelines otherwise imply that it should be linked" which seems to apply here. -- Ed (Edgar181) 10:54, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Thulston

The image used in the infobox here has been deleted because it was a duplicate of another image on Commons, but the other image has not been inserted. The deletion was done by a bot, but has referenced your account as being the originator of the deletion on Commons. Ning ning (talk) 06:57, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know and thanks for replacing with the duplicate. -- Ed (Edgar181) 10:49, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi Edgar- that's OK- sorry for the terse message, was trying not to give the impression that I was blaming you for something! Ning ning (talk) 18:16, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

No worries, I didn't get that impression at all. I was checking to see if the images were used before deleting as duplicates, but somehow just missed that one. It's good to get feedback when I miss something so that I can avoid it in the future. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:51, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Rescinnamine

Sure, no problem :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 17:44, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:45, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

By the way, congratulations! Fvasconcellos (t·c) 21:56, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Username

Hello, could we get your input on this unblock request? Neither the user or I are quite sure why it's a violation, but I didn't want to take any action without asking you first. Thanks. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 00:47, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for informing me. I left a reply on the talk page. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Medical diagnosis

It appears that mere seconds before you deleted Medical diagnosis to make way for Diagnosis (medical), User:Discospinster performed the move, leaving the article itself deleted in the process. Can you please restore it? Thanks! JPG-GR (talk) 20:43, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

 Done Sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know. Should be all fixed now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:01, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! JPG-GR (talk) 21:04, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

rimkor7 link

It seems that you deleted the external link to the rimkor7 page on glutathione supplements. I am aware of the criteria for external links. This one is a bit close to the edge of what might be considered appropriate. However, it is not advertisement. I state on the site that it does not generate any revenue and that is still the case. There is no other web page that I am aware of that attempts to cut through the hype and do an objective comparison of popular products based as much as possible on reference to peer reveiwed medical literature. Any comments? --Entropy7 (talk) 20:56, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia's policy about external links says, "You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent, even if the guidelines otherwise imply that it should be linked." So probably the best thing to do in this case is to make a request on the article's talk page to have the link added and see what other editors decide. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:03, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

That's what SHE said! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.161.208.90 (talk) 14:26, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Looking up IPs

Hi, you just beat me to post an IP warning on User talk:202.124.125.3, but whilst I'd only narrowed them to SNAPNET NZ using APNIC, you named the school. Can you tell me how you did that, is there a better link for APNIC? ℑonathan ℂardy(talk) 21:23, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I just copied text from an older version of the page. Someone else had identified the school. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:37, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy

Hi Ed, can you please take care of Ajay Rayaprollu, its been up for a while. Theres a whole host of reasons it can be deleted but do you think G10 would be right? Have a look at the link Thanks Monster Under Your Bed ^(talk) 13:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, I deleted it. I didn't bother to look at the link - just deleted the article. I also blocked the creator as a vandalism-only account. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:19, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Category:Db-i8

Hi
I noticed you deleted Category:Db-i8—you might want to talk about it with Maxim, he recently created it so that all imaged tagged with {{Db-i8}} get categorized there.
Cheers, Amalthea^Talk 17:12, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks for letting me know. I restored it, but something's not right about it... -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:27, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I guess that was my fault for putting it in the wrong category then. It had a link to CAT:CSD before which I turned into a category without realizing what that might mean. :|
Amalthea^Talk 20:22, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem. It seems to be sorted out now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:38, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Exenatide

Is it possible to make a diagram for Exenatide? Badagnani (talk) 21:05, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

I can do that one. I'll get to it next week when I return. -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:39, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Mexico City

Given the reiterated vandalism of 98.165.103.206 in Mexico City, you had blocked him temporarily. Despite being warned several times, since June 2008, to stop altering population figures [5] (and being the only IP doing so, it is a strong indication that s/he has a static IP address) s/he still continues to vandalize the article. Could the anonymous be blocked for a larger period of time, or alternatively, can the article be semiprotected indefinitely? (The article has also been protected several times to prevent such vandalism before). --the Dúnadan 22:18, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Actually, 209.147.154.83, has just now also altered the population figures. Is an indefinite semiprotection a viable option? --the Dúnadan 22:20, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Generally, protection is used for higher levels of vandalism. In this case, it's persistent though. For now, I've blocked both IPs for a week and if it persists after that I'll either block for much longer or semi-protect the page. I know it can be frustrating dealing with this kind of thing, so thanks for being patient. -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:42, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

The same IP 98.165.103.206 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is again, vandalizing the population figures. --the Dúnadan 21:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

OK, I have blocked the IP for 3 months now. I left a note saying I would unblock anytime the editor is willing to address concerns expressed on the talk page. -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

speedy deletion of page Golf Park at Hunter Mill

I was developing this page about a series of court cases and legal battles surrounding this driving range and its owner pertaining to violation of private property rights. The case is a well known property rights battle and received extensive national and international press coverage, mostly via television and newspaper. It is not an advertisement for a company or corporation. The article may be better named "Shrubman" of "Fairfax County V. Shrubman" or "Fairfax County V. Golf Park at Hunter Mill." I chose initially to title the page Golf Park at Hunter Mill because the same driving range has been the focus of more than one notable legal battle and general information about the driving range is important to the cases themselves. Chicagosummer (talk) 21:45, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

The article was marked for speedy deletion by User:Editor437. I agreed that it met speedy deletion criteria by not asserting notability and deleted it. You can see Wikipedia's guidelines for notability at WP:N and WP:CORP. If you think the subject of the article can meet this criteria, feel free to recreate the article with additional information. If you would like me to undelete the article so that you can work with that version, please just let me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:20, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

blocking of datainfosys user a/c

Hi, I am director of one of the large IT solutions company based out of India (www.datainfosys.net) , i created an user id datainfosys to create a webpage on wiki , but i got my pages deleted and userid blocked. May I know the reason for that.

Data Infosys Limited is 10 years old comapny , an licensed ISP (licensed for all India) and a leading solution provider based out of Jaipur in India. , belongs to a group with an annual turnover of more than 250million $. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.157.79.194 (talk) 12:48, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Usernames that match the names of organizations you are trying to promote are not permitted on Wikipedia. You are free to sign up with a different username. If you think Datainfosys meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion outlined at WP:CORP, you may create an article for it but if other editors feel it does not meet criteria, it may be deleted. You should also take a look at Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict of interest - basically you shouldn't be creating articles for a company you are affiliated with. I hope this helps. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:52, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

206.228.206.2

Hey, is IP account 206.228.206.2 going to be blocked permanently? I've not been able to make an edit for over two years now. Soxwon (talk) 14:52, 2 September 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soxwon (talk • contribs) 14:49, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

That IP address was last blocked on Jan 7, 2008. It was a six-month block that expired a couple of months ago. It is currently not blocked; but looking at recent vandalism from the IP address, it may end up being blocked again soon. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:09, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: American Society of Clinical Oncology

Undeleted. Sorry. I'm not sure exactly how I did it, but I saw that some page had been tagged for CSD A7, and then somehow managed to get to that page instead of the page that had been tagged, and unfortunately that page looked like advertising to me, so I deleted it. Wow, I really need to pay closer attention. I would never intentionally speedy delete an article that old under an article CSD criterion. Again, sorry for the confusion/mess. :/ J.delanoy^gabs_adds 19:22, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. No harm done. I've done similar things on occasion as well. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:28, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Geranamine

Hi Edgar. Absolutely this page should be merged with the 1,3-dimethylpentylamine page, I didn't realise there were two pages about the same compound. However I'm not sure which page should be used, geranamine is the current trademark and is the most widely used name for the compound at present, but its not the INN name (I don't think there is one for this compound?) while 1,3-dimethylpentylamine may be correct but its not IUPAC compliant seeing as it can instead be named as a hexane derivative. I suppose it doesn't matter that much though if we just make the other page a redirect anyway, but I'd be tempted to rename the page to the IUPAC name seeing as its such a simple compound. Meodipt (talk) 11:15, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Even though it's not an INN, I think it's reasonable to use geranamine as the title of the article, since that is what seems to be commonly used. Redirects can of course be used for all alternate names. Let's merge 1,3-dimethylpentyamine into geranamine. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:35, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

username block

Ed, as a fellow admin, I'm puzzled: why did you block AEIsystems instead of asking or warning him to change the user name first? DGG (talk) 13:46, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

According to the username policy, Wikipedia does not permit usernames that are promotional, which, in my eyes, is clearly the case here. I believe the user should not contribute to Wikipedia under that name and {{usernameblock}} is a polite template telling the user that he simply needs to choose a different name. But it's not a big deal to me, if you wish to unblock and ask/warn instead, I won't object. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:55, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Why the speedy deletion of a dj named funkdafogs

Hey im confused i was doing an article about a Dj called funkdafogs and it was deleted immediatly, sorry dont unstand the rules of information properly can you help Funkdafogs (talk) 20:45, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi i seem to violated the rules , while writing a post about Funkdafogs. Need help so it doesnt happen again Funkdafogs (talk) 20:49, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

You can see Wikipedia's guidelines for inclusion of musicians at Wikipedia:Notability (music), or more general guidelines at Wikipedia:Notability. If you have questions after having a look at those pages, please just let me know and I'll try to help out. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:50, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

IP block

Dear User:Edgar181: please do not block my IP address as you did, this is not a vandaliam issue, I am trying to remove Slander about my name off of this site, no article is retained on me. Please remove my name, I have a legal right to my name being removed. Before you accuse someone of vandalism perhaps you should assertain the correct situation. Your choice of wording is wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.170.59.139 (talk) 16:08, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

If you want to know why I blocked your IP address, you have to let me know what IP address you are referring to. If you can be more specific about the article, too, I will try to help you out if I can. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:11, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Re. your question

It is at least another company with the same name. No idea if that's just a coincidence. -- Mentisock 09:37, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

At the moment, user:Syntec does not seem to be promoting the Syntec you link to, but I'll keep an eye on the user. Thanks for letting me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:23, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your swift block of Srfr1993. Rob Banzai (talk) 17:24, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Please take off my block

I created a page under R. W. Beck, Inc. with the user name RWBECK. You have permantly restricted my editing rights. Please remove them. I was not trying to put advertisment on the Wikipedia, I was just merely creating a page for the company that I work for. I did not realize that this was looked upon as such a terrible thing from the Wikipedia editors. I have waited a few weeks for my block to be taken off so that AT LEAST I could put in a request for a name change. However, since you blocked me from editing -- I can not even request a name change. Please reconsider. Unlike the editors of Wikipedia -- most people are human and make mistakes. I look forward to hearing back from you about this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.168.0.34 (talk) 15:03, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Ever since the username RWBECK was blocked last month, you have been free to sign up with a different username at any time. Alternately, if you wish to transfer the few contributions you made with your old username to a new username, you can follow the directions that you see when you try to use that old name. (Just signing up with a new username is much quicker and easier.) In any case, I have temporarily unblocked RWBECK so that you can request a name change if that's what you prefer. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:14, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

THANK YOU

I was unable to even sign up with a new username because I was blocked -- but now I will do that. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.168.0.34 (talk) 15:22, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Unless the IP address you were using was blocked separately (which doesn't appear to be the case), the username block should not have prevented you from signing up with a new username, so I don't know what happened. Whatever went wrong, I'm sorry for the inconvenience. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:26, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the blocking of IP User:96.5.67.10

Hi Ed. You blocked this anon user earlier this week. I believe I have found one more anon accounts through which he has been editing the same material, as shown here: [6]. The original block effected was to this material here: [7]. Both email accounts trace to Education networks of America in Nashville. I am tracking a suspected third IP also tracing to Nashville, but it is a Comcast signal. The user is reverting info which is not verifiable either way. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you. Neo16287 (talk) 20:18, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I blocked 96.5.67.10 because of obvious vandalism to Lipscomb University. The edits by 96.5.67.10 and 96.5.66.240 to Delta Air Lines (which may or may not be the same person as the Lipscomb vandal) seem to fall more into the category of a content dispute. Although your arguments related to verifiability appear to be correct, I suggest you contact other editors at Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation or Wikipedia:WikiProject Airlines for assistance with dealing with this editor. You'll probably get more effective help with these editorial concerns from them than from me. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:40, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Much obliged. Danke. Neo16287 (talk) 21:09, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Fusafungine

I didnt find a picture of the structure on the www. Do you know a site or can u even draw the structure? Thx & cheers, 84.75.158.212 (talk) 00:47, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

I'll see what I can find. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:43, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry Ed, but I had no luck either. The molecular formula is from MeSH; I couldn't find it anywhere else. The closest I could get: [8] and [9]. Best, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:42, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:10, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

I have been unable figure this one out. Chemical Abstracts refers to it as having "unspecified" structure, and several journal articles describe it as a mixture, but none that I can find give exact structures of its components. As Fvasconcellos notes, the molecular formula and molecular weight are reported, but it's not clear to me exactly what this data refers to. I've added a bit of structural explanation to the text, and that will probably have to do for now. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:10, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to both of you. 84.75.158.212 (talk) 00:18, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Chemical structure error for 4-androstene-3,6,17-trione

I am new to this so bear with me. There is an error in the chemical structure for 4-androstene-3,6,17-trione. There should be no hydroxyl group on the number 14 carbon (the bottom left corner of the five-membered ring at the top right of the structure). There is just a hydrogen. All the other chemical information appears to be correct.Fishmarket (talk) 05:00, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

You're right. Thanks for catching the error and letting me know. I have now fixed it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:44, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Akerman Senterfitt

You should try also deleting the Akerman Senterfit page. Isn't it advertising? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crystalpantaleon2008 (talk • contribs) 19:08, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Promotion of a business or organization unrelated to Wikipedia is not permitted on user pages, which is why I deleted User:Crystalpantaleon2008. If you think Legal Solutions & Consulting meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion outlined at WP:CORP, you are free to create an article titled Legal Solutions & Consulting (instead of at your user page). If you think Akerman Senterfitt is advertising, you are free to edit it to make it more neutral, or even to nominate it for deletion (see WP:AFD). Hope this helps. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:19, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Teriflunomide vs. A77 1726

Hi Edgar181! I see you have deleted Image:A77 1726.png after I redirected A77 1726 to teriflunomide. My redirection might have been a mistake. I phoned Sanofi and they said Teriflunomide and A77 1726 were two different structures, but the whole issue is quite confusing - see Talk:Teriflunomide for more information. Any idea how to solve this? Thanks --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 17:29, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I have reverted the article to one of your earlier versions and left explanation at the talk page. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:37, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Alkaloids

Could you please take a look at talk alkaloids. I have found 2 old book references plus one brand new book reference, where they include (neutral or weakly basic) amides as alkaloids. Plus 2 recent reviewed articles, counting capsaicin and piperine as alkaloids. IUPAC def allows to include such by extension, is otherwise rather mushy (talking about USUALLY not including amino acids etc) Could you spend a little time to help out there? You know that I am not a vandal from our previous conversations. Colchicine is another one that is included as an amide in the historical book refs as well as the brand new one. 70.137.143.23 (talk) 02:52, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

I left a comment there. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:36, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

thanks for the temp protect!

hopefully by the time it expires the vandal will have gotten bored and found something else to waste his time doing. Luvcraft (talk) 16:58, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

That's the plan. If they return when the protection expires, please just let me or another admin know and the articles can be reprotected if necessary. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:00, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Awesome

Just delete stuff on speedy when I was away less than 20 hours, and then offer me the chance to place a "hangon" template on an article that's already gone. Stupid Evil Bastard may or may not have been notable, but it was clearly not so bad that you couldn't have just put it up on AfD. Good going mate. I am really laughing here. Ingolfson (talk) 06:46, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

No need for the silly sarcasm. Articles marked for speedy deletion should be handled speedily. To me, the article clearly meets speedy deletion criteria, but it's not a big deal to me, so I have sent it to AFD instead. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:54, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Assistance with repeat Vandal IP 68.198.222.5

I rarely report vandals, preferring instead to send them a polite note and leave them be. In this instance though this is an IP[[10]] (or two? [[11]]) that has a history of unconstructive edits, and recently making more (e.g. 1, 2, 3). They are consistently reasserting their poorly written and factually incorrect edits for biodegradable plastic and it's becoming very tedious. I've tried reasoning with them, but they are not being reasonable. I am having difficulty getting responses from admins, and you had previously assisted me on a similar matter, so I thought it appropriate to bring it to your attention. Cheers Halogenated (talk) 01:09, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

This is a common difficulty, especially dealing with people who are editing without logging in. There is no way of knowing whether all the edits coming from the IP address are from one individual or not. I think you have been handling it well. I have put biodegradable plastic on my watchlist and I'll help revert if he persists (I agree that it's very poorly written). The other edits from that IP are clearly vandalism which can be dealt with by reverting, warning, and then reporting to WP:AIV if it persists. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:37, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Ed. Halogenated (talk) 21:26, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Free the Mallocs

Hi Edgar, you deleted the "Free The Mallocs" page and noted, (correctly for the moment), no substantial content. My goal is to build out the page as a sub-category of geek culture (reference Geek here at wikipedia). I had only completed the funny preamble last night and was looking to expand the page over time. Would it be better the sandbox it and submit it as a whole instead of building it over a series of days? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Idlehanz (talk • contribs) 17:39, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I think the article shouldn't be created until it has enough content to stand on its own. You can work on it in your user space (see Wikipedia:Subpages), or offline first. Provided it is something that meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines (Wikipedia:Notability), you can then copy it to the title you want. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:43, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

In addition to User:Dtrebbien/newPagesTicker.js/db...

Would you also delete User:Dtrebbien/newPagesTicker.js? « D. Trebbien (talk) 18:48, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

OK, done. Sorry I missed it the first time. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:22, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Please excuse my noobness here

Why remove the 'TSP in food' section within the article on "Trisodium Phosphate". As Edgar181 stated, TSP is an additive in many foods, so why single one out? Singling one out is better than removing the stub completely. Why not add more foods instead of removing one addition made by someone who hasn't registered? Once I figure out how to undo your undo, I plan to put the "TSP in food" back on the page, and to make you happy, I will put more foods on there; or perhaps, I will just put a bunch of external references next to the Cheerios one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.237.2.97 (talk) 11:00, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

If you would like to include information about what kinds of foods in general trisodium phosphate is used in, I think that would be a valuble addition to the article. However, it is not a good idea to single out specific products. Wikipedia is a global encyclopedia, so discussing products that may be only available in certain countries will give the article a regional bias. Also, singling out one specific product gives undue weight to something that on its own is quite unimportant. For example, the fact that trisodium phosphate is the fifth ingredient in Cheerios is just plain trivia, and detracts from the article; but discussing how TSP is used to fortify many baked goods with phosphates (...or whatever it is added for) could be useful, encyclopedic information. I hope this helps, -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:39, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Tom Lloyd

I personally think the ban on Tom Lloyd was a little hasty. He seemed to get the point after some replies were left on his talk page. Is he currently working an Appeal, AFAIK, it could be a decent article he was initiating, just in the wrong place. Paranormal Skeptic (talk) 15:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

After reading the responses on his talk page, I have a hard time seeing that this user has any intention except to use Wikipedia to attempt to publicize his story (if it is in fact his own.) I would be willing to unblock only if someone were to offer to mentor or guide him in some way. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:40, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

URGENT: Please merge these two pages' histories

Hello there, would you please do me a favour? Please merge the histories of these two pages: Nseries and Nokia N79, and then let the content be in Nokia N79. Please don't ask me to request in the merger proposal page, as I find the efficiency over there is very low! Thank you very much! --אדמוןד ואודס_{自分の投稿記録} 13:57, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

OK, done. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:03, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Longewala

hey Edgar181 i have not been vandalising articles as shovon claims i have he is desperate at the moment because i have added very valid sources to the article of longewala and he being a indian will naturally get very angry over his own general stating it was a fake battle so i urge you to think level headed and not be drawn into his false vandalism claims cheers have a good day 86.156.208.40 (talk) 16:25, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

I removed the vandalism report because I did not agree that what you are doing is simple vandalism. Please consider discussing your differences with User:Shovon76. If you continue to "edit war" with him, you may both be blocked from editing. Also please be aware of Wikipedia's three revert rule. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:36, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

And now for something completely different

Hey. This has nothing to do with anything, but I was just linked to a webcast of an impending rocket launch here and am fairly pumped about it, so I picked the first guy in recent changes who looked like he might appreciate it and wrote this message.

If spaceflight doesn't interest you, then I hope that you can appreciate this as an attempt of bringing good cheer.

This is a SpaceX affair, so in a few minutes we might see either civilian spaceflight taking a step forward or a satisfying explosion. --Kizor 23:14, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

You picked a good person to notify. :) I watched it and certainly enjoyed it. Thanks! -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:36, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

My pleasure. In fact I'm so pumped from witnessing the launch that I'm going to go grow my beard out and then bend things. --Kizor 23:42, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Blocked Users

Hi Ed, I hope that you're well. I was hoping that you might be able to shed some light on a few things. You seem to have blocked eight IP address in the last 24 hours. You also make a point of reference on your talk page for those asking why they have been blocked. Might I ask why you are such a prolific blocker of users? Is there a real problem of vandalism with the chemistry articles? I would be intrigued to here you thoughts. Have a nice evening.

 Declan Davis   (talk)  19:04, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

No, I don't think vandalism is a bigger problem for chemistry articles compared to any other type. Vandalism, in general, is a big problem throughout Wikipedia, so I routinely look at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and block those who are abusing editing privileges. It's just my way of using the administrative tools that I've been given to try to protect Wikipedia and make it a better place for everyone. As for the notes on the top of this page, before I put them there I would get inquiries such as "Why did you block my IP address?" or "Why did you delete my article?" and nothing more - and I can't answer that kind of question unless I know what IP address or article it refers to. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:20, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

disagree with deletion of Template:User Uncyclopedia true

• requests farther explanation upon the deletion of {{User Uncyclopedia true}}.

Could you at least give me back the source code so that I can make a new version at "User:Spitfire19/Uncyclopedia true"?
Spitfire (talk) 02:38, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

The entire contents of Template:User Uncyclopedia true were "#REDIRECT [[User Uncyclopedia true]]". User Uncyclopedia true was in turn a redirect to User:Spitfire19/User Uncyclopedia true, so I'm unsure what you disagree with and what code you want. Can you clarify? -- Ed (Edgar181) 02:42, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Thx for clarifing. I'm fine now, Thank you. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spitfire19 (talk • contribs) 03:14, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

IFPRA deletion

Hi, I note you have deleted the IFPRA addition that i made as "promotion of a business or organisation unrelated to wiki". IFPRA is a not for profit fedreation of parks managers started in 1957. it is similar in nature to IFLA (international federation of landscape architects). I am new to wikipedia so sorry if i stuffed up but can you point me to the reason why ifpra and its history is not relevant?IFPRA (talk) 06:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)ifpra chair asia pacific

I deleted User:IFPRA because promotion of an organization unrelated to Wikipedia is not permitted on user pages, regardless of whether the organization is for-profit or non-profit. If you wish to create an article about your organization, you may do so at IFPRA (rather than User:IFPRA), provided that you think the organization meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Please be aware that if other editors think the organization does not meet Wikipedia guidelines, it may end up getting being again. You may also want to take a look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines, which seem to apply here. Hope this helps. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. appreciate that. cheers IFPRA (talk) 08:54, 3 October 2008 (UTC)