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Hi Maproom, I see you commented on Europe Business Assembly at the Helpdesk. There's an AfD discussion for this article going on at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Europe_Business_Assembly; perhaps you'd like to weigh in. Thanks. -- Brindt ( talk) 07:40, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for your help with the sorting table. Now I can finish the lead and nominate the list:) Ratipok ( talk) 13:19, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi. You may recall this help-desk query which you recently resolved by moving WET Design to WET (Water Entertainment Technologies). You seemed to have been followed by a few more moves as follows:
If I caused all this with my response to the original poster ( WETpublisher ( talk · contribs)), I sincerely apologise. Please do let me know how I could have handled said poster differently. As a courtesy, I will notify both OrangeMike and Anthony Appleyard of this section. I am not saying anyone has done anything wrong. Far from it -- Senra ( talk) 00:09, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
It seems a bit premature to add an IP poster's claim of artist credit to a game without verification, doesn't it? We get lots of people asking for edits, many of which unfortunately never come up with any verifiable evidence of their statements. Or did you get verification somewhere? —[ AlanM1( talk)]— 06:53, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
First of all I would like to thank you for your prompt response and help. Secondly the renaming you have done is absolutely correct. I left more details on a "Vysochanskij-Petunin inequality" page as a reply to your message. I really appreciate that you care.
Gchoul ( talk) 22:40, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
Regarding your latest comment. I am not sure how the decision is made in Wikipedia, but I what I want is to provide info for the people who care for Wikipedia. If say, you want to make a change to ii across all Wikipedia then what are you going to do with one of the most famous writer's name Dostoyevsky ???
If you really decide to make a change to ii then you will invent a new name Dostoyevskii
Does Wikipedia really want to make a revolution in spelling ?
Now see, the ending of the names Dostoyevsky and Vysochanskij in Russian is absolutely the same so the most correct option in English would be certainly Vysochansky.
I need to repeat here that I would definitely put ending "y" or "i" in this name, but you cannot change the name in the reference. It means that we do not have much choice here and must stick to the name in the reference - Vysochanskij as the only source available. And one more thing. Please give me an example of the name in Wiki that has "ii" at the end. Maybe there is some misunderstanding in this discussion Gchoul ( talk) 23:00, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
The user Gaming&Computing has removed a large portion of the ad-drivel, but I still believe GNG is not met. If you still support your initial !vote, please reiterate your support on the Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Oton page. Thanks! - Kai445 ( talk) 22:56, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
(discussion moved from David Eppstein's page)
I think you should rename "Klein graph" to "Klein graphs" for consistency with the other pages that describe several graphs in the category Category:Individual graphs. -- MathsPoetry ( talk) 11:06, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
I have been trying to edit best selling album for History past present and future and
I keep getting reverted by Bluesatelite, im not interested in editing best selling album anymore, I would like to know how I could report this user he/she 1. lied when he said there was concensus , I have been on that talk page, 2. said he would block me. how can I file a formal complaint against him/her. thank you-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 10:14, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
right,,,,,, im not interested in editing that page anymore, im interested in filing a complaint against Bluesatelite for threatening to block me when I have always been in good standing (whatsmore
I might consult a legal friend to see if this individual "Bluesatelite" may have infringed on
my rights-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 10:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I'm around 40, and I'm strongly oriented to say "Blur is a band" rather than "Blur are a band". The reason is, I imagine the sentence as a compacted version of "Blur is the name of a band comprised of ______ _____, ______ ______, _____ _____, and ____ ____."
For some reason, however, if we start talking about The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, "are" seems more correct than "is". I really don't know why!
-- Ben Culture ( talk) 05:02, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi Maproom,
Could you have a look at Talk:Clebsch graph? My point is that there is only one such graph and that the article should be rewritten accordingly.
I suggest that David Eppstein gives his opinion before any action is taken. -- MathsPoetry ( talk) 08:23, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
I have raised a topic regarding the section of BritainsDNA at WP:BLP. Your input would be appreciated. Stephen! Coming... 09:36, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
I'm sorry to see that you couldn't find us at the fourth Oxford Meetup. Two of us were wearing Wikipedia T-shirts including HJ Mitchell (who for a short period also had a laptop out); two had lapel badges. We were initially tucked in between the entrance and the stairs, but we moved to a bench behind the stairs when one became available. We have decided to hold the next Oxford meetup in one month's time, rather than two, so that it falls within Oxford term-time. A page has been created about the fifth Oxford Meetup; please sign up if you think that you are able to attend - if the date or venue are unsuitable, please comment at its discussion page.
Please spread the word to anybody else who you think might be interested. The next UK meetups are at: Glasgow; London; and Nottingham, all on 12 May 2013. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 08:42, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Maproom,
If you add diagonals on each side of a regular 3D cube graph, you get a graph isomorphic to the 4D 16-cell. You can check by yourself by comparing with the illustration on the left on fr:Demi-hypercube (graphe). I did it, and the fact is sourced in Godsil. It applies to every dimension, if you add diagonals to a 2D square, you get the graph of a tetraedron, which is the half 3D-cube.
Such "jumps" from one dimension to the other are rather surprising, I do agree . You get another example with the complementary of the Clebsch graph which is built from the tesseract (4D) but can also be seen as the folded penteract (5D).
By the way, there is no article on the 16-cell graph, only on the geometrical object... -- MathsPoetry ( talk) 08:10, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
I am still working on Dimension (graph theory), I will try and get some more done today. Maproom ( talk) 09:04, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
Maproom,
See this diff, I fixed a few oopsies and helped with the conversion from French templates to their English counterparts. Best, -- MathsPoetry ( talk) 09:01, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
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She wasn't trying to make friends by shouting. Robert McClenon ( talk) 21:59, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
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Thank you for attending the fifth Oxford Meetup, and it was a pleasure meeting you. I intended to send this message on Monday, but I've been a bit busy, sorry.
Several of us would like to continue with the monthly plan, since trying to make a two-monthly cycle fit into the University terms doesn't work very well. A page has been created about the sixth Oxford Meetup; please sign up if you think that you are able to attend - if the date or venue are unsuitable, please comment at its discussion page.
Please spread the word to anybody else who you think might be interested. The next UK meetups are at: London, 16 June; Manchester, 22 June; and Coventry, 7 July. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 14:07, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Dear "Maproom";
I am grateful for your interest and response. I appreciate your concerns.
I will create a sandbox for my account and will put my paper on rT3 onto it as quickly as my learning curve will allow.
If you have the time and patience to review the proposed entry, I'd really appreciate your input.
Thanks so much! Alan McDaniel. Njmcdaniel ( talk) 19:25, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
Dear Maproom;
I am so happy to be finished downloading my article. I am sure you know this already, but it is up at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Njmcdaniel/sandbox. I think the content justifies, actually requires the length - and I'm looking forward to your opinion.
As another thought, should I post a note like this somewhere on the existing rT3 "stub" site and solicit other advice - or shall your and John Broughton's opinions suffice? I'm in your hands.
Thanks again, ever so much! Alan. Njmcdaniel ( talk) 20:19, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Go to Talk:Rafael Nadal, I have sandboxed a new version, so tell me if you like it? HotHat ( talk) 02:42, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
A map of the 16th century political situation to illustrate Daniel Rogers (diplomat)#In captivity would be a fine thing. It really must be very small, though: no more than a largish estate (the area figure in the article is suspect, see Talk:Lordship of Anholt). I was having quite a business yesterday working out the kidnap story, worthy of Somali pirates. After a big struggle with the 16th century spellings, it seems clear to me that Rogers was shuffled round Anholt and its neighbours ( Duchy of Cleves, Gelderland, Bishopric of Münster) nearly in find-the-lady style. The sources don't seem that bothered with the details. Charles Matthews ( talk) 14:30, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
I've performed the move. FYI, please don't blank redirects — it doesn't make the move possible, so the only effect is that people can't easily go from the redirect to its target. Nyttend ( talk) 23:55, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi, the Collins Scottish Clan & Family Ecycleopedia uses a captial "I". "Of that Ilk". Thanks. QuintusPetillius ( talk) 13:50, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Maproom: You tagged the plot section at The Duck House with the copyvio template, but you didn't create a listing at that day's reports (which I have now done) or notify the creator, User:Blethering Scot; I dropped him a note when I pulled the DYK from the Main Page. Please be sure to do these steps next time you have to apply that template (if it should sadly be required) so that the process can move along and the problem be fixed expeditiously. Thanks. Yngvadottir ( talk) 16:40, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hi there Maproom. I thought I'd leave you a message here because my comment on the Help desk page isn't on the main page anymore. Yes, DES is right, my draft is here: User:Calstarry/Ramtha's School draft. It sounds like you've had a chance to look at it.
First: I did not find any articles that say the school is widely regarded as a cult, so adding this in as a fact doesn't seem right to me. In today's use of the word, "cult" is a derogatory term, so if we're going to make a general statement about the school being a cult, especially asserting that the view is "widely held", we would need multiple, accurate sources indicating that this is the prevalent view regarding Ramtha's School of Enlightenment. Do you know of any?
I have no problem mentioning that the school has been described as a cult, but I think that major criticism like this should be linked to specific critics, which I've done in my version where I wrote:
"The organization has been called a cult or a scam by both members of LARSE and several other former students.[3][7][2]"
Second: My intent is certainly not to present Ramtha as if he is real, but instead to provide an accurate account of the school's teachings in a neutral way. In articles for new religious movements, such as Cao Dai, beliefs are clearly labeled as such, but once labelled, are discussed as if real. The intro to the article for Tenrikyo, for example, contains the sentence "Followers of Tenrikyo believe that God, known by several names including Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, expressed divine will through Nakayama's role as the Shrine of God…" Note that it doesn't say, for example, "...allegedly expressed divine will…" or something similar. This is the model I was trying to follow.
Anyhow, I've gone back through my draft and rephrased some areas that I think you might be concerned about. Can you point to specific spots that you are still concerned about?
Third: I'm a little worried that you've taken the current article at face value. If you look closely you'll see that the article is biased and very critical of the school. Also, many of the references used, especially in the current Controversy and criticism section are not reliable, or even accessible. As I've said, I am not a member of this school, so I have no personal experience with the subject matter, all I can go off of are news articles and my understanding of Wikipedia policies.
I think it would be beneficial if we talked about smaller points of my version and we can work through edits that way. Are there specific parts you'd like to see changed? Calstarry ( talk) 21:17, 16 October 2013 (UTC)
DES (talk) 23:42, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Please remove the defamatory content about Professor Ronin posted on the Energetically modified cement. Wikipedia is not a platform for unsupported personal attacks. Wikipedia:NPA. There is no way to justify your comment.
I ask you immediately to do this immediately, or I will report it and then remove it myself.
Thank you.
213.66.81.80 ( talk) 13:01, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
You have made three unsigned-comments in the response I made to 50.65.16.49 ( talk), on the Talk page of Energetically modified cement:
1. "No-one is asking for "understanding to the nth degree". We are asking for an explanation of what the process is. Every Wikipedia article should start by saying what it is about."
2. "You believe that those who do not subscribe to your brand of snake oil are not qualified to comment on it."
3. Almost the entire article promotes the EMC process. Nothing in the article explains what it is. Maybe this is because the nature of the process is a trade secret. In that case, the article ought to say so.
Finally, are you 50.65.16.49???
213.66.81.80 (
talk) 13:32, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
In answer to the above:
Because a deeper explanation is bootstrapped by Wikipedia's OWN policy, you believe that gives you "absolute license" to make a defamatory comment about a living person despite that you have no knowledge of the subject. You have acted on your impulse and also by implication placed me into the "fraud category". You are required to imply "good faith".
On your talk page you have admitted you know nothing about the mechanism for gaining a patent. Let alone that Ronin has multiple patents. Each in multiple territories. Go and check out the webpage. This means he has satisfied the STRICT rigors of USPTO requirements, on numerous occasions, of which you admit, you know nothing about.
So let me put it this way: if this was "snake oil" then it would not gain a patent. Also, if this was "just" grinding, it would not gain a patent. Let alone that more concrete has been poured than the entire Hoover Dam. Let alone that the concretes produced by EMCs have been accepted by a number of US DOTs. Let alone that the academic establishment in Sweden has been "behind this" 100% for OVER 20 years. Do I need to labor this?
You are not just accusing Ronin of "fraud" but significant portions of the Swedish Academic establishment. And also, the USPTO by implication. It is simply unacceptable for anyone to do this, let alone someone who has zero knowledge of the subject, the application-environment rules and regulations, and the rigors of patenting processes.
Please remove the defamatory comment immediately or I will remove it and report it.
To answer your question:
An Energetically Modified cement is a cementitous material that has been produced using the EMC Activation process. It differs from "other cement" (i.e. Portland cement) on a number of footings. When used to make concrete, it has well-documented benefits over concretes made from Portland Cement ---- as set out in the article. Strength gains, ASR gains, encapsulation gains, "self-healing" gains, durability gains, resistance to cl- ion attack, resistance to cracking (for example caused by DEF) etc., etc., etc.
In the "environmental" benefits, it saves 1000kg to 1400kgs of CO2 for every ton of Portland cement it replaces ---- and over 90~% of the energy required.
Put simply, it has the potential to represent the "third age" of concretes. The "first age" being the technologies used by the Greeks and Romans (and carried on until the advent of Portland cement less than 200 years ago). The "second" being the "Portland cement" age itself. EMCs use the same raw materials that the Romans used (pozzolans) but "re-casts" the entire experience into a "21st Century" performance requirement. This is because of "mechanical activation" of the raw materials used, such as fly ash or volcanic ash (NOT grinding per se).
213.66.81.80 ( talk) 17:25, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
With reference to the above section, I have removed your comments from the EMC talk page in its entirety. The discussion with the other user, that subsequently became polluted by your comments, had already been copied to my talk page (where that user had first placed its comments anyhow). That user has been informed. None of your defamatory contents are repeated on my talk page.
I am now asking you to remove the defamatory comments set out above. If you choose not to do so, that is your choice but I will escalate. You cannot be condoned for shooting from the hip, with zero knowledge of the subject, and zero knowledge of the mechanism of "process patents" and YET defame a living academic for reason other than "you feel like it".
Given you live in the UK, given today's news there regarding law controlling commenting on social media, then you of all people should know the danger of unguarded written expressions. And, that anything typed on Wikipedia has the potential to be libelous in law. This is because anything on the web is a "publication". For this reason, it is important that all users of Wikipedia exercise sound judgment before making outrageous and highly damaging comments which could affect a person's standing in their community or lead to major disruption to that persons job/projects. You have no such right to "play God".
You MUST not make such accusations openly. If you continue to do so elsewhere on Wikipedia, will lead to you being permanently banned. Wikipedia is NOT a platform for any person to "shoot their mouths off" in any way they want. If you think it is such a platform, you should leave. Before you cause further damage.
213.66.81.80 ( talk) 07:53, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi there... I have added a further well-referenced section devoted to how EMCs (in common with all pozzolanic cementitious materials), improve the chemistry of Concrete and its propensity for "self healing". This might be enough to meet your concerns, because I have still yet to figure out how to resolve the "bootstrap issue" above, which (in contrast), is not about improving the chemistry of concrete, but, instead, about how EMC Activation causes its effects (i.e., to then allow it to be used in concrete ---- to to gain the chemical effects in concrete). If you want to, let me know what you think. Kind regards 213.66.81.80 ( talk) 09:41, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
You might well know more than I do. Something like [1], which is 1814, would be very useful on a new list of mine, List of places of worship in London, 1804. No doubt I should never have started it, but it seemed much more "panoramic" than my usual round of biographies.
"London" is obviously a negotiable term at the best of times, but it clearly in that context meant City of London, Westminster, Southwark and quite a bit along the Thames: also some inland areas. Not really spreading far to the north of the City, it seems to me, but working on this article convinces me I don't know London that well, in the first place. Too much to hope for to get the meeting-houses marked. There were parishes of course, and there were local government wards, and I don't know how those related. The addresses given remind me of the chome system. Charles Matthews ( talk) 17:24, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
By chance, today I saw "Cary's New and Accurate Plan of London" (1818), in an exhibition; which is a very fine map for my purposes. There is a 1795 version online here that I have just found. It does actually mark meeting-houses, with empty outlines, as well as numbering churches. So I have plenty to work with at present. The one I saw was this one at the British Library. Apparently there were editions every three or four years? There are details. Charles Matthews ( talk) 20:36, 12 December 2013 (UTC)