QuantockGoblin, I sent you an email (via Wikipedia) yesterday. It regarded the fact that your real name is required to upload your [[Image:Perkin triangle distillation apparatus.png]] into Citizendium (which is one of the Wikis). I would very much appreciate getting your reply today. My email is mbeychok@cox.net Regards, - mbeychok ( talk) 19:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi QG, you seem to be someone in my area of chemistry, I like all the work you're doing. I've "corrected" the word carbeneic, but that's only to the spelling that I've seen- it's after all a non-word made up by chemists. So revert away if your version actually IS an alternative spelling. Nice work all round. Freestyle-69 ( talk) 00:40, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey QG, here's 3 pics of IMes in a Schlenk: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Stable_carbene1.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Stable_carbene2.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Stable_carbene3.jpg
I'm not sure if they are any use quality-wise but the carbene is nice and clean (almost white). Couple of options there wrt angle and showing the Schlenk flask. All yours if you want to use them. Freestyle-69 ( talk) 05:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I am writing to you because you know about chemistry. I am writing and article about mesoporous silica, and I want to know how to improve it. I plan to move the first box to the right as an info-box, but what else should I do? What can I do to make this article more useful? Apheontai ( talk)
- Thank you for your help! Apheontai ( talk) —Preceding comment was added at 16:06, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
(From my talk page:) "Hello thanks for your comments on the talk page of the Monty Hall problem, although some people seem to think my graphic is so unclear that you must have been referring to the graphic already on the main Monty Hall problem page! Oh well, not to worry! Again, thanks for your supportive comment, I was starting to think my image only made sense to me!! -- Quantockgoblin"
Hi Quantockgoblin,
I probably could do the Perkin Triangle diagram without too much trouble, especially as I have already drawn the fittings for the Schlenk flask diagram. I'm a bit busy today and tomorrow, but will probably get around to it on Thu. morning.
Regards
David -- Slashme ( talk) 05:31, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Re: Thermometer plug: Well spotted! That's why it's always good to get a fresh pair of eyes on a picture. As for the copyright notice, it's been fixed: I should have used a template instead of just typing "GFDL-self" into the info template. I see you've added an attribution line. I think that's the best way to do it, so when I get around to svgifying your other diagrams, that's what I'll do. -- Slashme ( talk) 11:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Re: Position of numeral 4 and thermometer plug: Done. Thanks for pointing these items out. -- Slashme ( talk) 08:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
By the way, I haven't been getting around to the other drawings. If you're in a hurry, why not open one of my svg diagrams in inkscape and see how it goes? You can get Inkscape for linux, mac or windows, and it is really quite easy to use - it should be about as easy as whatever you used to make the diagrams in the first place. If you need help, feel free to ask. But if the idea doesn't appeal, remind me in a month or so if nothing has happened by then. -- Slashme ( talk) 08:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi Again! I've been on holiday for a bit, so I picked the two diagrams that looked the easiest to test my new graphics tablet ;-).
And two more... -- Slashme ( talk) 21:50, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
-- Slashme ( talk) 16:47, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
(In reply to comments on my talk page) Thanks for the comments, I agree with them and will fix. As for the connectors not being shaded blue, I was actually following your diagrams a bit too closely there ;-) -- Slashme ( talk) 07:27, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome. I stuck an image gallery on the Schlenk flask page. I'm not sure if the gallery is in the right place or even if a gallery is the best way to do it but the images are now there. Let me know if you want any opinions or consensus support on air-sensitive equipment. I've noticed a big chunk of chemistry exists mostly as an oral tradition which can make citation to wikipedia standards difficult. Thanks again. -- OMCV ( talk) 07:14, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Welcome back :) Fvasconcellos ( t· c) 23:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey, we do seem to be following each other around don't we :). Nice pics of the structures, what program did you use for them? Any chance of inverting the pentagonal pyramidal image to match the orientation of square pyramidal? Cheers Freestyle-69 ( talk) 01:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Hmm. At first glance that seems a bit too "special interest" to place in the Drugbox, but I suggest you ask for opinions over at Template talk:Drugbox—other editors will add their two cents. Best, Fvasconcellos ( t· c) 23:38, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
I have added the rollback feature to your user account, and to those other trusted Wikipedia chemists. I hope this helps with reverting any vandalism or other inappropriate edits you come across. (If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it.) -- Ed ( Edgar181) 18:29, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Crikey, I thought I got it right with the pic, but it's been deleted... I'll see what went on and try to reload it. Bummer! Freestyle-69 ( talk) 00:21, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
For Endnote, I create a "Wikipedia" style, add a "journal article" bibliography output template, and key in:
{{cite journal | author = Author | title = Title | journal = [[Journal]] | year = Year | volume = Volume | issue = Issue | doi = Electronic Resource Number | url = URL }}
Unfortunately, pipes (|) are used as control characters, so all you get are double spaces. I copy the text into notepad, and replace double spaces ( ) with a pipe (|), and then copy it in place. Have fun. -- Rifleman 82 ( talk) 13:12, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the help guys, now I've talked it up I have to put the edit together! Freestyle-69 ( talk) 22:32, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey QG, after great expense to the management, here it is. All you didn't want to know about a blue-green algae toxin! Happy reading... :) Freestyle-69 ( talk) 03:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Did you ever get a response to User_talk:Betacommand/20070401#Stub_of_the_day_.3F? This was in Betacommand's sandbox, last version here. I don't know if it moved anywhere else. Wasn't Beta going to randomly grab a stub and write the template somewhere, daily? Gimmetrow 04:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. I notice that a short while ago, you added the Userbox, User:StoptheDatabaseState/Templates/NO2ID, to the NO2ID article. While I sympathise with the message, this is not appropriate for the article, and I have removed it. References to Wikipedia should be avoided within Wikipedia itself (except where it's obviously appropriate) and this includes things like userboxes; since our articles can be freely copied by anyone, and a userbox would not be helpful to someone reading an article elsewhere. Userboxes should only be used on user pages or talk pages, not Wikipedia articles. For more information, see Wikipedia:Self-references. Thanks for reading. Terraxos ( talk) 01:47, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Done. Now only admins can edit the page—if you need to change anything, drop me a line or ask the folks over at WP:RFPP. Best, Fvasconcellos ( t· c) 20:24, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks to you and yours for the note. Keep up the good work yourself. I am hoping to get back to normal chem articles of the type that you do so well. -- Smokefoot ( talk) 04:38, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much! It's really nice to be appreciated! -- Slashme ( talk) 08:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
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Hi QG,
The crest looks quite doable, but I won't get around to it this week. I certainly won't take offense if you bug me every two weeks or so, and that is more likely to spur me into action. -- Slashme ( talk) 06:27, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey QG, the mystery of your username starts to un-deepen! And I thought you were from somewhere in Middle Earth or another galaxy... my mental picture of a little green chemist with pointy ears and an evil chuckle has gone up in air-sensitive smoke :)
I've put up cylindrospermopsin for peer review, it's got a few comments here that I will action, but I was wondering if you (and anyone else reading this!) could critically comment on it (yeah, you can look for the bad points this time)? I do plan to try David's png-to-svg tool, just been a bit snowed under to really put my head into it. Once I've got more comments and a bit of time, I'll put some serious effort into it to hopefully get it to GA status. No worries if you're snowed under yourself- I see you and David have been very busy with pictures and the like! Reply here is fine, it'll be on my watchlist. Cheers Freestyle-69 ( talk) 08:03, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
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Dear Quantockgoblin,
I am a university undergrad beginning a research project on crystal habit. I am most
interested in producing larger, high-quality crystals which clearly demonstrate habit when
viewed with the naked eye. Would you be able to recommend any specific text(s) that would
be a good starting point for this variety of research?
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