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Wow, I get my own Talk page? Cool. Anybody curious about my meandering blatherings will find some of that at http://willware.blogspot.com, and more at http://willware.net/.

DX cluster

Hi WillWare. The article DX cluster is currently up for deletion. This is mainly on the grounds that it is very poorly written and does not provide a context for the article. As far as I can see it is related to the DX communication article that you wrote (about four years ago!). I wondered if you might want to have a look and see if anything can be salvaged. Cheers TigerShark 22:17, 15 January 2006 (UTC) reply

Looks like the DX cluster article is already gone. I don't know what it was about, so I'll assume that the right thing was done. -- WillWare 18:18, 27 January 2006 (UTC) reply

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Notability of Nanorex

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Spam in SnapTrack

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Copyright problems

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Productive nanosystems

Hello! I looked at your article productive nanosystems and I think the article bis-peptides is somehow related and the two articles could be cross-linked. Please tell me your opinion! Regards, Tirkfl talk 09:09, 12 December 2007 (UTC) reply

Mass deletion from Talk:Solar power satellite ??

I dunno if you realize it, but you have apparently just deleted 24K from the Solar power satellite talk page. I started to revert, but I think maybe you are still at it. Wwheaton ( talk) 19:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC) reply

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Talk:Solar power satellite. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. I have now reverted all those edits, which deleted about 24KB of material. If I have removed something constructive by accident, you may want to restore part of them, but before an intentional mass deletion (especially on talk pages) it would be good to propose and announce it first, then wait a few days for comments (or not) from other editors before actually removing the material. Thanks. Wwheaton ( talk) 15:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC) reply

No problem. That was why I delayed reverting, figured maybe you weren't finished, but I realized you might have just made a mistake of that kind. Thank goodness we have other folks around to keep us in line....  :) Wwheaton ( talk) 04:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC) reply

file sharing and economics

On your user page you have some interesting ideas on file sharing and economics.

Does https://www.fundable.com/ sound close to what you pictured?

Is there some other wiki that is more appropriate for discussing these ideas? Perhaps http://communitywiki.org/AlternativeCurrency ? -- 68.0.124.33 ( talk) 08:10, 12 September 2008 (UTC) reply

I am proposing a move for an article that you edited

Please check Talk:The_evolution_of_cooperation#Requested_move, thank you. -- Enric Naval ( talk) 11:53, 21 October 2011 (UTC) reply

The article Robert Freitas has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Literally all the sources given are primary, and many of the claims are of questionable notability. What is the third-party RS coverage of Freitas? Where is the biographical coverage? Where are the independently notable awards? Where is the evidence of notability as a scientist or engineer? What fits, say, Wikipedia:Notability (academics), or any other biographical notability criterion? A long list of low-quality references doesn't make a high-quality reference.

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Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

Dear WillWare,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Urhixidur ( talk) 19:47, 6 June 2019 (UTC) reply

File source problem with File:WillWare-n1ibt.png

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Nomination of Robert Freitas for deletion

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