User talk:Vsmith

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Yogo sapphire

Is a GA and is listed for peer review. I think the current drive for FA can be used to make it better, and useful (for other articles). I was asked to have a look, and I'm sort of footballing it to you :-). Materialscientist (talk) 09:52, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Well - was gonna say no (dislike those picky review thingys), but scanned a bit a caught a glaring geo error ... and - aw well, what else am I gonna do while the morning caffeine kicks in :) Vsmith (talk) 13:26, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

I saw, and frankly this is what I expected - a quick scan for glaring errors. I did something similar and might come back there over the weekend. I cheated in the infobox by taking data for corundum - this variety might have a narrower spread in density, refractive index, and other properties like habit (per geology). Not sure the mineralbox is needed there at all, maybe convert it to prose using specific data for Yogos. Materialscientist (talk) 13:46, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Just added (corundum variety) to infobox title - may tweak a bit more. Vsmith (talk) 14:02, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

I have tried to work the things on the talk page. Thanks for your subject matter knowledge and wiki help. Oh, does this statement "In contrast to traditional Montana sapphires, Yogo sapphires are almost always blue, because their bedrock has a longer cooling time, allowing the trace titanium and iron to spread evenly throughout the mineral rough." make geologic sense (see the ref). IE, is it just the trace or also the even spreading of the trace? PumpkinSky talk 02:44, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Note the geologist's comments: But he speculates that ... longer cooling times might allow the titanium and iron to spread more uniformly through the crystals, affecting the color. He's speculating, but it does seem logical, slow cookin' makes uniform product. I would change "bedrock" to "host rock" (bedrock has a different meaning) and "mineral rough" to "sapphire crystals throughout the intrusive body" or something akin to that. Vsmith (talk) 11:18, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

How about..."In contrast to traditional Montana sapphires, Yogo sapphires are almost always blue, because their host rock has a longer cooling time, allowing the trace titanium and iron to spread evenly throughout the sapphire crystals throughout the intrusive body."

A bit heavy on the throughouts. Maybe ...allowing the trace titanium and iron to be evenly distributed in the sapphire crystals throughout the intrusive body. Vsmith (talk) 17:43, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Cool, posted. PumpkinSky talk 23:10, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

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Neutron capture

Adding citation needed not bad but entry not from myslef first deleted then leftfor clarification comes from star- science with entries in german wikipedia. New words like s-process not explaned and strange that gold important after german wikipedia for building up but real down as element and after adding neutron it could be beaten out again 197Au->198Au ß- ->198Hg-n->197Hg ß- ->197Au.

You can follow link "inside stars" I don`t know how to upload pictures with absorption Mo,Yb from myself exellent and Mo cheap and heavy like UO2 1A with Mo2B, MoxC, MoNx found by natural isotope existence with 99.9% sure without absorption datas also absorption for 3He, 4B http://www-nds.iaea.org/pgaa/pgaa7/index.html Kay Uwe Böhm (talk) 18:57, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Eh? I'll give you a simple hint. My grasp of German language is very poor (stems back to a class in 1972, but little used). And that is why I don't attempt to edit the German Wikipedia. Cheers, Vsmith (talk) 23:30, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

197Au+n → 198Au+γ, or in short form 197Au(n,γ)198Au I thought myself already ading is explanation of not very sensefull not much shorter writing with γ to be left also away same size. Rest just destructive inside and molybdenum and ytterbium must be ferenced to myslef like THOR design at pabble bed side since long time like for Areva Antares. Stone of the philophers not important and how to make gold before said planned already for "Kalkar" breeder beating out neutrons or sure absorbing and epsilon decay for 196Hg inside mercury table proofes ? Important hints for A-industrie and security in future ! If don`t understand anything about don`t delete for others ! Kay Uwe Böhm (talk) 17:45, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

and molybdenum and ytterbium must be ferenced to myslef... No, we don't reference to "ourselves", we reference only to reliable sources - but you seem to be unwilling to do that. And I understand quite a bit, I can recognize self-promotion and near unreadable garp when I see it. Vsmith (talk) 17:55, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Edits made by user Kay Uwe Böhm

Informing you about to delete molybdenum, ytterbium,mo2b5 and who deleted and you clear wrong with# disruptive inside talk box not neutron capture just right deleting... still in history enough outside and information also inside spreadable other admistrator sides over just new name you don´t know also as admistrator but why or orgnazing a contra group against admistrators like arch dude, 1exex1, VSmith, Shinaloblw, material scientist if true, Shinkolobwe, 1947enkidu, LikeLakers2, Oda Mari, PumpkinSky maybe same just new admistrator name , Hozro from R.M. Locust side, Syrthiss from Neutron reflector side and MIKENORTON most coming from Fukushima disaster side. Kay Uwe Böhm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.173.183.91 (talk) 15:51, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Reverted and blocked for block evasion. --GraemeL ^(talk) 16:06, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry to disturb you as a WP administrator, it is not my habit, but the user Kay Uwe Böhm continues his disruptive edits about nuclear technology. Have a look at his last junk edits and at the today history of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and its talkpage. I have controlled many of the contributions he made since 14 October 2011 and none is worth. See my very recent comments on the talkpage of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. What to do? Best regards, Shinkolobwe (talk) 18:40, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks to the Enkidu1947 wise remark, I will also support a definitive blocking of this edit-warrior Kay Uwe Böhm. Best regards, Shinkolobwe (talk) 19:09, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

WP:ANI? Obviously rates a block for disruptive editing, but I'm rather "involved". Vsmith (talk) 19:59, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your rapid answer. Now he is trolling me directly on my talkpage where he created a new section Shinkolobwe#peblle bed reactor with an IP address: 95.88.170.214 from Bremen in Germany (Kabel Deutschland Breitband Service GMBH; Domain: kabeldeutschland.com). He is also trolling another user/administrator on his talk page with the same IP address: see User_talk:Mikenorton#Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster. It seems you are not the only person which he annoys. Shinkolobwe (talk) 21:42, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Negative

not a mess, it puts all the refs in one section so when you're in edit mode you are actually reading mostly prose rather than trying to figure out where the prose ia amongst a MESS of ref code.PumpkinSky talk 21:30, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, it has advantages, but when a ref gets chopped it must be double chopped and the refs to chop were in a "notes" section, rather than "references" like the ugly red warning tag said. Sorry 'bout that - just venting mild frustration in edit summary. Cheers, Vsmith (talk) 21:42, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

OK.PumpkinSky talk 21:51, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Need a geologist

Hi. See Talk:Yogo_sapphire#Some_additional_sources. Can you work this technical info into the article (Harlan and Meyer that is)? Tks. PumpkinSky talk 03:27, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Will take a look later. Vsmith (talk) 03:30, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

That'd be much appreciated. They seem to be solid technical refs specifically on Yogos and may even allow tweaking the infobox.PumpkinSky talk 11:58, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

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Name Change

Thanks for the note on my casual Great Rift Valley move. I gave a rationale on the talk page. I mostly work on African articles, where there are all sorts of interesting topics with no coverage but plenty of sources. So few editors take any interest in this huge area, I am sort of in the habit of moving when it seems to make sense without asking for comment, rather than waiting for ever for someone to take an interest in a proposal. That is not an excuse though. Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 20:56, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Yogo lead

Can you take a stab at expanding the lead? I think it may need to be a bit longer if we go for FA. I'm asking MS too. PumpkinSky talk 13:38, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Frohliche Weinachten und Gluckliches neues Jahr

Photo from Baden_Wurttemberg, Germany.PumpkinSky talk 12:38, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

Christopher Columbus page edits

Thank you for intervening in the Christopher Columbus page edits. We really need fresh eyes on this page as well as a rewrite to condense the enormous lists added. A similar issue is ongoing with Columbus's wife's page, Filipa Moniz. I would like to enlist the help of unbiased third parties to have a look and rewrite or delete whatever is necessary. Colon-el-Nuevo (talk) 00:49, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

You are welcome. I noted the request for protection by a reliable chap, took a look at the article history and acted on it. Good luck on reaching a consensus, but I have no interest in getting involved in those disputes. Will be watching when the protection expires. Happy editing! Vsmith (talk) 02:18, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Wilson Butte Cave

Tks for helping here. I've worked on it more and listed at DYK, giving you credit too. If you can help more, please do so. PumpkinSky talk 00:59, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Feedback on Ammolite page

Dear Vsmith - thank you so much for your feedback. I've never added or edited anything on Wikipedia before (well - I tried before but didn't have the right reference information - so it was all deleted).

I appreciate your help. I didn't realize a self-published book wasn't allowed. It is near impossible to find printed information about ammolite, especially how to process it step-by-step. But I understand that might appear self-promoting.

I hope the rest of the edits were acceptable.

Thanks again,

Beckythorne1626 Beckythorne1626 (talk) 03:22, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Stoichiometry

Hi Vsmith,

I'm intrigued to know why you keep on reverting the molar info on ammonia. After extensively seeking details on websites, I conclude that it is normally done by molecules, not atoms. Basically, you start off with diatomic nitrogen and diatomic hydrogen, and turn them into 4-atom molecules of ammonia. The equation is

N₂ + 3H₂ → 2NH₃.

It is not 2N + 6H → 2NH₃, or N + 3H → NH₃. You cannot have monatomic nitrogen or hydrogen in normal circumstances. Therefore you would start off with, say, 1 mole of nitrogen (mass 28 grams) and 3 moles of hydrogen (mass 6 grams) and convert them to 2 moles of ammonia (mass 34 grams). All the websites I could find which say it gives 1 mole of ammonia seem to be copies of the mistake introduced into the Wikipedia article about a year ago. Websites which seem to know what they are talking about say it gives 2 moles of ammonia. Stating the masses makes it even clearer. Could you please un-revert the correct information?

Refs. http://www.chemtutor.com/mols.htm http://www.chemteam.info/Stoichiometry/Mole-Mole.html http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Chemistry/Courses/General/concept8.html http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/matterandmotion/chem_phys%5Cpractice_problems.htm

Yellowbroom, 29 Dec 2011. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.27.8.231 (talk) 14:02, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Look again at the bolded paragraph title "Composition stoichiometry" - not "reaction stoichiometry" which you are trying to make it. The reaction stoichiometry for forming ammonia is given just above. Your refs above are all discussiog reaction stoichiometry which is the more common usage of the term. However, composition stoichiometry or "formula stoichiometry" as I refer to it is an important concept in teaching chemistry. Taught chemistry to teenagers for 25 years and used a large chunk (~3.5 kg) of chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂) from a copper mine as an example. I would ask them how much copper was in the sample and then use "composition stoichiometry" to solve the problem. Vsmith (talk) 14:53, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Gregory Rift

I wonder if you could do me a favor and take a quick look at this. It just got nominated for DYK, and I am uncertain about whether it is in good enough shape for that. I have been pottering around with other articles in the area and expected to return & fix up obvious distortions & omissions later. Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 19:40, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

To clarify, I tried to put in simple language what I thought the sources said, but do not know if I picked good sources or really understood them. And there seems to be a fair amount of controversy, maybe because new tools, techniques and information keep appearing. Only if you have time, of course. The article as it is can do no great harm and may make a few geologists laugh. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:26, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Took a quick look and no glaring problems noted :) Don't know much 'bout the DYK criteria. Vsmith (talk) 02:59, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

DYK criteria are mostly just basic things like neutral, verifiable etc. But I was a bit uneasy with my interpretation of the sources on this one and would not have nominated it myself. Thanks for taking a look. Aymatth2 (talk) 04:00, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request for The heading of the biography of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

Raqib nizami (talk) 21:24, 30 December 2011 (UTC)Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab (1703 – 1792) (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الوهاب‎) was an Arabian Islamic theologian and founder of a new divisive (firqa)sect Wahhabism whose pact with Muhammad bin Saud helped to establish the first Saudi state and began a dynastic alliance and power-sharing arrangement between their families which continues to the present day.

or, in plain English:

Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab (1703 – 1792) (Arabic:محمد بن عبد الوهاب) was an Arabian Islamic theologian and founder of a new divisive (firqa)sect "Wahhabism".Whose pact with Muhammad bin Saud helped to establish the first Saudi state and began a dynastic alliance and power-sharing arrangement between their families which continues to the present day.Raqib nizami (talk) 21:24, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

I see that you have added this to the article talk page. That is yhe proper location - not here. Vsmith (talk) 21:35, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Question about Larimar page

I'm doing some research about Larimar and discovered at least one error on the Larimar page. I'm happy to make the edit to correct the error but want to know if anyone is still active on the page. The detail in question is in the "Geology" section of the page, which states the blue color of Larimar is caused by cobalt impurities. I have several references that suggest that copper, not cobalt, is the cause of color. Do you know of anyone still working on this page who might know where the reference to cobalt came from? If I can't find anyone I'll update the content and add the citation for the references I have.

Beth Carter — Preceding unsigned comment added by BethCarter (talk • contribs) 06:01, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Don't know about the cobalt bit and I see it has a cite needed tag, so change it with a citation. Two of your listed potential sources are definetly commercial websites and not reliable sources. The Gems and Gemology article and the minerals.net page would work (although the minerals.net is rather ad heavy). Go ahead with your edit. Please note that the page has a history of pure promotional editing, seems people want to sell the stuff :) Cheers, Vsmith (talk) 14:48, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. I'm very new to Wikipedia editing though I've used it for a while. Your comment about promotional editing is interesting. That's pretty much the reason I'm starting to edit. We travel a lot and I'm frustrated by the abundance of misinformation given to people in major travel destinations about gemstones. I'm hoping I can help get accurate information out there, and Wikipedia seems to have the same attitude I do, so I'll see where this goes. Finding an adopter will probably be appropriate long run but for now I'll just start with some factual edits I can verify. You've done such a great job answering my question ... You'll probably get more from me! Mineralogy (studied under Barb Dutrow at LSU), gemology (GG from GIA), and technical writing (day job) are my greatest professional level interests. In the specific edit here, I planned on using the G&G article as the citation - I'll figure out how to do that. BethCarter (talk) 23:34, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Great! Glad to have someone with a gemmology background editing. Many of the gemstone articles are in need of some TLC by an expert. My interest is more in rock forming and ore minerals, background in economic geology. Studied X-ray crystallography under John Anthony at the University of Arizona back in the 70s.

If you need help with the referencing bit, just ask - WP:Citing sources can be a bit overwelming at times. Vsmith (talk) 13:50, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

I found something called an external link, which I now cannot find again. It referenced teh Winter 1989 G&G issue, in particular the article about larimar, but had the wrong title, something about blue in the caribbean. So .. first, what's the difference between an external link and a citation reference (it seems to me they do the same thing, verify information), and second, how can I find that external link again? In reading the editing tutorial, it seems I need to enter it as a footnote, but if what really needs to happen is an update to that external link, I can do that and then use it. Heading the right direction? BethCarter (talk) 03:24, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

I added the ref statement. I received a note that I created a new external link, but it doesn't show in the article's list of ext links. Can you take a look and let me know if I did this correctly? BethCarter (talk) 05:36, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Looks like you've got it. Might add page numbers for the Gems & Gemology article. The difference between a reference and an external link is simple: a reference supports specific parts of the text, whereas an external link provides further or related info for readers to find more on the subject. References are required to verify what we write - external links are not required. Congratulations, you've figured out an important part of editing. Charge on! Vsmith (talk) 10:40, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Great! Thanks for the help. Based on your explanation I think G&G is a reference, not ext link. It summarizes the analysis from gem research that verifies the statement. Will find page numbers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BethCarter (talk • contribs) 21:27, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Yogo pre-FAC review

We have someone looking at this for FAC preparation. Casliber is commenting on the article talk page. Here's a comment about the mineralogy section you may want to look at. PumpkinSky talk 12:50, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Casliber's edit PumpkinSky talk 12:59, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Casliber's edits re-organizing the content there look good to me. Vsmith (talk) 14:39, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Follow up on old discussion: Schneider, Waterman, jewelry designers

Hi Vsmith. Happy New Year. Please view older discussion of September 2011 on your page. I just checked the comments on my request for deletion: no comments whatsoever in 3 months. Furthermore I checked the page Mark Schneider (designer) and it was not only edited by one person, it was recently edited by a specific user named SchneiderDesign. So I think there can be little ambiguity the whole page has been set up from the start as a self promotional page. How to deal with this? I furthermore see that cathy waterman has ALSO recently been edited (more or less same dates) by an anonymous user who only edited this page and nothing else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/74.109.30.77. So it seems to me there's sufficient ammo to argue that the three pages I mentioned a few months ago have in fact been self-promotional pages? Gem-fanat (talk) 00:08, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Chopped a bit from the Schneider page as promotional and either unsourced or poorly sourced. If user:SchneiderDesign returns it will be dealt with. Haven't looked at the other pages yet. Vsmith (talk) 00:39, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

You know...

How occassionally you may think a word means one thing, but it really means another?

I've been calling provinces providences for years now...jeez. Thanks for fixing my errors, haha. What Wikipedia will teach you. ResMar 03:36, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

I've had a few of those neural wiring glitches over the years - fun times, Vsmith (talk) 10:38, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

(",)

• Thank you for your contribution of Glory (optical phenomenon) at Talk:Meteorology#not sure where is may go. 99.181.147.68 (talk) 09:00, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Didn't know about glory so I did a WP search and there she was, learn a lot around here. Also, thanks for the short subject header (",)  :) Vsmith (talk) 10:38, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Possible new article

See User:PumpkinSky/Sandbox. Links are about the [{Evanston Formation]], well not new, but only a couple lines in it. Seems to be lots of info on this. But I cannot find a free image of anything I know for sure is one of its outcroppings. Are you in terested in working together on this? PumpkinSky talk 01:25, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Just added some links to the article. Will check your image links & see. Vsmith (talk) 01:58, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not real motivated right now. I'm an embarrassment.PumpkinSky talk 01:58, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Understood. Take a break and don't take things personal on the Yogo article. Maybe some research and work on a different article will help.

The current Evanston fmtn stub is in need of some tlc. It's a confusing geological subject based on a quick scan of your refs which are highly technical. The formation dates from the late Cretaceous to the Paleocene with both dino and mammal fossils - spanning the K-T extinction boundary. Not sure I'm ready for a major rewrite - maybe just act as a "consulting geology guy" ... my much neglected to-do list gets bigger all the time :) Cheers, Vsmith (talk) 02:59, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

IP warned

FYI, I warned the IP who made the edit that you reverted recently at Speed of Light with subst:uw-disruptive1. I tried to find a better warning template but there doesn't seem to be a template specifically for warning someone for inserting inappropriate content in references. If you can think of a better template to use then please let me know. Thanks! Pine^talk 08:13, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Wilson Butte Cave

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Yogo reshoot

Your attention is requested here: Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates#Reshoot_of_Yogo_sapphires. PumpkinSky talk 23:28, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Is there something you can do with item 3 here: User_talk:PumpkinSky#pre_FAC_review PumpkinSky talk 01:50, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Yogo reshoot 2

Pls see Talk:Yogo_sapphire#Round_2_of_reshoot for new ones. These are much better if I can say so myself. Input appreciated.

Another Protection request please

Please have a look at the edit history on this page for Ana_de_Mendonça. This is becoming an ongoing unproductive edit war. Everything I enter is taken from sources yet mr Davide1941 sees it his job to re vert everything I touch. I am getting ready to walk away from editing here a tall, but who will protect the articles from such uninformed edits?Colon-el-Nuevo (talk) 00:17, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Best if you post a request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection where others can review the situation. Vsmith (talk) 01:16, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Jemez Lineament

Hello Vsmith, greetings in 2012 ;) Could you move Raton hotspot to Jemez Lineament, please. Or do you think Raton hotspot trail would be a better title? Peter W. Lipman (p. 166) says that there is no systematic progression of age, ruling out a hotspot origin (Continental tectonics: Studies in geophysics: Study of Nuclear and Alternative Energy Systems; authors: Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (U.S.). Geophysics Study Committee, National Research Council (U.S.). Geophysics Study Committee, 1980, pp. 197; Chapter 14: Cenozoic Volcanism in the Western United States: Implications for Continetal Tectonics, Peter W. Lipman [1]). Thx --Chris.urs-o (talk) 09:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Renamed and removed the hotspot map. You might want to play with the wording a bit. Cheers! Vsmith (talk) 11:08, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Thx ;) If you mean that: "the right step in the Rio Grande rift zone that juxtaposes the San Luis Basin against the Picuris Mountains", I got it from the reference, it's geographical position, so most of the time you aren't able to change it. And actually I don't understand this english, sorry :[ Just as a note, I think the Colorado River in Utah and the Colorado Mineral Belt are the same kind of faults caused by the movement of the North American craton and Basin and Range Province extension. Cheers --Chris.urs-o (talk) 12:36, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

I was referring to the last paragraph on the Yellowstone hotspot, but no problem really - will do some thinking about it. The "right step" part may need some clarification - now that you focus my attention on it :) - all I can see is the abstract of that paper, would be nice to see the details also. Vsmith (talk) 13:10, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Ok, let's hope that at least the article is clear. If you want the PDF file of the article, send me an e-mail. I'll send you then the file to your e-mail address. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 15:55, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

As a volcano writer i think its important for people to Access info on volcanoes (historically active volcanoes are my Forte)i have written many articles of the past years.

• Turfan
• Zubair Group
• Tor Zawar
• Manda Hararo
• Waiowa
• Chacana
• Sumaco

This is just a thankyou, to say thanks for your help in my articles on volcanoes.

Regards, Noble Fan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noble fan (talk • contribs) 10:03, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome, and I'll take a look at the others ... later. Vsmith (talk) 11:12, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

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My Latest page.

Kunlun Volcanic Group

Also, thanks for looking through my pages and contributing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noble fan (talk • contribs) 16:23, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

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ANI

[2] Your recent actions have been reported to ANI. Darkness Shines (talk) 20:09, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Commented there, although I try to avoid that dramafest as much as possible. Vsmith (talk) 20:25, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Let me know if I can help, Vsmith.PumpkinSky talk 21:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, but seems to be no problem. Never know how stuff will fall over there though. And we're all getting blocked for 24 - whee! What're the WP-junkies gonna do for a day? Cheers! Vsmith (talk) 22:41, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

I'll probably watch Maggie Q in episodes of Nikita on Netflix. PumpkinSky talk 22:53, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Did the 48 hour block include an allowance for the SOPA blackout? Nobody Ent 00:35, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Basically, I was considering the incivility bit along with blatant 3rr vio ... then thought, no 1st block = 24 hrs. Then the fact that we're all getting a 24 hour vacation ... just made it 48 to compensate, sorta. Why should a revert warrier benefit from "our" blackout, and seems somewhere I read that maybe things like admin actions shouldn't be set to expire during the blackout. Is that a problem? (Other than some drama jabbering on ani). Cheers and happy vacation. Vsmith (talk) 01:01, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Not a problem, makes perfect sense. I was just wondering if you could do the block tweak thing I've seen sometimes to document in the block log that the block was made longer due to the SOPA (in case someone is reviewing in the future when we've forgotten that we went black that day). Nobody Ent 02:00, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Changed block, same expiry, added SOPA note. Vsmith (talk) 02:26, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Nobody Ent 02:33, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Latest pear and purple Yogo sapphire photos

See Talk:Yogo_sapphire#Latest_pear_and_purple_photos. Hope you think they're better, and just in time for the Great Wiki Blackout of jan 2012! PumpkinSky talk 01:05, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

PS...any more tech info to add to the Yogo article? PumpkinSky talk 01:12, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Those images are much better. As for "tech info" ... been busy elsewhere (chasing grandkids, woodchoppin' - we've had a bit of a January warm spell) plus other distracting WP stuff. It is still on my to do list ... when ?? Maybe I'll read that MS thesis while on WP vacation. Enjoy, Vsmith (talk) 01:24, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Solution

I actually like [3] this image better than the previous, because of natural colors (without that artificial blueishness). It is said to be sugar, but I guess the caption can be changed. Thoughts? Materialscientist (talk) 00:20, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Either would work with the caption fixed to match. The only problem with the new picture as I see it is the rather distracting blue embossing on the glass. But, if the caption is corrected to match, no real objection. What are your thoughts on the new pumice image - now labeled "commercial pumice"? The image bothers me - don't know much about "commercial" pumice. Vsmith (talk) 00:32, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

(posting provisional replies, will return to this when sort out my backlogs). Agree on solubility image. To me it is a choice between the distracting embossing and the inferior image quality + blue color in the current image. My policy is to be patient with newcomers who make own quality images. Here the troubling part is substitution of valid images (and some WP:OR and quality/composition concerns). I surely saw commercial pumice sponges, but will have to look how the're actually made. They are called pumice [4], and this can just be colored and shaped mineral (usually not, but natural pumice is so cheap). Anyway, we'll have to deal with this product in pumice, as it is sold everywhere. China produces a lot. I'm sure they use the mineral, and it is quite possible that pumice in the image is of Chinese origin. Materialscientist (talk) 03:37, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

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Yogo questions

in edit mode..."These rhombohedrons are almost always less than 1 mm in thickness and appear like striations. --and this matters because...?" and " en echelon segments. --do we know what an en echelon segment is? Can't find anything on wiki..." Can you answer these? PumpkinSky talk 04:05, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Re: the rhombohedrons - don't have access to the ref, but assume it means the rhombohedral crystal planes appear as parallel fine lines (striations) on other crystal faces. Seems it would matter to the person doing the "cutting" of a crystal, but without some amplification clarifying that - or some more detailed crystallographic description, I don't see it as needed. A gemmologist might have a different view.

"en echelon segments"; means the linear dike is not continuous, but is offset a short distance along strike, easier to explain w/ an illustration, sorta like:

—————_______

—————_______

Hope that helps. See En echelon veins for a small scale illustration. Could probably just say "three offset segments" there, don't know the offset distance or if its important in the article. It implies that the dike either intruded along pre-existing tensional fractures or was later offset by faults. Hope that all helps. Vsmith (talk) 13:29, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Yep. Ref 21, the 1mm stuff, is the same url as ref 20, just a diff chapter/pages. So I added the URL to the ref. Can you look at it and tweak the article accordingly? I sort of understand it, but you're the expert. I'll tweak the echelon thing. PumpkinSky talk 16:07, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

On re-reading it seems the flattened crystals with rhombohedral (triangular) crystal faces on the basal plane are somewhat unique to Yogos. The problem becomes: how to describe that without clarifying images/drawings as the crystallographic terminology gets rather heavy and unreadable to the average reader. It took careful reading of the Pratt ref along with repeatedly examining the drawings to understand the content; so I don't see how we can meaningfully summarize that with a one-liner for the average reader. So I've re-worded a bit and commented out the last sentence. Vsmith (talk) 23:22, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Cool, thanks!PumpkinSky talk 23:25, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Welcome message for first time Editing User

Thanks for your welcoming message. As a Vietnam veteran myself (1965), I appreciate your response. I am a little confused though. I made a change to a bibliography entry on the Extinction events page on 1/21. When I viewed the page today, that entry doesn't seem to be there. I don't know if I'm getting senile or if I did something wrong. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, John — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jstheorist (talk • contribs) 16:35, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

I served in country (Chu Lai area) from 9/65 to 6/67 - that was a loong time ago. What unit were you with?

Regarding the extinction event article. If you click on the "history" tab at the top of the page, you will see a history of edits to the article with latest at the top. I did some rearranging on that articles references and external links that day. First I put back the originally listed isbn as I assumed it was the one used as a ref in the article. Then I noted that it wasn't used or referred to in the article. Following that, I looked at the amazon.com listing for the book and see that it was published by Pangea Publications, LLC. I did a google search and the Pangea publisher appears to be a place to basically publish one's own work - which makes it problematic for Wikipedia use --- so I removed it. If I'm mistaken on that, please let me know. Self-published works simply don't qualify as reliable sources for Wikipedia articles. As Wiki editors we write based on material published in reliable sources. We don't use Wikipedia to promote our own stuff or non-mainstream ideas. Please read WP:COI and WP:RS. As we used to say sorry 'bout that. Vsmith (talk) 17:12, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

User_talk:65.51.4.17

Hi, After all the many prior warnings at this IP, especially the last warning given by another admin earlier this month, I am curious why you appear to have just given yet another warning, instead of imposing a rootin' tootin' schoolblock? As a former juvvie rehab Outward Bound instructor, I can tell you that when the kids hear "last" it must have teeth and it must stick, else you just dig a deeper hole and do the kids themselves a gross disservice. FYI, I am leaving a link to this question on the talk page of the admin who previously posted a "last" warning on that IP's talk page. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 17:09, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Look closer - issued 18 month schoolblock, then after notifying I cleaned up a bit of nonsense at the top of user's talk page. Vsmith (talk) 17:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Edit conflict; I had just tried to post the following.... Nevermind, and I apologize. I belatedly realized that you did impose a rootin' tootin' schoolblock. I was confused by the template text "Due to persistent vandalism anonymous editing from your school, library, or educational institution's IP address might be disabled." (bold supplied) Being unfamiliar with the schoolblock concept, I erroneously read the word "might" to mean yet another warning, and I now realize my error. Thanks for giving this IP a well deserved softblock. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 17:20, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

No problem, and yes that canned notice seems a bit vague. Vsmith (talk) 17:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Paralaurionite

Hi, can you expand this?♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:27, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Added/fixed a bit, more later. Vsmith (talk) 23:23, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Kevin Trenberth - Climategate

Why did you undo my changes in the Kevin Trenberth article? Do you really believe that the Climategate scandal is an irrelevant detail of his life? Do you really believe that his famous E-mails don't deserve encyclopedic diffusion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.36.31.114 (talk) 16:19, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

See edit summary there and see WP:Coatrackism. Vsmith (talk) 16:43, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I have seen all that and still do not agree. It would be too lengthy to explain. I have already lost my motivation to keep with this issue. Your attitude really discourages my will to keep editing. Thank you. If you have not noticed, this is plain censorship. The careful reader knows about the climategate and does not need to know by wikipedia public facts about Kevin Trenberth. But wikipedia is mainly aimed for the not so aware reader who will not know the truth (I insist, public facts), because of you. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.36.31.114 (talk) 19:36, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello Vsmith. Just wanted to say thank for the revert of the trolling on my talk page. I should have left this yesterday but a hectic weekend off wiki and on got in the way. Cheers and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 22:28, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome, life do get hectic at times :) Happy editing, Vsmith (talk) 22:51, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Yogo

Hi Vsmith, we have a little trouble on the Yogo Sapphire article. PumpkinSky has quit over some of his other articles having a concern that he did some too-close paraphrasing from source material and they've now put everything he's written onto a list to be checked for copyright violations. As you are the only other person on the Yogo article with a hardcopy of Voynick, I think, I know it's a lot to ask, but can you check the pages cited in the article to see if we have too close a verbatim phrasing? If so, feel free to tweak, or -- as I DO NOT have a copy of the book-- I would be glad to do the fixes and have you check to be sure I didn't change the nuance. This article is too good to be tossed as a potential copyvio. I can also look to some of those other web sites for backup support of the Voynick sources if needed. I spent way too damn long on those photos to have this article get trashed and all the Voynick material thrown out for lack of backup verification. (sigh) Help!! Montanabw^(talk) 23:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm ... what a mess, just read thru the ANI bit. Been kinda busy lately, so not sure how much time I'll have in the near future. I do have a copy of the book and have read a bit of it. It seems to be the major ref for quite a bit of the content - so that may take a bit of checking. Seems I recall page numbers were provided, which will make it easier. So, yes - count me in to help as long as there's not too much of a rush. Vsmith (talk) 01:58, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Started. See here. More to follow. Vsmith (talk) 16:37, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Looks like Gerda reviewed it for anything blatent. I'm in no rush, let's do it right! Montanabw^(talk) 19:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

OK, gone trough 'em all - problems noted. Back later to do some fixing. Vsmith (talk) 16:17, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

New Sections

I know you are probably very busy but here are a few pages i've created.

• Akita-Yake-Yama
• Niigata-Yake-Yama
• Michoacan-Guanajuato
• Hiuchi
• Izu-Tobu

Noble Fan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noble fan (talk • contribs) 19:50, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Will take a look, made 'em links for me to follow... Vsmith (talk) 14:56, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Oil sand stuff

This edit comment was apparently a reference to your 2008 redirect from Tar sands. The IP's contribs are perhaps just trying to right wp:GREATWRONGS, but it's certainly annoying. LeadSongDog come howl! 06:00, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Heh... where's my $$$ cut? Oh, that's right, the oil co I worked for (hunting copper) back in the 70s is now defunct - such is the luck. Do I want to jump into that ... not really, but will take a look. Vsmith (talk) 14:38, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Water Ionizer

The page has been updated. Could you review the same. Ankaraman (talk) 17:12, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Would you mind spending some time to review the article? Many thnaks. Ankaraman (talk) 10:02, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Took a look, no recent activity - bit heavy om negs, but then - what is there besides fringe promotion? Couple of the refs on food are primary sources which is not preferred - need 2ndary sources there. Vsmith (talk) 11:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing. It seems the content that was added earlier has been removed,no idea why? Can you review the same if its put in Sandbox before publishing? Let us know. Thanks Ankaraman (talk) 18:26, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Where's the sandbox? And who is "us"? Vsmith (talk) 18:33, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

There is no sandbox as of now, the Question was this: Can you review the same if its put in Sandbox before publishing?. You are free to ask valid Question as long as that makes proper sense. Thanks Ankaraman (talk) 18:38, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Re: Ronald Ryan

Why stop me telling the truth? Can you prove its not true or are you being bias? (178.63.32.109 (talk) 05:03, 8 February 2012 (UTC))

Reverting and such

Do you even read or look at what edits you revert? Or read the edit summaries? Because it seems like you don't.
You reverted my correction of a redlink with a summary of "no need for repeat of an image here." Alright then: I remove the image link as there is "no need for repeat". So now you tell me I should fixed it?? However, you "fixed" it in the wrong place.
Now, as far as I'm concerned, the redlink was removed so the article now is fine. But please reconsider your approach. Maxim_(talk) 20:57, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Take it easy mate. And thanks for getting me to take another look, I've fixed that jpeg to jpg also. Sorry 'bout the confusion there, cheers. Vsmith (talk) 23:07, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

WP:ERA

See Talk:Cahokia and Talk:Native Americans in the United States. Dougweller (talk) 06:58, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Seems to have settled down, at least temporarily. Added Cahokia to my watchlist. Vsmith (talk) 15:08, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. His taking it to DRN was a brilliant move. :-) Dougweller (talk) 15:28, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Molybdenite

Sometime last year I found a molybdenium mine in Temagami (Barton Mine) and a rock there that has silvery grey mineralization on it. For some time I have been wondering if this might be molybdenite. From looking at it sideways it looks like it might have a layered structure (kind of hard to tell because it's broken) and it can be used for writing like graphite. I do not know too much about minerals so I am asking you because you are a geologist. Volcanoguy 21:55, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Your description does fit molybdenite ... so it's a definite maybe :) My MS thesis was on the Esperanza mine of southern Arizona and I became intimately familiar with moly there ... but that was a long time ago. Your described properties fit and the mine had a record of moly production, so likely that your sample is moly. You have an picture of it? Cheers, Vsmith (talk) 00:06, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

No, but I could take a picture of it then upload it on Commons. Furthermore, it's along a small quartz vein. I am going to go back to the mine sometime in spring/summer to find the spot where I found the sample. The mine site has been completely overgrown over the last 100 years and this was one of the reasons I had a hard time finding it. I found out about this mine years ago here while I was searching mindat for mines in the Temagami area. I have a few pictures of the mine site but they are nothing very interesting. Two show a pipe sticking out of the ground in two locations, which I have no idea what they are marking (covered shafts?). I will let you know when I upload a picture of the sample. Volcanoguy 04:28, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Picture would be good along w/ your description above should make for a more positive "maybe" ...:) Vsmith (talk) 11:55, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

If you can tell me if it is actual molybdenite or something else it would be useful for the image caption because I might expand and rewrite the Barton Mine article sometime. Volcanoguy 22:53, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Tenmile Range

Hi Vsmith,

This is the first time I have tried to edit an article on Wikipedia and could use your help. The info in the Tenmile Range article is incorrect as to peak names and locations. The incorrect information appears in the article in two different places.

I am a twenty five year resident of Dillon, Colorado and look right out on the Tenmile Range which I have hiked, biked, and skied extensively. The range is approximately ten miles long and has over a dozen peaks. The northernmost peak is Ten Mile peak. Next south are the numbered peaks, Peak One - Peak Ten. Quandary Peak is the southernmost peak and highest point at 14,265 feet.

This information may be verified in the following books (and many others): Colorado Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme Publishing, 1998, Yarmouth, ME ISBN 0-89933-265-X 19916 00285 Guide to the Colorado Mountains by Robert M. Ormes, pub by the Colo Mountain Club ISBN 1-55566-194-7 781555 661946

Can you help me get this information corrected? Thanks.Eztg9PmW (talk) 01:15, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

I will take a look at your edits there again and try to sort it out, I don't have access to those books to check the data. Maybe I can help re-instate your edits. Vsmith (talk) 01:41, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

OK, I've replaced your references where I think you intended and cleaned up some of the wording. The article needs more work. Maybe I can access USGS topo sheets and do more later. Vsmith (talk) 02:23, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

New Pages

3 New Pages i've created.

• Unnamed Syrian Volcanic Field
• Jabal Yar
• Picos Volcanic System

I'm probably getting on your nerves, but you can look through them if you want. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noble fan (talk • contribs) 15:06, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Will take a look. On my nerves - no always happy to see and learn something new :) A suggestion for you: look at the changes and fixes others make to your work and learn, for example: add links, make the references "clickable", correct spelling and capitalization glitches, add coordinates, etc ... Vsmith (talk) 15:21, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks will do, Noble Fan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noble fan (talk • contribs) 11:49, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

3rr at Turquoise

Yes, there is an edit war there - but look at the background. In the shape of User:Bjmullan we have someone who identifies articles containing the words British Isles then fact tags that usage so that he can return at a later date to delete it. Yes, stuff must be verifiable and referenced, but when such a need is used to "game the system" as is were, then the encyclopedia is the worse for it. There are many types of usage I would prefer not to see, but to go around fact tagging them would be just irresponsible. I note you've taken out the disputed sentence; all well and good. It was finally referenced and I'll read up on this to see whether it might be appropriate to reinstate it; it could be, I don't know. CommonPAS (talk) 16:47, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Removed as it was about a colored glaze and I didn't see a direct connection to the article. Vsmith (talk) 16:52, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps you could also cast your eye over Falkirk Old Parish Church where this SPA seems hell bend on keeping the term. I don't want to get into another edit war so your input would be welcomed. Thanks. Bjmullan (talk) 17:11, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Vsmith,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 07:26, 12 February 2012 (UTC) Young June Sah --Yjune.sah (talk) 22:05, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Don't think so ... Vsmith (talk) 21:54, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Merge Tag Thanks

Thanks for the reminder about the merge tag. Who knows when I would have realized that myself. ZybthRanger ^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:20, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Geologic(al) units: capitalisation

Hi Vsmith Wondered why you had capitalised 'era' to 'Era' at Tertiary. Isn't the standard approach to keep the nouns in lower case ie era, eon, period, epoch etc rather than Era, Eon, Period, Epoch? thanks Geopersona (talk) 07:06, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Geo time units eon, era, period, epoch are part of a formal name when following the specific name: Phanerozoic Eon, Cenozoic Era, Neogene Period, Pliocene Epoch, are formal names and therefore capitalized. It's like rock unit names, formation, etc which are capitalized when used with the specific formal name e.g. Mesa Verde Formation or Mancos Shale. Unless they've gone and changed the rules? I see quite a bit of inconsistency across WP articles and have been reverted by someone citing some general science editing handbook written for journalists. Vsmith (talk) 10:45, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I've no strong feelings either way on this matter but consistency in this would be an advantage across Wikipedia - I'm unaware of any rules having been agreed and set down in the MoS. It would be good to get consensus on this matter don't you think, so that it can be set out as a guideline for the wider wikipedia editorship. Personally I've spent quite a bit of time capitalising 'formation', 'group' etc where they appear within specific formal names. cheers Geopersona (talk) 18:31, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Probably should search MOS stuff for an established rule or guideline on this - don't recall seeing such ... but maybe it's already done :) Anyway the International Stratigraphic Guide, Chapter 9. Chronostratigraphic Units puts it this way

A formal chronostratigraphic unit is given a binomial designation - a proper name plus a term-word - and the initial letters of both are capitalized. Its geochronologic equivalent uses the same proper name combined with the equivalent geochronologic term, e.g., Cretaceous System - Cretaceous Period.

- which is what I've been following. Vsmith (talk) 22:56, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Vsmith - I had searched MoS but was surprised to find no guidance - what you've pointed me towards is very helpful and could form the basis for developing just the guidance that's needed. cheers Geopersona (talk) 05:11, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Paleoclimatology

Not only poorly formatted but also plagiarized. SpinningSpark 00:18, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I suspected as much, just hadn't got around to doing a search. Thanks for the info and for giving the ip a warning. Vsmith (talk) 00:42, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks!

Hi Vsmith,

Thanks a lot for taking the time to revert KUB's edit on my user page! It seems KUB doesn't like me any more, I'm so very sad about it:)

God, this guy is a real pain! Anyway, thanks again, and see you around! Next time is on me! ConradMayhew (talk) 20:56, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

You are welcome. When I first noticed the ip's strange edit to user:Materialscientist I really didn't know what to think. Then on checking the other edits by said ip, it became obvious - so stomped the t***l and reverted the remaining edits. Happy editing! Vsmith (talk) 22:01, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Thx. First time you've encountered KUB then? You've obviously spotted a significant part of his usual territory: Neutron capture, Neutron moderator, Fukushima nuclear disaster, Radiation effects from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. He's also a persistent nuisance on articles sites such as Odin and Yggdrasil (I've seen this picture of his several times, rather nice drawing actually). He's taken the habit of trying to introduce his refused edits into the talk pages (because they're almost never protected). CU around, ConradMayhew (talk) 10:58, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

No, not the first - see up the page early December (need to archive again:) and quite a bit earlier. Just hadn't seen/connected the image previously. Vsmith (talk) 11:29, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Teacher

Are you Mr. Smith?

I think you were my high school science teacher...

--MaxAMSC (talk) 21:27, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Never taught in Canada. Or, did you attend high school elsewhere? Vsmith (talk) 21:36, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

In the United-States of America, more precisely in Arizona...--MaxAMSC (talk) 23:15, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Nope, left Az in the 70s. Teaching career came later. Vsmith (talk) 02:38, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Sorry then. Wrong Smith... --MaxAMSC (talk) 02:52, 1 March 2012 (UTC)