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Tests of GRT

I have been adding a section with a new table 2 to the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity You have deleted my addition without consulting me. You sited WP:NOR and WP:SYN. Neither apply. The addition is fully cited, and in a reliable source. The calculation of the precession of perhelion invalidates the conclusions that are drawn in table 1, so it leaves the conclusion to be drawn up to the reader.

Please do not remove my written material. I do not remove your material. D c weber (talk) 02:23, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Please aquaint yourself with wp:NOR and wp:SYN. I have left a third level warning on your talk page. DVdm (talk) 07:26, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

I read the nor site and the material I added was from a reputed Russian scientist and his paper was published on the Cosmology group site for papers. I read the syn and I fail to see where this applies. I only say that the precession of Mercury's orbital parameter of perihelion is very samall and nowhere close to what GRT predicts. Until we get this resolved, I will add a pov header to this page. Not allowing alternate papers that do not agree with the theory of GR is putting a bias to the wiki article. D c weber (talk) 00:32, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Dear Mr. DVdm,

Here is an response and edited text user talk:D c weber .72.241.181.142 (talk) 17:34, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Mr. DVdm, Please read the first sentence of the wp:UNDUE that you cited. It specifically mandates "all significant viewpoints". Can we just agree that this viewpoint is needed for this section, so as to comply with NPOV?D c weber (talk) 20:40, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

I have left a reply on your talk page. DVdm (talk) 18:20, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Mr. DVdm, Please read the first sentence of the wp:UNDUE that you cited. It specifically mandates "all significant viewpoints". Can we just agree that this viewpoint is needed for this section, so as to comply with NPOV?D c weber (talk) 20:40, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

I have left a reply on the article talk page. Please stop duplicating your comments on various talk pages. DVdm (talk) 22:27, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Galileo

Started a discussion at Talk:Uniform acceleration about whether or not we should include that sentence. Alzarian16 (talk) 20:29, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Ok, good idea. DVdm (talk) 21:21, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

How is This Vandalism?

Hello, I have been reading Wikipedia for a long time but this is my first time trying to interact and use it, so I hope this is the right place to discuss this edit. It states it is reverting some changes that were deemed Vandalism, and the User was warned not to do it anymore. Vandalism is defined by wikipedia to be:

"Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. Vandalism cannot and will not be tolerated. Common types of vandalism are the addition of obscenities or crude humor, page blanking, and the insertion of nonsense into articles."

Also:

"Even if misguided or ill-considered, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. Even harmful edits that are not explicitly made in bad faith are not vandalism. For example, although reinserting it despite multiple warnings can be disruptive, adding a controversial personal opinion to an article is not vandalism."

This edit added information to the article. The original article stated only that "a user" was banned, the edit helped to identify the user in question and put the banning into context. This seems like the very definition of a good-faith effort to improve the wiki. If the edit was incorrect from a factual point of view, that is a completely different reason to remove it. As a result, I'm going to revert the change which obviously does not meet Wikipedia's definition of Vandalism.

Thanks, Bridger15 (talk) 18:34, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi Bridger15, as far as I can see, this edit, was certainly not vandalism per se. It was a clear case of wp:UNSOURCED information, failing wp:NPOV, and it used wp:WEASEL words and it had information on what we call a "living person" (see wp:BLP). You should click these links and find out how Wikipedia works.

Now, that specific edit could indeed have been vandalism (i.e. "made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia"), provided it was for instance the second or third time the edit was made and the user(s) had been been warned about this and had been made aware of the policies. I have not looked at the history or at the talk page, but it could be that Aldaron (talk · contribs) had already warned a few contributors that re-adding this kind of unsourced, non-neutral weasel phrases to the article would be considered vandalism, in which case it can indeed be labeled as such. But I have not looked into this. What you certainly should not do, is to revert because you think it is not vandalism. A much better way to go about is to inquire either on the article talk page or on Aldaron's talk page, but not on both - take it one at a time. Anyway, I'm sure you'll work this out. I have left a welcome message on your talk page, containing a large bunch of very interesting links about how things work at Wikipedia. Let me know if I can help...

Good luck - DVdm (talk) 19:34, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

The first

The first peson who wrote a book on calculus is not relevant? Lorynote (talk) 21:00, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

As I said in my edit summary: "It is not sourced, and puts undue weight. If someone thinks it is relevant, please find source and propose on talk page." I think that you really should find a wp:reliable source before you do so. Cheers and good luck. - DVdm (talk) 21:09, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Source: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214b.htm --Newadvent is used in many articles on WP. Lorynote (talk) 21:57, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Final warning. DVdm (talk) 23:26, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Speed of light FAC

I have nominated speed of light for FAC. As a major contributor, please leave your 2cents on the review page.TimothyRias (talk) 16:12, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Cubic function and systems of polynomial equations

I totally agree with your last comment on the talk page of cubic function. I agree also to delete the section Alternative solution: It is a verbatim copy of the link named source[3], without adapting the notation to be coherent with the remainder of the page. Moreover it is not really different of the formula in section general formula for the roots and is mathematically wrong as explained in this section. I could do it myself, but I am not enough accustomed with WP policies to provide the right motive of deletion. D.Lazard (talk) 20:50, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I will collapse two sections a section at Talk:Cubic function, check whether Cubic_function#Alternative_Solution is no copyright violation, add a proper talk page header, and start archiving the talk page. Cheers - DVdm (talk)

Thanks D.Lazard (talk) 21:54, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Have you seen my last comment on my talk page? Cheers D.Lazard (talk) 03:12, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

USE

Hi DVdm. Thank you for going back and cleaning that up :). I would have done it myself, but doing so would likely have put me dangerously close to violating 3RR. Good job! Happy editing :).  -- WikHead (talk) 12:29, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

No problem. See also this tag and this warning. DVdm (talk) 12:35, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

could you explain me how is this vandalism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Soldati?diff=401772191 ???! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leghacy of 444 (talk • contribs) 13:00, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Just find a reliable source for this edit, and it might be acceptable. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 13:03, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Reverting

Hi! I noticed you have reverted here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD&action=historysubmit&diff=401988433&oldid=401988380 . What I think happened with the author was that they say the deletion tag so they blanked it to "delete" it themself. Instead of reverting it and warning the user, just tag it with {{db-blanked}} or {{db-g7}} to avoid confusing the editor. Happy editing! --Addihockey10^e-mail 18:12, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Ok, good to know - Thanks! DVdm (talk) 18:15, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Delete Articles

You may delete the articles that have been scheduled for deletion because I'm getting wrong information that I thought was right, but I didn't know. It's okay if you delete my articles that have been scheduled for deletion. If there's any suggestions about how I should make or edit a Wikipedia page, please don't hesitate to leave me a message. I'm new to this and I might need a few pointers. (Lilmizangel (talk) 14:16, 13 December 2010 (UTC))

Talkback Re: Quadratic Equation

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WP:3RR

Hi there - just a note to say please be careful not to break the three revert rule. You arguably did so at Progress (Take That album) - your reverts may have been justified, but the other editor's additions were not "blatant vandalism", so 3RR applies. --Mkativerata (talk) 00:11, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I'll keep this in mind. Some of the edits seemed to be vandalism. I stopped reverting and manually removed the unsourced content. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 00:15, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

The user you were reverting has been blocked now for 24 hours, we do need to take care but trolling repeated no listening additions against policy such as that do imo become vandalistic in nature when repeatedly replaced without effort at discussion in a warring manner such as that, thanks for you contributions. Off2riorob (talk) 00:34, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Verifying my references

I am sending you several emails, which will help you verify my references pertaining to my most recent talk page response over at "Time". ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 05:37, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! :-) - DVdm (talk) 11:40, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Kumbaya

Lets all gather into a circle sing kumbaya and debate the philosophy of our mother earth :) Feast on my Soul (talk) 08:22, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Dear Editing User DVdm: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frankkfong (talk • contribs) 17:33, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

I am using the editing feature on Wikipedia for the first time. My attempts to edit the Calvin cycle page were repeatedly reverted. I would like an explanation, if I may.

I read the Wikipedia Calvin cycle page, and was struck by the fact that between Refs. 1 and 2, the entire body of Calvin et al's original papers on their finding of the light reaction in photosynthesis were omitted. I.e., Refs. 1 and 2 were the sole sources for the Wikipedia presentation of the Calvin cycle.

I inserted the omitted body of original papers by Calvin et al, which refuted the existence of the Calvin cycle in photosynthesis. Apparently these papers were not known to you as Editing User.

I received auto messages stating, first that someone else had edited during the time I was doing my edits and, then, that two of my external links were not allowed. So I removed them all, and re-introduced the edits. Unfortunately, as a result, I received your warning of possibly being blocked for being disruptive.

All of my indicated changes were referenced to reputable journal publications, including Calvin et al's original publications in the permanent literature. I neither intended to be a "vandal," nor "disruptive."

As for another User's (Schmidt?) question, "What is NSFfunding.com," the answer is: NSFfunding.com, U.S.-based organization under contract with the Internal Revenue Service, is authorized by the United States to detect the use of the Calvin cycle as a means for penetrating the U.S. Treasury. See, The Calvin Cycle Website.

Therefore, I'd appreciate your letting me know why you reverted my edits.

Thanks, Frankkfong (talk) 17:18, 2 January 2011 (UTC)