User talk:Physchim62

Physchim62 flys the Skull and Crossmops as a former administrator: "I know where the lines are, because I've already crossed them!"

No responguis a l'insensat segons la seva ximpleria, perquè no et tornis com ell, també tu.

Respon a l'insensat segons la seva ximpleria, perquè no es pensi ser savi.

Proverbi 26, 4–5

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The large wet haddock, which keeps an eye on Physchim62.

The practical realisation of the above

Message from PC

Happy New Year to all and sundry! Physchim62 (talk) 02:57, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Pep_Guardiola_as_Adam.jpg)

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There's no point in sticking a notice on my talk page if you're just going to delete it anyway four hours later! Current practices for FU images are simply a waste of everybody's time. Physchim62 (talk) 12:14, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

ITN/C

Hi, I wonder if you'd be willing to reconsider your "qualified support" for the Iran riots- I'm working on bringing it up to scratch and, as far as I can see, the information is up to date. It still needs some formatting and copyediting, but I'm on that. All the best, HJMitchell You rang? 23:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Copper(I) chloride

Hi PC, and happy New Year! I'm trying to keep to my New Year resolution, and start doing some A-Class reviews. I took a look at copper(I) chloride, despite my obvious bias, and I think that although it's not bad, it could do with some attention. I was wondering if you could take a look at the article and my comments, and give us your comments & improvements? Once a couple of us have made some improvements, I'll ask the wider project for comments. Cheers, Walkerma (talk) 07:19, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Chembox issue

Hi Physchim. There is some discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Chemical_infobox#MainHazards about potential changes to the {{Chembox Hazards}} section of {{chembox}}. Since you have contributed to the construction of this template, your input would be appreciated. Thank you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:59, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Issue

I think since I've seen it both ways, and I'm such a grammar Nazi, I was inclined to ask for that. Thanks for the explanation though, as it really helped. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 23:19, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Service awards proposal

Hello, Physchim62! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards. If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 00:54, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Main Page viewing stats

Thanks for the replying over at the ITN candidates page. I'd love to see the stats for last year when you are done with them. Are you looking at just ITN, or the Main Page as a whole? I followed a DYK recently, and was shocked the other way at how few views it got. See here. I suppose only being there for 6 hours doesn't help. I would say that this is an incentive to get articles featured, but I seem to recall that the queue for that is very long now. Have you had any thoughts on how best to balance promoting exposure of content on the Main Page, versus driving traffic to other Wikipedia portals and pages where things can be "featured" instead? Carcharoth (talk) 22:11, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm only looking at ITN at the moment, as that is the Main Page process which I'm actually involved with. I would guess that each of the Main Page sections would need different types of statistics, and it is quite a lot of work, so I'll see how the ITN stats are received before trying anything else. For DYK in particular, I'd want someone to write a script to pull the stats out rather than going through them by hand.

The six-hour turnover at DYK is simply ridiculous. If you look at your chess player on ITN, that is a normal sort of ITN viewing curve: it peaks soon after posting, and drops off over a period of about 3–4 days. Just going on the height of the "peak", the median is about 16k hits on the data I've entered so far. That means that the median ITN story probably gets more hits in total (over the time it's on the Main Page) than the median TFA (although I'd need to run the TFA stats to be sure) But don't let me get too smug – we do have one or two ITN stories where the fact of being posted on the Main Page has absolutely no perceptible effect on viewing figures! (usually these are sporting events or elections in English-speaking countries where the story was posted 'late', so everyone who was interested in the story has already read it!) Physchim62 (talk) 23:15, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Six hours is ridiculous? I presume you think it should be longer? At my screen resolution, DYK and OTD are "below the fold", as is the featured picture. I do know that the featured picture gets lots of hits, but that may also be due to it being popular for other reasons. Also, did you see the blog post about main page viewing stuff by ragesoss back in 2008? I don't have a link handy, but that was interesting. Carcharoth (talk) 00:03, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, far too often DYK should really be DYRWTK, "Did you really want to know..." As it stands, it only exists as brownie points for the editors, not as a service to the readers. If it were a service to the readers, as I try to keep ITN, then the good stories would stay up long enough for readers to be able to read them. Instead, it has become part of the infernal FA machine, which drains so much of our resources on articles that nobody (outside of the near-sacred "Process") actually reads. Unfortunately, deciding which articles people want to read cannot be done by simple box-checking, and so forms no part of the near-sacred "Process" (in future, "NSP", because it ain't worth my keystrokes) Physchim62 (talk) 01:01, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I was just popping over to say pretty much what Carcharoth said: It's been great to look at some of the stats you've posted. It'll be very interesting to see your year's worth and see what has been ITN's most (and least) popular stories. Nice work. PS: If you are interested DYK already does a similar thing at Wikipedia:DYKSTATS which makes quite interesting reading (it also has other stats such as how many DYKs have gone on to become FAs or GAs). - Dumelow (talk) 23:51, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I've been a bit over ambitious in what I'm trying to do, but I should have some interim stats out Tuesday European time for the first five or six months of 2009. Thanks for the link to WP:DYKSTATS: my protocol is similar, but I'm also looking for variation in viewing figures over subject areas and geographical regions (as far as that can be determined, I've had to create a region for "space"!). The other thing I want to do before I make my database available is to document the potential biases that can be found in figures for an individual story, of which there are several. On the other hand, you can eliminate most of these by taking a median (not an arthmetic mean) over a sufficient number of stories.

If you want a rough and ready cut-off (the sort of cut-off I'm using in discussions at present), then an ITN story with a peak of 20k hits/day was a success and we should probably be running more like them. The converse is not true, that is that not all ITN stories at less than 20k/day were failures, but the statistical explanation will take me an hour or three to write! Viewing figures seem to vary over subject areas as well, and not as one might expect, but I need to take a closer look for biases on those before I shout too much. Physchim62 (talk) 00:36, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

The Icesave talkpage

Hi

It looks to me like your reply sorta messed up my input signature wise or seeing who wrote what isn't easy any more or perhaps not even possible. Could you fix it up somehow?

Thanks, --Here2Disrupt (talk) 11:21, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Uzbekistani parliamentary election, 2009–2010

On 13 January 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Uzbekistani parliamentary election, 2009–2010, which you recently nominated and substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 12:25, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano

On 16 January 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 07:05, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Beach in Pourville

On 17 January 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Beach in Pourville, which you created. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

Thanks - Dumelow (talk) 01:01, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

No problems, I'd never written an article about a painting before, and I'm not sure I did that one well, but it was a welcome experience! I hope my short article (almost certain to be improved over the coming hours) gives a little bit of context to the story. Physchim62 (talk) 01:22, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Irish links

By any chance do you have Irish ties? I myself am Irish. Go Jedward! —  Cargoking  talk  22:21, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Ties? Well I've got plenty of Irish friends, and a couple of T-shirts with Guinness stains on them; I've spent a couple of Christmas seasons in County Kildare, but not much that I'd call an Irish tie! I'm British, albeit based just outside Barcelona (hence my regular comments about "the Spanish press" on ITN). Physchim62 (talk) 23:23, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

I was wondering because of some of your comments in various places. Hope you have many more days of ruined t-shirts from Kildare! —  Cargoking  talk  08:41, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Saint Kitts and Nevis general election, 2010

On 26 January 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Saint Kitts and Nevis general election, 2010, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

Good work, thanks -Dumelow (talk) 21:41, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

ITN for 2010 Australian Open

On 30 January 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article 2010 Australian Open, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

- Dumelow (talk) 23:49, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Article draft offline - proposed merger with new article

Thanks for creating Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. I have a longer draft article that I've been working on offline. Would it be OK if I merged it in with what you've done so far? I could paste it as a draft in userspace if you want to see how the merger would work. I had intended to get this done in time for a possible ITN entry, but I've been working mainly from the PDF documents available from the CWGC website, and there was so much there I hadn't even got round to integrating the numerous news reports on this yet. I'm going to do a bit more work to bring it to a more finished state, and then post a draft in my userspace. Carcharoth (talk) 00:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Replied on my talk page. Will try and get the longer article up tonight. Carcharoth (talk) 00:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

I still need to add the references from my offline notes (shouldn't take too long). The draft is here. I left off the infobox and categories, as you've done those already and I'll tweak those if needed once I've merged the text. As the burials will be taking place throughout February, I hope one more day's delay for a possible ITN entry will be OK. The news coverage has surprised me, with over 193 hits on Google News so far. Apparently it made the TV news services as well. Will have to try and find a clip to watch. Would you be able to help with adding some of the stuff on the news articles? I'd like to get that in there before signing off on the article. Carcharoth (talk) 09:12, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Final update: I updated your nomination here. Will have to see how it goes. Is there a way to make sure it doesn't get lost and people read down to see it? Carcharoth (talk) 08:28, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery

On 3 February 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

Thanks - Dumelow (talk) 11:47, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Galánta (Galanta) District

Template:Galánta (Galanta) District has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you.Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 21:54, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Please try to be polite

Edit summaries like this, especially when accompanying very minor changes, rub me and probably many other editors the wrong way. Thanks. Afasmit (talk) 07:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Good Pizza addition

I read that article today, and was hoping someone would take the time to add it to the Pizza article, which is sorely in need of hard information.[1]. Nice work! Piano non troppo (talk) 14:15, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

There's actually a great deal of info in the European Commission document I've linked to, including on the history of pizza (one area where the article is particularly weak). I'll try to do some more work on it later, especially as I think we should have a separate article for pizza napoletana, but I've got some RL stuff to do first! Physchim62 (talk) 14:32, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery

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Hi Physchim62. I'm afraid parts of the Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery article closely paraphrase http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=31100&mode=1 and need to be rewritten. The following passage, for example, is almost verbatim copied from the source: "The cemetery was first used between October 1914 and July 1915. At the Armistice, it contained 123 burials, but it was then enlarged by the addition of 230 bodies from the battlefields and smaller cemeteries to the east." While facts are not copyrightable, creative elements of presentation – including both structure and language – are. The essay Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these issues. Regards, Theleftorium 17:50, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Request for Amendment to Arbitration

Hello, Physchim62. This is to inform you that there is a request for amendement regarding an arbitration case that you have commented on.Likebox (talk) 05:03, 8

ITN for Halle train collision

On 15 February 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Halle train collision, which you substantially updated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

—  Cargoking  talk  14:23, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I'm glad you've got one of those. I delivered the credits for that but having watched the article develop since going up, I was going to give you one. Good work- keep it up! HJ Mitchell | fancy a chat? 00:17, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Halle train collision

Thanks for fixing that test edit from some newbie. Bearian (talk) 15:39, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Bruxelles-Midi

Please see the talk page. I've added comments. They are positive towards you because you gave a reason that nobody else gave. However, there is also mention that consensus is against you. Note, however, that I am reasonable and believe that a good reason triumphs over mob rule.

What do you think, in general? If there are more people who say delete (using a non-Bruxelles-Midi example) or undue weight but there is better explanation for keep or not undue weight. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 17:41, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

You are a former administrator? Did you give it up? Were people mean to you? I am looking for wise administrators to ask an occasional question. I already know one but knowing 2 or 3 would be nicer. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 17:45, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Removing other peoples comments

If you feel the need to do things like this, then I would ask you to at least have the common deceny to inform the original poster. MickMacNee (talk) 14:53, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Not really, given the lack of "common decency" of the poster on repeated occasions, and the utter inutility of the comments. Physchim62 (talk) 14:55, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

So be it. I won't be asking you next time. MickMacNee (talk) 15:21, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

No need really, I won't ask you either before I request that you're banned from all pages related to ITN, given your recent behaviour. Either calm down or shut up. Physchim62 (talk) 15:24, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Dutch involvement in Afghanistan

see the page on ISAF. --JanDeFietser (talk) 20:00, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:QCA logo.png

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• This logo was no longer needed since the QCA has been separated into the new QCDA and Ofqual Tafkam (talk) 18:49, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

DELETE! Physchim62 (talk) 19:33, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Honey (2010 film)

On 23 February 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Honey (2010 film), which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

- Dumelow (talk) 11:50, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

My Gawd, I was just about to go to WP:ERRORS to say that it's in the wrong place, but it isn't. Thanks for posting it! Physchim62 (talk) 11:57, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Excellent work on expanding this article, too! Lugnuts (talk) 18:55, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:

1. Proposal to Close This RfC
2. Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 03:23, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Wow. Just.... wow

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For transforming Marker degradation from a sub-stub to an excellent summary of the technique while rescuing an important historical chemistry landmark from AfD. -- MarcoTolo (talk) 14:12, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, well, thanks! It was fun as well! If you think that I have provided an "excellent summary", then maybe it's because I'm not actually an organic chemist (and much less a natural products chemist)! I was surprised myself at the impact that this reaction had: I have tutored several excellent Mexican PhD chemists, and I shall now consider them Marker's adopted children! Physchim62 (talk) 19:39, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Marker degradation

Very nice, my compliments! --Rifleman 82 (talk) 23:26, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

ITN for Kyzyl-Agash dam

On 15 March 2010, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Kyzyl-Agash dam, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

--HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:02, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Marker degradation

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Materialscientist (talk) 06:03, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Main page

Thanks for the compliment!! Denisarona (talk) 16:13, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:⇄

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Speedy deletion of Template:⇄

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Thanks. — This, that, and the other (talk) 08:53, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Your opinion about Brews

I will not ask you to stop asking for site bans, because it seems that this is how Wikipedia works nowadays. But understand that I believe this project has failed because of requests such as this. Thank you for supporting everyone else, but please don't bother supporting me--- as long as Brews cannot contribute, I will not contribute (that's not because I his contributions are so great--- it's an issue of freedom of expression).Likebox (talk) 01:01, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia is NOT an experiment in freedom of expression, it is a project to create a high-quality encyclopedia. Even if it were an exercise in freedom of expression, Brews behavious in itself was limiting the freedom of expression of other users. As for "this is how Wikipedia works nowadays", we have always banned disruptive editors, especially disruptive pseudoscientists, there's nothing new about it, quite the reverse. Physchim62 (talk) 02:06, 27 March 2010 (UTC)