User talk:185.137.173.253

August 2020

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits to Kelvin, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. Tarl N. (discuss) 20:06, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

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Please read Talk:Kelvin#Lowercase_kelvin, where the upper or lower case of the unit was discussed. Tarl N. (discuss) 23:53, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Original research? I have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and have worked in the field of science and engineering for 30 years. I have never in all that time seen anyone write Kelvin as kelvin or kelvins. Perhaps this is an American thing but having studied and worked in Canada and Europe I was taught and have heard repeatedly that units based on persons' names are always capitalised. I don't wish to get into a tit for tat in correcting your article but I'm afraid you are wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.137.173.253 (talk • contribs) 04:24, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Your comments are the very definition of original research in the Wikipedia terminology. Your personal opinions and experience are not what Wikipedia wants for additions - we need specifically cited references. In the meantime, please read the earlier talk page section I mentioned, and read the BIPM brochure at [1]. Regards, Tarl N. (discuss) 17:50, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

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