User talk:Edgar181/Archive31

Why use SVG?

I notice you reverted my change to the page on the anti-fungal drug luliconazole - The edit where I swapped out the SVG structure with a higher resolution PNG that also highlights some important features of the molecule in color, like the 1,3-dithiolane ring and the oddly located double bond - Is there a policy on WP that states that 2D molecular diagrams need to be in SVG format? - If so, how can I convert my output PNG's (I use java based chemistry programs) to SVG format while preserving the highlighting and higher resolution? Mfernflower (talk) 21:28, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't even realize that you had just changed it. I just make a habit of swapping out PNGs that I see for SVGs when they are available. In general, the SVG format is preferred because it is high quality at any size. It is infinitely scalable without loss of quality - essentially infinite resolution. As for colored atoms, there has been discussion about them in the past (I can't seem to find it at the moment) and they are not well liked. It is just much easier to get consistent, uniform appearances across multiple articles with monochrome. But overall, there is no strict policy, just a gradually acquired consensus about what works best and what most editors can agree on. Some of the agreed upon guidelines are outlined at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Chemistry/Structure drawing and there are some suggestions there for chemical drawing programs too. If you need any help, please don't hesitate to ask me, or others at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemicals. And thanks for the contributions that you have been making to many chemistry articles already. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 22:45, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

I understand - I will take down my image of luliconazole until I figure out how to get my image export settings correct. I do not know anything about the SVG format other than it is native on Apple computers and some websites. I have a very low quality (PNG) chemical structure of a very specific salt on the page for Dogger Bank itch - Could you possibly somehow redraw/convert this structure into a SVG? - Best regards, Mfernflower

I'll create an SVG for it this evening. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:22, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Looks great, But the Cl- ion is a bit squished, It would be lovely if you can fix that! Mfernflower —Preceding undated comment added 05:33, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

You're right. I didn't notice that. All fixed now. (Maybe the chlorine is just very electronegative, holding that negative charge very close to itself.) -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:53, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Blocked user A bit dippy

Hello. Would you mind removing his talk page access too? It's a definite sock of Evlekis, and they always get TPA removed nowadays since he has a nasty habit of going totally berserk on the talk page after a while. Thomas.W ^talk 18:10, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

No problem. Done. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:11, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

style of structural diagram in Propanil

Hi Edgar

I don't have anything against svg's or in favor of gif's. I don't even mind stylized structural diagrams. But I have this question.

Look at the statement in the article--

Monsanto had conducted a number of tests and submitted test data to the Patent Office that indicated that propanil was superior to other similar chemicals, including one that differed from propanil only in having one CH₂ group to the right of the O atom in the diagram at above right instead of two CH₂ groups.

Can somebody not a Ph.D. organic chemist now understand that text? Can you fix this? Thank you. PraeceptorIP (talk) 22:47, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

It doesn't make a difference to me which diagram is used at Monsanto Co. v. Rohm and Haas Co., and I'm fine with your restoration of the previous image. For someone unfamiliar with chemical structures, I don't think the diagram is going to make a difference one way or the other. The key difference is more easily explained by text without introducing the additional complication of interpreting a structure drawing. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:11, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

I was just proof reading over that article and noticed the synth diagram is very odd looking - It looks like it was scanned from a old chemistry book and then converted to a PNG. Since I use java based chemistry programs that cannot process the SVG format - Could you possibly redraw the synth diagram as a SVG or higher quality PNG? Mfernflower - 03:35, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

I also attempted to correct the synthetic pathway of propanil, As I am not very good with organic synthesis - Could you kindly check over it for me? Mfernflower (talk) 00:49, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

I reworded the text a little. I'll create a new image shortly. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:58, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

@Edgar, As a compromise, I inserted a second (the former one) struc. dgm. in the legal discussion, so that a reader could tell what the argument was about. I hope this satisfies everyone. PraeceptorIP (talk) 17:50, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Good news! Just found an update to jchempaint that allows me to export SVG! - Now I don't the output SVG files are the Wikipedia standard but Hey it's a start! !!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mfernflower (talk • contribs) 21:40, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) File:3,4-Dichloroacetanilide.svg is now on commons. I agree with Ed that the diagram itself is only secondary to the text: scientists will understand already, and nonscientists would benefit from "similar looking images" and text that says as much without caring what the actual differences are. Placing the images vertically left-aligned with each other makes it clear because the same things are arranged the same way visually. And stating that the difference is "the length of the chain on the right (an acetamide vs a propionamide)" contains both the chemical/technical details and the description of the visual difference. DMacks (talk) 22:11, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Looks like "one less CH2 group" is a quote from the court ruling in Monsanto Co. v. Rohm and Haas Co., so actually seeing that aspect (vs simple skeletal diagrams) would be useful, especially in the article about that case. So how about the following:

3,4-DCAA

3,4-DCPA

The court ruling turned on the structural difference of the CH₂ group, highlighted in red

I tried to get them stacked vertically (and left-aligned), but it looked poor because I could not hide the frame around each image. Thanks for hosting a sandbox, Edgar! DMacks (talk) 21:41, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Nicely done. This is an ideal way of presenting the information (though I suggest making the carbonyl C explicit in each image for consistency within the side chain). You should add it to Monsanto Co. v. Rohm and Haas Co.. -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:25, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Done and done. DMacks (talk) 02:33, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Invitation to subscribe to the edit filter mailing list

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Recent IP ban

I can confirm as a student of the school that user 64.114.223.82 is indeed our school. I might suggest keeping that IP banned to prevent further malicious edits in the future, as we have large numbers of computer users (we have multiple computer rooms).MakotoLee (talk) 16:44, 16 September 2015 (UTC)MakotoLee

OK, thanks. I will keep an eye on it when the current block expires. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:52, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

IP continuing to vandalize

User:70.51.220.206, whom you recently blocked, continues to vandalize pages by adding known misinformation. Mdrnpndr (talk) 14:21, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Sorry I wasn't around for the last few days. It looks like TigerShark took care of the block. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:02, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Faith healing

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Hey!

I would suggest range blocking 166.172.0.0/16, that vandal switched IP address while vanalizing. Natrick Pese (talk) 17:56, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

I just replied at WP:AIV. Let me know if you still have any questions. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:59, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Natrick Pese is a David Beals sock. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 18:06, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, and thanks for cleaning up his edit summaries. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:31, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Sandbox

Hi Edgar. I noticed this User:Ukjent/sandbox, which was creatd by a blocked sockpuppet of indef banned master sock Escoperloit and tagged it db-g8. Redrose64 reverted that stating declined g8 is not applicable. Can you advise if g2 or g5 would be more appropriate in these cases, for this and future use. Richard Harvey (talk) 07:37, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

@Richard Harvey: G8 is "Pages dependent on a non-existent or deleted page", and there is no way that User:Ukjent/sandbox met that criterion - not only are user pages exempt from G8 ("This excludes ... user pages ..."), but also because user sandboxes depend on nothing apart from the registration of the user concerned, in this case Ukjent who is definitely registered - being blocked does not affect G8. Perhaps you meant G5, which is "Creations by banned or blocked users"? --Redrose64 (talk) 10:57, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Technically, G8 doesnt apply but I don't see why the deletion was declined because it so easily falls under other speedy deletion categories: G2, G5, G6. I have now deleted it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:30, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Like G8, G2 "does not apply to pages in the user namespace", and I don't see anything at G6 which covers this. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:06, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

You're right, I forgot G2 doesn't apply to user space. 13:55, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Ed. Richard Harvey (talk) 12:41, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Block of 153.228.138.61

You just blocked 153.228.138.61. Thanks. He, and more than 20 other incarnations - all the same person, but with multiple IPs - has engaged ina campaign since June in reverting every edit I make. There are currently some 90-100 pages involved. None of the IPs edits any other article: they just globally revert everything I do regardless. No doubt he'll be back with a new IP later. Emeraude (talk) 16:06, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

I'm glad to help. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:10, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

xayad

	hussain
	hello sir 4 times i tried to create wikipedia page but every time some one deleted this so please dont do this or give me any solution thnx Xayad Hussain (talk) 23:13, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

As the repeated notes that have been left by various other editors on your user talk page have explained to you, you have been creating a page that is not appropriate for Wikipedia. I'm sorry, but I can't give you any other solution than to tell you not to create it again. -- Ed (Edgar181) 02:09, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of Narrow Specific Kinase Inhibitors (NSKIs) page

Dear Edgar181,

I am writing to you due to the deletion of the above topic which I believe does not contravene any of your guidelines. The page is about an emerging medical technology, the information on which has been largely taken from the TopiVert website with the full knowledge and consent of the company in question. The information is not copyrighted, nor are NSKIs themselves.

It is not a direct copy and paste as it has been carefully edited for Wikipedia and I believe it is a valid article due to its scientific nature. Again, this is a new medical technology and the information certainly belongs on Wikipedia. I am producing the page so that information on this technology is readily available to those in the medical science industry.

I trust that you will reinstate this page at your nearest convenience and prevent any further deletion.

Kind regards, Patrick McLoughlin ConsiliumComms (talk) 12:14, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

I can't see how you could possibly claim that the text was not copied from the TopiVert website. A majority of the article was identical word-for-word to text at the topivert website. I also can't see how you could possibly claim that the text is not copyrighted when at the bottom of the webpage that the text was copied from says "Copyright Topivert Ltd". Wikipedia simply cannot use copyrighted text in this manner, so I cannot reinstate the page. Also, based on what you have said, it seems clear that you are editing Wikipedia on behalf of a client, and therefore you must disclose this relationship. Details can be found at Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:13, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Although I am creating the page with the consent of TopiVert (as I mentioned much, but not all, of the content was taken from their website) it does not represent work for a client and so does not need to be declared as a conflict of interests. I do not see how this information being available on another website should warrant the deletion of the article; as stated this is a specialist medical technology which should have an entry. ConsiliumComms (talk) 14:25, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Copyright violations are by policy routinely removed from Wikipedia. You may not copy text from a copyrighted webpage and add it to Wikipedia unless the copyright owner has explicitly donated the content to Wikipedia. If your client wishes to donate the text of their website to Wikipedia or otherwise make it available, they can have a look at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials and follow directions given there. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:46, 1 October 2015 (UTC)]

(talk page stalker) Topivert are listed as a client of Consilium Communications on their website. SmartSE (talk) 14:56, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

Can we get a block?

The IP 186.4.243.236 is back at the same type of disruptive edits at Generation Z again. Warned numerous times. Blocked by you. Could we get a another block? 2606:6000:610A:9000:9897:EA30:813F:7B87 (talk) 21:48, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

 Done. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:50, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! 2606:6000:610A:9000:9897:EA30:813F:7B87 (talk) 22:02, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Edit of Potassium acetate

Dear Edgar181, your deletion of the use of potassium acetate as a base )should I say: the base?) for Miyaura borylation reactions came as a surprise, as it is done regularily, carried out on technical scale and thus has some significance. But I was really taken by surprise, when I came across the article covering benzaldehyde: it gives (without name a source) a prospective or prophetic use of benzaldehyde and heptanal to prevent avalanches (means: the stuff in't actually used for this purpose). Now, thats really a niche. What do you think?

Michael 141.89.198.49 (talk) 10:12, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Even in the field of organic synthesis, Miyaura borylation reactions are not that common, so I definitely think the use of potassium acetate in this reaction is a niche use. The quantity of potassium acetate used for that reaction compared to just what is used as a food additive, for example, is minuscule. As for the benzaldehye page, I agree with you that the speculation about its use in preventing avalanches is irrelevant, so I have removed it. I'm sure that many Wikipedia articles about chemicals contain such niche uses that have been added over the years, so if you see any more, please feel free to remove them yourself. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:42, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Much appreciated! Cheers, 73.159.24.89 (talk) 19:47, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm glad to help. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:54, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

FDU-PB-22

Hi Edgar. I noticed that this cannabinoid compound FDU-PB-22 has recently been banned in Latvia, along with a long list of other designer drugs. Helpfully they have provided CAS numbers for them all, many of which had not previously been listed online. For this compound they give the CAS number 432023-23-2, and indeed this number does seem to be associated with this compound on chemical vendor sites. However I suspect this CAS number is not correct, as this compound was invented too recently for the first part of the CAS number to be only 6 digits, they have all been 7 digits for quite some time now. I don't suppose you would be able to check the CAS database and see if this number is correct, and if not what the correct number for FDU-PB-22 actually is? I was going to add it to the FDU-PB-22 page but I don't want to put it on there if its not correct. Cheers, Meodipt (talk) 07:43, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

SciFinder reports that 432023-23-2 is not a valid CAS#. It fails the checksum too (the compound attached to the number with a correct checksum digit, 432023-23-9, is completely unrelated). Searching for either the chemical structure or the name "FDU-PB-22" turns up no results, so it appears that this compound does not yet have a CAS#. Good catch. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:07, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

User: 109.148.59.183

Hello Edgar181, It appears that User:109.154.158.70 has re-surfaced as 109.148.59.183 (talk · contribs) with the same distruptive edits as before. Can I leave this with you please? Regards, David J Johnson (talk) 16:38, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

And 86.145.110.87 (talk · contribs), exactly the same edits in the same location. Still edit warring. David J Johnson (talk) 09:55, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Sorry I wasn't around when you needed help. It looks like NeilN has blocked the recent IP. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:41, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

This edit

Is a sad case. This is User:Nuklear who has created dozens of socks and now switches IP every few days to continue editing. I have blocked dozens if not 100s of their accounts. It is all more or less copyright problems. So thanks for deleting content on synthesis as you find it. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 13:48, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Yes, thanks. I've been aware of the problem with Nuklear and his IPs/socks for awhile, but didn't realize until recently that there was still a lot of copyvio still in phamaceutical articles. I've cleaned up dozens lately, and will continue to do so as I come across them. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:43, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Comment request: methylphenylpiracetam

If you'd like, please comment briefly at Talk:E1R#Proposed article on methylphenylpiracetam. --IO Device (talk) 00:26, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Email

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Regarding Deletion of Banka Silk page as speedy deletion

Hello! I would like to clearly note the issue what happened as to in listing of Banka Silk in Wikipaedia.Since it is quite notable in state of India and even it has an eminent significance in the weaving industries among the weavers,Handloom sectors.even the media images and sources were provided.what was lacking in the content or to be removed from the content so that it could be present on Wiki.Could you please suggest me or notify me about the changes which could have been made in the context Banka Silk. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bankasilk India (talk • contribs) 21:54, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

In my opinion, the content of the article was promotional in nature and also contained an insufficient demonstration of the subject's notability. I have restored and moved the article to Draft:Banka Silk where you can work to improve it. Then you can submit it through the Wikipedia:Articles for Creation process. Also, I should point out that the username that you are using is inappropriate. I blocked the username User:Bankasilk because usernames are not permitted to match the name of an organization. It should have been clear that your choice of User:Bankasilk India as a new username has the same problem. Please choose a different one that represents you, not an organization. Finally, you should have a look at Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines which appear to relevant for you. I hope this helps. -- Ed (Edgar181) 23:53, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

The Diplomat (2015 film)

Why did you delete my page without warning? I had cleared both of my pictures and was in the process of gathering more resource materials in order to replace the "Filmmakers" section.

I'm going to build the page again as it were. Please let's have some sort of conversation before throwing out all my work.

Sludaw — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sludaw (talk • contribs) 13:16, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

The draft that I deleted contained plagiarized content. The text was taken from the website http://www.pilotnyc.com/copilot-pictures/the-diplomat-2015. Please see WP:COPYVIO. Simply put, Wikipedia generally cannot accept content that is copied from elsewhere unless it is clearly licensed to be copied and reused. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:30, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Carboplatin in 1986?

have you experienced any long term side effects? anything you or other doctors noticed that vary from the norm? Arik4b (talk) 14:55, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

I have never taken carboplatin. I am not a doctor either. If you have questions about taking the drug, please talk to a qualified medical professional instead. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:06, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Name change query

There's a thread at WP:AN (Name change procedure query) that you have been mentioned in. (I'm asking for clarification on an issue.) Peridon (talk) 15:57, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I left a comment there. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Dear admin:

IP 64.114.197.200 is asking for a block. Signed, The Masked Avenger. 207.93.13.145 (talk) 17:05, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Blocked. In the future, WP:AIV is a more reliable way to get a quick response. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:08, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:2015 Southeast Asian haze

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A cup of tea for you!

With this ever dramatic world including WikiDrama, here's a cup of tea to alleviate your day! This e-tea's remains have been e-composted SwisterTwister talk 03:45, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:28, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

2-Methylanthracene

Sorry about the bad edit, my English is terrible. Because of it I just insert the chembox template. -Almondega (talk) 11:49, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

That's ok. Please feel free to contribute however you can. A new article just needs more content to begin with. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:23, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Notice

Hi, I wanted to let you know that User:96.4.231.8 deleted the repeat vandal template that you posted on his talk page. I don't know whether or not they are allowed to do that, but inc case it isn't I wanted to let you know. CLCStudent (talk) 17:58, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. In general it is permissible to remove warnings, but not the talk page templates. -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:59, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Imagine Dragons

Renew PC? --George Ho (talk) 08:21, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

The level of vandalism and other unconstructive changes by unconfirmed edits suggests pending changes is still necessary, so I have extended it. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:30, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Sodium bicarbonate

Why are you adding smileys to Wikipedia articles, as you did here? 103.6.159.87 (talk) 14:43, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Just reverted to the wrong version when trying to revert other vandalism. Thanks for fixing it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:45, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

5 Million: We celebrate your contribution

	We couldn't have done it without you
	Well, maybe. Eventually. But the encyclopedia would not be as good. Celebrate. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:03, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Diagram

Hi Edgar, again, thank you for your diagrams that you've added to my multiple contribution pages, they really are very helpful (I know that you previously stated that doing the same for the BMS-955176 page wasn't possible because the chemical structure was being kept secret). I was hoping you could help me again since I'm a little wrapped around the axles in adding a (non-chemical) structural diagram for the HTLV page, found on the Ohio State University's page at http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/htlvil2pics.htm - I'm not sure how to enter it, I know that we have a ton of licensing / permission choices, and since I can't figure out which one of those to choose, the image eventually got deleted from the page. So if you have the time, could you add it for me please, so it can get past the censors on Wikipedia?

Thanks, George. TonyDewitt (talk) 18:36, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

I have had a look at the deleted image and the webpage it is from. Unfortunately, I do not see anything that would suggest that the image has been licensed in a way that would allow it to be used on Wikipedia. (I don't think it is fair to characterize the deletion of the image as censorship - it is entirely appropriate to respect other people's copyrights.) The web page that the image comes from states "Images courtesy Mike Lairmore, OSU" so one option is to try to contact this individual and ask him if he would allow the image's use on Wikipedia. There is some advice on how to do that at Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission and his OSU bio here lists his email address. -- Ed (Edgar181) 20:08, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Nostradamus troll

I noticed you mentioned LTA in your block reasoning for this user, and I was wondering if you had a specific LTA case to tie it to. Another couple of IPs showed up on Talk:Nostradamus continuing the same "dealing with skeptic troll PL" nonsense. clpo13_(talk) 01:53, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

The long term abuse is evident from the history of the article and the article's talk page, but I don't know if this individual's behavior is documented at Wikipedia:Long-term abuse (or anywhere else) or if there are any registered accounts/SPIs associated with it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:43, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Manhattan (surname)

Hi Edgar,

I'm just wondering why you deleted the article that my colleague wrote about me and my family? (This is me: http://www.linkedin.com/in/duncanmanhattan)

We quite appreciated it, and seeing as we're apparently some of the only people in the world with that surname (http://forebears.io/surnames/manhattan) I don't see what harm it was doing.

Can you please reinstate the article?

Cheers,

Duncan Manhattan

Wikipedia has notability guidelines for including articles about people. Please see Wikipedia:Notability (people) for details. There was no content in the article that suggested sufficient notability for a Wikipedia article. Instead, it had content suggesting is was simply vandalism or just a joke ("bad ass web analytics ninja"). -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:30, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

I just realized that I selected the wrong summary in the deletion log ("G3: Blatant hoax" instead of "G3: vandalism") which probably led to your question. -- Ed (Edgar181) 15:50, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of Todd Corporation article

Hi

Why have you deleted the Todd Corporation article? This is a notable subject, relevant to many topics and a worthy article for Wikipedia. So, why delete it without any discussion? Pakaraki (talk) 17:43, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

I didn't actually delete the article. User:Slick1nz moved the article to Draft:Todd Corporation. That left behind a redirect. Since a redirect from an article title to a draft title isn't appropriate, I simply deleted the inappropriate redirect. If you have questions about why the article was moved, it would be best to ask Slick1nz. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:47, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Capital punishment in Japan vandal

Hello, Edgar181! Sorry my English, it's very bad, due I'm from Russia. An unknown IP vandal many times vandalize page Capital punishment in Japan. Two of his IP were blocked, but he uses many others. I'm sorry, I have some request: may you protect this page? Thanks. 92.243.166.135 (talk) 13:17, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

It looks like another administrator, Elockid, just semi-protected the article for one week. In general, you will the quickest response by making reports at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:22, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

Enantiomers

Hi Edgar. I don't suppose you would be able to check if my R's and S's are correct on the articles for CP 47,497 and its homologues? I am sure that the images are correct, but to be honest I was just assuming that the Japanese reference has got the naming right, I can't check this since my copy of ChemDraw died, and trying to work it out manually has just got me all confused (not to mention the rest of the internet can't seem to decide which is correct either!) Could you help with this? Meodipt (talk) 07:25, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

In the cyclohexyl ring of File:CP-47,497.svg, the carbon with phenyl attachment is S. The carbon with hydroxy group attachment is R. The Japanese reference has the stereochemistry right. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:31, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

The Japanese paper names the compound differently than what is currently in the drugbox at CP 47,497. One names it as a phenol derivative and the other names it as a cyclohexanol derivative. The 1-position and the 3-position are opposite in each. Currently, the name in the drugbox at CP 47,497 has the stereochemistry wrong. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:36, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Ah right, I see what you mean. So if you name it as a substituted phenol, then the active enantiomer is (1S,3R) but if you name it as a substituted cyclohexanol then the active enantiomer is (1R,3S) - yet both names are correct and refer to the same molecule. Wow that is super confusing, I can see how this can get mixed up. Might be better just calling it the (-)-cis isomer like the original Pfizer papers. And probably worth making a note of this on the page for cannabicyclohexanol seeing as there seems to be a lot of confusion about this. Well I suppose from an SAR standpoint I would deem it "more correct" to think of this series as substituted phenols (as there are a range of derivatives where the cyclohexyl is replaced by something else), so I will change the names for CP 47,497 and its homologues appropriately. Thanks for helping work that out! Meodipt (talk) 07:48, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Yes, it's definitely a tricky one. Thanks for taking the time to make sure each page is correct. -- Ed (Edgar181) 00:39, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)

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Disruptive / promotional editing

Hi Edgar, Could you please use your skills to checkout this 'newish' editor:- Gh. H Blogger I suspect he is also know as:- Jhon Haider990, judging by that editors short contribution history. He hadn't registered long before he wrote a self promotional article:- Ghulam Haider (Blogger) in which he placed his own photo:- File:Ghulam Haider Blogger.jpg, the article was speedily deleted. He also attempted to insert his photo in the article on Pakistanis, see this diff:- [1] before it was reverted by an editor.

He has also been engaged in edit warring by twice blanking the Comsats article and strangly also created an odd related, but unused template:- Template:User COMSIAN.

You will note in this diff:- [2] that he is attempting to promote himself, inside hyperlinks, However another editor noted it and reverted his edit.

He created Jae Deen for which he uploaded this image:- File:Jae Deen.jpg on which he inserted his own name as part of the artists name, which again is self promotional. See:- [3], However on inspecting the image it appears to be a G12 copyvio as a photo of a poster, which is also indicated in the image exif info.

Additionally he has also uploaded other images, which are fair use f3 violations; and created several promotional articles which are now tagged at Afd, such as Sultana Foundation and Harsh Agrawal. Some have already been deleted:- Tehzeeb_Bakers.

This diff:- [4] qives you an example of his disruptive editing, by changing wording to break wikilinks. Richard Harvey (talk) 09:19, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Much of this person's editing is indeed disruptive, but I think it is (for the most part) well intentioned. I blocked one of the accounts, asking him to stick to just one. And hopefully he has learned from the AFDs that some of the articles he has created don't meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. I will keep an eye on this editor and try to help him, but if he becomes too disruptive I will consider a block. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 17:15, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Richard Harvey (talk) 14:23, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

The Shring

I was wondering why the page on "The Shring" was removed and what it was about. A couple of days ago, I saw a news article on "The Shring," but they are now nowhere to be found. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dannyboy 360 (talk • contribs) 04:45, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

It was a vague and mostly meaningless description of a supposed 19th century organization. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:19, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

NIMBY edit warring by Schmooble

User Schmooble clearly has a bee in their bonnet about the inclusion of PIBBY in the article NIMBY. He has repeatedly deleted it after being reinstated by 2 other editors with no connection to each other - both of who have provided references. It now has 7 references - more than any other section of the article and he still deleted it without reason. Is there something you can do to prevent this user vandalising the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mycosys (talk • contribs) 04:12, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Noticed they have done similar things on social Darwinism, Nazism, Rivers_of_Blood_speech, George_Soros and American_Enterprise_Institute removing referenced items the appear to disagree with with either no or misleading edit reason listed (in the latter it was noted as 'cleanup' when it was a removal of a referenced statement of political position) Mycosys (talk) 04:22, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

I have also found a great number of edits without reason that make the grammar worse or simply untrue Mycosys (talk) 04:48, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

yet another where he has removed a direct referenced quote in quotation marks in Forbes_400 and replaced it with a paraphrased personal opinion despite it being referred to as a 'according to'. This seems to be politically inspired vandalism to attempt to remove any term that they feel doesnt look positive for the right wing of politics.Mycosys (talk) 05:04, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

He has now taken to reverting the edits i have undertaken to revert his vandalism without discussion. 05:19, 23 November 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mycosys (talk • contribs)

Schmooble's first several edits at NIMBY seem reasonable to me, and had associated explanations in the edit summaries, but I agree with you that the last removal of the content seems unjustified (though I wouldn't call it vandalism). Starting a discussion on the talk page as you did was the right thing to do and I would expect Schmooble to respond there before attempting to remove the content again. As for other edits by this user, I don't see anything that is of similar concern or any clear pattern of non-NPOV. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:42, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Reverse deletion of Otherwind Games

Hello Edgar181, I already provide copyright rights to wikipedia and removed pormotional content, and I was writing in the talk page the reasons of meeting Notability criteria (I was taking my launch and you gave me no time to provide them). You can watch the talk page on the article to verify these reasons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Otherwind_Games

This deletion was too speedy indeed. If you review the talk page, you will realize that any of the deletion criteria (A7, G11, G12) is still valid. Please reinstate the page I edited and let me know if there are anything else I should provide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Almartor (talk • contribs) 15:58, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

I have restored the page and moved it to draft space, Draft:Otherwind Games, where you can continue to work on it. Then when you think it is ready, it can be submitted through the WP:AFC process and/or moved back to Otherwind Games. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:05, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much! --Almartor (talk) 16:31, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Cyclodextrin

Hi Edgar 181,

My name is Brian and I am a high school student. I researched this past summer in regards with the use of cyclodextrin. I was wondering how you made the cyclodextrin image that you posted on Wikimedia, because I am having trouble making an image of a deriviative of alpha-cyclodextrin I made.

Thanks, Brian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.41.81.117 (talk) 20:50, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

If I remember correctly (it's been many years now), I created the chemical structure in Chem3D, then imported it into DS Visualizer to create the final image. There is a free version of DS Visualizer available, but I don't think there is a free version of Chem3D. You might have to talk to your school's chemistry teacher to see what might be available to you. -- Ed (Edgar181) 02:33, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Please check your e-mail account

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Pokéfan95 (talk) 04:21, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Replied. -- Ed (Edgar181) 00:44, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Replied. Pokéfan95 (talk) 05:11, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Ullink

Hi Edgar, I noticed you deleted a post on 'Ullink' as it was written by Ullink. However, they are an important player in the capital markets arena - I know them well from working in Stock Exchanges for over a decade (Head of Marketing Communications at London Stock Exchange and Marketing Director at NYSE Euronext). Would you allow me to post a short piece about them? (Blueflamingoweb (talk) 13:06, 27 November 2015 (UTC))

I deleted the article because it was promotional in content and plagiarized from another website. The deletion should not be interpreted to mean that a different version, acceptable to Wikipedia policy, can't or shouldn't be created. -- Ed (Edgar181) 00:44, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you Edgar, I'll proceed on this basis and ensure content is unbiassed, independent and accurate (Blueflamingoweb (talk) 17:05, 1 December 2015 (UTC))

Hi Edgar

Please look at my page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ankasulit/sandbox/Emilio_Jacinto Thanks! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ankasulit (talk • contribs) 09:07, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Help

Can you please delete or rewrite the page for N-Acetylaspartylglutamic acid ? - In it's current state it shows half a databox about a unrelated estrogen derivative Mfernflower (talk) 06:48, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) When you see a broken infobox, or something really weird its often because of failed edits (or vandalism). Hit the history bar (in the top), and check the recent edits to the page. Christian75 (talk) 11:30, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

It looks like everything is fixed now. Thanks, Mfernflower, for catching the problem. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:51, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Leonor Anthony page draft deletion.

Please help me restore this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Leonor_Anthony

Since I'm working on this article since long ago. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abrahamsahad (talk • contribs) 16:21, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

OK, I have restored the page and it can now be found at Draft:Leonor Anthony. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:40, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Me too

I was going to do exactly the same thing. :) Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:36, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

That does seem to be what the page was originally intended as, doesn't it? -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:37, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

WP:AIV

Can you please stop the vandalism by Chucky1978miller (talk · contribs)? —Indian:BIO ^{[ ChitChat ]} 13:32, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

I blocked the user for 24 hours. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:05, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Block of Chucky1978miller

Hi Edgar181, just a quick one - could I have your rationale for blocking the above mentioned user? Thanks -- samtar ^whisper 14:08, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Disruptive editing. Edit warring against consensus. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:09, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks again, I would therefore ask you to have a look at this edit warring report and close it. Neither editor should be exempt from WP:3RR. -- samtar ^whisper 14:12, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

IndianBio seems to have stopped as soon as warned, so I didn't take action against that user. It's probably worth a second opinion, so I left a comment at the 3RR report. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:20, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

EranBot Project - Copyright Violation Detection

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Thanks for your help with Uridine. Once your download the script, you can search for possible copyvios by wikiproject, e.g., chemicals. --Lucas559 (talk) 17:56, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

That looks like a useful tool. Thanks for letting me know about it. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:44, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

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To You and Yours!
FWiW Bzuk (talk) 18:40, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Séralini affair

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Séralini affair. Legobot (talk) 00:03, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Feedback for edit

— Preceding unsigned comment added by RIT RAJARSHI (talk • contribs) 15:55, 23 December 2015 (UTC) Mail alert receieved. Thanks for removing unwanted texts (signature) from my edits. But I've added only few hyperlinks (in "see also" box). The other-changes are not by me. Mentioned it because I'm new user , & will take a long time to properly learn it. (If the computer-generated mail shown all-the recent-changes then its ok.). Rajarshi Rit 15:51, 23 December 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by RIT RAJARSHI (talk • contribs)

I'm glad to help. If you have any questions about contributing to chemistry articles, please let me know. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:15, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Unblock my IP temporarily

Hey Edgar, still remember my IP that you blocked? Can you unblock it temporarily again? It blocks the creation again of my another alternate account User:VisualPokéfan95. To confirm my alternate account exists, here is its Wikimedia Commons's userpage. I will notify you when I am finished. Thanks, Pokéfan95 (talk) 05:57, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

It's unblocked now. Regards, -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:58, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Page Deletion

Hi Edgar,

I wanted to make a new page (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Umair_Javed&action=submit) and It appears that the page was deleted somewhere in 2011 by you. As I asked about the submission, no one from my side seems to know about adding this page. Can you please state the reasons why this page was deleted earlier as we want to add a new page again under the same name with powerful references etc. Just want to make sure that everything is set in the right direction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Umairmaqsood (talk • contribs) 07:56, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

The page I deleted was complete nonsense. It appears to have been completely unrelated to the page you created. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:59, 28 December 2015 (UTC)