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Hello. Your contributions to Wikipedia have been analyzed carefully and you're among the few chosen to have a first access to a new project. I hope you can contribute to it by expanding the main page and later start editing the articles in its scope. Make sure to check out the Talk page for more information! Cheers Tetra quark (talk) 19:56, 30 December 2014 (UTC) |
Copied from "User talk:DragonflySixtyseven#Use of "griping" word not ok?":
Use of "griping" word not ok?@DragonflySixtyseven: BRIEF Followup - not sure about this but, in the "The Great Martian War 1913 - 1917 (2013 film)#Reception" article section, adding "<sic>" to the word "griping"[1] *may* (or *may not*?) - be ok - based on the dictionary definition at the following => http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/griping — esp, "to hold firmly" (verb) and/or "a firm hold" (noun) — *entirely* ok with me with (or without) the addition of course - but maybe worth a consideration? - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 20:33, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
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Woodham, Karen (3 August 2014). "Great Martian War 1913 – 1917 [Review]". BlazingMinds. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
That's an alternate (not even secondary) meaning, based on an alternate spelling of "gripping". The primary meaning of "griping" is "complaining", which makes no sense in the context of that film review; indeed, I thought it was your typo (and I was about to correct it!) until I checked the source and saw that it was the reviewer's.
And even if the reviewer did deliberately and intentionally spell it that way, it's still nonstandard enough that a "sic" is helpful. DS (talk) 23:57, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Your recent contributions on the Milky Way
In my humble opinion, I think it is a really bad idea to copy the same paragraph and paste it at the top of several different articles. You're not only making the top unnecessarily long by adding an information that doesn't have a high importance, but also you're making people who read many different articles read the same thing in many places, which is kind of annoying. I suggest you revert a few of your edits or put the paragraph in a more appropriate section. Also, it'd be better if you could change the wording so it won't be repetitive Tetra quark (talk) 14:14, 6 January 2015 (UTC)
Further to this, you just added a paragraph about a day-old press release to the lead section of the Oxfam article. As the editor above said last week, lead sections aren't news feeds. They're "an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important aspects", per MOS:LEAD: new content should generally be added to the article body, and additionally summarised in the lead section only if it's a significant aspect of the subject. --McGeddon (talk) 14:38, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
@McGeddon: Thanks again for your comments - yes, I understand - the following was added to Talk:Oxfam#Should Oxfam Reports Be Added To The Article - Or Not? - hope that's *entirely* ok - please let me know if otherwise of course - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 15:11, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
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Should Oxfam Reports Be Added To The Article - Or Not?
Should the following text/refs re Oxfam Reports be included in the article - or not? If so, which location in the article would be most appropriate?
A January 2014 report by Oxfam claimed that the 85 wealthiest individuals in the world have a combined wealth equal to that of the bottom 50% of the world's population, or about 3.5 billion people.[1][2][3][4][5] More recently, in January 2015, Oxfam reported that the wealthiest 1 percent will own more than half of the global wealth by 2016.[6]
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Rigged rules mean economic growth increasingly “winner takes all” for rich elites all over world. Oxfam. January 20, 2014. Neuman, Scott (January 20, 2014). Oxfam: World's Richest 1 Percent Control Half Of Global Wealth. NPR. Retrieved January 25, 2014. Stout, David (January 20, 2014). "One Stat to Destroy Your Faith in Humanity: The World's 85 Richest People Own as Much as the 3.5 Billion Poorest". Time. Retrieved January 21, 2014. Wearden, Graeme (January 20, 2014). "Oxfam: 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half of the world". The Guardian. Retrieved January 21, 2014. Kristof, Nicholas (July 22, 2014). "An Idiot's Guide to Inequality". New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2014. Cohen, Patricia (January 19, 2015). "Richest 1% Likely to Control Half of Global Wealth by 2016, Study Finds". New York Times. Retrieved January 19, 2015.Comments welcome - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:58, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
I decided to drop you a message to make sure you check out the first task of the cosmology project: Help improve the Universe. Please feel free to remove this message after you read it :) Tetra quark (talk) 03:31, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
I noticed that on methylamine, some sort of tag has been added that indicates that a source is behind a paywall. Almost all quality information for chemistry is by subscription. So if this is an issue that concerns you, the community of chemistry editors probably should discuss it. Just a thought.--Smokefoot (talk) 02:18, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
Dear Drbogdan, would you consider commenting on/contributing to the lead of Universe? I've tried to spin up a first paragraph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Universe&oldid=643055753
but this seems to not sit well with another contributing editor. Basically, I'd like to see some inclusiveness of issues in the lead, including, yes, issues actually addressed in the body of the article (but not a cherry-picking of sentences from the body), as well as open up some other dimensions of this ultimately inclusive word. So, instead of a sharp focus on astronomy, possibly including such topics as life and philosophical issues (I hesitated with religion). Anyway, having a few more voices sometimes helps. Isambard Kingdom (talk) 19:11, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
Copied from "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy#Capitalize the "U" in "universe" or not?":
FWIW - if not already considered, a relevant reference for the discussion *may* be the "Style Guide for NASA History Authors and Editors" at the following link => http://history.nasa.gov/styleguide.html - especially? => "Astronomical Bodies: Capitalize the names of planets (e.g. Earth, Mars, Jupiter). Capitalize moon when referring to Earth's Moon, otherwise lowercase moon (e.g. the Moon orbits the Earth, Jupiter's moons). Do not capitalize solar system and universe." (and more? - see link) - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 17:11, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
FYI, I made a correction to your comment at Talk:Universe here; that version was from January 2014, not January 2015. I wouldn't normally edit someone else's comment, so thought I'd let you know. —Alex (ASHill | talk | contribs) 14:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I would use this article (modeling) to improve WP, but I don't seem to have the drive these days. Maybe you have time? http://astrobiology.com/2015/01/modeling-complex-organic-molecules-in-dense-regions.html Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 19:40, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Dude, how about this: "For the first time, astronomers have detected the presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in a protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, indicating that the conditions that spawned our Earth and Sun are not unique in the universe." Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 00:52, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Take a look at this dude flying while under the influence of alcohol: . :-) BatteryIncluded (talk) 15:47, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
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Hi Drbogdan, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! — xaosflux Talk 03:01, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Dr. B. I just wanted to let you know that I have appropriated and reused some of the wikicode from your user page for mine. The code on the stats of Wikipedia and its growth in the human corpus of knowledge does, I think, need to be celebrated more widely. Thanks for your work in assembling all this!
If you have a moment, I'd like to hear your thinking on (and translation of) of "Nos Auxilium Facere Penitus Non Nutrientibus." I appreciated the quotation from the Wales interview, but my Latin is extremely elementary. Cheers. And keep up the good work. N2e (talk) 12:43, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
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Hey! Give my changes a try. This is a good-faith edit. I did improve only structure and readability. You can see it through I did very light edits to content, nothing serious, rather due to understanding and grasping the contents by going through one topic at a time from top to bottom with repeats to better learn the stuff. This is an intro, right? Header is now better in concordance with main body. I differentiated between theory of evolution and proof of evolution in experiment (sligthly). Now, how to exactly propose structure changes in WP:BRD way? copy my article version to talk page? entirely? If unsure, please do not engae in a revert-war (possibly due to urges to protect a spec. version of article/or format). BTW this article had issues with accuracy. You may also decide to help me get )part) of my good changes through. Please see through my version it is really good. Thanks-a-lot, yours --78.51.211.140 (talk) 03:13, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Got popcorn?: "Leading astronomers, anthropologists and social scientists are gathering at his institute [ie, Seth Shostak; SETI Institute ] after the AAAS meeting for a symposium to flesh out plans for a proposal for active Seti to put to the public and politicians" http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31442952" - Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 23:39, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
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(help)This report shows the current research venues of NASA's Astrobiology Institute: . Cheers,BatteryIncluded (talk) 22:35, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, recently I read that Mars One will make a cut of candidates next Monday 16 February 2015. The article says that the cut will be 200 but other sources don't agree, so thanks for correcting my mistake. Today I read in two different articles that Mars One anounced last Friday that the number will be 100, but there is nothing about this on the official site. How I can find out if this is true? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.151.114.44 (talk) 22:57, 14 February 2015 (UTC) [NOTE: edited for clarity - db]
I have recently been having some problems with an anonymous editor over the Dawn page. I rewrote the sections they added to avoid close paraphrasing (I've had experience with this – see my work on fluorine), then they reverted. I rolled back the new edits, they reverted again. I went to their talk page to try and explain, they tried to defend their actions not realising that simply citing references is not enough for an article that's going to receive the bulk of space-related attention in the coming month. What should I do? Parcly Taxel 02:06, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
NOTE: For context - response by Srich32977 is to my earlier comment as follows:
Copied from "User talk:Arthur Rubin/Archive 2015#Ideology":
@Srich32977: Perhaps relevant - afaik atm re US economic outcomes (based on "policies and ideas"?) => at the end of Clinton's term in 2001: a substantial surplus - and no recession; at the end of Bush2's term in 2009: a substantial deficit - and a great recession - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 21:17, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
Say Doc, rather than clutter Arthur's talk page I'll ask a followup question here. In answering my question about failed policies & ideologies you referred to a relatively short time frame: Clinton & Bush2. But with your medical knowledge, what would you say has been the biggest factor in doubling of average life expectancy in the last 100 years? And when you identify that factor (or factors) how did it come about? Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 22:28, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
@Srich32977: Thank you for your comments - Yes - *entirely* agree - these days, seems the rich may be on a lot of radar screens (so-to-speak) in the world - and may be less able to freely move around I would think - re the poor - seems Oxfam reported recently that the annual income in 2012 of the top 100 of the world's richest people could end world poverty four times over[3] - seems the world's richest could be more helpful with this I would think atm - in any case - Thanks again for *all* of your comments - they're all *greatly* appreciated - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 18:53, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
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Hi, I'd want to bring you to attention to some suggested change which is detailed in Template talk:Sergei Rachmaninoff, thanks! AbelCheung (talk) 22:55, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
See Talk:Camgirl#Revert. 2A02:A03F:1285:C600:213:20FF:FE3B:A79E (talk) 14:40, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
would you please hold your edits for a while? - I should be done soon. The sign I put up on top which you couldnt have overlooked, is for real. even for Dr's (I am one too) so please hold the edits - PS have you ever heard of lede follows body? - see talkpage --Wuerzele (talk) 19:07, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Looks like the short is in the percussion side of the drill: http://www.space.com/28758-mars-rover-curiosity-short-circuit-drill.html Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 04:36, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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Hey Doc, you've been changing See Also sections to use 20em variable width columns. *Please* stop doing this...20em is extremely narrow. I don't know what resolution you're using, but on my screen that causes *five* columns. When needed, just use a flat two-column solution in the future. Thanks! — Huntster (t @ c) 04:23, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
There is a conference going on right now on the preliminary mission results. I heard they they are talking today (presenting) about "chains of organic molecules" detected on the surface. Old data reinterpreted. That will be something interesting to read when it gets published! Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 19:30, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
I see you edited List of potentially habitable exoplanets quite a lot so if you have some spare time, please leave some thoughts at the FLC of the similar topic of List of nearest exoplanets. Nergaal (talk) 18:52, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
Shearonink (talk) 02:10, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I think that this NASA animation of the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) testing the “gravity tractor” planetary defense technique can be very helpful for the ARM article as well as Asteroid impact avoidance and Gravity tractor articles. Do you know how to upload it to Commons Wikipedia for use without problems? Thanks. BatteryIncluded (talk) 17:25, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Given the known difficulties with large GIF images, I've converted the file to an OGV video: File:NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission gravity tractor animation.ogv. It will work a lot better in articles. — Huntster (t @ c) 15:23, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
I came across this beautiful paper[1] by McKay on hypothetical types of biochemistry in terrestrial worlds with liquid water. I thought you may like it. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 22:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
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A. Tsokolov, Serhiy A. (May 2009). "Why Is the Definition of Life So Elusive? Epistemological Considerations" (PDF). Astrobiology Journal. 9 (4). doi:10.1089/ast.2007.0201. Retrieved 2015-04-11.{{cite journal}}
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Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 18:27, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
@BatteryIncluded: Thanks for the link re the NASA Astrobiology Roadmap - my present thinking is that the very beginnings of life started out much, much more simple than many scientists studying this seem to think - understandable of course, since the only life-form known to them, even the very simplest life-form, is already very, very complex - seems like some researchers are trying to examine the middle of a stream - an experience which is available - rather than trying to examine the headwaters instead - also understandable, since this may be an experience which may not be available to any one - still think it all began with a single chemical, produced by chance, that happened to reproduce itself - and survive - then took a really, really long time to become just a bit more complex - and eventually to become the much, much more complex life-form that may represent the very simplest life-form in our experience - in any case - Thanks again for the link - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 23:01, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
Hi Bogdan, This is my first upload. Just came across this new image released by NASA which is the closest ever image of the dwarf planet Ceres recorded so far at around 21000 miles. Jackjerryforu (talk) 15:36, 17 April 2015 (UTC) (note: unsigned post - signature added by User:Drbogdan)
New stub: Nexus for Exoplanet System Science. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 21:11, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
@Viriditas: Thanks for your comments - seems like some *Excellent* ideas for the "NExSS" article - I'll see what I can do at the next opportunity - Thanks for your comments - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 21:48, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
Copied from "Talk:Nexus for Exoplanet System Science#DID YOU KNOW - possible Hook?":
DID YOU KNOW - possible Hook?A Suggestion: possible Hook for DID YOU KNOW?
"... that NASA is gathering together a coalition of experts known as "NExSS" to search for signs of life beyond the Solar System?"
In any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 22:11, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
BTW, I think my structure misses the point of how the pieces are supposed to fit together. Each group has a question to solve which in turn provides answers that fit into a larger question about exoplanets. I want to structure the research so that this becomes obvious to the reader. I wonder if the original NASA press release did this. Viriditas (talk) 23:11, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
Check this out: "[...] as it provides a method for creating carbon-based chemicals out of CO2, without the need for extreme heat or pressure.[1] Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 19:24, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
Another report:[5] Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 15:16, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello. A workshop with interesting remarks: Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 19:13, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
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(help)How about creating an article on the Virtual Planetary Laboratory? The Kelley UW source was already in the article, so I cited the ref name at the end of the sentence. While there may be a good reason to cite within the sentence, I find it tends to break the flow and impact readability. Instead of citing the website, why not create the new article? It's a red link twice in the body. Viriditas (talk) 19:14, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I updated the EXPOSE article regarding the failure of most of the EXPOSE-R experiments due to the growth of a brown substance on the windows. I wonder if you know a way to load to Commons Wikimedia the picture of the astronaut holding the EXPOSE-R panel () I think the rights may belong to both ESA and Russia Space Agency. What do you think? I think that image is very useful as it gives not just an idea of the size compared to a human, but it also shows the brown film developed on the windows. Your advice is greatelly appreciated Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 20:35, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi there. Interesting paper here: (PDF). -Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 17:43, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
The guy now published a book on "Astro-theology", allegedly linking science to creation.[2] Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 07:14, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
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On 5 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that an interdisciplinary team of scientists is working with NASA to search for life on exoplanets? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nexus for Exoplanet System Science. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
PanydThe muffin is not subtle 20:05, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi!
I noticed that you uploaded some new stuff to a "Dawn (spacecraft)" gallery, but not by seeing any changes in or at the images, only by reading the history.
When I looked very carefully at the type-sat page, I could see that there now are a few link-coloured digits, 2, 3,... under one of the (older) images. Is there a particular reason for this way of doing things? Does similar things exist in other articles with many illustrations? If so, I've obviously missed something. JoergenB (talk) 20:33, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Drbogdan. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The discussion is about the topic [[:Abiogenesis]]. Template:NPOVN-notice Thank you. --Epetre (talk) 11:13, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Copied from "Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Abiogenesis - lack of neutral point of view":
(Related Links => "Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive884#SPA pushing creationist POV 2" AND "SPA History")
- { {reply|Apokryltaros|BatteryIncluded|Mann jess|Sarr Cat|Sunrise}} AFAIK - all concerns presented have been appropriately considered on the "Talk:Abiogenesis" page - more than once it would seem: ie, considering the Abiogenesis "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" page, related "Talk:Abiogenesis" discussions, as well as relevant archival discussions and the main "Abiogenesis" article itself - also - all concerns have been considered consistent with Wikipedia policy (including that "All Wikipedia content ... is edited collaboratively", according to "WP:OWN") - a careful reading of the relevant Talk-Sections may present this as well (please see "Talk-1" and "Talk-2") - seems the "WP:SPA" may be using Wikipedia as a "WP:FORUM" and/or "WP:SOAPBOX" - perhaps, "WP:1AM" and "WP:WALLOFTEXT" may also apply - in any case - hope the above helps in some way - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 13:06, 9 May 2015 (UTC)
Check out this hypothesis" Ancient Sedimentary Structures in the <3.7 Ga Gillespie Lake Member, Mars, That Resemble Macroscopic Morphology, Spatial Associations, and Temporal Succession in Terrestrial Microbialites.[1]Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 20:05, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
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Hello. Do you remember anything about an experiment-payload regarding a greenhouse of sorts proposed to be included in a future Mars lander or rover? I think I read or wrote something about that some time go and I can't remember that WP article. Thanks, BatteryIncluded (talk) 17:05, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Drbogdan. EGS-zs8-1, an article you either created or significantly contributed to, has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 04:05, 14 May 2015 (UTC) |
On 19 May 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article EGS-zs8-1, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that EGS-zs8-1 is the oldest and most distant galaxy ever observed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/EGS-zs8-1. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Could you please post in the talk page concerning where you think the OR is? Serendipodous 11:50, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
{ {reply|Serendipodous}} FWIW - seems uncited entries in the article may not be easily verified - adding references from WP:Reliable Sources to the added entries may help determine if the entries are ok - or - if the entries are WP:Original Research instead - I would think atm - in any case - hope this helps in some way - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 12:16, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
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There is a style of vandalism where people change only numbers, sometimes by a lot and often by just a little. I've fixed two of these today. (The Pakistanis hate the Indians and the Indians hate the Pakistanis... (sigh)) Now I went and checked the ref'd abstract and was happy to see that number you changed to. But I might not have been so suspicious if the summary said more than "(adj)". Perhaps expanding a bit on that, like "use percent from ref'd abstract" would more be reassuring? Shenme (talk) 05:32, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
I saw you added commentary about Sobral et al. (2015)[1][2][3][4][5][6] [note: refs added to clarify - by Drbogdan (talk) 12:50, 18 June 2015 (UTC)] to a few articles. 1. thanks for doing so: I'd missed that paper. 2. we should use more tentative wording: they claim to have found evidence for Pop III stars, not that they "were detected." This isn't a smoking gun: to fit their measurements they used models of Pop III stars, but we don't actually have any validation of whether those models are correct or not. I'll try to reword your change at "Redshift", and you can port it over to other articles you've added to (and/or modify it as you see fit). - Parejkoj (talk) 04:05, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
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(help)CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)Your entry has been moved to the new List of rediscovered film footage. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:28, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hope to see you join! Harej (talk) 21:06, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
FYI, Dr Bogdan, since you have been helping so much on the Pluto articles.
Hi. I'm having connection issues and am unable to upload this image od Sputnik Plain on Pluto. Maybe you can? http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=49523 Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 22:43, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, Drbogdan. I've nominated Geography of Pluto, an article you either created or significantly contributed to, to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 07:45, 23 July 2015 (UTC) |
@Antony-22: Thank you *very much* for nominating the "Geography of Pluto" article for DYK consideration - it's *greatly* appreciated - Thanks again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 12:33, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
On 29 July 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Geography of Pluto, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Geography of Pluto. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:47, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
On 2 August 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Geography of Pluto, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that surface features of Pluto have been informally named for underworld deities from the peoples of southern Iraq, eastern Nigeria, Guatemala, and China, as well as creatures from Western fiction? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Geography of Pluto. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Gatoclass (talk) 07:13, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the help elaborating and sourcing Super-Earth#2015. My editing is a bit rusty after coming out of retirement. Best, Geeky Randy (talk) 18:25, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
Yes, the IAU aproves crater names. But the quad names are given after a prominent crater within it. Currently most of the quad names shown on the preliminary map do not exist, they did not obtain IAU approval. Just two of the 15 names saved, Asari and Rongo. The rest 13 names shown on the preliminary map of quads do not exist now, they were just preliminary and now dissapeared. That is why this preliminary map should be deleted. In other case it makes confusion providing a wrong information. 108.167.40.165 (talk) 04:52, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
FWIW - Thank you for your comments - if interested - please see the related discussion at the following Talk-Page => "Talk:Ceres (dwarf planet)#Map of quadrangles" (*not*, as before, at "Talk:Ceres#Map of quadrangles") - in any case - Thanks again for your comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 12:29, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi there, saw you added a ref to Paleolithic diet. Per WP style, the intro (or lead) should not normally contain refs since it is meant to be a summary of the (duly ref'd) content in the rest of the article. Suggest the ref be moved into the body of the article. --Cornellier (talk) 20:01, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
The result was *KEEP*. (non-admin closure) —☮JAaron95 Talk 15:27, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Hillary Montes is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hillary Montes until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Savonneux (talk) 00:29, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
Copied from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hillary Montes and/or Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Norgay Montes as follows:
- Keep. Hillary Montes is the second tallest mountain range on the dwarf planet, it is certainly notable. It is essentially the Alps of Pluto, with Norgay Montes being the Himalayas. The others can be merged, but Hillary and Norgay Montes are notable enough. DN-boards1 (talk) 00:50, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
- Keep. Yes - Hillary Montes is a significant geographical feature on the dwarf planet Pluto and is notable per WP:GEOLAND => Named natural features are often notable ... - also - the article is well-sourced - also - *entirely* agree with the comments presented above by DN-boards1 - hope this helps in some way - iac - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 01:24, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
- BRIEF Followup => Added even more relevant references (see below)[1][2] (as well as earlier newly added refs[3][4]) to the "Hillary Montes" and "Norgay Montes" articles - per "The Christian Science Monitor" & "PBS NewsHour", July 2015 - iac - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 12:23, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
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Kremer, Ken (27 July 2015). "Breathtaking Pluto images reveal icy dwarf planet's plains and mountains (+video) - NASA's New Horizons space probe has sent back its highest-resolution images yet of Pluto and its moons". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 17 August 2015. Akpan, Nsikan (18 July 2015). "Nepal gets a piece of Pluto plus four new surprises from New Horizons". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 17 August 2015. Staff (25 July 2015). "Pluto mountain range named after Sir Edmund Hillary". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 17 August 2015. Staff (24 July 2015). "NASA names Pluto's mountains after Sir Edmund Hillary". Television New Zealand. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
Would it be at all possible if I could get a big, strong, hypermasculine Wikipedian like your handsome self to help adjust the now-non monotypic genus Jaekelopterus' speciesbox to make list all of its species, instead of just the type species?--Mr Fink (talk) 23:27, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
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I've been meaning to speak to you about that pseudo-asteroid that may hit Earth this month. I reverted it because the claim is not based on fact and really not required for the article. My edit summary may have seen a bit rude but it was not meant in that way! I hope you can understand!
Goodnight from Australia! Luxure Σ 14:06, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi! I'd love to ask for your attention on the ununseptium article; it's currently a FAC, but few people have actually reviewed the article. The WP:Physics subpage lists you as a user who might be potentially interested in an article on a superheavy element (as with all superheavies, it is more physics and less chemistry than a regular WP:Elements article), as a one-time activity or otherwise, and your attention would be highly appreciated, as the previous FAC has gained too little attention to even stand a chance to make it to the FA status; hope you can take part. Thanks--R8R (talk) 04:42, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Interesting read:[1] The data suggest “that viruses originated from multiple ancient cells … and co-existed with the ancestors of modern cells". Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 21:12, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
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Check this out on the Moon Express: http://www.space.com/30720-moon-express-private-lunar-launch-2017.html Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 23:31, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Can you make an article on the rock Private Robert Frazer that Opportunity spent August 2015 studying? References are here: http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/mer-updates/2015/09-mer-update-opportunity-rocks-on-ancient-water.html and http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/space-missions/mer-updates/2015/08-mer-update-opportunity-digs-marathon-valley-walkabout.html and http://www.nivnac.co.uk/martian_vistas/ Some photos are also there. I don't know what template to use for rocks on Mars, i.e. what infobox. Would you mind making the article for me? DN-boards1 (talk) 22:38, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
You might be interested in seeing this => "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy#Complaint: too many images in the articles" Huritisho 17:36, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Copied from "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy#Complaint: too many images in the articles":
{ {reply|Huntster|Huritisho|Joris}} Thank you for sharing your concerns before performing an images cleanup on the articles - I *entirely* agree with the views of [ [User:Huntster]] and [ [User:Joris]] re images - esp re the infographics - perhaps images cleanups may be best performed re specific images on a collaborative article-by-article basis? - in any case - hope this helps in some way - Thanks again for the comments - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 19:22, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
New paper: ,[1] [2]. Cheers, -BatteryIncluded (talk) 07:22, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
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Help me! - Please help me with... the "Geoffrey Marcy" article - a "WP:BLP" article afaik - is all *entirely* ok with the content of this article? - and in agreement with the very best policies of Wikipedia? - or not? - is there some better way of presenting the content of the article? - please understand that it's *entirely* ok with me to rm/rv/mv/ce my edits of course - Thanking you in advance for your help with this - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 23:25, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Why do you take so long to add those images? - re one of your dawn spacecraft images. Just curious. Huritisho 00:50, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
@Huritisho: Thanks for your comments - yes - agreed - please understand that it's *entirely* ok with me to rv/mv/ce the edits, esp if ok with others, of course - iac - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 16:38, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Drbogdan. KIC 8462852, an article you either created or significantly contributed to, has been nominated to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page as part of Did you know. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 00:11, 19 October 2015 (UTC) |
Interesting: , paper: Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 13:24, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
[2][3] - Thanks again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 13:35, 20 October 2015 (UTC) Perhaps you can fix the section in Abiogenesis: "The earliest biological evidence for life on Earth". Someone added the research at the bottom of the section, but the top needs updating too. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 14:12, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
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suggested) (help)In October 28 Cassini will perform a flyby through Enceladus' jets at an altitude of only 49 km (30 mi). I hope its analyzers will tell us more about the "simple" organics erupting from its sub-surface ocean. At least, it will get better pics of the Tiger Stripes. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 15:17, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Requesting you create the Oxia Planum article, as it has turned the top contender for the ExoMars rover landing site: . What say you? BatteryIncluded (talk) 14:38, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Interesting read: . They think there are two ways (environments) the carbon was acquired before the Solar System was formed. (I think something was lost in translation Norwegian-English because the author mentions "genetic relationships" when there is no true genetics to speak of.) The high molecular weight precursors are PAHs and other macromolecules in pre-solar grains. The special article collection this month is at: . Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 14:47, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi I had previously seperated this into red meat and processed to make it more understandable. The bottom section is where i left all the content where the studies did not distinguish between red meat and processed red meat. When things are not controlled for the effects could be muddeled. This is basic science. THe only reason i left the text is as a note of what kind of content is left in this section. If you think i wrote it in a way that requires a cytation, please clean it up so that it does not require one otherwise the note will be most likely removed promptly. Citations are only needed for where there is controversy, this is a section heading saying what kind of content follows below, not a assertion of fact. Please fix as you wish and remove the tag as the comment will be soon removed otherwise. 108.237.220.82 (talk) 18:48, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
NASA to Announce New Findings[1] on Fate of Mars’ Atmosphere. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 04:15, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
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Hey Drb - thanks for poking at Geoffrey Marcy. I'm very hesitant to add any material to the article myself, since I am quite directly involved in the real-life situation, and only added the lines that I did because I found it vaguely awkward that our article on him was as positive sounding as it is given the amount of coverage the situation has received, and because of it's pretty much unprecedented nature in terms of the magnitude and speed of his fall from grace. The SFSU material seemed pretty directly relevant since it had been confirmed by someone who was SFSU's administrator handling sexual harrassment issues at the time, and pushed the dates of his behavior back by quite a bit. I added the Michael Eisen quote because besides his own prominence (he co-founded PLOS) he was one of the first two UCB faculty members to publicly speak out about Marcy's behavior, and adding at least one quote about his behavior seemed appropriate given that it's been publicly condemned by literally thousands of academics, including at least three dozen PhD-holding NASA employees, all but two of our astro faculty, etc. I'm going to avoid making any further edits to the article directly myself unless it's to remove blatant vandalism in one direction or another, but will shortly be starting to comment on the talk page more.
I would highly encourage you to exercise caution in deciding whether or not to include or exclude any material from the article, because a huge number of people likely to be active on the talkpage or article (myself heavily included) have real-world connections to the situation that brings our ability to follow NPOV in to significant doubt even when we attempt to do so. Pretty much any new editor and any established editor with connections to the UC system who edits the page can be safely assumed to have a conflict of interest in their edits in one direction or the other. Kevin Gorman (talk) 22:34, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
On 11 November 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article KIC 8462852, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Kepler space telescope has seen unusual patterns in the light from KIC 8462852? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/KIC 8462852. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Please consider joining WikiProject Environment/Climate change task force. Thank you! Hugh (talk) 15:47, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
SEVERAL Possible article additions are as follows:
ADDITION 1. Climate is the average (statistically, mean and variability) weather, usually over a 30-year interval.[1][2]
ADDITION 2. In 2015, according to The New York Times and others, oil companies knew that burning oil and gas could cause climate change and global warming since the 1970s but, nonetheless, funded deniers for years.[3][4]
ADDITION 3. NASA-TV/ustream (11/12/2015@12noon/et/usa) - "Global warming-related" News Briefing.
IF Interested => NASA-TV/ustream and/or NASA-Audio (Thursday, November 12, 2015@12noon/et/usa)[5] - NASA will detail the Role of Carbon on the Future Climate of the Earth - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:07, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
NASA scientists report that human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) continues to increase above levels not seen in hundreds of thousands of years: currently, about half of the carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels remains in the atmosphere and is not absorbed by vegetation and the oceans.[6][7][8][9]
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)I have a reply here: Talk:Health care in the United States#Biased parts. Please have a look. Thanks.2601:647:4601:4634:A8EE:29FE:5863:6FC3 (talk) 01:18, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
- Dispute resolution needed for Talk:Health care in the United States -
I need another person to come in and take a look at this issue regarding U.S. Healthcare on Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Talk:Health care in the United States. Appreciate your help. 2601:647:4601:4634:D455:1D6A:4C07:B030 (talk) 21:49, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
GW is the article for the present-day matters. Climate change is the long term stuff, so stuff like isn't needed. One ref is enough. Climate, ditto; that section has see-main to GW, which is enough William M. Connolley (talk) 15:51, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
I have nominated Enceladus for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. DrKay (talk) 16:29, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi! You were suggested to me as someone with an interest in biochemistry - I wondered if you'd be willing to have a look at the Wiki Education Foundation's draft of a guidebook for genes and proteins articles? I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance! Eryk (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:46, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
I also notice you wish to enlarge the map. While I understand your concerns, I think the way it was put on the lead was a mess. If you click on the map three times, you can view it in full size and detail. If you still wish to enlarge it in the article, I think the best way to do it is to allow me to expand the section so it can fit in the section. And as I explained in the talk page, I am in the process of citing and expanding the other sections like I did with the lightsaber section. But as I also explained this could take a few days, so be patient, I'll have it done. :-)--Nadirali نادرالی (talk) 00:27, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Copied from "Talk:Physics and Star Wars#Request to leave current sections":
@Nadirali and others - FWIW - attempted to improve the article - my efforts are presented HERE - seems a new effort to improve the article is now being attempted - if this newer effort is unsucessful for some reason, restoring my earlier effort is *entirely* ok with me - in any case - hope this helps in some way - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 00:26, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
While I continue my work on Physics and Star Wars, I thought you might be interested in improving List of Star Wars substances. It can be found in my sandbox User:Nadirali/sandbox. You are free to edit over there in my sandbox. Please try to find reliable sources to cite the article so it can be accepted.--Nadirali نادرالی (talk) 09:15, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
I think the editors over at Wolf 1061c could use your help. Please watch out for Borg cubes! Viriditas (talk) 19:20, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
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