Talk:Uwe Kils/Archive 1

Sources?
I removed most of the content because we have no source for it at present other than Kils' own website, which is not sufficient for it to be considered reliable and verifiable. It is still available at User:Oceanographer/Uwe Kils. If someone would like to research the subject and find independent confirmation for the material, they are welcome to do so. --Michael Snow 20:46, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Well, one thing we can do is to dig up his publications. That may then serve as corroborating facts for the statements made in the original article and at User:Kils/testimony. (Note that I have no reason to believe that the publication list was faked in any way. It's just that we need independent sources for verification.)


 * Found so far:
 * KILS U 1993 Formation of Micropatches by Zooplankton-Driven Microturbulences Bulletin of Marine Sciences 53(1) 160-169 (1993). Cited here an here.
 * KILS U 1995 The ATOLL Laboratory and other Instruments Developed at Kiel. U.S. GLOBEC NEWS Technology Forum Number 8: 6-9, also see and.
 * THETMEYER H, KILS U 1995 To see and not to be seen: the visibility of predator and prey with respect to feeding behaviour. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 126: 1-8, also see.


 * Also helpful would be citations of Kils' works. In Kils' case, this even is pretty essential, for&mdash;judging from the two I found&mdash;he often self-references (i.e. references own earlier papers). (Note: this is not a critique. Can happen if one works on a niche subject.) If some of these publications contain a short "about the author" abstract (not uncommon with scientific publications, occurs in quite a few journals), we might use that as a starting base. Even if such abstracts are typically written by the authors themselves, they tend to be factual and not too much overhyped. Lupo 07:28, 26 May 2005 (UTC)


 * A very brief blurb about him is at . Lupo 09:05, 26 May 2005 (UTC)


 * He did receive the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize in 1979: . Lupo 13:35, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

All right, Uwe, I've given this a try. Please note: Lupo 08:01, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a link farm. An extlink to the Institute für Meereskunde may make sense in the extlk section of Gotthilf Hempel, but hardly here. Generally, we don't clutter text with extlinks: if something is really important, write an article about it and link to that (using an internal link, not "http://en.wikipedia.org/ ...").
 * Remember that articles need to be verifiable. I consider your publications evidence of your work, and anybody who thinks otherwise is indeed&mdash;as Tannin said elsewhere&mdash; a fruitcake. I also consider your images from Antarctica proof enough that you've been on that expedition.
 * The few phrases labelled as "statements by Uwe Kils" are currently unverified. Birthplace and date could be verified by contacting the Zivilstandesamt (or whatever it is called) in Flensburg, but frankly said, I again see no reason why this shouldn't be true. And if you're really retired, I suppose we'll find a statement of Rutgers soon enough.


 * Two more things: this article is not the place for a complete list of publications. If you like, place that on ecosocope.com, which is linked from here. Likewise for the "Preference petition", which seems to be a bit dated anyway. Lupo 08:04, 30 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Oh, and of course feel free to correct any mistakes I might have introduced. But please do so in a way that it can be verified using third-party data. Lupo 11:44, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

I removed this sentence:
 * Work at Rutgers continued on non-intrusive underwater imaging at the LEO15 system.

The reason is that the information about the LEO, such as the external links at that article, doesn't really mention Kils in connection with it (for example, he's not one of the faculty listed on the university's website for the project). --Michael Snow 03:51, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Good editing
Good group editing job. The article is almost readable now, parts of it are. --IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 20:02, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Science "publication"
I removed "* Kils, U. (2000) Images: Krill Stuff. ed. Kayser j., Science 290 (5496): Net watch online publication ecoSCOPE.com - enhanced IT tools and translation of Kils, U., Marschall, P. 1995." from the list of publications. I checked in Science and it is a para pointing to some images on the web at krill.rutgers.edu. NBeale (talk) 10:13, 8 December 2009 (UTC)


 * The Photograph of Antarctic Krill was printed in SCIENCE, there were only additional links. We put it on my server because the krill.rutgers.edu server crashed http://ecoscope.com/science

Primary sources tag
None of the sources used in the article are independent reliable secondary sources. They all appear to be primary sources culled together to create an article. Thus, I added the primary sources tag. Cirt (talk) 19:00, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Poorly sourced material removed
= Primary source did NOT support claim "He recently retired from a position..." Removed. Cirt (talk) 08:20, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * = yet again, cited primary source did not confirm info in sentence. Removed. Cirt (talk) 08:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * = cited primary source did not confirm info in sentence, "He programmed..." Removed. Cirt (talk) 08:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * = "and created the eelBASE web server..." = not supported by cited primary source. Primary source does not state this. Cirt (talk) 08:29, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

The entire lede of the article was unsourced. As it was also not sourced later in the article, per WP:LEAD, I removed it. Per WP:BURDEN and WP:BLP, unsourced info should not be readded back into this article. Cirt (talk) 08:32, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

photo gallery
Articles about people do not normally contain multiple pictures he has taken. The same pictures are-- many of them-- in the article about the lab or the instrument he invented. One use of each is surely sufficient--and some--like the lecture room--are not informative enough to be important. I suggest that the regular editors on these articles sort them out, but if not, I will.  DGG ( talk ) 17:22, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Normally I would agree with you. However the key point about Kils work is the contribution he made to marine photography, both in technique and in execution. The photos are themseves notable, and it seems to me they are appropriate to this article. --Geronimo20 (talk) 17:53, 4 December 2009 (UTC) I have replaced most of the photos, so they do not duplicate images in the other articles. --Geronimo20 (talk) 08:28, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The photos are not notable, as no independent reliable secondary sources have given them significant discussion. Cirt (talk) 11:06, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, in that strict Wikipedia sense the word "notable" wasn't the right word to use, but they are, IMO, relevant to the article if it survives. --Geronimo20 (talk) 11:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * FYI, the AFD was closed. Have any independent reliable secondary sources given any of these photos significant discussion? Cirt (talk) 11:36, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * He has a number of featured photos, but not, that I can see, ones that pass your strict criteria. You seem currently engaged in campaigns of ideological purity, uncompromisingly enforcing certain policies or guidelines you favour. I suppose that is okay, but bureaucratic processes are sometimes better operated with some flexibility. --Geronimo20 (talk) 22:25, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * My question could be answered with a yes or a no, not an incivil response directed at an individual editor, which I have refrained to do with regards to you. Cirt (talk) 22:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I apologize if my reply upset you and you felt it was incivil. I would have thought it was just a factual observation. If you are "refraining" from saying something to me for fear of being "incivil", please be reassured that I will not take offence. --Geronimo20 (talk) 22:37, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I think the dialogue will be much more constructive if we both avoid that, and instead focus on a discussion of suggested independent reliable secondary sources. I have found some secondary sources, which I will add to the article. Cirt (talk) 22:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Well done. --Geronimo20 (talk) 01:17, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

uwe kils
http://catalogs.rutgers.edu/generated/nb-grad/pg20080.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EcoSCOPE video software http://www.ecoscope.com/ecos_t_1.htm#dynimage virtual microscope http://www.ecoscope.com/science/index.htm or log into SCIENCE my Dr. certificate http://www.uwekils.com/kils15.jpg Professor Dr. Dr. habil. habil. Uwe Kils Uwe Kils 14:34, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

proof of HEISENBERG AWARD
proof of HEISENBERG AWARD from DFG https://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=1257ded5878ad50b&mt=application%2Fpdf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3D2%26ik%3D5d01de4d0a%26view%3Datt%26th%3D1257ded5878ad50b%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHIEtbSbq627OCH1HViD22Wfv335L8IOeA&pli=1 - Uwe Kils 15:14, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your link, but unfortunately that is not a link to a reliable source so it cannot be used. ~a (user • talk • contribs) 15:19, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Uwe: the problem is that in Wikipedia it is not enough that X must be true, there needs to be a "reliable source" for X. We don't doubt that you won it (and congratulations, belatedly!) but officially we can't use the information in Wikipedia. (Though since you have passed an AfD then postings on your official website might be considered RS for bio-info about you) NBeale (talk) 15:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Hallo ~a and Mr. Beale! Would it be sufficient if the DFG would mount it on their WEB-server? Do you need it in English? Have a nice day Uwe Kils 09:42, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Certainly (assume it's this DFG) - and German would be quite enough! WP:RS does not say that things have to be in English and it would be a scandal if it did NBeale (talk) 09:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

cited in NATURE
here: Loeb, V., Siegel, V., Holm-Hansen, O., Hewitt, R., Fraser, W., et al. (1997). "Effects of sea-ice extent and krill or salp dominance on the Antarctic food web". Nature 387: 897–900 Uwe Kils 14:08, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Archived page on BLP
= Not sure whether this sort of archived page is best for satisfying standards on a WP:BLP. Cirt (talk) 22:37, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree, the source appears to be a self-published source not passing WP:RS. Given the past WP:V and WP:AUTO issues with this article,  I think these kinds of sources should be avoided in this case, except possibly as EL links. Nsk92 (talk) 23:06, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Current position
An IP editor inserted an edit (that has since been reverted by Cirt) that since 1994 Kils has been a Professor of marine biology in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University. I tried to verify this information and my impression is that Kils is no longer a faculty member at Rutgers. He is not currently listed as a faculty member at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences webpage. Neither is he listed in the 2007-09 catalog of the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences. However, looking at their older catalogs, I do see his name listed there. Thus he is listed as an Associate Professor in the 2005-07 catalog of the same department. So my impression is that as 2008, Kils is no longer a faculty member at Rutgers. Nsk92 (talk) 22:57, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I would tend to agree with your analysis, but that is probably WP:OR if such text were to go into the article itself. Cirt (talk) 23:02, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Professor Kils
The DFG offered to send a certificate directly to WIKIPEDIA. Can You please give me an address. I also wrote to the Consulate to give you prove of the EB-1 visa but they are always slow.

Here is the Professor Evaluation when I accepted the nomination to the USA - the original can be ordered from RUTGERS administration:

Introduction: Dr. Kils is possibly Europe’s most outstanding young marine scientist. Members of the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences with experience in oceanography regard him as one of the world’s most innovative individuals working in this field, … We have evidence that he is an inspiring teacher ... Scholarship: Dr. Kils is a uniquely creative research scientist who is internationally recognized for his in situ studies of aquaculture, predator-prey interactions and behavioral physiology of schooling. These studies are typically placed in the context of bio/physical ocean processes with a variety of organisms ranging from tintinnids, to euphausiids and fish. The development of new optical techniques for studying the behavior and population biology of fish and other life is one of the most important new areas of ocean research, and Kils’ contribution to this area is acknowledged as the best anywhere. He has developed instruments that: 1) are small enough so that they do not interfere with the animals behavior, 2) produce a well-lit image with the resolution of a microscope, and 3) and have a large-enough field and fast-enough shutter speed to record animal’s movements.

He has worked with the top lensmakers in Germany to design on-of-a-kind ecoscopes, which he will bring with him to the U.S. With financial support from the Volkswagen Foundation, he has built a floating laboratory that allows scientists to sense, observe and quantify the interactions of biological and physical processes in the ocean. This highly advanced technology is presently unavailable in this country. Kils has designed a new kind of biosensor to study pollution … He is the only scientist anywhere who has the background to interact equally with four different research clusters in the IMCS: ocean modeling, ocean chemistry, satellite oceanography, and fish and shellfish biology. Together, the instruments and techniques he has developed have provided fresh insights into the ecology of small marine organisms on scales from micrometers to meters and time spans from microseconds to hours. In addition to his unique and world-leading research on application of optical techniques to fisheries oceanography, we expect Kils .... His work on aquaculture is well-known, and he has advised commercial aquaculture ventures in Germany, Japan, Netherlands and Norway. … He attends workshops and is sought after for advice by the Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics Initiative (GLOBEC), which is part of the U.S. Global Change Research Program and is an established international research initiative in oceanography. … In Germany, his scholarship has been recognized by an exceptional series of prestigious awards. … He received the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize … for one of the best publications of a junior scientist (regardless of field) in West Germany 1979. Subsequently, he received the Bioscience Award of the Volkswagen Foundation, which is given to 30 candidates out of 1000 from all bioscience fields, ... Most recently he was the recipient of the prestigious Heisenberg Fellowship, which is a national award given to about 30 German scientists each year from all of the national and social sciences (this has sometimes been compared with the U.S. MacArthur Award). This award provides an independent salary and freedom from the university administration responsibilities for a five year period. Another measure of Dr. Kils’ contributions is reflected in the international invitations by his peers to present seminars at a variety of institutions including those in Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the U.S., and in other countries, including Germany, Finland, Norway, France, Canada, United Kingdom and Japan. His publication record is very good (20 articles published in such journals as Bulletin of Marine Science and Marine Biology Progress Series and one book). His work is cited in recent textbooks on fish biology such as the second edition of T.J. Pitcher’s Behaviour of Teleost fish (Chapman and Hall, 1993). Dr. Kils is perhaps best known for his work on Antarctic krill, which was the subject of his dissertation and is the basis for many of his earliest papers. Because of its value, his dissertation (“The swimming behavior, swimming performance and energy balance of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba”) was translated into English as a monograph in the BIOMASS Scientific Series. Of particular value are the publications describing the microscale tools for in situ studies of predator-prey interactions and their application to studies of tintinnids and copepod aggregations and resultant predation on them by juvenile herring. His in situ research has significantly advanced our understanding of predator-prey interactions and behavioral physiology of schooling, and the effects of hypoxia, because we now have the tools to investigate these processes with high-resolution imagery at temporal and spatial scales that were not previously possible.

Outside reviewers concur in the department’s assessment of Dr. Kils’ scholarship and comment on his innovative approach and the results he has achieved. They acknowledge that he is one of the rising stars in the field … Teaching: By all accounts, Dr. Kils’ teaching is frequent, innovative and much appreciated by the students. Much of his teaching has been at his own instigation, and at an early age in his career by German standards. He has included Anatomy and Functional Morphology, Aquaculture Technologies, and graduate courses in the areas of Aquaculture, Fisheries Biology, Behavioral Physiology, and Research Techniques. All of these courses, with on exception, were solely developed by him. These classroom and field teaching experiences used state-of-the-art techniques including the extensive application of interactive software programs for analysis of video images and other types of data and are part of a consistent multi-media approach. … In all instances and at all levels, he is an inspiring teacher. This is clear from letters and evaluations and it is the opinion of all the IMCS faculty. … Service: At the university level, Dr. Kils has contributed in numerous ways. He has served by providing important advice on the construction of new laboratories and two new research vessels for the Institut für Meereskunde, one of the largest oceanography and fisheries research institutions in Europe. Beyond the university level, he has provided important scientific advice to government ministries and industries such as the Kiel Port Authority … The innovative techniques he has developed for research and teaching extend to public education with adaptations of real-rime in situ video imagery for public lectures and displays at public aquaria and other venues of public education. His video production experience includes documentaries on pollution, Antarctic ecology and herring biology in the North Sea, which have been frequently aired on German television and elsewhere in Europa. …

This faculty testimony was signed by Prof. Dr. Kenneth Able, Prof. Dr. Joan Ehrenfeld, Prof. Dr. Frederick Grassle, Prof. Dr. Judith Grassle, Prof. Dr. Dale Haidvogel, Prof. Dr. James Miller, Prof. Dr. Karl Nordstrom, Prof. Dr. Norbert Psuty, Prof. Dr. Clare Reimers, Prof. Dr. Gary Tagon - vote 10/0

This faculty report was based on eight international letters of recommendation: Prof. Dr. Sayed el Sayed (USA), Prof. Dr. Rudi Strickler (Shaw distinguished Professor, USA), Prof. Dr. Gunnar Sundness (Norway), Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. habil. Gotthilf Hempel (Germany), Prof. Dr. habil. Wassermann (Germany), Prof. Dr. habil. Fritz Thurow (Germany)

Uwe Kils 15:59, 6 January 2010 (UTC)


 * You know, you should really read WP:V and WP:RS first. In fact, since you have been a WP user for quite a while, I would have expected you to be aqcuainted with these fundamental policies already. Sources used for verification of facts included in WP articles must be publicly published by reliable sources (such as books, articles in newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals, etc). Any kind of private correspondence sent to you by somebody or sent by you to anyone in WMF by definition does not qualify for WP:V purposes. Nsk92 (talk) 17:46, 6 January 2010 (UTC)


 * my work and videos have been in newspapers and TV productions all around the world over 200 times, my name in books etc. over 400 times. I was faculty of Kiel University and RUTGERS. This http://web.archive.org/web/20010803121250/krill.rutgers.edu/uwe/ is an official .edu site, nobody outside can fake a .edu page. I have thrown all my diplomas and prizes away long time ago. List me as "remarkable ocean photographer" - there are thousands of my videos and photographs on the internet, one big Antarctic Krill microphotograph was big in SCIENCE MAGAZINE http://ecoscope.com/science/index.htm, it was also on the WP front-page in Danmark, dive into http://www.ecoscope.com - teacher and see in how many school-books and magazines my photographs and the "virtual microscope" http://www.ecoscope.com/cybermic is used worldwide. user:cert even cut out my Doctor Title in Marine Biology (even though I copied you the original - summa cum laude - opus eximium) and my Habilitation in Fisheries Biology, and my EB-1 USA Visa HHEISENBERG honorary Guest work for RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - all is in the catalogs. My Antarctic Krill Article was on the frontpage in en, Germany and Danmark, all photographs are from me. When you searched 4 years ago for my name there were over 22 000 sites. I gave most into the hands of my sons and others Uwe Kils 14:13, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Like I said, you should really read carefully WP:V (particularly, WP:SELFPUB) and WP:RS. If something comes from your own webpage (even if it is at an .edu or .gov address), it cannot generally be used. WP:SELFPUB provides some limited exceptions to this rule, but they obviously do not apply to you, in view of WP:COI, WP:AUTO and the fact that there is a considerable history of self-promotion on your part in relation to the Uwe Kils article. So if you want something like the information about your EB-1 visa included in the article, the source would have to be either a page from the official USCIS website explicitly mentioning you getting an EB-1 visa or from some official page at Rutgers, other than your own page there. Even then you would still need to obtain consensus here, at the article's talk page, for inclusion of that kind of information in the article. Similarly, for awards, you would have to either find a published secondary reference (e.g. a bulletin or newsletter of some scientific society, a local newspaper, etc) mentioning the fact that you received that award, or find a webpage of the organization that granted the award which mentions you as a recipient of the award. But copies of any documents that are sent to you individually and are then posted by you at your own webpage do not satisfy the WP:V requirements.  Nsk92 (talk) 17:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

mailing address Heisenberg Fellowship Professor Kils
Thank you, Epipelagic. We need a papermail address - this is like an examination in school Uwe Kils 14:13, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

here is the original Press Notice of the HEISENBERG FELLOWSHIP Kils
http://web.archive.org/web/20020128203143/ecoscope.com/heisenbe.htm you can contact the Media Office if you want a signed copy from the University

there you can also see, that I was faculty at the CHRISTIAN ALBRECHTS UNIVERSITÄT in Kiel, do have a Dr. title and a habilitation in Marine Biology Uwe Kils 14:28, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

here is the original of a Dr. Urkunde Kils
http://www.uwekils.com/kils15.jpg - I asked Kiel administration to send prove of venia legendi and VOLKSWAGEN PRIZE Uwe Kils 14:51, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

here are the highlights 2001 of RUTGERS INSTITUTE OF MARINE AND COASTAL SCIENCES 2001
Uwe Kils has contributed another "best photo" to FishBase of a flatfish juvenile (windowpane flounder) Uwe Kils has contributed another "best photo" to FishBase of a flatfish juvenile http://fishbase.org.cn/Photos/PicturesSummary.php?StartRow=4&personnel=350&what=collab_pic&TotRec=6&SortBy=genus (http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/BestPhotoThumbnails.cfm), and an image of a filter-feeding school of Atlantic herring to the "clupea.net" http://marine.rutgers.edu/news/05-14-2001.html Uwe Kils 14:38, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

http://www.clupea.net/contact/index.html
Uwe Kils	Prof. Dr. habil. rer. nat., fisheries biologist since 1977, worked at the Institute for Marine Research, Kiel University on behavior and energy flow of Baltic Herring schools at the level of the individuum. 1992 chairman of the GLOBEC technology WG for New Optical in situ Systems. Since 1994 Professor at the Rutgers University, New Jersey, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences; working goal: in situ quantitative films of particulate- and filter-feeding herring schools for carbon-flow quantifications (see herring.rutgers.edu). Baltic herring, in situ imaging and behavior, carbon flow.

There you can see that I am Fisheries Biologist since 1977, professor at RU since 1994, chairman of GLOBEC since 1992 Uwe Kils 14:38, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

clupea.net
All images and text are from me: http://www.clupea.net/contact/index.html then click biology Uwe Kils 14:38, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

recolonizing Flensburg Fjord Germany with Atlantic Herring
http://www.flensburg-online.de/az/az-k1.html

Here you can see a media report. Our work was in FLENSBURG TAGEBLATT and TV many times. Also KINDER UNIVERSITY where we lectured new media to children and handicapped Uwe Kils 14:38, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Here you can see that I am with RUTGERS

http://web.archive.org/web/20010106074800/www.ecoscope.com/rutgers2.htm Uwe Kils 15:10, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks to be an archived version of a Rutgers alumni newsletter from 2001; that's 9 years ago. It shows that you were employed at Rutgers in 2001, not that you are with Rutgers now. If you can produce a current link to some Departmental Rutgers page listing you as a current faculty member, then a sentence about your current affiliation with Rutgers could be added to the article. But an archived link from 2001 is not good enough for that purpose. Nsk92 (talk) 15:35, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Let us try to avoid poor sources and dubious sources and primary sources on this controversial WP:BLP article, thanks. -- Cirt (talk) 17:53, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

COI?
This reads like a vanity page. 110.32.232.94 (talk) 22:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC)