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Happy editing! I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 00:46, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

September 2022
Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit(s) you made to Temperature, did not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 15:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I fail to see a single edit in what that fits your description "nonconstructive edits".  This phrase is usually used as a euphemism for borderline or actual vandalism: it says plainly "Your edits are unwelcome on Wikipedia". I will have to assume that you were a bit overhasty, since this seems unwarranted.  Nevertheless, I'll be disinclined to edit for a while.
 * Since your talk page is edit protected, I have no choice but to ping you here. Thank you for at least the courtesy of leaving the notification above.  172.82.47.242 (talk) 15:38, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello. Thanks for pinging me here. Usually the term "nonconstructive edits" is used for when the edit isn't constructive but not pure vandalism. I reverted you because you added "Molar" to some things which seems rather strange and non-constructive. If that was incorrect please let me know. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:03, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay, that makes sense – your take on it looks like an obvious perspective in retrospect, now that you have explained. Were someone to insert "molar" gratuitously, it would indeed qualify as vandalism (at least in my opinion).  In a technical context, "molar" can be a modifier adjective meaning "divided by the amount of substance (or number of moles)", as in "molar mass".  You will see that in the article Gas constant, equivalent terms molar gas constant and ideal gas constant are given (with molar Boltzmann constant not given, though it occurs in the literature).  Using multiple terms for the same thing as was the case in the text that I edited can be confusing, so I unified them, and chose to use the least ambiguous term "molar gas constant" as being "the most encyclopaedic" (even though many editors prefer to use the most commonly used term).  172.82.47.242 (talk) 00:28, 25 September 2022 (UTC)