User talk:BWDuncan

- СПУТНИК ССС  Р 13:46, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Bruce, about the Goiânia event. I am reverting the source/rod change with a slight change to improve the text. If you read the IAEA report you will find that the source is nothing like a rod in shape. The source is way too squat to be a rod.Cadmium

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Hello,

I've only had one dealing with OrphanBot, but it wasn't pleasant, I'm sorry to say. I fully agree with the need for this bot and the principle seems to be viable. However, I have few comments:
 * Even though I forgot to select the license from the drop-down box, I wrote "Taken by me" and "GFDL" in the description. I realise that natural language processing is not infallible, but it would be nice to have something along these lines. Text processing is what Perl is famous for, after all!
 * Can you improve the session handling? Apparently, immediately after I added the GFDL tag, the bot edited the photo and replaced the page with the previous revision which now contained it's helpful notice. Upon checking the page again, I found the GFDL tag had gone. Presumably the bot doesn't understand edit conflicts or something?
 * Is the source for the bot available? I would be interested in reviewing and possibly adding to the code.

Thanks for reading --BWDuncan 17:28, 23 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the suggestions. Taking them point by point:
 * OrphanBot is probably never going to be applying license tags to images for the simple reason that, while text processing is one of Perl's strong points, image recognition and artificial intelligence aren't. I don't see any reasonable way for the bot to tell a photograph like yours from an image where the uploader labeled it as "self-created" because they scanned it from a magazine themselves, and "GFDL" because Wikipedia is licensed under the GFDL.  It's a fairly common situation, and I feel it's better to have the image untagged and waiting for human review than to have an incorrect GFDL-self tag on it.
 * The bot uses the same edit-conflict mechanism as every other editor does. The edit history for the image shows that you uploaded it, OrphanBot tagged it, then you added a GFDL tag.  If an edit vanished, it means the Wikipedia software messed up.
 * I keep meaning to make the source available, but it's never been in a stable enough state to do so. Right now I'm testing a major change in how the bot accesses Wikipedia; once that's finished, I'll probably be posting the code.
 * Thanks for the suggestions
 * --Carnildo 06:20, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Glider
Thank you for your contribution to the talk page on Glider. As a physicist you should know that force and energy are different. No-one should dispute that the kinetic energy of a glider comes from converting the potential energy from raising its mass against gravity. The force that makes it go forward, as opposed to vertically downwards, comes from the wings. If you agree, please retract your contribution to stop adding to the confusion on this page. JMcC 15:55, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland
I'm just dropping you a quick note about a new Wikipedian in Residence job that's opened up at the National Library of Scotland. There're more details at the WP Scotland noticeboard. Richard Symonds (WMUK) (talk) 16:00, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon
Hey there! As a Wikipedian in Scotland I thought you might be interested in the Scottish Fairground Culture editathon taking place on 7 May at the Riverside Museum - drop me a line if you'd like to know more! Lirazelf (talk) 14:41, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, linkfail! Here's the correct one... Scottish Fairground Culture Editathon Lirazelf (talk) 10:20, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for this. As you say there are already articles for mnemonics used in other countries (i.e. the US) so my intention is to fill that gap. However, the UK has recently changed from CBSIFTCBE to CBSIFTBEC, as noted in the article, so despite the instructors manual being publicly available, it hasn't been updated to reflect this change yet! Once the next revision is published I'll update this page. BWDuncan (talk) 13:03, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

PA25 propellers
Hi Bruce Did you ever get an answer about the PA25 props? My gliding club in Australia has 3 PA25s with 2-bladed props. We tried a 4-blade to reduce noise, but the loss of power was unacceptable given the relative shortness of our runways (700m). Speculation: England: small area, high population, strong focus on preservation of rural idyll and hence quietness. USA: large area, lower population density, hence less concern about noise. Glider5mike (talk) 04:24, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi , I did not, but I would tend to agree with your speculation. I've asked on uras, hopefully someone has the answer. 700m is pretty short even for 235hp! BWDuncan (talk) 12:38, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

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