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New Account
Hi there,

Thank you for your message of 15 Jan suggesting I open a Wikipedia account.

Somewhat belatedly, I`ve just done so, using the name Nickhoonaloon.

Thanks for getting in touch.

Nick O 26 Jan 2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added byNickhoonaloon (talk • contribs) 12:03, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation page moves
Please stop moving disambiguation pages from "X" to "X (disambiguation)". Unless there is a primary topic, the correct location for the disambiguation page is at the base name. older ≠ wiser 16:31, 26 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I was attempting consistent naming of articles at Category:Environmental agency disambiguation pages, but apparently I did not understand this nuance of the naming of disambiguation pages. Thanks for letting me know. Regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 12:20, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * P.S. For a related discussion with another editor from WikiProject Disambiguation, please see: Talk:List of environmental ministries. Thanks, DA Sonnenfeld(talk) 15:22, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Right. In that case, the base names became redirects to a more general list article which became in effect the primary topic for those terms. It is never correct to have the disambiguation page at Foo_X (disambiguation) and a redirect to that disambiguation page at Foo_X. older ≠ wiser 15:44, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I second Bkonrad on this. The only time when it is appropriate to move an existing "Foo" page to the "Foo (disambiguation)" title is when the "Foo" page is going to be either an article on the primary topic for the term, or a redirect to such a primary topic. This will, unfortunately, lead to some inconsistency, for a page like George Bush, which has no primary topic and is a disambiguation page, unlike George Washington, for which disambiguation is performed at George Washington (disambiguation). However, it is the system the community has agreed to, and it is working for us now. Cheers! bd2412  T 03:06, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Environmental science/studies journals
Hi, what is the difference between "environmental science journals" and "environmental studies journals"? Perhaps an explanatory note on the category pages would be helpful, I'm certainly not the only one having difficulty seeing the difference... Thanks! --Randykitty (talk) 14:08, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Randykitty, Excellent question & suggestion. This gets to the heart of the nuanced distinction between environmental science and environmental studies, as two, still-evolving, closely-related but distinct, interdisciplinary fields of study. I've made a first effort at adding descriptions to the journal categories for both; hope that helps; additional refinements welcome! Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 14:27, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks, Meclee! Much appreciated. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 15:46, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Trade globalization
Perhaps you'd like to review this recent article of mine for B-class? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 15:38, 10 February 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅. Nice beginning article! Incorporated various minor copyedits & made suggestions for further development, on the talk page. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 10:50, 11 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the review! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:37, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

A Barnstar For You

 * ... and thanks to you for getting it started! It is coming along, ample room for further development as Wikipedia's coverage of forestry topics itself is improved over time. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 14:19, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Starting it was peanuts. You really made it useful. I think a ton of visitors find it valuable every day. The nicest thing was the surprise of seeing someone improve a navbox start. Usually they just sit there with nobody working on them.Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:53, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I hope so! Thanks again & Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 01:41, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

International Journal of Forest, Soil and Erosion
Hi, I just wanted to make a few remarks about your recent edits to the article on this journal. Normally, I routinely remove any references to IC, GS, and DOAJ. I will not do this now for the duration of the AfD, but just wanted to explain the reasons behind this. Importantly, none of these services is selective in the least. GS and DOAJ include any and almost any journal, respectively. Being included in them is just as informative as saying that something "is indexed by Google". Not being included would be more noteworthy... IC is based on information provided by journals themselves. They index many journals not indexed anywhere else and, curiously, don't index many journals indexed in all major services. The latter probably is because the publishers of, say, Nature and Science (and also Elsevier, Springer, etc) don't bother making the effort to get their publications indexed by IC. IC also ranks journals using ratherweird criteria (such as whether or not the abstracts are structured...). In short, in the unlikely case that the article on this journal is going to be kept, I strongly feel that these links should be deleted. --Randykitty (talk) 11:38, 19 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Randykitty, Thanks for your helpful, informative & interesting comment. Makes sense... I appreciate you taking the time to share your thinking on this. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 11:45, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * P.S. In an odd and perhaps round-about way, these sources help demonstrate to me the current non-notability of this journal. Regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 13:52, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Journal infoboxes
Hi David, a few tiny remarks about journal infoboxes (thanks for adding them!): The infobox takes care of italicizing the article title, so can be removed if an infobox is added. The field "peer-reviewed" should be left blank, except for the unlikely case that a journal is not peer-reviewed. I think we have 1 case like that, because generally we don't consider a journal that is not peer-reviewed to be a magazine, not an academic orscientific journal. Also, if a journal is in English, simply remove the "language" field, as the default is English (saves a few keystrokes... :-) Keep up the good work! --Randykitty (talk) 11:21, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, cool. Thanks! Likewise... Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 11:23, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Journal of Legal Pluralism
Hi, I removed some of the categories that you added to this journal. Their homepage stresses that they cover "anywhere in the world". Even if they still did only cover African law, then I don't think that would fall under "African studies" (journals on US law are not "American studies" either). Some of the other cats seem to pertain to occasional articles on a particular subject, but I don't think that justifies putting an article in such a category. We don't categorize biology journals that publish on plans and animals as "Botany journals" and "Zoology journals" either. I think that in categorizing publications, we should go to a large extent with their stated scope, not our own idiosyncratic interpretations. Hope this explains and that you agree. --Randykitty (talk) 16:52, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi RK, Thanks for your note. JLP may be in transition to being published by Routledge. See theirRoutledge site. Routledge categorizes the journal as follows: "Anthropology - Soc Sci; Law; Social & Cultural Anthropology; Social Sciences; Socio-Legal Studies". It really is as much if not more a social science than a law journal. It's a fascinating, well established publication. Thanks,DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 16:59, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
 * P.S. Hein, which distributes back issues, categorizes the journal as follows: "Subjects: LEGAL PROFESSION, FOREIGN LAW, AFRICAN LAW".
 * Interesting. I did not know they were transitioning to Routledge. I have re-added the "anthropology journals" cat. I do note that the Routledge page is as unclear about the correct journal title as the one at the University of Birmingham. Both sites speak about the "Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law", but the cover (as far as I can see, it's very small) only gives the first part of the title on the Routledge site and the University site says "cite as Journal of Legal Pluralism". Confusing... --Randykitty (talk) 17:23, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! For the record, a few more subject classifications for JLP, from OCLC: Customary law -- Periodicals. Ethnological jurisprudence -- Periodicals. Legal polycentricity -- Periodicals. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 18:12, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

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re: WP:Globalization
Yes, I think I will join, as a number of my sociology articles are tied to that phenomenon. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Great, welcome aboard! Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 09:03, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

changes to OGEL
hello - I noted you made some changes to Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence. I wonder why? OGEL is a a peer reviewed journal see no 7 http://www.ogel.org/help-authors.asp and we are a legal journal - what kind of info do you need to revert the changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added byMariswp (talk • contribs) 12:51, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your question. I've elaborated the article briefly, describing the type of content it includes, based on the publication's website. And added a query to other editors on the article's talk page regarding categorization. If you have comments or suggestions on how best to further develop the article, please discuss on the article's talk page. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 13:33, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

North Korea in Globalization Index
Sorry for the unconventional style of expressing my opinion but I think a section should be added for this country.Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by117.200.148.174 (talk) 16:09, 2 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your note. My suggestion would be to elaborate your suggestion on the article's talk page. What do you think that such a section should include? Regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 16:18, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Forest Farming
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April 2013 (Non-timber forest products)
Thank you very much. The changes should not have been deleted. I removed a redundant list of Non Timber Forest Products and clarified the definition to include nuts and fruits. I am a new user and did not know how to write edit summary. Also, why would anyone want to collect moss? I assumed that it was not something anyone would need to collect. Sorry about that change, and I will remember to be more careful when making changes next time. — Precedingunsigned comment added by Superhomosapien (talk • contribs) 21:54, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Pesticide regulation in the United States
Thanks for running Reflinks over the Pesticide regulation in the United States article. I had tried but toolserver was down. Cheers. -- Alan Liefting (talk -contribs) 23:52, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, Alan. You're welcome. Yes, I noticed that, too. It wasn't down too long, though. Happy editing! Best wishes,DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 01:40, 13 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Am running Dabsolver now and toolserver is being flaky. -- Alan Liefting(talk - contribs) 02:01, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

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Could you please exlpain what is the problem with references att the Talk:Landscape architecture? There is no indication what is wanted. Hafspajen (talk) 13:27, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Hafspajen, Thanks for your message and comment. I've replied at Talk:Landscape architecture, as requested. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 21:34, 11 May 2013 (UTC)