User talk:DMacks/Archive 16

Cypenamine incident
Thank you for stepping up. Plasmic Physics (talk) 05:47, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

In my defence - Actually It is DragonflySixtyseven and Plasma Physics Who insist on blindly tormenting that, obviously deceased, poor Equine.

BTW I have now started an account username - OneMadScientist - Just to let someone around here, with apparent actual understanding of these subjects, know.--122.111.241.118 (talk) 08:23, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Always glad to have new editors interested in chemistry! Welcome aboard (I see someone else already left you a formal welcome msg). DMacks (talk) 13:49, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

You've warned 122.111.241.118 (now called OneMadScientist) about WP:CIVIL, now could you please do what comes next? He is still comitting personal attacks, with no regret. For reference see. At first he apologises, and then he reverses his position again. If you read the conversation on the Chemistry Project, you'll see that I'm innocent in this - at no point do I remark about his intelligence, or any other characteristic as he insists. Plasmic Physics (talk) 22:04, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Just a minute, I'm going to wait and see whether his latest appology bears any weight. Plasmic Physics (talk) 09:55, 11 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Alright. I somehow missed your message from two days ago here (sorry!), but was already taking a watch-and-wait approach. Hopefully he would either calm down as others stopped responding as much (problem solved!); or he would continue to beat this dead horse and spiral out of control on his own. Looks like the former for now. DMacks (talk) 13:12, 11 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Sadly, it seems his appology had the srength of a rope of sand. He is type-yelling and raising accusations against me. Plasmic Physics (talk) 09:31, 12 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Final warning issued:( I like the "strength of a rope of sand" analogy though! DMacks (talk) 12:13, 12 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. He really tipped the scale with his most recent post on my talk under 'Dimethylglycine'. Plasmic Physics (talk) 12:19, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah. If I had seen that last one beforehand, I would have blocked him outright. DMacks (talk) 12:21, 12 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Also, note his misuse of a final warning: . Plasmic Physics (talk) 22:16, 12 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I am talking about your behavior, OneMadScientist,...we are all responsible for what we ourselves do, even if we feel provoked by others. It's a great test of one's strength to recognize when to help raise the level of discussion rather than inflaming tense situations. Your edits were explicitly written to insult a person rather than as constructive criticism of specific actions, and you even said you were trying to undo your previous steps towards repairing the destructive atmosphere here. That's all forbidden. Period. No "but he said..." or "I'm just proving I was right all along". What are your personal intents for being a Wikipedia editor? If it's to improve Wikipedia articles, then go do so now and stop wasting everyone's time with discussions about your previous battles. If it is anything else, including trying to school others in morality or your sense of religious obligation, no...this website it not for you. DMacks (talk) 13:46, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I was offline dealing with my real life. You yourself have noted that your real-life situation affects how you act here, so why would you not expect and accept that for others as well?

If you would like to discuss with me any concerns you have with the accuracy, logic or usefulness of any of the ideas expressed in any of the science related comments I have made I would be more than happy to oblige.--OneMadScientist (talk) 16:17, 12 May 2013 (UTC)--OneMadScientist (talk) 16:17, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

"And the disciples came, and said unto him Jesus Christ, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? And he said, it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not (it is in riddles!!)"

NOTE - I consider my self a disciple.

So Now Using A "different tone" I offer you this in good will.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRQC8xAobdc

I hope you listen carefully and understand the notes? --OneMadScientist (talk) 08:36, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * If you're going to talk to me, please do it on my talk page - I'm not interestd in wasting DMacks' talk page with a discussion that he is not participating in. Plasmic Physics (talk) 09:23, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Lesson 1 - some simple teachings -

- The Fear Of the lord God is the Beginning of Wisdom.

- Give to him who asks you, and do not turn away from him who would borrow from you.

- And if any man sues you for your shirt, let him have your coat also.

- And whoever asks you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

- For if you love those only who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors [or pagans] do the same?

- And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do than others? Do not even the tax collectors [or pagans] do the same? --OneMadScientist (talk) 11:35, 13 May 2013 (UTC) Lesson 2 - The Construction of your 'House'

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock".

"But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." --OneMadScientist (talk) 13:56, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Having failed to manage to persuade you to use your energy here and our resources towards improving our encyclopedia articles, I have no further desire or intent to discuss anything else with you, and you are no longer welcome to continue discussing with me here. DMacks (talk) 19:49, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Hii
can u tell me what is in appropriate in it Vgnome (talk) 16:49, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Violates wikipedia copyright policy. Essentially the only images you are allowed to upload and use for articles about people are images you yourself took with your own camera. DMacks (talk) 16:54, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Silicon carbide
Thanks for revert - I miss more and more of such covered-up changes recently due to overload (sort of trusting fellow editors). Green color of pure SiC is nonsense. Materialscientist (talk) 04:32, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! Feel free to make some sort of "vandalism grinding you down" joke yourself about this particular one...I'm kinda busy at the moment:) DMacks (talk) 04:34, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!
Faizan  -  Let's talk!   06:00, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Centralia editing
Hello DMacks, I'm Leoesb1032. I made the slight edits to the Centralia, Pennsylvania article. My edits did not contain false information. All they were, were different ways of "putting it." If you would please keep them on the page I would very much appreciate it. You can send me any responces on my Talk page.Leoesb1032 (talk) 19:06, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

I saw that you put Love Canal back on Centralia'a see also section. I was the unsigned in user who changed it. Love Canal is not related to coal fires so I don't think it should be there. I don't believe that that was "disruptive editing," I just took off one bullet of See also. Leave a response on my Talk page please. Leoesb1032 (talk) 19:06, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

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Love Canal
I saw that you put Love Canal back on Centralia'a see also section. I was the unsigned in user who changed it. Love Canal is not related to coal fires so I don't think it should be there. I don't believe that that was "disruptive editing," I just took off one bullet of See also. Leave a response on my Talk page please.Leoesb1032 (talk) 19:16, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Eruca sativa
Hi, I have removed your entry on the talk page of Eruca sativa, which appears to be about politics and has nothing to do with the plant. Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:17, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Those aren't my comments. And the talk-page is a perfect place to propose and discuss the inclusion or removal of content from the article--those comments do seem to discuss content of the article (that is under actual dispute, and I have no position on it). You are welcome to contribute to the discussion yourself, if even only to say "yes, this is all off-topic and I support its removal from the article". Please also leave a note for the editor whose comments you are removing. DMacks (talk) 19:33, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I also reverted the text that was being removed. I then left a note for Alvesgaspar in an edit summary. Flyer22 (talk) 19:43, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to take a short survey about communication and efficiency of WikiProjects for my research
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Adobe SpeedGrade
I understand this article had issues wit ha banned user filling it with copyrighted information. As this is a legitimate software product that should meet WP notability rules, is it possible to create a new article for it (or at least make the red link a redirect to Adobe Creative Suite)? The namespace is currently non-editible. --FuriousFreddy (talk) 06:32, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Could you write a stub for it in a sandbox, then I can move it over and unprotect? I'd feel better having "something" there to monitor rather than a redlink if it's going to be unsalted. DMacks (talk) 08:41, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Maquif Prouctions
I looked up Maquif Productions and saw their write up had recently been deleted. Why?84.228.55.95 (talk) 22:39, 1 June 2013 (UTC) --84.228.55.95 (talk) 22:39, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * As the deletion message says, "(A7: No explanation of significance (real person/animal/organization/web content/organized event)". DMacks (talk) 08:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Terra Septemtrionalis Incognita
This would be a legit page, since terra australis, the antarctic continent on old european maps is here, the european maps also had an arctic continent known as terrra septemtrionalis incognita, so I think it would be legit to bring it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YAGN LONG (talk • contribs) 19:52, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
 * That might be legitimate (provided it has citations to enable others to see an example of that map, per WP:V policy), but the page that was tagged and I deleted was substantially about mythology. Make sure you write facts supported by references, even if the facts are just "how people centuries ago understood the earth to be" rather than pure conjecture. DMacks (talk) 23:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

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Russell Lloyd Jr
I'm curious why you deleted this page. Was there not enough info on this person as it seems? Or was there another reason? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.213.231.158 (talk) 16:12, 3 June 2013 (UTC) --Brianepeck (talk) 16:17, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * At the time, the article did not have enough information to know who the subject was. An editor seemed interested in working on it to get it to a viable form, so I moved it to his own workspace ("userfied") at User:Kmweber/Russell G. Lloyd, Jr.. Later it was discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Kmweber/Russell G. Lloyd, Jr., leading to it being moved to another user's own workspace for improvement at User:Dru of Id/Russell G. Lloyd, Jr.. But still no work has been done on it. You might want to talk to that user and collaborate or offer to take it over yourself. DMacks (talk) 16:28, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting the block
Thanks for reverting the block. I was on anti-vandalism patrol and was shocked by the message. I assumed that somehow there had been a mixup between me and someone whom I had been warning. I have never been blocked. Will this show up as a block on my record and, if so, can that be removed? Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 02:41, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
 * It is in your block record, along with the one-minute-later unblock with my note "crap, wrong button.sorry!". There is a way to hide blocklog entries, but I was advised by several other admins that this would not be a legit case for using that mechanism. The block/unblock cycle would still be there, just with less detail, whereas now it's very clear that you did not do anything wrong and that the block was a mistake). DMacks (talk) 02:52, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. This talk page item now also shows the mistake. Donner60 (talk) 03:02, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

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unblock
Hope you're enjoying your wiki-holiday. When you get a chance, could you take a look at this unblock request and let me know what you think? Danger High voltage! 18:24, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Much refreshed thanks! Done. DMacks (talk) 08:34, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Hello Dmacks. Thanks for giving me another chance on wiki and Im really sorry for messing things up before. I have made some alterations to the page but have done a test run on Yellers user page that he made for me. User:Mrrooftop/The_Moons Is it ok to put this on the actual page now. I wont need to go back on there after this is sorted and if I do I will make sure everything is ok with you first. thanks --Mrrooftop (talk) 21:24, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

I spoke to yeller and he is still willing to help me with this --Mrrooftop (talk) 10:06, 6 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Alright, I'll let OlYeller21 handle it then, no need to keep me in the loop. DMacks (talk) 10:10, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Erie Canal hatnote
Thanks, I missed that it was a red link. It has been fixed. Intentional links to a dab page should be redirects from a link like I added. This tells everyone cleaning up links to a dab page that they don't need to look at this link since it is intentionally pointed to the dab page. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:26, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

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account
i do not remember making any edits to the article cofee but if i did i apologize. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Worldwidesunshine (talk • contribs) 02:48, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Your account has a long-term pattern of disputed edits and bad-faith edit-summaries. I suggest you get control of your behavior before you get blocked. DMacks (talk) 11:46, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Newtowne
Hello, We are having a presentation night an i wanted to write up player profiles for a bit of fun - which took me ages and has now been deleted from the page. Is there a way this can be put back up? Many thanks — Martydoc (talk • contribs) 14:03, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Certainly not. This is an encyclopedia not a free webhost or chatsite. DMacks (talk) 14:07, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Queries
Hi, thanks for your reviews. Could you possibly tell me whether PS–PPh3 is correct, with the dash? It's at the bottom, here (another query is here: Me–CpG.

I almost always see the equals sign unspaced (N=O, RN=CHR). But what about R = Me, which is in Mitsunobu_reaction, and X = Cl, in Haloform reaction?

Tony  (talk)  11:02, 6 June 2013 (UTC)


 * You're welcome (and please don't think I'm stalking your edits or trying to be critical...typography/MOS and similar wikignoming is really a Good Thing and the science ones are obviously harder than simple prose!). I *think* PS-PPh3 is a hyphen (it's "polystyrene-bound triphenylphosphine", but molecularly it's not specifically a 1:1 binding, and the bond from the actually goes to one of the Ph not the P).
 * I checked some ACS journal articles, and I see Me-CpG with hyphen not endash (chemically the Me is bonded to the C not the "CpG" as a whole, and we're already not seeing the bonding among the C/p/G pieces, so I guess it's a linguistic/nomenclature shorthand not a molecular structure representation).
 * "N=O" and "RN=CHR" are double-bonds between the N and the O or C, so would not be spaced. But R=Me and X=Cl are defining the value of the "X" variable. Wikipedia style seems to space that, and ACS seems to do that as well. DMacks (talk) 11:44, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you indeed. So I'll have to hunt down a few of those PS-PPh3s that I dashed (about three, I think). The distinction between double bonds and value defining is hard for me as a non-chemist, so I might leave untouched. Tony   (talk)  10:03, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Sounds good! Let me know if you need more heuristics or have other oddball cases. DMacks (talk) 09:54, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Kermit Question
What exactly is wrong with the licensing on this picture? It has been reviewed as acceptable on Commons. VQuakr (talk) 07:51, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The license given by the uploader is acceptable, but the license does not seem to be correct for the actual image. Feel free to join us at Commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Kirmit_the_frog_(6549491809).jpg. DMacks (talk) 07:57, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I figured the reasoning was along those lines. Unfortunately my attendance of Intro to Puppet Copyright Law was spotty so I doubt I have much to add to the conversation. VQuakr (talk) 08:18, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
 * No worries. But I'm slightly saddened that this discussion had to go through 4 comments before we got to a "felt it was okay" pun about Kermit:) DMacks (talk) 09:13, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Scots Pine
Thanks for blocking that vandalizing IP, they were starting to really get on my nerves! PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 10:52, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! Thanks for the antivandalism work you do. DMacks (talk) 10:57, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

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Excuse me?
I found what you said to be very rude and i think it is very bogus. I issued an apoligy for my information on the article to be untrue and I took full responsibility for it. Your actions were classless in poor taste and unproffesional. I always believe that the facts i get to be true as they are from reliable sources. Your attitude towards me is unfair and i demand an apololigy or else i will have to report you to wikipedia. I put alot of time contributing to wikipedia and the fact that you could say that hurts me. You have made me decide to talk time off from wikipedia. I have a family that i take time off seeing them to make and revise articles. I will take time off wiki because of you. Wikipedia lost a big contributer because of you and I demand an apology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Worldwidesunshine (talk • contribs) 21:00, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't know. Looking through your history I see edits like this one. Granted, your edits to Rocky road (ice cream) weren't that bad but still I'm straining to see what positive edits you made. I'm not sure how much time you've taken off from your family to work on articles, but this couldn't have been that much of a sacrifice, and writing up The best time to wear a striped sweater wouldn't have taken more than a minute. I suggest you take DMacks' advice. Drmies (talk) 21:09, 10 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree with what you said and since you said it in a positive way i can respect you.~WORLDWIDESUNSHINE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Worldwidesunshine (talk • contribs) 21:23, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Sir, Please do not be discouraged, there are socio-pathological reasons for undermining done to rightous individuals through this account , Please keep this in mind. 108.17.79.180 (talk) 15:57, 18 June 2013‎ (UTC)

Thanks
Dear DMacks, thank you for your thoughtful corrections on the article Ahmadiyya - Jewish relations. Regards. --Drali1954 (talk) 02:31, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! Thank you too for your work on this topic. DMacks (talk) 03:03, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism Report-Intentional deletion of information in the page- Kerala.
Do not revert the content in the page Kerala. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malayalidh (talk • contribs) 06:22, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Indef'ed for using multiple accounts (==User:Malayalidhdhd) for WP:EW. DMacks (talk) 06:31, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Greenwashing undo
When you undid my edit, the period is now on the outside of the short cite. Isn't that wrong according to WP: Citing sources? Drdemartino (talk) 14:59, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah yes. We're both wrong. It goes before the the cite (but with no whitespace before the cite), but outside the quote ("punct inside quote" was what caught my eye). DMacks (talk) 16:33, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Good! I'm glad I have company; I'm usually all alone in my incorrectnessitude. Drdemartino (talk) 22:53, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Yevadu - Apherald ref.,
Hello sir. Your's provided links states that Apherald named article was deleted and User Hari krishna valiveti was blocked. But i don't understand one thing i.e., so many persons have the same name and surname like this user. May be this user and that Apherald editor are separate. Who knows that? Without knowing, that blocking done by some admin was totally unjustified. Also this website name is not in Spam page. I am not supporting this user but try to understand my point of view. So that i've reverted your edits at Yevadu and please share your opinion by sending a message to my talk page. Note : Please don't consider my edits as Vandalism and don't revert them until a consensus reaches in this discussion. Regards, Raghusri (talk) 11:49, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you so much sir for understanding the situation. Regards, Raghusri (talk) 11:56, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

we do not accept the the death of baba Jai Guru dev, it hurts the feeling of the millions followers of jai Gurudev
That is OK, but we followers of Jai Guru Dev, do not accept his death, you can do a survey, we are approx 100 million followers, and the majority of the followers do not accept the death of Jai guru dev, we have the evidences as well.

Thanks & Regards, Narendra — Preceding unsigned comment added by NarendraSinger (talk • contribs) 07:13, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:V requires published verifiable information, not just personal belief and public opinion. There are lots of things I find offensive and that collide with my beliefs too, but I just have to accept that not everyone shares my perspective on these things. DMacks (talk) 08:04, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Sandra Bullock
Your edit summary made me laugh. I'm used to landscape photography and sometimes (I admit) I suck at human skin tones. Can you tell me what you think of the new one up now? If you dislike, just revert. If I make any further changes, I'll just throw them in the talk page. Thanks! – Kerαu noςco pia ◁ gala xies 01:28, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks fine now. Glad I could bring a smile! I usually only do technical drawings, and don't know the first thing about doing photo retouching myself. Thanks for working on them. DMacks (talk) 08:02, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Talkback
- Math  nerd   101   18:05, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi
Hi DMacks, this user is adding non free image to various articles and also removing improvement tags without improving articles. Could you take a look? Tolly 4  bolly  12:19, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I had already tagged a few of those images myself:) I've watchlisted Shilpa Anand and will check back at her edits over the next few days on other articles as well. DMacks (talk) 08:00, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Pithcrystal
Hello! I recently tagged as a hoax a few pages created by Pithcrystal, and I saw that you deleted one of them. I was wondering what, if anything, can be done about his sandbox/subpages, where copies of these articles remain, as well as other hoaxes (Playtime with Selena Gomez?). Can these be speedy deleted, or must they go through MfD? Thanks for your help. --Logical Fuzz (talk) 19:15, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Speediable I think. Don't have time to deal with it myself for the next few hours though. DMacks (talk) 19:48, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

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New article
Matt Schaefer Better? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RedRaiderApache (talk • contribs) 07:27, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks like a great stub-article yes! DMacks (talk) 07:30, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Erection revert
It is concievable that a person who speaks English as a second language would type in "erection" in reference to building, therefore I put it back in. Asarelah (talk) 12:28, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Matt Schaefer
How does the page look now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RedRaiderApache (talk • contribs) 13:04, 22 June 2013‎ (UTC)
 * All good, except that there are a bunch of bright red error messages in the references...looks like you are missing a field in the cite items? DMacks (talk) 15:06, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

PDF programs
Apitron PDF Rasterizer, XEP, htm2pdf, DigiSigner.

These products are not popular. You to paid for it ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.110.114.203 (talk) 14:13, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I have no idea what you're talking about. If you have a concern about an edit of mine, say what it is. If you want to speculate about my motivations, that is strictly forbidden on wikipedia. You may also want to read the formal standard for notability for wikipedia topics, which has nothing to do with popularity DMacks (talk) 15:15, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see, you're talking about List of PDF software, and you edits that area against the explicit criteria for inclusion there. I undid them (again). If you think a product does not deserve a wikipedia article about it, WP:DELETION is the way to go. But as long as the page does exist, it is listable (the "List of" page is not a selection of notable or popular one's articles, but of all articles that we have). DMacks (talk) 15:19, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Dulla (organ):
Hi. You recently made edits to Dulla (organ). In the edit summary you indicated you had further references to this organ. Could I please ask you to add these to the article as I had trouble finding any. All the best. __DrChrissy (talk) 18:12, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I actually meant the references already listed/linked, not other/new ones. DMacks (talk) 19:14, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

David O. Dykes
My article has been tagged speedy delete, could you please take a look at it and it's talk page. -RedRaiderApache (talk) 11:52, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
 * i declined the speedy per the talk page comments. DMacks (talk) 15:45, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The guy that nominated it for speedy, nominated it for deletion, but not before removing references. He removed a link that I copied directly from Louie Gohmert article, that links to his official house biography and put citation needed. He also speedy deleted an image as copy vio, where the the author clearly gives up all legal right to the material in the pdf in the first paragraph. I don't think he's really reading the refs. Is this normal? -RedRaiderApache (talk) 16:44, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
 * it's common for spme people to blindly delete anything if it furthers their previous position on soemthing:( But we have to assume that's not the case. As to the use of the ref, sometimes others can't easily see the extact support for a given statement if a link points to a more general part of a website. There's also a possible concern about use of primary sources if secondary ones might suffice (see WP:RS for details. But the disclaimer really is not sufficient (only appears to cover some uses (not anyone and everyone for any purpose whatsoever) and only the text not the image. DMacks (talk) 20:40, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you.-RedRaiderApache (talk) 17:04, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

THC isomers
Thank you for help, I'm trying to understand stereoisomers, and I don't know everything yet :) Nikos 1993 (talk) 05:22, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
 * The topic can be very subtle! Let me know if you need help (for specific cases, or in general figuring out the subtleties of chemical structures). You might want to take a look at MOS:CHEM, where there are some formatting recommendations for diagrams. Using the same drawing style helps WP look more professional, and the specific recommendations themselves help make the images clearer. DMacks (talk) 05:28, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you DMacks I will come back to you if I have doubt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Basappa.br 3418 (talk • contribs) 20:08, 3 July 2013‎ (UTC)

Stereochemistry
The image you reverted back to was nicer than my original image but completely wrong. It is not up to date and implies that all cis/trans isomers are diastereomers. This is incorrect. Alkenyl cis/trans isomers are structural isomers which are better known as E/Z isomers since cis and trans only implies relative and not absolute stereochemistry. Cyclic cis/trans isomers can however be diastereomer/enantiomer pairs. Furthermore, conformers and rotamers are not technically diastereomers. Only locked conformational isomers are diastereomers. Additionally, the person used wedged lines to represent both going in AND out of the plane. This has never been convention and we should always use dashed lines for into the plane of drawing.

In other words: I would like that image to be deleted or revised. It is completely wrong and assumes way too many things without using proper information.

I've cleaned up the image I used so it should be ready to go now :) ★ Ffgamera ★ - My page! · Talk to me!· Contribs 00:45, 5 July 2013 (UTC)


 * You'll need some strong reliable sources to support your ideas about cis/trans isomerism. At the Talk:Isomer discussion you started, we now have sources from IUPAC, a college organic text, and a stereochemistry reference-book that all explicitly contradict you. DMacks (talk) 20:58, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

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Talkback
JetBlast (talk) 13:29, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

New Section at Optical rotation article - reverted
Hello DMacks, would you please examine some info that was recently added to the article Optical rotation by Another Stolen Vehicle but has now been reverted and the user has been blocked. A discussion was started on the talk page about this aspect of optical activity and if you feel it is relevant and correct could you please add this info back. Also the info is referenced but it was not linked directly to the text due to the existing strange referencing scheme of the article. Best regards --175.38.166.25 (talk) 07:30, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Spelling incorrections
I use Sp as a generic correction. It's simpler that way.

As to commas, I was taught - back in the dark ages :) - that a comma was not appropriate between the second and third in a list of three things.

EoGuy (talk)
 * I was taught that about writing lists also. Never quite made sense to me, but "it's what the teacher wants, so it's 'right' on those assignments" and that's what matters in school:) DMacks (talk) 20:12, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Block
Took me for ever to find the template location in Twinkle, by the time i found it and pressed submit you had blocked him. Thanks for that although imo it deserved longer. Blethering  Scot  18:07, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

User:Hammadi2100
I was going to punt this to you, but you haven't edited in the last 8 hours, and technically I'm not involved. I've blocked the user for 72 hours for the edits to his user page. I had warned him of this before the block you imposed, and as soon as his blocked expired, he put the offensive material back on his user page. If you disagree with my action, feel free to do whatever you think is appropriate.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:18, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

Serial Commas
A serial comma (also known as an Oxford comma or a Harvard comma) is a comma used immediately before a conjunction (and or or, sometimes nor) in a list of three or more items: the phrase ham, chips, and eggs includes a serial comma, while the variant ham, chips and eggs omits it. ---> Editors may use either convention on Wikipedia so long as each article is consistent within itself.<---

EoGuy (talk) 08:17, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Indeed. And WP:ENGVAR and other manual-of-style pages are very clear that you leave it alone unless it's broken. That is, given that either are acceptable, you are not allowed to change it to meet your personal preference. DMacks (talk) 02:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Ghulam Azam issue
Hi, you have notice me about edit warring at Ghulam Azam article. But I have done nothing wrong. Another contributor has deleted a huge sourced content from lead and add few info in same edit. I have notice him not to delete sourced content and add his new info. But don,t care and remove my warning message from his talk page. See my warning message. I think you will understand the situation and please revert his last edit. Thank you.-- FreemesM  (talk) 02:41, 15 July 2013 (UTC)


 * I wanna add another point, if you analyze the history of this article, you will see his intention in removing all contents about Ghulam Azam's war crime involvement. Previously me and another editor warn him on same issue .-- FreemesM  (talk) 02:51, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Solar sail article damaged
I hope you could help here--you protected this article previously. The entire article has been removed and replaced by junk at 2013-07-17T17:14:11. Last good content was at my revision 2013-07-17T16:17:22. The article needs to be recovered and protected, things I have never done before. Could you help me with this? SpaceSailor 22:49, 17 July 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerry Wright (talk • contribs)
 * I reverted the article to the previous content. I'll keep it watchlisted for a while to see what happens, and if I see (or someone else lets me know if I miss it while busy in real life:), I'll reprotect it. Thanks for working on an interesting topic! DMacks (talk) 01:25, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I reverted the article to the previous content. I'll keep it watchlisted for a while to see what happens, and if I see (or someone else lets me know if I miss it while busy in real life:), I'll reprotect it. Thanks for working on an interesting topic! DMacks (talk) 01:25, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Greensleeves
The colour green has never been associated with prostitutes, thus such a silly and wholly novel hypothesis is absurd misinformation and defamatory. It should be removed permanently from the article about the song Greensleeves. It is demeaning to the song, the English people and to Wikipedia. (Did the person who wrote such nonsense attempt to insert it into this article?) As everyone knows, Europeans assigned meaning to colours for centuries. For example, green has always indicated life and growth, obviously. This symbolic meaning is true for most societies across the globe. Green is also the tribal symbolic color of the Celtic peoples. Purple was noble and red was once the colour indicating prostitution in Rome. Specifically, in England, a striped hood was the sign of prostitution. Green was never indicative of prostitution in England. Please do not re-post the falsehood that green ever signified women of ill-repute again. If you would like to add citations to the obvious and "common knowledge" that green is a symbolic color of LIFE and the Celtic peoples of Britain, then that would be helpful. Stop vandalizing Greensleeves with the wholly novel invention that Greensleeves indicates prostitutes. I will report such vandalism to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScienceSense (talk • contribs) 05:07, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Feel free to report me if you feel that your edits are above WP:V and WP:RS and that the previous cited content fails them. What you describe as "novel" is cited (meets WP:V wikipedia policy), whereas we only have your WP:SYNTH (violates wikipedia policy) tracing the meaning of the color in general (and not even cited...it's your WP:BURDEN to prove it) to this song. DMacks (talk) 05:32, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll just deal with the first sentence "The colour green has never been associated with prostitutes". It is completely incorrect as the references supplied with the article before this edit pointed out only too clearly.  ScienceSense's edit is unreferenced and has nothing to do with the section he/she has posted it in.  Accordingly, I've reverted the edit. David T Tokyo (talk) 08:50, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the heads-up on referencing etiquette, I'll go back and review! Mountaincirque (talk) 10:08, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

Fractional distillation
I see you reverted my change in fractional distillation because you have never heard of a type of distillation where you need to cool the substance in question. Well, what if the boiling point is below temperatures you are comfortable with? See argon for a proper example of fractional distillation at a chilly temperature.--JeR (talk) 05:56, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've done it myself (both intentionally and accidentally) with oxygen. But I've never heard the process where one starts with a gas and cools it until it condenses distillation. Either one can simply cool a mixture of gases until one condenses (isn't that just condensation not distillation?) or cool the whole mixture until they all condense (a mixture of liquids) and then distill the liquid mixture (but then doesn't the distillation process itself begin with the mixed-liquid warming?). See Air separation for example. Regarding your edit-summary comment that distillation does not require heating, it requires some energy source to go from liquid to gas, although that could simply be stopping the cooling or reducing the insulation or pressurization around a cryogenic liquid. DMacks (talk) 13:53, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Ampholytes
Thanks for pointing out that water is an amphoteric compound and not a zwitterion. Water seems to be amphiprotic because it can either accept or donate a proton. Is this right: An amphoteric molecule acts as either an acid or a base and can form either a cation or an anion, while an ampholyte can exist as a zwitterion with both a cation and anion present in the molecule.Rachel Doolittle (talk) 04:03, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Your original edit was actually pretty good per the IUPAC descriptions of the words (I overstated the problem in my edit-summary) and the common types of molecules many readers might know (amino acids, etc.). They describe ampholytes as approximately the subset of amphoteric compounds that can exist as zwitterions. What's annoying (and the reason I didn't use the word "ampholyte" when I re-added the idea) is that lots of other publications (textbooks, even some scientific journal articles) are not completely consistent with how they use that word. Some seem to use "ampholyte" for anything amphoteric, even things that can only act as an acid or a base at any specific pH. Even more confusing (I just noticed this while looking up the defintions) IUPAC also suggests that an ampholyte could have its zwitterion in ways other than pH sensitivity. DMacks (talk) 04:45, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Sorry
For being all silly with my silly edits. --Sömò Karfi (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Not Spam
You have removed my links and accused them of being spam. They couldn't be further from spam, they were all written very carefully and purposely with Wikipedia in mind. There is no need to quote Wikipedia's guidelines regarding spam I already know them well. We are a professional authority site which produces excellent content on a range of topics and I would appreciate if you would reinstate each of the links you removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.87.77 (talk) 16:18, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I have no idea what pages or links you are talking about. This is the first edit you have made from this IP address, so I cannot even trace back your edit history to try to figure it out:( DMacks (talk) 17:16, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

What do we do with user:Nicolodeonicx?
I'm glad to note that you are an admin. Hopefully you have an idea on how to approach or deal with user Nicolodeonicx. You have commented on her talk page.

I have just spent 2 hr correcting her many errors. I'd guess that English is not her native tongue -- she states that she is a "proud Filipina". I believe that all her edits are good faith ones while very few of them are grammatically correct. (She mixes up singular/plural, verb tenses and repeatedly changes correct prepositions to wrong ones, etc.) (She also "corrects" Brit. spelling and grammar, and marks all her edits minor. Those are just policy matters she hasn't learned.)

If you look at her contributions, you'll see that she's working on articles in alphabetical order. She's not come very far in the alphabet, and I can't spend so much time on her every few days. Help?

--Hordaland (talk) 19:01, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I couldn't figure out the pattern of articles she is using. Thanks for helping to clean up the cleanup mess! Now that I've left a warning, I've watchlisted her talkpage to see if there's a response, and will also check back in a day or so if there are any new edits and go from there. DMacks (talk) 19:10, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Hordaland (talk) 21:01, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Detroit
Please justify your claim of edit warring, or remove that warning from my talk page. Rsloch (talk) 16:07, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * You have removed the Popper section six times in the past 4 days. I warned User:Lance Friedman simultaneously to you as you two seem to be the ones involved in the repeated add/remove cycles. I see there is discussion on the talk-page, which is a perfect chance to take a step back from the article while you're involved in the discussion and let it play out...see what others think, see if outside/fresh eyes can help figure out some consensus way forward. DMacks (talk) 16:40, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Neither of us was involved in an edit war as described in Wikipedia's rules. We don't seem to have broken the 3RR rule, we took our issues to the talk page and discussed them at length before further edits were made. So I ask you to remove the warnings.Rsloch (talk) 17:14, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
 * You removed it twice within two hours just today while the discussion still seems ongoing. Seems like you even are at the edge of 3RR. But 3RR is a circuit-breaker limit that leads to an automatic block; "3 times in 24h" is just one form of edit-warring--now you know. The warning has apparently done its job of alerting you to the behavior problem and EW definitions, and hopefully you can continue discussion while leaving the article in its present state. DMacks (talk) 17:22, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Can you please review the conduct of users editing the Detroit page again, we seem to be nearing edit war territory once more TheKitchenSink (talk) 09:53, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

multiverse
Hey,, I am in the process of editing and you jump in and delete without giving time to properly address the text --Gausachs (talk) 18:33, 3 August 2013 (UTC)Gausachs — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gausachs (talk • contribs)
 * Copyright violations are strictly prohibited and must not exist at all ever even for a moment. I recommend you write from scratch without any basis in promotional tone. Otherwise you'll always look like promotional. DMacks (talk) 18:35, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

Why dont you help instead of interfere and making it more difficult --Gausachs (talk) 18:50, 3 August 2013 (UTC) Gausachs — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gausachs (talk • contribs)


 * Gausachs has received many warnings from other users for the same problems (he blanked his talk page once [), that is using Wikipedia as an free advertising website to promote for his pageant called [[Miss Multiverse]] which I thought it's a scam pageant but he he claims it is more important than World's premier and long history pageants like Miss Universe or Miss World (Evidences:, , )

Another evidence which I thought I can not stand this spammer anymore. Hello! Your "pity pageant" is just around 20 contestants and 5 years old whie there are at least over hundred pageants which are much bigger numbers of contestant, older history and more proffessional. And he also created CLONE ARTICLES related to his "pity pageant" Miss Multiverse (whatever): Miss Multiverse Dominican Republic, Miss Multiverse Belgium, Miss Multiverse Netherlands.

As well as creating unsourced articles of sponsors as a part in his contract: SuperCanal, Women Empowerment Foundation. That is enough, those kind of users and his related artciles should be removed from Wikipedia as soon as possible. I just want to give some evidences to show it off. Thank you. Angelo De La Paz (talk) 08:33, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Angelo de la Paz

you take this Wikipedia a bit to personal, what frightens me the most is your unprofessional use of words, like what is the real necesity of saying this is a "pity" and how obsessive you are about putting this pageant down as if it is bothering you in some kind of personal way, perhaps you are their competition or a director of another pageant.

Never the less i ask the Wikipedia comunity to please look at the agressive, unpolite and unprofessional behavior of this person Mr. Angelo De La Paz.

There most be some kind of control for this sort of behavior

I am new to Wikipedia and i ask for those who are here a long time to remember what it was like when you where learning how to use it, place references etc...

and what it would feel like if you run in to a STALKER like this Mr. De La Paz

PLEASE HELP

--Gausachs (talk) 11:52, 5 August 2013 (UTC)Gausachs

Why and what gives you the rights to call it a scam pageant, and where have i put that it is a bigger pageant that miss universe, i can only come to two conclusions you are a competitor or you are just a kid with lots of time to be online stalking probably 16 or 15 years old

--Gausachs (talk) 11:59, 5 August 2013 (UTC)Gausachs

Vijay
Hi, sorry for angering you in any manner but i really believe placing these images would be useful for the article. I really do not know how to properly upload the images with the appropriate copyright information and i know i should before i attempt to. However i would really appreciate it if you would upload them in the appropriate manner. The readers should know see some more images of vijay other than his image at the top of the article. I am really sorry for the disturbance. But please take this into consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Youngballer44 (talk • contribs) 20:43, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia policy is very clear: images that are not "free" are virtually never allowed. There would have to be some major aspect of the image that cannot be simply described, or that adds substantial additional information to the article. Basically you need content that discusses this specific image' rather than just the idea it represents. It's easy to talk about an actor and his roles and pairings and achievements without seeing an image in those roles. Especially, we have articles about each of the films, that do have valid images, and policy forbids these sorts of secondary uses of non-free images. DMacks (talk) 20:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Where can i get the free images then? Or how do i make an image allowable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Youngballer44 (talk • contribs) 20:53, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Basically, you have to take the photograph yourself (not "found it on the internet" or "scanned a printed copy" or "screen/still from a film"). There are very few if any other good public sources. Image use policy is the official statement. It describes the policy about use, including what it means to be "free", the general prohibition of non-free images, and some related hints. DMacks (talk) 21:03, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

Equilibrium arrows
Is there a way to use implement unequally sized equilibrium arrows, as used in advanced textbooks to empirically, visually emphasise the reaction constant? In the fluoride example, the lower left harpoon arrow would be larger than the top right arrow. Technically, such use of arrows would not be restricted according to the CHEMMOS, since it says 'avoid', which is up to interpretation, and it may not even require &lt;math&gt; syntax. 14:30, 6 August 2013‎ Plasmic Physics
 * That would be trivial to create in the same way as eqm for inline use (actually easier than the mathtex markups I think!). Do the names "eqmL" and "eqmR" (for equilibria shifted mainly to the Left and Right, respectively) sound reasonable? I can do it later today. FWIW, I would not support using them in the F+H2O case, because that particular one is so dependent on solvent (a practical concern for organic chemistry!). DMacks (talk) 15:59, 6 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Perfect. Well, you have modified the preceding text to specify that the solvent in that particular case is the universal solvent, water, and the equation is used to supplement the text; if these arrows are used, then it just seems to me like an opportunity to write also on the alternative. Plasmic Physics (talk) 00:10, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * eqmL and eqmR are now available (and all are listed in the green-box docs for each other to help find each). I made them each the same width as eqm to help with alignment of multiple reactions, but it makes them look "smaller"...will experiment with the images themselves to see if I can improve it. DMacks (talk) 06:24, 8 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Wonderful. A thought: instead of normal+small, wouldn't it look better as large+small?; which is best larger/smaller or longer/shorter? Plasmic Physics (talk) 07:58, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, August 24!
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Diketopiperazines & 2,5-Diketopiperazines
Thanks for the encouragement. Being new to this I have found formatting and uploading the article and image a lot of work. I wasn’t aware of the ‘Moving a page’ protocol. I have just read Wikipedia:Moving a page and I do vey much need your help undoing and cleaning up from the c&p, Thanks. Alandb

This was a preliminary move with  the aim to fully rewrite the 2,5-Diketopiperazines article, that I’m in the process of doing, by condensing a recent review I wrote on the subject covering the last 20 years (doi:10.1021/cr200398y.). So this article will be a lot longer and I would prefer to keep the two separate articles one being a subset of the other as in Oxadiazoles and 1,2,5-oxadiazole ManyThanks. Alandb (Alandb (talk) 09:35, 8 August 2013 (UTC))

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Request for admin review
Hi DMacks. Could you please have a look at the recent contributions of User:حسن علي البط? You blocked this user a while ago for categorizing chemical compounds against consensus and I think he has returned to the same behavior with the same categories. For example, he has recreated categories that were deleted in the past (such as Category:Aldotrioses and Category:Ketotrioses which are fairly useless being unlikely to ever include more than one article) and adding red-linked categories to articles (here and here, for example). Thanks. ChemNerd (talk) 02:39, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Penn Station (NYC); See also chapter
I can understand you eliminating a lot of the content in the "See also" chapter of Pennsylvania Station (New York City), but it seems like the Pennsylvania Plaza, James Farley Post Office and Madison Square Garden articles should've been kept in the list. -User:DanTD (talk) 04:40, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * They all seem to be linked in the article itself where their topics are discussed, so WP:SEEALSO recommends not listing them again. Is there a reason that these specific ones should be listed? DMacks (talk) 04:43, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Aside from the connection of each structure to the station, I can't think of any. If the WP:SEEALSO guidelines recommend not listing them again, I can't think of too many that should be listed in the first place. Perhaps the remaining stations should be eliminated too, since they're all in the "Major railroad stations in New York City and Northern New Jersey" navbox. ---User:DanTD (talk) 05:38, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I have no objection to removing any/all of the others that are redundant to what's already in the article itself. DMacks (talk) 05:36, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll consider leaving at least two links there. -User:DanTD (talk) 18:45, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm SmileBlueJay97. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Frank Griffin (disambiguation), and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. SmileBlueJay97 (talk) 09:34, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Hello DMacks,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Frank Griffin (disambiguation) for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. SmileBlueJay97 (talk) 09:36, 11 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello DMacks,
 * Please ignore my speedy taggings. It was done as a mistake. :SmileBlueJay97 (talk) 09:46, 11 August 2013 (UTC)


 * No worries. Thanks for curating! DMacks (talk) 09:50, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

10-hydroxy-wotsit
Fair enough, do you want to do the deed?  Jimfbleak -  talk to me?  18:34, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I think there's more at play in that article, some other eyes asked about it. I'll get it sorted in a few hr. DMacks (talk) 18:39, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Hydrocodone
I haven't edited any Wikipedia pages. I've reset my password, apparently my account was compromised. Thank you for the heads up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Breakerbyte (talk • contribs) 01:41, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Sadat Institute of Higher Education
Hi Dear Wikipedia User, your bot has tagged Sadat Institute of Higher Education for speedy deletion because it thinks I am using copyright text from website Sadat Institute of Higher Education. And I think you should remove that problem cause I am the (owner/publisher/copyright holder/webmaster) of that website...... And I have right to do any thing I want with my own materials... thanks -- SayedAzeemSadat (talk) 10:28, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I did no such thing. I am a person not a bot, and I actually declined to delete the article immediately even though I could have done so with numerous reasons. I recommend you read WP:YFA to learn why a promotional piece written by a school itself is not an acceptable encyclopedia article. DMacks (talk) 16:36, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Canvas (GUI)
Hi DMacks, thank you very much for splitting out Canvas (GUI) from Scene graph, and for all the tidy up work. Very much appreciated. Your change from 14:19 2003-08-15, removes links which are useful, and not otherwise distinguished in the generic/internal wikipedia references which remain (after your deletions). I have clarified the text para above the list, to distinguish between canvas modules and libraries which contain those modules. If appropriate, are you able to put back those more specific links, which would be appropriate on this page, but not appropriate on the wikipedia internal links remaining, eg AWT, SWT, GWT etc? Thank you, Zenaan (talk) 14:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps they could be "References" (ie footnotes?) or something? I am not sure what they're called sorry. Zenaan (talk) 15:00, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

That is, each of those links I found (and spent some time doing so), is the best I could get (with the time I spent) for the "homepage" of that particular canvas module (within the broader parent library, as now clarified in parent para of this list). Zenaan (talk) 15:02, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, now I see that they are to the specific module/widget not just the toolkit. Feel free to re-add them (but I also agree with the idea of a References section rather than inline external links). Help:Footnotes has an overview of the wiki syntax for it, and/or I can work on it later today. DMacks (talk) 15:10, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

drugbox
Sorry, Didn't realize the drugbox had been removed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikpapag (talk • contribs) 15:52, 15 August 2013‎ (UTC)