User talk:Femtoquake

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Re: IP address deletion
All done. Hope this helps, Graham 87 09:58, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

License tagging for File:RayleighWaveDispersion.jpg
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Re: Image licensing
For the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license, use Template:Cc-by-sa-3.0 (i.e. type this on the file description page: . However, the license that allows you distribution of a file under any condition as long as it's properly attributed is the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, whose template is at Template:Cc-by-3.0. Having said all that, it is better to upload any images you make, or any other freely licensed images, to Wikimedia Commons, so they can be used by all language editions of Wikipedia and all its sister projects such as Wikibooks and Wiktionary. One more thing: to add a new section to a talk page, use the "new section" link which is next to the "edit this page" link. It just makes discussion easier. Graham 87  12:57, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


 * When you have two files with the same name, the local version always overrides the version on Commons. I should be able to sort things out for you so that the English Wikipedia article always uses the version on Commons ... I'll have to delete some of the files to do that. I'll copy some of the description pages over from the English Wikipedia to Commons, vecause that is a required step in the copying process. Graham 87 03:22, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm not quite sure what to do here either, because I'm not familiar with Commons procedures regarding licenses and duplicates in a case like that. I've replied to your thread on the Commons help desk. I should have shown you Moving images to the Commons last night, but I'm not sure which procedure to follow there. Graham 87 04:04, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. Wikipedia is full of small print and zillions of petty rules like that. The mess was my fault for telling you to move the images to the Commons without showing you the page with the instructions on how to do it (which is very difficult to find anyway). What do you want to do with File:SchemaPicosecondUltrasonics.jpg? The instructions on transferring your own images to the Commons are fortunately fairly easy, and I was perhaps a bit strict in insisting that the description page from the English Wikipedia be copied to the Commons page. I can understand if you won't be willing to do it, though. :-) Graham 87 11:47, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * All done. And I've zapped File:PicosecondUltrasonicsSchema.jpg as well. There are bots roaming around Wikipedia looking for non-free images, but there are no bots looking for free orphaned images. Free orphaned images that are of no use anywhere have to be nominated for deletion at images and media for deletion. In case you're curious, see the talk page guidelines for how I'm indenting these messages - you don't have to start a new section on every message; you only need to start one when the message you're typing is unrelated to the previous ones on the page. Graham 87 12:04, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: proper referencing
I've fixed reference 18 in picosecond ultrasonics by removing a line break which was interfering with the link.

The proper format for references in Wikipedia is to link the title of the work to the website containing either the abstract or the full text. You can also link the journal or author's names if they have Wikipedia articles. You can automate all this formatting business by using Template:Cite journal, but it's not required, and some people prefer formatting references manually. Also, it's easier for me if you link to the page you're talking about in your messages by putting two brackets on either side of it like this. Graham 87 03:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much. I hadn't noticed the line break. Next time I will link to my question. Regards, Femtoquake (talk) 07:55, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: ID erase request
Hi Femtoquake, a happy new year to you also. sorry I can't do it in this case because of issues attribution. If I delete the edits made by your IP address in the history, it will make it look like EW made the edits that you actually made. Since there have been subsequent edits, trying to fix it would completely mess up the history. What you really want is changing an attribution for an edit which is unfortunately inactive. Regards, Graham 87 13:15, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I've replied in more detail at my talk page. Graham 87 14:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * When you're not logged in, this message comes up. I'm not sure how prominent it is - maybe it can be made more prominent somehow. Some language editions of Wikipedia, such as the French and Portuguese versions, require all anonymous editors to preview their edits first, or type a CAPTCHA, before they can save their edits. You'd find out if you were logged out pretty quickly on those versions. On the English Wikipedia, you have to type a CAPTCHA if you add an external link while you're either logged out or not autoconfirmed. Graham 87 00:08, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I noticed that the second message came from a different editor, but I didn't realise that you were typing for that editor. I was sort of thinking his response was like "yeah ... I'll take credit for that other guy's work", which wasn't the case at all. I'm sorry about that. I can find only two edits from the history - one is from 10:11 UTC and the other is from 10:17 UTC. So you fixed the spelling then changed "tomato" to "cricket ball" with a reference under Edmund's instructions? If that is the case, I'd be more inclined to do it. I may sound obstinate, but I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia making sure that page histories are accurate (see my userpage), so it feels strange for me to deliberately make a diff inaccurate. Graham 87 00:55, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, I'm pretty sure that it is now possible to hide just the IP address, without deleting the edits, with some new Wikipedia software. Sorry about not remembering about that sooner. You can ask for that at requests for oversight. They can obliterate edits, but I don't think they would in this case. Hope this helps, Graham 87 01:12, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, I've zapped the edits. Graham 87 02:05, 5 February 2009 (UTC


 * You're welcome. Graham 87 05:19, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: New page
Hey, indeed, long time no talk! I've moved your new article to the main namespace ... it's pretty good! Graham 87 00:38, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Nope, not yet ... every fact that is not part of the lead section should ideally have a reference. Graham 87 03:24, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You can do this yourself by typing "#redirect Whispering-gallery wave" in all the appropriate pages. I've moved it to the hyphenated title, because the title should match the text. I didn't notice the hyphens in the text because I use a screen reader to edit Wikipedia, as it says on my user page; I didn't check for them because I wasn't expecting them. Graham 87 02:39, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Oops, I forgot to close the quote ... fixed. Type in that text without the quotes. See Help:Redirect for how to create redirects ... just create the redirect with the text above in the same way that you'd create an article. Graham 87 03:26, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Dunno. Sometimes Wikipedia behaves very strangely. Graham 87 03:59, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, purging the cache often helps. Glad you got it sorted! Graham 87 05:22, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * It's the example section that needs references now, and I've updated the tag to note that. Finding references for these sections can be especially time-consuming, but there's no rush. Graham 87 09:20, 3 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Sure, done. Graham 87 09:50, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

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Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator
I was planning doing this article, because this has been the only practical application of the Whispering Gallery Wave so far, that I know. You have covered the basics in your article. I'm not sure if it would be best to 1)expand your article, 2)make a new more specific article. Your thoughts? Also, I was trying to remove your disambiguation link to cooling, but we really don't have article on particle cooling. We have beam cooling, stochastic, and electron cooling. I was going to link it to one of the three, but I don't think any of these are accurate redirects. :- ) DCS 08:02, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi DCS. Thanks for the interest. I think it's OK as it stands, as a lot of research has gone into this article. Based on an article that I wrote recently in Physics World. I am sure there will be some modifs. from many contributors in the future. As for cooling, I think the closest link should be laser cooling. Thanks a lot for pointing that out. Now repaired. Femtoquake (talk) 09:19, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

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