User talk:Irvin C. Gavidor

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Irvin C. Gavidor! Thank you for your contributions. I am BilCat and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Questions or type at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that will automatically produce your username and the date. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! BilCat (talk) 03:34, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
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June 2020
Hello, I'm BilCat. Your recent edit(s) to the page Lockheed P-2 Neptune appear to have added incorrect information, so they have been removed for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. BilCat (talk) 03:35, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Fat Man. Your edits could be interpreted as vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. BilCat (talk) 03:38, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

It is incorrect to call the bomb used in Nagasaki as "atomic" the first "nuclear" bomb was detonated in 1952, check your history. Irvin C. Gavidor (talk) 03:52, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

It is NOT incorrect to call the weapons used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as "atomic", the "nuclear" age didn't begin until 1952  check your history. Irvin C. Gavidor (talk) 04:11, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Missnaming "atomic" weapons as "nuclear"
It is NOT incorrect to called the bombs used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as "atomic", the "nuclear" age didn't begin until 1952. Irvin C. Gavidor (talk) 03:55, 26 June 2020 (UTC)


 * You're confusing "nuclear" with "thermonuclear". Fission (atomic) and fusion (thermonuclear) are types of nuclear weapons. - BilCat (talk) 03:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

No I'm not, a nuclear weapon is magnitudes more powerful than an atomic weapon. The yield of atomic bombs was measured in kilotons of TNT while "nuclear" yields were measured in megatons of TNT. BTW "nuclear" is just shorthand for "thermonuclear". Edward Teller didn't come up with the "nuclear" bomb concept until well after WWII. I got A's in my college physics and nuclear physics courses. Irvin C. Gavidor (talk) 04:28, 26 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Given that your view contradicts the nuclear weapon article, that's where you need to make your arguments. Wikipedia cites reliable published sources, not personal knowledge. (My dad worked on nuclear weapons in the US Army, and those were fission/atomic warheads. But he's not a reliable source either.) If you can cite reliable published sources that support your definitions, you can present them at Talk:Nuclear weapon, and build a consensus to support your position. That's how Wikipedia works. - BilCat (talk) 04:56, 26 June 2020 (UTC)