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 * If someone else wants to do something about this, they are more than welcome. I'm not convinced it's notable any more. ++Lar: t/c 17:37, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

You back?
Are you really back? Or just stopping by to check the mail and take out the trash? Montanabw (talk) 21:13, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe. I saw some people were making edits to my user page that needed reverting. We'll see. Are you an admin yet? ++Lar: t/c 22:41, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not that mad, yet.  Montanabw (talk) 21:22, 15 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Welcome back, if you are back. --John (talk) 22:51, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I won't be as active as I was but yes I am. ++Lar: t/c 22:53, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Welcome back. :-) Nothing has changed since you left. ;-)  --MZMcBride (talk) 08:30, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm shocked to hear that. ++Lar: t/c 15:33, 15 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I am glad to see you back, too. You were one of the best. :) A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 00:23, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Larryyyyyyyyy! Whatever possessed you to jump off the wagon? -- SB_Johnny &#124; talk✌ 22:57, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * RFA. As in, it's still nightmarish, I gather. ++Lar: t/c 14:46, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Glad to see you back here! Kevin (talk) 00:33, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Thank you all for your well wishes. ++Lar: t/c 14:46, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Awesome. ~ Amory ( u  •  t  •  c ) 20:57, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Welcome back, Lar, LTNS. How was the real world? Did you enjoy your time there? Ah well, you're back here now, and that's what counts. ;-) Killer Chihuahua 18:24, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Hum - intriguing... Per most of the above :) -- Herby  talk thyme 07:47, 20 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, very nice to see you again! Maybe back on Commons soon? --MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:54, 15 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Can't rule it out. I need to check the policy on restoration of bits at Commons and review the rules. ++Lar: t/c 14:03, 16 April 2013 (UTC)


 * [Bishzilla gives the little Lar a friendly pat.] Good little Lar back! [Picks him up, solicitously. He's looking a bit squashed.] Oh well. Little user soon decompress to usual size!   bishzilla     ROA R R! !    14:31, 16 April 2013 (UTC).

New article: Back contamination concerns for a Mars sample return
Hi Lar, I have just received a book I ordered from the National Research Council "Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample Return Missions". So I want to read through that first and then will edit the article some more and will probably refer to the book in it. It is a good book with a lot of material in it.

Thanks for offering to look over this article when it is ready. It is still at an early stage, but if you want to see what it is like now, it is here: User:Robertinventor/sandbox I expect it to remain more or less the same,just with some more supporting references and possibly new information after I finish this book.

The aim is to write an article that shows the concerns, shows what Nasa is doing to address them, and to explain why some scientists think that Nasa is not going far enough, and to go through the legal situation, and the alternative options to a Mars sample return. I want it to be neutral in tone, of course, and to mention all the different views in the debate. The main thing I am likely to miss are, first that I may make statements that are not referenced, because of familiarity with the material. Also it is easy for me to veer away from neutrality because my own POV is with the view that a Mars sample return is not appropriate at this stage. I want that view to be clearly represented but the other ones also represented as well.

Discussion is best done on the talk page for Mars sample return so everyone can see it. It might be an idea to wait until I finish the next edit of it, in a day or two from now, when I will also announce it on the Mars sample return talk page and invite discussion there.

Thanks!
 * I will give it a look. Don't forget to sign your posts to talk pages with four tildes ~ so it automatically inserts a signature. ++Lar: t/c 21:41, 17 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry, forgot. Robert Walker (talk) 21:56, 17 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay here is my best shot so far, User:Robertinventor/Back_contamination_concerns_for_a_Mars_sample_return. Please discuss it on the talk page Talk:Mars_sample_return_mission so that everyone can join in the same discussion. Thanks for your help! Robert Walker (talk) 02:09, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to join the WikiProject Spaceflight task force
Hi Larry, seeing that you are rather active on a certain spaceflight forum ), I think that you expertise on Wikipedia articles editing may be of pretty good use on many articles about spaceflight. Therefore I am inviting you to add your name to WikiProject Spaceflight/Members and assist the improvement of many articles across the group's area.

Thanks for attention! Galactic Penguin SST (talk) 04:18, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invite, GP... I've way way cut back on my editing and I only fix typos these days as I spot them... I was in several WikiProjects in the past and they work. If you have people who are motivated to edit. Maybe at some point? ++Lar: t/c 04:02, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

WP:FOUR RFC
There are two WP:RFCs at WP:FOUR. The first is to conflate issues so as to keep people from expressing meaningful opinions. The second, by me, is claimed to be less than neutral by proponents of the first. Please look at the second one, which I think is much better.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 07:03, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I no longer get involved in these sorts of things much, sorry. Mostly I just fix typos. ++Lar: t/c 02:34, 27 August 2013 (UTC)