User talk:LeadSongDog/Archives/2007/August

Reverts on Geology of Mars
You reverted my edit, which was to remove information added by User: Garry Denke. Please be aware, his edits and additions are currently the subject of a discussion on WP:ANI. Further to this, his theories regarding polarity flips so far constitute Original Research. Please do not restore it unless you can provide a verifiable source. Thanks. --Benea 16:31, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the heads-up. Following the revert I then added a   tag to seek substantiation.  This approach is more in keeping with assume good faith.  There is in fact somewhat ambiguous supporting evidence for the statement (at refs 7 and 8 IIRC) but the article should show more direct linkage of the statement to the citation.  Cheers, LeadSongDog 16:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * You're right to say that. I would have made a request for citations, had the User in question not already been under suspicion.  I'd suggest the way to go here would be to keep the tag on for a few days, and then, if there is no direct evidence, to either remove the sentance, or reword it to point out that the phenomenon is a theory that lacks clear evidence.  What do you think?  Benea 16:50, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Seems reasonable. I couldn't see what the suspect original research was on the ANI, but I have seen a number of recent publications re polar reversals on Mars.  It shouldn't be too tough to suss out cites.LeadSongDog 16:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)


 * His main edits have been to articles concerning the earth's magnetic field, using his own research, which have been reverted a number of times. For this reason, assume good faith was temporarily suspended, and the similarities between his edit subjects made me suspicious.  He has made valid edits, so as long as this one can be independently sourced, I'm happy to assume that this was one of them.  --Benea 17:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Translation of article on Wilhelm Normann
Are you proofreading the English version or does it still need a proofreader ? (I'm offering !) thisisace 16:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I took one run at it. More eyes wouldn't hurt.  This was my first translation proof.LeadSongDog 17:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Dean and Ivan OR
You cannot make the comparison yourself. THAT is the original research. Unless the NHC/TPC, or an expert, specifically says "Dean appears to be following Ivan", to make any comparison is original research. – Chacor 02:04, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Oil shale
Hi, LeadSongDog. I wonder if you may be interested to help developing Oil shale and its spin-off articles. I listed Oil shale for the new peer review and related spin-off articles (Oil shale extraction, Oil shale geology, Oil shale industry, History of the oil shale industry, Oil shale reserves, Oil shale economics, and Environmental effects of oil shale industry) for the peer review. Your comments and edits will be most welcome. The intention is to have these articles ready for the GA and FA nominations.Beagel 17:37, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for improving oil shale related articles. There are automated peer reviews of all oil shale articles. Maybe you could help to fix some of these issues, particularly expanding, trimming or rewriting leads? The link to automated peer reviews is here.Beagel 18:56, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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