User talk:LeadSongDog/Archives/2008/March

United States journalism scandals
The "echo chamber" aspects were previously cited more extensively, but the text and cites were removed. The article is now locked. The editor I was speaking to has tendentiously removed references to "echo chamber" there and at several other articles, and the editor is impervious to sources that refute his continual harping on accusations that I am pushing "original research". Now you know why I am making a plea to actually get the editor to "read" the sources. WNDL42 (talk) 16:58, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The work I am doing is refuting an editor who claims "echo chamber" is "original research". I have demonstrated that echo chamber is not original research. No reason to waste time tracking diffs. WNDL42 (talk) 19:25, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks and I understand. I've no need to "personalize" this any further by pointing out one specific editor's actions. When the article is unlocked, I will restore the "echo chamber" aspect and we can all discuss then. Thanks for your interest and welcome to the discussion. WNDL42 (talk) 19:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh sh%@t...I thought you were talking about the United States journalism scandals article. Yes, the "Echo chamber" article itself needs some cites...I'll put some in as soon as I get a round tuit. WNDL42 (talk) 20:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event
While I appreciate your enthusiasm for reformatting references, the article's on the main page and it's a really bad time to make alterations that are hard to check. As for units, it's best to avoid jargon in the body of the article – this is for a lay audience. Do please raise your proposals on the talk page, .. dave souza, talk 14:04, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Understand you're feeling pressed right now. Please restore when the pressure's off.LeadSongDog (talk) 14:16, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

JACOS
Hi, LeadSongDog. There is a new article about Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited (JACOS). This article is quite messy and currently nominated for deletion. However, I think this article is worth to be improved. I hope you could help as you have more knowledge about the subject.Beagel (talk) 07:49, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Winter Hill (air disaster)
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"binary prefix" at mosnum
Thank you for your contribution to the discussion. Wise words indeed. I am hoping they will at least make people think before they take up they're usual entrenched position. Thunderbird2 (talk) 07:01, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * On the contrary I found this user's comments to be uncivil and not tackling the actual topic being discussed. Fnagaton 16:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * As you are apparently not the only one to find offence in my words, I'll step back. Good luck.LeadSongDog (talk) 20:58, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Any way I could bribe you to put in edit summaries? A cookie? Case of beer? Anyways, it helps me see what's happening with the article if you did. I used to not do it, but I got lectured once on its importance, now i just do it. Orange Marlin Talk• Contributions 01:31, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, OM, I tend to forget that way too often. Will try to improve my batting average, no beer necessary.LeadSongDog (talk) 02:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

RE:Vandalism from the "grave"
Blocked users can still edit their talk pages. If he keeps vandalising his page, let me know and I'll protect it. Hope that helps! Cheers, Master of Puppets  Call me MoP! :)  00:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Trans fats
Thank you for your note. I've found sites making similar points to Enig, but these seem less reliable e.g.. People who don't like the CSPI in general are using trans fats as a stick to beat them with. I think it's possible that CSPI did prefer trans fats to saturated fats for a few years. However, I think it's highly unlikely that they were so influential that they were the major reason fast food companies across the world adopted trans fats. I'd guess the main driver was lower cost as mentioned in an earlier sentence of the article. Nunquam Dormio (talk) 10:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I've moved the CSPI stuff out of the History section to the US section as I think this reflects their importance better. Nunquam Dormio (talk) 18:15, 30 March 2008 (UTC)