User talk:LeadSongDog/Archives/2009/June

swine flu, current versus past tense, unsourced claims; currentism
(moving to article talk)LeadSongDog come howl  16:21, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XXXIX (May 2009)
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A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies
Hi. I would like to ask whether you would agree to participate in a short survey on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies in articles pertaining to global warming and climate change (survey described here). If interested, please get in touch via my talkpage or email me Encyclopaedia21 (talk) 17:57, 5 June 2009 (UTC) no thanks

Cold fusion mediation
I have been asked to mediate the content dispute regarding Cold fusion. I have set up a separate page for this mediation here. You have been identified as one of the involved parties. Please read through the material I have presented there. Thank you. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 19:23, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Battle of Ramnagar
I hope you didn't find my reversal of your edit, or my dismissal of the external link you provided to be too offensive. It is unfortunate that this site has been used in the past by one or two jingoistic pro-british editors to justify biased interpretations of results, particularly in the battles of the American War of Independence. The site itself is based to a great deal on regimental histories, and therefore cannot be regarded as neutral, though it contains no notable falsehoods or derogatory opinions. However, I have to fall back on the general rule that no website (with a few exceptions) can be regarded as reliable.

For what it is worth, I have also had to slap down some editors using equally one-sided Indian or Sikh websites to justify reversing the course of both Anglo-Sikh wars, in the info. boxes at least. Regards, HLGallon (talk) 09:50, 17 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Please read WP:NPOV more carefully. We don't exclude POV sources, we balance them by showing different POV. What you've done is to replace an inadequately sourced assertion with a contrary unsourced assertion. The right thing to do is add more and better sources. LeadSongDog come howl  13:25, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Your note
I have no firm opinion, though I would think that an ocean crossing flight should use UTC time in principle. But my specific edit is not related to timing conventions, only to the fact that in a list article the items must conform to their dedicated articles. If date or time is an issue, it should be settled in the dedicated article first, and then copied over to the list item as a summary. Just to be sure, I checked ASN, which is a fairly solid reference for basic facts short of an official accident report, and it said June 1, and in general we should try to follow the conventions used by the highest caliber sources. Crum375 (talk) 18:07, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Crum375 (talk) 19:18, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

I have a question.
I am imposing, and asking for an unearned favor. I have been very carefully specifying "English" on the references in the related group of articles related to Sikh extremism, as some of the sources have been in other languages. Am I making a mistake in doing so? I noted that you removed the specification. Either way I don't dispute your edit, I just don't want to continue putting in "English" if it is incorrect to do so. Thanks in advance, and please accept my apology if my question is unwelcome.- sinneed (talk) 19:43, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Normal practice on the English Wikipedia is to omit the language=English parameter as it is the default unless otherwise stated. Cheers.LeadSongDog come howl  19:49, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks.- sinneed (talk) 19:56, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Synthetic fuel
Hi, LeadSongDog. There is a plan to improve the Synthetic fuel article to the GA level. In this process, there are still several issues, which should be done before renominating this article for GAN. As you have contributed to the article and/or discussion, you may be interested to participate in the discussion about the article improvement. Thank you. Beagel (talk) 07:34, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Lung cancer
Hi, I'm from Italy and I collaborate with wikipedia.it (this is my main page). I'm writing this article and I would use. However, it is not found on commons. Could you load it, please? Cecco
 * ✅LeadSongDog come howl  21:47, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Have a nice day! :D Cecco —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.19.24.82 (talk) 22:38, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

inline tag on Mathematica
I wondered if this was a MISTAKE? The Mathematica page is full of inline citations. Did you mean a DIFFERENT tag? Cloudruns (talk) 13:01, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it was intentional. Several sections have few if any of their assertions cited inline.LeadSongDog come howl  13:32, 29 June 2009 (UTC)