User talk:Marvin Herndon

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Stellar ignition article
The article at stellar ignition was largely (if not entirely) constructed to display one particular viewpoint/theory that has yet to reach mainstream acceptance. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. The article's title implies that it should give a comprehensive coverage of the subject and not one theory. Also, your edits on it constitute a clear conflict of interest. Please avoid making substantial changes on subjects where a COI exists, such as articles about yourself, your work/research, your colleagues, etc. Making such edits will generally slip you away from neutral point of view. I may try to incorporate some of the information onto the current star formation article. Thanks. Cquan (after the beep...) 15:56, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Upon further review, I see no content from the article that does not simply serve to advance your theory or is not already represented on other articles (background info). You're free to make edits to the star formation article, but you really need to keep WP:COI in mind. Thus far your theories are unsupported by indepedent secondary sources. While you are allowed to cite your own work, you should only do so in limited cases and not as the basis for the entire subject matter. Thanks. Cquan (after the beep...) 14:05, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Dynamo theory
Please read WP:COI as you appear to be adding and promoting your own ideas/research on dynamo theory and other articles. Wikipedia is not the place to promote our own work. Vsmith (talk) 01:40, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Use talk pages for talk
Please don't put conversation on peoples user pages. Thats what talk pages are for. I've removed it William M. Connolley (talk) 20:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Dynamo theory II
a) I've reverted your edits, because you described your own theory in that article. This is not allowed. b) You included your own works as primary sources. However, primary sources allone are not sufficient - is there any secondary source, published in an reputable scientific journal, which refers to your theory? c) For more infos, see: PSTS: Articles are preferably based on secondary sources, rather than primary or tertiary ones. d) See also Notability: If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be notable.

PS: Thanks for the infos on Hilgenberg.

PS-2: If you write a comment on a talk page, pleas write it a the end of the page, not at the beginning. --D.H (talk) 08:33, 7 June 2008 (UTC)


 * A) You wrote: I published the discovery of the mistake and the concept of georeactor operant fluid for dynamo action in 2007. Removal of my edits for the reasons you stated would be fundamentally wrong as it would now intentionally mislead the wiki-readership.
 * You see, there is a great problem: The only question I have is stated in Notability: Is there a "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." So we are only talking about your new modification of a well known theory: dynamo theory.
 * B) As long your modification of dynamo theory is not widely discussed in the scientific community, the article Georeactor is the better place for your thesis. So I created a new section in Georeactor and inserted your edits from dynamo theory. I hope that's OK for your now. If I made some errors while copying the text, please correct them. Regards, --D.H (talk) 08:36, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


 * a) I've inserted a link to Georeactor in your biographic article J. Marvin Herndon.
 * b) As I said above: It is not the decision of Wikipedia authors to judged whether a theory is true or not. We must rely on reputable secondary sources. So as long your correction of dynamo theory is not widely discussed, mentioning your theory in that article simply violates the Wikipedia policies. However, I've inserted a link to your theory in Dynamo theory.
 * c) Please see also the discussion in Articles for deletion/Whole-Earth decompression dynamics. And I've inserted a link to your paper into Expanding Earth theory. --D.H (talk) 11:06, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
 * PS: Those were my last edits on topics related to your theories. So if you think they are wrong please delete them - although I think my edits are NPOV. I hope you will find support for your theories in the near future. --D.H (talk) 15:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Vom wachsenden Erdball.jpg
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Nomination of J. Marvin Herndon for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article J. Marvin Herndon is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/J. Marvin Herndon until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Your email
Thanks for your mail. I don't see anything in it that is private, though, and would prefer to discuss it openly, if you have no objection. If so, please either re-post it here or on my talk page.

William M. Connolley (talk) 14:47, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:JMHERNDON.jpg
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The creator of the image JMHERNDON.jpg has placed the image in the public domain [Ticket#: 2016071110004085]. "I am the creator and copyright holder of the image File:JMHERNDON.jpg. Previously, I have given Dr. J. Marvin Herndon permission to use that image on his websites and on his Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Marvin_Herndon. I now re-confirm that permission. Moreover, as that image is often used by others, I herewith place that image in the public domain. Please refrain from deleting that image. –Volker Steger."

February 2017
Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to J. Marvin Herndon, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Stop removing sourced material. Since you have a conflict of interest in this article youshould discuss any proposed changes on the article's talkpage. Meters (talk) 05:22, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Marvin Herndon. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article J. Marvin Herndon, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:


 * avoid editing or creating articles related to you and your family, friends, school, company, club, or organization, as well as any competing companies' projects or products;
 * instead, you are encouraged to propose changes on the Talk pages of affected article(s) (see the request edit template);
 * when discussing affected articles, disclose your COI (see WP:DISCLOSE);
 * avoid linking to the Wikipedia article or to the website of your organization in other articles (see WP:SPAM);
 * exercise great caution so that you do not violate Wikipedia's content policies.

In addition, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation (see WP:PAID).

Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 06:14, 20 February 2017 (UTC)