User talk:Mbeychok/Archive1

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Fossil fuel power plant edits
Thank you for your efforts to contribute to Wikipedia. Your experience will be very welcome here. There are a few things to pick up on working in and with the community. The great thing about it is you can learn as you go, no waiting to be "certified". Section titles typically only have the first word capitalized. The graphic you placed in the article is not appropriate for the reasons I cited on the talk page. I know it was probably a lot of work, but most of this type of information should be formatted as an editable table rather than a graphic. I hope you will add to the section, elaborating on the importance of stack gas cleanup, dispersion, etc. The main article should contain a summary, with much of the additional material in other article linked to from the main one. I see you have already started several of these. Some Wiki markup language is simpler to use than HTML, and you will pick this up as you see how it is done in other articles.

One other thing. Direct links to websites that advertise things, even books, are frowned upon. As you can see in Fossil fuel power plant, I replaced your web link with an ISBN number auto-link. That way people can find the book in a library or bookstore of choice, without favoring one source. I realize there is also much good information on your website. Perhaps you can find a way to organize it so that we can still link to it for the additional information without having it appear to be so promotional, more like a university web site for example. Of course we work together, and my opinion is only one point of view. (And there should be no problem with having the link to your site on your user page.) In any case, we are glad to have you here. I worked in power plants 20 years ago, and wrote the article from memory. The article has had relatively little attention from other editors since it was created. --Blainster 22:00, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Flue gas
We do not need Image:FlueGas2.gif posted to multiple articles - once with links to it is sufficient. More importantly, I am sorry to say that, creating it as an image file is totally contrary to Wikipedia's collaborative ethos - how are people to contribute to it? As a matter of urgency, please learn Wiki table markup and recreate this as a proper table.

Similarly Image:Gaussian2.jpg should be recreated using &lt;math> markup. -- RHaworth 08:40, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:FlueGas2.gif
Thanks for uploading Image:FlueGas2.gif. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this:.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. --OrphanBot 10:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Reply to power plant edits
OK, I will try to respond to your questions. First a housekeeping note: It is against Wiki guidlines to delete other's comments from your talk page. (see Talk page guidelines and Talk pages) Your user page is yours to do as you wish, but the talk page needs to remain available for the community's use. (There are some exceptions to this, such as archiving old material to a subpage, or removing obscene material).

The rest of my reply is not of a personal nature, so I will continue it on the Talk:Fossil fuel power plant page. --Blainster 21:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

To Orphan Bot from MBeychok
You left a message on my user talk to the effect that I had uploaded an image FlueGas2.gif without indicating the copyright. I very clearly stated that I had made that image myself using the Paint program supplied with WindowsXP. I have never copyrighted it and that is why I left the copyright information blank. As far as I am concerned, anyone may use it for any purpose they desire. Am I legally the copyright holder by default? If so, feel free to add that information to the image or wherever it should be so noted.

Thanks and please let me know what I should do about some other images that I uploaded which were all similarly made by myself and which I have never copyrighted ... all of which anyone is free to use as they desire. I am very new to Wiki, so please explain what I have to do (if anything) and how to do it in very detailed, simple terms. mbeychok 06:43, 27 January 2006 (UTC)


 * If you created the image, you're the copyright holder. If you don't care what people do with the image, I'd recommend a license of "No rights reserved".  The option for that is near the top of the dropdown menu on the upload page, and for images that have already been uploaded, you can indicate it by placing the NoRightsReserved tag on the page.  Make sure you remove any "no license" or "unknown license" tags from the page when you do so.  You can see a list of images you've uploaded at [ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&offset=0&limit=50&target=Mbeychok&namespace=6], and an example of the proper tagging is at Image:FlueGas2.gif. --Carnildo 07:25, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Message Left By Orphan
The original message left on my user talk page by Orphan about the image that I had uploaded (FlueGas2.gif) said to contact Orphan if I had any questions ... but it didn't explain how to contact you. It took me quite a while to figure that out. May I suggest that such messages from Orphan explain just how to make contact? I am very new to Wiki and I like it very much. However, the one thing I have found to be annoying is that most of the help and the "tricks of the trade" seem to be written by computer science gurus for other computer science gurus. They badly need to be "dumbed down" for newcomers like myself.

I am a retired chemical engineer with over 50 years of experience and I believe I have much to contribute here. But I am finding that it takes days upon days upon days to learn all of the ins and outs of using Wiki markup and the etiquette of how to use Talk pages and Discussion pages. Perhaps, what is needed is a section called "Wiki for Dummies" which should be reviewed thoroughly by some relative newcomers before it is published.

One final question: am I allowed to archive the comments on my user talk page to avoid having it become too lengthy? If so, how do I do that?

Anyhow, thanks very much for helping me understand how to license my uploaded images.

mbeychok 18:51, 27 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the suggestion of creating custom messages for OrphanBot to use. It's currently using the same boilerplate text that everyone else does.  I should have thought of setting up custom templates when I was setting up OrphanBot, and I should have thought of it again when I created the custom message for one type of problem image.


 * On the subject of tips, tricks, and suchlike, I'm afraid I can't help. I'm a computer guru myself, and documentation isn't something I'm good at.  You seem to be doing fairly well so far.  If you've got any questions, feel free to ask me or anyone else.


 * As for archiving talk pages, there are three common ways people do it, depending on personal preference:
 * Some people simply blank the page periodically. This isn't considered good etiquette, though, as it gives the impression you've got something to hide.
 * Some people "archive to history": they blank all or part of the talk page, then create a link to the version just before the blanking. Finding the URL for the correct edit is done by clicking on the "history" tab at the top of the page, then looking for the edit just before you blanked it.  This is the method I use to archive OrphanBot's talk page.
 * Some people create archive subpages: pages with names like User talk:Mbeychok/Archive 1. They then cut-and-paste some or all of the comments from their talk page to this new page, and put a link to it at the top of their talk page.  This is the method I use to archive my talk page.
 * There are also other methods that are occasionally used, such as archiving to subpages based on topic rather than date, but these methods tend to be very uncommon. --Carnildo 05:32, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

/Archive1 Jan. 2006

Cooling tower
My sincere compliments on your recent improvements to the cooling tower article! --DanielCD 21:03, 21 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Give me a bit of time this morning, as I am quite busy, but I will certainly be happy to help you. --DanielCD 15:09, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I have now gotten to your request, and am placing some queries about. They may respond to me, or directly to you. We'll see. --DanielCD 20:41, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Try looking here if you have not. It may hold some clues: Help:Formula. --DanielCD 20:59, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok. I have placed comments at the Villiage Pump:Assistance page and the Help desk. Perhaps we will have to wait overnight, as people gome and go, and suggestions may trickle in. I'll keep my eye out and keep you posted.


 * I agree that the formula looks much more nice and tidy, and not nearly as cumbersome as all that code. With a little patience, perhaps we will find out why this is a problem.


 * Perhaps we could also ask some of the people who have complained/removed (I don't know, just fishing for ideas) these .png's from articles where you have placed them...? The critics themselves, with the aid of a few kind, stratigically-placed words, may prove a valuable source of info. --DanielCD 21:38, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

There's a comment on my talk page by User:RHaworth. He is a little sharp in his language, but that can be overlooked. See what information you can gleen from that. --DanielCD 23:02, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Let's just take what we have here and proceed. Take User:RHaworth lightly, he seems a bit grumpy, but I'm sure he means well. And ignorant people such as me can be irritating. I wish I knew more about this subject as to inform you better. Remember, you can message anyone at any time you feel may be of help. I am trying...and we'll get there...--DanielCD 23:13, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

MathML Markup
Hello. I noticed your message at User talk:AySz88. There is work on trying to simplify the code for Wikipedia, but I'm not sure where development on that project is. The best place to ask would be the Village pump, and if no one replies, try BugZilla, where the developers will look at your question. Tito xd (?!? - help us) 04:19, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Your response
Wow, I'm glad you are finally making some progress. I figured if we put out enough lines, sooner or later we'd catch a fish or two! Sorry I wasn't so much help, but thanks for letting me know! --DanielCD 21:34, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

More on math markup
I saw your table at Flue gas emissions and it looks nice. That led to your discussion of Wiki's less than perfect math markup. You pointed out that your PNG generated at Wikicities was more compact:

than the example you provided with Wiki markup: $$Q\;=\;C\;A\;P\;\sqrt{\bigg(\frac{\;k\;M}{Z\;R\;T}\bigg)\bigg(\frac{2}{k+1}\bigg)^{(k+1)/(k-1)}}$$

So I played around and came up with this example: $$Q\;=\,C\,A\,P\,\sqrt\begin{matrix}{\left(\frac{\;k\;M}{Z\;R\;T}\right)\left(\frac{2}{k+1}\right)^{(k+1)/(k-1)}}\end{matrix}$$

Which may not be perfect, but it is alot closer to your first one. Cheers. --Blainster 22:54, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe placing a message on a userpage is the only way to create the message notice. Many users do put responses directly under the message for continuity, but they would still need to place a notice on the other userpage to get a quick response.


 * The smaller font is achieved with the \begin{matrix} \end{matrix} tags . (Note braces not parens - they are hard to distinguish on my monitor). This is noted in Help:Formula section under "Small Fractions", where it adds that the tag forces "\textstyle".  I am no expert, so I can't provide further guidance.


 * Concerning the power plant article, you could provide a more prominant link to your article (I will demonstrate), but I think the main article should remain an overview with links to subsidiary articles. --Blainster 23:35, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Math markup
Hello, sorry for the delay in responding. I don't quite understand where the documentation for the other method is. I took a look at your article where the equation seems to be from, http://atmosphericdispersion.wikicities.com/wiki/Accidental_Release_Source_Terms - but that article appears to use the same TeX markup as Wikipedia, so I can't see the difference between the two markups.... Also, the help pages on the Wikicities wiki seemed to link to the same help page as Wikipedia or Wikimedia (m:Help:Formula).

Anyway, you might want to post the Wikicities method to Village pump (proposals) and eventually talk to one of the developers.

By the way, I managed to shorten your formula by taking out some of the characters, which shouldn't affect appearance that much except for the whitespace in-between characters....

$$Q = CAP \sqrt{\bigg(\frac{kM}{ZRT}\bigg)\bigg(\frac{2}{k+1}\bigg)^{(k+1)/(k-1)}}$$

--AySz88^ - ^ 06:59, 9 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Never mind, I see you've already found Bugzilla. :) I think that they probably will know what you're talking about, but you might link to the Wikicities markup anyway just in case. --AySz88^ - ^  07:03, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Just some comments that might clear up some confusion:
 * The writeup on how to use TeX markup is the same at WikiCities as at Wikipedia because they both use TeX.
 * Note that the developers at Bugzilla named my suggested bug as "Use Wikicities' TeX fonts for rendering math on Wikimedia projects". That indicates to me that the fonts used at WikiCities are smaller than the fonts used at Wikipedia even though they both use the same markup methodology.
 * I did a search here on Wikipedia for TeX and for LaTex and found articles for both of them. If you read those, it becomes obvious that there are literally dozens of versions and implementations of Tex. It is my guess that WikiCities just has a version that uses a smaller font.
 * Thanks to you and Blainster for your help and interest. mbeychok 16:54, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Request for edit summary
Hi. I have a question about this edit. I wonder why you removed the article from the list, as it appears an OK article. And by the way, it is a good idea to use an edit summary when you contribute. An edit summary helps others understand what you changed, and especially edits of the form above, where one removes something or does something else than fixing a typo, need an explanation. Thanks, and you can reply here, I will keep your talk page on my watchlist. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 02:32, 13 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Oleg, please excuse me for not using the edit summary. I am very new here and I am not yet used to all of the conventions and requirements.  I renamed Converting units by using dimensional analysis to Units conversion by factor-label because I wanted to avoid any conflict with an existing page named Dimensional analysis.  Having renamed the page, I wanted to eliminate double re-directs so I then removed it from your math list.  I did not replace it with the new name because I thought your robot would pick up the new name and get it into its proper alphabetical location in your list. I hope this hasn't caused you any undue problems.
 * mbeychok 02:49, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 04:26, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Markup
Hi, I saw your post to the Village pump (since removed). I'm sorry you had the experience you did. Normally, we don't expect people to learn a lot of wiki markup before contributing their first article. At most, we like to see them add links to other articles, and maybe use the wiki syntax for bold or italics (the syntax for all these is in a toolbar at the top of the editing window). If they don't do that, someone will usually do it for them, or add a &#123;{wikify}} tag to their article, which is not to be taken as a criticism.

I think you've been caught in the middle, because you're creating articles on highly technical subjects (hence the need for you to use equations), and most people who edit on such subjects already understand several different equation editors. I'm not sure what we can do to make things easier for such editors. Clearly you're not the first to run into such problems. I hope you have a more amenable experience of Wikipedia in the future.-gadfium 08:09, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Documentation in your field
Hullo, I have been following the discussion about the complexity of writing on WP with great interest. Should you need to post back-up documentation in your field, such as raw data, you can do it on Wikisource, where I am an Admin. It works just like WP in terms of the software. The same rules about copyright apply, of course. We are just now re-writing our help pages to make things easier for newbies. Writing for WS is, in many ways, more complex than writing for WP, since we are taking previously published documents instead of writing new ones. This might involve coding them so references and end-notes work properly. We also make use of templates for things like chapter headings that give a link to the previous and succeeding ones. If you do decide to get involved with WS, please leave a message on my talk page there, and I will do my best to help. Kind regards. Apwoolrich 19:58, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Air dispersion modeling
thanks for your quick and detailed response. i am mainly trying to shorten the title and make it register with the general public. i am a scientist too and have been in the field 34 years. i agree the phrase i threw out makes little sense, but three of your other redirects would make good titles: Air quality modeling], [[Atmospheric dispersion modeling or Air dispersion modeling. would you be at peace with any of these?  one of my motivations is that i am writing in a number of other air quality and environmental articles on wikipedia and it is nice to be able to use one term in the article which also becomes the title of the page to which it is linked.  i think many readers get distracted when they click a link and the article title is different from the title she or he clicked.  let me know what you think,  best regards, Anlace 01:30, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I still think the current title is more precise ... but, in the spirit of cooperation, I would be at peace with Atmospheric dispersion modeling. I will make the change as soon as I can. - mbeychok 03:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


 * thanks for your understanding my viewpoint. hope we meet again...best regards Anlace 04:42, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


 * thank you for the constructive edits to the Air pollution article. sorry i lapsed on our agreement to use "dispersion" not "dispersal"...best regards Anlace 22:33, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Userspace articles
Hello. Thanks for your question regarding User:Tjp368. Userspace is commonly used to work on draft articles before the article is published into the main encyclopedia namespace. This user may be doing just that, however categorising articles intended for the main namespace whilst in userspace is incorrect usage. I'll send off a quick message to see what's up if you like. -- Longhair 22:17, 23 February 2006 (UTC)


 * It has actually been posted to the two categories I named and I think he should be made aware that it is incorrect to do so. Since I am quite new myself, I know how long it took me to discover that I could create my own Sandbox rather than using my User page. Perhaps you could also explain that to him/her as well. Thanks. -mbeychok 22:24, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Welcome
Just saw your posting at Village_pump. Sorry if your introduction to Wikipedia wasn't that friendly. Don't hesitate to write me on my talk page or email me if you have any questions on Wikipedia. Samw 01:37, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I've skimmed some of your new articles. I think the content is fine and the Wikipedia community will eventually address the formatting/style issues.  I think the issue that people are having is that your articles are isolated from the context and content of the rest of Wikipedia.   There are unfortunately insufficient chemical engineers to build a context around your articles and I do agree they "stick out" from the rest of Wikipedia.  Your expertise is unfortunately way beyond the current contributors and until there is a community of experts, your contributions will continue to be disjoint.  In the mathematics space, there is fortunately a large group of mathematics contributors so they dive into deep subjects and there's a wealth of other articles backing them up.   The closest example I can think of for your situation is with Reading spark plugs for racing.  There an obvious race car expert contributed a fine article but it was initially voted for deletion.  I had to work with the author to set the context for that article by beefing up the spark plugs article signficantly.


 * Part of the problem is also the choice of titles for your contributions. "Accidental release source terms" has maybe a dozen Google hits.  Encyclopedia subjects should be something that people search for.  Is there a better main article that this info can be added to?  When that article has grown enough, it can then be split out.   That's what I've suggested for Cooling tower system.


 * Anyways, I hope you enjoy your work on Wikipedia and will stay. Samw 15:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your kind words and I do plan to stay. - mbeychok 16:48, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

response to AERMOD question
see my talk page, regardsAnlace 03:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

invite to structural discussions
hello milt, well im 70 percent finished with roadway air dispersion model article...on a related topic, i thought you might want to visit these discussions which affect the organization of atmospheric sciences work on wikipedia: Template talk:Environmental science, there is some debate about keeping atmospheric science on the template; i have stated it is an intergral compnent of Environmental science...look forward to your comments on that template talk page, best regards as always Anlace 04:41, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the kind words
a colleague i work with who helped with the word processing, etc regards Anlace 20:04, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Nice clarification of choked flow
Thanks for the nice clarification on the talk page. Feel like incorporating the equation into the main article?

Cheers, zowie 22:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

The attack you made on the ISP user on the Protocols talk page
...was completely unreasonable and uncalled for. First time users who make sincere and reasonable comments are very welcome. You owe him/her an apology. Osomec 02:21, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Disrupting Talk:The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

 * [[Image:Stop_hand.svg|left|30px]] Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy: There is no excuse for personal attacks on other contributors. Do not make them. Comment on content, not on the contributor; personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that you may be blocked for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thanks, Jkelly 02:41, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, I'll quit. Not because I think my behavior was abusive, but because it probably won't succeed in changing anyone's mind. Please, do me one favor ... read the Protocol article once more and look at the caricature of a Jew in this image that the article includes: Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion_1943_Poland_Poznan.gif (14KB, MIME type: image/gif). It depicts a Jew as fat, with a large hooked nose, and bags of ill-gotten money in his hands. I consider that vile image to be "a personal attack" on me. In fact, I consider much of that article to be "a personal attack" on me. Can you understand that? I was born in the USA, I fought in a war for the USA, I have lived all my life in the USA ... and I have been called "a dirty Jew" more often than I care to remember. I repeat, can you understand that? Can you understand my wanting to protest that "personal attack" on me? I would be interested in your answer. Regards, - mbeychok 03:09, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I imagine that it was a rhetorical question. I will answer "No, I can't.", anyway. There is no way for me to really understand your experience, even if it were the case that I was a Jewish American veteran. Perhaps we can discuss the article instead.  There seems to be some confusion over whether you think:


 * 1) The article is written from an anti-Semitic point of view
 * 2) The article's contributors are anti-Semites
 * 3) Those people who reviewed and supported the article at WP:FAC are anti-Semites
 * 4) The subject of the article is anti-Semitic
 * 5) The illustration in the article is anti-Semitic
 * 6) The illustration is inappropriate for the article
 * Perhaps if you could clarify which of the above is a concern, we can address that particular point. It is likely that, for instance, everyone will agree that 4 and 5 are true.  It is also likely that most editors would be open to a discussion about 6.  Of course, if further conversation on the topic is more likely to be upsetting than helpful, feel free to decline to respond.  In any case, thanks for considering it.  Jkelly 04:15, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Jkelly: I will answer your questions but beyond that I very much prefer to carry on further dialogue by email, and my email is enabled.


 * I'm sure you've heard the cliche "I don't care what the press writes about me so long as they spell my name right". There is much truth in that cliche. The publicity generated by having someone's name in the press, no matter how badly the press pictures that person, is in many cases good for that someone and furthers his cause or career.


 * The same is true of the Protocols article. The publicity generated by being a featured article, no matter how much the article claims the Protocols to be a hoax, furthers the cause of anti-semitism. Many readers never get past the words "featured article" and many other readers will believe that where there is smoke, there must be fire.  Ergo, if featuring the Protocols article furthers the cause of anti-semitism, then the article is in itself anti-semitic.


 * As to your question 1, the answer is no.
 * As to question 2, I don't know who the contributors were or what their beliefs are. But, based on my life experiences, a few of them probably were anti-semites.
 * As to question 3, same answer as to question 2.
 * As to question 4, the best answer I can give is what I said in the above paragraph. Intentionally or not, the featuring of the Protocols article generates publicity that furthers the cause of anti-semitism. Thus, the article is anti-semitic.
 * As to question 5, some of the illustrations are definitely anti-semitic on a stand-alone basis ... and some readers only look at the pictures.
 * As to question 6, some of the illustration are inappropriate for anywhere in the Wikipedia. If the Wikipedia included an article on pedophilia with explicit photographs of adult males having anal sex with young children, those photographs would also be inappropriate for anywhere in the Wikipedia. Is that not true?


 * I want to point out, once more, that no matter how scholarly, how well researched and referenced, how often it stated the Protocols were a hoax, it was an idiotic decision to feature the article. Lest I be labeled as a "book burner", I have no quarrel with it being an article in the Wikipedia ... my quarrel is with deciding to award it with the honor of being a featured article. -mbeychok 06:04, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Don't let these anti-semites lecture you, I completley agree with your point of view and agree that this article should be taken down ASAP. --GorillazFanAdam 17:23, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Sir, I am one of the contributors who turned this into a featured article (I had nothing to do with putting it on the main page). Perhaps you are concerned that featuring it there gives more publicity to a hideous and dangerous lie, and you may have a point. My view is that making explicit the nature of this forgery drains its power, and even more importantly, highlighting that there are still many places in the world where people fully believe this kind of garbage is of great utility. I'm sorry if that upset you, and many thanks for your service to the US. It's because of people like you that people like me were even born. Kaisershatner 14:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


 * i side with mbeychok on this issue. i think more care should be taken by editors as to content and offensive material. surely we all believe in free speech, but some intelligence and sensitivity must be exercised regarding decisons on featured articles, etc. i am not talking about using censorship, but about placing concern for fellow human beings above writing style, sincerely Covalent 22:45, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I concur with Mbeychok in not agreeing with the decision to make the subject article a featured article. Respect for all people of the earth should be a platform of wikipedia, rather than turning a blind eye on material that fosters hatred and misunderstanding. I applaud mbeychok for his bravery to state his sincere and i believe well founded opinions. Anlace 21:37, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Chemical names
No, I think this was just plain wrong. Let me see if I can fix it. Rich  Farmbrough 00:29 25  March 2006 (UTC).
 * OK should be fixed now. Please let me know if you see any more issues like this. Rich  Farmbrough 00:47 25  March 2006 (UTC).

atmospheric dispersion modeling
i took the liberty of creating a slightly different link in your intro sentence. the link is now to computer simulation in which article ive inserted a mention and link to atmospheric dispersion modeling. let me know if you like it better the way you had it. best regards Covalent 05:56, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with your link ... it is indeed better than the one I found. Thanks, - mbeychok 06:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your work on Flue gas desulfurization. The article is shaping up nicely. I replaced Flue Gas Desulfurization with a redirect, so any links to the old one will now lead to the correct updated article. Tom Harrison Talk 15:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I am not yet through with that article. If I don't hear soon from whoever contributed the equations in the chemistry section, then I will replace them with more meaningful equations. - mbeychok 16:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * "In fact, I may do so whether or not I hear from whoever." I say go for it. If anyone objects it can always be reverted. Tom Harrison Talk 01:18, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Milton, I have looked again at the page on Flue gas desulfurization. I have added a link and a comment about a related process (hydrotreatment of fuel). Sadly I do not have any data on how the electron beam method is being deployed currently.

What other methods of removing sulfur from flue gas are you thinking of, I think that the article should contain a mention of all the alternative methods.Cadmium 09:17, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Cadmium, as I said on Talk:Flue gas desulfurization, there have been quite literally dozens of methods proposed/studied/etc. which never made it to commercialization. I see absolutely no purpose in adding them to this article. So I suppose that we shall just have to agree to disagree.  You might want to consider writing a separate article to discuss such unproven or failed methods. Cheers, - mbeychok 20:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi again Milton, please could you tell me what the other failed methods were. Are they using different chemistry to the two which we already have in the article ? I am a chemist, so I tend to be interested in the chemistry of things and that is what I tend to write about.Cadmium


 * Cadmium, when I have some free time, I will work up a list for you ... but it may be quite some while before I get to it. Meanwhile, you might try using Google for that purpose. Keep in mind, some of the processes do not use slurries ... they inject dry alkaline solids into the flue gas (even coal ash has been used) and then remove the product solids with baghouses or electrostatic precipitators.


 * Changing the subject, I studied your references on the electron beam method more closely and was able to ascertain that the Pomorzany power plant in Poland (in 2003) and the Chendu plant in China (1998) both started up electron beam plants treating 300,000 cubic meters of flue gas. Assuming that they meant 300,000 Normal cubic meters at °C and 1 atmosphere, and assuming those power plants have the typical thermal efficiency of about 34 percent, then that amount of flue gas is equivalent to an output 101 MW in each of those plants. Both references report successful operation.  Therefore, I intend to add that information to the article even though government funded plants are not always economically competitive without the government funding. Cheers, - mbeychok 22:19, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Dear Milton, if you want you can e-mail me through wikipedia which will forward e-mail to me. Sadly I do not have fax, but I can try to look up your paper if you have published it in a journal.Cadmium 18:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Dear Milton, thanks for the e-mail. I have just got it. Sorry if I put the square brick in the round hole. I just thought that the references to other waste gas treatment should go into wikipedia, I was not sure of the best home for them so I had parked them in the flue gas page. Do you know if a page on gas scrubbing in general exists ?Cadmium 15:31, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Dear Milton, I hope that you are having a good day on the west coast, the UK it is almost time to go to bed and sleep. I think that I have some understanding of what you say about the relationship between chemists and chemical eng. I have had an interest in the solvent extraction of metals for years. I almost died of laughing when a chemist asked me (I hope he was not being serious) if PUREX solvent extraction process was done using separating funnels like those used by bench chemists. I imagined firstly the almighty hand dose (plus the torso dose !) you would get within minutes and secondly the scale of the process. I has to explain to him that in industry machines exist (such as mixer settlers) which replace the sep. funnel. I guess that you know what the PUREX process is, so you will understand why it was a bit of a no brainer question.

I choose the paper by J. Derek Woollins ''et. al.'' becuase what they did was to do some research on an iron based process for cleaning traces of H 2 S from air, this iron based process has been used outside the lab on real sewage plants. Rather than cooking up some exotic and expensive iron compound what the woollins group was to do was to take a cheap set of chemicals which have been used in industry and then to work on these. I know that some chemical research is very nice, but too expensive for use in industry (so I choose something which did not fall foul of this). While the other paper from Dalton Trans is a review of the methods which the semiconductor industry use to clean up the gases from the semiconductor production plants. What do you think of these papers ?Cadmium 22:30, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, Cadmium, that I took so long to reply. My wife is visiting her brother in London at the moment, so there are a lot of household chores for me to take care of that are quite time consuming. I really have no opinion about the paper by Woolins et al because I have no copy and therefore no way to read it.  Many decades ago, before the advent of using aqueous MEA and DEA regenerable solutions to remove H2S from gases, there was a dry oxidation process known as the Iron Sponge process that flourished for a short while.


 * I think you would find it most interesting to read the history of H2S removal sysytems at . Keep in mind as you read that web site that the authors (the Merichem Company) have an axe to grind in that they have their own process to sell. Also keep in mind that 90 perecnt or more of the large-scale H2S removal systems in the world use one of the various amine processes.- mbeychok 16:37, 20 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Milton, do not worry I will not take offence if you fail to reply instantly. About the Woollins paper it is in a RSC journal which does not give everyone the content for free. The abstract says A series of Fe(III) salts and organic solvents have been screened to develop novel non-aqueous catalysts for the conversion of H2S to sulfur. FeCl3/95% N-methylpyrrolidinone/5% H2O was found to be a most efficient non-aqueous system. The process chemistry, the proposed mechanism of catalytic oxidation of H2S, and the electrochemistry are discussed.


 * The other article is free for all to read, it is at http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/DT/article.asp?doi=a806743k

I think it is a good paper.Cadmium 20:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Chimney
Hi, I edited the explanation again in Chimney because it still was mostly a repeat. And it just didn't read easy (an inherit problem with multiple editors). It is great all the work you added to it, but I suggest, if you still don't agree with it, to edit complete paragraphs instead of adding just another sentence. Regards, -- P199 19:04, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your comments re the Chimney article section on draught/draft. I am still unhappy with that paragraph and will re-write it entirely within the next day or so.


 * As another topic entirely, I note (from your Talk page History) that you have deleted or somehow cleared prior discussions from your Talk page. As a newbie, I was told that I was not allowed to do that ... instead, I could create Archive pages to store old comments and responses, and that my Talk page had to include links to such Archive pages. I am curious as to how you got permission to delete prior stuff?? Regards, _ mbeychok 23:23, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I was not aware of this archiving process. I just cleared the page - who is interested in some old discussion anyway...? -- P199 01:54, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


 * That is exactly what I thought until an administrator told me quite explicitly that I should archive ...not delete. - mbeychok 03:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: About cite/cite.php
I am a Wikipedian who has written quite a number of chemical engineering articles. I'm no computer guru ... so please bear with me. I have been using   to define my references and then '''

As to the questions: "...there is an appalling lack of experienced engineers participating in Wikipedia." I'd first point out that many of the engineers (or anythings) that edit here dont create user pages, or even accounts! I would guess that there are thousands of engineering students that browse and change the wikipedia pages. I don't have any background to guess how many professionals might be browsing or editing in their spare time or during the course of their work. Basically, the more the merrier, but short of advertising in an engineering publication, how would you propose to attract more? Word of mouth is the only advertising i've heard of from wikipedia, and 1million users later cant be too bad ;) Eventually it'll become big enough that it becomes a subsect of the United Nations ;P

The only suggestion i have would be to create a wikiproject or collaboration with those who contributed most at Portal:Engineering and related pages. Hope that helps. -Quiddity 02:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Data from Dore
You can try the following links to save your time.

http://engineering.wikia.com/wiki/Engineering_talk:Engineerfication

http://engineering.wikia.com/wiki/Hot_titbits

http://engineering.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Newpages

--Dore chakravarty 10:25, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Wiki engineers
1. Grad engg. from University? Yes 2.Biomed engineer 3.Graduated on 1995 4.Came into wiki by accident.Then i liked the whole scheme of things. It's knowledge sharing with fun....

May be engineers are too bussy with their projects and making $$$ :D

...also why too few doctors, lawers,etc (in general professionals...).May me too bussy because of their nature of work.... Pratheepps 02:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

wikitable
replied on my talk. — Omegatron 17:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * User:Omniplex reformatted the m:Help:Table page a bunch, removing some of the stuff I added. Can you see what you think of his version?  Comment here. — Omegatron 13:46, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

cite
I have moved Beginners: How to use Cite.php references to User:Mbeychok/How to use Cite.php references. It does not belong in the (Main) namespace - try Wikipedia: or Help:. -- RHaworth 07:20, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


 * RHaworth, please excuse my error. At your suggestion, I have moved the content of User:Mbeychok/How to use Cite.php references to Help:How to use Cite.php references. I might add that User:Francis Schonken also made the same suggestion as you did. I would very much appreciate it if you would delete User:Mbeychok/How to use Cite.php references which is now empty of any content. Thank you, - mbeychok 16:01, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Engineering portal image
Sure, changing the image is fine with me. I think I like the one without the background better, but either one is a big improvement. --Spangineer[es] (háblame)  12:12, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

reply regarding cite.php at meta
see Help talk:Footnotes --Francis Schonken 10:07, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Engineers on wikipedia result?
It's been 3.5 weeks since you asked and I responded about my engineering, uh, demographics. Have you learned anything? Did/will you prepare a summary of responses? EncMstr 07:54, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your enquiry. There is a summary available at User:Mbeychok/MRB's Survey of Wikipedian Engineers. I posted a notice of that summary at the Village Pump some time ago. Regards, - mbeychok 15:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)