User talk:Pluto the Planet

Who you? And why do you keep using the South Boston page for your self promotion?

Who am I? My name is Eugene F. Lally, my grandfather was Eugene F. and my uncle was Eugene F. with my father being Thomas and we all grew up in South Boston. I became a world know rocket scientist and space age pioneer. I am simplying trying to give credit to South Boston by adding my name to the list of notables seeing there are no science people listed. I am proud of my heritage in Southie and the neighborhood and my relatives and friends who still live there should be able to share in my reputation. I conceived the initial concepts while at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory a NASA center in Pasadena, CA for unmanned spacecraft missions to planets. The concepts were presented at American Rocket Society meetings in the late 50s and in the 60s. I later worked at Space General and won NASA contracts to further explore the planets and proposed other concepts including manned Mars missions which are yet to be accomplished. Most of my concepts for unmanned planetary missions to Venus, Mars, Jupiter etc. have been completed by NASA missions. I currently work in archaeology and photography and have a web site at   www.lallyphotography.com   where you can find a bio and more details. I have published many papers in technical journals and elsewhere dealing with my space work plus more recently in the disciplines of archaeology and economics. I don't view this as self promition just trying to pass on a piece of proud history to South Boston on Wikipedia which seemed to be a useful place to do so. I am not sure responding here is the way to answer. If there is something wrong with my approach please contact me directly. Regards:   E. F. Lally      Mission Viejo, CA

Lally consumer value index
I've added the "prod" template to the article Lally consumer value index, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also What Wikipedia is not and Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Lally consumer value index. If you remove the dated prod template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Kuru talk  19:17, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

CPI Edits
Eugene, you would appear to have missed my response to your question on my talk page. I have duplicated it here for your convenience. Kuru talk  22:07, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

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Hello Kuru: The Consumer Value Index that we publish is made available to all major editors in the financial and business media. The CPI became unreliable to consumers about 10 years ago when the policymakers started to use hedonic adjustments. What this has done is lower the annual number from what really is going on with "prices". This has been discussed for the passed several years by Congress, Bill Gross (PIMCO), the AARP and many financial analysts. To help consumers get a more honest look at what the economy is doing to them, this index called the "Lally Consumer Value Index" (LCVI) was created and distributed. It would seem appropriate to include a note in your CPI page to make consumers aware of this tool to help them become more independent in investing and managing their lifestyle.

Regards:  Eugene F. Lally


 * That's fantastic, Mr. Lally. I'm sure you're doing a great job of constructing your index and doing your best to relay it to consumers.  Unfortunately, Wikipedia is probably not the best avenue for communicating this information.  We are bound by a few core policies that make it difficult to accept your work in either the Consumer price index article, or in an article of your own.  The primary problem is that of verification - there simply appears to be no independent confirmation that such an index exists.  I was unable to find any reference to it whatsoever.  The second problem is that it would appear to be original research, it is simply your personal take on a problem.  There are several 'guideline' issues that are problems as well, but please try to understand that this is really a vehicle for encyclopedic entries on notable topics; it's nothing personal, and I'm sure your work is solid.  I would encourage you to continue to improve existing articles by improving content and adding material in a neutral manner.  There are many other ways to get the word out on LCVI - blogs, portals, etc.  Let me know if there is any way I can help you.  Kuru  talk  03:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Evolutionary expectations - consumer economics
With respect to the above-referenced article, you should know that WP does not publish original thought. Please see WP:NOR for details. Cheers, JChap2007 23:30, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Pixel and digital cameras
Eugene, perhaps you've noticed that I'm the guy who wrote the history of pixel, and the article on Fred Billingsley, and a few things like that. I'd be pleased if you'd write me and fill me in on your role in this history (you can email dicklyon at acm dot org, or use my talk page). I reverted your addition to the pixel page, with comments on the talk page there. If we can get your story into a reputable publication first, we can more easily use it here. Dicklyon 03:20, 2 December 2006 (UTC)