User talk:Richard.decal

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Autosomal recessive juvenile Parkinson disease
Hi Richard, I nearly proposed your new page for speedy deletion until I  realised from your other contributions that  you  are a biologist and a serious contributor to the encyclopedia. Have you considered preparing your articles first in  your sandbox? By doing so, you  will  be posting  reasonably  complete new articles, complete with  all their page elements and references, and avoiding  the risk   of deletion  by  new page patrollers who do not  do  background checks. If you  need any  help  on  creating  new pages, don't hesitate to ask me on my  talk page.--Kudpung (talk) 06:24, 22 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi. I have never created a new stub before and didn't know there was a minimum amount of info needed. I will make the stub in my sandbox and post it to the encyclopedia when it's ready. Thanks for the advice! richard.decal (talk) 04:53, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

trouble with new references section
help me I added the first ref to the Josh Tickell article and made a new references section, but half the article is hidden and a big error shows up. I can't seem to make it go away, what did I do wrong? Richard☺Decal (talk) 09:58, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Richard. Most markup tags tag in computer languages that work by an opening tag followed by a closing tag use forward slashes, not backslashes. You wrote .--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:12, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * D'oh! Thanks for the help. Richard☺Decal (talk) 01:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

reporting a vandal
I am looking for someone to double check if I reported a vandal correctly. User_talk:207.74.27.71 is a repeat vandal, so I followed the instructions on Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism... did I do it right, or am I expected to do more? Thanks Richard☺Decal (talk) 21:32, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks fine, and it also appears the vandal has been blocked as a result of your block. Thanks for the report! --joe deckertalk to me 21:47, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

edit article "Cold Fusion" Nine Refefences to Pathological Science Should Be Moved to Historical Footnotes
To improve the article:

1) Wiki needs to view it as science.

2) Wiki needs to recognize which scientific journals are utilized and sourced by scientists in this field of physics.

I predict a tremendous increase in the readability of the article.

Query to the scientific community: To the Directors of Physics Departments,

LENR - Low Energy Nuclear Reaction and Widom Larson Theory, aka Condensed Matter Nuclear or Lattice Enabled Nuclear; historically misnamed "Cold Fusion"

1) Is this science or pathological science?

2) Do you offer a class in this discipline? If so, please provide information.

3) Are you developing a curriculum of this science? If so, when will you offer it?

4) What peer review journals do you utilize or source in this field?

Richard sir, P>S> 1) Any suggestions or criticisms before I move forward with this? 2) Is this direction of query able to yield opinions the Wikipedia forum on Cold Fusion may value? Thank you for your time, Gregory Goble gbgoble@gmail.com (415) 724-6702--Gregory Goble (talk) 00:49, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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Too much detail in Stellerator article
Thanks for your comment on my talk page, User:Richard.decal. (Did you receive notification of my reply there? Not familiar with this Wiki-technicality.) I don't feel strongly about this, but I have two comments. This wasn't just "a" single experiment, but a (long-delayed) major milestone on a 20-year billion-$ project. On the other hand, this detail illustrates to at least those with some technical background that it was a very cautious and limited first step, to avoid a perception of hype. Layzeeboi (talk) 03:05, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I didn't get an email notification for your original reply. I've replied now :) Richard☺Decal (talk) 06:54, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

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Nomination of Sia (technology) for deletion
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Mikhail Lebedev
We urgently need a Wikipedia article on the famous neuroscientist, Mikhail Lebedev. Can you please finish the article on Mikhail Lebedev this weekend? It needs to be nominated as a good or featured article within 30 days. I Already started. Please see Draft:Mikhail Lebedev (neuorscientist). — Preceding unsigned comment added by LotteryGeek (talk • contribs) 01:24, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

basic research methods in neuroscience
hello Richard.decal, I saw that you are part of the neuroscience wikiproject.

i feel that the article titled neuroscience should have another section explaining the common/basic research methods used in neuroscience.

i dont know how to post this in the wiki project becuse its not just simple text.

any help on the matter is appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RJJ4y7 (talk • contribs) 15:15, 1 October 2021 (UTC)