User talk:Solinarh

Fullerene
I removed extension of your edit, not the fact itself. There are several reasons: (i) that result was not published and seriously questioned, thus there is not much reason to expand it; (ii) it appeared as self-promotion, as you might have conflict of interest with adding that information. Regards. Materialscientist (talk) 11:34, 2 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your reply. I agree that my original insert was perhaps a little over long, and may have been poorly formatted. I am new to Wikipedia and not completely familiar with the system. However, your truncated version of my insertion does seem rather severe. The edit I made yesterday only added one reference, and a few words. Surely the addition of the words 'Carbon journal' before the reference gives some authenticity to the entry. The reference to Henson's website can hardly cause any offence. The website has been there since 1998, and has received no adverse comment. I hope that we may be able to reach some compromise on this matter.

Regards. Solinarh (talk) 11:05, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

I would be glad to help with WP editing, which might seem intricate at first sight. Apart from that, there is an important difference between scientific articles, web sites and WP - which aims to be a true encyclopedia, i.e. feature reliable, notable content in concise and accessible way. To specifics: Journal Carbon is mentioned in the ref provided; average reader would hardly know that journal. That an external web site existed for long means little in terms of its being reliable source; in this case, my concern was conflict of interest; P. Thrower is certainly more reliable in this respect. Materialscientist (talk) 11:18, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately you seem to cast some doubt on the reliability of my entry. To try and exclude the words 'Carbon journal' from the text I find extraordinary. Have you read the editorial which appeared in 'Carbon' in 1999? That was written by Professor P A Thrower who was, and still is, the Editor-in Chief of the journal. The fact that the average reader would not be aware of the Carbon journal, does not make it any less relevant. Henson's website only received one criticism - that was from Professor Thrower - to say that the word 'Fullerene' had been spelt incorrectly. Regards. Solinarh (talk) 14:44, 3 March 2010 (UTC)