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Forecasting nuclear proliferation
Might you have time and interest to review "Forecasting nuclear proliferation" (on Wikiversity)?

I'm scheduled to make a presentation at the 88th Military Operations Research Society Symposium, June 15-19; my talk is scheduled for June 18. I'm asking you, because in Talk:Abdul Qadeer Khan, you said you had "researched nuclear proliferation issues" yourself, which suggests you might be able to identify and help me correct deficiencies in that article. Of course, I hope you would also find it interesting and useful for your own work.

If you'd like, I can send you a link to the slides for my presentation, and I'll be happy to give you the talk via videoconferencing at some mutually convenient time. I'm UTC-5. Thanks for your many contributions to Wikipedia. DavidMCEddy (talk) 20:17, 5 June 2020 (UTC)


 * With the caveats that I have no formal qualifications as a student of nuclear proliferation and my research has solely been conducted as an amateur, yes, I don't mind reviewing your presentation. Video conferencing is problematic over my satellite Internet connection, but I"d be happy to review your slide deck.  FWIW, I'm UTC-6 (US Central Daylight Savings time).


 * Thanks for your praise - I work when I can, and when I can replace heat with light in the sometimes contentious fields of Wikipedia. --loupgarous (talk) 02:53, 6 June 2020 (UTC)


 * My draft slides are available at Google Slides "Predicting the Time to Next Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons". (I'm Graves, the lead author on those slides.)


 * I'm confused regarding time zones: I'm also in US Central Daylight Savings Time.  However, as I'm writing this, "The World Clock" says it's approximately 10 PM in Kansas City and Chicago, and UTC is approximately 3 AM tomorrow.  That sounds to me like Kansas City and Chicago are UTC-5, not UTC-6.  ???


 * Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 03:08, 6 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the link. I got the data on my time zone from Microsoft's automated Internet Time service: "(UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)".  However, when I lived in central Indiana, I had a similar issue - until recently that part of Indiana did not observe Daylight Savings Time, so half the year we had the same local time as the US Eastern Time Zine.  --loupgarous (talk) 03:48, 6 June 2020 (UTC)


 * I've commented on your slide presentation (both factual issues in recounting patterns in past nuclear proliferation and other historical and current issues that perhaps were more than you asked for). --loupgarous (talk) 12:30, 6 June 2020 (UTC)