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Hello!
Hey, Wim, how are you! I felt like it was 2005 again - I looked at my watchlist and there was Wimvandorst editing Sodium sulfate! I was just wondering how you're doing. I'm still teaching organic chemistry at SUNY Potsdam, but things are going well. Cheers, Walkerma (talk) 20:03, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Martin, so you still have that page on your watchlist too? After all those years, we still didn't succeed in making FA, though :). I'm great, every now and then doing some editing on Wikipedia, but no major edit sprees, I must admit. Nowadays, I am also working on another source of public information:, so I must spread my efforts. And map making for my personal GPSr is an awfully nice pastime. Of course your page is also on my watchlist, so I did keep tabs on your activities: you're doing good work, although I see that since 2008 you've slacked a bit as well :). Keep up the good work. And some day we'll finish that Na2SO4 page :D!
 * Yes, we all get distracted, don't we! I have done a lot off-wiki on WP:1, though much less there over the last year, too.  My projects have been this in 2010 (I was conference chair), and this currently.  Both wikis, too!  But I'd like to get back to some basic editing of chemistry articles again some time.  All the best, Walkerma (talk) 21:08, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

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Scouting Portal - State og Georgia
Sir,

I co-wrote The History of Chehaw Council (in Georgia, USA). Years ago I posted much of the first Georgia section of the Boy Scout history on Wikipedia and some of it is still around in bits. But, most of it has been butchered beyond recognition and is just now wrong. The book and thousands of photos are free on the internet. The book is non-profit. We are giving back to scouting some of what it gave to us. The book contains detailed research on the formation of Scouting in Georgia back to 1910, including "The Georgia Plan" and even a list of the original committee members.

You are welcome to rebuild the article from it. I will be glad to send it to you in Microsoft Word if that would make it easier. If you can "lock" the article so that only someone (not me) who knows what they are doing can approve edits, I would be willing to rewrite the Georgia page(s) in Wiki format. I just don't want to spend the time and have them go away as the result of well-meaning but ill-advised changes.

I would appreciate the courtesy of a response even if you don't wish to have my help so that I know you got this message.

Mike Greene Americus, GA JMICHEALGREENE@BELLSOUTH.NET

http://www.chehawcouncilbook.com/ <--- link to book  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jg0017 (talk • contribs) 10:56, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

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GOCE July 2014 newsletter
Hi Wim,

I suspect the following quote from the Sodium Sulfate article is "controversial" or just wrong. I searched www.goldrefiningforum.com and googled the web for verification (without success) and then posted the quote on www.goldrefiningforum.com, but no-one as yet is able to verify. Members of the forum have shown willingness to test, but some additional details of the process by the original author would be useful.

"Lately, sodium sulfate has been found effective in dissolving very finely electroplated micrometre gold that is found in gold electroplated hardware on electronic products such as pins, and other connectors and switches. It is safer and cheaper than other reagents used for gold recovery, with little concern for adverse reactions or health effects.[citation needed]"

Gratilla (talk) 06:29, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Sulfuric acid (data page)


The article Sulfuric acid (data page) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * No infomation which isnt at sulfuric acid's infobox. No need to keep as redirect from merge because of trivial infomation merged

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