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DFW geology
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Michoud Fault
Greetings, Dr. Stern. The Michoud fault article is a stub in dire need of attention from someone with knowledge of geology. Perhaps you or someone you know would be interested?  Sagredo Discussione? 00:56, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your contribution to the Michoud fault. It's simpler to get the owner to donate the file than to go through the permission process and about the same for the donor.  I'll get emails sent to the parties involved.  I'll also search for more government images, as those are easy.   Sagredo Discussione? 01:11, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

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Coast Range Arc
Hi Zyzzy2. Not sure you will be interested or not, but would mind helping out with the Coast Range Arc article? It's the largest continential volcanic arc fossil in the world and the largest granitic outcropping in North America. Just wanted to ask you this because I noticed you are the one that expanded and created the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc article which looks great and detailed. Black Tusk (talk) 07:00, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Black Tusk; thanks for the compliment; IBM arc is still in progress and I am not getting much time to work on it. What can I do to help the CRA article? Don't worry if I don't get back right away, as we say down south I am up to my ass in alligators.... or, I am as busy as a one-armed paper-hanger....


 * No problem. It seems to be a major subject in geology with complex history (e.g. getting metamorphosed, uplifted etc) and there's currently nobody working on it, although I made some edits expanding the granitic intrusions infomation. Black Tusk (talk) 05:25, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

I was going through the vpm article (as im sure i will continue to do so for a while yet) and i saw in a place it didnt make sense to me: Characteristics

Despite the differences in origin and formation, most VPMs share the same characteristics:


 * 4 to 7 km thick basaltic and (frequently) silicic subaerial flows; dike swarms and sills running parallel to continent-facing normal faults[1][2].

I removed it as I thought it was perhaps someone attempting to add a "ref" and failing. Saw you had added it back when it made sense in the sentence (to me)

So my questions are:
 * should i put it back in (it sorta still makes sense when I look at your original usage)
 * why the carrot brackets? <>

Iluziat (talk) 02:29, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Been at a wedding in houston where i was a grooms man this christmas break. Will be back up and working on the images sometime in the next week. Iluziat (talk) 10:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Parece Vela
Hi Zyzzy.

By means of a casual stroll of wikipedia manors I ended up on Parece Vela, and then Saint Google took me to some info on its geology, which I just added to the article.

The islets are called in the article lead an 'atoll' yet I found them designated by reputed sources as a 'rift' or a 'ridge'. Somehow, I feel like these statements (atoll on the one side and then rift, ridge) contradict each other, but I have a very basic understanding of geology (read: none). Then, I looked for editors with a good understanding of the matter and I found you. I would like you to please pay a look into this, if you could.

Thank you.  MOUNTOLIVE  fedeli alla linea 02:53, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc‎
Hi, I organized a bit the references. Completed some references on Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc‎ too, through Google Scholar. Could you have a look, please. Thx. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 03:06, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Aleutian Arc
In your recent edit to Aleutian Arc you added material with an incomplete reference to DeMets and Dixon 1999. The 1999 paper by DeMets and Dixon my search turns up is about Baja California, so I'm a bit confused. Please clarify with complete the reference data or correct if there is an error. Thanks, Vsmith (talk) 10:12, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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April 2018
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but it appears you have written or added to an article about yourself, at Robert J. Stern. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was my page deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. --Animalparty! (talk) 18:31, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Timothy H Dixon
Hi there, I just wanted to let you know that I have moved the article you created (Timothy H Dixon) to the draft namespace (now located at Draft:Timothy H Dixon) where it can be more easily worked upon to bring it up to the citation standards required of articles which are biographies of living persons. I would recommend reviewing this guide to creating your first article and this guide about referencing. If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know or ask at the Teahouse. -- The SandDoctor Talk 05:15, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi and thanks for your help. I am not very good at Wikipedia, do you think that the Dixon bio with improvements will be postable? I don't want to waste time if it's going to be pulled down anyway. Thanks for your advice. P.S. I am a 67 year old professor with not a lot of free time.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zyzzy2 (talk • contribs) 12:50, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi there ! The relevant notability guideline that the draft would have to satisfy in order to become an article would be the notability guideline for professors. With any biography of a living person, any statements which could be challenged (ie awards won, number of children etc, but not indisputable factual statements like "the sun is hot" or "earth is a planet") need to be backed up with (reliable) inline citations, as do any quotes. I would strongly recommend taking a look through this guide on creating your first article and this guide for referencing in articles on Wikipedia. I appreciate that you don't want to waste anyone's time, but that shouldn't be an issue and it shouldn't be deleted/moved back to the draft namespace if you can demonstrate reliably (with reliable sources) that the bio meets at least one of the criteria for profs/academics and isn't a copyright violation (not saying it is). If you can demonstrate that, then I will happily move it back to the mainspace (where articles are kept). If you have any questions, please do let me know and I will happily assist as much as I can. -- The SandDoctor Talk 16:06, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I have also gone and fixed some of the draft's formatting to what it appears you intended . -- The SandDoctor Talk 16:06, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Dixon is a Fellow of several scientific organizations and won a significant prize (Woolard Prize). I think he qualifies but please let me know if you disagree. Bob — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.110.242.29 (talk) 17:58, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Evidence that TH Dixon has received recognition from an academic society: https://honors.agu.org/fellows/search-winners/?name-2=Timothy+h+dixon&fellow_year-2=0&sectionfocus_group-2=0&institution=&country=0&l=%252Ffellows%252F&fellows_directory=1&simian_search=1&fellows_directory_paged=1 Is this sufficient? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zyzzy2 (talk • contribs) 22:29, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
 * There would still need to be reliable sources to verify the majority of the draft as that URL only states his name, the class, and the fact he is a fellow. While I am not familiar with the AGU, based on this section of the relevant article, I would be inclined to accept it on the condition that the minimum requirements for inline citations in biographies of living persons is met. Also, please respond here so that the discussion is centralized. Don't worry, I am "watching" (get notified when edits are made) this page so will see it . -- The SandDoctor Talk 22:13, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

OK, I added some more meat to the entry. Does it need anything else to be posted? Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zyzzy2 (talk • contribs) 02:24, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi there, I have added tags to the draft in areas which could still benefit from citations. The length of the draft was fine before for a stub, so long as it was well referenced (which still needs some cleanup). Also, what do the 8 (9 if counting google scholar) support specifically within the text? Also, please reply via this link (and add the response to the bottom (bold is because it is standard convention to add to bottom and sometimes users accidentally add to the top, which can get confusing). Thanks! -- The SandDoctor  Talk 03:33, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Timothy H Dixon


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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Dolotta (talk) 05:47, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Dear Dolotta Thank you for not forgetting my efforts. I am afraid that I am no longer very good at navigating Wikipedia and its many rules. Prof. Dixon is very accomplished and deserving of being included in Wikipedia but I don't have time for this struggle. Zyzzy2

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