Puzl bustr

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Dwarf galaxy problem

The resolution, to this conundrum, could be a question of (simulation) resolution -- if you combine the counts, of Globular Clusters, with Dwarf Galaxies, you quickly reach numbers (100s), completely consistent, with said simulations. So, perhaps the sims are currently qualitatively, if not completely quantitatively, accurate ?? 24.143.65.75 (talk) 07:22, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Carbon burning process

It looks good to me. I added two headings that I think break up the text better. I also added a link to see also for proton-proton cycle (though I later ntoiced it was in the template at the bottom). What I really wanted was to link to an article on how different processes occur at different temperatures etc, but I don't know what article that is. I removed the tags because it looks OK to me. The references seem satisfactory and the copyediting looks OK. RJFJR (talk) 18:06, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, your changes made good sense. I overlapped with you on my next edit, which made me nervous until I figured out how to absorb your changes into my new edit - another Wikipedia first for me! This was to add a section on nuclear products to try to explain in as simple terms as possible (much translation needed from research papers!) how the sequence of reactions ends up producing pretty much just O-Ne-Mg. As to the article on different processes at different temperatures, the nearest I can see is the over-arching article stellar nucleosynthesis which is mentioned in the template. That refers to all the different fusion processes, but it doesn't mention the temperatures, which are at present only included in the individual articles. I think I've done enough editing for today, as I have RSI and have to ration myself, but I'm thinking the see also could refer to helium burning as the previous process, and neon burning as the next process. Puzl bustr (talk) 18:53, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

R136

The R136 changes look good. (I wish I knew how to get the TOC to start before the bottom of the infobox so there isn't that big white space.) I changed a link and removed 2 entries from see also that were already linked. RJFJR (talk) 17:10, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

I removed the clear in double braces after the picture to achieve this Puzl bustr (talk) 13:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh. Cool! Thank you. RJFJR (talk) 14:02, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Nambu–Jona–Lasinio model

{{helpme}}How do I put a warning in the article to the effect that it is far too technical, making no attempt to explain any of the concepts? The article appears to be a wikified copy of a seminar. c.f. the message I put on the talk page. Puzl bustr (talk) 09:28, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Use {{technical}}. Cheers. —Dark 09:51, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks and done. And now I know what {{foo}} does! Puzl bustr (talk) 10:24, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Or more precisely that {{tl|foo}} produces {{foo}}. Here I am using <nowiki>Puzl bustr (talk) 14:26, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Graph wanted for Standard solar model

{{helpme}}I have an ADSABS reference Solar Models: Current Epoch and Time Dependences, Neutrinos, and Helioseismological Properties. This contains several graphs, one of which I want for a section of my page to demo how the radius, effective temp and luminosity increase over the Sun's main sequence lifetime. I've not used pictures before, and merely got confused by the Wiki info in FAQs, etc. I understand there may be copyright restrictions. How do I search for the graph on WikiCommons, or figure out how to upload it? It looks like I need a new account on WikiCommons?Puzl bustr (talk) 10:34, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

I am pretty sure that these graphs are not freely licensed and cannot be used on Wikipedia (as we use GFDL, which is not compatible with unfreely licensed images. See our copyrights for more details.). And to go on WikiCommons, feel free to make a global account, either by clicking on the link or going to preferences. A global account allows you to use the same user account on every Wikimedia project (except for the restricted access wikis of course). —Dark 10:45, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Also, be sure that you don't want to change your username later on, as it gets extremely difficult to do so once you make a global account. —Dark 10:52, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

The discussion here appears correct. You cannot use images from journals without express permission. However, if we generated a figure, this would be fine. The main point for this is inputting the data. I don't believe data are copyrighted in any way, so it's just an issue to use a nice plotting tool (root, scipy, gnuplot) to make the plot yourself and post it. DAID (talk) 18:13, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

standard solar model

Would appreciate some guidance about what to include. This seems an important article, currently in poor shape. Any thoughts? Puzl bustr (talk) 20:07, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

The article doesn't seem that bad, at least to me. I think it just needs some work to make it more accessible to a reader who is not well versed in astronomy. The various jargon needs to be clarified and the parameters used in the equations need to be explained. I also think there should be more discussion of convection. Perhaps compare it to some other web sites that discuss the standard solar model and determine what the wikipedia article needs in order to be at least that good. For example, this Saint Mary's University article. It definitely needs many more references, and I think those would also provide more useful information to add. Thanks.—RJH (talk) 21:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Guess I was over-reacting. (Repeat to self, there is NOT going to be a test!!) Your feedback gave me the confidence to continue and get the article to a point where it seems in my POV to give a coherent explanation of the topic. Still needs more references and extra sections as you indicated, but now have to rest because of my RSI. Will work more on it later. Would offer you a barn-star if you weren't already struggling under the weight of many;)Puzl bustr (talk) 12:37, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Puzzling new message

{{helpme}} I got a new message, which when I clicked sent me to User talk:77.86.124.130. I have an account, do not make anonymous edits and have never modified the Alan Carr article. I do not understand what has happened, and it worries me. Has the security of my account been compromised? Puzl bustr (talk) 11:54, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

You are probably using a shared IP, so somebody else might have edited using that before you. Before you logged in to this account, you must have connected with that IP and received a message intended for someone else. Nothing to worry about :) ≈ Chamal ^talk ¤ 11:58, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Helioseismology

{{helpme}} I found a useful image with copyright in commons, via differential rotation in stars. I added it to Helioseismology, but the description is inadequate. I edited the file summary description to what I wanted:

"Internal rotation in the Sun, showing differential rotation in the outer convective region and almost uniform rotation in the central radiative region. The transition between these regions is called the tachocline. Image courtesy of GONG: http://gong.nso.edu/."

but I want the image to have this longer description rather than just 'tachocline'. Have not edited images before. Please can you help me out. BTW I also added a see also link to differential rotation in stars. Puzl bustr (talk) 18:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

The description lives on the article page, not the image's page. In your edit, this is how the image is told to appear;

[[Image:Tachocline.gif|thumb|300px|thumb|Tacholine]]

I'll break down what the different parts of that do. Every individual part is separated by a pipe (the | symbol).

• Image:Tachocline.gif - this is the image's name.
• 300px - this tells the image what size, in pixels, it should be. Generally, it shrinks the longest edge of the image to 300 and scales down the other one to preserve the aspect ratio.
• thumb - this parameter tells the image to be a thumbnail.

Testing parameters!

The very last parameter is what you're looking for. Everything in that space will appear as the image's description. For example:

[[Image:Tachocline.gif|thumb|300px|thumb|Testing parameters!]]

appears as:

Hope that helps! Cheers, and if you need anything else, feel free to put up another help notice. :) m.o.p 18:44, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Also, there's no reason to place "Image courtesy of [etc...]" in the thumbnail's caption; rather, just put it on the image's page. Cheers, m.o.p 18:49, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, I learned something! I got what I wanted, leaving out the image courtesy bit which went on the image's page. Puzl bustr (talk) 18:55, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Alright, sounds good. Great work, by the way! m.o.p 19:10, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

{{helpme}} I have a TRACE image, released by NASA, which I want to put on Wikimedia Commons. It is here. From the TRACE site: "The TRACE images may be used without restrictions in publications of any kind. We appreciate an acknowledgement indicating that the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer, TRACE, is a mission of the Stanford-Lockheed Institute for Space Research, and part of the NASA Small Explorer program.". I have a general account on commons. Not sure what license options I should put on. A similar TRACE image on Corona is here. Can you help? The name of the image should be "coronal arcade". Puzl bustr (talk) 15:43, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

You can use the same license used on File:Traceimage.jpg. It uses Template:PD-USGov-NASA/en on Commons, which says that it is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. An easy way to do this on Commons is to press "Upload file" on the left side, select "It is from a US federal government source", and select "Original work of NASA" next to Licensing. Please let me know if there are any more questions. Thanks! --Mysdaao ^talk 15:53, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Got it uploaded - my first picture! I do hope I did it right and it doesn't get deleted (as did the last attempt to upload this picture - but that had no acknowledgements). Also linked to it at coronal seismology. Puzl bustr (talk) 16:25, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

The link you provided, http://solar.physics.montana.edu/nuggets/2000/000714/000714.html is to a page from Montana State University, not NASA. No mention of NASA is on that page. Without a way to verify that the image is originally from NASA, it may be deleted. If you have a link that will show that, please add it to File:Coronal arcade.gif.

Also, you uploaded it to Wikipedia, not Commons. This won't cause it to be deleted, but it's better if free images are on Commons because they can be used by any Wikimedia site in all languages. If you want to do that, please see Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons.

Otherwise, good job, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! --Mysdaao ^talk 16:35, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

I added the NASA direct link URL to the image. Left {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} on the image page. Puzl bustr (talk) 18:33, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Everything looks good now. --Mysdaao ^talk 18:48, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Smile!

A smile for you You’ve just received a random act of kindness! 66.87.2.142 (talk) 15:15, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

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