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Optimisation of the listening room: The Brodule

Hello Steve,

I read the page about Diffusion (acoustics).

In this respect, please have a look at my blog:

http://brodule.blogspot.com

Kind regards,

Stephane — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephane France (talk • contribs) 10:16, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Metamaterial-related images

There is a way to get more images on wikipedia for this topic, if you are interested. It relies on {{PD-US-patent}}, and I guess many metamaterial-related inventions are patented. There are many patent databases, like Google patents. They usually give only poor black/white copies, but this is enough to establish the PD status, and then grab a colored version from the related website, i.e., I would start from a webpage and search patents by a keyword + potential author, but you know this topic much better. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 05:51, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. This is very much appreciated. Also, this is a very good idea. I am very much interested and this coincides with a recent desire to find PD images pertaining to this topic. Regards. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 01:32, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Didn't realize somebody would actually take my attempt at a fractional vandalism seriously :-)

See the conversation between Dirk and myself:

User talk:DVdm#What would count as 0.25 vandal attempts?

Cheers! Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 13:28, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Biomedicine journals

Hi Steve, I don't think that this cat is necessary. It would contain a huge amount of journal articles: all medical journal, all nursing journals, all public health journals, and the majority of life sciences (biology) journals... Which journals specifically do you think should go in her? Perhaps we can come up with an alternative (more descriptive) name. --Guillaume2303 (talk) 12:30, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

• After what you wrote above I can see that my idea of biomedicine is too narrow compared to what it is. So I am requesting that the categroy be deleted. There are plenty of categories on Wikipedia and I won't lose any sleep if biomedicine is not one of them.

Regards, --- Steve Quinn (talk) 03:51, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Blinking colloidal nanocrystals

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OK thanks. I will look into this. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 04:42, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

I've given this a full review and identified a few issues; please see the nomination page. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 19:06, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

A significant issue has been identified by Orlady; can you please check it and see whether it's one you will be addressing in the article, and leave a comment in your nomination's entry next time you're editing here? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:21, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

I have responded on the template page. Please see my complete response there. Thank you all for your time and effort. Howwever, I withdraw my request for DYK nomination for the reasons stated on the Template page. --- Steve Quinn (talk) 03:53, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

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It appears that another editor has replaced this image with a .jpg image [1]. That is OK by me. So this one probably needs to be deleted. Thanks. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 00:03, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Insurance Medicine

Hello Steve.

The article aboute insurance medicine is deleted again. Du you maybe know, why this is the case? I haven changed nothings since months. Bit now they are saying that copyrights are broken. This is not correct. Authors etc. has been alway cited. If this is copyright. I can not work anymore, because then I copy everything. I'm a researcher. Greets. bergfex — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bergfex (talk • contribs) 16:52, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Hi Steve.

Thanks for your information. I have not copied directly (also the German page was written by me). But sure I have taken information form other websites. That is normal in the research-world. You must take sources from other pages, because otherwise they Wikipedia will say that everything is fictitious. But I have always mentioned the sources in my former article. I will mention that I don't write it again. Now I can understand, why Wikipadia has such a bad reputation in connection to this theme. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bergfex (talk • contribs) 12:50, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Dispute on Science section of the Freud page

Steve: This may not be your normal topic of interest (though it does relate to the scientific credentials of Freud's theories). There has been a long-running dispute about the Science section of the Freud page, and it has reached an impasse. If you are interested in checking it out and, hopefully, voicing an opinion on the Talk page, here is the link: [2]

After the first few comments to get the flavour of the dispute, you should skip the endless point/counterpoint that follows, and jump to the contributions at the end of the section, those added in the last few days.

I hope you can find time to have a look at the issue and come in on the discussion. Esterson (talk) 13:48, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your response on my Talk page. I appreciate your time is limited - fortunately, as you say, several other editors have now come in on the issue on the Dispute page. After weeks of wrangling on the Freud Talk page, Almanacer has now reduced his five lines devoted to Levy's views to two. I still have objections that I've stated on the Dispute page, and asked editors to choose between my paragraph and his. But there is now no need for you to bother with this! Esterson (talk) 07:52, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm glad it's working out. If the two lines in question are WP:OR or in contradiction to WP:NPOV I can understand your concern. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 11:43, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Mining engineering journals

I noticed that you created the International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences article. The mining engineering journals seem to be underrepresented on Wikipedia. I was wondering if you'd take a look at the list at List of engineering journals and magazines#Mining engineering and see if there are any articles that you'd like to create. They are listed there in approximate H-Index order (highest to lowest), but the list at Microsoft's academic page seems to be out of date. --Bejnar (talk) 00:11, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. Yes, I think I will create a few journal articles from this list. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 01:12, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the nice work on Acta Geotechnica and Journal of Mining Science. I changed EI to Engineering Index. --Bejnar (talk) 16:42, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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Link to a category

Do not use external link syntax for links to categories. Learn Help:Link. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 08:37, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

• OK thanks. I couldn't remember how do it as a wiki link. Hopefully the linked help page that you have provided will be helpful. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 17:50, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

DNA digital data storage

Hi Steve, the now-renamed DNA digital data storage is a start, but the article reads like a news report about the Goldman/Birney article rather than an encyclopedia article. I'm planning to revisit when I've done reading around, but George Church has also recently conducted work on using DNA for digital storage and the idea and various proposals have been around for decades. Fences&Windows 14:39, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Educational Psychology book

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• OK thanks. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 04:05, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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DNA digital data storage DYK

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DYK for DNA digital data storage

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Quantum simulator

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• The content in question is in the public domain. Please see references placed with the article. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 07:29, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

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• Hi Steve,as it now stands, this image has no "non-free" template on it. If it is a journal cover, it should have {{non-free magazine cover|image_has_rationale=yes}} on the page. If it's a logo, that should be {{non-free logo|image_has_rationale=yes}}. I think it is the latter. You can see a full journal cover here. Our image is not the whole cover, but a cropped version containing only the journal logo. This page uses the same image as a logo, too. Whatever the case may be, it needs a "non-free" template. Cheers! --Randykitty (talk) 17:49, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

• Randy, thanks for pointing out the need for a "non-free" template. Personally, I could not decide if it is a logo or magazine cover. So, it looks more like a logo to me at this time. Therefore, I added the non-free logo template which you provided. Thanks for your help, and in particular, thanks for providing the template. I would have to search for it if you hadn't provided it. Also, in general, thanks for adhering to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 16:38, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

• You're welcome. And thanks back for all your contributions! :- )--Randykitty (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

Linking question

Hi Steve, a question about links for you: If a person is mentioned in two separate entries (but is not prominent enough to have an entry of their own), is there any way of flagging the fact that there are two mentions so that the reader will know that the Bob Smith in one entry is the same as the Bob Smith in the other? Many thanks Magnusmagnussen (talk) 15:46, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

• Hi thanks for your inquiry. I have some ideas, but I think it would be more helpful if I knew what articles you are talking about. I am really not sure how to accomplish what you are asking, but if I can see the circumstances directly I may be able to come up with something. However, I can't promise anything. ---- 23:21, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
• Thanks so much, Steve. I've had this question on my mind for months and now can't remember what the example was. I'll shout as soon as I remember. Magnusmagnussen (talk) 03:07, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Commercial links

I understand that external links to commercial entities are not necessary banned, even if that entity could profit by the link. Surely if is obviously there for no other reason than to make money, it is not in the spirit of Wikipedia. For example in the entry for the town of "Mangalagiri", there is this external link at the bottom of the page to http://www.mangalagiricottons.com/ Much appreciated Magnusmagnussen (talk) 15:54, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

• Hi, thanks for bringing this up. I am sure this link is not appropriate for Wikipedia. It is not only misleading if it is an article about a town of the same name, but it appears to be spam. You might want to take a look at External link spamming located at WP:SPAM. I recommend removing the link. ----- Steve Quinn (talk) 23:29, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

• Well, I went ahead and removed this link because it does not appear to be related to the article, and appears to be only SPAM. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 23:41, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

• I appreciate that, Steve. Thanks so much. It did look very dodgy. Thanks for your link on linking spam. Magnusmagnussen (talk) 03:07, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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SN1972e

Thanks for the major improvements on SN1972e as it emerged from AFC. Content and references I can do; style and good wikification, not so much. BSVulturis (talk) 19:57, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

• You're welcome. The article started out well enough; I could tell it was ready to be placed in its own main space. The article was written well to begin with, and according to Wikipedia standards. So the rest was easy. I have a feeling the you could probably do well with the other stuff, if you give a try sometime. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 00:46, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

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