User:Geologyguy/Archive2

Lake Nipigon

Hi Geologyguy, do you know if Lake Nipigon is part or related to the Midcontinent Rift System? There's mafic rock at the lake, but don't know if it's rift-related or not (don't know its age). If it is, do you think it should be included the Midcontinent Rift System article? Black Tusk 16:24, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Lake Nipigon rocks are definitely related: see here and here and here for example. For Wikipedia purposes, mention of a failed arm extending to Lake Nipigon might be sufficient - I will leave it to you. Cheers and thanks Geologyguy 22:14, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

A serious question

I enjoy reading your geological entries a lot, and wondered if you could answer this question. Since geologists are concerned with minerals, are they also concerned with wee wee that has been deposited on the ground and crystallized and if so, what is the official scientific geological name for crystallized wee wee? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vegetationlife (talk • contribs) 20:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

You might find this interesting. Urine is a mixture, and does not crystallize, but its components can. Cheers Geologyguy 20:58, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Linkspam of EBRPD pages

I have not yet got around to reading all of these links, but they are highly informative, and the guy/gal who put them on the pages is definitely not the same person who is writing the blog. They defintely add a good persective to the articles. You should reconsider killing them all. --Fizbin 02:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

You may note that I only undid 13 of the 20 spams; others agreed and removed the others. It is a blog, which is certainly very marginal at best and not recommended for external links. The "contributor" has added nothing at all to the encyclopedia, just links. And there are dozens and dozens of similar sites that could be added, but WP is not a link farm. Cheers Geologyguy 03:43, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Trans-Hudson Orogen

Hi Geologyguy, do you know anything about the Trans-Hudson Orogen? Black Tusk 01:12, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes - what would you like to know? The basics are covered in the article Trans-Hudsonian orogeny. Cheers Geologyguy 02:43, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Good thing you gave me the link. I was going the make an article about since it didn't come up when I searched it. Black Tusk 19:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Petroleum

Hi,Gg - I notice you reverted vandalism here, then marked it as a minor edit. Is there some reason?LeadSongDog 19:27, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Reason for marking it minor? I always mark vandalism reverts as minor, so as not to give the vandals more weight than they deserve - is that wrong? Cheers Geologyguy 19:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Don't know, but it doesn't seem to be common practice. The anti-vandal mechanisms seem to trigger off of reverts, but I'm unsure how general the triggering is. I thought you might be on to something. Cheers!LeadSongDog 20:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Turns out there is an actual policy that I did not know about at Help:Minor edit that says reverting vandalism should be marked as a minor edit. Cheers Geologyguy 00:14, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll adopt the practice.LeadSongDog 14:42, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

thats interesting and i didnt know that either thanks for the tip JTB01 —Preceding unsigned comment added by JTB01 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Anaconda / Ryan

I opened and account and made an edit on the Anaconda Copper page. As you had made a comment regarding the same bit of information I wanted to explain in the hope you would not consider it to be vandalism. Re: John D. Ryan, the line "he died nearly broke" came from an article in a Missoula newspaper from around the year 2000. (the 100 most influential monatanans of the century) I believe at the time I contacted the author, John Stucke, and as I recall he had made the assupmtion that the crash in the value of Anaconda shares had left him "nearly broke". It made a good headline.

There was an Anaconda item on Ebay this week that reprinted the complete article. When I asked for the source, the seller sent me to Wikipedia. I find this bit of mischief has really made the rounds and threatens to become accepted history.

My two sons are John Ryan's great great grandsons, and as long as I know these statements to be false I figure I might as well do what I can to strike them from publication. John Ryan's widow, Nettie gave away a fortune to charity upon her death and left enough to reach five generations, to my sons. The newspaper writer should have bothered to bo some research, but I think he made what he thought would be a popular assumption in mining country.

Maugham7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maugham7 (talk • contribs) 04:09, 24 September 2007 (UTC) Maugham7 04:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)</nowiki>

Hello, thanks for taking the time to send the note. I saw the change, and although there was no documentation it seemed more like removal of hype than vandalism. Strictly speaking, what you say above is original research - your own personal knowledge, which is not allowed. If you could add a note to the article with a cited reliable source (e.g. a contemporary newspaper article (a primary source), or a well researched book (a secondary source) - again your own knowledge is not enough) about Ryan's widow making donations to charity, that would add to the article significantly. Thanks & Cheers Geologyguy 14:05, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

minerals/ Callander Bay

Discussion moved to Talk:Callander Bay

Caelus

Hi Geologyguy! I added to the article called Caleus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caelus Would you mind editing it or cleaning it up? Thanks! Neptunekh 23:38, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

The only thing I'm capable of doing there is fixing the rendering of the Greek, which I have done. Cheers Geologyguy 23:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

State geological article requests

Hi. I honestly expected wikipedia to have full detailed articles on Geology by state e.g Geology of California or Geology of Utah. I'm not even from the States but I had fully expected a detailed article on each state. Some of the American geological articles are very poor or non existent see Basic geologic features of each state. PLease could your project aim to start these articles and develop them. All the best and thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^"Talk"? 13:04, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Greek Agate

Hi I added to the Greek Agate article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_agate Would you mind editing it please? Thanks! Neptunekh 19:55, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Oil shale

Thank you for your assistance improving the Oil shale article to the GA level. Of course the work continues and I hope that you will be able to continue to contribute also for FAC nomination and improving other oil shale related articles. I think the next GAC could be the Oil shale geology and the Oil shale extraction. Beagel 14:12, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Wow, thanks! And congrats to you, since you have done a LOT of the work to accomplish this! Cheers Geologyguy 15:55, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Sandblasting

Looks like they like spray painting on virtual rocks too. (SEWilco 19:55, 30 October 2007 (UTC))

<chuckle> Yeah, and virtual earthquakes, virtual volcanoes, and virtual Alfred Wegeners. Cheers Geologyguy 20:07, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:WillistonoilproductionDOE.jpg

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Fixed, forgot to click US Gov tag. Geologyguy 22:13, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

comment

Hello

Leave the spray paint stuff to me. I know a lot more than you about spray and if you believe German Montana is "MTN" you are dead wrong. They are major rivals.

Thanks M-26-7

Okie dokie. Geologyguy 20:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

List of U.S. states by coastline

I've created the page List of U.S. states by coastline. Please look at it and let me know what you think. I'm not much good in article space yet. --Milkbreath 01:11, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Bougainville Trench

hey geology guy got a few questions bout u guessed it geology.. the Bougainville Trench. where is it and what is it. if u know? JTBO1

I suppose it refers to the deep trough (a small Oceanic trench) in the Solomon Sea, between New Guinea and Bougainville Island. Cheers Geologyguy 04:36, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Admin

I would like to nominate you for administrator. I know you are a huge asset reverting vandalism and having the ability to be able to help us block repeat offenders would be of service. You are also one of the most civil editors I see on this website. It's certainly up to you so you can respond here if you like and let me know when you get a chance.--MONGO (talk) 19:39, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I really appreciate your confidence very much... but, as in the past, I'm NOT confident that I would be properly restrained in blocking - I know how annoyed I get at vandals and linkspammers. I'm really content with the "undo" tool, and virtually always for the pages on my watchlist when I think someone ought to be blocked, an admin comes along and does it. So, thanks! But I will still pass, for now. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 20:50, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, I certainly appreciate those concerns. On a side note, I'm probably not the best person to do the nomination anyway. If the situation with you changes, never hesitate to let me know.--MONGO (talk) 04:20, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Change Request

I noticed that you removed the link to EE HomePage.com on the Electrical engineering page. Could this be reconsidered? The site is definitely applicable, and not spam. It is targeted at electrical engineers, educators and students; and was intended to fill a void for easily accessible materials to help practicing EEs maintain and enhance their skillsets. The EEHP database allow users to locate material on technical topics via browse, search, or topic and author indexes. Entries are keyword-linked; allowing users to easily find related items that may be of interest. For instance, clicking on the "Verilog" keyword on the Icarus Verilog page will yield a list of related tools, references and organizations (Verilog Resources). Our policy is to respect the copyrights of others, and we exclude materials which we believe violate those rights. We do use Google advertising to offset the cost of running the site, but all end-user features are free, nothing is sold, nor are contributions solicited. EE HomePage.com has been recommended by IEEE-USA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mstanley103 (talk • contribs) 21:03, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Many pages that are applicable, valuable, and related are still spam. In my opinion, it does not add to the encyclopedia article, and is there to promote itself; even if that self-promotion is good, it fails the external links standard, again in my opinion. It also sounds like you are associated with the site ("our policy"), in which case it is also inappropriate for you to add the link; see WP:COI. The thing to do is bring this up on the talk page of the article, so that people involved in the article itself can comment; that's how consensus is attained. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 22:24, 4 December 2007

You're right, I am associated with the site. I also admit to being a novice on Wikipedia. After seeing your deletion this morning, I looked up the "policies" and saw the bit about posting to the talk page. From your response here, I'm now realizing that would be the "Discussion" tab of the page in question, and not this page. Sorry for the mistake. Although I disagree with your definition of spam, I do agree with the process and will follow your suggestion. Best regards.

DYK

On 21 November, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Madison Limestone, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri (talk) 22:37, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK 2

On 7 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Elm Coulee Oil Field, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—Fvasconcellos (t·c) 18:08, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Inquire

Hi Geologyguy, I have an inquire for you since you are a geoscientist.. I am not asking you to get involved but take a look at this discussion. Talk:Cordillera Oriental, What do you think? please answer here. Thanks --Zer0~Gravity ^{(Roger - Out)} 16:52, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

FAR listing for Plate tectonics

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Stikine Volcanic Belt

Thanks Geologyguy. There hasn't been any subduction activity along the entire BC coast for at least 80 million years. During this time, subduction created the Coast Range Arc which is now heavily eroded to form the granitic Coast Plutonic Complex. Black Tusk 21:23, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Callander Bay

Hi Geologyguy. Callander Bay might be younger than Proterozoic age because I found out Lake Nipissing and Callander Bay lie inside a 175 million year old rift valley called the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben. See here and let me know what you think. Black Tusk 22:34, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I doubt if I can help you much. Have you seen this which has a reference to The Geology and Petrology of the Alkaline Carbonatite Complex at Callander Bay, Ontario book & map - by John Ferguson and K. L. Currie - Geological Survey of Canada - 217? That's probably the level of detail you need to make this call. I guess if it were me I would add a statement to the article that the age is uncertain, and add a cite to this new information you have found. Certainly not all (not even most - the geologic map of Ontario shows the whole area as Precambrian, though the map I have is from the 1950s and is quite generalized) of the rocks within that graben are young; it looks like it is mostly set into the shield, but as you point out and the ref indicates, there are some younger igneous rocks around. Sorry I can't really help more. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 22:35, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I never seen that before. I would add the uncertain age statement, but I haven't seen a reference for that. Would the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben link above be good enough? Black Tusk 02:09, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, probably, anyone investigating the area's geology would find both pages and could infer the interplay among the observations on both. The Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben article is a nice one, by the way. Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 03:14, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

OK

Alright, I'll stop —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dankrouse (talk • contribs) 16:10, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben

Hello G-guy. Would you mind looking at a new article? The question has been posed here and here as to whether this feature is but part of the Ottawa Graben or whether they mean the same thing. No dispute; we’re just wondering, and as the article has been proposed for WP:DYK it would be nice to be precise. It would be much appreciated if you could look at it. If you can, let Black Tusk know—I will be away for a bit. Thanks, Kablammo (talk) 19:05, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the research and response, and for clearing up my confusion. I added the source to the article. The dates in that source call into question the 175 mya dating of the graben given in two sources, and on closer reading the other sources do also. I've therefore removed the younger date from the article. Thanks again. Kablammo (talk) 15:15, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Request for input

Hi there. I'm not sure if you'd be interested or not, but since I've seen your name on many of the same articles I've recently been editing, I was wondering if you would care to comment on this geography discussion. Your input either way would be beneficial. Thanks. wbfergus^Talk 18:06, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Kilauea IS on Kauai

Hi, Richard aka Geologyguy. You are correct that Kilauea volcano is not on Kauai, but you seem to not have known that Kilauea town (Zip code 96754) is on Kauai.

Kilauea 1 Kilauea 2 Kilauea 3

If you ever saw the 1958 movie "South Pacific" with Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi, much of the Happy Talk sequence was filmed in Kilauea. It was also the March 2006 earthen dam collapse that killed 7 people. Kilauea Dam Trajedy

It is easy to make this kind of error in Hawaii, where locales with the same name may exist on more than one island, such as Waimea, which is a place name on Hawaii, Oahu and Kauai.

Kilauea needs a disambiguation page.DaKine (talk) 20:13, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, the link I removed was to the volcano. If you want to make a page about the location on Kauai and make a disambiguation page, go for it! Cheers Geologyguy (talk) 20:25, 31 December 2007 (UTC)