User:Velella/archives/Archive 4

See also User talk:Velela/Archive1 for talk from Jan 05 to 2006

Great Yarmoth Bridge Collapse

Hey thanks for your help with the yarmoth bridge collapse info. I can't seem to collaborate the new date for the event and there are tons or references for the date I had, whats your source? Thanks! Paul E. Ester 13:55, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for updating the entry with the citation and getting back to me, I really appreciate your being so thoroughPaul E. Ester 18:11, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Welsh Wikipedians' notice board

I've created a fairly simple Wikipedia:Welsh Wikipedians' notice board (shortcut WP:WWNB) to try to get things started. Please have a look and consider signing on, adding it to your watchlist and helping to make sure any users with an interest in the subject know about it. Also please feel free to add things and to change anything you feel needs changing – I'm not under the impression that I own it! Rhion 19:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

water pollution regulatory info

thanks for the great reg info on UK in water pollution article...wish we could find a specialist on china or russia to chime in...do you have any info on EU regs....by the way im looking for any photos of thermal pollution fish kills to put on Thermal pollution article...do you have any ideas?....cheers Anlace 13:47, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

appreciate the quick reply you sent...hope we can communicate on other water quality issues in the future, best regards Anlace 14:36, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Account Unjustly Blocked

I have discovered that my account "Happyjoe" is blocked from editing due to some sort of misunderstanding over the Big Spring, TX article. I am uncertain who to contact to have this mistake fixed. Please remove this block so that I may complete necessary editing on other articles. Thank you for your timely assistance in resolving this problem... Happyjoe 69.145.215.206 04:25, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Photography

I've just edited the list of "further considerations" you added to the photography article.

• I thought that "Technologically, there is no system of storage of digital images that gets close to this, even for hard-copy prints" was a little unfair. After all, digital technology is still quite young. So I mentioned this, and noted that already a whole bunch of media and formats have been abandoned.
• I tried to improve the wording about long exposures. I dunno, maybe it wasn't needed. I made specific mention of thermal noise and manufacturing defects, which I thought was important.
• Likewise, I also tried to make the point about dust more specific - mentioning that digital sensors are static but film is always being fed through the camera. I also thought the mention of non-SLR digitals wasn't needed. Is dust really a problem for them?

Apart from that, I toned it down it a bit by removing a few "very"'s. Hope you don't mind my edits. Imroy 16:15, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Re-categorizing

You wrote: Excellent work on assigning categories for soil sciences articles...

Thanks for reviewing my re-cat. I will mark them as minor edits from now on. Paleorthid 21:58, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

RESOLFT

hi there. Please take a look at microscope. The principle is pretty simple actually. It's a more precise formulation of the simple Abbe law, thus effectively making Abbe law a special case. Be welcome to research and extend it. Seriously 90% of the wikipedia articles are not yet usuable, but this is what it is all about. An article here usually gets usable and objective after several hundret edits. Anyways it is all on the microscope page. regards Slicky 21:02, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

TENOM microscopy

Hi. You are right. However it is a university and i didn't have the time to make my own entry. In the future in case i do something like this i will place the copyvio accordingly. That may not make it any better but IMHO it gives other users a start basis and reminds them that heavy editing has to be done in this article.Perhaps u have some spare time and would like to gather information. If nothing helps place a one liner and let the link. Also place a redirect from ANSOM to TENOM: Apertureless NSOM Probes (ANSOM or TENOM) Slicky 08:04, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Microscope

Indeed, the text you removed contained a lot of waffly information; the article looked more like a page from a catalogue than an enyclopaedia article! Simplicity and summary style are definitely the way to go - especially on an article such as this, which could potentially cover a huge range of topics. Mushin^talk 21:05, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Microscope

hi velela. I realize i haven't expressed my intentions earlier and i contributed them to this page. Please gimme your input and invite others to the discussion thanks. Moreover you are more experienced with all the wikipedia tags - to place a discussion tag etc. Slicky 11:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Request for Assistance

I'm planning to revise the Devil's Bridge entry in the near future and would like to solicit your input and assistance. I have also requested input from other editors, and will also post a request on the Devil's Bridge page. Please enter the discussion on my Talk page. Thanks, Woodlandpath 18:25, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Brown alga

Your recent edit to Brown alga was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot2 17:28, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

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Sedimentation (water treatment)

Good work! I just noticed your improvements. --Singkong2005 13:42, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

List of Welsh lakes

The new format looks good - nice work. I'll try to add a bit more here and there. It might be worth adding a sentence on minimum size as an introduction to stop people adding things like my neighbour's duckpond to the list. Rhion 11:29, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I've been looking through "The lakes of Eryri" by Geraint Roberts, and found that there are a large number of lakes of 1-3 acres or so in the area. I thought I knew the lakes of Snowdonia pretty well, but there are some in there I've never heard of. Should the lower size limit be increased to 3 or 5 acres I wonder? It would only affect one or two of the ones aleady listed I think. Rhion 17:03, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Welsh geography

User:Owain is a very well-known political activist for the Association of British Counties and County Watch. For examples of how popular his particular POV is here at Wikipedia you may wish to review Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(places)#Counties_of_Britain, Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (places)/Archive 4, Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (places)/Archive 3, etc, etc, etc, almost ad infinitum. Do not be intimidated by him. He is also a proven sockpuppeteer. --Mais oui! 19:41, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Helianthemum

Hi Velela - noticed you'd removed a link to Helianthemum nummularium because it was just a redirect to the genus; I know redirects like this are a nuisance, but it's best not to remove them outright as then (a) the unlinked species looks odd in the species list, and (b) no-one may ever know that there's an article waiting to be written there (tho' I have done a quick stub for it now). I've also done up the taxobox at H. canum as requested by your edit summary - MPF 23:52, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Lower Swansea valley

Wow, you've started already! This is great stuff. Telsa (talk) 12:05, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Shanghai Xiangzhi paper company

Hello, Velela. I noticed earlier that you were helping revert spam additions by the user 147.46.152.45, who later came back under 211.108.131.125. His IP was blocked for a week and his username, User:Moldedpulp, indefinitely. Please feel free to add AIV notices if you see any further spamming of that kind of thing. Thank you. :) --Kuzaar^-T-C- 15:19, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Moldedpulp spammer

Someone beat me to it :) RadioKirk (u|t|c) 15:51, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Septic tank fact

You added a parenthetical ((fact)) to a statement when I think you intended to tag it {{fact}}. Hopefully, anyway because I think it deserves such a tag. The last sentence (3rd) in particular seems like it should be referenced or removed. The 2nd sentence need to be qualified as misleading - the danger of pathogen movement is related to a combination of short-circuiting in the septic tank and anaerobic failure in the leach field and needs to be so specified. I have been looking for a reference to address this and the 1st sentence "Many pathogenic bacteria can survive in septic tanks for a very long time, owing to the anaerobic conditions." I believe this 1st sentence is highly inaccurate as to normal operation. It is an error based on a simplistic undertanding of the range of reducing environments that are covered by the term anaerobic. My understanding is that the deep anaerobic (methane producing) conditions in a properly working septic tank are toxic to facultative anaerobes. This is a more extreme reducing environment than occurs in the body tissue where disease organisms operate. Those species which do survive extreme reducing chemistry are those particularly vulnerable to the aerobic conditions in the leachfield. My understanding was that this 2-stage redox shift disinfection was by design. That is, we do not depend on just oxidative conditions to protect human health as it relates to groundwater. So far, I am still looking for the reference to corroboarate this. You have a background in the little critters, perhaps you can comment here. Please encourage/discourage me as needed. - Paleorthid 19:58, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Bio-Batch advertisting

Hi Velela, can you take minute to give me a second opinion, have a look at this article and the contributions by Callsign [1] along with this article which seems to be an advert Bio-Batch. Thanks Alex 10:52, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

This chap Callsign is very keen on the old Bio-Batch! He repeatedly & persistantly puts spam links on biodegradation, plastic carrier bags and anything related to them. --Alex 14:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I have done a mega edit of this to make it generic and then moved it to Biodegradable plastic. See what you think - its a bit scruffy at present and I expect some flack too! Velela 15:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

That's looking better. There is a bioplastic article which I will also work on moving into the biodegradable plastic section. I'm sure some flak will be coming, I have already had some with minor removals of links!--Alex 15:17, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

MixAlco Process

Hi Velela, I would appreciate if you can give your oppinion on the MixAlco process article. It is a good article related to the production of chemicals from biodegradable substances. It does seem to have a commercial plug attached to it and is being vigorously defended. --Alex 08:28, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I have removed the multiple plugs to MixAlco. Do you think that it should be moved to an article with a neutral title?--Alex 08:39, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Mountain ash

Hi Velela--I saw your edit to the Mountain ash disambig page. Could you please also look at the Sorbus and Rowan pages to see if they accurately reflect the UK viewpoint on the common names for these species? MrDarwin 15:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! MrDarwin 17:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Cannot understand

What is the text you put on my discussion? I cannot understand, it it supposed to be addressed to me? --Kostisl 13:14, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

River article

Thanks for your massive rehaul on "River", which was long overdue. I had been thinking about it myself, but will stay away for a week or so to allow you to complete whatever it is you plan to do. It's already 2000% better, beginning with the beginning--I couldn't believe that there wasn't even an accurate first statement. Good job. Unschool 00:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Bala Lake

In the monobook and blue cologne skin, one version of the coordinates shows up in the infobox, the other on the usual places for the articles. This is comparable to other infoboxes. Some skins haven't been updated though to display coordinates properly, thus I was wondering which one you are using. Maybe I can help. -- User:Docu

Bob (Physics)

Absolutely, the article is now significantly more than a dictionary definition. I've removed the tag myself. — Swpb ^{talk contribs} 20:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Cornish Riviera Express

Thanks for your comment re the Cornish Riviera Express at Solihull. Perhaps it was The Cornishman which ran from Wolverhampton to Penzance from 1951 that you saw, which would - I presume - have used the Snow Hill route at first? Geof Sheppard 08:11, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Velela,

I am trying to design a simple trickling filter in a third world country without using a motor drive for the distribitor arm. Your photo appears to show a trickling filter that uses only a hydraulic design. Do you know I can get information on the design criteria of how to make a hydraulically operated distributor arm. Thanks.--Jamesttaylor 00:13, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Araceae

Answer on my talk page. JoJan 09:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Acid rain

I just reverted your edits on acid rain along with some earlier unhelpful additions. I don't understand why you removed ISBN numbers and a date from references. Also it seems that occult deposition needs explanation if it is to be used, as it is a technical use of the word occult. Cheers, Vsmith 22:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Spelling

Sorry, but I believe you are conveniently ignoring the fact that "Follow the dialect of the first contributor" is the "all else fails" guideline of WP:ENGVAR. In all cases of my editing, one of the higher priority guidelines applied. If you check my edits, you will see some which changed the spelling to the British variant. In the future, if you revert one of my edits, please make the article's spelling consistent per WP:ENGVAR. --VMS Mosaic 18:07, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Llandudno Great Orme photo

Hello. Did you notice the two images of a transparent couple in your photo of the Great Orme? I'm sure you did! Can you explain why they appeared in the image? I am guessing it is a result of how you took the photograph (rather than a ghostly apparition). Thanks! -Richard

(I don't have an account, so sorry for being an anonymous user)

- One of the penalties of making a panorama from several photos taken a few seconds apart - people walk about when you might wish they would stay still! Velela 19:39, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Pay and display

Hi there Velela! I noticed you've added those two images back to the pay and display article. I've no preference to which images are used, but having two pictures on either side of each other is a little unsightly and cumbersome. Could we select the best one and have it on the right of the page, to keep with the format style of other articles? Think outside the box 09:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that looks much better, thank you :) Think outside the box 07:40, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Anaerobic digestion

Hi Valela, I notice that you were one of the original contributors to the anaerobic digestion article. I have significantly reworked it and developed it to a good article status. Presently its out for peer review hopefully with a view to development into a featured article. If you have any comments please take a minute to have a look through it.

Cheers

--Alex 11:35, 17 October 2007 (UTC)Alex

Hi Velela, thanks for the constructive criticism on the AD article it was what I needed. I do not have a great deal of knowledge on the cold lagoon digestion so that may be why it does not feature highly, I'll have a read up on it to incorporate it into the article. I take your points on board on the microbiology front. There was a section on biochemistry which has now been merged into the process section and contains the aerobic digestion comparison. I think it probably requires greater attention and expansion.

I was surprised to hear your views that the article related towards thermophilic systems. Personally I am a largely mesophilic system supplier, so perhaps I was compensating so the article does not come across biased one way.

Thanks again for the comments.--Alex Marshall 08:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Valela, thank you very much for the barnstar award, I am glad that you are pleased with how the AD article has turned out. Cheers. --Alex Marshall 08:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Septic system vs septic tank

In June of 2006, you moved content from septic system to septic tank. I haven't located the supporting discussion. Do you recall the rationale? Would you be opposed to content returning to septic system from and redirecting septic tank to septic system? -- Paleorthid (talk) 15:55, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Reservoir stubs

Hallo, It looks as if you're systematically creating a lot of reservoir stubs. Rather than label them {{stub}}, so that someone from Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting has to think about each one separately, I wonder if you could add the two specific stubtypes - I reckon each one needs {{Watersupply-stub}} and one from the selection at Category:England geography stubs. It would be useful also to add a county geography category - Category:Geography of England by county gives a set to choose from. I've done 3 so far, but it would be less total effort if you could add the detailed stubs and the county geog tag as you go along! That way they'll come to the attention of other people who may want to expand on them. Thanks. PamD (talk) 15:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

thank you

thank you for the cookery book reference —Preceding unsigned comment added by Catherinefionarichardson (talk • contribs) 17:16, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with "Microscopic", Velela! Katanada (talk) 20:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Rhododendron

Hi, Velela. Saw your explanation in your edit summary for Vogel State Park for rhododendron.

This is an unusual situation. The popular name for the plant - at least is the Unites States - is the same as the genus. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is usually not the case. Hence, my preference for using the term "rhododendron" with no capitalization and no italics, unless refering to it in a scientific context.

Your thoughts? Please let me know. Thanks, Majoreditor (talk) 18:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Carlisle local elections

Hi Velela, thanks for your calling me out about this page, looking back at my edit yesterday it was not good to, in effect, just revert your edit without making any attempt to address your legitimate criticism of the section. Looking at the section it did not add much to the article and I have made an attempt to improve the section with references to make it of more use to readers. My hope eventually is that someone (maybe myself it I can get around to it!) is that seperate articles can be created for the individual elections as there are for many in Category:Council elections in North West England. Again thanks for your remarks on my talk page and please just because I am an admin do not feel constrained from criticising me or improving any articles I edit, I make mistakes at least as much as others! Davewild (talk) 20:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Inappropriate use of WP:SULF in non-chemistry articles

Hi! I see you have made many spelling changes citing WP:SULF as the reason for the change. Please note WP:SULF is a guideline which supports those spelling changes in articles related to chemistry. Mere mention of cesium in an article is not a sufficient reason to apply this guideline! In other contexts, particularly where "cesium" is the well-established spelling, that spelling should be preferred. (sdsds - talk) 15:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

List of Lakes in England

I admit that the task does seem mind-numbingly large, but once it is done, it will greatly improve the article. Also, a more minor alteration would be to put the lakes into alphabetical sections like many articles have, or even by county, which could give a quick idea of which county has the most lakes. Any other suggestions. TheTrojanHought (talk) 20:23, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Good point. I guess I'll just carry on with adding counties for now. TheTrojanHought (talk) 20:32, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Environment Agency

I see from comments on the discussion pages of the EA article that you have some knowledge of criticisms that have been levelled at the EA. Do you have any references of these, and if so, do you think a "Criticism" section, similar to the article for National Health Service (England) would be appropriate? RTFArt (talk) 16:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Chester weir

Thanks for the message. A reply is on my talk page. Peter I. Vardy (talk) 21:14, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice

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ANI thread

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Ironholds (talk) 23:25, 4 January 2009 (UTC)