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CSD templates u1 and g7

Hello guys and girls!

I would like the speedy deletion templates Template:db-u1 and Template:db-g7 be changed. The discussion can be found here. If you like the idea I have, you can post a message below to notify me to change it! DSCrowned (talk) 12:26, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

alterations made earlier

Hi DSCrowned

How do I make the alterations that I made earlier not be a test and stand?

Last question from John lansing by the way, Thanks

Hi John, when you provide edit summaries and remove content, please specify a reason that you wish to delete this content. Please do not remove references, and please ensure that all added content is properly referenced. Thanks! DSCrowned(Talk) 13:22, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Tetraethyllead edit reversal

The current version of the article for Tetraethyllead falsely claims that automotive leaded gasoline only permitted 0.1 grams per gallon of lead. The reference cited in support of this 0.1 gram per gallon figure says nothing about the lead content of leaded automotive gasoline at all. In fact, according to the EPA's 1971 Federal Register notice announcing its intent to begin phasing out lead in gasoline, leaded automotive gasoline contained an average of 2.5 grams per gallon. I attempted to correct this clear factual inaccuracy and added a citation to the relevant Federal Register notice containing the correct value.

In addition to the Federal Register notice I cited, the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health article currently listed as reference 11 in the article lays out the history of the U.S. leaded gasoline phaseout on page 394. It states that "By 1985, 40% of all gasoline sold was still leaded, but in July of that year, the refinery pool standard of 1.1 grams per gallon dropped to 0.5, then dropped further to 0.1 grams per gallon on January 1, 1986. Over all, the 1986 standard represented a drop of more than 98% in the lead content of U.S. gasoline from 1970 to 1986." In other words, the 0.1 grams per gallon figure stated in the current article was not a limit on the lead in leaded gasoline. Rather it was a "refinery pool standard." an average of the lead content across all fuel sold by a refinery, averaging both the leaded and unleaded fuel. Refineries did not meet this limit by selling leaded fuel with only 0.1 gram of lead (which would have been pointless from an anti-knock standpoint). Rather, they met the limit by increasing the amount of unleaded gas they sold and decreasing the amount of leaded gas they sold.

The claim that leaded automotive gasoline contained only 0.1 grams per gallon of lead or that 100LL avgas contains "far more" lead than leaded automotive gasoline is unsourced, based upon an apparent misreading of sources such as the IJOEH article, and false. If the Tetraethyllead article is going to compare avgas lead levels with leaded automotive gas levels, it should do so accurately. That was the purpose of my edit.

You reversed this edit "because it did not appear constructive." Needless to say, I disagree. Replacing falsehoods with accurate and authoritatively sourced facts seems to me like the most valuable and constructive thing that an editor can do. But perhaps my edit was somehow confusing. Can you provide some guidance as to how I can make an edit that fixes this factual inaccuracy, but will not be reversed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ranapier (talk • contribs) 07:20, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, DSCrowned. You have new messages at MelbourneStar's talk page.
Message added 06:48, 9 October 2014 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

—MelbourneStar☆talk 06:48, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

User page semi'd for a month

I've semi'd your user page, based on your request earlier at RPPP. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:20, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

And your talk page too. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:58, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Main page sandbox

I've copied your redesign efforts to User:DSCrowned/Main Page sandbox - please use that, not the main Main Page sandbox for your redesign experiments. Thanks. The idea is that if I need to tweak something on the main page, as I have done on a couple of occasions, I can use the Main Page sandbox for that, without worrying whether the sandbox has been used for someone's redesign/experimental purposes and so contains unapproved modifications that might accidentally get copied across to the main page. BencherliteTalk 12:02, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Ok! If the main page sandbox is used for! Thanks anyway! DSCrowned(Talk) 12:55, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello, this is just to let you know that I've granted you Rollback rights. Just remember:

If you have any questions, please do let me know.

HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:57, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Weird

Yeah, I asked myself that too. I think it's because you created the page with the original CSD notice about the page User:FashionFiles. -- Rrburke (talk) 21:30, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

@Rrburke: Yeah, I did, check that page history. I created the page to notify the user about the CSD of his/her user page. Now... DSCrowned(Talk) 21:32, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks for the help in catching the vandalism on my user page! Cheers to Davidthegreat987654321 being blocked! Can't stand vandals. Corkythehornetfan (Talk) 05:05, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Engaging with discussions

You posted a serious accusation at the admin noticeboard (permalink) but I have not seen any acknowledgment about the direction the discussion has taken. Have you read it? Johnuniq (talk) 03:23, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Lock the Pages

Namaste! I'm suffering edits war for the pages Pokhara and Biratnagar from Anynomous. I have fixed the facts acording to the 2011 census data. Feel free to verify the data according to the latest CBS of Nepal.

I request you to prevent edits on those pages.

Thank you. Rabins Sharma Lamichhane (talk) 08:17, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

@Rabins Sharma Lamichhane: Sorry! I can't protect the page because I am not an administrator. Contact the administrators here on this edit war and they will get this resolved for you! You may also like to discuss this with the other person on how to make the article better! DSCrowned(talk) 09:22, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Potential admin

Hi, I notice you're on Wikipedia:List of administrator hopefuls. Wikipedia would benefit from more admins. If you have been editing for more than 12 months (preferably 24+ months), and have been editing fairly consistently for the past 6 months (preferably 12+ months) with at least 100 edits a month (this tool will help) - or an explanation for any gaps, and haven't been blocked or topic banned in the past three years - or have a good explanation for a recent block or ban, don't have a recent history of edit warring or arguing with other editors, feel you can explain why you wish to be an admin, can demonstrate some understanding of Wikipedia's procedures and processes, or know where to go for guidance, and are confident enough to go through a RfA, please get in touch with me. We can talk about it some more, and if all looks OK, I'll nominate you or suggest what you can do to improve your chances. SilkTork ✔Tea time 10:29, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your comment. However I am not ready to become an administrator yet. Sorry about that. Maybe in a couple of years time may I will. DSCrowned(talk) 05:40, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
Cool. When you're ready let me know, and we can chat some more. Regards SilkTork ✔Tea time 19:44, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Rabbits

Better to focus that attention on Domestic rabbit#As pets, to which I'm merging all that stuff. This detailia about a variety of one species of rabbit in the context of pet-keeping is totally out of place at Rabbit, the general article on the entire family as various genera and species of [largely wild] animals. My cleanup on the pet-related material at that article was just in preparation for merging, which I've done already (from that article, anyway; I also merged some pet-related trivia in from European rabbit, and have another article or two to look at for additional WP:CONTENTFORK cleanup of pet material).  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  11:17, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm already integrating some of your changes/taggings on the one article into the merged material at the other, though I skipped some (the change, for example, to "...sometimes even cats and dogs. Dogs and cats are usually the predators of rabbits." isn't really workable). Same with "They have fragile bones, especially in their backs, that are usually supported on the belly and bottom when picked up", which does not parse (nothing has "bones ... that are usually supported on the belly").  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  11:35, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your suggestions! DSCrowned(talk) 05:42, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
I attempted to clean up the article before when I placed the manual tag, but your suggestions were much better! DSCrowned(talk) 05:43, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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'Open border'

In August, you tagged Open border as too much like a POV essay. I've done quite a few edits to it and wonder if you would care to revisit and decide whether the tag is still merited. [I can see that it still needs more citations but I guess that it is now no worse than average]. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 15:13, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Yes, It seems like it is a little bit better to read now. The names of the sections probably motivated me to place this tag. As accepted. DSCrowned(talk) 03:37, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Autoimmune Disease List

Hi I did not see the comment on the Autoimmune Disease list proposing that it be separated until today. I think it makes sense. I am not a Wikipedia expert, so I would be happy to do the work necessary if you can provide some guidance. I am not sure the best way to communicate - is it posting here (and you on my Talk page?). Thanks! Aaron Abend (talk) 17:39, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding me about this! I would not have known if you did not inform me here. However, it is better to place {{ping|DSCrowned}} before your main message on other talk pages so I am better informed and directed to your question. You do not have to inform me on my talk page if you place the above if you reply. DSCrowned(talk) 07:17, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Signature

User:DSCrowned/Signature has too much code and bling. Imagine if others put stuff like this in talk page:

Example comment. DSCrowned (talk) Please add {{Ping|DSCrowned}} if you reply

That is most unattractive and too much wikitext, even if it is under prescribed limits. Johnuniq (talk) 22:49, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Reverted for now. However, I have seen users like User:I dream of horses put this in their signature when they place it on a talk page:

 I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits)

It should be acceptable enough for such a notice that does not clutter the page, right? I think a slight edit and reconsideration would do to make it better. DSCrowned(talk) 03:11, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
I agree. If it weren't for that notice, I'd literally forget to check for any replies, particularly in light of the fact that I don't maintain a watchlist (I'm a huggler, AWB'er, and general drive-by editor, so why would I?). @ 04:05, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
@Johnuniq and I dream of horses: You can check out my new test signature draft here at User:DSCrowned/Signature. That signature displays as below if used on a talk page.

DSCrowned(talk) – Please add {{Ping|DSCrowned}} if you reply

It's still a draft though, and it has not become my new signature yet. DSCrowned(talk) 12:15, 14 July 2016 (UTC)
Things like this depend on usage. If a small number of signatures are placed on a user talk page, it doesn't really matter what the signature looks like. However, imagine having an extended discussion with someone who always added the excessively long example shown above—I wouldn't do it. Such a signature is not helpful on noticeboards even if used only a couple of times—it might be helpful for someone wanting to draw attention to themselves, but it's not helpful for others (should we all have such a signature?). Your draft is good, although it would be excessive if it were used many times in a section. Johnuniq (talk) 01:07, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
@Johnuniq: Unfortunately, with me automatically putting welcome templates using huggle, I have to point out that you only need to ping somebody if you reply on your own talk page, and not if you reply on mine. I explain this again in my edit notice, and yet there's someone who pings in their message on my talk page right now. I am willing to remove the ping bar if I find it necessary. -- I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 01:50, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
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