User talk:Headbomb/Archives/2013/September

AAlertBot request

Hello, first of all thanks for your kind explanation in reply to my rather naive question on Talk:Baryon. I am slowly making my way through Quantum Mechanics, vol. 1, by Cohen-Tannoudji, as you recommended, and I'm finding it very readable.

The reason I'm writing you is the following. I operate User:Jitse's bot which updates Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/Current activity. I was thinking about using AAlertBot for some tasks (following XfD discussions etc.), so that I do not duplicate work. The problem is that WikiProject Mathematics does not use a category or template to tag its articles. Instead, we have lists like Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/List of mathematics articles (A). Is there a possibility to extend AAlertBot so that it can take the list of articles from a list? If it simplifies things for you, I could gather all links in one page, in whatever format is most convenient for you. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

I could add a "gather all links from page" method to find all project's pages, in this case from Math's list(s) like that (I didn't know those exist). But it'll have to wait may be a couple weeks as I can't work on it atm. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 19:14, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

That would be great. It's not urgent; we managed for years without it. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 20:10, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Redirect

Hello. The redirect that you created today here is probably not correct. It appears to me that there is no journal with the name of this redirect in either russian or english. I see that it is related to some citation on Wikipedia here. However, that citation, wherever it is, is probably inaccurate.

I am thinking that this is turning into quite a mess.

So to continue, the main-space page where Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B now resides, was a redirect which was necessarily speedily deleted to make way for that particular article.

Furthermore, on the Springer website, please notice that Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B is not the same as the journal that goes by both names Biokhimiya and Biochemistry (Moscow). And, it could be argued that none of these journals is the same as Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement Series B: Biomedical Chemistry.

Therefore, first of all, the redirect that you created today seems to be inaccurate and I request that you request it be speedy deleted. Second, somehow, the citation that this is based on might have to be corrected. Third, the mess that is known as "What links here" to Biokhimiya, (most likely created by different editors along the way) proabably needs to be straightened out. Also, I am sure that the Russian publisher, MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica will show the same distinctions between these journals.

I will help straighten this out, but I prefer to follow your lead in this matter to avoid confusion, cross purposes, and misunderstandings. So, let me know what you need from me, if anything.

Thanks. --- Steve Quinn (talk) 02:46, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Today? That's a redirect from 2011! I honestly don't remember the details of it, and I won't have time to look at things for a while. so Feel free to do whatever you want here. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 04:56, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

OK. I just noticed that the redirect was created in August of 2011. Sorry about the wrong date. --- Steve Quinn (talk) 06:49, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Enrico Fermi

Greetings, Headbomb. Did you have further comments or suggestions at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Enrico Fermi/archive1? Do you think you'd be ready to support or oppose? I ask because the article has been open for a while now, and badly needs reviewers so we can determine if it merits Featured status or not. – Quadell ^(talk) 15:31, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Sorry about the simultaneous editing!

Whoops, I didn't meant to be editing (31345) 1998 PG in conflict with you. Sorry for any confusion. Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 15:00, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh really don't worry about it. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:01, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your edit

Thank you for fixing my mathematical error on (31345) 1998 PG. I think I got the wrong equation. I would like to award you this:

		The Minor Barnstar
		For correcting my math. Carbon6 (talk) 22:44, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Laser Physics (journal)

Hi, the journal's website lists the first issue as being published in 1991. Where does the 1990 come from? I know that some journals sometimes publish an issue early (I know that Genes, Brain and Behavior's first issue came out in October or November 2001, but is was dated 2002, for example), but there are almost never sources for this, so I generally take the cover date of the first issue of a journal as year of establishment. Of course, if a first issue appears in January, that implies that editors and reviewers started working before that, but it still is not what library catalogs, for example, count as year of establishment. --Randykitty (talk) 11:49, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Several places actually. The easiest way to verify is from the main website (http://www.lasphys.com/lasphys/#?lponline.php ) which says "The journal was founded in 1990. First printed version of the journal was launched in 1991". Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 11:53, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

The year of publication of anything tends to be uncertain ± 1 year, and except for rare book cataloging, libraries normally ignore a one year difference, which is why you may find inconsistent records. The technical date of publication is when the issue was actually published--e.g., released to the public. For patent priority purpose, I understand this is traditionally proven by a library's "received" date stamp on printed copies of the journal. Publishers necessarily prepare the title page material for a cover or journal in advance, and sometimes they do not make the schedule. DGG ( talk ) 19:33, 22 September 2013 (UTC)