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Nuclear and coal

Please, in your great wisdom, tell me how a comparison between a coal plant and a nuclear plant could possibly be considered "invideous". Thanks. -Theanphibian ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:17, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think your comparison is intended to incite ill will, especially towards the opponents of nuclear power who thought and think that the Seabrook plant brings many more detriments to the environment than benefits. A comparison that selects one of the worst of many alternatives (including renewable power sources and conservation) makes the Seabrook nuke sound like an environmental angel. A discussion of effects should also look broadly at the entire cycle of fuel production and waste disposal. Why is fly ash relevant? Why not dioxin or mercury, or thorium or strontium? Your comparison cherry-picks two impacts (CO2 and fly ash), while ignoring other important ones, including other greenhouse gases, thermal effluent, and the production of highly toxic radioactive materials. Also, please do me a favor and lay off the sarcasm--I make no claim to great wisdom, just to fairness. Hmarcuse 16:55, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seabrook was built in 1990. At that time, and even today, less than 1% of our electricity came from solar and wind. Coal and gas are by far the largest sources of energy for the electrical grid in this country. The amount of carbon emissions avoided by a wind farm is commonly, VERY commonly cited. Nuclear has roughly the same life cycle carbon emissions as wind. Solar has about twice the amount of carbon emissions. MANY studies support this, it is the scientific consensus. It is perfectly fair to quote the amount of carbon emissions avoided by hydro, wind, solar, nuclear, and other carbon neutral technologies. But you're not using an argument backed by numbers or science. You're using rhetoric. I do applaud your rhetoric skill, but Wikipedia is not the place for it. -Theanphibian ^{(talk • contribs)} 02:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bodo Uhse

All additions to articles need to be WP:Verifiable so could you include sources for your recent edits to Bodo Uhse? I've tagged all the areas that need to be verified. Thanks. Keresaspa (talk) 20:15, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The biographical details are from notes I took a while ago in the back of my copy of his stepson's memoir, originally from a 1984 East German biography: Walther, Klaus. Bodo Uhse: Leben und Werk. Dresden: Volk und Wissen, 1984. I didn't note page numbers, but could get the book from the library and see if I can fill them in. The selection of works is based on info from a WorldCat search; I translated the titles (except for the one published in translation). I think you go overboard in requiring references for so many niggley details of biography, unless they are contested or difficult to find. A mere listing of secondary literature at the end of the article, instead of notes with page citations at the end of each sentence (or multiple in one sentence!) is really sufficient IMO. This is an encyclopedia, after all, not a dissertation. I think you should remove your "citations needed" unless you are challenging this information. Hmarcuse (talk) 05:06, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't make the rules they developed over time through consensus so I'm not going "overboard" I am simply reflecting how things work round here. Information in Wikipedia needs to be sourced so as it can be independently checked for veracity by anybody using the article and that's why we need sources. I'll simply quote the WP:V link I gave you above (which is policy, not opinion): "All content must be verifiable. The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and is satisfied by providing a citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution.

Attribute all quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged to a reliable, published source using an inline citation. Cite the source clearly and precisely (specifying page, section, or such divisions as may be appropriate). The citation must clearly support the material as presented in the article. See Citing sources for details of how to do this."

Clearly it states there that inline references are required rather than "a mere listing of secondary literature at the end of the article" as you prefer. Again, not my rules but those built up by the community over time through consensus. Also I did tag one sentence twice but only because it has two unsourced statements (his date of joining the Nazi Party and his being a follower of Strasser) either side of a sourced statement (his having joined the Nazi Party at all). Just one at the end of that sentence would have been misleading.

If you can get the page numbers from the source and add them that would be perfect. I'm not being snippy here, I'm not trying to be awkward on purpose and I firmly believe, given your professional background, that your contributions to German articles could improve them no end but it's just due process on here really. Wikipedia's reputation for inaccuracies is, unfortunately, notorious so it needs to be that bit more rigorous than print encyclopedias. Keresaspa (talk) 03:08, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you! Hmarcuse (talk) 05:03, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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If you want an article to be recognized as one, please see the proper procedure at WP:GAN (it involves a peer review process). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:36, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thank you, also for the link to the instructions. Hmarcuse (talk) 04:38, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Anita Daniel (March 25)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Paul W was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

A NYT obituary suggests notability, but the draft isn't yet adequately sourced with articles showing significant coverage (more than passing mentions or routine reporting) about Daniel in reliable, independent, secondary sources.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Anita Daniel (April 22)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Xoak was:

I understand that you're frustrated, and none of us here enjoys declining new submissions that could benefit the growth of this wiki, especially when it's about a historical woman. But unfortunately, we have to stick to the rules. You've already been briefed about our official rules on references and notability, so I won't repeat those. But, as a rule of thumb, we often practice WP:THREE, that is, at least 3 references, that are independent, in-depth, neutral, and of course reliable, are needed for the establish of an article's notability (exceptions exist, such as about Academics/Professors).

Unfortunately, the subject, even in your own words:("How does one (im)prove notability of a doubly marginalized person (female and Jewish) whose budding career was stunted by flight from Nazi Germany in 1933?")-does not seem to have multiple in-depth coverage about her life and work. Sure, a lot of sources exist from reliable and independent pubs, but those coverage aren't in-depth enough (such as the NYT obituary). "Why is a recently published collection of 120 of her writings only considered insignificant and unreliable?"- Her works may have been republished as they were of merit, but this does not help establish the notability based on coverage. Her works have been published, -that itself is not of notable coverage, and sure those republished works may have ber bio in each one of them, but this is PRIMARY, not independent).

All this beside the fact that this article is based on research by a woman (wikipedia author EarlyBlue), as well as being discussed in a 2005 MA thesis by a woman. Why would we want to keep Daniel out of Wikipedia?- We don't. But we have to obey the rules and procedures. Being researched by a fellow Wikipedia editor does not constitute establishing notability, nor does being the subject of a thesis by an unmentioned (probably non-notable) person is significant, reliable coverage.

If you could find any more sources, that conform with our notability guidelines, you may add them and resubmit. But unfortunately, as it stands, we can not accept this submission. Thanks for your efforts. I (we) really appreciate it.

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X (talk) 21:10, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anita Daniel

I received your mail and it drove me to dig further I'm glad to inform you that I've found sources searching through the Wikipedia Library that has old newspaper archives. And I'll add those to the draft, and you may submit it afterward and I'd accept it. However, you can email me anything you've got. Or better if you could leave those on my talk page. (or add them in the draft if you feel like). Regards. X (talk) 18:00, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hmarcuse, Update: I've substantially edited it and published the article. Feel free to improve it further. Let's make it better together. Regards. X (talk) 20:59, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

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Your draft article, Draft:Anita Daniel

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