User talk:Tachyon502

Hippocratic Oath for Scientists

The key problem is that the information is not significant enough for a general encyclopedia article on Physicist. Each article should contain the most relevant information, not every possible scrap of potentially connected information. Lots of people have made comments about physicists; this one has had little to no impact. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:31, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One good choide would be the Philosophy of science article, which has a section on accountability. It couls very appropriately be linked and discussed briefly there. --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:21, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Police state debate

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For maintaining your unique civility throughout our discussion ;). AzureFury (talk \| contribs) 08:08, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Police state

Tachyon, thanks for contacting me. I really wish I had some time to offer my guidance on police state. Alas, I'm currently flooded with work at school and elsewhere. I can tell you at first glance that the article needs to be much more comprehensive before it goes to Featured Article review. I expect that FA reviewers would require (these are off the top of my head):

A thorough history of the term, including pre-histories and proto-police state models before the term was coined;
Numerous specific examples from around the world, from a variety of historical contexts;
A discussion of the justifications and criticisms of police states and state authority in general; and
Images which add to the reader's understanding of the concept and examples.

If you haven't already done so, be sure to read WP:FA?, as it discusses the requirements for Featured Articles. (The "Advice from Wikipedians" items at the bottom of that page are also very useful.)

Good luck with this. Like I said, I wish I could be more helpful. Right now, unfortunately, it's just not possible. Scartol • Tok 14:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed non-free use rationale for Image:Policestate2.jpg

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Viktor Schauberger

Tachyon, I have previously questioned one of your references on the VS page, namely the reference: "Scientific Genius and Uneducated Guesswork", Professor Joseph Silk, Oxford University Press, 2000. I have contacted numerous Oxford University Press departments both locally and overseas and they have never heard of or have reference to this publication. I then emailed professor J.Silk about this reference, to which he replied "i have not written this book. it's an erroneous citation!". I hope you understand because of this, I have removed your reference.

Regards, MrAnderson7 (talk) 02:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Angela Brooks

The article Angela Brooks has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This seems to be a spoof based on Cheryl Cole - many details, including dob and imdb link are Cole's. Contains much patent nonsense, eg the prospective Victoria Cross for a 26 year old singer.

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