User talk:Vortexrealm/Archive 2

Cheers...

Thank you for for kind words and your show of support during my recent RfA. If you ever need any admin help or just need someone from outside of the field to take a look at an article on waste management, do not hesitate to holler over my direction.

On a lighter note: City, United, or other team entirely? youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 14:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Related area

I have a small farm with a hayfield and sheep pasture. I'd like to employ greater levels of sustainable farming practices by using treated sludge on my fields, though here in the US many industrial products are combined in wastewater, with resulting high levels of heavy metals, etc, which I do not want in my soil. Some farm families that have used such contaminated sludge have been diagnosed with dangerously high levels of said heavy metals.

How do you get around the problem in the UK? Any suggestions for us in the US? Skyemoor 14:24, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Skyemoor, we have some problems here in the UK which they are looking to solve but here it is more legislational. At present some companies have the ability to landspread sewage sludge but a lot of it is peletised and incinerated. We have a strong composting lobby in the UK that has pushed for certain standards for composts and soil improvers. The BSI PAS 100 is an example of this. It sets out strict rules on how waste can be converted into a high grade compost, when a material is no longer classified as a waste and when it can be used on agricultural land.

If something is classified as a waste here you have to have special licenses to move it around and apply it.

We had another problem here related to BSE and foot and mouth disease. The EU and UK governments responded with strict regulations on processing waste feedstocks to be used on land- see Animal By-Products Regulations.

For your specific use I suggest you need to look at the source of your soilimproving material. If there is a likelyhood it will be contaminated, or is derived from unusual sources, i would stay as far away from it as possible.

Have you considered the use of anaerobic digesters on your farm? You will need to feed them with biodegradable waste streams. The resulting product you will get is good soil improver (that you know where it came from) and also the potential for heat and possibly electricity depending upon the size you have. You could also consider setting up a farmers group where a number of farms would join together to feed the plant, cover the expenditure for building it and reap the benefits.--Alex 16:51, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the spot-on explanation and the suggestions! There has been discussion in the area for setting up a digester, though my sheep are on pasture continuously, and since their waste is in the form of little disperable pellets, that doesn't lend itself to collection. They are my current source of fertilization, though I know I will need supplement. I'll look further into local sources. Thanks again, Skyemoor 17:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

typo in environmental timeline?

In the second item under heading "17th century" the phrase "poop disease" appears, which I'm guessing must be a typographical error for something like "popular", though disease, however widespread, will never really be "popular". In any case, I don't think "poop" is what you mean either, is it?

EH? Which timeline in which article? --Alex 10:36, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re the HTCW diagram in Gasification

Alex, the HTCW diagram in the Gasification article section, that you added, was uploaded by User:Gingerland and has been tagged by someone with an alert that it will be deleted unless an acceptable copyright or license is provided. You would do well to look into that before it is deleted. Regards, mbeychok 18:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Milton, this text and picture were placed by the same person in the waste management article however it was a bit too detailed and I think fits better in the gasification area. As there is clear indication that the picture has been released I will put the correct image tag on it as you indicate.--Alex 08:32, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tag now added--Alex 08:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Battery Directive

Thanks for the edits on Battery Directive. DonL 23:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for your help and editing on "Battery Directive!" I liked your implementing superscript "notes." On another question: Using the Firefox browser, when I type, say, "vortexrealm wiki" in the URL bar, my browser will be directed to this (your "Talk") webpage. However when I type "battery directive wiki" it always takes me to wiki's "RoHS" ("Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive"} page. Do you you know how to cause direction to the Battery Directive page? I know you figured out how to change the D in Directive to capital "D." Impressive credentials, by the way. Thanks for your service to the world. DonL 15:52, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UASB

Dear Sir ,

I read your paper on this UASB . I want to know whether this technology can be used for the effluent treatment of textile processing mill ? Also let me know the advantages & disadvantages of this technology compare to conventional technology ( chemical dosing of coagulants ).

I have been working in the textile industry for last 14 years & i am interested to know more about effluent treatment.

Thanks,

Ashish Naik. tradelink4dyes@yahoo.co.in

Letsrecycle.com

A tag has been placed on Letsrecycle.com, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because it is an article about a certain web site, blog, forum, or other community of web users that does not assert the importance or significance of that web location. Please read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles, as well as notability guidelines for websites. Please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources which verify their content.

Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and put a note on Talk:Letsrecycle.com. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. - Tiswas^(t/c) 15:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I suspected this site would get a CSD tag and was in the process of finding more references to support its inclusion. Please note my contributions to the wikipedia field of waste management. This site is widely used by people across the industry and I feel it is definately noteable, information on it is distributed widely and is used in dispatches by the Environment Agency and other noteable companies. I will add more references when I dig them out.

--Alex 15:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - the {{hangon}} tag will stop the speedy delete process and give you time to cite references / notability / stubbify etc... - Tiswas^(t/c) 15:18, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the removal of the CSD tag--Alex 15:40, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Plastic recycling

Dear Alex,

Is there a reason for you not having deleted the following sentence and reference within the "Plastic recycling" article?

"In Israel successful trials have shown that plastic films recovered from mixed municipal waste streams can be recycled into useful products.[2]"

Knowing this will help me in my reasoning during further communication with you (and others) regarding plastics and recycling articles as well as my contributions.

Recycledagplastic 14:28, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that this sentence & reference gives a pictorial illustration of an example of a proceedure of how plastic is recycled. It does not link to the top level promotional page of the site.

Many of the recycling articles were previously consigned to the process of collecting recyclable materials, which is clearly not recycling. Also the Israeli plant manages to reclaim plastics of a recyclable quality from mixed wastes- this is rare in waste management. Hence I believe this is of note. If you disagree with this feel free to delete the reference & sentence.

Again I highlight the point that I am happy to back inclusions related to your company if they do not appear simply in an advertising/marketing/spam format, they need to give value to Wikipedia on the whole. Recycling is an important area which is neglected in Wikipedia.--Alex 15:16, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alex, Thank you for your communication. Regards, Recycledagplastic 15:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note there is also a discussion relating to this on my talk page. ~ trialsanderrors 20:26, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(Regarding editing decisions made by you and Trialsanderrors) So, you consider external links with descriptions like "pioneer of drip irrigation since 1968" or "DRTS is the leading manufacturer of drip tape production lines" as well as links billing themselves as "World's Largest Selection" (all caps nonetheless)as objective, non-promotional, non-spam and without conflict of interest? Do you believe "seasoned objective editors" like yourself are the contributors of these external links? Or that articles in other categories have been edited by these contributors like "NetafimUSA?" Honestly? My external link simply included a company name and the description of "information about recycling Drip Irrigation Tape?" Is there a reason that my edit to include the sentence/fact that drip tape is a recyclable material hasn't been removed? And if it's because it's factual (which it is), is there a good reason that the link to support it was removed (considering the promotional links which were allowed to remain)? These are all valid points and questions. Please take the time to address them adequately. Regards, Recycledagplastic 21:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It may help you to read "Trial's" post prior to my last post here. Here it is:

"You might be confusing me with someone else. Do I have feedback regarding the notability of RKO? Not really. I think the mentions are slight but not zero, so someone unconnected to the company might eventually put them together into an article. The problem comes in if you, who has a clear conflict of interest goes about adding the company to various articles. For this not to become a problem you would have to build up a track record as an editor unrelated to the company first, so it becomes apparent that your interest is in improving Wikipedia and not in increasing the exposure of your company. As long as the bulk of your contributions are RKO you will always be considered a single purpose account and your contributions RKO-related contributions will cause friction. ~ trialsanderrors 20:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)"

I think I am confusing him with you regarding doing specific work in the waste man./recycling categories.

I see that "Trials" is communicating about this with you. Is there any way that this discussion can be consolidated to one place? Best Regards, Recycledagplastic 22:13, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alex, Yesterday, I left a message for you in Talk:Plastic mulch. Regards,Recycledagplastic 16:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AfD

Don't forget to use the "preloaded debate" link when nominating article for deletion. yandman 10:22, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ecological Sanitation

Hi Alex, thanks for your comments with respect to the page of "Ecological sanitation". The sector program ecosan from gtz, Germany, is promoting Ecological Sanitation as an holistic approach to find sustainable solutions in water / wastewater management questions, especially with respect to development cooperation. We already provide plenty of information related to the topic "Ecological sanitation" aiming at knowledge management on our website (www.gtz.de/ecosan). In order to spread the knowledge about ecosan we will improve and expand the wikipedia-site on "Ecological sanitation", of course including the necessary references. With respect to interwikilinks, I will check again the pages for revelance but do to the fact that the field of ecological sanitation is quite large most of the links are reasonable. Kind regards, GTZ-ecosan GTZ-44-ecosan 19:42, 02 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Citing sources

I read your comments that you left on my talk page. I strongly agree what you said on

it is far more important to cite scientific sources than a lot of the online crap that is available

Currently I am using Wikipedia:Assume good faith and Wikipedia:Ignore all rules to get around the roadblock of not having citations. Right now I am digging for my high school's agenda for some unusual types of citations like maps and audio recording but so far not much luck on finding my agenda. I'll let you know and give you those citation formats when I can find my agenda back. OhanaUnited 02:32, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Biofuel#Biogas

Talk:Biofuel#Biogas. Entry added. --Tunheim 11:06, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you comment posted. --Alex 15:55, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seconds shops as examples of reverse logistics

Hi Alex, we are not sure that seconds shops are examples of reverse logistics. Please can you elaborate on the reason(s) that they may considered as such.

cheers em

I'm sorry but I do not know the context of this requst. I have know particular knowledge of seconds shops or reverse logistics. Please provide the context of this and sign your name --~~~~ after making a post. Thanks --Alex 15:49, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Choosing water supply and purification methods

Hi Vortexrealm,

This is Singkong2005, now calling myself Chriwaterguy. I've been active at Appropedia recently, and would appreciate it if you had a look at Appropedia:Choosing water supply and purification methods and considered contributing to it. Thanks. --Chriswaterguy talk 09:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rahan Arshad

I created a basic stub for this guy. It needs a lot of work though. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 11:11, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Energy portal & future selected articles

Hi! Over the past couple of months I've been spending much more time than I should developing the Energy portal, and intend asking for a portal peer review within the next day or so.

The portal provides a showcase for energy-related articles on Wikipedia. One of the most prominent ways is via a the selected article that is currently changed every 6 weeks or so. It would be good to increase this turnover, and with three Wikiprojects dedicated to energy-related topics and a good number of articles already written, I'd like to suggest that members of each Wikiproject might like to use the 'selected article' to feature some of their best work.

With this in mind, I'd like to suggest that your Wikiproject bypasses the normal selected article nomination page and decides collectively which articles are worth featuring - or these may be self-evident from previous discussions (or from here) - and add short 'introduction' to the selected article at the appropriate place on page Portal:Energy/Selected article/Drafts, which includes further information. Your personal involvement would be welcome!

Please make any comments on your Wikiproject talk page, my talk page, or on Portal talk:Energy/Selected article/Drafts, as appropriate. Gralo 15:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Environment barnstar

I have created a barnstar for Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment. Please visit the talk page to vote for the barnstar since there are no votes for 2 months. OhanaUnited 03:01, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment Scale

Do you think WikiProject Environment should start working on assessment scale? It would be better to do now than wait for backlog to accmuluate. OhanaUnited 07:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think we have enough members, but lack of activeness. Some of the users on the list weren't active for almost a year now. Anyways, can you provide (or edit) the template so that I can do the assessment? This account looks old but very inactive until 3 months ago. I still have lots to learn in wikipedia. OhanaUnited 14:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CFSD ERM

Sorry, which article are you referring to? I've been editing the uncategorized pages in alphabetical order for the past few days but I can't recall coming across any ERM article. Resurgent insurgent 23:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... now I remember - Environmental Resources Management. It read like an advertisement and if you can re-write it in a way that cites sources, is neutral in tone and satisfies the notability guidelines, by all means do so. Resurgent insurgent 23:39, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please visit Talk:Pollution control and comment on my proposal to merge it into the Pollution article

Alex, I would very much appreciate your visiting Talk:Pollution control and commenting on my proposal to merge Pollution control into the existing Pollution article.

Pollution control has one brief paragraph of lead-in, a number of section headers and a multitude of internal Wiki links ... but no real content of any kind. I tried to get it deleted but an administrator decided that a bunch of clean-up tags would be better. In effect, he is simply trying to persuade people to take an empty shell and write another article. In my opinion, the Pollution control shell or stub is completely useless and unneeded since we have so many other articles such as Pollution, Air pollution, Water pollution and many, many solid waste articles. Wiki also has Category:Pollution, Category:Air pollution, and Category:Water pollution. Another article is just not needed.

Therefore, I proposed to merge Pollution control into the existing Pollution article.

Sorry to be so long-winded. Please add your comments. - mbeychok 02:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incineration

See User talk:Anthony Appleyard#Incineration external links. Anthony Appleyard 18:04, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Water recycling in Europe

Could I please get your input at Appropedia:Water recycling#Recycled water for domestic use? I imagine you know something about the European context.

btw have you seen Appropedia:Biogas and Appropedia:Biofuels? Cheers --Chriswaterguy talk 09:56, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You wrote:

Hi Chris, the water recycling article on Appropedia is interesting. I don't have a great deal of knowledge on this subject that I could add. Sorry. I have set myself up an Appropedia account now however!--Alex 12:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No prob - thanks for taking a look. I'm sure someone will expand it at some point, but the basics are there for now.

I left a note at Appropedia asking for your suggestions on where to find good content - just if (and when) you think of anything. --Chriswaterguy talk 23:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New Barnstar

Removed so that I can keep track who received the award. OhanaUnited 15:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly unfree

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:MBT anaerobicdigesters.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. Please go to its page for more information if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Garion96 (talk) 19:06, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, sorry for the late response. I think I know why the image was listed (originally) as a copyvio. It looks from the description that Arrow Ecology is the source of this image, and there was no proof that they released it under the CC license. To be really nitpicky, did your friend released this image under the CC license. Plus, did he took this image as part of his job or just for his own? Garion96 (talk) 18:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The image was provided to the previous company I worked with and permission was given to use it as we saw fit. We had permission to use it under the CC license and it was taken as part of the job.--Alex 09:47, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I see you already replaced the image. I'll remove it from WP:PUI. Garion96 (talk) 17:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes as the amount of time it would have taken to convince you there was no problems with the picture would not have been worth it.--Alex 08:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Thank you for awarding me The Working Man's Barnstar. I really appreciate that someone recognizes my work. OhanaUnited 18:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another thing, I noticed that when you add {{environment}} you add your name after the template. I think this is not a convention in the community. You can take other project templates as example. OhanaUnited 15:45, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]