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User talk:Spinningspark/Archive 23
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13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC) Talk:Transfer_functionHi there! When you have time, it'd be good to chat some more about the Transfer function article : ) InternetMeme (talk) 07:14, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
TemplatesAlright, find someone else to do the GA review. I'm not comfortable dealing with citations that can't be easily reviewed for accuracy, completeness and long-term bot maintenance. Or which forces the reader to manually scroll up and down between two sections to get where they want to get. Or which omits dois, bibcodes, and other similar bibliographic identifiers.Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 18:44, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Erno RubikHello there! Sorry if my change to the Erno Rubik page seemed a little unconventional. I'm afraid I have recently suffered a stroke and find it has affected my memory. I cannot recall the correct way to change links in articles. I have included a link on the talk page It is to rubiks. com. "Cube Story" (right hand side of page, scroll down): 1979 - deal signed, 1980, Cube renamed. Apologies for confusing you. The link follows - https://uk.rubiks.com/about/the-history-of-the-rubiks-cube Also Cube Facts page, rubiks.com - scroll down to bottom of page - https://uk.rubiks.com/about/cube-facts/ (Solidsandie (talk) 11:24, 6 February 2017 (UTC)) Thank You!Thanks so much for your work on the Erno Rubik page. I have been trying to re-introduce myself gently to Wikipedia and enjoying the experience, but there are some things it seems I must re-learn since my illness, such as the system for reference links. Thank you again. (Solidsandie (talk) 13:59, 6 February 2017 (UTC)) Parasitic element (electrical networks)"Give it a rest"? There's no need to be so testy, dude. It's not like I tried adding {{no footnotes}} to the article multiple times or something. --Dan Harkless (talk) 14:36, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Historical comet observations in China On 9 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Historical comet observations in China, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that historical comet observations in China as far back as 12 BC have been used to study changes in the brightness of Halley's Comet? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Historical comet observations in China. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Historical comet observations in China), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 12:02, 9 February 2017 (UTC) Planar transmission linesJust wanted to say that it's great that there is now an article on planar transmission lines - this has long been a conspicuous omission. --catslash (talk) 22:59, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Transfer function matrixOn 13 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Transfer function matrix, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the first use of a transfer function matrix in control systems was on development of gas turbine engines for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Transfer function matrix. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Transfer function matrix), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 15:47, 13 February 2017 (UTC) Electronic careerI notice you are into electronics. A good portion of my life I was in the hardware electronics part, mostly computers and aerospace. In the 1970s I repaired computers that keep track of scoring for bowlers. Here are the schematics I worked with. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 22:46, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Air striplineOn 16 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Air stripline, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in an air stripline, air is used as an electrical insulator to reduce transmission losses? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Air stripline. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Air stripline), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 23:17, 16 February 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Transfer function matrixHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Transfer function matrix you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Re: Lambda2 methodThanks for not deleting, and for publishing, the article. I find it useful as a reference to get the information quickly for my homework. (I bumped into it from a web search results page). I am grateful to your assistance with review and approval. --Gryllida (talk) 01:00, 24 February 2017 (UTC) I created this article. I worked at TRW the same time he did. Did You Know that James L. Buie invented transistor-to-transistor logic circuitry (TTL), which led to the development of the integrated circuit industry? I did not know Buie personally as we each worked in different buildings on a large complex.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 22:38, 26 February 2017 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – March 2017News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).
DYK nomination for Planar transmission lineHi - I've tried to review your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Planar transmission line. As I understand the rules it fails to meet the newness criteria, having not been expanded 5-fold in the 7 days prior to nomination. However this is the first time I've tried to review an article, and I may have misunderstood the rules, so feel free to comment. Hopefully another reviewer will look at this as I haven't rejected it. Optimist on the run (talk) 17:49, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Transfer function matrixThe article Transfer function matrix you nominated as a good article has passed FaradayIs there really any confusion?. DuncanHill (talk) 00:05, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on ALT1 proposed hook. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:17, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
Transformer article / Don't link to disambiguation pages in articlesReferring to Transformer article's revision of 22:43, 15 January 2017 made by you, it is one of the Don't's of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Linking_dos_and_don%27ts. to link to disambiguation pages in articles.Cblambert (talk) 17:00, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
I have improved the article using your suggestions and ready for a re-review. I have all the hard copy books on hand, so if you need further let me know. Professor I.Bernard Cohen of Harvard University seems to be the best references in his books "Benjamin Franklin /scientist and statesman" (100 pages) and "Franklin and Newton" (650 pages). There doesn't seem to be specifically what technical information was added on each new English addition = just that so many of Franklin's letters were added to enlarge the edition. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:26, 8 March 2017 (UTC) DYK for Planar transmission lineOn 9 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Planar transmission line, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that planar transmission lines were developed for the US military, but can be found today in household mass-produced items such as mobile phones and satellite television receivers? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Planar transmission line. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Planar transmission line), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Mifter (talk) 12:02, 9 March 2017 (UTC) Current full protection status on an articleIn connection with your current decision to invoke full protection status to an article, I would say that any Wikipedia user that has recently admitted in writing on his talk page, "I'd only get banned again if I tried to edit an article on it.", should clearly not get involved in aggressive editing behavior on that article.Cblambert (talk) 03:30, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
GAR for TransformerTransformer, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Shearonink (talk) 18:22, 12 March 2017 (UTC) Hey I need some help with an MFDI want to withdraw a MFD I started: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia talk:Good article reassessment/Transformer/1. My MFD will just bollix up the issues with its somewhat-malformed GAR - I tried to look up if there was any kind of process for a withdrawal but a process doesn't seem to exist. Can the MFD just be stopped or archived or something? Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 20:46, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Help needed at Costas loopCould you take a look at Costas loop. I'd like to revert this edit, but that will put me in a slow edit war. It's clear the editor is well meaning, but he's invested a lot and I don't think I can get through to him. I'm reluctant to 3RR him for fear of escalation rather than resolution. The phase difference for a Costas loop needs to be near zero. If it isn't, then the eye pattern shuts, the BER goes up, and satellite communications stops working. A phase error of a few degrees will be enough to adjust the VCO to the right frequency (the VCO would have started very close to the baud rate). The editor may be taking the diagrams too literally. Glrx (talk) 18:09, 24 March 2017 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for March 26Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Mosholu, Bronx, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Seneca. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:29, 26 March 2017 (UTC) Standing wavesA previous edit removed k. I don't think it is wise to mix omega and lamda. Talk about wavelength and frequency, or talk about wave number and angular frequency. Do not mix them. Clean math or clean language. Pick one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbf81tb (talk • contribs) 21:36, 27 March 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2017News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Elastance you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. The article Elastance you nominated as a good article has passed DennisgunnarssonHi Spinningspark, I fear that User:Dennisgunnarsson may be about to embark on a promotion of Swedish Microwave AB, a company with which he appears to be associated. This user's contributions so far consist of a couple of external links to this company's website. He has also started an article about the company in his sandbox. Perhaps an adminly intervention is called for here, before he invests too much effort in this? --catslash (talk) 00:14, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Elastance
Can I work on it to provide better sources and improve it?--Vin09 (talk) 08:14, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
DYK for ElastanceOn 26 April 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Elastance, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the term elastance, the inverse of capacitance, was coined by Oliver Heaviside to promote an analogy of a capacitor as a spring rather than a container of charge? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Elastance. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Elastance), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 26 April 2017 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – May 2017News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017). 
RevertHello! Just to let you know that while patrolling, I've reverted one of your edits on Ford Cirrus concept car, because you appear to have accidentally added a typo instead of removing one. KarlPoppery (talk) 22:21, 11 May 2017 (UTC) SETIGreetings friend , I hope my humble comments gives you onsite about not the urgency for creating water for planting food when we use desalination for the time that will soon come as water evaporates in our planet, but the necessary healing actitude or so called humanitarian movement to begin working together as one planet that looks up to the sky wondering if there is inteligence up in the sky when we have for so long neglected the light in the wisdom that was giving to Israel for the peoples of all nations in this rock. I believe the kingdom of heaven is to terraform the moon as one small step and mars and so forword claim the heavens, but we need to learn and practice new politics new views of our investment for a long term jointly prosperity. That is the movement that we all should be awaiting and wilfully all have in common. I reserve the anonymous as to the duke of Oxford and his beloved queen for such statements and this novel I yours truly share with you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wethepeople2017 (talk • contribs) 05:16, 16 May 2017 (UTC) UnprotectionHi, could you unprotect Transformer for uninvolved editors which has been indef-protected since 7 March? Brandmeistertalk 12:25, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
could you please explain more fully...In your delete opinion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lorca Cohen you echoed nominator's original claim that Ms Cohen "has done nothing notable". Excuse me, but don't our deletion policies merely require reputable sources to have written about our topics, in order to be considered notable? Your comment implies you think our policies require individuals to have done something to be considered notable. I think that is a serious mistake. You described the RS coverage of her to be "either passing mentions or about her association with someone more famous". I don't agree that is a fair summary of the available references. Queen Elizabeth goes to Wimbledon, and press reports state, the Queen was joined, in her booth, by her third cousins, Amelia, Bernadette, and Ernestine. That is a passing mention. It was Lorca who first detected the fraud that bankrupted her father, the fraud that forced him to begin touring again, after decades of retirement. In my opinion, the various coverage of this event is not an example of a "passing mention". I disagree that the coverage of her sharing a child with Wainwright are all passing mentions. As to whether is is merely "about her association with someone more famous" -- sorry, but this comment suggests a serious misconception, on your part. We are all associated. Yes, it was her father's fortune that was stolen. But, in the actual initial detection of the fraud, she was the detective, and it was her father who was the peripheral figure. There was a wiseguy, a few years ago, who mocked positions like yours, jokingly urging us to merge the article on Tony Blair, into the article on George W. Bush. They argued that no one would ever have heard of Blair if it weren't for his support for Bush's invasion of Iraq. They pointed at various US publications that called Blair "Bush's lapdog", and similar. Topics intersect. The topic of Tony Blair is linked to a whole bunch of things, including both the Iraq War, and George Bush. Here, on the wikipedia, the way we map these intersections, is by using wikilinks to link articles on those separate topics. When genuinely notable topics each have their own standalone article, and those articles are properly linked to the articles on the topics they are related to, our readers have more freedom. Readers can traverse our wikipedia more freely, on more different paths, than if we allow the merging of perfectly adequate standalone articles for arbitary reasons like this child is not as famous as their parent, or this parent is not as famous as their child. Lorca Cohen is closely associated with both her father, and Wainwright, the childhood friend who fathered her first child, in a remarkably unusual child-rearing arrangement. I think she is also closely linked with Kelley Lynch, her father's former financial advisor, who stole his fortune. I looked into starting an article on Lynch. Various factors stopped me, including accusations just so ugly I didn't want to work on them. By agreeing with nominator that we should prune the wikipedia of the links between Lorca and Wainwright, Lorca and her brother, Lorca and the financial advisor, you are acting to restrict the utility of the wikipedia as a whole. In your comment you didn't state a merge target, which suggests that you left a drive-by comment, without really giving the topic any meaningful thought. At first I thought that this was a newbie mistake, and that you were a newbie. But I checked. You are not a newbie. You have been an administrator for eight years. I have been a contributor here for over twelve years. I have made a huge time commitment. I have expectations. Since administrators are entrusted with considerable authority I feel entitled to expect administrators to set a good example, to measure up to a higher standard. Should newbies really see administrators setting the example of leaving drive-by comments that suggest it is OK to leave drive-by comments on AFD based on a surface snap-impression? Maybe your comment is not based on a drive-by snap-impression, merely looks like a drive-by snap-impression? If so I still think it falls short of the good example you should be setting. Geo Swan (talk) 20:35, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
Deleted pageHi, you have deleted a page recently called Qazzoo. I would like to know if you can make it available for me to restore the text and update it so the page can be active again. Thanks! AgathaR (talk) 15:13, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
Spinningspark, in case you missed the ping last month, the nomination is ready for you to resume your GA review. I hope you can in the near future. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:28, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
Deleted God's gangstersHi. Why my article about the book was seen as advertising? There are no links to buy or sell books? This article is my contribution to Wikipedia. I don`t want that the time I spent to improve Wikipedia passed in vain. I like books that describe criminal traditions different countries. I would like to know if you can make it available for me to restore the text so the page can be active again. Thanks! - DrPoglum (talk) 11:57, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
Your 'good faith' edit on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_CityJust to query your edit, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City on here where I added and referenced the business www.longcroftcathotel.co.uk as the worlds first luxury boutique hotel chain for cats. It is the worlds first by virtue of it being the only hotel chain for cats in existence. It has featured in numerous mainstream media publications as well as a Channel 4 series, ITV and BBC features and won multiple awards for innovation last year winning the Guardian best home business award (https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2016/jul/08/guardian-small-business-showcase-awards-winners-2016). It also holds the trademarks for the term luxury cat hotel as well as enforcing a change across the entire boarding industry to rename catteries as cat hotels (despite not really being a 'cat hotel' under the true definition, nor luxury!). It's also a well known business in and around the Welwyn area due to the sheer amount of press it receives each year, we've had visitors from as far afield as China who turn up to visit just because they've seen it in their media. Bit of a newbie at Wikipedia so having done some reading I was reticent to add Longcroft as a page in it's own right as though it does have a 'history' of sorts it's not quite up there in the 'Hoover' realm of brands though it has undoubtedly influenced an entire industry. Be grateful for your clarification as to the way I should edit this to reflect. many thanks Matt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nighthawk9999 (talk • contribs) 15:21, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
And finally I am not, nor ever have been in a paid position in the organisation. I have a full time job not connected in anyway to this business so I'd appreciate you rein back on baseless accusations. Have a good day. 14-Jun-2017
Administrators' newsletter – June 2017News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).
deletion of European Society of Pathology pageHello Spinningspark. I am struggling to understand why the European Society of Pathology page was deleted. I hoped the amendment I made had dealt with the partial duplication of text in one paragraph between the Society's history page and the Wikipedia page. I didn't think there were any others on the page - was I wrong?Andrew (talk) 17:31, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
An AfD...It will be interesting to learn how you reached the conclusion here.Cheers!Winged Blades Godric 06:40, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
Hi there is something weird with the above article; I prodded because I didn't see that it had already been Afd-ed as there was nothing in the history. The article was created only a few days ago but the afd dates from a year ago; Is there any way of knowing what happened since? Was it speedy deleted because there is no trace of it. Thanks for your help. --Domdeparis (talk) 15:55, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
Spinningspark, make yourself a nice mug of tea, settle in a comfy chair, and read this. And if it doesnt work for you, well, never mind - we all do our best.Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 19:41, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
TradictionTradiction = tradition + addiction, no? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vi9eSraenc — Preceding unsigned comment added by DeepNikita (talk • contribs) 17:44, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2017News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).
Movement Strategy reminderHi. You contributed in a previous part of the discussion, so this is just a reminder to you (and any interested talkpagewatchers), that it's the second week of our Movement Strategy Cycle 3 discussion. There's a new topic each week in July, and this week's is: How could we capture the sum of all knowledge when much of it cannot be verified in traditional ways? You can see more details, and suggest solutions or respond to other people's thoughts (from this week and last week) at Wikipedia:Wikimedia Strategy 2017. You can also read a summary of discussions that took place in the past week. Cheers. Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 03:17, 12 July 2017 (UTC) The history of this article is complicated - there was a no consensus AfD in 2006, then a delete consensus AfD in 2007, plus a G11 speedy in 2009, before being recreated in 2011. So I don't think the usual "don't PROD if it's been to AfD" rule can apply here - indeed one might argue the article could be deleted per G4, though I think that would be controversial. All that said, my main motivation for this is that I thought the CSD tag placed today was incorrect, so I don't feel like taking it to AfD (which would be the third nomination), maybe somebody else will. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 22:37, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
I don't know if you're following this discussion closely, but... the difference between declining a PROD and initiating an AfD is pretty much WP:BEFORE. A declined PROD is not an automatic AfD, and there's no onus on the declining admin to initiate an AfD. If they do, they're... pretty much expected to do BEFORE and provide a deletion rationale. No hard feelings. Just FYI. TimothyJosephWood 22:54, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2017News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).
Experiments and Observations on Electricity GA green iconThanks for promoting the article to GA status. Should there be a small plus sign inside a circle in the top-right corner of the article's page? How does it happen and when? Thanks for looking into it. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:48, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
Flux (disambiguation)Re Talk:Flux (disambiguation), it would be much better if the article's lede was just improved and we could use the lede. I tend to mainly edit dabs and computing at the moment. It's not clear to me what you're referring to about an intensive property, or from your wording, intensive viewpoint? Widefox; talk 11:33, 10 August 2017 (UTC) Undelete pleaseCould you please undelete, or move to my draft space, the just-deleted Christopher Freeze article. I put a lot of work into improving it for the deleted version I found, and would like to continue developing it some more, as it was my first article and the guy seems to be notable. Thank you for your time and consideration. Mrg00dbar (talk) 16:13, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
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