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Steve, could you please stop filling the citation templates improperly like you did here? Read the {{cite web}} documentation (and that of related templates if relevant) if you need to familiarize yourself with how to fill them. Specifically, you are using the "|work=" parameter as a description of the link, while it should be used to specify with work the link is part of.

For example, if linking to http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/muon.html#c1, the citation should be

• C.R. Nave (1998). "Muon Experiment, Non-Relativistic". HyperPhysics. Retrieved 2011-01-12.

As the page was written in (date=1998) by (author=C.R. Nave ). We're referring to (title=Muon Experiment, Non-Relativistic) part of a larger (work=HyperPhysics), which I have visited today (accessdate=2011-01-12). If you need to make a comment about the source used for some reason, you can make them like this

• More information about the non-relativistic treatment can be found in C.R. Nave (1998). "Muon Experiment, Non-Relativistic". HyperPhysics. Retrieved 2011-01-12.

Or alternatively as

• C.R. Nave (1998). "Muon Experiment, Non-Relativistic". HyperPhysics. Retrieved 2011-01-12. gives more information about this.

I hope I don't come across as condescending, but it's been annoying me for a while now. I did something about Metamaterials Handbook, but INSPEC and other articles which you edited are in similar need of citation cleanup. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 07:48, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

• Ok I will look into this. And no, you didn't come across as condescending. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 08:05, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

No Category:Bibliographic_databases for CAB_Direct_(database) ?

hi there, i was wondering why this article isn't in this category as well. i added it but then undid, i thought i'd better ask. thx. Bavb (talk) 17:11, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

It appears to be an oversight on my part. Thanks for your interest in this matter. Also, it appears that your edit would have been correct. It seems that you have good judgement and appropriate concern for other editor's work and that is much appreciated.

Also I see that you have a particular interest in bibliographic databases. So if you want to work on these articles, and add new articles pertaining to this topic, please feel free to do so. I can certainly use the help. Also, I will be glad to try to answer any questions you have.

One tip I can give you is to look at the articles in this section on my User page Scientific journals. Many of these articles list databases. There are a good number of these that I have created or have signifigantly edited. Also there may be some databases that don't have an article on Misplaced Pages yet, and perhaps an article is needed.

One trick I use is if there is not alot of information for a particular database I place that information in a more general article, such as CSA (database company). I wrote most of the sections in that article. I am intending to do something similar with H. W. Wilson Company, when I get around to it. I started with the section entitled Database descriptions (in that article). There are other databases that are under the H.W. Wilson banner here (Electronic products). Summations of these databases could be added to the H.W. Wilson Company article. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 02:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

wonderful, thank you. i will review all of your suggested pages and articles. Bavb (talk) 17:19, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Volume !

Compare with Rolling Stone without the notability ???

There are SCHOLARS, among which Prof. David Looseley, pioneer of popular music studies, who wrote about Volume !, in a IASPM event! In the editorial board, which is online, there are scholars such as H. Becker, S. Frith, B. Lebrun, A. Hennion, S. Lacasse : these are MAJOR popular music studies scholars. Prof. Sheila Whiteley will be directing a coming issue on music and countercultures. These are serious academics, who support the journal, some have published articles in it. It is not known enough, yet, in the US and the UK, because we are based in France and publish mainly in French. But can't you just go beyond your certainties, and try and do some other type of research than just the good old googling? Did you know that there is some sort of an international segregation against anything not English in the databases you consult? Some kind of a bias? This is such an insult! You can find 18 scholarly articles in English, which were all peer-reviewed, online, here: http://www.seteun.net/spip.php?article5

Did you even just check out our website? How can you just write off things, with such contempt, in three lines and two minutes spent on Google? Is Google Scholar THE ultimate website to judge scholarly journals form all over the world? This is not a way to proceed. Best, Zamuse (talk) 19:57, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Richard Charles Burton "Burt" Hamilton III

Hello Steve Quinn. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Richard Charles Burton "Burt" Hamilton III, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: he exists; see http://www.gobignetwork.com/users/burton-hamilton. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 07:09, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

OK. I am amazed that someone was able to find this person. You must have special powers beyond the average Misplaced Pages editor :>) Steve Quinn (talk) 07:17, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

I googled "FF10 Partners", the name of his firm, and I was shocked to see his name come up. His WP biography has so much puffery in it (business magnate, world’s most creative people) that I also thought it was a hoax. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 07:32, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Optimisation of the listening room: The Brodule

Hello Steve,

I read the page about Diffusion (acoustics).

In this respect, please have a look at my blog:

http://brodule.blogspot.com

Kind regards,

Stephane — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephane France (talk • contribs) 10:16, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Circuit dreamer and his disruptive editing

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Don't bother

I read your email. Don't bother. I'm unelectable. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 17:53, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 18:12, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

PAM-CRASH article

Mr. Quinn,

I added a new article ("PAM-CRASH") about PAM-CRASH simulation software to the mainspace. I was wondering if you might be able to take a look at it and let me know what you think. Following your review, would I be able to remove the "unreviewed" tag from the top of the page? Or is that something that you as the reviewer would do? (I'm not aware of the protocol for this.) Thanks!Michael Leeman (talk) 22:14, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

I will be glad to look at it. Thanks for asking. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 22:37, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much for reviewing and revising my article. I greatly appreciate it!Michael Leeman (talk) 14:37, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

Mr. Quinn,

Hello again! Thank you very much for reviewing my article on PAM-CRASH simulation software last month (and for your kind words about the article). I wrote a new article, "Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances," which I posted in the mainspace yesterday. If you could possibly review it when you have a chance, that would be great. Thank you!Michael Leeman (talk) 21:16, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

"Trusted Editor" status

Dear Steve,

I hope that all is well. I just have a quick question. A few user pages show the user as being a "Trusted Editor". Can you please tell me - how does one obtain that status? Do you have to write and/or edit a specific number of articles to become a Trusted Editor? Or is the title bestowed upon you for the quality of your editing work? Just curious. Thanks!

By the way, thank you once again for your help in reviewing some of articles I've written. I greatly appreciate your time and input in helping me to produce better articles! Michael Leeman (talk) 19:23, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Micheal - thanks for this information. I did not know that I am on other's pages as a "Trusted Editor". I am not sure how I achieved this status, but it certainly is a compliment. Most likely it comes from working with other editors on articles over time, while editing according to guidelines and policies. This means that facts, guidelines and policies outweigh my personal opinion. Chances are these are editors that I have worked with. Can you link me to one of these user's pages? Perhaps, if I can see one of these links I can give a definitive answer. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 19:46, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Dear Steve - Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Things have been quite hectic for me recently. With regard to the "Trusted Editor" status, I'm not sure if I've seen it applied specifically to you (although it may be. I'm not sure). I just meant that I'd seen a few times at Misplaced Pages and was curious as to what it signified. I think your answer is likely correct. If I come across it again, I'll let you know. Thank you as always for your response!Michael Leeman (talk) 18:58, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

External Links

Mr. Quinn,

Thank you for taking the time to keep the NDT page in Misplaced Pages up to date. However, please note that external links to the largest information sources for NDT information on the net are acceptable content as per Misplaced Pages:

"External links to commercial organizations are acceptable if they identify major organizations which are the topic of the article"

For example, ndtWiki.com is a commercial entity that you did not remove from the list, yet you removed other more relevant sources of information.

Sincerely, David B 201.253.128.111 (talk) 12:26, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

First, I almost did remove ndtWiki.com but decided to think about it. That I did not remove it is not a rationale for restoring external links that might not belong in the article. Second, I doubt that links to recruiting sites, jobs, and classified adds are appropriate for an article on Misplaced Pages. Third, there were links claiming to link to U.S. government sites, but were linked to a commercial site instead. I don't know if these were restored, but hopefully not. It might be just as easy to link to the actual U.S. government sites. Thanks for your feedback. Hopefully we can reach an agreement as to what external links are relevant for this article. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 01:01, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

• I have copied this discussion to the talk page of Nondestructive testing. Please continue the discussion at this link. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 03:23, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Electoral Registration Officer

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I did not write this page. According to the edit history, I only created a redirect. Someone else changed this to an article. Also, it appears that the speedy delete has been declined. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 19:14, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

PixelMEDIA

Hi Steve - I just posted a new article ("PixelMEDIA") in the mainspace. If you have a chance and can look it over, that'd be great. I'd like to know if it looks okay to you. Thanks!Michael Leeman (talk) 19:04, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Steve - Thanks for getting back to me at my Talk page. If you can't review the article until Oct. 27 or shortly thereafter, that's fine. However, if you think it will be more than a few days until you can get to it, can you please let me know? I'll then try to find someone else who can review it. Thanks!Michael Leeman (talk) 14:55, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Steve--I am a little concerned about the articles that Leeman has been writing--I consider the final result in general as much too promotional, for reasons that I've explained on his talk page today. Since you are one of the people who have been giving him advice, perhaps you could take another look, in view of the problems that I have been finding. DGG ( talk ) 03:12, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

DGG --- Thanks for voicing your concern. I will certainly take another look at this person's work. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 15:45, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you for the notification. I fixed the problem. It should be O.K. to remove the tag. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 09:10, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Platinum Metals Review

Hi Steve,

For your information: the journal Platinum Metals Review has a new logo.

Best wishes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcrpres (talk • contribs) 12:06, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

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Proposed undeletion of Transient (acoustics)

See Talk:Transient (acoustics)#Proposed undeletion. Andrewa (talk) 02:31, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Metamaterial-related images

There is a way to get more images on wikipedia for this topic, if you are interested. It relies on {{PD-US-patent}}, and I guess many metamaterial-related inventions are patented. There are many patent databases, like Google patents. They usually give only poor black/white copies, but this is enough to establish the PD status, and then grab a colored version from the related website, i.e., I would start from a webpage and search patents by a keyword + potential author, but you know this topic much better. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 05:51, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. This is very much appreciated. Also, this is a very good idea. I am very much interested and this coincides with a recent desire to find PD images pertaining to this topic. Regards. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 01:32, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

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I agree that page protection is probably necessary at this time. The anonymous IP is still endlessly repeating their self (same as mentioned in the previous edit hitories). The anonymous IP is also attempting to misuse policies and guidelines in order to serve a point of view. Instead, this person might wish to start a blog or visit an online forum in order to convince people of the merits of their important views. In addition, Misplaced Pages does not promote gossip in the main article or on the talk page. Rather, the goal of its editors is to build a high-quality encyclopedia within the context of a community. Finally, editors are not required to assume good faith in the presence of evidence to the contrary. In particular, all I've seen is multiple attempts to insert POV material that appears to denigrate this subject while being argumentative in contradiction to Misplaced Pages guidelines and policies. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 14:41, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Why not answer the questions about POV and grounds for censoring the article instead of using reductive approach that eludes (literally deletes) others opinions of the same. There are some very important points in the post that you just deleted. The policies exist to protect those who make nonstandard arguments. 194.78.195.29 (talk) 15:45, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

• So far the discussion has been counter-productive and does not serve to improve the article. Unilaterly removing an entire section on an article talk page while restoring or inserting other counter-productive content does not serve the interets of the article or Misplaced Pages. Also, section headings that are designed to denigrate Wiki editors are not helpful and are again counter-productive. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 15:53, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi, as I said just now over on that talk page I didn't intend to remove anything there and I apologize. I was under the impression that new sections were to go first on the page. There is no visual mode here and it is a touch confusing.

I can and will disagree with comments, removal of text, and anything else on this WP and elsewhere, whenever and wherever I feel it is warranted. I think a discussion of that topic is warranted. It's an argument that has been made before in print, and from high places. It sure would be nice to have it developed in this environment. 194.78.195.29 (talk) 16:12, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

• That is fine, but you will find out that Misplaced Pages is not the place to take such a stance. Action that supports these views will probably result in being blocked for longer and longer periods of time. It's not just me, or the other two editors. This is general across Misplaced Pages. Other editors and administrators will do as we have done, I assure you. Hence, other venues are much more appropriate than Misplaced Pages - and we have pointed this out on the talk page of the article. ---- Steve Quinn (talk) 16:21, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

*What you've just done reads like the editor himself propagandizing the publication via the wikipedia page. Are you sold out to this Bove guy or just out to get my edits at this point? Congratulations. All your great powers have managed to eliminate an idea you are against. The world is better because of your censorship.194.78.195.29 (talk) 07:15, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Quantum, Electronics

I think it would be better to create your new article as Quantum electronics (journal), and leave the existing redirect. This is the usual way we handle cases where a journal title is the same asa common word or phrase. After you have made the article, it will be necessary to make a disambiguation page, DGG ( talk ) 01:19, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

• I agree. This actually occured to me after I requested the speedy delete. Therefore I shall rescind my request for speedy delete. Thanks. Steve Quinn (talk) 01:32, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

You really are a piece of work.

So you follow me over to Fine-structure constant and revert a legit deletion of nonsense. I answer your questions at Talk:Time, each individually, and you "restore the format" so it cannot be read. You have some aversion to the dictionary definitions and think that somehow time doesn't exist outside of measurement.

Do you know what you're doing?

71.169.187.182 (talk) 04:47, 3 July 2012 (UTC)