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DYK for Triple-resonance nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

On 28 June 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Triple-resonance nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that triple-resonance NMR spectroscopy (spectrum pictured) is an integral part of determining the structure of proteins? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Triple-resonance nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Time-critical request for help

I've enjoyed reading your DNA nanotech article and watching its FA progress - I really hope it makes it thru soon. In the other direction, I'm in dire need of someone to start the discussion on the GAN for the Frederic M. Richards article, since this Saturday I'll be giving a talk at Wikimania about my experience with drawing in content-expert editors thru the WikiProject Biophysics. It should be an easy evaluation, because it's already had a lot of good comment on the article talk page and the peer-review page, including content issues, organization, style, and a thoro review of the citations. However, it's been languishing in GAN without anyone willing to take on the eval. IMHO it's at least at GA level, but it needs someone uninvolved but with reasonable wiki expertise to start the discussion. I'd be enormously appreciative if you'd be willing to do that, and to give your take on the article. Thanks in advance for considering this! - Dcrjsr (talk) 15:40, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

I am at Wikimania too! I've never done a GAN review before, but I've actually been meaning to get involved there so this sounds like a good excuse. I'll take a look when I have a free moment. Antony–22 (⁄_contribs) 19:48, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks so very much! See you there. Dcrjsr (talk) 22:44, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Talk:2012 United States federal budget/GA1

Hey there, I reviewed the article you put on GAN. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:23, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Main page appearance: DNA nanotechnology

This is a note to let the main editors of DNA nanotechnology know that the article will be appearing as today's featured article on August 14, 2012. You can view the TFA blurb at Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/August 14, 2012. If you prefer that the article appear as TFA on a different date, or not at all, please ask featured article director Raul654 (talk · contribs) or his delegate Dabomb87 (talk · contribs), or start a discussion at Misplaced Pages talk:Today's featured article/requests. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions at Misplaced Pages:Today's featured article/requests/instructions. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. The blurb as it stands now is below:

DNA nanotechnology is the design and manufacture of artificial nucleic acid structures for technological uses. In this field, nucleic acids such as DNA are used as non-biological engineering materials for nanotechnology rather than as the carriers of genetic information in living cells. Researchers in the field have created static structures such as crystal lattices, nanotubes, polyhedra, and arbitrarily-shaped DNA origami; as well as functional structures including molecular machines and DNA computers. The conceptual foundation for DNA nanotechnology was first laid out in the early 1980s, and the field began to attract widespread interest in the mid 2000s. The field is beginning to be used as a tool to solve basic science problems in structural biology and biophysics, such as protein structure determination, and potential real-world applications in nanomedicine and molecular scale electronics are under development. (more...)

UcuchaBot (talk) 23:01, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Drive Award

		The Good Article Barnstar
		Your recognition for 1 GA reviews at the last June-July GAN Review Round. Regards. — ΛΧΣ21™ 04:30, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Precious

	comprehensive scientific concepts
	Thank you for the courage to let us understand scientific concepts comprehensively, for example DNA nanotechnology, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:48, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

nano ...

you probably have read WP:3RR? you should probably engage in a discussion on the talk page once you have been reverted by two different editors. Frietjes (talk) 17:02, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

To be fair, I only got reverted once for each template, by you; the original change to the templates was not a revert. But I agree, there should be a discussion at Template talk:Nanotechnology. Antony–22 (⁄_contribs) 17:04, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Let's just discuss here, as the only editor who appears to object to the removal of the styles is the editor who added them in the first place (you). Your rationale in this revert was "It's important to have distinctive, aesthetically pleasing boxes to aid navigation". Why is this important? The trend for years, ever since {{sidebar}} was formalised, has been to move away from custom styling except where it provides some tangible benefit to the reader. Here, your chosen stying is arbitrary (there is nothing in the chosen colour scheme which relates any particular field of nanotech to its colour), distracting (the colours are bold and clash with the article body) and potentially damaging to article accessibility (whether by the letter of WP:ACCESS it is prohibited to change the colour of links or not, it is plainly not appropriate to do so on a whim). Lastly, "aesthetically pleasing" is in the eye of the beholder, and the general move to vanilla styling on sidebar templates strongly suggests that the defaults are aesthetically pleasing to a majority of editors. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 17:12, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Being that this is a content/style issue on a specific set of templates, I believe that the appropriate place for discussion is Template talk:Nanotechnology, and I will respond there. Antony–22 (⁄_contribs) 17:18, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

DYK for United States fiscal cliff

On 6 September 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article United States fiscal cliff, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that U.S. federal tax increases and spending cuts mandated for 2013 have been called a fiscal cliff due to their projected economic effects? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/United States fiscal cliff. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Caltech–MIT rivalry

On 3 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Caltech–MIT rivalry, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a 1.7-ton, 130-year-old cannon (pictured) was stolen and transported 3000 miles from Pasadena to Cambridge as part of the Caltech–MIT rivalry? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Caltech–MIT rivalry. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:02, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

You're invited: Ada Lovelace, STEM women edit-a-thon at Harvard

U.S. Ada Lovelace Day 2012 edit-a-thon, Harvard University - You are invited!

Now in its fourth year, Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and related fields. Participants from around New England are invited to gather together at Harvard Law School to edit and create Misplaced Pages entries on women who have made significant contributions to the STEM fields. Register to attend or sign up to participate remotely - visit this page to do either. 00:07, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Thanks so much for your quality improvement efforts to the article, DNA nanotechnology, a great contribution to Misplaced Pages in the topic of SCIENCE! :) — Cirt (talk) 06:56, 8 November 2012 (UTC)