User talk:Laurascudder/Archive2

The busy bee on WP:RD

A few of the questions I've posed lately, e.g. about the North Carolina courts, have to do with the novel I'm working on. Most, however, are just things that come to me when I'm reading or watching tv. From the variety of my questions you've answered, your interests seem to be equally catholic. I've a page of my RD questions and answers here, which I keep because its too hard to use the regular archive. We've been here about the same length of time, but I don't think I've seen you. Your work on physics doesn't seem to overlap much with my areas (see User:PedanticallySpeaking/Articles for my list of articles). If I can help in your work, let me know. PedanticallySpeaking 21:20, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Fremont marker question

The following is an email I received to this question...

I checked with our Historic Preservation guru, Rich Koopmann, and he had the following to offer.

• since the Toll family lived and operated a ranch here along S. Boulder Creek and up toward the ski area for years...could this be a livestock brand?
• Not sure of the ties to John C. Fremont, but some possibilities that come to mind may be an association with John Q. Rollins (founder of Rollinsville) who built the first wagon road over the Continental Divide into Middle Park right thru this area. Later came the narrow guage railroad thru the Needles Eye tunnel and over Rollins Pass at Corona, and later the Moffat tunnel for the Denver Rio Grande Western railroad of today plus the water conveyance of west slope water into S. Boulder Creek. Could the symbol have some association with a railroad? There also were the Early Bird and Black Hills Mines toward the lower end of the road that could have some association.
• A couple of resources come to mind who may have further information.....Dan Straight, who is the President of the Rollins Pass group trying to get the road re-opened thru the Neddles Eye Tunnel. He knows considrable amounts of historical information about that area (303)772-9475 , or Doc Teegarden, former Sheriff's Officer and POS volunteer, who has researched and located many of the remote and less known gravesites throughout Boulder County (303)494-6496. That is about all I can come up with for now.

Have you checked with the USFS? This sounds like it may be on their land. You can reach them at 303-541-2500, or http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/contact/.

Regards,

Tina Nielsen

Open Space Assistant

Boulder County Parks & Open Space

303-441-4958 (direct)

303-441-4954 (fax)

tnielsen@co.boulder.co.us

I hope this is helpful... you really piqued my curiousity on this one. I hope you can find your answers. Bye. --Lord Voldemort 14:22, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

No problem. I hope you'll let me know what you find out. It has been fun trying to find some answers, but not being from the area hampers my ability to be able to. Thanks for the mystery. --Lord Voldemort 14:40, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Anticlimactic you say? ANTICLIMACTIC!?!?! If it is, I might hurt myself. I really want to know now that I've expended time on this. If it turns out to be something stupid, argh, I'll be mad. But hey, such is life. I'll survive. It was fun while it lasted anyway. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:07, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your wellcome. Glad to be here and receive your message.Vb 07:36, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

John Hemphill

I realise that you used them as references, but remember that the article is likely to be edited, changed, expanded, etc. — "external links" will remain appropriate whatever happens (even if all the information is changed), while "references" might become misleading. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 17:30, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

I see what you mean — but most articles do the same (mine all do), so you're in good company (I like to think). --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 20:00, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

How about "External links and references" (or "References and external links")? It's often used, though admittedly usually when there's a mixture of Web-based and print-based references. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:24, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Tagging Images I posted

Thanks for your interest, all the Images about Bloch stuff are from google image search...(I was supposing there were not copyright since them were so old) and a friend has post to me the sardianian ones via e-mail (but I don't know where he found them).

Bye and Thanks! User:Surcouf 21:26 21 July (CET)

Universities again on Houston, Texas

I have brought up a point of disagreement between UH Collegian and myself on the talk page. I have made an appeal to him to change his mind and he may, but if not I'd value your opinion on the subject, whether you agree with my stance or not, to help establish a consensus. Thanks in advance. · Katefan0^(scribble) 14:57, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

Max Planck

OK, I have finally finished translating the German Planck article. Now, if sooner or later you find a bit of time, please could you proofread the mess ? I can only write funny non-native English, and in some cases I could absolutely not find out how to properly translate something (usually I have to write only about physics/mathematics in English). Please have a look yourself and don't hesitate to correct it wherever necessary. Many thanks. Nullstein 11:51, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Corporate Stub

Hi Laurascudder,

I am new to Wikipedia and started an article and am watching it. I noticed you visited it and added something called a corporate stub. Can you help me better understand why the article would have been tagged with that and what it means for the future of the article? Thank you. Athena :)

Hi Laura, I got your info/explanation. Thank you very much. After researching, I am thinking it should probably be catagorized as: Technology | wireless communcating | computer networks. Thank you for pointing this out. I didn't realize this was something I needed to do. Take care. Athena  :) 03:39, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

No Limit Texas Holdem

Aaaaaarrrrrgghhghghgh. Copyvio!!! I was just about to give it a real good knocking into shape. You saved me the wasted effort. Ta. Moriori 22:14, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Copyright Violations

Hi Laura. I'm very new to Wikipedia, and I was just testing out some of the pages I created with some info that were found on the web. It wasn't done intentionally. But I see now there are possible copyright violations on two of the pages I created. Maybe I should have just written "Testing page" on there instead. On the Poker Texas Holdem page, I revised it. And the page No Limit Texas Holdem, I am going to add new content to that page in the temp subpage. Should I just leave that page out and create a new one???

External Links for References

Hi Laura, I just wanted to know, how do I create the External Links section at the bottom of an article so I can list references. Can you please help me out on that. Thank you much.

Ich habe eine Bitte...

I remember from sometime ago that you mentioned you knew some German. Which is correct? I would like to say "Please don't stand up". Is it "Stehen Sie bitte auf nicht" or "Stehen Sie bitte nicht auf"? Thanks for your help! --HappyCamper 01:02, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Watched

Sometimes it is nice, being watched. Thanks for correcting the link in User talk:Sidam. --Pjacobi 19:46, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

VfD notice

I see from the edit history for Scythe: the bounty hunter that you had a hand in it: I thought you'd want to know that I've put it up for deletion[1] on the basis of non-notability. --Maru 15:31, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

HappyCamper's RFA - Thanks for your support! :-)

Hi Laura! Thanks for your support on my recent RFA! I'm now an administrator, and I wanted to thank you for your kind words and thoughtfulness. If you ever need an extra hand, feel free to leave a message on my talk page!

I hope we get a chance to collaborate on writing some articles - perhaps a physics related one? I'm currently working on phase-shift keying and you are most welcome to join in with the editing. Thanks again for your help with my German grammar. I'm still learning the language, and I'm really happy to hear that grammar is your forte! Can I say Ich möchte ein bisschen Deutsch sprechen?

In the meantime, I guess I'll see you around the Wiki. Thanks again for your support, and happy editing! --HappyCamper 01:54, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Reference desk still has a full page listing at WP:RD/ALL

Hi Laura - I thought it would be good to let you know that there is a "see all questions" link at the reference desk. It's located at Wikipedia:Reference desk/All, with shortcuts WP:RD/A or WP:RD/ALL. You can also get to this "all listing page" by clicking on the bottom right hand corner of the reference desk page here at Wikipedia:Reference desk. I really liked your participation on the reference desk, and if you get a chance, I hope you'd consider trying out the functionality of that page. --HappyCamper 23:23, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

wikibooks:Wikijunior Solar System Proofreading

Thanks for your vote at wikibooks:Talk:Wikijunior Solar System/Solar System. I am guessing you voted "Aye" because you recognize these wikijunior books need to be polished for printing. If you have any opinions on the collaborative proofreading process I have proposed at wikibooks:Talk:Wikijunior Solar System/Proofreading, please improving the process.

If you are happy with the process, please consider one of the list of activities. They need to be done, even if there is no consensus on putting a big pink notice at the top of the page.

Thanks! wikibooks:SV Resolution 2005-09-01

Uni Hedelberg - Charles Uni (grammar)

hi Laura, maybe you´re right. The problem was, that the change you made to the page - sound seggestively (to me:). I´ll try to explain it. On October 19, 1386 the first lecture was held. Thus, the University of Heidelberg is the oldest German University (although some count Charles University in Prague instead). When you read it - it sounds like if "the people who consider the oldest one the Charles Uni" are wrong. Maybe I dont have the "feeling" for english, but it sounds to me this (suggestive) way.

I´ll take back the page´s history to "your version" and ...if you think Im right please wright it some grammar-OK way;) I would wright it this way "althoug some sources consider the oldest one the Charles Uni"?

Banning threat

This is not me. Someone else with a similar IP is clearly doing things that I had nothing to do with. This is my first time on Wikipedia today and I haven't edited anything yet. 220.245.180.131 02:25, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Your signature

Does your signature lead to an article on a dead person? --Commander Keane 10:14, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

...for adding the disambig tag to the Proximity Effect disambig page. My browser kept crashing so I was editing in teeny chunks and then I couldn't get back in for a bit. so thank you for seeing that and fixing it! KillerChihuahua 20:19, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Handbook of Texas proposed deletion

66.167.253.162 17:13, 26 September 2005 (UTC):Please go here and express your opinion on whether Category:Handbook of Texas citations should be deleted. Your membership in Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas makes your opinion on this topic particularly valuable.

hi and QM

Hi Laura,

thanks for that, I wasn't aware of the simplfied space, but it seems exactly like I had had in mind!

But, how are people supposed to find this space? I've browsed Wikipaedia quite a lot, although this is my first few days contributing, and I never came across it. There should be a cross-linking system of some kind.

And you're right, the simple QM article is awful! I'll do something about it ASAP.

Paulc1001 23:07, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

German Wikipedia

Do you think you could help me find the equivalent of a WikiThanks on German Wikipedia? A link to it will do. I would like to thank all the Wikipedians I met over there the other day...How do you say, "thanks for looking after my edits" in German? --HappyCamper 15:57, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

History of Frankfurt

I hadn't realized you had posted that... I will definitely try to look at it. Tfine80 23:52, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Neanderthal theory of autism

I saw that you showed some interest in my article. Unfortunately, the AfD seems to be a lost case, but I have another project going. Look here: Aspie quiz II. This quiz currently has almost 1000 answers. The previous quiz got 4000 answers in about 3-4 months. The evaluations are here: Evaluation. I plan to write an article for a professional peer-reviewed journal about version II. If you are interested in this project, contact me. --Rdos 17:05, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Laser/maser categories

Re: your note on my talk page: I understand your argument. What I was mainly trying to do was clean up cases where articles and subcategories either appeared in both category:optics and category:optical devices, or appeared in neither. The lasers subcategory and the masers article should be in one and only one of these categories, not both. The laser article, as the defining article of category:lasers, belongs in both the latter category and its parent category, whichever that is.

I think it would be better to move anything that is primarily a device based on optics into category:optical devices. My inclination would actually be to move simple optics like lenses out of category:optical devices and into category:optics, on the grounds that I don't normally think of a lens as a "device", but rather as an optical "element". Not sure what the best approach is, but I would like the categorization to be more consistent than it has been.

Another issue: I'm not sure actually that masers belong in either category, being rf/microwave devices. They definitely belong in category:lasers, but perhaps should not be in any other optical category. Maybe there is some appropriate RF/microwave category. (Note though that if they are categorized as if they were purely microwave devices user:cypa will be upset. There are non-microwave, RF masers.) --Srleffler 21:32, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Translation of nondimensionalization

Thanks for your note on my talk page on German Wikipedia. Sure, I'd be very happy if you could help out with translating nondimensionalization. I have placed the first paragraph in my user page, and if you like you can edit there. I won't start until after the 28th of October though, as things are getting quite busy for me. I started an article about the quantum anharmonic oscillator, but I think it needs a severe revamping. If you get a chance, at your leisure, could you take a look at de:Anharmonischer Oszillator? --HappyCamper 00:17, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Talk:D'Alembert operator

Hi Laura, you said here that $\Box$ and $\Box ^{2}$ are always used for the same thing, but it seems that $\Box$ is also sometimes used as the covariant derivative. At least that is what the article now says. All in all there are now a lot of conflicting notations used. Any ideas about cleaning this up? --MarSch 10:25, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Well if you're gonna ask me, I'd stick with math notation and only mention that physicists have their own notation and what they use. Then I wouldn't use it in the rest of the article. That means $\Delta$ for the D'Alembertian and ∇ for a covariant derivative. Is that acceptible? :) --MarSch 16:32, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

I don't exactly understand what you mean by "Do you guys use $\nabla _{\mu }$ type notation to distinguish from the Laplacian?". I prefer using $\nabla _{\mu }$ to $\partial _{\mu }$, because I like to distinguish between covariant derivatives and partial derivatives. $\partial _{\mu }$ is only the Levi-Civita connection on flat spaces. I guess that would work here since Minkowski space is flat, but I recon that the D'Alembertian is also useful/used on curved solutions of Einstein's equation. --MarSch 16:57, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Interpretation of quantum mechanics

I've added a bit to Interpretation of quantum mechanics. I was hoping that you could look at it and view the talk page, and offer an opinion on what information we should present in the article, and how this information should be organized. Thanks for your time. RK 15:45, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

AfD aka VfD on Philosophical interpretation of classical physics

We could use your opinion on this article at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philosophical interpretation of classical physics

I have nominated as original research but feel that it is important to solicit additional opinions on the matter before an administrator is forced to make a decision. As I mention in the discussion on the [[AfD page - I think the underlying idea - to discuss the impact of classical Newtonian physics has had on other discpiplines and the impact that QM should (but in many cases has not fully) had on those same disciplines - is an interesting one; however, I need help in determining if existing article should be the starting point for such a discussion (or if this topic is covered elsewhere). Thx in adv -Trödel|talk 10:29, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Physics question: Proximity effect

Please take a look at this change [2]. It changes the entire meaning of the entry, and since I'm a complete idjit when it comes to electromagnetics, I am pleading for you to either revert, correct, or confirm the edit's accuracy; or failing that, pls let me know you are not expert enough in electromagnetics to determine the accuracy so I can keep looking for an expert - thank you so much in advance! KillerChihuahua 14:15, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

thanks so much! As to your suggestion to ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Physics, I have not, in the past, received any help there... I know they're busy... but you are so nice and helpful, and I took advantage. Mea culpa. KillerChihuahua 16:44, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Complimentary/complementary

Yeah, I had them mixed up. I looked it up and then I managed to get confused which one was currently there. Thanks! -- SCZenz 20:07, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for Photoshopping the pictures. TRT looks good. The SCT picture is better, but there's nothing to be done about the focus; just as well it's out of the article. Oh, by the way, I put myself up for adminship if you're interested in voting for me. ;) -- SCZenz 22:10, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

Now that my RfA is fully and officially completed, I want to thank you for your support. Oh, and I'm terribly suprised that anyone but me has actually read Oops-Leon... ;-) -- SCZenz 18:13, 4 December 2005 (UTC)