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Treading Dangerously with your Topic Ban

This is in violation of your topic ban, since it was Request for Page Protection I aint dragging you to ANI. I advise you to take such pages off your Watchlist The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 22:33, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Also it seems you creative formatting of your page is hiding my text might wanna look into that. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 22:34, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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A wiki that may be of interest

You may like to look at A Storehouse of Knowledge. LowKey (talk) 04:52, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar thanks

Thank you for the barnstar and kind words. Cla68 (talk) 04:35, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

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Re: Gliese 581 g

Please stop with the drive-by maintenance tag additions. You are either using the wrong template or you are unable to communicate the problem. Viriditas (talk) 11:12, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Same thing with terraforming. I'm starting to see a pattern here. Viriditas (talk) 11:24, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Changes to template colors

I've reverted all of your changes to the template colors, which made them completely illegible. Also, your edit summary, "Changed from Marxist colors" is bordering on absurd and disruptive. Please discuss your proposed changes with the project or on the talk page and get some feedback first. You seem to be slipping back into troublesome edits yet again. Viriditas (talk) 11:33, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Because you seem to be returning to an earlier pattern of disruption, I have reported you to your original blocking admin. I'm not sure what is going on with you, but please slow down and discuss your edits. Viriditas (talk) 11:39, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
I don't feel compelled to take action at this point, but I will note that those color changes are ridiculous, and it won't take much more of that sort of thing for me to conclude that there is a continuing pattern of disruption here. Looie496 (talk) 17:34, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
I didn't think that the colors matched the economics theory. Perhaps we could discuss what color would be most appropriate.--  Novus  Orator  04:28, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Are colors used in economics infoboxes to match the theory? If so, how? Viriditas (talk) 00:26, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Red has just been traditionally associated with Marxian economic and political symbolism, so I think that perhaps blue or a neutral grey would be more appropriate.--  Novus  Orator  05:25, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

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Removing supposed unsourced statements.

Please be more careful when removing unsourced statements from articles. Many of the statements you removed from gold standard were actually properly sourced statements, they just happened to have the reference to their source at the end of the sentence immediately following. It is really not a good reason at all to remove statements just because they happen to have a period between them and their reference.TheFreeloader (talk) 07:07, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Still, you may want to check the sentence following for the source before just removing the content. It certainly doesn't make for a better encyclopedia to just willy-nilly remove any sentence in article which isn't followed by a reference. According to WP:INCITE references are accepted at the end of paragraphs as well as sentences. If you think it is unclear what is the source for a given statement it would be much more helpful if you then moved up the reference to statement in question, or at least put a WP:citation needed-tag in so others might find the reference for you.TheFreeloader (talk) 07:18, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Still there is no reason to make Misplaced Pages into a WP:battleground. Our goal should be to try to make a better encyclopedia, not to try to score points by having more statement which one agrees with in an article.TheFreeloader (talk) 07:27, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
But the point is that those statements you removed did have citations, there just happened to a period between them and the reference.TheFreeloader (talk) 07:36, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Still, much of the content around those statements lost their meaning as the context that those statements you deleted provided were removed. I really just don't see how you help the encyclopedia by roaming around doing stuff like that.TheFreeloader (talk) 07:49, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Terra, this has been brought up numerous times before. When you remove content for being unsourced or add CN tags, you need to first check the references in the paragraph. You can't simply assume the content is unreferenced without checking first. That's not helpful editing. This is the same issue it was 6 months ago. Jesstalk|edits 21:46, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Per WP:V any statement likely to be challenged needs a reference. As soon as those references in Gold Standard were aligned properly I accepted the end result. Unsourced claims are not allowed in Misplaced Pages.--  Novus  Orator  05:28, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Terra, you're not understanding. The content was sourced. The sources "not being aligned properly" isn't a reason to remove stuff. I'm not going to keep repeating this... I brought it up multiple times with you many months ago, and it seems it's still going on. When you remove unsourced content or add CN tags, you need to first read the sources throughout the paragraph. You cannot simply assume the content is unsourced and remove it. When a sentence is sourced in the very next sentence, that is perfectly acceptable, and you challenging it because you didn't read the paragraph is not constructive editing. Jesstalk|edits 08:36, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps you haven't read the relevant part of WP:V. Any statement likely to be challenged must be sourced. The material I removed did not clearly connect with the references. Once the references were added I offered no objection to those statements.--  Novus  Orator  08:42, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
This is the last time I'm going to say it. The statement was sourced. It was sourced in the very next sentence. You need to read the paragraph before removing text for being unsourced. If you continue removing well sourced content because you haven't done your due diligence of actually reading the surrounding citations, I or another editor is likely to take the issue to an appropriate noticeboard. Please just read the context before removing stuff. Thanks. Jesstalk|edits 08:56, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
(Reply to comment at Mann Jess's talkpage.)This is clearly wikilawyering. We all know that WP:V isn't supposed to be used the way you use it. You are trying to get things you disagree with removed based on (misinterpreted) technicalities, and in the process severely detracting from the quality of encyclopedia. WP:INCITE says that references for a given statement can provided at both be at the end the sentence as well at the end of the paragraph. Some people do not find it practical to cite the same source over and over again if a whole paragraph is written using the same source. They will then instead just put in a reference at the end of the whole paragraph. This is clearly an acceptable practice in accordance with WP:CITE. To then have you go around, removing the first parts of paragraphs sourced like this is really no help at all to the encyclopedia. Often all that will be left are meaningless statements, as the properly sourced context given by the first part of the paragraph has been removed. It is totally understandable that mistakes may happen when editing Misplaced Pages, and one may not have found the reference provided for a given statement. This does not however mean that one it is not required to read the full paragraph (and reference for it) before removing statements within it. If one then finds that it may be unclear that the whole paragraph was sourced from the reference at the end, it might be appropriate to insert repetitions of the reference throughout the paragraph. It is how not appropriate at all as you have practiced to remove the whole first part of the paragraph. If you do not stop this practice, as Mann jess have said, it will have to be reported to the appropriate noticeboard.TheFreeloader (talk) 14:56, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

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Okay. I certainly don't want to be viewed as disruptive.--  Novus  Orator  03:59, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Question: File:Korean Stealth Fighter.jpg

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Good, I'll upload that version then.--  Novus  Orator  03:55, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
Isn't that another copyrighted image incorrectly being used as a non-free image? I don't understand the rationale behind justifying its use. John Smith's (talk) 10:10, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

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Skylon

I had a go the changes are minor. The best way to do it in my opinion is to aquire the UK English dictionary for your Word Processor, OpenOffice is free. Then block copy the text in check it and then back.--Kitchen Knife (talk) 18:26, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Terra Novus. Good work on the RESkylon page. I've left a comment for you over there. Cheers. N2e (talk) 18:36, 25 January 2011 (UTC) N2e (talk) 18:36, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Israel/Palestine articles

Three months ago, in an ANI thread where there was considerable momentum for a block or community ban, I wrote (see top of right-hand column in diff):

I don't intend the least disrespect, and I regret having to ask, but can you stick around and limit yourself to non-controversial articles (nothing remotely related to politics, religion, climate change and environment, etc.) and adhere to the suggestions others have made above re use of talk pages, etc.?

You agreed, writing, in part:

I totally agree to editing non-controversial subjects, and will do my best to stick to that area. I would just ask that whenever I slip (as I obviously have in these instances) that editors will take me to the task civilly, and assist me in finding more productive paths for my contributions. Please put a note on my talk page whenever you have some friendly advice ...

I'd like to politely do so now: I see from your contribution history for January 26th & 27th that you just jumped into editing related to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. You may not be aware that the I/P articles are probably the most hotly-contested and controversial articles on Misplaced Pages; they generate a great deal of "traffic" at ANI. ( One admin I respect described political articles on Misplaced Pages as "thorny nests of woe", and that's especially true of the I/P articles. ) If this was a one-time thing, I'll not object, but if your intention is to rescind that promise then may I ask that you make that intention explicit? Thanks,  – OhioStandard (talk) 08:26, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Since I prefer to keep discussions on the page where they were begin, I've copied the reply you posted to my talk page here, immediately below.  – OhioStandard (talk) 09:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the warning. I was merely fixing a few referencing issues on that article, and since it was not clearly attached to my topic ban, I think my edits were uncontroversial. If I get reverted or into an edit war in that topic I will be sure to back off.-- Novus Orator 08:30, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I wasn't referring to any externally-imposed topic ban, I was referring to the offer you made at ANI in order to avoid a block or ban: I totally agree to editing non-controversial subjects, and will do my best to stick to that area. (emphasis in the original) Your reply and your recent edit history lead me to believe that you no longer intend to uphold that promise. Is that correct, or am I missing something?  – OhioStandard (talk) 09:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I do intend to uphold my promise. I was merely pointing out that this particular article has not had a contentious atmosphere while I have been editing it. If I begin to see that the situation becomes conflictive I will stop editing that article. Generally speaking, I agree that many articles in this topic area are contentious, and I thank you for warning me to be careful. The topic ban I'm referring to is one applied to me by the arbitration board that covers a different topic area than politics (Creationism and Psuedoscience).--  Novus  Orator 
I wasn't "warning you to be careful", I was asking whether you planned to continue editing controversial articles, contrary to your explicit and unequivocal promise at ANI to avoid them in response to the threat of sanctions. I think you've made your intentions quite clear, however, so I'll leave off this thread.  – OhioStandard (talk) 10:03, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Since I prefer to keep discussions on the page where they were begin, I've copied the reply you posted to my talk page here.  – OhioStandard (talk) 11:16, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
My answer in one word is No. I do not intend to edit controversial articles. If you think my intentions are contrary to that notion, please explain.-- Novus Orator 10:07, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps I misunderstood. You seemed to be implying that an I/P article like One-state solution shouldn't be encompassed by the promise you made to avoid controversial subjects because it "has not had a contentious atmosphere while I have been editing it", as you said. And I also thought you were saying that you didn't intend to avoid controversial subjects, but only intended to make what you believe are non-controversial edits, and to refrain from edit-warring. Both of these seem to me to be contrary to, "I totally agree to editing non-controversial subjects, and will do my best to stick to that area." But I'll be the first to admit that I can't read minds, so let's make this simpler: Based on your last statement my current understanding is that you do not intend to continue editing articles in the area of politics, religion, or other subject areas that can reasonably be called controversial. If I'm mistaken, then please clarify. Thanks,  – OhioStandard (talk) 11:16, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Yes, you are correct. My analysis of this specific situation tells me that I made a mistake in editing this article, because it involved a contentious subject which I had not fully thought over. In compliance with my former promise, I will cease from editing that article now that I understand this rationale, with the hope that the other editors involved will do their best to improve its editing environment. Please feel free to comment on any of my behavior which you view as questionable, and I will welcome your input.--  Novus  Orator  11:25, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for making this clear. Respectfully,  – OhioStandard (talk) 11:37, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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A report on popular pages from December 2010 revealed surprising trends in readers' interests. Boeing X-37 was the most popular article within the project's scope, with SpaceX Dragon in second with Global Positioning System in third place. The top seven articles were all assessed as C-class, with the remainder of the top ten being Good Articles. It was noted with some concern that moon landing conspiracy theories was more popular than moon landing.

A discussion regarding whether missiles warranted inclusion within the project scope was conducted, and resulted in the continued inclusion of missiles.

The last remaining articles tagged with the banner of the former Human Spaceflight WikiProject were re-tagged with the WikiProject Spaceflight banner. The last banner was removed on 8 January, and the template has since been deleted. The project is thankful to ChiZeroOne for his work in this field.

Concerns were raised that the new article reporting system was not working correctly, however it was noted that there is sometimes a delay before articles appear on the list.

Discussion regarding the existence of the separate spaceflight and space exploration category structures led to a mass CfD being filed on 10 January to abolish the space exploration categories, merging them into their counterparts in the spaceflight category structure. This was successful, and the exploration categories have been removed. Several other categorisation issues remain unresolved.

A proposal was made to standardise some of the infoboxes used by the project, the future of Template:Infobox spacecraft (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) was discussed, and design work began on a replacement. Template:Rocket specifications-all (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) was nominated for deletion and subsequently kept due to extant substitutions, however it was noted that the template had been deprecated by WikiProject Rocketry. Concerns were also raised that the existing infoboxes were not well-equipped to handle spacecraft which operated in more than one orbit, or whose orbits changed over the course of their missions (which in practise is most of them).

Five members of the project gave interviews for the Misplaced Pages Signpost, and a report on the project, authored by SMasters (talk · contribs), is expected to be published in the 7 February edition of the Signpost. It is hoped that this will raise interest in and awareness of the project.

News from orbit
Four orbital launches were conducted in January, beginning on 20 January with the launch of Elektro-L No.1 on the first Zenit-3F rocket. This was followed later the same day by the launch of a Delta IV Heavy with the USA-224 reconnaissance satellite. The articles for USA-224 and the Zenit-3F rocket could use some expansion, whilst the Elektro-L No.1 satellite needs its own article.

On 22 January, an H-IIB launched the second H-II Transfer Vehicle, Kounotori 2, to resupply the International Space Station. It arrived at the station on 27 January. Less than a day after its arrival, another cargo mission was launched to the station; Progress M-09M departed Baikonur early in the morning of 28 January, docking on 30 January. In addition to payloads to resupply the station, the Progress spacecraft is carrying a small subsatellite, Kedr, which will be deployed in February. Kedr does not currently have an article. Progress M-08M departed on 24 January to make the Pirs module available for Progress M-09M, and has since reentered the atmosphere. Its article needs to be updated to reflect the successful completion of its mission.

The NanoSail-D2 satellite, which failed to deploy from FASTSAT in December, unexpectedly separated from its parent craft and began operations on 18 January, with its solar sail deploying on 21 January.

Nine orbital launches are scheduled to occur in February, beginning with the launch of the first Geo-IK-2 satellite; Geo-IK-2 No.11, atop a Rokot/Briz-KM, on the first day of the month. Articles need to be written for the Geo-IK-2 series of satellites, as well as for Geo-IK-2 No.11 itself, and the Briz-KM upper stage that will be used to insert it into orbit.

A Minotaur I rocket will launch NRO L-66, a classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office, on 5 February. The payload has not yet been identified, however once more details are known, it will need an article. Iran is expected to launch the Rasad 1 and Fajr 1 satellites in February, with 14 February the reported launch date. The satellites will fly aboard a single rocket; either the first Simorgh or the third Safir. Once this launch occurs, the satellites will need articles, and the article on their carrier rocket will require updating.

The second Automated Transfer Vehicle, Johannes Kepler, is scheduled to launch on 15 February to resupply the ISS. Docking is expected to occur on 23 February. 23 February will also see the much-delayed launch of Glory atop a Taurus-XL 3110 rocket. This will be the first Taurus launch since the launch failure in early 2009 which resulted in the loss of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. In addition to Glory, three CubeSats will be deployed; KySat-1, Hermes and Explorer-1 . KySat and Hermes require articles, whilst the article on Explorer-1 needs to be updated.

On 24 February, a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat rocket will launch the first Glonass-K1 satellite; Glonass-K1 No.11. Articles are needed for the series of spacecraft, as well as for the specific satellite being launched. It is likely that a Kosmos designation will be given to the payload when it reaches orbit. In the evening of 24 February, Space Shuttle Discovery will begin its final mission, STS-133, carrying the Permanent Multipurpose Module, a conversion of the Leonardo MPLM, to the ISS. Other payloads include an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier, and the Robonaut2 experimental robot. The first manned mission of 2011, Discovery's six-man crew will transfer equipment to the station, and two EVAs will be performed. The launch has already been scrubbed five times, before Discovery was rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to inspect and repair cracks on its External Tank.

At some point in February, a Long March 3B rocket is expected to launch two navigation satellites; Compass-M2 and Compass-M3, as part of the Compass navigation system. The date of this launch is currently unknown. Both satellites will require articles once more information is available. A PSLV launch, carrying the Resourcesat-2, X-Sat and YouthSat spacecraft, is expected to launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre towards the end of the month, probably between 20 and 23 February.

Stop press: The Rokot launch was conducted at 14:00 UTC on 1 February, and at the time of writing it appears to have ended in failure, due to a suspected upper stage malfunction. The spacecraft is in orbit, it is not clear at the time of writing whether it will be salvageable.

Article news

Reaction Engines Skylon is currently undergoing peer review, its discussion page can be found at Misplaced Pages:Peer review/Reaction Engines Skylon/archive1. A user requested feedback on major changes which had been made to the article, however at the time of writing no responses have been offered.

Following up on the issues covered in the last issue, the requested move of Missile Range Instrumentation Ship to Tracking ship was successful, with the article being renamed. The discussion concerning types of launch and landing resulted in a proposal to merge VTVL into VTOL, however this has been met with some opposition. Several other options have been suggested on Talk:VTVL. The large scale deletion of mis-tagged Soviet images on Commons went ahead, with most of the useful ones having already been backed-up locally under fair use criteria.

Discussion was held regarding the naming of spaceflight-related articles. Concerns were raised regarding inconsistency in article titles and disambiguators. A project guideline was adopted to standardise titles, with the parenthesised disambiguators "(satellite)" and "(spacecraft)" being adopted as standards for spacecraft, and the exclusion of manufacturers' names from article titles was recommended. Issues regarding Japanese spacecraft with two names, the correct names for early Apollo missions, and dealing with acronyms and abbreviated names remain unresolved.

A large number of articles were moved to conform to the standard disambiguation pattern. In addition, several Requested Moves were debated. A proposal to move SpaceX Dragon to Dragon (spacecraft), which began prior to the adoption of the standardised disambiguators, was successful. Atmospheric reentry was subject to two requested moves, firstly one which would have seen it renamed spacecraft atmospheric reentry, which was unsuccessful, however a second proposal shortly afterwards saw it moved to atmospheric entry. A proposal currently under discussion could see Lunar rover (Apollo) renamed Lunar Roving Vehicle

Questions surrounding the transliteration of Russian names resurfaced, with a proposal to rename Vladimir Chelomey to Vladimir Chelomei being closed with no consensus, and a proposal to rename Yury Usachov to Yuri Usachev ongoing.

Several long-standing merger proposals were closed. A proposal to merge Venera 15 and Venera 16 into Venera 15 and 16 was closed as no consensus, with the combined page being moved to Venera 4V-2 to reduce the overlap in the articles' scopes. Returnable satellite was merged into Fanhui Shi Weixing.

Experimental Assembly of Structures in EVA and Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures was nominated for Good Article reassessment due to concerns over the article's quality. Doubts were also expressed over the thoroughness of the original review conducted upon its nomination for GA status. It was also suggested that the article's title may not be the most common name for the experiment, and that it might be necessary to move the page. Concerns were also raised regarding whether Space Interferometry Mission was up-to-date, however these are being addressed. Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet looks likely to be promoted to GA status.

Help was requested for adding citations to List of Mir spacewalks. A request was made that STS-88 be reviewed against the B class criteria, and suggestions for improvements made. Another user requested improvements to the article Yuri Gagarin, with a view to having the article promoted to featured status in time for the fiftieth anniversary of his Vostok 1 mission. As a result of this request, Yuri Gagarin is this month's selected article.

Questions were raised as to whether an article or category should be created to cover derelict satellites. The categorisation of spacecraft by the type of rocket used to place them into orbit was also suggested. In another categorisation issue, it was questioned whether Space law should fall under space or spaceflight.

Stop press: Mission: Earth, Voyage to the Home Planet has now been promoted to GA status.

The Charts
There is no editorial this month as no content was submitted for one. Instead, we present the "top ten" most popular articles within the project, based on the number of page views in January. Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was the most popular article of the last month, up fourteen places from 15 in December. Space Shuttle Challenger was the highest climber in the top 40, up 42 places from 50. December's most popular article. Boeing X-37, dropped 57 places to 58. On a happier note further down the chart, moon landing is now ahead of moon landing conspiracy theories.
Article Movement
1 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ↑14 (15)
2 Richard Branson ↑5 (7)
3 Neil Armstrong ↑2 (5)
4 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ↑16 (20)
5 Global Positioning System ↓2 (3)
6 Apollo 11 ↑2 (8)
7 Satellite ↑4 (11)
8 Space Shuttle Challenger ↑42 (50)
9 Apollo 13 ↓3 (6)
10 NASA ↓1 (9)

For the full list of the top 1,500 popular pages within the project, see Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Spaceflight/Popular pages (or the archived record for January).

Selected Article: Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin was the first man to fly in space, aboard Vostok 1 in April 1961. He was subsequently awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, and was training for a second flight at the time of his death in 1968.

His article describes him and his spaceflight experience:

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Russian pronunciation: ; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut who on 12 April 1961 became the first human to journey into outer space.

On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first man to travel into space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1). His call sign in this flight was Kedr (Cedar; Russian: Кедр). During his flight, Gagarin famously whistled the tune "The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows" (Russian: "Родина слышит, Родина знает"). The first two lines of the song are: "The Motherland hears, the Motherland knows/Where her son flies in the sky". This patriotic song was written by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1951 (opus 86), with words by Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky.

The article is currently assessed as C class, and had been assessed as B class prior to the criteria being redefined. Although a full reassessment has not yet been made, it seems close to the B class criteria, however details on his spaceflight experiences are somewhat lacking. It has been requested that the article be developed to Featured status by April, in time for the fiftieth anniversary of his mission.

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I fear it will be difficult to keep the Austrian School page free from the vandalism of BigHex and LK. They are ideologically invested in deleting as much austrian material from WP as possible and discredit all that is left. Misessus (talk) 19:01, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

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