User talk:Chemicalinterest/Archive 1

August 2010

Hello, Chemicalinterest, and welcome to the Simple English Wikipedia!

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Good luck and happy changing! wiooiw (talk) 18:32, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Aqua regia

Hello and welcome to our little porject. I saw you edited Aqua regia. This substance is one of the few that can dissolve gold, and platinum. Do you think, you would be able to provide a "translation" for en:Aqua fortis (dissolves silver, but not gold or platinum; in fact it is nitric acid)?- Just a though, don't feel compelled, but sometimes there is a little alchemist in me. --Eptalon (talk) 21:20, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

A few tips

Hello, dear Chemicalinterest. Welcome to Simple English Wikipedia! :) Thanks for all your great help on chemical-related articles. It's nice to see another homeschooler around here (yes, I'm one too) ;) Here are a few things you might want to add to your articles:

You can try adding interwiki links (links to the other language wikipedias) like I did to your article here. They show up on the left side of the page under the heading "In other languages". The easiest way I have found to add them is to keep another window open to English Wikipedia and copy and paste the interwiki links here. Then I add [[en:Article name]] to the list in the correct alphabetical spot. That also makes it quite easy to add [[simple:Article name]] to the interwiki list on English Wikipedia. I would definitely encourage you to add the interwiki links to your articles (and any other articles) if you like, since they're pretty important!

Also, if your articles are short, you can add {{Stub}} underneath, so that other people can help making it larger. If it is too short, though, it could be fall under the first criteria for quick deletion, so it's always good to try to make it as long as possible! :)

I hope you enjoy your time here, and please remember that my talk page is always open if you need help or have questions! Have a beautiful day on your side of the wiki-world ;) Kindly, —Clementina talk 12:03, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

New Messages

Hello, Chemicalinterest. You have new messages at Clementina's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

By the way, I usually answer questions/comments on my own talk page because of laziness and a wish to keep conversations organized, so just remember that if I haven't replied on your talk page, I've probably replied on mine. :) God bless, —Clementina talk 12:36, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		You created over 20 articles in a day. Nuff said. wiooiw (talk) 15:04, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Hey ;-) You've just stolen my idea! I was going to give a barnstar as well. Chemicalinterest, you do a really good work here! Keep it up! -Barras (talk) 17:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Iron(II,II) oxide

Heya, me again! I'm not sure, but I think this article name is not really correct. Did you mean to name it Iron(II,III) oxide? If you can't move it yet, I can do it for you. -Barras (talk) 17:46, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Uploading

Hello. I saw one of your messages to Barras, and decided to tell you before you start: on the Simple English Wikipedia, our images are uploaded to Wikipedia Commons, unless they are all about the Simple English Wikipedia itself (such as the logo). Thank you.  Hazard-SJ ^Talk 23:28, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Chemistry
		For your contributions on chemistry. Nataly8 (talk) 15:06, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

It' s nothing. I am a new user. I wrote only one article, but it's so big. Nataly8 (talk) 15:10, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Chemistry categories

Chemicalinterest, hello and welcome to Simple English.

Under the category Category:Chemistry, we have sub categories Category:Chemical compounds and Category:Chemicals. To me, they seem to cover the same area. But it has been a long time since my high school chemistry class. :) If you agree they are the same, we can merge them. You can do it if you like, or I can use AWB and make quick work of it.

Thank you for all you work in the chemical area.--The Three Headed Knight (talk) 15:13, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

(copied from User_talk:The_Three_Headed_Knight#Merging)Yes it should be merged. I am in high school and very interested in chemistry. But I am not autoconfirmed so I cannot move, although I am a more veteran editor on english wikipedia. Again, you can move it. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 15:15, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I will merge them. Generally, you can just reply on your page. Most of us will watch a user's talk page when we leave a message. This also keeps the conversation in one place.--The Three Headed Knight (talk) 15:18, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

(copied from User_talk:The_Three_Headed_Knight#Merging) Oh wait. Chemical compounds have a definite structure. Chemicals do not. Chemical compounds are all chemicals, but all chemicals are not chemical compounds. Household ammonia is a chemical, but not a chemical compound. Sorry for wrong info. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 15:16, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I will put the articles back.--The Three Headed Knight (talk) 15:40, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations. My first article is List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes, because I want to complete the article Avatar: The Last Airbender. Good luck. Nataly8 (talk) 15:19, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Interwiki links and edit summaries

From you user page, you say "I don't like to add interwiki links. I use edit summaries on en.wikipedia but not on simple.wikipedia (except for redirects and a few other exceptions)."

Interwiki link are important to help user navigate through the other Wikipedias. This can be especially helpful for a user that finds an English Wikipedia and needs a simpler explanation of the subject.

Edit summaries help the other editors to quickly see what changes have been made when reviewing an article. Otherwise, they need to look at each diff to see what has been changed. --The Three Headed Knight (talk) 02:34, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Interwikis don't need to be added, most of our interwiki bots will catch the page and add them. Edit summaries are a good idea however. -DJSasso (talk) 02:37, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Don't the bots need at least one interwiki to get started?--The Three Headed Knight (talk) 02:48, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Not always, there are different options you can set so they don't. I usually run mine on here every so often so it picks up new articles. If the en and simple articles are named the same thing then its simple and quick. Otherwise its mostly manual work. -DJSasso (talk) 02:50, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

I normally try to work very fast so the edit summary gets left out many times. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 12:22, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Why you don't put categories in your articles? Nataly8 (talk) 11:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Which articles are you talking about? --Chemicalinterest (talk) 12:16, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Articles like Lead(II,IV) oxide. Nataly8 (talk) 12:21, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

I've just gone and added a category to the said article, but next time you see an article like that, you can tag it as {{uncategorized}} or even better, just add a category yourself. :) Cordially, —Clementina talk 12:26, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

That's just when I forget to add categories. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 12:43, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

re

Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages πr² (talk • changes) 00:46, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Aang

Hi, I finished the article. Can you help with the simplification? Nataly8 (talk) 13:38, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Nataly8 (talk) 14:03, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

And what you proposed? Nataly8 (talk) 14:16, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I left you a message in your list to do. Nataly8 (talk) 10:59, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

That is the article I want you to write Nataly8 (talk) 16:20, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Bike ride?! What is this? Nataly8 (talk) 16:32, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Hm, good luck! Nataly8 (talk) 17:42, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Bicycles don't interesting for me. I don't have time to ride. I fix some mistakes. I find it in Greek Wikipedia. I will put and the interwikis there. And I live in Southern Europe. Nataly8 (talk) 17:48, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

15 years old?! I will be 15 on 11 September 2010. Nataly8 (talk) 17:52, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

I have an account there, but I work like a bot. Nataly8 (talk) 17:57, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Where you find informations about the articles you write? Nataly8 (talk) 13:28, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, for chemisty articles. Nataly8 (talk) 13:34, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

That's good result :) Nataly8 (talk) 13:48, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I am working on my home wiki, with Avatar: The Last Airbender. I wrote it there (in Greek Wikipedia), if you want you can see. Today, a admin semi-protected my page on my home wiki, because of vandalisms. Nataly8 (talk) 13:55, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, I can speak and Russian. Nataly8 (talk) 13:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, the first edition of article was [1]. I wrote it 17 days! Nataly8 (talk) 14:09, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Now I am working with the red links of the greek article. But I have a tab and see what happens here. Nataly8 (talk) 14:44, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

The biggest article I wrote was [2] Nataly8 (talk) 14:45, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I wrote it in 4 days (!) Nataly8 (talk) 14:49, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

What?! About the characters, you mean El wiki? They don't need there. Nataly8 (talk) 14:51, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't think so. I type all day :) Nataly8 (talk) 14:57, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Link?

Mistake... Hazard-SJ ^Talk 14:54, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Qui 1

Would you like to use qui? Hazard-SJ ^Talk 14:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

It is something which makes you change your status easily. Hazard-SJ ^Talk 14:57, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

around... Hazard-SJ ^Talk 15:01, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Do you know how to install it? Hazard-SJ ^Talk 15:02, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

 (change conflict) To go where? Look at this. Hazard-SJ ^Talk 15:05, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Qui works wonderful. I like it. Nataly8 (talk) 17:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't know. Nataly8 (talk) 18:01, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Please use "Other pages"

We use "Other pages" here (not "See also"). πr² (talk • changes) 15:05, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

do you have a source for that? Our MOS does not say which to use, and in fact, our MOS page uses "See also" instead of "Other pages." Either way (talk) 15:29, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

WT:B#PiRSquared17Bot2 πr² (talk • changes) 16:22, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Uh. Your bot request is not a policy page. Either way (talk) 16:24, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Fr33kman approved it and we have had "Other pages" sections for quite a while. πr² (talk • changes) 16:25, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

This still does not make it policy or a guideline. As I said, our MOS states nothing about this. And our MOS uses "See also" on the page. I request that you stop making these changes with your bot and telling everyone to conform to this "standard" until a "standard" is explicitly set somewhere. Thank you, Either way (talk) 16:28, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Have fun changing all of my articles. I will try to add "Other pages" in my new articles. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 16:28, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

See discussion at WP:Simple talk. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 17:02, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Now moved to Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style Hazard-SJ ^Talk 17:59, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Qui

Is Qui working OK for you? Hazard-SJ ^Talk 18:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Because you wrote unknow, online, busy. It's many. You must write one status: or online, or busy or unknown. That's easy. Nataly8 (talk) 18:30, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Oh, you write the status in Special:MyPage/Status? --Chemicalinterest (talk) 18:31, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I thought you could just use {{statustop|online}} or {{statustop|offline}} at the top of your page. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 18:33, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

 (change conflict) I had that problem at first too. Look at the top-right hand corner of the page, and you will see an almost white circle. Hover over it, and you will see a list. Select one of the statuses, and it should be OK. I've set you "online" manually. Hazard-SJ ^Talk 18:33, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Don't see it. X( --Chemicalinterest (talk) 18:35, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Are you in Beta? Hazard-SJ ^Talk 18:36, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 18:36, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes. Elephant?! Nataly8 (talk) 18:37, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Because I have to keep looking at your page, Hazard-SJ's page, my page, and trying to put it all together... gets confusing. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 18:38, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I just put {{statustop}} Nataly8 (talk) 18:37, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I use that and it says "Unknown". --Chemicalinterest (talk) 18:39, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I'll reinstall mine. Hazard-SJ ^Talk 18:37, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Before I do so, is it in your skin file? Hazard-SJ ^Talk 18:40, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

skin not needed All I see is that it must be in vector. Hazard-SJ ^Talk 18:49, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Its in all of them; vector, skin, and monobook. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 20:33, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

For users of the vector skin... πr² (talk • changes) 18:51, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Image

Se the image:(Hazard-SJ ^Talk 18:53, 18 August 2010 (UTC))

Screenshot

That is not there; I tried installing it on en.wikipedia but it didn't work there either. Is there any browser setting that could be wrong, such as cookies? --Chemicalinterest (talk) 20:31, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Deleted it. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 21:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

? Wah! Hazard-SJ ^Talk 12:20, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Sigh Hazard-SJ ^Talk 13:12, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Qui friends

You saw it? Nataly8 (talk) 19:16, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

No. It does not even show. --Chemicalinterest (talk) 20:31, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Very good lists? Is List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes VGL? Nataly8 (talk) 11:01, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

And the List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes if FL (Very Good) in English Wikipedia. Nataly8 (talk) 12:04, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For writing too many articles! Nataly8 (talk) 14:48, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I give to them who deserve it. If are many, that's good! Nataly8 (talk) 14:54, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't like chemistry. I am not a expert. Nataly8 (talk) 14:57, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

And I, because of Avatar and similar articles, created 93 articles in 16 days. Nataly8 (talk) 15:03, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I write what is important. And I use See preview more times that Save Page. Nataly8 (talk) 15:26, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Phosphorous acid Can you write it? Nataly8 (talk) 19:44, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I am woking with the awards of Avatar. I am finishing. Nataly8 (talk) 20:38, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Mine largest is Avatar: The Last Airbender (I just complete it). Nataly8 (talk) 20:40, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't know. Sorry, I must go. My time is 23:43! I am working from 8:50 my time. See you. Nataly8 (talk) 20:44, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Today it's the vandal's day? Nataly8 (talk) 17:17, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Simple, what it is...

I'd like you to consider these suggestions:

1. When you set up a page in US spelling, always give Brit alternative spellings to any technical terms that need it. So: sulfide (UK sulphide).
2. Don't change spelling style if article uses UK spelling. So in 'Sulphur' article, use UK spelling (see style guide).
3. Double-check all pages you write for unexplained terms. See 'base' and 'basic', which should be linked to Base (chemistry). One link, on the first occasion of use in an article.

It's simple to do all this at the start, rather than leave a long trail of tiny glitches which may, or may not, be picked up later.

One more piece of advice: Buy a good dictionary of chemistry. There are several. This has the advantage of giving you an alternative to enWP, and a reference if you need it. I have loads of reference works! Best wishes, Macdonald-ross (talk) 06:12, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I see you put a box for you contribs. You can also see here. Nataly8 (talk) 12:55, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I am working in el wiki. I have to write all that in greek. I want to finish before 11 September. Nataly8 (talk) 12:59, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Boron(II) oxide

Hello. Can you please refrain from creating test pages like that in the future? Thanks.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 16:32, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Just a suggestion

You could use this tool to see the pages you've created instead of adding every page you make to your "Articles I've created" subpage. Battleaxe9872 ^文/ _テ 21:09, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, but when you use this tool to see a pie chart of your edits, it's usually better to see a lower "Userspace edits" section and a higher "Article edits" section, which yours appears to be. Battleaxe9872 ^文/ _テ 21:15, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

What?

No, I was workin in el wikipedia. I told you I have to translate a big article from Russian. What about Avatar: The Last Airbender, sorry I find it and I just completed the article. Nataly8 (talk) 09:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

 Done I answer about Avatar in peer review. I have to do a little simplification on Aang. A GA from English. Maybe we can do it GA here. Nataly8 (talk) 10:38, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, I didn't know it. I thing you have to write it in your user page. I also think to do it, but after. I have to finish with the redlinks of Avatar. Nataly8 (talk) 10:48, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

I find this on En wikipedia. Could you create it? Nataly8 (talk) 10:55, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

You have to write them :) Nataly8 (talk) 11:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Hydrofluoric acid

Hi, I did some changes on article. Nataly8 (talk) 11:55, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

?! Nataly8 (talk) 14:49, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

We want to chat or to do an ecnyclopedia? Nataly8 (talk) 16:20, 31 August 2010 (UTC)