User talk:Paula Pilcher

Correspondance preferably on the talk pages of the relevant articles. Use this page only to redirect me there. Thank you. --

Hi, thanks for cleaning up Fiberglass. Next time, please be careful when deleting text containing <ref> tags. If there is a named <ref> tag that is referenced from outside the deleted text, and the deleted text happens to be where its content is defined, that content needs to be copied into the non-deleted reference, otherwise the article will have a citation error. For Fiberglass, don't worry about it; I've already fixed the problem. Just be careful next time. :-)—Tetracube (talk) 18:59, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A talk page is more than a site for redirecting you to articles your help is needed with. Other editors will inevitably have matters they wish to discuss with you which are not about a particular article, and this is the venue for that. You may delete them from you talk page, and that is taken as an indication you have read them. It is a better practice to archive them. I note the deletion of the "Strength of glass" article because of copyright violations. It still seems like an important and notable topic for an article, or a section in the Strength of materials article. Glass seems to be a strong material, but brittle. Various forms of glass are used as structural elements. A new article on the same topic would be a useful addition. Thanks. Edison (talk) 21:00, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The topic definitely deserves a section within

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I put this on

Paula Pilcher (talk) 09:05, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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A few users expect all conversation to be on their own page. More commonly, the conversation goes back and forth. I post on your page, you reply on mine, etc. It seems like there would be too many talk pages on my watchlist if I had to monitor the othe5r editor's page for a reply. As for the glass articles, it would be an unbalanced article if someone placed their thesis or a college term paper about a particular specialized sub-topic in an article such that it made a large section of the article. The fact that some thesis or term paper has references does not mean that everything in it belongs in a general article. Unfortunately, many of us who have some background in science or engineering absolutely cannot accurately judge what is a balanced coverage of some very specialized topic. I studied mechanics of materials many years ago, but the details fade after a time. Our article can be compared to the corresponding article in a work such as Britannica. Edison (talk) 19:51, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We do not delete for copyvio when there is a noncopyvio version in the history to revert to, as there was for Walter Kauzmann. I removed the copyvio and am reworking the article. Qw ashould especially do this when the subject is extremely notable, as for him, who was a member of the NAS. DGG (talk) 08:52, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Good news that we can keep part of the article. --

Paula Pilcher (talk) 09:04, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply

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The block was for 24 hours, in case you were curious. Edison (talk) 20:14, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought I'd put that in. Added now. Exploding Boy (talk) 20:17, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I replied to your message on my talk page.--Srleffler (talk) 05:08, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see you ran afoul of the three-revert rule—perhaps you aren't familiar with this. It's kind of a blanket rule on Wikipedia. Anyone who reverts a page more than three times in 24 hours gets blocked. Admins try to be impartial about this; it's not uncommon for an admin to block people on both sides of the dispute. The block is not a judgement on the merits of your view in this content dispute, but rather on the methods you used. Work with other editors, get consensus. If there is consensus that the material is unwanted, it will be gone quickly.--Srleffler (talk) 05:08, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Once your block expires and you return to Wikipedia, could you please go to

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