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This is an attempt to start a talk page. (HCPotter (talk) 13:44, 19 October 2011 (UTC))

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Many apologies...

For such a late welcome (too late really but anyway) =( . I have noticed you on the talk page of Dirac equation here and here, but didn't respond since they were trivial issues of citing sources and didn't have time. For such simple cases you can go for it, provided they are secondary sources and verifiable - see Misplaced Pages:Verifiability and WP:OR.

Please - don't feel left out, you have been recognized. =) F = q(E+v×B) ⇄ ∑_ic_i 13:53, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Dirac equation + Original research?

See here for citing you're own sources, as you did at Dirac equation in this edit . The only exception to a user citing their own sources on WP is when:

An expert in the field (topic of wikipedia article) writes his/her own book/paper, which is also verified by other publishers/journals/reviewers.

I'm not 100% sure if this is the case with you're citation, though it may be. You might also see to check Misplaced Pages:Reliable sources/Noticeboard if your citation is allowed. Thanks. F = q(E+v×B) ⇄ ∑_ic_i 13:53, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Purpose of article talk pages

Welcome to Misplaced Pages and thank you for your contributions. I am glad to see that you are discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Talk:Michelson–Morley experiment are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. - DVdm (talk) 14:23, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Note - I also would advise not to use Misplaced Pages to promote your own work, as you did with this talk page edit. See, for instance, our policy wp:NOR. See also wp:COI, and in this case wp:FRINGE. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 14:28, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

(Copied here from my talk page.)

The talk page is advertised to provide space for general page comments that may be removed without response in as little as two weeks. It is used also for more extensive discussions. I use it to introduce my potential edits for prepost comment. This gives the page editor time to evaluate the edit and a source signature. My references are directed at content, not author or journal. My paper is analogous to a Misplaced Pages page. I use it as a reference to provide interested readers with added background for my edits. Since the possible talk page life is short, I don't believe its use should be considered promotion. (HCPotter (talk) 09:32, 1 April 2012 (UTC))

Please note that article talk pages are not places to provide interested readers with added background for your work. Article talk pages are for discussions about the content and format of the article. Also note that your references are wp:primary sources. Articles need wp:secondary sources. Without such sources there is no place for your wp:original research in Misplaced Pages.

Also, please do not interrupt other contributors' comments on talk pages as you did here.

Please do not reply at my talk page, but here, so we can keep everything in one place. Thank you.

Create a subpage

Forgot to mention: you can create a subpage from your user page about topics of interest. Some editors do this, and use them for discussion about topics - this much is allowed as far as I know. Here is one example: User talk:Rschwieb/GA Discussion.

Just create a new article, with the name:

User:/(followed by the title...)

However please do refrain "promoting" (in some sense) your own work, in any case. DVdm an me are not accusing you of this for vanity, nor faulting you for good faith. =) F = q(E+v×B) ⇄ ∑_ic_i 08:54, 29 March 2012 (UTC)