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I don't think it was harsh at all, indeed, I thought it was exceptionally helpful - for comparison you should look at some of my comments at my declines at WP:PERM that I've been doing for years without any recrimination. In fact I didn't even look at the article that was involved; I was far more concerned with the the experience required for policing pages in general, something that I have been campaigning for for years and been largely successful in achieving some results, not only with the individuals involved but with getting meta solutions developed. If you really want want to work a lot on EAR - which you have apparently made your domain since I have basically moved on from being one its major contributors for a long time, please consider answering customers' queries without constantly criticising your experienced collaborators. Happy New Year :) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:27, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

We are not a cabal that new members have to be inducted into before they can take part. In general, I probably agree with your stance, but this particular editor does seem to have some clue. At the very least he has an arguable case for deletion of the aricle. SpinningSpark 01:50, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Youngest British soldier in World War I

On 30 December 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Youngest British soldier in World War I, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that according to the Imperial War Museum, the youngest authenticated British soldier in World War I was a 13-year-old machine gunner at the Somme who had enlisted at age 12? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Youngest British soldier in World War I. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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displaying columns

Regarding your recent revert on Nanotechnology, the reason I modified from 30em to |2| was that with 30em the text is displayed on my browser as two columns, but only as long as the font size is 10 points. Once I increase the font size to 12, the text appears as single column. In contrast, when I change the Reflist to |2| the text appears in 2-column format in all font sizes. Do you happen to be aware of an explanation for this phenomena? Thanks. IjonTichy (talk) 23:55, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

I expect it is because your browser thinks that it cannot fit 30 ems across the width of your screen at a font size of 12pt. This depends on the size of your monitor and the size of the window you are using as well as the size of font you have set. It is working how it is supposed to work, the number of columns are adjusted to the viewing conditions. In contrast, the |2 parameter will try and present 2 columns no matter how narrow they become and on a tablet or mobile they become unhelpfully squished.

For articles I have constructed I would normally set the column width a bit narrower (something like 23em) which will stay at 2 columns for a wider range of settings. Personally, I wouldn't object to that setting on nanotechnology, but other editors frequently change it to something wider. A narrow setting works well for short form referencing (as I use on my articles), but when refs are given in full in inline citations you don't want them squashed onto too many lines. SpinningSpark 00:58, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. IjonTichy (talk) 20:10, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

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A waveguide filter is an electronic filter that is constructed in waveguide technology. Waveguides are hollow metal tubes inside which an electromagnetic wave may be transmitted. Filters are a basic component of electronic engineering designs and have numerous applications. Waveguide filters are most useful in the microwave band of frequencies, where they are a convenient size and have low loss. Examples are found in satellite communications, telephone networks, and television broadcasting. Waveguide filters were developed during World War II for radar and electronic counter-measures, but afterwards soon found civilian applications. Post-war development was concerned with reducing size, first with new analysis techniques that eliminated unnecessary components, then by innovations such as dual-mode cavities and ceramic resonators. Waveguides can support a variety of electromagnetic wave modes: both a disadvantage, spurious modes frequently cause problems, and an advantage; dual-mode designs can be much smaller. The chief advantages of waveguide filters are ability to handle high power and low loss. The chief disadvantages are bulk and cost compared to technologies like microstrip. (Full article...)

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WP:FOUR for Waveguide filter

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Congrats on Waveguide filter!

Congratulations on Waveguide filter's Main Page appearance! Curly Turkey (gobble) 05:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Great job on bringing a technological article to such an in-depth state. I'm impressed. I remember the Waffle-iron filter GA a few years ago and had a good inkling who the author of this one might be! SFB 07:41, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

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Er, sorry about that ridiculous edit summary (some Twinkle code must have changed while I was gone in the past year) and sorry about the message in general because I just noticed your thing about not wanting talkback templates. My bad. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 07:51, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Mistake editing an entry:

Hi Spinningspark,

You are seems to be a very contribint user to wikipedia. Thank you for that.

II just now see that, you had editted the entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/Rubiks_Cube

It was a bit more than half a year ago:

08:10, 15 April 2013‎ Spinningspark (talk | contribs)‎ . . (53,419 bytes) (-65)‎ . . (→‎External links:  Attempts to run a program, probable malware)

You had removed the external link for solving the rubiks cube as he was there: www.rubiksplace.com

I'm am a speedcuber (I solve the cube sub 15 sec) and I spent weeks crafting this guide myself which most of the cubers community uses. This is maybe the most quality guide on solving the cube (including the speedcubing method) online. and thats why the link was there.

The "message" you get is a standard Java applet alert showing before launching a java application! I had made much effort to make this applets run on this site so new cubers could see a "live" example of the rubiks cube steps and algorithms rather than just explanation that are much harder to understand. as it is really difficult to get it on the first time. The java applets make it 10 times easier to understand. Please take a look!

Please revise it again..

Thank you! Maor.

Please read WP:ELNO#Java SpinningSpark 10:43, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me. I had researched this issue and became aware to a lot of problems and issues arising from using java applets sometimes (browsers not responding, crashing, not supporting everyone, etc..), therefore many people had problem using the guide properly. I did modified the solution, and removed all the java applets (imaged-based solution), and added an animation solution as an option on another page (warning it includes java applets) so everyone could now use and control it. I would be grateful if you could restore the edit now, Thank you! Maor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.133.26.13 (talk) 16:24, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't want to make a personal decision on that. Please post a request on the article talk page and if it gets some support I will restore it (or someone else will). SpinningSpark 16:32, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Brewery list AfD merger

I understand why you merged these, but I deliberately set them up as separate AfDs because past AfDs on this topic were done as batches and came to no consensus as a result of the variety of lists included. Merging them after being a participant in them also gives me some pause. IronGargoyle (talk) 15:53, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

If these were footballers they could have varying notabilities even if they were on the same team so of course should be debated separately. However, I believe that the rationale for the existence of these articles is unconnected with the notability of the entries. Certainly, my argument for keeping them does not rely on notability. They are a strongly related set with near identical structure and near identical rationale for deleting. I see no purpose in spreading the debate across multiple pages when a clear consensus for the whole set is really needed. Higher participation is more likely in a combined debate. Also, they are all related to the list of lists for these articles and that issue can only be considered with a centralised debate.

I don't know why you think that being a participant in the debate is cause for concern. I have no investment in these articles, I have only now discovered they exist, and I have no POV issue here (other than happening to like beer). I did not see that the other debates existed until after I had commented, otherwise I would have merged them first and then commented. In fact, I only came to them at all to find out the consensus on such articles while trying to decide what to do with Misplaced Pages talk:Articles for creation/List of breweries in Nebraska. SpinningSpark 16:19, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

A left hand rule for Faraday's Law

I was trying to create a full article about this topic, which included as reference Fleming's laws. However, a reviewer suggested that it should be shortened and included in Electromagnetic induction, so I shortened it. I am confused. Can I discuss all the issues with an editor? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Makkabi (talk • contribs) 20:45, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

You asked me that once already and I replied on your talk page. Please keep the conversation all in one place. SpinningSpark 22:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Liebigs Annalen

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Lorentz transformation and Ampere's law

I posted a better derivation of Ampere's force law here. The question has already been moved to the archives, so I figured you'd probably never find my post unless I mentioned it here. I will watch that archive page for a while, in case you make any follow-up posts. Red Act (talk) 04:53, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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	I know it may be a tad late, but thanks for the whole adoption thing four years ago. Sorry you had to put up with me then. Abce2 (talk) 18:14, 4 February 2014 (UTC)