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Hockey stick controversy

Thanks for your work with cite checking and general cleanup at Hockey stick controversy. Such tasks are laborious and often unappreciated but very necessary. Raymond Arritt 15:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Japanese political figures

You've been adding some. to keep them from getting deleted, Just expand, quickly. I slowed down the deletion process. And please also do the same for the other Japanese naval & political people--A few refs each are needed. A book on the period that features them woulddo nicely--even in Japanese. In general do not create short articles without refs.. its supposed to be OK to start them that way, but there are people who are consistently deleting them. DGG 05:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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Underwater acoustics

Hal, belated thanks for starting this page. I have a question for you about the Colladon-Sturm sound speed measurement, which you say is "within 5%" of the modern accepted value. Surely it is better than that? Lake Geneva has fresh water and must be close to freezing. Putting S=T=z=0 into Mackenzie's formula I get c = 1402 m/s, ie about 2.5% lower than the CS value. Given that the actual temperature must be slightly above freezing makes the agreement slightly better. Do you mind if I change it to "within about 2%"? Thunderbird2 16:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I thinks that's reasonable - and thanks for all the improvements. I'm hoping to find a bit more time to edit, as there are still a lot of interesting areas to cover. Hal peridol 00:25, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, it's done Thunderbird2 07:26, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

According to Clay & Medwin p4 the water temperature was actually 8 degC, making the measurement error less than 1%. I'll leave it as it is for now, because the temperature sounds high to me for a mountain lake in November, and such close agreement must be fortuitous anyway (I haven't tried Mackenzie, but Medwin's formula gives 1438 m/s!). C&M give a reference that may be worth checking (Millikan et al, Mechanics, Molecular Physics, Heat and Sound (MIT Press, Cambridge MS, 1965). Thunderbird2 15:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Dearest Hal peridol,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 137 supports, 22 opposes, and 5 neutrals. Your kind words of support are very much appreciated and I look forward to proving you right. I would like to give special thanks to The_undertow and Phoenix-wiki for their co-nominations. Thank you again and best regards.

Sergey Kryukov

Hahaha thanks for fixing the name in Sergey Kryukov. My mistake, Jose João (talk) 04:05, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Homeopathy

That was seriously clever and funny. Good one. Tparameter (talk) 04:34, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 16:15, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Love the username

If I'm not mistaking the reference. That's all. :) Protonk (talk) 20:54, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks - I suppose given the name I should be showing more activity against delusions - too many side effects.Hal peridol (talk) 18:06, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

WP:PHYS

Hi, I notice that you had some interest in physics. Might I interest you in joining WikiProject Physics?Headbomb {_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 06:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

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		For your contributions to the list of fictional vehicles. Cheers, Jack Merridew 08:17, 28 May 2009 (UTC) for The Article Ridicule Team

A study on how to cover scientific uncertainties/controversies

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AfD nomination of List of fictional vehicles

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Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:17, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Good, the canvas-bot got you, already. This should be good, again. I'm looking forward to your efforts at inflating this list before it's demise. Cheers, Jack Merridew 03:31, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Orb (optics)

I have undone your merge of Orb (optics) article. First propose a merge, then discuss a merge, and then — just maybe — execute a merge. Thanks. 842U (talk) 21:00, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Suggest you read Help:Merging. Hal peridol (talk) 18:18, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:

1. Proposal to Close This RfC
2. Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 02:18, 24 February 2010 (UTC)