User talk:Bela Mulder

Welcome to the Wikipedia

Welcome, newcomer!

Here are some useful tips to ease you into the Wikipedia experience:

First, take a look at the Wikipedia Tutorial, and perhaps dabble a bit in the test area.
When you have some free time, take a look at the Manual of Style and Policies and Guidelines. They can come in very handy!
Remember to use a neutral point of view!
If you need any help, feel free to post a question at the Help Desk
Explore, be bold in editing pages, and, most importantly, have fun!

Also, here are some odds and ends that I find useful from time to time:

Feel free to ask me anything the links and talk pages don't answer. You can most easily reach me by posting on my talk page.

You can sign your name on any page by typing 4 tildes, likes this: ~~~~.

Best of luck, and have fun!

ClockworkTroll 13:43, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Image:Bethe lattice.PNG

Did you create Image:Bethe lattice.PNG yourself? If so, please replace the {{unverified}} tag on that page with {{gfdl}} or {{pd}}, or whatever tag you feel is appropriate. Thanks, LeonWhite.

Speedy deletion of Flubber (material)

A tag has been placed on Flubber (material) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a blatant copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later." You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. —Largo Plazo (talk) 08:56, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flubber

The flubber recipe is widely disseminated on the web. The specific recipe and the formula were indeed taken from the quoted website, which however belongs to an educational institution. There is also something weird about this potential copyright violation detection procedure. Arguably, if I had not added the reference to the source web-site this issue would not have arisen. So in fact, proper attribution is being penalized.

Sorry, even a violation that might not have been detected under other circumstances is still a violation, and authors are expected not to commit violations, not merely to hide them! Also, since people aren't presumed to benefit from having posted articles on Wikipedia, the word "penalized" doesn't apply. Abiding by Wikipedia's policies and guidelines is to the benefit of its users.

Also, when you post a note on a talk page, please sign it by placing four tildes (~~~~) at the end. They'll be converted into a signature when you save your change.

Besides, flubber is really a fictional material from a Disney film starring Fred MacMurray some 40 or 50 years ago.—Largo Plazo (talk) 09:24, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh: I was able to find the source page via Google anyway.—Largo Plazo (talk) 09:27, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another item of note, though on its own it wouldn't be grounds for speedy deletion: Wikipedia is not a how-to guide.—Largo Plazo (talk) 09:32, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Specific models has been nominated for discussion

Category:Specific models, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. SpinningSpark 23:15, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]