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Mabus
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I'd say it's a good idea.
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Mabus
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Just blocked a vandal who blanked the Potassium chloride page.
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Brain&Force
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I haven't edited the wiki since December...I need to start doing that.
Unfortunately Wikia hates Internet Explorer for some reason.
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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The Volatile Chemist
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Yech, vandalism. Lets get back to work on the wiki, everyone 
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ave369
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It says on the wiki that it is being moved. But it is not said where. Is the wiki working at all?
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Texium
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The Official Sciencemadness Wiki (Beta)
I am proud to announce that the beta version of the official Sciencemadness Wiki is now fit for public use, and it is on sciencemadness.org as it should be. We're still working out some kinks, but it's
pretty navigable. Not a whole lot has been added since it was migrated from Wikia, but we do now have the ability to make infoboxes, which will
eventually be included on all chemical compound and element pages. We're also stressing that only pictures taken by SM members will be included on the
wiki (not including diagrams, only actual photos). Unfortunately, accounts from the forum do not transfer directly to the wiki, so if you'd like to
become an editor, send me a U2U about it and I will create an account for you.
Special thanks to Polverone for setting it up, and to all of the editors who helped move the pages over from Wikia!
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annaandherdad
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It looks very nice, and will be extremely useful. I like the style of the articles I looked at, and the hints for amateur chemists (suggested
projects etc). Thanks for all your effort.
Any other SF Bay chemists?
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DeIonized Plasma
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Wow! Definitely using that for future work.
Side note - SF Bay chemist here, noticed your signature asking about it (annaandherdad). Feel free to U2U me or whatever you had in mind. As far as I
know you are the only other person in the bay area, although there is one person maybe 50 miles north/northeast of SF and then a handful around the LA
area.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
~Marie Curie
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Oscilllator
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I seem to be having trouble logging in. My standard sciencemadness username/pwd does not work, and the login page does not provide a link to creating
an account. Going to "help with logging in">"Create an account" creates a mediaWiki account, however this account does not work with the
sciencemadness wiki.
It would be nice if your sciencemadness account could be in some way linked to the wiki account, but I understand if polverone is too busy to cater to
my whims.
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Texium
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Quote: Originally posted by Oscilllator  | I seem to be having trouble logging in. My standard sciencemadness username/pwd does not work, and the login page does not provide a link to creating
an account. Going to "help with logging in">"Create an account" creates a mediaWiki account, however this account does not work with the
sciencemadness wiki.
It would be nice if your sciencemadness account could be in some way linked to the wiki account, but I understand if polverone is too busy to cater to
my whims. |
Polverone has told me in the past that it may be possible to link the accounts, but it would be
very difficult and take a long time to set it up if it is even possible. Now, accounts must be created by someone who is an admin on the wiki, so I
will create an account for you and send you the password via U2U. Polverone understandably doesn't want random internet people who aren't members to
be able to sign up and edit the wiki.
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DeIonized Plasma
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I am noticing that some pictures are not functional on the wiki. A few examples:
Copper (II) Sulfate
Sodium Silicate
Lead (II) Oxide
I found them by clicking arbitrary chemicals in the list of compounds, and I am sure there are many more articles similarly missing images.
Could you add me as an editor and U2U me the details too? Thanks!
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
~Marie Curie
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Texium
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We're still transferring pictures from the old wiki. Amos has downloaded all of them onto his computer and has some systematic method of reuploading
them, though I'm not 100% sure what it is. I do know though that he is taking this opportunity to remove pictures that aren't of very good quality, so
there will be some pictures that won't be transferred over from the old wiki and will need to be replaced with better quality pictures. I trust his
judgement. If you'd like to help with pictures, you could contact him, he might have something for you to do. Otherwise, just add pages that interest
you, and flesh out any existing pages that you feel could use more information. I put some useful links for editors over in the sidebar on the left,
so you can check those out too.
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Mabus
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I can't upload large images on the wiki (I'm trying to upload the hexamine tablets picture). Even after one hour it was still loading. Anyone else have that problem?
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Texium
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Just found this thread: http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=11054
Thought it was interesting. It's too bad that peach and watson.fawkes aren't around anymore, they probably would have liked to contribute to the new
wiki.
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The Volatile Chemist
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Indeed, it's too bad. Could someone post a link to the new wiki? I have an account, forgot the url :/
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Texium
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I'd like to thank Mabus and ave369 for being such regular contributors to the wiki. They both edit it nearly every day, which is an amazing level of
commitment. I'd also like to encourage others to edit it more frequently, and I'm certainly not leaving myself out of that. If the wiki is to become a
useful tool, it will need a large base of editors to keep adding more useful information. Now that we have the ability to create infoboxes, there's a
whole new array of information that we can add to it. If you're new to the wiki and would like to start editing, send me a U2U and I will create an
account for you. Anyone from SM is welcome to contribute, just make sure to follow the editing guidelines.
Keep up the good work everyone!
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Mabus
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As Burt Gummer would say: Doing what I can with what I got
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Mabus
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What's the deal with Zts16's Potassium dichromate image? The thumbnail is different from the image I uploaded.
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gdflp
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I just checked. The image you uploaded was named "Potassium dichromate.jpg", while the original one on the wiki from zts was named
"Potassium_dichromate.jpg". HTML can't handle spaces in file names, so it replaces them with underscores. Thus the file you uploaded has the same
name as the already existing one, so the wiki tried to overwrite it, but I guess it didn't update the thumbnail. Is the one on the potassium
dichromate page right now the one you uploaded, or the old one?
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Mabus
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The old one. Didn't even know there was another image by that name, as there was a broken link and I thought there was no image uploaded.
The one I uploaded was this one:
| Code: | http://sciencemadness.wikia.com/wiki/File:Potassium_dichromate.jpg |
EDIT: What the hell? The forum can't tell hyperlink from emoticons? (The ":" from "File:" and the "P" from "Potassium" are read as " ")
First time it happened to me.
[Edited on 12-1-2016 by Mabus]
[Edited on 12-1-2016 by Mabus]
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Texium
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If yours is better than mine and you want to replace it, I can delete mine.
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Mabus
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By "yours", you mean this one, right? In that case, yes, this one should be kept.
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Texium
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Yeah, that's the picture that I uploaded. Is that the one that you want to use? For me, it is the one that shows up on the page already.
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Mabus
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Yes, that one.
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Texium
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I originally posted this in the Topical Compendium thread:
| Quote: Originally posted by zts16 | I have begun to move the Topical Compendium to the wiki, as I thought that it would be a better place for it to reside long term, and be easier for
everyone to add to it.
Now you can find it here: http://www.sciencemadness.org/smwiki/index.php/Topical_Compe...
The Elements chapter is a reformatted version of bfesser's original. I've transferred everything from it, along with the additions proposed by
elementcollector1 at the beginning of this thread.
If you don't have wiki editing access yet but want to work on it, feel free to U2U me and I will create an account for you. |
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