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The Volatile Chemist
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Who's the Mabus Guy? Has anyone suggested he join Sciencemadness? Or is he not that kind of guy...?
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Amos
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Y'know, I just kind of assumed he was a sciencemadness member. Maybe he saw my posts on reddit and came from there? It'd be good to know.
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Yes, he is a Sciencemadness member. His username on here is just Mabus. He hasn't posted very much.
[Edited on 9-12-2014 by zts16]
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The Volatile Chemist
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OK. I'm glad he's contributing, but he needs to try to sound more professional, or at least work on grammar. 'If you prefer' doesn't have place in
science articles. Not to say his help isn't appreciated.
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Quote: Originally posted by The Volatile Chemist  | | OK. I'm glad he's contributing, but he needs to try to sound more professional, or at least work on grammar. 'If you prefer' doesn't have place in
science articles. Not to say his help isn't appreciated. |
I agree about the sounding more professional part,
but It's not a big deal as it can be edited out later, not to mention that sounding more professional is something that wouldn't hurt for you to work
on yourself. His contributions are very informative and most definitely appreciated.
(He certainly contributes more than you do, TVC!  )
[Edited on 9-14-2014 by zts16]
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Amos
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As far as sounding more professional goes, pronouns like "you" and instructions that are written in imperative form (ex: grind the acetone peroxide in
a mortar and pestle) probably shouldn't be there unless they are written in the form of a rare aside, as if you were speaking directly to the reader.
But then if we get caught up on too many rules people will be afraid to post. As long as a couple of us check the edits(I typically check all of them
out of curiosity) for that kind of language it can be remedied. There's a happy medium between a wiki with a ton of informally written raw information
and one that has very little info but is flawlessly written.
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Texium
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Haha, that particular instruction shouldn't be there under any circumstances! 
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The Volatile Chemist
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Haha 
| Quote: | | not to mention that sounding more professional is something that wouldn't hurt for you to work on yourself. |
:/ Hey...
And I do edit a pretty good bit, check my edit count... :/
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Amos
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Holy shite! I just realized while looking through this thread that Zyklon-A and I have the same first name(Amos). What're the odds?
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The Volatile Chemist
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That's crazy! Haven't met anyone on here w/ the first name Nathan.
Did a good bit of editing today.
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Texium
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Well, it does appear that you're still getting "its" and "it's" confused.
I normally wouldn't point that out, at least not in front of everyone else, but in this case I thought that it was appropriate since you were
criticizing someone else's grammar.
Check yourself before you shrek yourself dude. (:
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| Quote: Originally posted by zts16 | Well, it does appear that you're still getting "its" and "it's" confused.
I normally wouldn't point that out, at least not in front of everyone else, but in this case I thought that it was appropriate since you were
criticizing someone else's grammar.
Check yourself before you shrek yourself dude. (: |
First, thanks a bunch for the shrek-related images running through my head now, zts16  Secondly, I don't think The Volatile Chemist has been told about this issue yet; that was all MabusWinnfield as far as I can recall. It is
still one of the most common mistakes I see as well. "It's" is only used in instances when the two words "it is" would make sense; "Its" is for
instances like the one zts16 pointed out, when you are applying a condition or possession to something. Apart from that, though, good work with the
editing; Any addition of useful information is valued even if the grammar isn't intact.
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Lol, don't worry about that. We got plenty of grammar nazis here.
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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| Quote: Originally posted by No Tears Only Dreams Now | | First, thanks a bunch for the shrek-related images running through my head now, zts16 Secondly, I don't think The Volatile Chemist has been told about this issue yet; that was all MabusWinnfield as far as I can recall. It is
still one of the most common mistakes I see as well. "It's" is only used in instances when the two words "it is" would make sense; "Its" is for
instances like the one zts16 pointed out, when you are applying a condition or possession to something. Apart from that, though, good work with the
editing; Any addition of useful information is valued even if the grammar isn't intact. |
You're welcome!
And he knows, because I told him about it via U2U some time ago.
Really, I don't think that the grammar thing is a big deal, so long as people are trying their best to not make those mistakes. I don't mind going
along and fixing them here and there when I'm performing one of my occasional wiki sweeps. All that matters is that we keep getting more good
information put on there. Yesterday, I actually went to the wiki to find a bit of info that I needed. I think that's a sign that it's starting to turn
into something useful.
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The Volatile Chemist
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Indeed! And yes...it's and its is a bit of a prob, mess it up a lot, sorry.
I went on a minor-edit rampage yesterday, hope to do a bit more today. Last I checked I was ranked 2 on the wiki...
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| Quote: Originally posted by The Volatile Chemist | Indeed! And yes...it's and its is a bit of a prob, mess it up a lot, sorry.
I went on a minor-edit rampage yesterday, hope to do a bit more today. Last I checked I was ranked 2 on the wiki... |
Aha! So my motivational insulting worked!
Good job TVC.
I need to do more editing too. I'll probably mostly focus on reformatting and adding small bits of information, as I don't have a lot of time that I
can spend at my computer writing up brand new pages.
Keep up the great work everyone!
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The Volatile Chemist
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Thanks zts! I have to prep for my first AP test tonight. I may get to help later on tonight.
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Being out for a week really hit my wiki ranking. I dropped down to #3 (tied with Zyklon) but I moved myself up in points by getting two easy badges
 You're still #2 Volatile.
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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Anyone have any issues with using the edit feature? I just got a Windows 8 device and so far I am unable to bring up the normal editor - I can only
edit the wiki source code. Currently I'm using IE but I may switch to Firefox soon (my main computer uses FF as well).
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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And which AP test would that be? And somehow you high schoolers make me feel old...
| Quote: Originally posted by Brain&Force | | Being out for a week really hit my wiki ranking. I dropped down to #3 (tied with Zyklon) but I moved myself up in points by getting two easy badges
You're still #2 Volatile. |
That wasn't a very nice thing to say about The Volatile Chemist. Oh, and you can forget about ever taking first place
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Hey, I just was reading the stats! I'm #3 still.
zts16, on the other hand...
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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LOL
How do you make a template on the wiki? One major thing which the wiki is missing, in my opinion, is physical data such as melting and boiling point,
molecular mass, and solubility in water(and different solvents depending on how much data is available). If a template sidebar was put into all of
the wiki articles, it wouldn't be too much trouble for someone who owns a CRC, like me, to go through and enter all of that physical data.
[Edited on 17-9-2014 by gdflp]
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| Quote: Originally posted by gdflp | LOL
How do you make a template on the wiki? One major thing which the wiki is missing, in my opinion, is physical data such as melting and boiling point,
molecular mass, and solubility in water(and different solvents depending on how much data is available). If a template sidebar was put into all of
the wiki articles, it wouldn't be too much trouble for someone who owns a CRC, like me, to go through and enter all of that physical data.
[Edited on 17-9-2014 by gdflp] |
I don't really mind not having that kind of information as it's right there on wikipedia. But yeah, as time goes by it would be good to have an
all-inclusive wiki that doesn't require other sources. I don't know how to make a template, though, sorry.
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Hey, I've been busy!
| Quote: Originally posted by gdflp | LOL
How do you make a template on the wiki? One major thing which the wiki is missing, in my opinion, is physical data such as melting and boiling point,
molecular mass, and solubility in water(and different solvents depending on how much data is available). If a template sidebar was put into all of
the wiki articles, it wouldn't be too much trouble for someone who owns a CRC, like me, to go through and enter all of that physical data.
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I tried to make infoboxes for that information some time ago, but I couldn't figure out exactly how to do
it, so I abandoned the idea for now. I'd definitely like to have it at some point. Some sort of a simplified version of Wikipedia's, with only the
very useful information and statistics in it.
I also own a CRC, and I try to include that information, or at least some of it, in the body of the text on the pages that I write.
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Have you tried copying the source for infoboxes and expandables (those blue things on the bottom with links, I forget what you call them) from
Wikipedia or other wikis and integrating it into the wiki? That's probably the easiest solution.
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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