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Your edits to the Majorana fermion article

Hi,

I have several suggestions about the way you refer to the recent Science paper by Yadzani group about Majorana fermions.

First of all, I strongly suggest to remove the mention of these from the introduction paragraph. The reason for this is the persistent confusion between Majorana bound states/Majorana zero modes and actual Majorana fermions, and is explained here Majorana fermion#Majorana_bound_states. This subtlety is something that should be kept extremely clear, and was also actively discussed on the talk page. This also means that Majorana fermion#Detection should rather become a sub-subsection in Majorana fermion#Majorana_bound_states, rather than a subsection of its own.

Further, there is a point about which I am somewhat less certain. While the title of the Stanford paper is somewhat bolder than that of the Delft paper discussed earlier, the data quality is not dramatically different, so I don't think that putting that much emphasis on one, as opposed to the other is appropriate.

Anton.akhmerov (talk) 13:41, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Although the full access to the Science article seems to be restricted, from what I've read in other reliable sources, what was observed is exactly Majorana fermion. From Phys.org: "Using a two-story-tall microscope floating in an ultralow-vibration lab at Princeton's Jadwin Hall, the scientists captured a glowing image of a particle known as a "Majorana fermion" perched at the end of an atomically thin wire—just where it had been predicted to be after decades of study and calculation dating back to the 1930s". From Scientific American: "The new Majorana particle showed up inside a superconductor". But I don't object some slight rewording/copyedit. Brandmeister^talk 13:58, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

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Flight 370 Timeline

I've re-added the timeline section on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. It only lists 15 significant events relevant to Flight 370, whereas Timeline of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has 63 events (on 51 days). Per Wikipedia:Summary style: "The original article should contain a section with a summary of the subtopic's article as well as a link to it." AHeneen (talk) 23:14, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

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More trivia

Here is a similar edit to the one on the ...Justice for all page. Thought you may want to remove it too. Cheers Robvanvee 15:25, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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Lavash

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Pet for you

Brad, can you fix this? it is driving me crazy, I never suceed adding anything but red links - and I do what others do ... Hafspajen (talk) 19:39, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Fixed. That was because the nom names were different from link names. Consistent names are better in this sense. Brandmeister^talk 19:53, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

David Newstone

I was not given the chance to add the reffernece list!

For notable publications by the artist first see, Suite: The Humber Bridge - can be found whaen typed into bing He is listed as David J Newstone, on that record, . As i stated i did not get the chance to list all other records, for example, Old Faithful, come on you 'ull etc.

it seems no effort was put into the internet search before the banner went up! I am willing to continue building this page, but am not going to put any more work into a page that will be deleated once compleated. I will add one more refference (a DVD) and will continue with this page if it is not deleated.

The page is on a musician local to Yorkshire and the humber, who has had hits with songs,like old faithful. He is well known in the hull area. And has worked with notable stars. After an interview with this indervidual i decided to add him to wiki as i could not find him listed. I know he may not be known to people outside of yorkshire but this does not mean that he is not woth listing. While i am starting the page there are others who wish to maintain it. Please state why you feel this person is not worth listing as many others he has worked with are on wiki.Balypu^talk — Preceding undated comment added 21:45, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. The page will not be deleted instantly, so feel free to add reliable sources to meet WP:BIO and to verify information. The discussion is ongoing. Brandmeister^talk 21:52, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Stitching the Standard

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Historical trivia trail

Re Stitching the Standard, described on Signpost as an "Austro-Hungarian military flag," I wasn't able to find a posting for such a flag so described here or online. As mentioned here, it looks like the old HRE flag to me. Just wondering. (Big issue, I know. Ha.) Sca (talk) 14:02, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

I also wonder where that info comes from. At best this may be the medieval Holy Roman Empire flag, if Leighton wanted historical accuracy. Brandmeister^talk 14:07, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Right. (HRE = Holy Roman Empire.) Someone at Signpost must have been guessing. Sca (talk) 14:31, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

No crown, either there or at FOTW here, so it's not an HRE one. Blair Leighton's design is pretty deformed, could be a Rorschach blot, but there does seem to be the silhouette of a crown in between the two black necks. Austrian flag is here. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 18:09, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Interesting background info, thanks. As far as I can see, the upshot is that Leighton's painting may be somewhat inaccurate with respect to the HRE flag. And the flag in the painting doesn't appear to be one used in more recent times by Austria-Hungary. Sca (talk) 20:32, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

Just realised I've been looking at the damn thing upside down! Two legs spread wide, with the rump of a tail in-between. Another possibility is Teutonic knights- some illustrations show a black eagle on gold. Whatever it is, probably the painting couldn't be put on public display after August 1914. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:27, 17 April 2015 (UTC)

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"Claimed moons of Earth"

Appreciate the sentiment, but the new wording makes it seem like the real Moon is "claimed" too. There really is no need to do this; after all Planets beyond Neptune has been going fine for years. Making this kind of distinction is a bit like starting an article on "fictional fairies" or "crazy apocalypse theories". Serendi^podous 10:37, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Personally I don't feel that it implies the real Moon is "claimed" too. An average reader rather knows that the Moon is the only Earth's satellite, so when (s)he sees Claimed moons of Earth, (s)he would not be confused per WP:PRECISION. "Other moons" implies that the Earth has more than one moon, which is indeed confusing, I think. Brandmeister^talk 11:04, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

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IIHF

Hey, thanks for the recap. I removed it and put it into the final rticle about the game where it fits better and fixed a few things. Thanks again. Kante4 (talk) 21:58, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

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Italic titles

Hi Brandmeister. I'm assuming edits like this were suppose to prevent the infobox title using italics, and present the text in normal style? Because the parameter doesn't seem to have worked and all the titles are still showing in italics. Is it possible this is a glitch in the parameter? Wes Mouse | ^T@lk 17:22, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

For me the page titles are now displayed normally with that parameter, unitalicized. Could be a local glitch. If anything, I started a thread at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Eurovision_italics. Brandmeister^talk 17:43, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Drowning Girl‎‎

Hi, regarding your edit there today, have you seen WP:MOS#Linking? - Dank (push to talk) 17:08, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

You may unlink fi you wish. Brandmeister^talk 17:09, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Bash Tapia Castle

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Tropical or Subsaharan

Hi. I don't want to start a dispute, and am keeping it of the ref desk, but North Africa is usually contrasted with Sub-Saharan Africa, which also includes South Africa, as well as tropical Africa. I would consider changing the blurb in the Roman climate article to reflect that, given that animals such as the lion are not limited to just tropical Africa. I'll leave it up to you though since it seems like bad form to go and change someone else's writing because he mentioned it as an aside on the ref desk. μηδείς (talk) 21:29, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

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Royals

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Lists of people on stamps

If you do any more, could you make it "the postage stamps"? Philafrenzy (talk) 12:13, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

If that is better English, then yes. The previous titles didn't have "the", so I went as it is. Brandmeister^talk 12:16, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks. I'm actually aware of that having successfully nominated several DYKs in past years, but after latest requirement to review other nominations I found myself lazy to do that:) Still I'd appreciate if someone else nominates my articles. Brandmeister^talk 20:48, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

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2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing

Shall I merge this to Iraq War (2014–present)? --George Ho (talk) 18:20, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

• I'd oppose. The death toll is quite high even for Iraq, warranting a separate article and it has been recently expanded. Brandmeister^talk 19:24, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
  • Summarize it then? George Ho (talk) 20:29, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
    • A summary in Iraq War (2014–present), yes. More links to it in other articles would be good. Brandmeister^talk 20:37, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
      • You can do it, right? --Gh87 in the public computer (talk) 21:07, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
        • Yep, perhaps tomorrow. Brandmeister^talk 21:17, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

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Uaat Vandalism

Hi, I notice this user user:Uaat always engage in lot of edit war. also Vandalism some article about Taiwan/Republic of China, please stop this guy, thanks. Цзинго (talk) 11:32, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

I don't see his problematic edits in Taiwan/RC. He doesn't edit that article much and the most recent edit is from 23 July which restored encyclopedic info removed without explanation. Brandmeister^talk 17:07, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

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Ganja

Hello. Can you participate in this talk. My English is not good.--Shahrux (talk) 06:18, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Course of Empire

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Mulberry Street

Left: The image proposed Right: Library of Congress Original TIFF

I don't think we can reasonably consider this as even a competent levels adjustment. We cannot promote this as the best of our work. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:46, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Siege of Osaka

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DYK for Kyra Vassiliki

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:21, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Jane Russell

Sorry, I didn't notice that you were the uploader or I would have at least informed you that I was nominating it; I think I probably did notice but got distracted and then forgot about it; you know how it i...Butterfly! Belle (talk) 14:08, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

• No problem, thanks for nomination:) Brandmeister^talk 14:19, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Spanish pesetas

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POTD notification

POTD

Hi Brandmeister,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:ANA soldier with RPG-7 in 2013-cropped.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 22, 2015. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2015-10-22. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:35, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ice hockey (film)

Hello, I found your name at Wikipedia:Translators available#Russian-to-English. There is a film article, Ice hockey (film), that is up for AfD as seen here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ice hockey (film). Would you be able to review the sources and links to see if this film is notable in Russian-language sources? Any feedback would be appreciated! Thanks, Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 14:53, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 16:29, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia

This article can't be renominated for deletion so there is a discussion in the TP. I'd appreciate your input. --92slim (talk) 14:52, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Article upgrade assistance request (Pre-translation stage)

Seasons Greetings,

This is in reference to a relatively new umbrella article on en-wikipedia named Ceremonial pole. Ceremonial pole is a human tradition since ancient times; either existed in past at some point of time, or still exists in some cultures across global continents from north to south & from east to west. Ceremonial poles are used to symbolize a variety of concepts in several different world cultures.

Through article Ceremonial pole we intend to take encyclopedic note of cultural aspects and festive celebrations around Ceremonial pole as an umbrella article and want to have historical, mythological, anthropological aspects, reverence or worships wherever concerned as a small part.

While Ceremonial poles have a long past and strong presence but usually less discussed subject. Even before we seek translation of this article in global languages, we need to have more encyclopedic information/input about Ceremonial poles from all global cultures and languages. And we seek your assistance in the same.

Since other contributors to the article are insisting for reliable sources and Standard native english; If your contributions get deleted (for some reason like linguistics or may be your information is reliable but unfortunately dosent match expectations of other editors) , please do list the same on Talk:Ceremonial pole page so that other wikipedians may help improve by interlanguage collaborations, and/or some other language wikipedias may be interested in giving more importance to reliablity of information over other factors on their respective wikipedia.

This particular request is being made to you since your user name is listed in Wikipedia:Translators available list.

Thanking you with warm regards Mahitgar (talk) 06:01, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Origin of the Milky Way

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Tortoise Trainer

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/My Wife's Lovers

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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 30, 2015‎

Thanks for your edit Brandmeister, I'll be doing this TFA today. (I'm notifying you because the FAC nominator is long gone.) - Dank (push to talk) 16:49, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia edit 2015 year in review captions

Hello, my name is Andrew Sherman, I am a Digital Communications Intern on the Communications team at the Wikimedia Foundation. We just released our year in review video #Edit2015. We asked for the video captions to be translated and already received French, Dutch, Polish, Indonesian, Catalan, Chinese (traditional), Spanish, Vietnamese, Italian, and Romanian. Would you be able to help and provide a Russian translation?

Here is the link to the video on commons, a link to the english captions, and a link to create the Russian captions.

We really appreciate you taking the time to read this message and consider helping with #Edit2015's captions.

ASherman (WMF) (talk) 04:04, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Andrew, thanks for writing. Will do within next two days or so. Brandmeister^talk 08:54, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

I really appreciate it thank you! It seems that my other efforts over the translator mailing list succeeded and someone sent me the Russian captions last night. If you would still like to help please go to the Russian Captions on commons. Again, thank you for the consideration! Take care.ASherman (WMF) (talk) 18:31, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Fouquet Madonna

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Wonderful holidays

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! --Tremonist (talk) 15:26, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

It's that time of year.....

Christmas tree worm, (Spirobranchus gigantic)
	Time To Spread Some Happy Holiday Cheer!!
	I decorated a special kind of Christmas tree in the spirit of the season. What's especially nice about the digitized version is that it doesn't need water, and it won't catch fire.
	Wishing you a joyous holiday season... ...and a prosperous New Year!! 🍸🎁 🎉
	Atsme📞📧 15:36, 23 December 2015 (UTC)	Pure pun-ishment. [1]

Season's Greetings

File:Xmas Ornament.jpg

To You and Yours!
FWiW Bzuk (talk) 16:02, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Canada in Khaki

Thanks for nominating that. I really needed a fairly simple cleanup job to get back into restoration with, after a few months eyeing a restoration that would not finish. =) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:03, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Yeah. And it turned out that Canada in Khaki has several other gems, like this one (although I found only two in high res). Brandmeister^talk 19:59, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Reckon both high-res ones will pass, anyway. Don't suppose you know any good ANZAC stuff? I found http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/780935/download but am wondering if that's the best example. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:47, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Don't know ANZAC stuff well, but in recent days browsed across some WWII posters, like "We want your kitchen waste". Also, there is catchy psychological propaganda stuff, including "Happy days... gone", but so far only low resolution. Brandmeister^talk 11:52, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Some possibilities:

• She Helps Her Boy to Victory
• We risk our lives to bring you food
• The Prussian Octopus
• Back Him Up
• Navy Week (NZ 3rd Liberty Loan)

+ Army Week (" ")

• I Want You for US Army
• Re-Establishment (Canada)
• NZ Air Training Corps
• " "
• Clear The Way! (US)
• The Air Force Needs Men (NZ)
• NZ National Savings Investment Account
• Your King and Country Need You (Scotland) Finished
• The Rising Sun Must Set (NZ, I think)
• Women of Britain Say "Go!" (Think this is used a few places, second copy here) Finished
• Remember Scarborough (UK) (Think this is also used)
• Chronicles of the NZEF
• The Pakeha

Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:37, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Best wishes for the holidays...

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Hafspajen (talk) 11:53, 23 December 2015 (UTC)