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Erich Clar page[edit]

I want to include a synthetic reaction that is known as Clar's reaction. It is of a certain class of cyclic ketones that condense with themselves when heated to 400 C in a mixture of zinc dust and zinc chloride.

I will add references and a description of what it is used for in synthesizing new polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

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More block evasion[edit]

More obvious block evasion by User:Ma'at36 as 37.35.189.53 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) MrOllie (talk) 19:08, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Bishonen got it. DMacks (talk) 04:51, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

drillmario aka balloonmario has another account[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Samusandhisfriends also consider protecting both stoning and legal system of the UAE pages. Thanks. Pieinthesky1 (talk) 02:58, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. I forget, do they jump around a lot, or should we keep these honeypots? DMacks (talk) 04:54, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Another one was just blocked by me a bit ago: User:DeeEffay. Looks like all from the same IP. RickinBaltimore (talk) 15:39, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your continued help, it seems he just won't learn. Maybe a long ip block is in order? Say 5 years since I guess you can't permaban ips. Just an idea. Pieinthesky1 (talk) 02:52, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@RickinBaltimore: I'd support an IP block. DMacks (talk) 06:41, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
IP blocked for a year to start. RickinBaltimore (talk) 11:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! DMacks (talk) 14:54, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Your recent comment.[edit]

Hi DMacks.

Can you please provide proof (evidence) that my website is 'low-value' and my content is 'spam'?

I am an expert in my field with more than 600 published crochet patterns available. I've been publishing for more than 10 years.

If you do not want to include my site as a source (even though I have more experience than some of the other sources that have been allowed to contribute and be linked in Wikipedia for Crochet Topics) that is totally fine.

However, leaving slanderous comments on the internet about the quality and type of content I provide in unacceptable.

My website is registered as a Corporation in Canada and as such, defamation of my business is taken very seriously.

Please provide your proof (other than your personal opinion) that my content is spam and low-value.

This is your comment:

curprev 16:54, 7 June 2024‎ DMacks talk contribs‎ 51,742 bytes −287‎ spam for a low-value blog is as unacceptable today as it was 3 years ago. Undid revision 1227755106 by Rhonddamol (talk) undothank Tag: Undo

Sincerely, Rhondda Mol Rhonddamol (talk) 17:21, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By Wikipedia's definition of "reliable sources", blogs and other self-published material are by default considered non-reliable and therefore "low value" as a reference (I am one of now three different editors to note that using using your blog as a ref is a problem). Use of "reliable" sources is one of Wikipedia's gold standards as an encyclopedia. Personal reputation in a field is a reasonable basis for having one's publications be considered, but those sorts of claim are only relevant to the extent other independent sources verify them. Being a corporation does not add any extra weight or value here. DMacks (talk) 17:26, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So you are saying that you are labelling my registered professional corporation as a unreliable source on crochet and that my business is providing spam and low-value content.
Please then explain why you have allowed the following (I've only included 5 examples from the Crochet topic - there are more) blogs to be linked as sources?
Sources you have allowed that are blogs:
https://www.knitterspride.com/blog/which-type-and-size-of-crochet-hook-do-i-choose/en
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/winding-a-ball-from-hank-of-yarn-2116505
https://www.gathered.how/knitting-and-crochet/crochet/crochet-stitches
https://www.knitcrochetcreate.com/post/crochet-tension-explained
https://www.schoolofsweetgeorgia.com/spot-the-difference-us-vs-uk-crochet-terms/
The rules should be the same for all content creators.
If my website is not considered a reliable source because it is self-published then all five of the one's I've listed above should not have been allowed to be used as sources either. Based on Wikipedia's definition of "reliable sources".
Please explain. Rhonddamol (talk) 17:37, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, combatting poor sources on Wikipedia's nearly 7 million articles is a never-ending task. There is no editorial board here that authorizes each piece of content, but instead thousands of editors who each can act on whatever they see. Do not make it worse. But as an easy first response for the one I've heard of, Spruce Crafts seems to have reasonable editorial oversight and identified some notable contributors, with Dotdash Meredith being a notable publisher of such sites. DMacks (talk) 17:43, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to rethink your Spruce Crafts as a reliable source. They have transferred content that was user generated by bloggers to their site and repurposed links written by a blogger to things like this http://crochet. about.com/od/homedecorpatterns/p/variegated_earthtone_potholders.htm to become this https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/free-patterns-for-crochet-potholders-978957
Regardless I'd like you to remove your comment that my site is 'low-quality' and my source link is 'spam'.
I will refrain from submitting any further suggestions to Wikipedia. Rhonddamol (talk) 17:59, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dotdash Meredith sites do seem to need case-by-case assessment. DMacks (talk) 18:36, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
While knitterspride does appear to be a blog and therefore default low-value source, the first link I saw to it was merely using a page of it that is merely an apparent restatement of a published medical research study. That's not bad. But we should find that study and use it directly instead. DMacks (talk) 17:52, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Here are the other blogs you have used as approved sources for the Crochet page:
https://itsallinanutshell.com/2016/02/12/how-to-crochet-difference-between-us-and-uk-crochet-terms-abbreviations/
http://ayarnifiedlife.wordpress.com/slip-stitch-crochet/
https://web.archive.org/web/20120224074527/http://www.crochetliberationfront.com/clf-myth-busting-13-more-yarn/ (this site does not exist anymore you are using web archive to serve the link)
Good luck updating Wikipedia. Rhonddamol (talk) 18:03, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sources need not be currently accessible electronically or at their original site. DMacks (talk) 18:08, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
it was still a blog...which = By Wikipedia's definition of "reliable sources", blogs and other self-published material are by default considered non-reliable and therefore "low value" as a reference...
I do have a question though...isn't all content available on the internet 'self-published' by definition? Rhonddamol (talk) 18:15, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's a good question. Everyone publishes whatever they publish. One confusing distinction is between the "publisher" (who posts it or runs the site) vs the "author" (who writes the content). See WP:SELFPUBLISH for a guideline that builds on that idea. Regarding crochetliberationfront, I don't yet know anything about it, just noting that your parenthetical concern does not make the ref any worse. DMacks (talk) 18:28, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I resolved that knitterspride link (was redundant at best). Some others to that site were added by User:Themindfulcollection and seem solely to promote that site. Obviously that's not acceptable, so I removed the one that someone else had not already handled. Thanks for identiftying that set! Sometime I'll try to look back at the others and look in more detail at the status of Spruce. DMacks (talk) 18:12, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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