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Current activity → Articles for deletion 10 Jul 2012 – Mario Rabinowitz (talk · · hist) was AfDed by Srleffler (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted) 17 Jun 2012 – Imaginary relativity (talk · · hist) AfDed by CodeTheorist (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (9 participants) 13 Jun 2012 – Atomic dielectric resonance (talk · · hist) AfDed by Corbomiteo (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (14 participants) 29 May 2012 – Changes of the length of day (talk · · hist) AfDed by Jc3s5h (t · c) was closed as keep by Ron Ritzman (t · c) on 06 Jun 2012; see discussion (6 participants) 09 May 2012 – NACA Report No. 761 (talk · · hist) AfDed by Wtshymanski (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (9 participants) 03 Apr 2012 – Amit Goswami (talk · · hist) AfDed by 86.** IP (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (16 participants) Proposed deletions 15 Jul 2012 – Quantum mineralogy (talk · · hist) PRODed by IRWolfie- (t · c) was deproded by Cavarrone (t · c) on 22 Jul 2012 09 Jun 2012 – Atomic dielectric resonance (talk · · hist) PRODed by Solarra (t · c) was deproded by 81.138.16.5 (t · c) on 11 Jun 2012 07 Jun 2012 – Advanced electromagnetics (talk · · hist) PRODed by Guillaume2303 (t · c) was deleted 26 May 2012 – List of scientific constants named after people (talk · · hist) PRODed by Polyamorph (t · c) was deproded by BenKovitz (t · c) on 27 May 2012 11 May 2012 – Paulo Vargas Moniz (talk · · hist) PRODed by Diego Grez (t · c) was deleted 16 Apr 2012 – Radiation Exposure Monitoring (talk · · hist) PRODed by Kolbasz (t · c) was deleted Categories for discussion 13 Jul 2012 – Category:Introductory physics (talk · · hist) was CfDed by Brad7777 (t · c); see discussion 12 Jul 2012 – Category:Energy in physics (talk · · hist) CfDed by Brad7777 (t · c) was closed; see discussion 12 Jul 2012 – Category:Fundamental physics concepts (talk · · hist) CfDed by Brad7777 (t · c) was closed; see discussion Templates for discussion 18 Jul 2012 – Template:Physics equations (eponyms) (talk · · hist) was TfDed by Z = z² + c (t · c); see discussion 18 Jul 2012 – Template:Physics equations (talk · · hist) was TfDed by Z = z² + c (t · c); see discussion 17 Jul 2012 – Template:Physics equations navbox (talk · · hist) was TfDed by Sbyrnes321 (t · c); see discussion 21 Jun 2012 – Template:Periodic table by article quality (compact) (talk · · hist) TfDed by DePiep (t · c) was closed; see discussion 05 Jun 2012 – Template:Subatomic particle/symbol (talk · · hist) TfDed by Kumioko (t · c) was closed; see discussion 05 Jun 2012 – Template:Subatomic particle/link (talk · · hist) TfDed by Kumioko (t · c) was closed; see discussion 01 Jun 2012 – Template:Ununhexium (talk · · hist) TfDed by Lambiam (t · c) was closed; see discussion 01 Jun 2012 – Template:Ununquadium (talk · · hist) TfDed by Lambiam (t · c) was closed; see discussion Redirects for discussion 10 May 2012 – Uniform motion (talk · · hist) RfDed by Tideflat (t · c) was closed; see discussion Featured article candidates 08 Jul 2012 – Stephen Hawking (talk · · hist) was FA nominated by Fayedizard (t · c); see discussion 27 Jun 2012 – History of Mars observation (talk · · hist) was FA nominated by RJHall (t · c); see discussion Featured list candidates 12 Jul 2012 – Timeline of the far future (talk · · hist) was FL nominated by Serendipodous (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 28 Jun 2012 – John Hagelin (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Littleolive oil (t · c); start 19 Jun 2012 – Isidor Isaac Rabi (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Hawkeye7 (t · c); start 26 Jun 2012 – Ecliptic (talk · · hist) GA nominated by Tfr000 (t · c) was promoted, see discussion 12 Jun 2012 – Neutron (talk · · hist) GA nominated by JPMiddleton (t · c) was not promoted, see discussion 17 May 2012 – Liquid fluoride thorium reactor (talk · · hist) GA nominated by ShotmanMaslo (t · c) was not promoted, see discussion 13 May 2012 – Condensed matter physics (talk · · hist) GA nominated by SPat (t · c) was promoted, see discussion 09 May 2012 – Interferometry (talk · · hist) GA nominated by Stigmatella aurantiaca (t · c) was promoted, see discussion 07 May 2012 – Michelson–Morley experiment (talk · · hist) GA nominated by Stigmatella aurantiaca (t · c) was not promoted, see discussion 19 Apr 2012 – Periodic table (talk · · hist) GA nominated by StringTheory11 (t · c) was promoted, see discussion 10 Apr 2012 – Josiah Willard Gibbs (talk · · hist) GA nominated by Eb.hoop (t · c) was promoted, see discussion Requests for comments 13 Jul 2012 – Plasma cosmology (talk · · hist) has an RfC by Goodsheard1 (t · c); see discussion 23 Apr 2012 – Big Bang (talk · · hist) RfC by Anupam (t · c) was closed; see discussion 20 Apr 2012 – Wavelength (talk · · hist) RfC by Brews ohare (t · c) was closed; see discussion Peer reviews 24 Jun 2012 – Periodic table (talk · · hist) has been put up for PR by StringTheory11 (t · c); see discussion 17 Jun 2012 – Michelson–Morley experiment (talk · · hist) put up for PR by D.H (t · c) was closed; see discussion 04 Jun 2012 – Stephen Hawking (talk · · hist) put up for PR by Fayedizard (t · c) was closed; see discussion Requested moves 19 Jul 2012 – High energy X-rays (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved by Tony1 (t · c); see discussion 17 Jul 2012 – Schwarzschild Criterion (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved by Tony1 (t · c); see discussion 30 Jun 2012 – Light orbital angular momentum (talk · · hist) move request by ENeville (t · c) was closed; see discussion 29 Jun 2012 – Teller–Ulam design (talk · · hist) move request by TakuyaMurata (t · c) was closed; see discussion 08 Jun 2012 – Jayant Narlikar (talk · · hist) move request by Titodutta (t · c) was closed; see discussion 23 May 2012 – Feedback topology (talk · · hist) move request by 70.248.179.109 (t · c) was closed; see discussion 18 May 2012 – Information processing (talk · · hist) move request by Tigrennatenn (t · c) was closed; see discussion 09 May 2012 – Gravitomagnetism (talk · · hist) move request by Quondum (t · c) was closed; see discussion 01 May 2012 – Ununquadium (talk · · hist) move request by Georgia guy (t · c) was closed; see discussion 28 Apr 2012 – Gottfried Leibniz (talk · · hist) move request by AndreasPraefcke (t · c) was closed; see discussion (4 more...)

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Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfold fear.
– Thomas Jefferson –

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
– Ayn Rand –

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
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Unbeknownst to most people, the default settings of their web browsers displays pages using extremely crappy typesettings. For example, the default font in Internet Explorer and Firefox for 99% of the text found in Wikipedia is Arial. Arial is a sans serif font, which is fine for everyday life, however, in technical articles, some symbols can be confused. Are you a victim of bad typesetting? Well here's how you can tell.

Do some or all of these look alike or of unequal height?

As on Wikipedia:	iι ; eéèêë ; EÉÈÊË ; Il1 ; vν ; uυ οoOΟ0 *
Zoomed in:	iι ; eéèêë ; EÉÈÊË ; Il1 ; vν ; uυ οoOΟ0
* This is a test for mostly technical readers who are likely to encounter the omicron greek letter, whose use is extremely rare because it just looks too damn much like an o (letter). You should at least be able to tell the difference between oO0 (lowercase o, capital O, and zero [0]).

Yes: You have a bad sans serif type of font.
No: Congratulations, you have a well-designed typeface!

Is this hard to read (looks all bunched up)?

As on Wikipedia:	WifiWifivviiivvifiWifiW
Zoomed in:	WifiWifivviiivvifiWifiW

Yes: You have a sans serif font (or browser) with bad kerning.
No: Congratulations, you have a well-designed typeface / browser!

Solution: Go in your browser, check for fonts (in Firefox this is located in Tools > Options > Content > Advanced > Sans serif). And it's trial and error from there. I personally use DejaVu Sans, which I find rather nice. However, it causes some problems with tables (some dividing lines might not show up).

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Barnstar	Image	Reason	From user	Date
WikiProject Barnstar		This barnstar is in recognition of your good work at the physics wikiproject. Please keep up your good work :-).	SJP talk·contribs	2008-06-22
Editor's Barnstar		In recognition of your intelligent and spirited work in expanding the depth and scope of Wikipedia.	Ecoleetage talk·contribs	2008-06-23
Kilobyte Barnstar		For your efforts in restoring the industry standard terms for memory size to the Manual of Style (dates and numbers). The IC is an Intel 2708, a 1 kilobyte EPROM made in 1976.	SWTPC6800 talk·contribs	2008-10-21
Billy Idol / Noice Day to Start Again award	It's the knoife wot dun it!	For your contributions on Magnetospheric eternally collapsing object [1], I award you the Billy Idol / Noice Day to Start Again award. Cheers!	Goodmorningworld talk·contribs	2008-11-14
The Excellent Userpage Award		Your page is amazing! I certainly envy it.	Goosemanrocks talk·contribs	2009-01-13
The Guidance Barnstar		Thank you for setting up the glass taskforce and all the guidance and information related to it. I learned a lot.	Afluegel talk·contribs	2009-03-30
The Original Barnstar		For creating the Fluid Dynamics Taskforce, and your explosive action backstage to get and keep the task force running.	Crowsnest talk·contribs	2009-04-23
The E = mc² Barnstar		For your efforts in bringing quark to FA-level, as well as putting up with my somewhat limited and amateur knowledge of the topic these past months.	Anonymous Dissident talk·contribs A. di M. talk·contribs	2009-07-31
Chemical Bond Barnstar		For dealing with the mess that the isotope articles were in, and categorizing them, and for the work put on creating Wikipedia books on the chemical elements, you deserve at least a little double barnstar.	Nergaal talk·contribs	2010-09-25
Isotope Barnstar			Nergaal talk·contribs	2010-09-25
Bot Operator's Barnstar		This barnstar is awarded to you for the work on AAlertBot. I find it very useful. Keep up the good work!	Philaweb talk·contribs	2011-02-27
Cheeseburgstar		Fried in the deepest manner in which it is possible... and slathered with gravy. Dinner is served.	Juliancolton talk·contribs	2011-08-15
The Great Arkansas Barnstar		Thanks for your efforts on Book:Arkansas Confederate Infantry Units	Aleutian06 talk·contribs	2012-03-23
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar		For the idea of having a bot place past AfD discussion notices on talk pages.	2012-04-13

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This user has a keen interest in physics.

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Majority ≠ right

This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.

This user understands biological evolution.

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	This user is a graduate student in Physics.

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	This user helped promote List of baryons to featured list status.

	This user helped promote Quark to featured article status.

	The file Orlando-Ferguson-flat-earth-map edit.jpg, which this user uploaded or created, is a featured picture.

DYK

	A fact from the article Kazuhiko Nishijima, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

	A fact from the article K2K experiment, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

	A fact from the article "Gabriel's Oboe", which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

	A fact from the article *Nehrim: At Fate's Edge, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know...* section on the Main Page.

	A fact from the article POLYGON experiment, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

Publications

Landry, G. (2009). "A proposal for a new hadron nomenclature". Physics in Canada (2009 CAP Congress) 65 (2, suppl.): 96. http://www.cap.ca/congress/2009/program/abstracts.TU-P2_P3.pdf. (conference PDF)
Landry, G. (2006). "Optical properties of the TPD/Alq₃ interface in TPD/Alq₃ junctions". APICS Undergrad Physics and Astronomy Conference.
Landry, G. (2005). "Preliminary Research of Photovoltaic Phenomena in TPD/AlQ₃ Films". APICS Undergrad Physics and Astronomy Conference. p. 16. http://www.ap.smu.ca/~smuaps/images/AUPAC2005_mod.pdf.

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