User talk:Susten.biz

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Page Blanking

On 21-Feb, you blanked ZEH. Blanking pages is generally considered a bad idea. Based upon your edit summary that it was created by mistake, I have tagged it for speedy deletion. Thanks! -- JLaTondre 01:49, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Polyethylene terephthalate

Hi Susten.biz, I your edits to the PET page. From my reading ChemGardener is right that your edits were inappropriate. I reverted your “Placeholder for sections removed by User:ChemGardener” section. In the future, if you have disagreements with a user, discuss it on their talk page; if you have disagreements about an article, discuss it on the article's talk page. Cheers. —BenFrantzDale 11:53, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Polyethylene Terephthalate Update

Hi Susten.biz, My apologies on not getting back to you sooner. I had moved the section on di-(2-ethylhexyl)adipate to the Talk:Polyethylene terephthalate page and then non-Wikipedia life kept me from following up immediately. I've put my comments on Talk:Polyethylene terephthalate now. Regards, ChemGardener 18:06, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Categories

Hi Susten.biz,

Commendations on your enthusiasm for editing, and for sustainability (which I share).

I have edited the categories in the articles Superinsulation, Passive house, and some other articles. Please choose the categories carefully when editing. When one category is added, its parent category isn't added (e.g. if the category Alternative energy is applied, then the category Energy should not be.)

Also, my personal feeling is that if we categorize too widely, then all the categories end up full and not very useful. It's better to make relevant edits in the articles, and in the category pages. E.g. the Sustainability & Appropriate technology articles should refer to each other, and Category:Appropriate technology is a subcat of Category:Sustainability.

Re Appropriate technology - to fit in this category, something really needs to have specific and direct application to developing countries. Otherwise we'd just call it alternative technology. I have removed this category from the above articles, too. Check the article Appropriate technology, and Category:Appropriate technology, and get back to me if my reasoning isn't clear.

Feel free to respond on my talk page.

Cheers, Singkong2005 14:02, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Energy portal

Hi! As a contributor to WikiProject Energy development, I thought you might like to be aware of the opportunity to contribute to the new Energy Portal, now that there is one... No need to reply. Gralo 17:43, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

ICC article

Hi, susten -- I enjoyed what I learned while polishing your International Code Council article, keep up the great work! Athaenara talk 07:44, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

On 6 November 2006 unregistered user 12.33.168.66 did considerable damage to the article (see article history); I reverted it to the most recent undamaged version. Athaenara talk 05:28, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Energy portal & future selected articles

Hi! Over the past couple of months I've been spending much more time than I should developing the Energy portal, and intend asking for a portal peer review within the next day or so.

The portal provides a showcase for energy-related articles on Wikipedia. One of the most prominent ways is via a the selected article that is currently changed every 6 weeks or so. It would be good to increase this turnover, and with three Wikiprojects dedicated to energy-related topics and a good number of articles already written, I'd like to suggest that members of each Wikiproject might like to use the 'selected article' to feature some of their best work.

With this in mind, I'd like to suggest that your Wikiproject bypasses the normal selected article nomination page and decides collectively which articles are worth featuring - or these may be self-evident from previous discussions - and add short 'introduction' to the selected article at the appropriate place on page Portal:Energy/Selected article/Drafts, which includes further information. Your personal involvement would be welcome!

Please make any comments on your Wikiproject talk page, my talk page, or on Portal talk:Energy/Selected article/Drafts, as appropriate. Gralo 15:48, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Please help improve Plug-in hybrid

You are listed as a participant in WikiProject Energy development, so I am asking you to please consider helping to improve the plug-in hybrid article. This is an ad hoc article improvement drive. BenB4 08:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)