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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.

Old City, Hyderabad was founded by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (died 1612), not some Chief Minister. Or Politician, who built a software park 386 years later 35 km away in the——city of modern Hyderabad during 1990's. Similarly old city Amaravathi is founded by Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu (died 1816) not some Chief Minister/Politician who is building government complex 200 years later 35 km away in the city of modern Amaravati, Pls change it in the Amaravati article's infobox. This is applicable to any city of the "world," Amaravati is not unique to this. Just because somebody is a fan of N. Chandrababu Naidu, cannot endorse it to the article illogically.Ustadeditor2011 (talk) 05:14, 23 June 2024 (UTC)※

This sort of discussion about an article belongs on the article's talk-page. I will not discuss it here at all. DMacks (talk) 05:49, 23 June 2024 (UTC)※

Also mentioned it in article talk page, "pls discuss there." Ustadeditor2011 (talk) 06:36, 23 June 2024 (UTC)※

Recent problematic edits all seemingly by the same editor, slightly different IPs that resolve to the same area. Nikkimaria & I have both removed an unsourced section, that has remained unsourced even though there has been a maintenance template on it since 2022. I've requested page protection. But I see that you have edited this article in the past and thought you might be, interested in the recent activity. I have posted to article talk page but I doubt the reverting editor will see it. - Shearonink (talk) 17:48, 23 June 2024 (UTC)※

Thanks for the heads-up...my connectivity is a spotty:( IP range-blocked 1 week, article reverted. Please let me know if other problems arise. DMacks (talk) 17:55, 23 June 2024 (UTC)※

MediaWiki message delivery 22:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)※

Hi DMacks. I noticed that this IP has been editing lots of chemistry articles recently and left a message today on their Talk Page to encourage them to create an account and follow our MOS more fully. When I did that, I noticed you had blocked their IP address for a week starting on 17 June for "block evasion". That presumably means you know which account they normally edit from. Do I need to worry about that. Or should I just WP:AGF and move on? Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:01, 28 June 2024 (UTC)※

... looking further up your Talk Page, I see the answer! What do we do now? Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:03, 28 June 2024 (UTC)※

Indeed a busy bee! The set of the uploads at Commons are being incorporated into articles in a quirky way not in line with MOS:CHEM. That said, a) the diagrams are useful b) the sources are valid (though sometimes too many and mixing primary with secondary and never using our standard citation templates). For example, using this material I was quite quickly able to do something useful with tulobuterol and convert this diff by them into something useful (go to "Next edit" from the diff). I really wish we could get this editor "back into the fold! Meanwhile, I'm getting on with salvage operations (see my contribution history). Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:39, 28 June 2024 (UTC)※

@Michael D. Turnbull: I'm not ignoring you, just taking few days' mostly-offline to recharge. DMacks (talk) 00:13, 1 July 2024 (UTC)※

No hurry, it's a somewhat tricky one. I'm continuing the savage work. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:18, 1 July 2024 (UTC)※

I have finally got engagement at commons:User_talk:Nuklear#Droxicam which is minor progress! I know you are an admin on Commons and I'm getting a message on hover-over that link which says the account is infinitely blocked there, which is clearly not the case. Maybe that's what needs to happen next but let's see what response I get in that thread over the next couple of days. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:44, 3 July 2024 (UTC)※

MediaWiki message delivery 23:56, 1 July 2024 (UTC)※

Hello. Thanks for the feedback and support. I have a question. So, is it not acceptable to edit someone else's exercise? I think this comes close to vandalism, and do you think there is a protection mechanism in case the said user (User talk:Gonnym) continues such "vandalism"? I hope your engagement and comment was timely. I don't want to cause conflict. I want to wish everyone good luck. But I don't think it's acceptable to edit someone else's exercise... Thank you very much for the feedback. Lasha-george (talk) 17:22, 2 July 2024 (UTC)※

It's definitely disruptive, and rude not to explain clearly. It's doubly so when it's something that doesn't actually matter much. Like, I have no qualms removing an "I am an administrator" tag from a non-admin's userpage. But if there is just a syntax error that is flagged on a tracking list, I would instead post a note to their talkpage about it and give them a chance to fix it (or give even a weak reason why it shouldn't be fixed). That way they also learn about the situation, and everyone wins. There's no deadline and things that aren't harmful to others really aren't that important to fix in my view, especially if "fixing" them is itself something that bothers others. DMacks (talk) 16:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC)※

That's your opinion, it obviously isn't the community. Lint errors on any page can and should be fixed. There is no leeway for it being on a user page. Gonnym (talk) 08:11, 4 July 2024 (UTC)※

My WP:CIVIL-based position is that editors should collaborate and explain their actions, regardless of the basis for them, and help newer or unaware editors learn how to improve. I did not say "don't edit another user's page" or "don't improve the wiki", and you can be sure I know the value of fixing linter. Compare your edit-summary of "lint fixes"※ and your complete lack of summary altogether※ to those of other third-party edits at ※. SporkBot explains the specific action not just the high-level goal and Jonesey95 provides a link to learn about it and polite comment. You obviously did ultimately diffuse the friction in the ensuing User talk:Gonnym#By what right?! and I did not support that any of this is "vandalism". DMacks (talk) 08:52, 4 July 2024 (UTC)※

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