User talk:Dgputt
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November 2025
Hello, I'm Magnolia677. An edit that you recently made to Port of Greater Baton Rouge seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 23:29, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry about that. I can give it another shot. I didn't like how that came out, but I think I have some decent info on the history. Thanks for catching that. Dgputt (talk) 23:31, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
- Just use your sandbox until it's working. Eazy peazy. Magnolia677 (talk) 23:36, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
Recycling bins: what is the plan?
Just curious, you are trying to list most petrochemicals and many of their uses? That idea seems unrealistic and maybe overly ambitious. Probably you would get some useful feedback if you discussed your vision for Talk:Petrochemical. One place is the chemistry project talk page Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemistry. My goal here is to possibly save you some time and effort, but most importantly to safeguard the readability of that article. Articles can become so filled with details that readers cant figure out the big picture. --Smokefoot (talk) 19:11, 19 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hello,
- Agree, listing every petrochemical and downstream product would be too ambitious. In part, I think the article could just be fleshed out a bit with a few key end products for each chemical intermediate.
- I like the "family tree" structure of displaying the respective lineages of chemicals, and ideally there would be a way to collapse sections of the tree. Every way I've tried to do that has not fully worked. Appreciate your input.
- Thanks,
- Dan Dgputt (talk) 13:56, 21 December 2025 (UTC)
- Well you seem to have a lot to contribute, so thank you. One semi-obvious idea is to be guided by a great source (great = textbook or major review) that lists the top petrochemicals by volume or dollars or something. Again, the article petrochemical is probably highly consulted, which means that your efforts are impactful but also means that mistakes or distracting minutia (recycling bins?) are hurtful. If you describe some sort of super-brief plan or concept at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemistry, you will get useful feedback from experienced folk. Good luck, --Smokefoot (talk) 19:11, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you so much. That sounds good. Dgputt (talk) 22:43, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
- I reverted all of your edits, which just describe minor details and the sources are not very good. In Petrochemical, we want to tell readers about an overview of a huge industry. One needs a master overview to cite. A chemE textbook. Ullmann's. But something big and renown. --Smokefoot (talk) 04:18, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- Ok. I will post what I'm looking to do on Talk page and ask for feedback. Previous posts of Talk page have echoed this.
- I'm a 10 year working chemical engineer and have used traceable sources. I assume this is in good faith, but it does seem to go against this:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Revert_only_when_necessary
- I would appreciate if you would revert back.
- Dgputt (talk) 15:11, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- I reverted all of your edits, which just describe minor details and the sources are not very good. In Petrochemical, we want to tell readers about an overview of a huge industry. One needs a master overview to cite. A chemE textbook. Ullmann's. But something big and renown. --Smokefoot (talk) 04:18, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you so much. That sounds good. Dgputt (talk) 22:43, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
- Well you seem to have a lot to contribute, so thank you. One semi-obvious idea is to be guided by a great source (great = textbook or major review) that lists the top petrochemicals by volume or dollars or something. Again, the article petrochemical is probably highly consulted, which means that your efforts are impactful but also means that mistakes or distracting minutia (recycling bins?) are hurtful. If you describe some sort of super-brief plan or concept at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemistry, you will get useful feedback from experienced folk. Good luck, --Smokefoot (talk) 19:11, 22 December 2025 (UTC)