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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. When you make a change to an article, please provide an edit summary, which you forgot to do before saving your recent edit to Pea galaxy. Doing so helps everyone to understand the intention of your edit. It is also useful when reading the edit history of the page. Thank you. ukexpat (talk) 16:38, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay! I have thinned down the web links considerably, but kept the links to the Chinese and Indian websites as they are in English.

I have moved some of the science out of the history section into the physics section. I think the history bit is interesting as it gives an example of how Citizen Science can actually work in reality.

There are still some more facts and figures to put in. All of this article uses the one paper and one press release that have so far been published- we are waiting for the second one. Any links to the blog will have to change, as they decided to move it last weekend and the pictures have all disappeared! Oh dear!

I will soon include some pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope which should be fine for us to use. There will be five or so of them.

Uploaded a picture by Carolin Cardamone. I give permission for the use of the graphs and figures I created to be used in the Wiki Article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_galaxy by Rick Nowell.

Thank you, Carie

I do not understand what you mean by citations I'm afraid.

Thanks for your help and time. This is a worthwhile article that will grow as the weeks past. Hopefully I can get a couple of the Scientists to write about what their next plans are. The festivities might well get in the way though!!

Richard Nowell for Galaxy Zoo.

Added some more photos and started to expand the facts and figures to include some more peices of the paper and how the Peas were selected. I have the owners permission.

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I have contacted the owner, Miss Carolin Cardamone, who is a graduate student at the Astrophysics department at Yale Uni. This quote is a direct copy from a personal email Carrie sent to me: "Hi Rick,

  Great idea about the article.  Please go ahead and freely use the pictures, anything I've posted on the forum / blog, etc."

I have asked her to send her permission to the above permission address (permissions-en@wikimedia.org). Hopefully you should receive that within the week. I am confident that permission has been given, which is why I uploaded them.

I have thinned out the links to other websites.

I have tried to take out extraneous material (text) and opinions.

References and citations I am confused about, to be honest. It's obvious i didn't make this up, and I have tried to put as many links to the relevant forum/blog. I'm not sure what else I can do without guidance.

The article is looking in better shape now I feel. Thankyou for your help; it is appreciated. Richard Nowell (talk) 12:28, 17 December 2009 (UTC) Richard Nowell.

Have kept plugging away at spelling mistakes etc. Rick 15:36

The external links are now down to a dozen.

Carolin Cardamone has contacted me to say that she has sent her permission for her graphics to be used in this article to the permission email, so I have uploaded a spectrum from this paper: Galaxy Zoo Green Peas Abstract of 'Galaxy Zoo Green Peas: Discovery of A Class of Compact Extremely Star-Forming Galaxies' C. Cardamone et al.

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Thanks for your help. As the same person made these GANDALF graphics as the others, then she has given permission. I will make that clear presently. Have done a lot of work on it, but I can't get the notes to work: I wish I could! Richard Nowell (talk) 14:51, 19 December 2009 (UTC) Richard Nowell

I am not using this image file anymore, so it may as well be deleted: GANDALF Spectrum.jpg

I have uploaded the image GANDALF Spec Paper ed.jpg to replace it. I have the owner's permission.

I have uploaded the image Peas_Equiv_Width_ed.jpg . I have the owner's permission. Richard Nowell Richard Nowell (talk) 16:14, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

We only have your word for it that the owner has given permission -- we need evidence of that as described at WP:IOWN. – ukexpat (talk) 16:29, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I have saught the owner's permission for the two latest images, and asked her to confirm again that the image named 'Hubble Pics' can be used. Richard Nowell Richard Nowell (talk) 17:01, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks for uploading File:GANDALF Spec Paper ed.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

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The author of the paper has contacted me to say that she gives permission for me to use these graphic files. I think, hope, she has emailed your permission address saying the same.

I have also emailed the paper's publishers, just to make sure that they are ok with everything.

We are not totally sure to what level Wiki is expecting us to gain permission. I have obtained Carolin's permission; whether you believe that or not is up to you. I am trying my hardest this end to make everything above board.

Thankyou for your patience. Richard NowellRichard Nowell (talk) 10:39, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

later...

I have put a caption for each picture and deleted a picture that was actually wrong, the GANDALF spectrum. I will thus need to upload a correct one. So, this one is wrong and has no need to be on Wikipedia. GANDALF Spec Paper ed.jpg

later...

I have uploaded these two correct spectra: GANDALF 587724233716596882 ed.jpg GANDALF 587724241767825591 ed.jpg

later...

I have tried to formalise people's names as much as possible. I am trying to be as encyclopaedic as possible.

Which external links should be taken away. There are only 10 now.

Richard Nowell (talk) 15:14, 20 December 2009 (UTC)Richard Nowell

Please, please, please use them! – ukexpat (talk) 17:06, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I will try to use Edit Summaries in the near future (when I find out what they are) edit summary. This morning I added some more figures and corrected some that were wrong. I also added an average Pea measurement in the introduction. Richard Nowell (talk) 09:03, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Later...

I have uploaded another graphic- the last for some time. This is the list of files (images) uploaded:

Final Peas Wiki.jpg Hubble Peas Ed.jpg PeaAGN Graph ed.jpg Peas Reddening ed.jpg GANDALF 587724233716596882 ed.jpg GANDALF 587724241767825591 ed.jpg Peas Equiv Width ed.jpg Colour Split 1.jpg Colour Split 2.jpg

I have emailed the author Carolin Cardamone again.

Now I will begin to concentrate on refs. and cits. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:24, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Later...

There was a lot of punctuation that needed fixing. There were also some links which didn't work, but now do.

There are all but four external links left. Richard Nowell (talk) 14:43, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Please start using edit summaries now (read WP:ES for details) as they assist other editors in understanding your edits at a glance. – ukexpat (talk) 16:07, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay! I have had an email arrive with a permission ticket on it! Hopefully, this solves any permission for pictures that have been uploaded: Re: [Ticket#2009121810035104] Fwd: New Personal Message: Wiki_Pea_dia Richard Nowell (talk) 10:59, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Later...

Have edited article more, correcting name forms and spelling. I have been using edit summaries. I do not think there will be a need for any more pictures.

I have to put some words about metallicity and Blue Compact galaxies. Then I will start on the refs and cits. I will need some help with this please. Richard Nowell (talk) 13:22, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Later...

Have put paragraph abpout the Peas metallicities. I have removed unpublished quotes and inserted some explanations from the GZ Forum and the Press release. I will start on the comparison with Blue compacts Wednesday. Richard Nowell (talk) 16:38, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Have put paragraph in comparing Peas with Blue Compacts. Have changed distance values to redshift values, as per paper. Have only TWO external links left! Richard Nowell (talk) 12:40, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Thinned-out a bit, but put in the couple of paragraphs comparing Pea rates per mass. Merry Christmas Richard Nowell (talk) 20:32, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Thinned out some more. Removed all but one external link. Will try to sort out refs. and cits. willingly, but I am having trouble making it all work. Everything is reference-able though.Richard Nowell (talk) 10:55, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

later...

took out more. punctuation. abbreviations. names. Richard Nowell (talk) 14:24, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

later...

took out 'external links. names. quantities. Richard Nowell (talk) 17:04, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

A photo was deleted. I thought it might be as I had uploaded it wrong. Carolin Cardamone made the image and we have had this permission ticket: Ticket#2009121810035104 I also have this: "I give permission for the use of the graphs and figures I created to be used in the Wiki Article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_galaxy by Rick Nowell. Thank you, Carie" I do not know what more else I can do!

Will start to try and get the references and citations working today/tomorrow. I am keen to... Richard Nowell (talk) 11:40, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Later...

Have sorted references and citations. It is 'bloggy' and 'forum-based', but then Galaxy Zoo is something that happens in Cyberspace, so getting books and opinions, information, discussions, diaries is always going to be online. This is the future! All the links go to two or three perfectly respectable sites which are full of Science. Will carry on and find more quotes as this helps bring the article alive. Richard Nowell (talk) 13:36, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Later..

Odds & Ends. Will start a paragraph on luminosity soon. Richard Nowell (talk) 15:37, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Later...

Luminosity. Moved some pictures around. Corrected erroneous quotations. Richard Nowell (talk) 19:12, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Moved some text around. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:56, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for uploading File:Pea Star Formation.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:39, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

We are presently engaged in a dialogue with Michelle Kinney about permissions I thought we had been given to use any images from Carolin Cardamone's 'Galaxy Zoo Green Peas' paper, which this 'star formation' graph is from. I can't keep asking Carolin...Please help if you can. These are the ones we need permission till the end of time for please. This is new Science.

Cardamone Peas.jpg Hubble Peas Ed.jpg Peas Reddening ed.jpg Peas Equiv Width ed.jpg GANDALF 587724241767825591 ed.jpg GANDALF 587724233716596882 ed.jpg Colour Split 1.jpg Colour Split 2.jpg PeaAGN Graph ed.jpg and Pea Star Formation.jpg

best regards, Richard Nowell Richard Nowell (talk) 12:55, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Please read WP:COPYREQ Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:14, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for uploading File:Cardamone Peas.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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I received this email y'day from Michelle in which permission is given: Ticket#2009122210002168 We have received the permission for the image(s) and have made the necessary modifications to the Image page(s). These are the images to which permission has been given:

> Cardamone Peas.jpg > Hubble Peas Ed.jpg > Peas Reddening ed.jpg > Peas Equiv Width ed.jpg > GANDALF 587724241767825591 ed.jpg > GANDALF 587724233716596882 ed.jpg > Colour Split 1.jpg > Colour Split 2.jpg > PeaAGN Graph ed.jpg

I am asking for a clarification and for permission for: Pea Star Formation.jpg

Later...

The refs. and cits. have become more complicated! Not sure I understand how but will try to use them correctly. Also, Carrie's quote got taken out, which is odd. Anyway, I think we are pretty much there now, with one more paragraph perhaps, if we get the picture, about similarities between mergers and Peas. sorry, should have Richard Nowell (talk) 11:03, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Have concentrated on removing extraneous text and punctuation. I have tried to remove subjective opinion as well.

Thanks to whoever put in the work for the article. It looks much more in shape now. As I wrote above, I'm waiting to see if I can use one more pic. Richard Nowell (talk) 16:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm pretty much done here as far as text and pictures go. There won't be any more pictures at this time, and there is enough text to explain the Peas.

The Star formation graph comes from the same paper and will hopefully be included within the week.

Apart from that, it is in your hands. Richard Nowell (talk) 19:07, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Punctuation. Should it be at end of quote or direct/ indirect snetence this: "...end of quote.".

or just this, which is how it is normally done?

"...end of quote." Richard Nowell (talk) 12:06, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Punctuation. Abbreviations. Grammar. Trying to get rid of extraneous text and links. Trying to be more encyclopedic in tone and presentation. 92.237.148.249 (talk) 20:30, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Punctuation. Accessibility. Abbreviations. Grammar. Links. Richard Nowell (talk) 14:27, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

later..

Concentrated on making the layout printer friendly. Edited text. Richard Nowell (talk) 18:12, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Reddening. Layout. refs for "Milky Way an average galaxy" (NASA). All permissions received for all ten pictures! Legal! [Ticket#2009122210002168] Date: 03 January 2010 13:48 Michelle Kinney Richard Nowell (talk) 11:15, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

later...

put some links to papers in. minor edits. Richard Nowell (talk) 16:50, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Corrections. Facts & Figures. Richard Nowell (talk) 14:17, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

later..

uv luminosities and corrections. looks good printed. Richard Nowell (talk) 20:21, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Minor edits. Have uploaded all pictures. No more large bits of text to write. As many references and citations as is practical. What more can I do? I have addressed all the issues that are flagged: what happens now? Richard Nowell (talk) 16:47, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

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Needless to say I am not happy about your comments... ukexpat (talk) 19:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

At least now I have got some feedback. Richard Nowell (talk) 15:30, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Few points: We are all volunteers here so if you don't get an immediate reply to a question, you just have to be patient. Please assume good faith when dealing with other editors. Please change you attitude otherwise other editors will be less inclined to assist you. – ukexpat (talk) 16:18, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Removed links from facts and figures so there is just the plain number now. A link address is provided at the top of that section. Have taken dubious statements, or statements that are not relable, off the article. There are now only three basic references. Have taken all but two of the external links away. Am debating about what to do with the History of Discovery. Richard Nowell (talk) 15:30, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Later... Took out the History section, as its only sources were forum or blog. And quite a lot else besides. Richard Nowell (talk) 16:58, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Richard Nowell (talk) 18:42, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Took out all but a few external links. Put more internal links in. Removed text and put some in. Richard Nowell (talk) 15:26, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks to whoever changed all the solar mass symbols. Definitely an improvement. I considered it, but thought that it might confuse people not so good with symbols, but it reads fine and certainly is more concise. A useful change.

The notes for Carolin's (Carrie's) use of GALEX info clears up a lot of the facts and figures and makes it more uniform. Worthwhile. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:17, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Put in two links to GZ websites. This puts the subject more in context, now that the entire History section has gone. Please leave them there if at all possible. There are now only four external links in the entire article. There used to be more; a lot more! Richard Nowell (talk) 10:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Standardised punctuation using the American standard and Logical Quotation. Reduced size of pictures (why were they that big anyway?). Other bits 'n' peices. Richard Nowell (talk) 18:55, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

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>>>>sorry for the mix-up. I assumed it was just a general 'badge' or banner one could put on an article. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:10, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Put a new, short and referenced history at the beginning to put this in context. Also used footnotes to shorten explanations of who two people were. Richard Nowell (talk) 11:51, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

later..

removed some unneccesary text and put abbreviations in. Richard Nowell (talk) 13:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

internal links. images-downsized thumbs and took out 2 pics. Richard Nowell (talk) 11:54, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

moved and removed text. internal links. repetition. Richard Nowell (talk) 17:16, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Citations Richard Nowell (talk) 18:27, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Citations. Text. Simplification. Metallicity and GALEX. Richard Nowell (talk) 16:53, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

programming tidy Richard Nowell (talk) 18:46, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Citations. removal of text. honorific titles. discussion page questions. Richard Nowell (talk) 13:59, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

tidying. Richard Nowell (talk) 19:07, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

making all the names in the citations to a similar format. taking out of 'we' and 'our'. re-writing the section on blue compacts. internal linking. removal of all but two quotes. Richard Nowell (talk) 14:31, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Uploaded 'Peas montage' image. This is a public domain image. Emailed Permissions about this and asked to delete two images 'Colour Split 1.jpg' and 'GANDALF 587...6882 ed.jpg'. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:41, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Re-wrote History of Discovery for clarification. Citations. Richard Nowell (talk) 15:32, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your note and work on the article. Peer reviews are almost never deleted and the link remains on the talk page of the article, so I restored that. The PR is still open, so I made some more brief comments there and should make some more in a few days. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:17, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

minor edits abd corrections. Richard Nowell (talk) 14:26, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

later...

re-wrote intro. minor edits. Richard Nowell (talk) 18:06, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Punctuation (quote marks). More 'Pea galaxies' and less 'green peas' to avoid confusion. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:41, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

later...

added links to Pea galaxies in the following articles, mainly in the 'see also' section: Galaxy formation and evolution, Starburst region, Galaxy_merger, Starburst_galaxy, Interacting_galaxies, Galaxy_Zoo, Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey, Star_formation. Richard Nowell (talk) 11:55, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

added a request on the physics portal for a rating. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:52, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Am about. Richard Nowell (talk) 17:20, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

A couple of punctuation ammendments. Thanks to whoever for putting the Galaxy links at the bottom. Richard Nowell (talk) 10:52, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Put in links with other articles in the 'See Also' section. Some punctuation (still!). Richard Nowell (talk) 18:31, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Am about. Richard Nowell (talk) 08:32, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

I removed the tag from Pea galaxy - thanks for the heads up, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 16:51, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Minor adjustments to some phrasing and symbols.

Added the paragraphs on the paper by Amorin et al. (2010) on metallicities in Peas, and the difference in their findings to the original ones in Cardamone et al. Richard Nowell (talk) 13:11, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Added citations to the above paragraphs. Richard Nowell (talk) 11:19, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Added corrections and comments as suggested by Ricardo Amorin. Richard Nowell (talk) 18:25, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

added corrections. Richard Nowell (talk) 09:42, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

added citation. Richard Nowell (talk) 16:00, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

minor adjustments. Richard Nowell (talk) 13:59, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

minor adjustments. Richard Nowell (talk) 12:26, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Added citations and corrections. Richard Nowell (talk) 17:38, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

corrections for citations. Richard Nowell (talk) 17:53, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Added section 'Peas of varying colours' in order to expand examples of Peas at differing distances. None at this moment have citations, but follow the trends of green Peas closely. Richard Nowell (talk) 11:56, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Corrected details from one of the scientific paper references. Richard Nowell (talk) 18:11, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

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Inserted definition of 'metals' into the Physics section, in the paragraphs explaining about the Peas' metallicities. Richard Nowell (talk) 17:18, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Removed Amorin et al. graph image until permission is granted. Richard Nowell (talk) 11:02, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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Am getting used to the Edit Summary: I'm not sure why I wasn't using it anyway. So please bear with me on this one...Richard Nowell (talk) 18:29, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

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