Heron

Began contributing on July 18, 2002. Please note: I have moved the discussions posted on this page to my [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Heron Talk: page]. == To Do == * Add drawing of vector triangle to power factor. * Add circuit symbols to switch article.

Heron

*User talk:Heron/2002 *User talk:Heron/2003 *User talk:Heron/2004H1 *User talk:Heron/2004H2 ==The Humungous Image Tagging Project== Hi. You've helped with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for ''at at'' and ''the the'', non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --User:Tagishsimon User_talk:Tagishsimon ==RFC pages on VfD== Should RFC pages be placed on VfD to be deleted? I'm considering removing Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Slrubenstein, Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jwrosenzweig and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/John Kenney from WP:VFD. Each of them was listed by User:CheeseDreams. Your comments on whether I should do this would be appreciated. - User:Ta bu shi da yu 03:46, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)==RFC pages on VfD== Should RFC pages be placed on VfD to be deleted? I'm considering removing Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Slrubenstein, Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jwrosenzweig and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/John Kenney from WP:VFD. Each of them was listed by User:CheeseDreams. Your comments on whether I should do this would be appreciated. - User:Ta bu shi da yu 03:46, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC) == Quick question about Capillary action == What is the source for the contact angle between water and air that you added to the article? I'm trying to find the contact angle at various temperatures. Thanks! User:Mattrix 09:15, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC) :Hmm. That's a difficult one. I may never be able to find out, but I shall check my reference books when I next get the opportunity. --User:Heron 03:35, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC) ::I don't really need this information now although I'd still be interested in the source if you happen to find it. Thanks for the offer to help. User:Mattrix 13:00, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC) I think, its like, ' in a liquid drop of radius r, the pressure inside is greater than outside by:

p={{2} \times{T} \over{r}}.

--User:Krishnavedala 13:16, May 15, 2005 (UTC) ==4mm plugs== I have copied :Image:4mm-plugs.jpg to the commons:Main Page and modified it to blank the background and add some stacking plugs. I have therefore listed the wikipedia copy WP:IFD#February 8. After the Wikipedia copy is deleted, the commons version will automatically replace it in the 4mm plug page. Just dropping a note so you don't get alarmed about the IFD. User:Boffy b 23:30, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC) :OK. Thanks for the alert. --User:Heron 09:58, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC) ==Image copyright== Is :Image:Angkor-wat-central.jpg, which you took, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License? --User:Ellmist 04:12, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC) :Yes. I forgot to add the GFDL tag - it's there now. :-) --User:Heron 12:22, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC) == Coriolis flow metering == Hi Heron, Back in 2003 you added a section to the article on the coriolis effect, about coriolis flow meters. I wrote an article on the operating principle of the coriolis flow meter. I'm thinking about rearranging the coriolis effect article, and I will probably replace what you wrote with a link to the coriolis flow meter article. --User:Cleon Teunissen 15:44, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC) Thanks for letting me know. However, I'm not convinced that your straight-tube flowmeter exploits the Coriolis effect. The effect you describe may be analogous to the Coriolis effect, but it's not identical to it. Our own article defines the Coriolis effect in terms of rotation, so if your mass flowmeter article is right, then the Coriolis article must be wrong. I suggest we add my original bit about the Coriolis flowmeter to the end of the mass flowmeter article, and describe it as a special case of the mass flowmeter. What do you think? -- User:Heron 13:08, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC) ==Volvox== Heron, anon 220.236.65.12 left the question "Is volvox multicellular?" on your talk page, but deleted an earlier post while doing so. I've reverted to retain the original messages, and am leaving this note on the anon's behalf. User:SWAdair | User talk:SWAdair 11:39, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC) :Thanks. Anyway, the answer is "yes". --User:Heron 20:00, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC) ==Tartaric acid== Hi Heron From where did you get the information that tartaric acid is a side product of the fungus involved in wine fermentation? And would you know what fungus this is? :Hello, :Looks like I used [http://www.linanwindow.com/tartaric/history.htm this web page on the History of Tartaric Acid], or something similar, but I confused tartaric acid with argol. I just corrected the article, so I hope it makes more sense now. --User:Heron 12:23, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Flyback Transformer == Hello, the article on Flyback transformer appears to be duplicated on http://www.physicsdaily.com/physics/Flyback_transformer but they don't credit Wikipedia. --User:Wtshymanski 22:07, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC) : Nevermind, my very own words in the article Transformer are found on that site as well. Hosers who don't give credit to Wikipedia when credit is due! I shall write them a brief e-mail explaining this. No I won't - no contact information on that site' but buried deep is an acknolwedgement of Wikipedia and a disclaimter. --User:Wtshymanski 22:15, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC) I know, it's annoying, but at least our site is the only one that's continually improving. :-) --User:Heron 21:34, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Your science fiction question == I didn't forget it, although someone has been mighty aggressively arching the Wikipedia:Reference desk. Resurrected from Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/May 2005 II: :'''Old sci-fi short story about voyage to moon's far side''' :I'm trying to remember the title of a short science-fiction story (at least 20 years old, probably much older) about a manned space probe that visits the far side of the moon. When it gets there, the astronauts discover that the moon is just a piece of stage scenery propped up behind by scaffolding. When they return to Earth, they are either raving mad or dead (I forget the details). Has anybody out there read this story? I'd like to know so that I can mention it in ''far side (Moon)''. --User:Heron 15:26, 30 May 2005 (UTC) ::Yes, I've read it. Now, if you like, you can mention that User:Lupo has read the story. :-) Sorry, the title eludes me; I'll check my library later... User:Lupo 15:52, 30 May 2005 (UTC) Finally found it. My first hunch was Isaac Asimov, and it was clear that it had to be pre-1959, but I only found it on the second take through my library. The story was indeed one of Asimov's, entitled ''Ideas Die Hard'' and appeared first in the October 1957 issue of ''Galaxy science fiction''. Reprinted in ''The Winds of Change and Other Stories'', ISBN 0-586-05743-9. Asimov himself explains that the story never made it into any of his other short story collections because it was so quickly outdated by reality. HTH, User:Lupo 17:20, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC) :What a kind fellow you are! I'm glad the story turned out to be by Asimov, as I was always a fan of his writing. I have added a note to far side (Moon), as promised. Thanks :-) --User:Heron 18:17, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC) ==your replacements for my switch images== when you replaced my switch images (nicely done too :) ) you uploaded them here rather than to commons: where the originals were. would you mind re-uploading the images to commons and submitting them for deletion here so all the history is together? (its better if you do it as the authour of the replacements due to some unresolved issues about slight differences in the tags) also whilst it is of course your choice to make your images gfdl i'd like to suggest that when replacing an image its nice to make the replacement at least as free as what its replacing. User:Plugwash 14:50, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC) :OK Plugwash. It's done. --User:Heron 20:09, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Heron

:''This article is about the long-necked long-legged wading birds. For other uses of this word, see ''Heron (disambiguation)''.'' ''Ardea''
''Zebrilus''
''Philherodias''
''Tigrisoma''
''Ardeola''
''Cattle Egret''
''Egretta''
''Agamia''
''Butorides''
''Tigriornis''
''Tigrisoma''
''Gorsachius''
''Syrigma''
''Zonerodius''
''Nycticorax''
* see also: Bittern Herons are medium to large long-legged, long-necked wading birds of the family Ardeidae, which also includes the egrets and bitterns. Within the family Ardeidae, all members of the genera, ''Botaurus'' and ''Ixobrychus'' are classed as bitterns, not herons, however the species sometimes known as ''egrets'' are simply white-coloured herons with decorative plumes, and not a biologically distinct group (although one could also define true Egrets as the members of genus ''Egretta''). The classification of the individual heron species is fraught with difficulty, and there is still no clear consensus about the correct placement of many species into either of the two major genera, ''Ardea'' and ''Egretta''. The Boatbill is sometimes classed as a heron, and sometimes given its own family Cochlearidae. Although herons resemble other families, such as the storks, ibises and spoonbills, unlike the latter groups, herons fly with their necks retracted, not outstretched. Herons typically feed in shallow water or marshes, taking fish, frogs or small birds and mammals. In February 2005 the Canada scientist Dr Louis Lefebvre announced a method of measuring avian IQ in terms of their innovation in feeding habits. Herons were named among the most intelligent birds based on this scale. ORDER Ciconiiformes * Family Ardeidae ** Genus ''Ardea'' *** Great Blue Heron, ''Ardea herodias'' *** Grey Heron, ''Ardea cinerea'' *** Goliath Heron, ''Ardea goliath'' *** Cocoi Heron, ''Ardea cocoi '' *** White-necked Heron or Pacific Heron, ''Ardea pacifica '' *** Black-headed Heron, ''Ardea melanocephala '' *** Madagascar Heron, ''Ardea humbloti '' *** White-bellied Heron, ''Ardea insignis '' *** Great-billed Heron, ''Ardea sumatrana '' *** Purple Heron, ''Ardea purpurea '' *** Great Egret or Great White Egret, ''Ardea alba'' *** Pied Heron, ''Ardea picata'' or ''Egretta picata'' *** Intermediate Egret, ''Ardea intermedia'' or ''Egretta intermedia'' *** Swinhoe's Egret or Chinese Egret, ''Ardea eulophotes'' or ''Egretta eulophotes'' ** Genus ''Philherodias'' *** Capped Heron, ''Pilherodius pileatus'' **Genus ''Butorides'' *** Green Heron or Green-backed Heron, ''Butorides virescens'' *** Striated Heron, ''Butorides striatus'' or ''Ardea striatus'' **Genus ''Ardeola'' *** Indian Pond Heron, ''Ardeola grayii'' *** Squacco Heron, ''Ardeola ralloides'' *** Chinese Pond Heron, ''Ardeola bacchus'' *** Javan Pond Heron, ''Ardeola speciosa'' *** Madagascar Pond Heron, ''Ardeola idae'' *** Rufous-bellied Heron, ''Ardeola rufiventris'' ** Genus ''Cattle Egret'' *** Cattle Egret, ''Bubulcus ibis'' or ''Ardea ibis'' ** Genus ''Egretta'' *** Little Egret, ''Egretta garzetta'' or ''Ardea garzetta'' *** Snowy Egret, ''Egretta thula'' *** Reddish Egret, ''Egretta rufescens'' *** Slaty Egret, ''Egretta vinaceigula'' *** Black Heron, ''Egretta ardesiaca'' *** Tricolored Heron, ''Egretta tricolor'' *** White-faced Heron, ''Egretta novaehollandiae'' or ''Ardea novaehollandiae'' *** Little Blue Heron, ''Egretta caerulea'' *** Eastern Reef Egret, ''Egretta sacra'' or ''Ardea sacra'' *** Western Reef Heron, ''Egretta gularis'' ** Genus ''Agami Heron'' *** Agami Heron, ''Agamia agami'' ** Genus ''Tigrisoma'' *** Bare-throated Tiger Heron, ''Tigrisoma mexicanum'' *** Fasciated Tiger Heron, ''Tigrisoma fasciatum'' *** Rufescent Tiger Heron, ''Tigrisoma lineatum'' ** Genus ''Tigriornis'' *** White-crested Tiger Heron, ''Tigriornis leucolophus'' ** Genus ''Zonerodius'' *** New Guinea Tiger Heron, ''Zonerodius heliosylus'' ** Genus ''Zebrilus'' *** Zigzag Heron, ''Zebrilus undulatus'' ** Genus ''Syrigma'' *** Whistling Heron, ''Syrigma sibilatrix'' ** Genus ''Nycticorax'' *** Yellow-crowned Night Heron, ''Nycticorax violaceus'' *** Black-crowned Night Heron, ''Nycticorax nycticorax'' *** White-backed Night Heron, ''Nycticorax leuconotus'' ** Genus ''Gorsachius'' *** Nankeen Night Heron or Rufous Night Heron, ''Gorsachius melanolophus'' or ''Nycticorax caledonicus'' *** White-eared Night Heron, ''Gorsachius magnificus'' *** Japanese Night Heron, ''Gorsachius goisagi'' *** Malayan Night Heron, ''Gorsachius melanolophus'' ** Genus ''Botaurus'': see bittern ** Genus ''Ixobrychus'': see bittern * Family Cochlearidae: Boatbill * Family Balaenicipitidae: Shoebill * Family Scopidae: Hammerkop * Family Ciconiidae: storks * Family Threskiornithidae: ibises and spoonbills * Family Phoenicopteridae: flamingos == See also == * Egret * Bittern * Phoenix (mythology) Ciconiiformes Herons Birds Heraldic birds

Heron

Jimfbleak wrote: (not sure how relevant this link is -may delete when I've thought about it). :Many texts wrote that phoenix looks like heron. Moreover, in Heron (disambiguation), some guy added heron as name of Egyptian god; probably from some vague memories. That's why I added this link: to relieve these possible vague memories of hearing somewhere something mythological about heron. User:Mikkalai 17:00, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

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