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SEMI-RETIRED

... due to a variety of reasons; Be back, when I come around the Kansas City Metro Area.

This user is no longer very active on Wikipedia.

So Long, and Thanks for all the comments

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From time to time I'll respond here and delete the old content; see history if you want the archive. --J. D. Redding 05:50, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reddi,

You may find it interesting to revisit the Wireless power or wireless energy transmission article and check out the recent changes. Here is an older version that will bring back some memories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wireless_power&direction=next&oldid=404193508 .

Some additional words are located at User_talk:GLPeterson#Request_for_Assistance.

Best regards,
Gary, GPeterson (talk) 21:44, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Global account

Hi Reddi! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to ping me with {{ping|DerHexer}}. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 11:55, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla for deletion

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Drmies (talk) 17:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
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Where did Tesla magnifier image come from?

Hi! I would like to find out where this image comes from. You are listed as the uploader, but no source is given. It is a valuable historic image, obviously public domain, but without source information it will eventually be deleted from Wikimedia Commons. I want to prevent that. It is a circuit of Tesla's magnifying transmitter, drawn by Nikola Tesla, I would guess it is from one of his patents, but I can't find which. Can you help? Do you know the original source? If not, where did you get it from? Thank you very much for your help. --Chetvorno^TALK 14:42, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Recent history listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Recent history. Since you had some involvement with the Recent history redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Steel1943 (talk) 19:53, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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 Hi!  I would like to find out where this image comes from.  You are listed as the uploader, but no source is given.  It is a valuable historic image, obviously public domain, but without source information it will eventually be deleted from Wikimedia Commons. I want to prevent that.  It is a circuit of Tesla's magnifying transmitter, drawn by Nikola Tesla, I would guess it is from one of his patents, but I can't find which.  Can you help?  Do you know the original source?  If not, where did you get it from?  Thank you very much for your help. --<font color="blue">[[User:Chetvorno|Chetvorno]]</font><sup>''<small>[[User talk:Chetvorno|<font color="Purple">TALK</font>]]</small>''</sup> 14:42, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
+== Recent history listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] ==
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+An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect [[Recent history]]. Since you had some involvement with the ''Recent history'' redirect, you might want to participate in [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 June 3#Recent history|the redirect discussion]] if you have not already done so. <!-- from Template:RFDNote --> [[User:Steel1943|<span style="color: #2F4F4F;">'''''Steel1943'''''</span>]] ([[User talk:Steel1943|talk]]) 19:53, 3 June 2016 (UTC)