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Here is the opening of the Knowledge article on hydroelectricity. "Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity produced from hydropower." There are no source references for origination of this term and the article finds it necessary to define what the terms means. How does this differ
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It is evident that you also do not understand the DRN process. (Or have very successfully given that impression.) DRN is not for continuation of a Talk page content dispute, where EVERYONE ELSE HAS REJECTED your peculiar and specious interpretations. Your behavior has been disruptive, and that can
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I have used the term for several years in my writings, including one book with this title. Just as someone coined the term hydroelectricity, I coined the term astroelectricity to indicate the source of the electrical power when no other such term was in common use. Further, I have been invited to
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give presentations on this topic including three in Portugal this past year. Also, others are now adopting this term in Europe. I was made aware that a recent study titled "Switzerland: An Astroelectricity Startup Nation" has been prepared by others.
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Yes. James: perhaps you are not actually clueless regarding WP process and standards, but you certainly, and strongly, appear so. E.g.: either you failed to read the notice at the DRN board to
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page. And don't just add some text at the bottom of the edit window: use the "New section" tab at the top of the page. Also, if you want re-open the DRN case – which, by the way, is
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When I researched the topic, most of the coverage I found seemed to be from someone with a similar name to you ("Mike Snead").
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Hi James, I just noticed that you opened a dispute resultion request a few days ago (
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The difference is that "hydroelectricity" is broadly mentioned in the literature (
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As I object to the reference, there is no longer a consensus to keep it.
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and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. -
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other than from Mike Snead, the article is likely to be deleted per
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from what I wrote that defines what the term astroelectricity means?
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Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community (
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