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MOPAC (file format) needed

A new page MOPAC (file format) is needed, which should cross link to Chemical file format and use also the proper [[Category:Chemical file format]] category. JKW 16:02, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

why? Karol 21:52, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is plenty of room in the MOPAC article and that is where file format information should go. --Bduke 02:30, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit request

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I'll refrain from editing the main body of the MOPAC entry for COI reasons, but it isn't very well written, it contains highly out-of-date information, and it completely lacks any scientific references. At the suggestion of a mentoring editor, I've revised the MOPAC entry in my Sandbox, and I'd like it to be considered as a replacement/revision of the current MOPAC entry.

Godotalgorithm (talk) 05:56, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Link - User:Godotalgorithm/sandbox Encoded Talk to me! 15:45, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The draft in your Sandbox looks good to me, written in NPOV. I think you can publish and if you note the COI that should be fine - or would you prefer a re-write by someone like me who doesn't have a COI? Note I probably couldn't get to it until May. Nnev66 (talk) 14:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't see this message directly, but I got a notification about your post on my talk page. I'm fine with publishing my version, I just want it to occur with the appropriate amount of "un-conflicted" oversight, in accordance with Wikipedia policy. It is getting close to the top of the COI resolution queue, so this will probably reach the attention of someone who is more experienced with this, soon enough. Perhaps your opinion and vote of confidence will help expedite the process a bit.

Also, as a matter of disclosure and clarification, I'm less concerned about NPOV issues than primary/secondary source issues. I'm generally interested in the history of MOPAC, in addition to its continued development, and I've been collecting historical information about it to build a more complete history of it. I appreciate that Wikipedia is not a place for primary information and has a preference for citing high-quality secondary information over primary information, and so I've been as care as I can in collecting and citing information, but some of what I'm citing is inevitably primary information that I have collected and disseminated elsewhere (e.g. the historical MOPAC source code archive on GitHub). I do plan to improve MOPAC's web footprint by making more of its history web-accessible, but that primary information will go elsewhere (e.g. MOPAC's primary website) and perhaps some of it will be noted in updates to the Wikipedia entry in the future. I personally do not plan to make any more updates to this Wikipedia entry except for keeping the version info up-to-date in the software infobox. Godotalgorithm (talk) 16:52, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good point about secondary sources. Your version includes them and makes it a stronger article. I hadn't realized you could see the wait time in the COI resolution queue. I'm happy to support your improvements to the page as a non-COI computational chemist. Also, I don't think you were notified about my comment because I didn't sign my name with four tilde's (~'s). I found this out by asking a question at the Wikipedia:Teahouse. When I add your name User:Godotalgorithm and sign as mentioned you should get notified. Nnev66 (talk) 20:36, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done sandbox page permalink for attribution Encoded Talk 💬 07:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]