I put that comment in the Wikipedia talk section. Someone named McSly deleted it within minutes, saying: "(Revert. User is topic banned)." Those people stay on their toes!
Here is what I wrote: No criticism to papers and presentations?!?[edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Cold_fusion&action=edit§ion=3> ] Someone told me that you recently changed this article to say that at ICCF conferences "Attendees offered no criticism to papers and presentations for fear of..." This is hilarious. At the most recent conference, the second keynote speaker from the NRL roundly insulted Iwamura and several other leading researchers. At my luncheon presentation later that day, I described a major experiment as "tuning a piano with a sledgehammer." It turned out the principle researcher was in the audience. It was awkward even by my standards. He was very gracious. Whoever wrote this has no clue what these conferences are like. Like most academic conferences they feature backbiting, sniping, arguments and way too much food. The first cold fusion conference was held by the NSF in the summer of 1989. You can read the entire proceedings and all of the comments by participants at LENR-CANR.org. You will see that they were not reticent. - Jed Rothwell, Librarian, LENR-CANR.org. -- Preceding unsigned<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures> comment added by 99.120.8.235<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/99.120.8.235> (talk<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:99.120.8.235&action=edit&redlink=1>) 15:40, 23 March 2014 (UTC) I put the comment back and added: McSly, whoever you are, kindly refrain from deleting this. It is good to have some trace of reality in these remarks, rather than mere fantasy. It should be gone again within minutes, and then I will be once again banned from Wikipedia. - Jed
