Talk:Spallation Neutron Source

message: I removed this:
:The liquid Mercury target of the SNS will be transmuted into Gold , Platinum and Iridium which are lower in atomic number on the periodic chart of elements.
I suppose it's possible, but SNS's site doesn't make mention of it. Rather, it says: "When a high-energy proton bombards a heavy atomic nucleus, causing it to become excited, 20 to 30 neutrons are expelled." The other contribs of  are also in the same vein. - mako 20:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Alchemy?

message: I've obviously made major revisions to this article.  To the best of my understanding, this page is intended to be about the SNS facility in Oak Ridge, rather than a general discussion of spallation sources and neutron sources in general. There is a lot of good information out there on that already. My intention is to provide useful information about what SNS is, its purpose, and why it was built. Much of the information in the previous version was incorrect, regarding both the description of SNS and of how it works  (under heading "Spallation").
While I like the "Science with neutrons" template that was developed and is used on many neutron-related sites, I don't think it's the best fit for this site. Most of the information referenced in the box is included in the text I've submitted or is available through the "see also" and "external links" sections. I did copy some of the links from the template and incorporate them into the text and references materials wherever it seemed appropriate. Again, I don't want to dismiss the the value of that material or the thought that went into its development--it's an informative tool.  
I hope what I've done makes sense and look forward to discussion on improvements. One question I pose for discussion is the technical level of the text. Some of it, particularly in the science bits, gets into some scientific jargon. I'd be interested in whether the level of difficulty seems appropriate for Wiki. Snscom (talk) 19:47, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your contributions. Please read WP:COI and declare any conflict of interest that you have in developing this article (i.e. do you work for or represent the SNS?). Some of the content that you added in Recent Studies reads like an advertisement and doesn't appear to conform to our policies on neutral point of view.Polyamorph (talk) 20:17, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

text: I had the same concern about that text and was going to rewrite it. I do work at SNS, so I'm very familiar with the work there; however, my interest in contributing to Wikepedia is to present accurate information, not advertise or promote. I recognize that that's not the purpose of Wikepedia. I've added a few sentences to the research paragraph that I think would be considered acceptable.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snscom (talk • contribs) 15:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Hopefully addressing some of the above issues

message: This page was identified as including a disambiguation error based on the term "Accelerator".
In order to resolve this problem I have removed the wikilink from the term as I am unable to determine, from the context, what the term is referring to.  If you wish to restore the link please ensure that the term and the link are fully resolved. Perry Middlemiss (talk) 05:10, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Accelerator" Disambiguation 

message: Nothing about this subject ? 
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1708/1708.01294.pdf#:~:text=Abstract%3A%20The%20coherent%20elastic%20scattering,all%20low%2Denergy%20neutrino%20couplings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.232.197.117 (talk • contribs) 13:07, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Observation of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering