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I am from the planet Tempulon. I come with great tidings. Take me to your leader. --Greetings, Earthling 20:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
hi there.
i think i'm experiencing a bit of burnout around the issue of editors who complain about research but don't want to do any themselves...this is partly a newbie phenomenon, and one i was guilty of myself in the beginning. (or at least i had the paranoid idea that big pharmaceutical companies were writing the articles, and i couldn't change them, and there was a slight delay before it dawned on me that i had to do research :-) but i have noticed that even experienced editors can get comfy complaining about research in articles without doing any, too. i haven't seen a guideline anywhere such as "don't like what you see?--excellent. now get to work doing some research to improve it." perhaps it is partly the inbred passivity of the spectatorial masses, who are untroubled by treating wikipedia as though it is TV? as if content contribution were the job only of some, and anyone who wants to appoint himself the audience is owed entertainment/information, and can blow rasberries at the screen without also implicating himself? if there is some such guideline i have missed (and it doesn't sound too "fascist") i would be grateful if you pointed it out to me so i could quote it where warranted. if there's not, can you point in my in the direction of where i should go to propose that such a guideline exist? thanks. Cindery 02:14, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
I guess, looking at your recent contributions list, that you are referring to Misoprostol. So some (disjointed) thoughts:
PS I had a look at the article. The long list of "Opposing" organisations is given in the source article as counterbalance to US Obstetric, as such the citation should be either with the lead-in to the list (vs against the last item in the list - I had expected to jump to the WHO's own statement on the subject), the list should really be wikilisted with '#' rather than manually numbered and spaced. However a long wikilist looked awkward and instead I rephrashed the list to highlight the US Obstetric being out of line of other authorities on this matter.
More of a problem for the article was that following the introduction, all of the article was then about off label uses with no mention at all of its indicated uses. As a UK GP, I not infrequently prescribe Arthrotec for elderly (i.e. post-menopausal non-obstetric) patients - its non-General Practice specialist (Obs & Gynae), off-label use is (almost) irrelevant to me. So I moved last part of intro out into own sections of indicatd use and indicated-use side effects, and placed the gynae/obs & erectile dysfunction roles into an "off label" section. David Ruben Talk 12:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
hi, no, i didn't really mean misoprostol. if you look at anonymous' two talkpages, they are a litany of vandal warnings dating back to 2004/every edit was reverted, deemed unuseful, uncited, a "test" or outright vandalism. he/she is not exactly a newcomer, and makes a habit of inserting rather rude uncited opinions into articles, and ignores all invitations to do otherwise--beginning with george bush article. he/she just does so very slowly/sporadically. (from the miltary contracting company lockheed martin...) i do think it is vaguely amusing that--while others issued threats and warnings--i managed to wear down anonymous in the end by ignoring insults and nerd-tastically insisting on research over and over. while i had some vague hope of winning over anonymous into being a useful contributor/doing some research, i think he or she is at best an un-harmful vandal by virtue of being a not very committed one (and at worst, a potentially increasing hassle because he's been suddenly making more edits this month, and moved up to deleting cited content instead of merely inserting uncited content--a vandal patroller named waluf has already warned anonymous this month that deleting cited content is vandalism...i was encouraged that after i put a link to the NPOV description anonymous seemed to get it even though he ignored all the other suggestions people left to read wiki policies, and thought maybe specific rather than general info could inspire a conversion, but the bottom line is that he knows he's not making useful contributions and just doesn't care, i'm afraid. i think he enjoys being aggravating for its own sake.)
what i meant was--i wish a short snappy guidleine existed in general that linked the ideas of have criticisms of the article? good, you're exactly who we need, go do some research. (i think the posilac article and the mifepristone article are what made me wish for a shorthand guideline. partly for newcomers--to point out that no authority has written the article/it is probably imperfect, and there's no one to complain to--don't complain, fix it yourself; here's your engraved invitation, as a matter of fact. but also as reminder to experienced editors. (i'm thinking of andrewc and the matter of the rat study...some research is quite fun, like solving a mystery, but some--like reading the entire "certified verbatim" transcript of the CDER hearing on clostridium difficile/sordelli and every study written by esther sternberg is quite tedious...that's not even what i mind so much, though, as i minded his total unwillingness to do any research before he objected to research. it's not "my" subject matter--the same info is available to everyone else. and not researching the subject at all puts one in a poor position to evaluate research/gives one no context, no general feel for the subject...so, for example, if he thought the rat study wrongfully implied that "scientists knew 15 years ago mifepristone could cause infections"--which is what he derived from the rat study--he could have investigated that to determine if it was the case. (when i read that exact assertion in the boston globe article, that is what i did--investigated the assertion to determine if there was any truth to it. how could you read that/get that idea and not be curious?) perhaps i was spoiled by beginning on wikipedia with you and lyrl, who do research. but i do think research is essential to wikipedia, and that everyone should do it--especially if they object to content. in other words, if you object to content, don't automatically complain, do some research; you have an equal responsibility to adjust whatever you think ahould be adjusted as whomever you are complaining to does...we are all content contributors and content critics; no one agreed to contribute only and let others criticize only; both responsibilities should be shared. sorry to be so long-winded, Cindery 16:25, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thanks. "when people complain..." very funny. but i don't think i'll cite it (especially not in an argument!:-) i like your phrase, "don't complain--contribute." maybe i'll use that. i like that it doesn't just imply "you are not following the rules" but is inclusive/inviting.
re science/med primary sources--it does say in official policy/guideline that the secondary sources for sci/med are especially weak/unreliable; they are a special case viz primary/secondary... Cindery 19:05, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
hi, this is what i was referring to (from "reliable sources"):
"In science, avoid citing the popular press
The popular press generally does not cover science well. Articles in newspapers and popular magazines generally lack the context to judge experimental results. They tend to overemphasize the certainty of any result, for instance presenting a new experimental medicine as the "discovery of the cure" of a disease. Also, newspapers and magazines frequently publish articles about scientific results before those results have been peer-reviewed or reproduced by other experimenters. They also tend not to report adequately on the methodology of scientific work, or the degree of experimental error. Thus, popular newspaper and magazine sources are generally not reliable sources for science and medicine articles.
What can a popular-press article on scientific research provide? Often, the most useful thing is the name of the head researcher involved in a project, and the name of his or her institution. For instance, a newspaper article quoting Joe Smith of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution regarding whales' response to sonar gives you a strong suggestion of where to go to find more: look up his work on the subject. Rather than citing the newspaper article, cite his published papers." Cindery 14:54, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
menstrual extraction--if you have time to lend a critical eye. Cindery 01:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
The main page of WikiProject Medicine has been redesigned. Comments are welcome, and please consider listing yourself as a participant.
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
you took time to edit menstrual extraction. thanks. (it's funny how when one starts an article, it is thrilling if anyone cares/edits it.) i will try to study the citations styles/changes you added so i can expand my repertoire. i started gemeprost too because i was tired of looking at the redlink in so many articles. it is just a sad little stub, and a subject about which i am completely ignorant--it could sorely use the help of a doctor editor, esp. a UK one, since it is used in UK but not U.S. (consistent with my POV, i *did* list all the side effects, though :-)--so it esp. needs balance, if you have time. hope you are enjoying your holiday, Cindery 00:06, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Please see the talk page for Clonazepam for why I think the mentions of off-label usage should be removed. KonradG 00:55, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Took break until September 17th
Enjoy! Cheers -- Samir धर्म 10:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Please comment here: Talk:Psoriasis#External_links. Thx. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:38, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Welcome back! Adding parameters for controlled drugs was a great idea, by the way – I'll start doing my part to add them across the relevant articles. Fvasconcellos 19:03, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
>>References should be Sources used as general background to article, vs footnotes to specific points. Differential shifted to subsection of Aetiology which considers various approaches to classifying
Upps, sorry ok, thank you
Leave me alone. The last time I heard an opinion from a doctor was when I was 13, and that opinion left me drooling and half blind. I have handwritten apologizes from both of my parents, and even the teacher who thought it would be a good idea to see that so called doctor. The only person who hasn't apologized is the doctor. The only thing that makes me feel better is that was 17 years ago and I am sure the guy was nearly 60 back then so he should be retired now. Now leave me alone. RBL
Please see the discussion page for Cluster Headache?
Thanks! --TeriRobert 03:57, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I started a discussion on the standardization of medication articles in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Medication#Drugs_and_brand_names. If you have time and ideas, please join :) Sensei 10:28, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
David, With all due respect, I can give you many, many sources of cluster headaches previously being called "Horton's Headache," and not just when Horner's Syndrome was an issue. That's the joy of advances in medical science -- doctors learn. I was very careful when I added that section to be sure to say that they were called Horton's Headache in the past; not the present. That doesn't make the reference you posted about Horton's Syndrome wrong, nor does your reference make mine wrong. I am a professional writer and patient advocate in this field. I check my sources very, very carefully. I don't understand why you think Cluster headaches having been called Horton's Headache IN THE PAST is wrong and needs to be corrected.
Thank you!
--TeriRobert 03:20, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
David,
Thanks for the warm welcome. I appreciate the work that you and others do to maintain these resources.
--Edv3 07:47, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Dear David, I can appreciate the reasons for your actions. Don't you think that due to the significance of ONj, there should at least be some information on the relationship between bisphosphonates and ONj. I posted only one reference but there are also many cases where oral bisphosphonates are implicated Dr. Imbeau 21:05, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for being patient. I had all the "note cards" done two days ago, but I didn't have the psychic energy to sort and collate them all, then format into a (hopefully) clear presentation where one can follow the consecutive contrasts, one against the other, as the results from each resource is dealt with. It was interesting as I, of course, had no way of knowing ahead of time exactly what I would find. -I am Kiwi 07:19, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Dear David, Thank you for your positive contribution to the article. ONj has effectively been more widely mentionned in recent years due to the association with bisphosphonates as such cases have been quite obvious and rather catastrophic., however it would be erroneous to assume that ONj is a recent problem in the same way that hip osteonecrosis is not a recent problem. Since ischaemic osteonecrosis is a difficult problem to diagnose and treat, it is sadly diagnosed quite late and treatment, is thus, more difficult. The recent cases of ONj associated with bisphosphonates were impossible to miss because of the severe nature and exposure of sequestrum through the oral mucosa, in some cases, without any external intervention. The intro needs to reflect the long standing nature of ONj ( which has been given various names over time ). The jaws are quite unique as far as bones are concerned. Dr. Imbeau 20:02, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi David. Agree that the links are spam, and agree with their deletion. -- Samir धर्म 02:19, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Oh... guess it didn't have to move... wasn't much work anyway. Do you object to it or do you just think it was unnecessary? I could easily revert everything. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:48, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for this attack :), but: I am thinking about proposing you for mopship.
Some pro's:
Some con's:
Benefit for the project:
Adminship is not a trophy and not a higher position. Admins don't cary any more weight in consensus finding. They simply enact consensus when needed.
RfA technical problems:
I'm a lousy writer (see my own recent RFA) and this would be my first nomination (duh!). I don't have a detailed knowledge of your wiki contribs/interactions (but what I've seen is good!). So it might depend on how the nomination is written. The risk is, if I write it myself I can hamper your chances to get the mop with my own lousy style :). However: my idea is to write something very short as nom. As a first step, I would offer to whip-up a draft nom at user:Ligulem/work/Davidruben, you could then decide based on that (and fix the grammar/spelling :). If you agree to move forward with that, we could move it to the correct place. However: self-noms do have the benefit that the nominee knows best to write about himself. On the other hand, some wikipedians do like non-self noms. What do you think? Is there any chance to convince you? Sorry again for attacking :) --Ligulem 11:33, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
The links your are removing are relevant to the articles and from an authoritative source. Please verify relevance of the links (i.e, READ THE ARTICLE) prior to removing them.
A review of the Wikipedia guidelines reveals: "Sites that contain neutral and accurate material not already in the article. Ideally this content should be integrated into the Wikipedia article, then the link would remain as a reference, but in some cases this is not possible for copyright reasons or because the site has a level of detail which is inappropriate for the Wikipedia article." Links relevant to the college-age population are greater in detail for that demographic than the Wikipedia article calls for. In regard to your accusation of "spamming": your claims are speculated. You should review the external links contents before making accusations that a legitimate contributor is spamming. 71.127.172.67 02:52, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Go get the medical paper like I did and you can see the correct title, as how it was published.
I have Caffey's 1972 paper right in front of me and the title is "On the theory and practice of shaking infants" - sub title "Its potential residual effects of permanent brain damage and mental retardation". I had the correct title for the reference. Why are you screwing up all the references?
I had the correct title for Caffey's 1972 paper as it right in front of me. I put the correct title of
Caffey J. On the theory and practice of shaking infants. "Amer J Dis Child" 1972; 124:161-169. "Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
the sub title is Its potential residual effects of permanent brain damage and mental retardation
Why are you screwing up all my references?
Please leave this page alone. The reference are in a medical/scientific formate.
Thanks you
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I accidentally screwed up the references trying to correct some of the junk you were putting in and that is why I reverted to an older page. Since then I have added a reference that is very important. The references need to be left the way they were and not to have the links changed. The references and links are to published medical and scientific papers and have a specific format to follow. Readers are not interested in a colored link to the year or to the date within Wikipedia. All you are doing is making the references hard to read by changing the colors, rearranging the lay out of the references and adding garbage. In addition to making the references look like some kid had a field day with their coding knowledge. PLEASE this information is too valuable to have it look like a Christmas tree. I was very selective about the emedcine article that I referenced, and do not need to have an emedicine link added, as a majority of the emedicine articles have incorrect information and have not been published in a recognized peer reviewed journal. The quotes have "italics" and do not need to have the font style change to italics; it just makes the reading harder on the eyes. I put in a lot of time and effort putting accurate information on this page with the intended purpose of it reading as a medical/scientific page and not a Christmas tree.
Thank you for not messing it up.70.171.229.32 02:28, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Go get the medical paper so you can see what the title is for Caffey's paper. This the title of the paper as it appears numerous places. It was archived along with the subtitle.
May I ask why you are changing the references and moving the years? Apparently you have no idea what the proper format is for medical and scientific refences. Other pages posted on Wikipedia have the correct format and the formate that I posted. Why don't you go to the medical library or look at other medical papers available on the internet or the papers that I have posted to see the correct format.70.171.229.32 07:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I copied the following instructions for listing citations from an AMA web site.
Hello "Davidruben". As You made some comments/critics at the Milk fetishism page: After a longer discussion in 3 or 4 adult lactation (Yahoo) groups and some research we want to reorganize and rewrite the "Milk fetishism" article completely and to move it to the lemma Erotic Lactation. The substantiations You can find in the article discussions. For me personally it was important, to get more systematic, minor speculations and more empirism ;-) Feel free to place comments or corrections or expansions Bye, --Fritz Bollmann 08:17, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi!
We need a few second opinions on the Feingold diet page. It started out as a crib from QuackWatch, and was re-written by Shula and me. It's now pretty much in the Feingold camp. What we need is some fresh eyes to get it encyclopedic and balanced. Hope you can help. --Slashme 07:50, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi David,
we've had a previous discussion on headings here, where Sandy pointed out that such a change would contradict WP:LAYOUT. But I think you might have a point, consider bringing it up on the talk page again after you've read the discussion. Thank you for your continued improvements there!
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the compliment on my Talk page today. :) Lyrl Talk Contribs 19:47, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
If you get a second, it would really help me out with the work I've been doing with the dental articles by looking through the list of stubs I made. It is a long list, but all that would be needed would be to browse through the list of oral pathology stubs and see if anything catches your eye as something that is not limited to oral and maxillofacial pathology. Sometimes there may be a random cyst that I know about it only occuring in the mouth, but who knows you probably also know of it occuring sometimes in the middle toe! The list is on my user page under stubs of "oral pathology". - Dozenist talk 21:06, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
My questions are about liver function tests.... My infant has had slightly elevated ALT's,AST's and GGT...... what does this mean for her... i know u cant give me a medical diagnosis or anything i just would like to have an idea what is wrong with her and i cant get any answers from anyone. It is very frustrating and just makes me worry more.... do u know anything about this stuff? User:Brandnewmom 00:08, 19 October 2006
Hey thanks for removing the line, how do I report something like this in the future?
Hi David - I am a life-time hay fever (and food allergy) sufferer and I want to post the AAFA page link for other Wiki readers to get the help and info that I got from them. This is a credible nonprofit patient organization and all the info on their site is free...the are selling nothing. I'd appreciate the addition of this nonprofit link on the external links...consistent with the other external links already on this hayfever page.
Thanks. - Jim User:208.58.79.153 13:18, 22 October 2006
thanks for fixing those...i was trying to put them in when my life shut my laptop on me and told me to quit it.
Just wanted to say "thanks" for cleaning up the canker sore references I added. Now I'll know how to add future references. Btw, is there a page that details all of the fields of the "ref" tag? Does "ref" mimic bibtex fields? Jrennie 15:58, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I just started the effort to bring the project back to life the other night night, and a lot still needs to be done. The simplest, yet most effort-intensive, is to label and rank articles of interest to the project with the ((Wikiproject Viruses)) tag. Click the link to see how to use it, or drop me a line either on my talk page or at WP:VIRUS if you have any questions. Cheers! – ClockworkSoul 14:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
David, thank you for cleaning up the Buteyko article. Your changes will make it a lot easier to edit/improve and it already looks a lot more professional. Hopefully I will have some free time to work on the page in the coming weeks. --Spathi 15:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Having now warned Professor Rizzo Naudi (talk · contribs) I think it is only fair I inform you of the WP:3RR. I am unsure whether iron therapy is really something that is ever used in clinical practice, nor do I suspect any serious neurologists using it in any form. The book in question, and J Neural Transm are hardly core clinical texts. JFW | T@lk 16:58, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I am new to wikipedia. Found an article on positive predictive value which is a subject that interests me. I made a small contribution to that aricle. Saw after a few days that someone (Must have been you) improved the language in my constribution. I just want to say thank you.
Any bright ideas on how to deal with the disruption? It's not the only article that has been affected by him. I've tried reporting him to get him blocked as a vandal previously, but it's not out and out vandalism. --ArmadilloFromHell 03:12, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi David,
I awarded you the kindness barnstar because 1) I have watched you tirelessly be kind and patient and welcoming to new users in general on pages we both edit, genuinely trying to recruit/reform them, even the difficult ones, into productive editors--and succeeding, to the benefit of us all 2) because you certainly did that for me. I doubt I would have stuck around, had I not had the good fortune to encounter Wiki at first through you and your patience, which was surely tested. 3) You continue to try to carry on the inclusionist philosophy/tradition not just by yourself, but also by giving former newcomers advice on how to help newcomers.
All best, Cindery 01:14, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
PS: thanks for welcome back--I'm not sure how long I can stay or how much I can edit--the "real world" persists with its unreasonable demands, etc. :-) next time I'll put a wiki-break sign on my page (if i can figure out how to do that...)
Hello... I wanted to ask your opinion on Talk:Depo Provera. I'm at a bit of an impasse with another editor (User:Cindery)as to whether an edit is OR or not. I feel I'm getting more argumentative than I should, and I'd like an outside opinion. Since you've contributed to the page much longer than I, I wanted to ask your opinion. I've asked User:Andrew c as well, as he appears to be a regular contributor to the page. Thanks. MastCell 16:40, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
I've had a go at reformatting this style guideline (at a temporary page) and would appreciate your comments. My rationale is at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (medicine-related articles)#Reformatting this article. Thanks Colin°Talk 17:24, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey, man. Hope everything is going well. I wanted to hear your thoughts on what most projects do in this situation, or what you think would be the best way for the Medicine and Dentistry projects to coordinate efforts in rating articles. WikiProject dentistry is setting up a way to rate dental-related articles. The system is actually modeled exactly as the one from WikiProject medicine. Naturally, there are going to be topics that are associated with both projects. Just recently, dental armamentarium was labeled with WikiProject medicine tag, and Xerostomia is currently as well. In similar cases, do the projects just work out which article goes with which project, or can both projects have ratings on the same article? I do not know the best answer, but I thought that coordinating both projects' efforts soon would be the best solution. I forsee this happening to many articles, especially any article on head and neck pathology. - Dozenist talk 19:21, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi David,
Thanks for taking the time to write such a thoughtful analyis at Talk:DepoProvera. (And for reminding me it's Guy Fawkes!)
I feel that I don't need to assure you that I will not be offended in any way if you restate your position from our earlier discussion re Pfizer/LaCroix/BMD in the current dispute--but just in case, please be assured that I will not. It might actually be helpful to have other people than Mastcell and I making the arguments--perhaps more input should be solicited elsewhere, as well, if not enough editors contribute in a week or two week's time.
I will be slow-to-respond/disengaged on the Depo talkpage, in hopes of keeping things cool, while still continuing to advance the discussion. There is no hurry and deadline, after all.:-)
I don't know if you've been following the discussion at Emergency Contraception, but MastCell's first post to Depo occurred less than 30 minutes after the conclusion of this exchange: [2]. It seems unfair to accuse him of harassment or wikistalking, but it also seems to me that he arrived at Depo already quite upset/confrontational, etc. Because there is even the possibility that there is a causal relationship--i.e., he is angry re EC page and following me to Depo, (and Dalkon Shield) to express animosity, I think it is better that the Depo discusssions involve plenty of input from other editors.
Remember, remember :-), Cindery 05:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi David, Wanted to let you know that I, Rob Howes, deleted my own talk comments on the hidradenitis suppurativa. My email address is robhowes@san.rr.com, and I am the vice presifent of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation, Inc. If there are no problems with deleting my own comments could you please revert the page. Cheers, Rob Howes
David,
I'm trying to understand the Wikipedia policy on external links and content. How does the entry on EMIS practice management software fit into this policy? It seems to be advertising, with a link to a commercial website.
The same question applies to Martindale.
Thanks in advance.
David,
Thanks for the education on Wikipedia policy. I am working through the referenced documents to gain a better understanding. Wikipedia is a treasure of cumulative human knowledge. Far be it from me to detract from that. What I am grappling with is how to avoid commercialism, but still provide a societal benefit by listing certain links. The last thing we'd want is the commercialization and debasement of Wikipedia. However, sometimes commercial links empower readers to efficiently act on knowledge learned, and given the layout of any given page, it would seem possible to do without detracting from the encyclopedic goals of the entries. But I will study the rules of the game before further participation in it.
(I have removed specific references in this and a Talk posting for privacy reasons. Hope you don't mind. As a neophyte, I was not looking to publicly post certain information, and did so in error. I would be interested in chatting with you, if you would be kind enough to email your contact information to me.)
Once again, please forgive me if any entries or edits are in violation of a Wikipedia policy.
WS 19:25, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, I just added some external references to a web site I use a lot that has loads of articles about diabetes, but they all seem to have gone. Why is that?
Thanks!
Bobdewhirst 21:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Reverted as seemed inappropriate external links, full response with links pointing you to relevant policies and guidelines on your talk page - User talk:Bobdewhirst. Yours David Ruben Talk 21:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
DR, The edits you revereted were indeed speculative in that they were not backed by citations to someone else's opinion. they were, however, the current state of clinical conviction, and explained the uncertainity involved. They were inserted for three reasons. The cloud of snake oil around DM, in response to a comment in talk, and in an attempt to salvage any content at all in the prevention section. The talk comment was sufficiently cogent that I judged the alternative to essentially be deletion. Reaction? ww 04:51, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. I should have been able to figure that out.
Hi David,
Would you mind taking a quick look at Seborrhoeic dermatitis, as I see you've recently made some improvements in that article? I have some misgivings about the content, in particular the PITYVAL cream reference, but I don't really have enough medical knowledge to trust myself to edit it correctly. (Sorry if this page is already on your watchlist). Icemuon 10:56, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi David. I replied to your message on my Talk page. I'm not sure if this is the correct protocol - I'm new to wikipedia talk. Anyway, if you can't find my reply (or if I should have posted it elsewhere) please let me know. Aylahs 00:03, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
David, the new and improved infobox template looks great and works really well! Thanks for updating the Aga Khan Hospital articles, I've reviewed them and all the info is correct. Thanks again! :-) -- Aylahs (talk) 04:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
In response to a post you made on November 3 on my talk page regarding an RfC, I have proceeded with an incident report -- Disruptive and inconsistent editing - Alec - U.K. --ArmadilloFromHell 01:50, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Funny co-incidence, I was going to ask you to check my edit for correctness, and I see you made the one before me. Do you have any good web references? I've had the problem for 5 months, side effects of a cast for a very badly broken ankle followed by a blood clot, I'd like to be informed as much as I can, since the possible long term side effects do not look good. Although swelling has gone done quite a bit, I'm wearing very large shoes right now. --ArmadilloFromHell 04:35, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your careful use of references and ninja pubmed skills. I also really like the PubMed PMID reference tool you are using.
The trials are interesting because they both confirm that lactase can be useful and warn about most lactase pills being not being very effective. This will be most useful to my lactose-intolerant girlfriend.
-- Stereo (talk) 06:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
David, Thanks for your comments about the links I added. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health, and the information in the Diseases and Conditions Index has been vetted and filtered to be accessible in a way that the longer article may not be to everyone. I did not mean to do anything that resembles spam, but we have a huge body of information that has been underrepresented in places such as Wikipedia because, being a large government organization, NIH is sometimes behind the curve. Please let me know if you think there is a better way to communicate this information. Danjeffers 15:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
David
Is it possible to insert coding into a listed citation (not references) that has [ ] for linkage; to open on a designated place on a web page?. If so, how would it be done on Wikipedia?
Thank you The Stroll 20:59, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello David Ruben
You wrote
If of any interest, health.am links added to Polycystic ovarian syndrome also seemed to hung my computer for several minutes of apparent inactivity, but this was merely a quite excessive amount of frames (mostly for advertising unfortunately) to be jumped to and loaded. After a many minutes the real page loaded, the article was very good, but I shall hardly relish linking again to health.am pages :-)
First of all, thank you for c hecking my contributions. Give me 1 hour to check your remarks, i'll be back to You
Dr.Gangino 18:16, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest. I've wanted to make up a better template, but I don't really have the programming skills to do it properly. I've taken a look at the proposal and it looks good to me. I've copied the proposed template over here, and added my comments Kerowyn Leave a note 02:30, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
((Infobox Hospital | Name = ((PAGENAME)) | Image = | Caption = | Width = | Logo = | Location = <!-- --- Move US State details to the Region parameter --> | Region = <!-- NEW. UK: the County or city. US: City or County --> | State = <!-- NEW. UK: England, Wales, Scotland, N.Ireland. US: US State abbreviations (used in autogenerated Wiki-links) --> | Country = <!-- NEW. --> I think these parameters could be combined into one, since "Location" generally includes city and state/county by default. | Org/Group = <!-- NEW. UK: for NHS=Trust or Private company. US: Company organisation or group --> I feel like this entry and "Affiliation" are basically the same thing, so they could be combined. | Category = <!-- NEW. UK:NHS or Private. US: Public or Private --> | Type = <!-- NEW. Community, District General, Teaching, Specialist --> | Speciality = | Emergency = <!-- New. UK: Yes/No, US: Trauma certification level (I/II/III) - 'Certificsation' depreciated but kept for compatability --> It isn't necessary to keep the "certification" title here, since trauma levels are generally descriptive of emergency services. | Affiliation= | Beds = | Founded = | Closed = <!-- NEW. --> | Website = | Wiki-Links = <!-- NEW. Template will automatically add 'List on hospitals in...' link for State or Country if defined --> |))
I notice that you've been making some additions to the infobox for Hospital for Sick Children. I'm a little vague on proper usage for the infobox so, if I may, I'll just pass along the following:
-Dhodges 14:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
In answer to your question, here's a table from Medicare (Canada):
Province | Name of plan |
---|---|
Alberta | Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan |
British Columbia | Medical Services Plan |
Manitoba | Manitoba Health |
New Brunswick | Medicare |
Newfoundland and Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Care Plan |
Nova Scotia | Medical Service Insurance |
Ontario | Ontario Health Insurance Plan |
Prince Edward Island | Medicare |
Quebec | Assurance maladie (Medicare) |
Saskatchewan | Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Plan |
All of the provinces have essentially similar insurance schemes, with the Feds trying (with mingled success) to keep it that way through the Canada Health Act.
Cheers, Dhodges 22:09, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I just noticed you were working on this, so I added it to Toronto Western Hospital. Also, I'm pretty sure I have some better photos I took this year, and will hunt for them next week. --ArmadilloFromHell 00:14, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Hmm - yes, you have a point. (The trouble with coming late to a debate!) The St Thomas's box looks better. One minor point - I understand that the department / speciality formerly known as 'Casualty' and 'Accident & Emergency' is now Emergency Medicine, residing in Emergency Departments.
We do it just to confuse ...
(And I thought I *had* put the tildes in. See if I can do it now.)
Servant of Maleldil 09:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi David. Thanks - I agree with you, "The" needed to be dropped from the article names. I have renamed the articles by moving them. Appreciate your pointing this out. -- Aylahs (talk) 03:46, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry about my revert to the infobox you changed in Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, looking back at my edit I'm not entirely sure why I thought it was vandalism. I must have been tired. :-) Thanks for letting me know. Imaninjapirate 21:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
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Hello David, my name is Mihajlo and I have a question for you. Recently, I found out that I have CMV (cytomegalovirus), and I would like to ask you what is the treatment for it (can I go playing basketball, go skiing, and other stuff that means phisical activity)?? Thank you in advanced!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.110.195.13 (talk) 12:56, 5 December 2006 (UTC).
It is my pleasure to hereby nominate you for adminship. Please expand/adjust Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Davidruben and transclude it into Wikipedia:Requests for adminship when done. Don't forget to adjust the ending time when putting the page live. Good luck and thank you in advance for your acceptance! --Ligulem 15:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- Last day of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Davidruben process. David Ruben Talk 02:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi David. The merge tag on Asthma medication is still there yet the tag on Asthma was removed. I think we need to match up one way or another on these tags, but don't want to open up old wounds. What would you advise?
Regan123 18:56, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Can you check and make sure I've done it correctly? Ral315 (talk) 22:18, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi David. Sorry to bother you, you've previously commented on the User:Jance dispute; was wondering if you could comment at the RfC: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jance. Thanks -- Samir धर्म 03:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
with Admiration, I am contacting you. I am researching Nicosan, a drug manufactured by XeChem in Nigeia. I see in your portfolio that youu athoured the Wiki article on Nicosan. I am hoping you can help me. I have researched much on Nicosan, and knowing that it has approval in Europe, I do not see much information nor publised input about Nicosan and it's potential , coming out of Europe. Am I not looking in the right places? I am trying to get an understanding about the exposure, general feeling and actual application of Nicosan and it's results in Europe. I am hoping you can help, I know your time is valuable and will sincerely appreciate your response.
Jim
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.206.8.87 (talk) 16:46, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
Hi David. Thanks for your messages about the See also sections. I can see where you are comming from regarding duplication of links. I agree that the extra Aga Khan Health Services link can be removed. However, I think the Aga Khan Development Network link should remain (since it is the only instance of that link on many of these pages). Your idea to move the List of Aga Khan Hospitals link into the infobox sounds appealing, but I tried it using the Wiki-Links parameter, and it didn't render so well in the info-box. With the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam, the link was in the infobox See also section, right up against Hospitals in Tanzania (no space between them). It would be nice if there was a line break between items in that section. -- Aylahs (talk) 16:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)