My reply yesterday was hot under the coller because I only read the OM article's dif on an old screen and read it as *commenting out* the entire second paragraph that you had formed instead of just the one sentence that you commented out. So my apologies in another hot zone where small communications errors could cause wider misunderstandings.--TheNautilus 18:59, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I don't see why you're trying to eliminate the article about this person. He's achieved quite some notoriety in North America and elsewhere as well due to the Internet, particularly as regards his popularization of the blood pH theory. Are you asserting that I am promoting this theory by editing articles about him here? I assure you that I am not. But it is absolutely certain that he is a notable individual, if only from his publications and current notoriety. Badagnani 17:16, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't feel strongly about the title, but there probably should be only one article. It may be simplest just to name it Andre Chad Parenzee, even though it will wind up mostly about the trial (it's easier than thinking of a title that makes sense ([[The Andre Chad Parenzee appeal trial]])). - Nunh-huh 18:22, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Ah, an off-wiki recruitment. I await the drama :). The article could use, I think, a description of what the denialist groups anticipated from the trial ("HIV finally on Trial!" "AIDS theory on Trial!, Man challenging the existence of HIV in Court, Appeal for 'HIV murder' being argued on rethinker grounds, gaining media coverage etc.), but I can't quite bring myself to add it. Do you feel game? - Nunh-huh 22:10, 9 May 2007 (UTC) (The reason for the recruitment, BTW, is because Google has just "crawled" the article for the first time and made it more visible to the world outside Wikipedia). - Nunh-huh 22:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi MastCell,
Thanks for the feedback. I am so far mostly lurking, trying to learn a bit about wiki before editing anything more than a talk page. Can you tell me anything about other wikis that "tap into" the wikipedia? Specifically, I note that the "AIDS wiki" which would more accurately be called the AIDS denial wiki, uses links to wikipedia for nearly all of its non-denialist content.
I went to metawiki and looked in wiki projects to see if it was listed as an official wiki project, and could not find anything.
user:Nocontroversytalk 19:31, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
(knocks wood) -- Samir 07:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Though User:Regulations has commited sockpuppetry by creating the account User:Reguboard, he doesn't agree that he was a sock of Billy Ego. I'm aware that sockpuppetry is not acceptable, but what evidence is there that User:Reguboard is indeed a sock of User:Billy Ego. Sorry, I guess the post seemed convincing that he/she was right, but it appears that it was trolling afterall.--U. S. A. 20:42, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for catching my failure to add a talk header at Talk:Mifepristone/Archive 1. Also good luck on the RfA! :-) -Severa (!!!) 04:26, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I read your suggestion that we should attempt to file a report to community sanction noticeboard about a continually abusive editor. Can you teach me about how to file such a report or what information i would have to post about the user. This has been ongoing for quite a while and we have been slowly picking up interested editors along the way but he is still being unreasonable and just reverting without cause. Any info about how i could proceed with this user would be most excellent. MrMacMan Talk 22:39, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
kind comments about my use of DB - strangely I find it quite relaxing to "zap" things that shouldn't be here. --Fredrick day 19:56, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
I am looking thorughout dispute resolution and can not find anything about listing a user's vulgar statements, from waht I can tell, Incivil comments are to be listed under the Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. I guess i'm not quite sure now how to handle an administrator using profanity.--Zeeboid 21:12, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
I was hoping you had time to chime in here.--Travisthurston 18:01, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
I have blocked User:LokiThread for 24 hours for repeated copyright infringments. Thank you for calling this to my attention. DES (talk) 07:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Could you review Lloyd Youngblood to see if it can be speedy deleted? I think it's not notable, but I would like a second opinion. Thanks. Whstchy 20:57, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:65.184.221.57 -- Fyslee/talk 18:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello. I have a question about blocking of vandalism-only accounts. You recently blocked Punjabi inkarperated (talk · contribs) (which I'd reported to AIV) for 24 hours. Now I don't want to criticize that decision but I'm really puzzled with regards to the different ways in which different admins treat vandalism-only accounts. Punjabi inkarperated's edits, as you saw, included systematic deletions of an article, deletion of warnings on his talk page and deletion of my user page and, flipping through the block log, I see that the overwhelming majority of these users are blocked indefinitely as VOAs. This isn't new to me of course and I've always found this to be both eminently reasonable and at the same time somewhat contrary to the blocking policy. Can you explain this to me? It's not that I want this account blocked indefinitely (since I'm confident he either won't return or be blocked again quickly) but I'm honestly puzzled by this lack of consistency among admins. Thanks, Pascal.Tesson 23:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I've removed your protection from Ellis Paul. We never fully edit protect the main page featured article; please see Wikipedia:Main Page featured article protection. Even though the policy is currently disputed, the dispute is whether or not semi-protection is appropriate. Full protection certainly is not. - auburnpilot talk 05:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
PLEASE semi-protect Ellis Paul - today's TFA! Someone removed your protection! HELP! Kmzundel 13:19, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
hey thanks, I got your email :) I'm not around often these days, but I'll let you know if anything pops up. :) -- infinity0 15:39, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Please read this research paper http://www.mitoresearch.org/Mitomatters%202004-1.pdf —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.192.156.205 (talk)
What did you think of the Phillips paper? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.192.156.205 (talk)
Technically, the word myositis is incorrect in relation to the Phillips paper. Did you mean myositis or myopathy or myalgia? Myositis refers to inflammation of muscle tissue, with possible associated pain. Myopathy refers to actual disease of the muscle, leading to muscle weakness and pain. Reference is the National Institute of Health Medical Definitions. Additionally, the word "prevent" is incorrect, your sentence should read ".. over and over to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates...". The scientific community concensus is that statin therapy, used effectively reduces CHD rates by ~ 30%.
I agree with you completely. Be fair and balanced. The family of statins have helped the vast majority of people at-risk. Myositis (really myopathy) without increased CPK is not widely rcognized by either the public or the medical profession, the large increase in triglcyerides as a marker to the reaction is also not recognized, and the myopathy not completely reversible. The adverse reaction needs to be diagnosed quickly to prevent permanent muscle damage. Since this information is in the scientific literature, shouldn't it be included in the Wikipedia articles, in order to help those who are having an adverse reaction and looking for helpful information? Thank you for taking the time to consider this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.192.156.205 (talk)
A survey of the physicians of the U.S. showed that they were unaware of "non-elevated CPK" statin-induced myopathy. This is partially due to the fact that all literature disseminated by commercial statin manufacturers, defines myopathy in a very specific manner, which happens to be different than the NIH definition. Statin induced myopathy, as defined by the commercial manufacturers, needs to include a 10x (ULN) increase in CPK; otherwise muscle soreness or pain is classified as uncomplicated myalgia. Reference - every statin manufacturer's package insert and on-line web page information for physicians.
Thus, physicians are generally aware of myalgia without a rise in CPK. They also diagnosed osteoarthritis as the most common condition for muscle pain without the CPK rise in patients on statin therapy. A contributing factor to this misdiagnosis is the fact that the major portion of the population taking statins are in the older age group, and osteoarthritis is common. The U.S. physician population is not as aware as you may believe.
Additionally, Phillips discusses the increase in triglycerides above baseline as a result of the adverse reaction. He presently has 400 such cases he is studying, they are all from his local area, San Diego Ca. - how do I know this (?), I discussed this with him. Please review the enclosed charts. They clarify Phillips point. It is a typical case of an adverse reaction event.
If Wiki is not the proper venue to review and reference information like Phillips , then please suggest the appropiate venue. I was under the general belief that Wiki was an encylopeadia, generated by the public, for the public good. Am I incorrect? I also recognize that original research cannot be inserted into a Wiki article, so I have included these charts to clarify for you, what Phillips has stated - above baseline. Finally, I think you should seriously consider revising the Statin article. Other medical Editors and Administrators will respect you, since you are a Wiki Administrator and also a physician, who in practice has prescribed statin therapy. There is a lot of biased medical personnel in Wiki, not to mention the drug companies that monitor their product pages. The author need be someone who will support the Wiki Pilllar of Neutality. Statins are the most prescribed class of medicine in the world - 40 million people on medication for life. WIKI is now a standard source of information for most people. Therefore, shouldn't this article be a top priority for a quality article. It should be accurate, fair, unbiased and well referenced. (I don't like the practice that people invoke where they state "citation needed" and then editors let the material remain.) The article should contain mention of the Phillips research, the ongoing research by Dr. B. Golomb via a NIH grant for various side effects. And there are various other articles. Mastcell, I specifically picked you to start this entire private discussion between us, because of your reputation for being fair and objective, you have learned quickly on WIKI and I think that you will now understand the importance of having this article as a high quality one. Can an article on Stephen Barrett be more important? What do you personally want WIKI really to be, a good source of information for people, or just a huge sandbox? I am not being sarcastic, I am being very serious. I also made sure that we exchanged information and viewpoints on your user page, so that we are under the "radar" of many, until we decide what to do.Wiseoldowl 14:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your response. You are a very qualified person to handle this. Post anything you wish to my User Talk page.Wiseoldowl 03:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Your recent reversion of a poster's comment on this talk page was itself vandalism, since you deleted a poster's remarks. The comment was correctly added (if singularly un-useful). Guidelines for editing other peoples' posts to a talk page are very different than editing a mainspace article. You may not delete someone else's remarks from an article talk page. --DrGaellon (talk | contribs) 04:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
With the mediation halted, I have put together a compromise in the spirit of good faith here. I know there are other steps of WP:DR we can go through, including another attempt at mediation, but I am hoping we can all settle this amongst ourselves. I would appreciate your opinion on the compromise and/or your ideas of what the next steps may be. Thanks. -- Levine2112 discuss 18:58, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Is there any rule that forbids this from becoming a regular article/list?:
The title can be changed if necessary. Other encyclopedias have such galleries as a resource. Please reply on my talk page. -- Fyslee/talk 06:59, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello my real name is Moses Weintraub. The user name Randy Bugger has been put to rest due to potential breach of Wikipedias user name policy. Moses Weintraub 10:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your input. I was wondering what you think of [1] "Vitamin C May Lower Heart Disease Risk, But Key Questions Unresolved" and if it should be noted in the article. Also, Journal Watch Women's Health, Vol. 1996, Issue 601, 2 June 1, 1996, "Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins and Death from Coronary Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Women" by Lawrence H. Kushi, Sc.D., Aaron R. Folsom, M.D., Ronald J. Prineas, M.B., B.S., Pamela J. Mink, M.P.H., Ying Wu, M.P.H., and Roberd M. Bostick, M.D. concludes: "In analyses adjusted for age and dietary energy intake, vitamin E consumption appeared to be inversely associated with the risk of death from coronary heart disease. " [Forgot to sign, signing now] Gekritzl 23:35, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I probably shouldn't have done that. He has characteristic patterns of language-mangling; I've mentally cataloged them under that term, but should have filtered between brain and keyboard. I must admit that my mouth dropped when he disclosed his disciplinary specialization.[2] Raymond Arritt 03:52, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi MastCell, would you please go to Talk:Chiropractic and see what is going on there? Go towards the bottom at the title NACM. The discussion (argument) about this and the conversations about Stephen Barrett does not belong there. I think someone should stop all of these off topic comments. This Barrett's lack of certification seems to be everywhere lately. I hope you can help stop what is going on there. One editor emailed me a good bye that he/she is leaving because of this negative behavior. I fear more will leave too. I hope you are well. ----CrohnieGalTalk/Contribs 20:23, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Seems to be warming up again -- please make sure this stays on your radar. See e.g., [3]. Thanks. Raymond Arritt 20:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
The problem is that the civility here is civility at a cost. The design of this site has collapsed from free contributing to some sort of bureacratic nightmare that encourages people to not contribute to the site. 208.16.91.240 18:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I notice that you threatened a block on this user, based on his talk-page trolling. I'd support this move, as he has a long record of edits to talk pages (only) designed to waste other editors time and promote his crackpot theories (Holocaust denial, 911 conspiracies, global warming crackpottery, AIDS weirdness, tobacco/cancer link denial). He seems to have bought the deluxe package of lunacy, and has previously contributed as:
as well as his current IP,
Can you block him?
Cheers, Squiddy | (squirt ink?) 11:33, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed the anon IP who put that synthesis section in the CoA page had a bunch of other similar looking edits, but I lack the time and knowledge to do anything about it. Thought you might want to come down like the hammer of God. That's what I'd do were I an admin. And the main reason I'm not...
Thanks for giving my misgivings a name (and a policy!)
WLU 11:33, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Not a problem, but I'm also facing time shortages these days. Hopefully some other users can help out too. I fear attempting to work over the autism articles, they're usually huge and emotionally loaded. WLU 17:33, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
No, it's not Causes of autism. Could you delete User talk:WLU/Me-Mystar conflict for me? I've combined the contents into a single archive (User talk:WLU/arbitration). Thanks! WLU 18:06, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Ah, THAT is the tag is. I briefly looked for it then figured this was quicker. I'm lazy. Thanks! WLU 18:20, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
I stumbled on the article Pakistan Army and it is a 98% copy of this: http://www.defence.pk/Pakistan_Army/ (have a look at some paragraphs headlines and compare them to the same paragraphs (same headline too) in the www.defence.pk article- they have been copied 1:1) I'm a bit at a loss here... It is clearly copyright infringement, but I'm unsure if I should directly report it to a Wikipedia notice board or post a request on the talk page asking the articles uploaders to get permission from the copyright holder within a certain time. What course of action do you propose? --noclador 19:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Nope, I didn't know... I was mostly offline today (the weather was much too nice to be inside slaving away on the 'pedia). Thanks for the heads up.--Isotope23 00:08, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
The article JessX has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. MastCell Talk 21:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
user:Gon4z has created a new sock puppet: User:Naco-Taco. The user account was created June 17th, 2007 and the first edit he made was to upload the same copyvio image Gon4z uploaded Image:type-77.jpg. Afterwards he started to "edit" and did so only on articles Gon4z has inserted his unsourced edits too. And his edits consisted in solely reverting the articles to the last version of Gon4z or Gon4z's other sock puppet 82.35.34.170. some examples: 82.35.34.170 Version - Naco-Taco Version 82.35.34.170 Version - Naco -Taco Version The same applies to T-55, BTR-50 and BRDM-2. He also added unsourced material to 9K38 Igla and made Albania a MIM-23 Hawk user- something that was completely unknown until now! After he headed to the Albanian Land Forces Command article, quadrupled the number of nortars to 600 and gave as reason: "I was looking at the source and the MORTAR article in wikipedia and it says heavy mortars are from 120mm to 240mm Albania seems to also have 160mm MORTARS so I have added those to" 28 minutes before he himself had changed the article 160mm Mortar M1943 to this unsourced number and now he uses this as his source! He than headed to his other sock puppet 82.35.34.170 (what a coincidence he knows about this) and inserted a indefblockeduser notice on this page!! He proceeded to triple the number of Albanian dead on the List of wars and disasters by death toll because the "Kosovar article states that there were more than 15,000 -25,000 causelties from both sides both civiliana and military" - which it doesn't... but the most annoying part is his "contribution" to the Talk:Albanian Land Forces Command: "LoL, this article has big a big battle field for some months, by the looks of it well since one of the users has been banned maybe now it can get back to how it’s supposed to be." "it can get back to how it’s supposed to be" and what he means by that, we all know. What can be done now to stop this/him? --noclador 08:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
For the comment on my editor review. It always bothers me when I see someone start to get their back up over something minor, and trying to lower the anger level while educating on the proper process is something I really try to do in situations like that. Hopefully, it helps in the long run. Again, thanks - I appreciate the comment! Tony Fox (arf!) review? 20:50, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
you have violated 3RR on [steven_milloy] Peroxisome 23:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
I think there is another one of Billy Ego's recent sockpuppets hanging out in the Benjamin Tucker and Collectivist anarchism templates. Some new user User:Illegal editor who seems to share the same ideology (anarcho-capitalism) and the same obsessions (individualist anarchism, Benjamin Tucker, the obsession with trying to prove that collectivist anarchism believes in markets which was one of user Anarcho-capitalism's later obsessions). Does he check out? Full Shunyata 02:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Also, this user User:Purrny gotobed is a straight-up troll. The first edit he made on Wikipedia was to my user talk where he claimed he knows me from another website (which I've never actually been to) and is here to antagonize me. He's made several edits to articles just for the sake of contradicting me with no other explanation than "reverting nonsense by Purnata". Even his name "Purny [short for "Purnata") go to bed" is evidence of this. Check out his comments on my user page and you can see for yourself. Full Shunyata 23:36, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
