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Well, I have finally gotten a round tuit and done some extensive work on RNA interference, which is now up for peer review here if you want to take a look. IIRC, you are considerably more knowledgeable about the history and specifically earlier plant work than I am; any comments or fixes would be great. Thanks! Opabinia regalis 02:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
On the article Cactus cat, you removed a link in a Sources section. Don't do that. You claimed it was "self-promotion"; it probably was. Nevertheless, the article was based on it; (in fact, the article was a dangerously close paraphrase of a single source, which we really shouldn't do. In any case, removing items listed as sources is a big no-no; if the source is spam, get the article deleted, or sourced from somewhere else; don't just remove the link. Thanks for your attention. 71.128.189.190 (really User:JesseW/not logged in) 00:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Didn't mean to revert this, somehow I got a blank page, thought it was empty and needed a stub. Sorry about that, never had that happen before. Must have been a wiki error of some sort! Thanks for fixing it. Isoxyl 03:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
FYI, I moved RNA interference to FAC here, so please continue with any further comments/criticisms/glowing praise there ;) Opabinia regalis 06:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your most excellent gift; I'm just delighted! It's really a double gift, since it makes the page beautiful, and opened a window in my little brain through which I can glimpse how all that stuff works. I'd always wondered about everyone else's page, but it always seemed so daunting. So you're getting more than a double helping of thanks from me :) Willow 22:09, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Cute ;) What made you think of peppers? Opabinia regalis 03:59, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. I wondered if you had time to review this article? The FAC nomination is here. Thank you. TimVickers 05:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi David,
I just got your message over at Tim's Talk page, where I replied. What was it that you wanted us to consider? I'll be gone soon, though, so don't be surprised if I can't reply for a while. Thanks again for your wonderful update of my Talk page; I enjoy it and wonder at it every day, Willow 18:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you appear to be involved in biology articles or WikiProjects relating to biology and human processes. This article, on a method for evaluating biological utilizations rates of proteins in humans and animals, was started in August and is in need of the attention of an expert. We are having trouble locating one and the article desperately needs it. This method is used constantly in bodybuilding magazines and products and is the subject of much misinformation and half-truths. On the other hand it does appear to have some value. Please help if possible. In case you're wondering why I picked you I just looked through some Science WikiProjects and biology articles and your name appeared a lot in one or both categories. Incidentally if you decide not to do this for whatever reason there's no need to reply. I'll just take it you're busy or uninterested and leave it at that. Thanks. Quadzilla99 22:36, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
+++YOUR COMMENTS ON MY Page+++++ Adding spam and irrelevant external links Please do not add a very large number of unrelated external links to articles. See WP:NOT for what Wikipedia is NOT. If you continue adding such links, you will be reported to the administrator's noticeboard. Thank you. -- Ragib 10:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. -- Ragib 10:52, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
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Dear user Rajib, please don't vandalize the articles I have worked on, instead of improving the articles you are just deleting the "reference list" for the article, this has gone on for couple of articles, you are systematically following the articles I worked on and vadalizing them, I will shortly be reporting you to wikipedia Administartors. Consider this a Warning!!!!. If you want to improve an article you dont take out its reference list. You could have contributed to Wildlife of Bangladesh, I even asked for help on your page, but the article remains at square one after so long while you have had lot of time arguing with me and vandalizing my other articles. Please do not remove this comment from your page, let other be warned too of your great credibility and coopretaion.
Atulsnischal 20:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
CAn somebody please talk to Ragib, one argument that started with him on Bengal monitor page has led to an ongoing onslaught on the articles I have worked on, instead of improving them, he is been removing Reference list from my articles, following the idea from another user David D., can you please talk to both.
Thankyou Atulsnischal 21:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Could you expand on this? I'm not sure what you are trying to say here? Are you giving me a warning? Or are you informing me of a warning you have given to Ragib ? David D. (Talk) 23:28, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I understand the way you feel. If GA really leaves, that's terrible, and Samsara's edit summary was unnecessarily rude. But it doesn't do anyone any good for you and pschemp to get into a fight over this. It really doesn't help anyone. Guettarda 19:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi David,
Daisy woke up this morning in good voice and produced a List of Archaea genera. Is that what you had in mind, maybe, kind of? Any suggestions would be most welcome! :) Willow 17:53, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your friendly welcome which is one of only two friendly messages I have recieved so far (apart from the initial one by Someone called friday). Im not an expert on anything really, but I do like to see things presented neatly and clearly so I will try to help where I can-- SlipperyHippo 18:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, if you've got the time I'd be grateful for any comments and suggestions you might have in the peer-review of metabolism. The page is Wikipedia:Peer review/Metabolism/archive1. Thanks! TimVickers 00:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi David,
It never rains, but it pours? ;)
Encyclop�dia Britannica is also at FAC, just above Metabolism. If you're looking at the latter, could you maybe throw a glance at the former? I hope that you can support it, but any thoughts or comments would be most welcome. Thanks very much! Willow 02:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
The above-entitled arbitration case has been closed and the final decision published at the above link. Ilena ( talk · contribs) is banned from editing Wikipedia for one year and is banned from editing articles and talk pages related to alternative medicine, except talk pages related to breat implants. Fyslee ( talk · contribs) is cautioned to use reliable sources and to edit from a neutral point of view. He is reminded that editors with a known partisan point of view should be careful to seek consensus on the talk page of articles to avoid the appearance of a COI if other editors question their edits. For the arbitration committee, Thatcher131 12:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Glad I got your position right, then! It is very good to have someone coming in and looking at the article with fresh eyes; your observation is entirely sensible, from my perspective. Unfortunately, there are a few editors on each side of the question who indeed are still checking the rings on the tree stumps. (On the other hand, I will admit to being very prickly about a few issues related to this article too!)-- Risker 01:13, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
David, I would like to register my feeling of disgust at reading your diatribe against StuRat on the RD talk page. Whatever you feel about StuRat's actions, nothing can excuse your personal comments such as "StuRat has a problem" and your accusation that StuRat was somehow responsible for Lightcurrent's ban. Your post was unconstructive and simply serves to further polarise and personalise the debate about appropriate behaviour on the RDs. If you can think of anything you can do to repair some of the hurt that your post has caused, I urge you to take that action so as soon as possible. Gandalf61 22:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
(Unindent) Oh for pity's sake Rockpocket. Reverting a space? Enough already, there are plenty of banned users posting in article and article talk space - not to mention on policy and policy talk pages, AN/I and AN. Give it a rest, you are not helping anything here and you are annoying anyone who has David D.'s talk page watchlisted for any reason. Let David D. deal with the "vandalism" and banned users on his talk page by himself. Risker 02:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
David, I'm rather surprised that you suddenly took such a negative tone at the Ref Desk. I don't quite understand it, either, as we seemed to be having quite a civil discussion up to that point. I was actually wondering if someone might have hacked your account from the sudden negativity. I hope we can get this discussion back on a civil tone, and, for myself, have tried not to respond in the same negative tone (by suggesting we should all ignore you, for example). StuRat 05:27, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
How are you, David? It's a long time since we have had any direct communication, and just wanted to let you know that I continue to admire the clarity of your thought, your forbearance and your patience. If ever I can assist you in any way please do let me know. Clio the Muse 10:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
It's not a personal attack to criticize someone's behavior. How on earth could we deal with problem editors if we don't say things like "So-and-so engages in >insert problematic editing description<, as seen here"? Sure, in an idea world, no editor would ever lose patience. Also, in an ideal word, no editor would go out of their way to try other editor's patience. Friday (talk) 14:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I too "like the idea of emphasising participation in projects as a long term goal." My concerns were merely about how far thsi would go and how it would be done, mentioned at a very early stage so that they can be taken into account as the idea developes, rahter than being a suprise later. DES (talk) 22:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi David,
Can I try out an idea on you? I've been brooding about Wikipedia and Citizendium, and the ideas of stability and reliability. There are so many topics out there left undone, whereas people can edit in circles indefinitely on other articles. Perhaps we need a ratchet mechanism, a way of saying, "yes, this topic has been done well enough for now; let's move on to another topic." A stable version could also be reviewed by outside authorities. There are also the problems of persistent vandalism of high-profile articles, ever eroding at our best articles.
As I guess you know, several people have proposed a two-tier approach to Wikipedia, in which edits would not go "live" immediately but be vetted somehow, taking away the vanity temptation of vandalism. Others have suggested different types of "stable versions".
A different solution occurred to me today, although perhaps it's been thought of already. The WikiProjects could be allotted their own namespace into which they could put stable versions of their favorite pages, pages that they deemed good enough for a real publication. Very few people in each WikiProject (say, one or two, by election) would have the power to upload or change pages in that namespace. Work (or vandalism) could continue in the Main namespace, but nothing need be uploaded to the stable namespace until a significant improvement had been reached, as voted by the members of the WikiProject. Moreover, if people were together in the Wikiproject, they might well turn to making another stable article, rather than tweaking the last one. Giving real power to the Wikiprojects (beyond that of an individual editor) would also encourage people to join them, making them more like medieval guilds.
Of course, there may well be drawbacks; I'm wary of too much organization, and could imagine that the power might be abused. But it might allow the people who really care about an article to put it beyond the reach of malice or mistaken self-confidence. What do you think? Willow 22:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
you left a message on my page what was it for?-- 68.201.118.165 15:07, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with the banned user who keeps vandalising my user page. Your reverts and vigilance are very much appreciated. Alun 07:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, I've replied briefly to your comment at WP:ANI#Wikistalking because I think you may not have noticed the most relevant information. I'd be grateful if you'd review and comment further. Thanks, Gnixon 17:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC).
I replied there to your rant (also have a long rant that has nothing to do with what you said...) Pascal.Tesson 19:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for semiprotecting the cloming article. David D. (Talk) 16:16, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for helping with this, the FAR came as a surprise to say the least! TimVickers 04:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
The Introduction to Evolution article has apparently been discovered. So many vandals, perhaps they are still feeling the spirit from Easter. I predict even more attacks in the future; since this one is simple enough that they understand it (sort of the Ken Ham approach). Most of the challenges have been ridiculous attempts by some very bad spellers. It will be interesting to see if anyone attacks from an intellectual angle, similar to what you contend with on the main page. -- Random Replicator 00:44, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
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Feel better now you Darwinist/Evolutionist/Atheist primate!!!!! Orangemarlin 23:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Could you consider extending the semi protection status of the cloning article? It expired on May 1st. See what has happenend since. http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Cloning&action=history Can semiprotection be used for an extended period or is this frowned upon? This article seems to be a real magnet for juvenile trolls. David D. (Talk) 20:12, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I thought that as the catabolism of the majority of the amino acids either feed into pyruvate and then into acetyl-CoA (alanine, serine and cysteine) or acetyl and propionyl CoA directly, (the branched-chain amino acids and threonine) that this was a useful generalisation. I missed out pyruvate as it isn't nearly as important an intermediate as acetyl-CoA, which is the center of both anabolism and catabolism and where the majority of catabolic pathways converge. I deliberately designed this figure to be as broad and simple as possible. (I do admit I stole the basis of the figure from A survey of the energy transformations in living matter by Krebs, Kornberg and Burton) TimVickers 22:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, the amino acids that feed to oxaloacetate are the exception, but I omitted these for the sake of simplicity. If you see pyruvate as just an intermediate in the formation of acetyl-CoA it lets you bring all these pathways together into one simple diagram. It's not the standard way of splitting up the pathways, but it is a useful unifying principle. TimVickers 17:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Consider. Hipocrite - «Talk» 18:07, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, I should have explained it on the RFA page. I'm going to revise what I wrote there to make it more clear. Thanks for pointing that out. Wooyi Talk, Editor review 20:32, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I thought that as the catabolism of the majority of the amino acids either feed into pyruvate and then into acetyl-CoA (alanine, serine and cysteine) or acetyl and propionyl CoA directly, (the branched-chain amino acids and threonine) that this was a useful generalisation. I missed out pyruvate as it isn't nearly as important an intermediate as acetyl-CoA, which is the center of both anabolism and catabolism and where the majority of catabolic pathways converge. I deliberately designed this figure to be as broad and simple as possible. (I do admit I stole the basis of the figure from A survey of the energy transformations in living matter by Krebs, Kornberg and Burton) TimVickers 22:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, the amino acids that feed to oxaloacetate are the exception, but I omitted these for the sake of simplicity. If you see pyruvate as just an intermediate in the formation of acetyl-CoA it lets you bring all these pathways together into one simple diagram. It's not the standard way of splitting up the pathways, but it is a useful unifying principle. TimVickers 17:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Consider. Hipocrite - «Talk» 18:07, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, I should have explained it on the RFA page. I'm going to revise what I wrote there to make it more clear. Thanks for pointing that out. Wooyi Talk, Editor review 20:32, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
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Good work in your use of the hidden archive. This appears to work pretty well so far in cutting short the off-topic sniping. Hopefully, if used appropriately, we can use it to keep things focused. Rockpocke t 21:41, 9 May 2007 (UTC) |
I copied directly from the first two. I wonder who did those ;) David D. (Talk) 21:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, jimfbleak 09:54, 10 May 2007 (UTC) Hi David, can't see any problem with my talk, so as you say, weird. jimfbleak 05:11, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
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Now how can I make sure this matter receives the attention it deserves? Oh well, I suppose you've saved me the trouble of digging up a bunny with a pancake on its head. Friday (talk) 20:02, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Somehow I missed your post at the village pump a few days ago. Just had a chance to read it now, and all I can say is your arguments are well put. Glad you're on the side of advocating for the idea (and actually contributing, no less).... Cheers, AndrewGNF 00:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. A point to notice is that some of the people on the talk page contribute to the article, whilst some only contribute to the talk page. TimVickers 22:04, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
I've never had so much guidance and yet so little help when writing an article before. It can become a little frustrating. It feels better now I have vented. Thank you! TimVickers 22:19, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Aaaargh! AAAAAAARRGH! TimVickers 20:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
It actually crashed my browser loading it this morning. I've changed the archive bot setting to 3 days and compacted all the inactive threads until then. TimVickers 15:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Silence has deleted a section I just added on the evolution of complexity. I am too annoyed with him to deal with this in a calm and dispassionate way, so could you please go and have a look at this and see what you think? TimVickers 22:52, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Apologies if there has been any confusion. My comment on the actual page apparently caused some offence, and from an organisational standpoint, was somewhat difficult to handle: messages were coming rather fast on several pages, and nor was there an intention to delete any comments (I now assume I did.) Were they undeleted? martianlostinspace 17:00, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. martianlostinspace 17:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Clio is back, David, thanks to you and the many other decent people here. You will find a note of explanation on my talk page. Love Clio the Muse 00:02, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey, it's okay. I have my own suspicions, and have had about many things in the last few months, but it never seems to go well when people start with the "What's the link? Why are you doing this? Sockpuppet!", even if their accusations are completely true. Much better to ask polite questions, politely point out what has recently happened, and keep your eyes peeled. If someone then acts disruptively, they should be pulled up for that. If someone (hypothetically) had a sockpuppet account, but it wasn't used for vote-stacking or edit-warring, but rather for trying to make edits and starting discussions without being judged by the behaviour of their other account(s), I actually have no problem with that. As long as they're subtle and not disruptive. If someone started a discussion because someone else asked them to, I'd rather they admitted this, but it wouldn't make me dismiss the discussion out of hand. But again, if they were disruptive they should be pulled up for that.
Just my observations :-) Skittle 18:18, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
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Hey skittle, thanks for all the links and advice , very funny and wise :P David D. (Talk) 19:24, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I chanced upon Citizendium's biology article and was very impressed with the montage showing the varieties of life shown in the title image. Would it be possible to use that image in this encyclopedia's article on biology or, if not, could a similar one be made? Brisv e gas 23:50, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
If you had some ideas on how to improve the Evolution article, could you contribute to the peer-review? Thanks. TimVickers 20:52, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Comes online. (thats the right thing to do, of course, I was just amused by a (very rare) example of genuine wit among the childish dross. Rockpocke t 07:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC))
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As he's an admitted sock of a banned editor who exhausted the patience of the admin who'd been permitting him to edit, I don't see how bringing it to AN/I could possibly help him. Friday (talk) 20:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I feel you are right. I have been away for three months and if I run for admin right now, I would most likely fail in the nomination. -- S iva1979 Talk to me 01:42, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I expect you are keeping an eye on my and her histories and talk pages User_talk:Psychic_profiler. She is notable enough for her own article.
BTW, this talk page is a nightmare for me to view since boxes cover large parts of it. I use 1024 x 768, which is quite common. -- Fyslee/ talk 14:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I note your "same old, same old" comment on the Ref desk Talk page. How does an editor tell if the questionner is a banned user? I would rather not waste time on banned users or trolls, but I am having some difficulty telling a bewildered question from a (possibly) young questionner whose first langusge is not English from a silly question from someone who just wants either to be noticed or to tie up resources, especially if I am to assume good faith and be polite. Any experience or "checking" mechanism you can share would be appreciated. Bielle 18:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Would you please direct me to the page that explains all of this to me? I really would appreciate it. Please post it to my talk page if you do not mind. Thank you very much for taking the time to explain what you did. ---- CrohnieGal Talk/ Contribs 14:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
How'd you git that Welcoming thing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikro ( talk • contribs)
I am. So much so, I think its still worth keeping an eye on. Rockpocke t 08:25, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my user page, much appreciated. â¦Tangerines BFC â¦Â· Talk 19:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I saw your messages on the user's page and my observation on the user behaviour suggests that they are a bunch of children at play and have stopped worrying about them since they are restricting themselves now to userspace. I see they are not doing anything useful to wikipedia, but do not have the heart to do anything about it. Shyamal 05:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
You on a mission ATM to rv all posts you think may be LC? How can you be sure its me him?
Hello, David D.: Several days ago you commented on the proposal to change the label "Discussion" to "Talk" for greater newbie friendliness at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Talk Pages. You were opposed to the change on the grounds that it might encourage "chat" rather than content discussion on the talk pages. A.Z. has summarized the discussion to date on the point, and amended his summary after a call for a correction by Qiddity. Do you have anything more to add before we request a view on whether we have consensus, or would you like to comment on consensus? Bielle 19:28, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I hope you are feeling great. I would like to inquire if this is the right time for me to be nominated as an admin. Your thoughts on this matter would be useful! -- S iva1979 Talk to me 07:16, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
That is all. Tim Vickers 03:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on the proposal.
Based on the comments from other users, I think that yes, it needs to be spelled out.
We experienced editors know how to add new sections and edit existing sections, but drive-by editors do not, and they're the ones we want to encourage to contribute. I don't even see these tabs the way they are formatted by default. I have a number of admin tabs and custom tabs added to my interface with js and css.
On articles, you use the "edit this page" link regularly, to change the entire article. But on talk pages, no one uses it. We all use the "new comment" link to create new sections, and the section "[edit]" links to contribute to existing sections. The big "edit this page" link is only used rarely for special things, like rearranging sections. So the argument is that we should be making the whole-page "edit" link less prominent, and the other links more prominent.
We need a simply way for passers-by to notify us when they see a problem with an article, that doesn't require them to learn any code or invest anything in the site beyond that comment itself. — Omegatron 12:14, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Something I have never found particularly interesting, but I suppose we could add an ATP trivia section if you think people will want it! :) All the best Tim Vickers 18:22, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
Please see my comments here Raul654 21:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello, it appears you were involved in the deletion of the article on the band 'Dryve'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Dryve_%28second_nomination%29
I was a founding member of this band and would occasionally add current information to the page. It seems the two main points of contention were first, the involvement of a banned wikiuser named Jason Gastrich, and second, is the article's information is unverifiable. I would like to request the article be reinstated on the following grounds-
I can fully verify any and all of the information in the article.
There is sufficient verifiable information to meet the WP/music requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia.
As far as this Jason Gastrich character goes, I do vaguely remember him frequenting the Dryve performances in San Diego and I do believe he briefly played with former Dryve bass player Michael Pratschner after Dryve had disbanded. If he in fact did start the page as one admin claimed, his personal character deficits do not negate the validity of the subject matter of which I looked over quite a bit to insure it's accuracy.
Please contact me if you would like more information.
Keith Andrew Kickstar1@hotmail.com -- Kickstar1 03:54, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in my Request for Adminship. Unfortunately the nomination did not succeed, but please rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project, and I'll try again in a few months! If you ever have any questions or suggestions for me, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes, -- El on ka 06:45, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, I was hoping you might be able to answer a question for me about Bot read rates. Do you know how much time a bot should wait between read requests (just a read, not an edit)? I wasn't able to find any good information about this. Thanks. JonSDSUGrad 20:49, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello. As an admin previous involved in the Gastrich [9] affair, I wonder if you would be so kind as to weigh in on the Kearny High School, San Diego [10], talk page and the inclusion of one of Mr Gastrich's privately-owned domain sites as a reference for the page. Thank you. - Nascentatheist 04:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
As I said before its biology, lol... there is never any hard and fast rules (which makes it sooooooooooo much fun to teach)... so many things that are gray around the edges. That said I still think viruses aren't alive :p ;)
As for earliest life... I think that there were things like viruses around before true life evolved. The earliest true life would have had the ability to self replicate. It is possible that some form of protein replication occured first which would have lead to ribosomes evolving and so on. Sorry I can't do this right now I've got a two year old shouting at the top of his voice at the TV, I think its bedtime for him. Why is there an evolutionary advantage to two year olds being as mad as a box of frogs? AlanD 18:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi David!
I hope you're doing well these days — our paths don't cross as much as they used to. :( I'm wondering if you can help me with a template formatting question. I'm trying to make a {{ Stacked timelines}} template for historical articles (and others), which I've been testing out at User:WillowW/Stacked timeline template. Unfortunately, if I have fewer than the maximum number of entries (presently 4), the template leaves white space at the bottom. I've experimented a little with different workarounds, but they either don't help the problem or they ruin the template's result for more than two timelines. Can you help me or suggest a better approach? Thanks! :) Willow 23:25, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
I've put the article on oxidative phosphorylation up for FA, any comments or suggestions at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Oxidative phosphorylation would be most welcome. All the best Tim Vickers 19:57, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, When I incorporated that long list of misconceptions the article took on a very hard edge. Sort of felt like we should be teaching evolution from a pulpit. Praise Darwin!!! Have you see the new "list". They're excellent suggestions --- but damn I'm getting tired of this --- it makes me feel stupid. Anyway, what should be done about Hardy-Weinberg? The formulas has been left out; yet several have seen it as overly complex. You want to take a stab at it --- or should we delete it?-- Random Replicator 02:38, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
I have nominated Template:@ ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Rocket000 04:03, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Your figure of non compeditive inhibition is wrong you may want to correct this. The slope i.e (Vmax/Km) does not change in this plot —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.132.215 ( talk) 15:43, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
A proposal to make the kind of discussion I've been struggling through on the Enzyme kinetics talk page a bit simpler to conduct is at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style#Units_of_measurement, I would be very grateful if you would comment. Tim Vickers 17:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
This is a school. Of course there are going to be immature edits that will be reverted. You pretty much wasted your time posting that message. 216.56.27.105 18:57, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, would you be interested in a few more tools on your toolbar? Tim Vickers 18:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
So you need answers to these? David D. (Talk) 20:00, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Comment on that draft reply, the phrase about blocking - it being "very unlikely i will use this during normal editing disputes." isn't what you mean, since you can't use blocking as part of editing disputes, only as part of the normal maintenance of pages against vandalism. Tim Vickers 19:43, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
OK, it's on the page. Tim Vickers 23:15, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I think I actually did screw it up a little, and, to let you in on a little secret, I'm not exactly the wide-eyed innocent I painted myself. I kind of knew I was dropping a cherry bomb in the toilet, but I figured what's the worst that can happen. It's a balls thing. This Wikipedia world is a strange place, but I'm learning. -- Milkbreath 00:14, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for your support over at Talk:Race and genetics, I really do appreciate another biologist getting involved in what is often a difficult environment. On a related note, if you have a few minutes I would appreciate your thoughts on a section I added to the Race debate article that specifically discusses clines vs clustering. It's called Clusters or clines, isolation by distance and small island models. If you don't have the time then of course I understand. Thanks again for your help. Peace. Alun 11:23, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I would like to ask about the comment you left on my user discussion page. I don't know anything about you. Are you a Wikipedia administrator? Are you a biologist? Why were my comments about the article deleted? Is there a way to retrieve my paragraph? I have contributed a lot of material to that page. Some of it signed and some unsigned. I have reasons for not signing some information, which I can disucuss with you via email, if you want. Shannon bohle 04:46, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
The very best of luck, dear David. Clio the Muse 01:45, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations! You are now an administrator! Secretlondon 01:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you all for participating. In fact, thank you to everyone for the positive comments. David D. (Talk) 19:21, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, you might have noticed that your nomination was one of several others I made over that last week, this was partly spurred by the IP editing threat, but also has a more general objective. The reason for this effort was that I have been a little disturbed by a growing attitude that admins are more than just editors with a few more buttons on their toolbars and are instead "senior editors" with greater authority. I decided that the best way of dealing with this idea was to greatly expand the pool of admins to include a wider diversity of the pool of editors.
Since you have now passed the selection, could you in turn select and nominate some people you trust - I'd suggest aiming for about three over the next month or so. Of those who are selected, could you ask them in turn to select and nominate three candidates. Such a chain of trust should result, over time, in a greatly enlarged pool of admins and thus provide a simple and effective way of spreading the responsibility - perhaps to the point where becoming an admin is seen as normal and expected, rather than a major achievement. I hope you'll be able to help me with this. Thank you. Tim Vickers 20:38, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I'm about 1/2 way there so far, although my home spell-check keeps me right! Unfortunately Willow seems intransigent, unless a huge bribe of yarn would do the trick? Tim Vickers 21:18, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your kind message. After reading over the talk page, I more fully understand what you're going for, and I agree that the changes in wording that you've suggested are most helpful. Again, thanks. Ante lan talk 02:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
To be honest, I've never liked the writing in this article much, but I was hesitant to make changes because of some past nonsense regarding the article [don't ask]. I didn't think a lot of the attempts were going the right way, but I think Skinwalker mentioned Intelligent design, so I went over there, noted how they did it, and tried to follow the pattern. Also, once all the repetition got cut, the balancing criticism... just didn't seem necessary any more. The first paragraph was no longer a blunt instrument for either side, and so could just be simple and clear. Adam Cuerden talk 04:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
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Well done for starting to sort out the mess. Let me know if you need backup with anything. Samsara ( talk • contribs) 12:44, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, just watching the fireworks. Can you please also make sure that you don't violate WP:3RR if this carries on? Thanks. Samsara ( talk • contribs) 16:00, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! :) -- Woohookitty Woohoo! 03:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the note. I think mitochondria can make it to FA status, and I'd appreciate any help you can give! (Actually, I'm not sure I correctly requested peer review ...) Sedmic 15:00, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
This user has been blocked as a possible sock puppet of User:Sm565. If you are interested in commenting on this block, Orion4 has requested your consideration in an unblock request. — Whig ( talk) 08:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand why you deleted by addition of James Watson to the African American category. You say that 16% African blood is not relevant enough. What exactly is the percentage that you think is relevant? And how did you come up with the number? If James Watson is of African descent, which his DNA proves and he is American, then he is of African American descent. That does not deny his European ancestry. Guess what? Most African Americans have European and Native American ancestry, some to greater of lesser degrees, but we are still counted as African American. Think of Earl Woods, whose, African Ancestry is MAYBE 1/4, and Tiger Woods who has even less than that. If Tifger is listed in Wikipedia as African American, then so should James Watson. Unless it something to be ashamed of. Do you think it would be shameful? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Computer-girl ( talk • contribs) 20:13, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
David, you said that "I'm not sure the category is intended for everyone with some african decendants." But that is the very definition of African American. Unless you just want to stick with the definition of "LOOKING" African American, and then people of African descent who "look" White can go along their merry way being categorized as White. What is your criteria for being African American? Will the percentages creep up as more and more Whites find that they have African blood? Will you reclassify current African-Americans who fit your definition of "Non- African American" as White? By the way, what exactly IS your definition of African American?
Let's face it, Watson has made an issue of intelligence and race, namely that Africans are less intelligent genetically speaking. On top of the genetic issue, this very issue makes it all the more relevant that he be put in a category to which he belongs genetically. I NEVER said that Tiger Woods should not be categorized as African American. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Computer-girl ( talk • contribs) 20:37, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Why not join the discussion on the articles talk page. It seems to be following a similar line of thought. David D. (Talk) 00:08, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
FYI, i just added a semi protect to the LSD article that expires in a month. Lets see how that helps. David D. (Talk) 13:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, don't like this kind of drama. Dropped it from my watchlist. Curious Blue ( talk) 19:36, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
If you feel the yen to deal with genuine "molecular waves", I'm feeling a bit lonely at the NAD FAC. I suspect the subject is scaring off reviewers. Can you catch any of my mistakes? Tim Vickers ( talk) 04:23, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Atulsnischal ( talk · contribs) has made more edits to genetic pollution rapidly pushing this article back to where it was before. On top of this Genetic pollution is currently linked to by 52 different wikipedia articles.
I have looked at at about ten of these and in all cases these links were added by User:Atulsnischal. This is becoming a significant POV problem since a quick look at the titles of the articles linking to genetic pollution makes it apparent that the invasive species usage is most common. In other words, this is activist terminology and it "looks" as if wikipedia is being to be used to promote a cause. This is pretty subtle I know, but given how Atulsnischal refuses to discuss this issue and is active on so many conservation related pages to promote this issue I'm wondering if a RFC should be started to address this issue? If nothing else the genetic pollution article should clarify the political usage of this term, assuming there is any good commentary that can be cited. Any thoughts? David D. (Talk) 23:40, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Atulsnischal ( talk) 00:14, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Do you think it would be possible or appropriate to find someone that will mentor him/her? — Whig ( talk) 05:46, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, no particular reason. I figured it would be something I would do eventually but I haven't given it much thought. Do you think I should? One obstacle I foresee is that my edit count is comparatively low, at about 2200 currently. Thanks, -- S.dedalus ( talk) 23:07, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Agreed. Thank you for your patience and improvements to the article. Once I had stripped out all of the fiction, mafia stories, etc [13], it was really bare. I'll watchlist it to hopefully help keep it moving in a positive direction. best regards, -- guyzero | talk 21:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
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Well, I have finally gotten a round tuit and done some extensive work on RNA interference, which is now up for peer review here if you want to take a look. IIRC, you are considerably more knowledgeable about the history and specifically earlier plant work than I am; any comments or fixes would be great. Thanks! Opabinia regalis 02:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
On the article Cactus cat, you removed a link in a Sources section. Don't do that. You claimed it was "self-promotion"; it probably was. Nevertheless, the article was based on it; (in fact, the article was a dangerously close paraphrase of a single source, which we really shouldn't do. In any case, removing items listed as sources is a big no-no; if the source is spam, get the article deleted, or sourced from somewhere else; don't just remove the link. Thanks for your attention. 71.128.189.190 (really User:JesseW/not logged in) 00:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Didn't mean to revert this, somehow I got a blank page, thought it was empty and needed a stub. Sorry about that, never had that happen before. Must have been a wiki error of some sort! Thanks for fixing it. Isoxyl 03:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
FYI, I moved RNA interference to FAC here, so please continue with any further comments/criticisms/glowing praise there ;) Opabinia regalis 06:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your most excellent gift; I'm just delighted! It's really a double gift, since it makes the page beautiful, and opened a window in my little brain through which I can glimpse how all that stuff works. I'd always wondered about everyone else's page, but it always seemed so daunting. So you're getting more than a double helping of thanks from me :) Willow 22:09, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Cute ;) What made you think of peppers? Opabinia regalis 03:59, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. I wondered if you had time to review this article? The FAC nomination is here. Thank you. TimVickers 05:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi David,
I just got your message over at Tim's Talk page, where I replied. What was it that you wanted us to consider? I'll be gone soon, though, so don't be surprised if I can't reply for a while. Thanks again for your wonderful update of my Talk page; I enjoy it and wonder at it every day, Willow 18:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I noticed you appear to be involved in biology articles or WikiProjects relating to biology and human processes. This article, on a method for evaluating biological utilizations rates of proteins in humans and animals, was started in August and is in need of the attention of an expert. We are having trouble locating one and the article desperately needs it. This method is used constantly in bodybuilding magazines and products and is the subject of much misinformation and half-truths. On the other hand it does appear to have some value. Please help if possible. In case you're wondering why I picked you I just looked through some Science WikiProjects and biology articles and your name appeared a lot in one or both categories. Incidentally if you decide not to do this for whatever reason there's no need to reply. I'll just take it you're busy or uninterested and leave it at that. Thanks. Quadzilla99 22:36, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
+++YOUR COMMENTS ON MY Page+++++ Adding spam and irrelevant external links Please do not add a very large number of unrelated external links to articles. See WP:NOT for what Wikipedia is NOT. If you continue adding such links, you will be reported to the administrator's noticeboard. Thank you. -- Ragib 10:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. -- Ragib 10:52, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
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Dear user Rajib, please don't vandalize the articles I have worked on, instead of improving the articles you are just deleting the "reference list" for the article, this has gone on for couple of articles, you are systematically following the articles I worked on and vadalizing them, I will shortly be reporting you to wikipedia Administartors. Consider this a Warning!!!!. If you want to improve an article you dont take out its reference list. You could have contributed to Wildlife of Bangladesh, I even asked for help on your page, but the article remains at square one after so long while you have had lot of time arguing with me and vandalizing my other articles. Please do not remove this comment from your page, let other be warned too of your great credibility and coopretaion.
Atulsnischal 20:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
CAn somebody please talk to Ragib, one argument that started with him on Bengal monitor page has led to an ongoing onslaught on the articles I have worked on, instead of improving them, he is been removing Reference list from my articles, following the idea from another user David D., can you please talk to both.
Thankyou Atulsnischal 21:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Could you expand on this? I'm not sure what you are trying to say here? Are you giving me a warning? Or are you informing me of a warning you have given to Ragib ? David D. (Talk) 23:28, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I understand the way you feel. If GA really leaves, that's terrible, and Samsara's edit summary was unnecessarily rude. But it doesn't do anyone any good for you and pschemp to get into a fight over this. It really doesn't help anyone. Guettarda 19:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi David,
Daisy woke up this morning in good voice and produced a List of Archaea genera. Is that what you had in mind, maybe, kind of? Any suggestions would be most welcome! :) Willow 17:53, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your friendly welcome which is one of only two friendly messages I have recieved so far (apart from the initial one by Someone called friday). Im not an expert on anything really, but I do like to see things presented neatly and clearly so I will try to help where I can-- SlipperyHippo 18:08, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, if you've got the time I'd be grateful for any comments and suggestions you might have in the peer-review of metabolism. The page is Wikipedia:Peer review/Metabolism/archive1. Thanks! TimVickers 00:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi David,
It never rains, but it pours? ;)
Encyclop�dia Britannica is also at FAC, just above Metabolism. If you're looking at the latter, could you maybe throw a glance at the former? I hope that you can support it, but any thoughts or comments would be most welcome. Thanks very much! Willow 02:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
The above-entitled arbitration case has been closed and the final decision published at the above link. Ilena ( talk · contribs) is banned from editing Wikipedia for one year and is banned from editing articles and talk pages related to alternative medicine, except talk pages related to breat implants. Fyslee ( talk · contribs) is cautioned to use reliable sources and to edit from a neutral point of view. He is reminded that editors with a known partisan point of view should be careful to seek consensus on the talk page of articles to avoid the appearance of a COI if other editors question their edits. For the arbitration committee, Thatcher131 12:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Glad I got your position right, then! It is very good to have someone coming in and looking at the article with fresh eyes; your observation is entirely sensible, from my perspective. Unfortunately, there are a few editors on each side of the question who indeed are still checking the rings on the tree stumps. (On the other hand, I will admit to being very prickly about a few issues related to this article too!)-- Risker 01:13, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
David, I would like to register my feeling of disgust at reading your diatribe against StuRat on the RD talk page. Whatever you feel about StuRat's actions, nothing can excuse your personal comments such as "StuRat has a problem" and your accusation that StuRat was somehow responsible for Lightcurrent's ban. Your post was unconstructive and simply serves to further polarise and personalise the debate about appropriate behaviour on the RDs. If you can think of anything you can do to repair some of the hurt that your post has caused, I urge you to take that action so as soon as possible. Gandalf61 22:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
(Unindent) Oh for pity's sake Rockpocket. Reverting a space? Enough already, there are plenty of banned users posting in article and article talk space - not to mention on policy and policy talk pages, AN/I and AN. Give it a rest, you are not helping anything here and you are annoying anyone who has David D.'s talk page watchlisted for any reason. Let David D. deal with the "vandalism" and banned users on his talk page by himself. Risker 02:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
David, I'm rather surprised that you suddenly took such a negative tone at the Ref Desk. I don't quite understand it, either, as we seemed to be having quite a civil discussion up to that point. I was actually wondering if someone might have hacked your account from the sudden negativity. I hope we can get this discussion back on a civil tone, and, for myself, have tried not to respond in the same negative tone (by suggesting we should all ignore you, for example). StuRat 05:27, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
How are you, David? It's a long time since we have had any direct communication, and just wanted to let you know that I continue to admire the clarity of your thought, your forbearance and your patience. If ever I can assist you in any way please do let me know. Clio the Muse 10:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
It's not a personal attack to criticize someone's behavior. How on earth could we deal with problem editors if we don't say things like "So-and-so engages in >insert problematic editing description<, as seen here"? Sure, in an idea world, no editor would ever lose patience. Also, in an ideal word, no editor would go out of their way to try other editor's patience. Friday (talk) 14:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I too "like the idea of emphasising participation in projects as a long term goal." My concerns were merely about how far thsi would go and how it would be done, mentioned at a very early stage so that they can be taken into account as the idea developes, rahter than being a suprise later. DES (talk) 22:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi David,
Can I try out an idea on you? I've been brooding about Wikipedia and Citizendium, and the ideas of stability and reliability. There are so many topics out there left undone, whereas people can edit in circles indefinitely on other articles. Perhaps we need a ratchet mechanism, a way of saying, "yes, this topic has been done well enough for now; let's move on to another topic." A stable version could also be reviewed by outside authorities. There are also the problems of persistent vandalism of high-profile articles, ever eroding at our best articles.
As I guess you know, several people have proposed a two-tier approach to Wikipedia, in which edits would not go "live" immediately but be vetted somehow, taking away the vanity temptation of vandalism. Others have suggested different types of "stable versions".
A different solution occurred to me today, although perhaps it's been thought of already. The WikiProjects could be allotted their own namespace into which they could put stable versions of their favorite pages, pages that they deemed good enough for a real publication. Very few people in each WikiProject (say, one or two, by election) would have the power to upload or change pages in that namespace. Work (or vandalism) could continue in the Main namespace, but nothing need be uploaded to the stable namespace until a significant improvement had been reached, as voted by the members of the WikiProject. Moreover, if people were together in the Wikiproject, they might well turn to making another stable article, rather than tweaking the last one. Giving real power to the Wikiprojects (beyond that of an individual editor) would also encourage people to join them, making them more like medieval guilds.
Of course, there may well be drawbacks; I'm wary of too much organization, and could imagine that the power might be abused. But it might allow the people who really care about an article to put it beyond the reach of malice or mistaken self-confidence. What do you think? Willow 22:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
you left a message on my page what was it for?-- 68.201.118.165 15:07, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with the banned user who keeps vandalising my user page. Your reverts and vigilance are very much appreciated. Alun 07:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, I've replied briefly to your comment at WP:ANI#Wikistalking because I think you may not have noticed the most relevant information. I'd be grateful if you'd review and comment further. Thanks, Gnixon 17:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC).
I replied there to your rant (also have a long rant that has nothing to do with what you said...) Pascal.Tesson 19:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for semiprotecting the cloming article. David D. (Talk) 16:16, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for helping with this, the FAR came as a surprise to say the least! TimVickers 04:09, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
The Introduction to Evolution article has apparently been discovered. So many vandals, perhaps they are still feeling the spirit from Easter. I predict even more attacks in the future; since this one is simple enough that they understand it (sort of the Ken Ham approach). Most of the challenges have been ridiculous attempts by some very bad spellers. It will be interesting to see if anyone attacks from an intellectual angle, similar to what you contend with on the main page. -- Random Replicator 00:44, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
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Feel better now you Darwinist/Evolutionist/Atheist primate!!!!! Orangemarlin 23:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Could you consider extending the semi protection status of the cloning article? It expired on May 1st. See what has happenend since. http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Cloning&action=history Can semiprotection be used for an extended period or is this frowned upon? This article seems to be a real magnet for juvenile trolls. David D. (Talk) 20:12, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I thought that as the catabolism of the majority of the amino acids either feed into pyruvate and then into acetyl-CoA (alanine, serine and cysteine) or acetyl and propionyl CoA directly, (the branched-chain amino acids and threonine) that this was a useful generalisation. I missed out pyruvate as it isn't nearly as important an intermediate as acetyl-CoA, which is the center of both anabolism and catabolism and where the majority of catabolic pathways converge. I deliberately designed this figure to be as broad and simple as possible. (I do admit I stole the basis of the figure from A survey of the energy transformations in living matter by Krebs, Kornberg and Burton) TimVickers 22:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, the amino acids that feed to oxaloacetate are the exception, but I omitted these for the sake of simplicity. If you see pyruvate as just an intermediate in the formation of acetyl-CoA it lets you bring all these pathways together into one simple diagram. It's not the standard way of splitting up the pathways, but it is a useful unifying principle. TimVickers 17:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Consider. Hipocrite - «Talk» 18:07, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, I should have explained it on the RFA page. I'm going to revise what I wrote there to make it more clear. Thanks for pointing that out. Wooyi Talk, Editor review 20:32, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I thought that as the catabolism of the majority of the amino acids either feed into pyruvate and then into acetyl-CoA (alanine, serine and cysteine) or acetyl and propionyl CoA directly, (the branched-chain amino acids and threonine) that this was a useful generalisation. I missed out pyruvate as it isn't nearly as important an intermediate as acetyl-CoA, which is the center of both anabolism and catabolism and where the majority of catabolic pathways converge. I deliberately designed this figure to be as broad and simple as possible. (I do admit I stole the basis of the figure from A survey of the energy transformations in living matter by Krebs, Kornberg and Burton) TimVickers 22:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, the amino acids that feed to oxaloacetate are the exception, but I omitted these for the sake of simplicity. If you see pyruvate as just an intermediate in the formation of acetyl-CoA it lets you bring all these pathways together into one simple diagram. It's not the standard way of splitting up the pathways, but it is a useful unifying principle. TimVickers 17:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Consider. Hipocrite - «Talk» 18:07, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, I should have explained it on the RFA page. I'm going to revise what I wrote there to make it more clear. Thanks for pointing that out. Wooyi Talk, Editor review 20:32, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
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Good work in your use of the hidden archive. This appears to work pretty well so far in cutting short the off-topic sniping. Hopefully, if used appropriately, we can use it to keep things focused. Rockpocke t 21:41, 9 May 2007 (UTC) |
I copied directly from the first two. I wonder who did those ;) David D. (Talk) 21:50, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, jimfbleak 09:54, 10 May 2007 (UTC) Hi David, can't see any problem with my talk, so as you say, weird. jimfbleak 05:11, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
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Now how can I make sure this matter receives the attention it deserves? Oh well, I suppose you've saved me the trouble of digging up a bunny with a pancake on its head. Friday (talk) 20:02, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Somehow I missed your post at the village pump a few days ago. Just had a chance to read it now, and all I can say is your arguments are well put. Glad you're on the side of advocating for the idea (and actually contributing, no less).... Cheers, AndrewGNF 00:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi there. A point to notice is that some of the people on the talk page contribute to the article, whilst some only contribute to the talk page. TimVickers 22:04, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
I've never had so much guidance and yet so little help when writing an article before. It can become a little frustrating. It feels better now I have vented. Thank you! TimVickers 22:19, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Aaaargh! AAAAAAARRGH! TimVickers 20:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
It actually crashed my browser loading it this morning. I've changed the archive bot setting to 3 days and compacted all the inactive threads until then. TimVickers 15:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Silence has deleted a section I just added on the evolution of complexity. I am too annoyed with him to deal with this in a calm and dispassionate way, so could you please go and have a look at this and see what you think? TimVickers 22:52, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Apologies if there has been any confusion. My comment on the actual page apparently caused some offence, and from an organisational standpoint, was somewhat difficult to handle: messages were coming rather fast on several pages, and nor was there an intention to delete any comments (I now assume I did.) Were they undeleted? martianlostinspace 17:00, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. martianlostinspace 17:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Clio is back, David, thanks to you and the many other decent people here. You will find a note of explanation on my talk page. Love Clio the Muse 00:02, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey, it's okay. I have my own suspicions, and have had about many things in the last few months, but it never seems to go well when people start with the "What's the link? Why are you doing this? Sockpuppet!", even if their accusations are completely true. Much better to ask polite questions, politely point out what has recently happened, and keep your eyes peeled. If someone then acts disruptively, they should be pulled up for that. If someone (hypothetically) had a sockpuppet account, but it wasn't used for vote-stacking or edit-warring, but rather for trying to make edits and starting discussions without being judged by the behaviour of their other account(s), I actually have no problem with that. As long as they're subtle and not disruptive. If someone started a discussion because someone else asked them to, I'd rather they admitted this, but it wouldn't make me dismiss the discussion out of hand. But again, if they were disruptive they should be pulled up for that.
Just my observations :-) Skittle 18:18, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
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Hey skittle, thanks for all the links and advice , very funny and wise :P David D. (Talk) 19:24, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I chanced upon Citizendium's biology article and was very impressed with the montage showing the varieties of life shown in the title image. Would it be possible to use that image in this encyclopedia's article on biology or, if not, could a similar one be made? Brisv e gas 23:50, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
If you had some ideas on how to improve the Evolution article, could you contribute to the peer-review? Thanks. TimVickers 20:52, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Comes online. (thats the right thing to do, of course, I was just amused by a (very rare) example of genuine wit among the childish dross. Rockpocke t 07:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC))
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As he's an admitted sock of a banned editor who exhausted the patience of the admin who'd been permitting him to edit, I don't see how bringing it to AN/I could possibly help him. Friday (talk) 20:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I feel you are right. I have been away for three months and if I run for admin right now, I would most likely fail in the nomination. -- S iva1979 Talk to me 01:42, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I expect you are keeping an eye on my and her histories and talk pages User_talk:Psychic_profiler. She is notable enough for her own article.
BTW, this talk page is a nightmare for me to view since boxes cover large parts of it. I use 1024 x 768, which is quite common. -- Fyslee/ talk 14:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I note your "same old, same old" comment on the Ref desk Talk page. How does an editor tell if the questionner is a banned user? I would rather not waste time on banned users or trolls, but I am having some difficulty telling a bewildered question from a (possibly) young questionner whose first langusge is not English from a silly question from someone who just wants either to be noticed or to tie up resources, especially if I am to assume good faith and be polite. Any experience or "checking" mechanism you can share would be appreciated. Bielle 18:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Would you please direct me to the page that explains all of this to me? I really would appreciate it. Please post it to my talk page if you do not mind. Thank you very much for taking the time to explain what you did. ---- CrohnieGal Talk/ Contribs 14:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
How'd you git that Welcoming thing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikro ( talk • contribs)
I am. So much so, I think its still worth keeping an eye on. Rockpocke t 08:25, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my user page, much appreciated. â¦Tangerines BFC â¦Â· Talk 19:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I saw your messages on the user's page and my observation on the user behaviour suggests that they are a bunch of children at play and have stopped worrying about them since they are restricting themselves now to userspace. I see they are not doing anything useful to wikipedia, but do not have the heart to do anything about it. Shyamal 05:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
You on a mission ATM to rv all posts you think may be LC? How can you be sure its me him?
Hello, David D.: Several days ago you commented on the proposal to change the label "Discussion" to "Talk" for greater newbie friendliness at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Talk Pages. You were opposed to the change on the grounds that it might encourage "chat" rather than content discussion on the talk pages. A.Z. has summarized the discussion to date on the point, and amended his summary after a call for a correction by Qiddity. Do you have anything more to add before we request a view on whether we have consensus, or would you like to comment on consensus? Bielle 19:28, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I hope you are feeling great. I would like to inquire if this is the right time for me to be nominated as an admin. Your thoughts on this matter would be useful! -- S iva1979 Talk to me 07:16, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
That is all. Tim Vickers 03:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on the proposal.
Based on the comments from other users, I think that yes, it needs to be spelled out.
We experienced editors know how to add new sections and edit existing sections, but drive-by editors do not, and they're the ones we want to encourage to contribute. I don't even see these tabs the way they are formatted by default. I have a number of admin tabs and custom tabs added to my interface with js and css.
On articles, you use the "edit this page" link regularly, to change the entire article. But on talk pages, no one uses it. We all use the "new comment" link to create new sections, and the section "[edit]" links to contribute to existing sections. The big "edit this page" link is only used rarely for special things, like rearranging sections. So the argument is that we should be making the whole-page "edit" link less prominent, and the other links more prominent.
We need a simply way for passers-by to notify us when they see a problem with an article, that doesn't require them to learn any code or invest anything in the site beyond that comment itself. — Omegatron 12:14, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Something I have never found particularly interesting, but I suppose we could add an ATP trivia section if you think people will want it! :) All the best Tim Vickers 18:22, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
Please see my comments here Raul654 21:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello, it appears you were involved in the deletion of the article on the band 'Dryve'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Dryve_%28second_nomination%29
I was a founding member of this band and would occasionally add current information to the page. It seems the two main points of contention were first, the involvement of a banned wikiuser named Jason Gastrich, and second, is the article's information is unverifiable. I would like to request the article be reinstated on the following grounds-
I can fully verify any and all of the information in the article.
There is sufficient verifiable information to meet the WP/music requirements for inclusion in Wikipedia.
As far as this Jason Gastrich character goes, I do vaguely remember him frequenting the Dryve performances in San Diego and I do believe he briefly played with former Dryve bass player Michael Pratschner after Dryve had disbanded. If he in fact did start the page as one admin claimed, his personal character deficits do not negate the validity of the subject matter of which I looked over quite a bit to insure it's accuracy.
Please contact me if you would like more information.
Keith Andrew Kickstar1@hotmail.com -- Kickstar1 03:54, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in my Request for Adminship. Unfortunately the nomination did not succeed, but please rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project, and I'll try again in a few months! If you ever have any questions or suggestions for me, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes, -- El on ka 06:45, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, I was hoping you might be able to answer a question for me about Bot read rates. Do you know how much time a bot should wait between read requests (just a read, not an edit)? I wasn't able to find any good information about this. Thanks. JonSDSUGrad 20:49, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello. As an admin previous involved in the Gastrich [9] affair, I wonder if you would be so kind as to weigh in on the Kearny High School, San Diego [10], talk page and the inclusion of one of Mr Gastrich's privately-owned domain sites as a reference for the page. Thank you. - Nascentatheist 04:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
As I said before its biology, lol... there is never any hard and fast rules (which makes it sooooooooooo much fun to teach)... so many things that are gray around the edges. That said I still think viruses aren't alive :p ;)
As for earliest life... I think that there were things like viruses around before true life evolved. The earliest true life would have had the ability to self replicate. It is possible that some form of protein replication occured first which would have lead to ribosomes evolving and so on. Sorry I can't do this right now I've got a two year old shouting at the top of his voice at the TV, I think its bedtime for him. Why is there an evolutionary advantage to two year olds being as mad as a box of frogs? AlanD 18:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi David!
I hope you're doing well these days — our paths don't cross as much as they used to. :( I'm wondering if you can help me with a template formatting question. I'm trying to make a {{ Stacked timelines}} template for historical articles (and others), which I've been testing out at User:WillowW/Stacked timeline template. Unfortunately, if I have fewer than the maximum number of entries (presently 4), the template leaves white space at the bottom. I've experimented a little with different workarounds, but they either don't help the problem or they ruin the template's result for more than two timelines. Can you help me or suggest a better approach? Thanks! :) Willow 23:25, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
I've put the article on oxidative phosphorylation up for FA, any comments or suggestions at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Oxidative phosphorylation would be most welcome. All the best Tim Vickers 19:57, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, When I incorporated that long list of misconceptions the article took on a very hard edge. Sort of felt like we should be teaching evolution from a pulpit. Praise Darwin!!! Have you see the new "list". They're excellent suggestions --- but damn I'm getting tired of this --- it makes me feel stupid. Anyway, what should be done about Hardy-Weinberg? The formulas has been left out; yet several have seen it as overly complex. You want to take a stab at it --- or should we delete it?-- Random Replicator 02:38, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
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Your figure of non compeditive inhibition is wrong you may want to correct this. The slope i.e (Vmax/Km) does not change in this plot —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.132.215 ( talk) 15:43, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
A proposal to make the kind of discussion I've been struggling through on the Enzyme kinetics talk page a bit simpler to conduct is at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style#Units_of_measurement, I would be very grateful if you would comment. Tim Vickers 17:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
This is a school. Of course there are going to be immature edits that will be reverted. You pretty much wasted your time posting that message. 216.56.27.105 18:57, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, would you be interested in a few more tools on your toolbar? Tim Vickers 18:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
So you need answers to these? David D. (Talk) 20:00, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Comment on that draft reply, the phrase about blocking - it being "very unlikely i will use this during normal editing disputes." isn't what you mean, since you can't use blocking as part of editing disputes, only as part of the normal maintenance of pages against vandalism. Tim Vickers 19:43, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
OK, it's on the page. Tim Vickers 23:15, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I think I actually did screw it up a little, and, to let you in on a little secret, I'm not exactly the wide-eyed innocent I painted myself. I kind of knew I was dropping a cherry bomb in the toilet, but I figured what's the worst that can happen. It's a balls thing. This Wikipedia world is a strange place, but I'm learning. -- Milkbreath 00:14, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for your support over at Talk:Race and genetics, I really do appreciate another biologist getting involved in what is often a difficult environment. On a related note, if you have a few minutes I would appreciate your thoughts on a section I added to the Race debate article that specifically discusses clines vs clustering. It's called Clusters or clines, isolation by distance and small island models. If you don't have the time then of course I understand. Thanks again for your help. Peace. Alun 11:23, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I would like to ask about the comment you left on my user discussion page. I don't know anything about you. Are you a Wikipedia administrator? Are you a biologist? Why were my comments about the article deleted? Is there a way to retrieve my paragraph? I have contributed a lot of material to that page. Some of it signed and some unsigned. I have reasons for not signing some information, which I can disucuss with you via email, if you want. Shannon bohle 04:46, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
The very best of luck, dear David. Clio the Muse 01:45, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations! You are now an administrator! Secretlondon 01:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Thank you all for participating. In fact, thank you to everyone for the positive comments. David D. (Talk) 19:21, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, you might have noticed that your nomination was one of several others I made over that last week, this was partly spurred by the IP editing threat, but also has a more general objective. The reason for this effort was that I have been a little disturbed by a growing attitude that admins are more than just editors with a few more buttons on their toolbars and are instead "senior editors" with greater authority. I decided that the best way of dealing with this idea was to greatly expand the pool of admins to include a wider diversity of the pool of editors.
Since you have now passed the selection, could you in turn select and nominate some people you trust - I'd suggest aiming for about three over the next month or so. Of those who are selected, could you ask them in turn to select and nominate three candidates. Such a chain of trust should result, over time, in a greatly enlarged pool of admins and thus provide a simple and effective way of spreading the responsibility - perhaps to the point where becoming an admin is seen as normal and expected, rather than a major achievement. I hope you'll be able to help me with this. Thank you. Tim Vickers 20:38, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I'm about 1/2 way there so far, although my home spell-check keeps me right! Unfortunately Willow seems intransigent, unless a huge bribe of yarn would do the trick? Tim Vickers 21:18, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your kind message. After reading over the talk page, I more fully understand what you're going for, and I agree that the changes in wording that you've suggested are most helpful. Again, thanks. Ante lan talk 02:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
To be honest, I've never liked the writing in this article much, but I was hesitant to make changes because of some past nonsense regarding the article [don't ask]. I didn't think a lot of the attempts were going the right way, but I think Skinwalker mentioned Intelligent design, so I went over there, noted how they did it, and tried to follow the pattern. Also, once all the repetition got cut, the balancing criticism... just didn't seem necessary any more. The first paragraph was no longer a blunt instrument for either side, and so could just be simple and clear. Adam Cuerden talk 04:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
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-- Angel David 02:58, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Well done for starting to sort out the mess. Let me know if you need backup with anything. Samsara ( talk • contribs) 12:44, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, just watching the fireworks. Can you please also make sure that you don't violate WP:3RR if this carries on? Thanks. Samsara ( talk • contribs) 16:00, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! :) -- Woohookitty Woohoo! 03:30, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the note. I think mitochondria can make it to FA status, and I'd appreciate any help you can give! (Actually, I'm not sure I correctly requested peer review ...) Sedmic 15:00, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
This user has been blocked as a possible sock puppet of User:Sm565. If you are interested in commenting on this block, Orion4 has requested your consideration in an unblock request. — Whig ( talk) 08:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand why you deleted by addition of James Watson to the African American category. You say that 16% African blood is not relevant enough. What exactly is the percentage that you think is relevant? And how did you come up with the number? If James Watson is of African descent, which his DNA proves and he is American, then he is of African American descent. That does not deny his European ancestry. Guess what? Most African Americans have European and Native American ancestry, some to greater of lesser degrees, but we are still counted as African American. Think of Earl Woods, whose, African Ancestry is MAYBE 1/4, and Tiger Woods who has even less than that. If Tifger is listed in Wikipedia as African American, then so should James Watson. Unless it something to be ashamed of. Do you think it would be shameful? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Computer-girl ( talk • contribs) 20:13, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
David, you said that "I'm not sure the category is intended for everyone with some african decendants." But that is the very definition of African American. Unless you just want to stick with the definition of "LOOKING" African American, and then people of African descent who "look" White can go along their merry way being categorized as White. What is your criteria for being African American? Will the percentages creep up as more and more Whites find that they have African blood? Will you reclassify current African-Americans who fit your definition of "Non- African American" as White? By the way, what exactly IS your definition of African American?
Let's face it, Watson has made an issue of intelligence and race, namely that Africans are less intelligent genetically speaking. On top of the genetic issue, this very issue makes it all the more relevant that he be put in a category to which he belongs genetically. I NEVER said that Tiger Woods should not be categorized as African American. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Computer-girl ( talk • contribs) 20:37, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Why not join the discussion on the articles talk page. It seems to be following a similar line of thought. David D. (Talk) 00:08, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
FYI, i just added a semi protect to the LSD article that expires in a month. Lets see how that helps. David D. (Talk) 13:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, don't like this kind of drama. Dropped it from my watchlist. Curious Blue ( talk) 19:36, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
If you feel the yen to deal with genuine "molecular waves", I'm feeling a bit lonely at the NAD FAC. I suspect the subject is scaring off reviewers. Can you catch any of my mistakes? Tim Vickers ( talk) 04:23, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Atulsnischal ( talk · contribs) has made more edits to genetic pollution rapidly pushing this article back to where it was before. On top of this Genetic pollution is currently linked to by 52 different wikipedia articles.
I have looked at at about ten of these and in all cases these links were added by User:Atulsnischal. This is becoming a significant POV problem since a quick look at the titles of the articles linking to genetic pollution makes it apparent that the invasive species usage is most common. In other words, this is activist terminology and it "looks" as if wikipedia is being to be used to promote a cause. This is pretty subtle I know, but given how Atulsnischal refuses to discuss this issue and is active on so many conservation related pages to promote this issue I'm wondering if a RFC should be started to address this issue? If nothing else the genetic pollution article should clarify the political usage of this term, assuming there is any good commentary that can be cited. Any thoughts? David D. (Talk) 23:40, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Atulsnischal ( talk) 00:14, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Do you think it would be possible or appropriate to find someone that will mentor him/her? — Whig ( talk) 05:46, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi David, no particular reason. I figured it would be something I would do eventually but I haven't given it much thought. Do you think I should? One obstacle I foresee is that my edit count is comparatively low, at about 2200 currently. Thanks, -- S.dedalus ( talk) 23:07, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Agreed. Thank you for your patience and improvements to the article. Once I had stripped out all of the fiction, mafia stories, etc [13], it was really bare. I'll watchlist it to hopefully help keep it moving in a positive direction. best regards, -- guyzero | talk 21:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)