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Hi, welcome to Wikipedia and enjoy. We have a place where all the medically minded people hang out: WikiProject "Clinical Medicine". You are invited to join. JFW | T@lk 22:56, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
Firstly, I apologised to HJKeats for destroying his link. I see you have kindly repaired the damage.
See on Talk:Total cost of ownership on the copyright issue. May I ask you to decide whether this is a case of an unattributed source or a frank copyright violation? All the useful links are there. JFW | T@lk 07:49, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I am PhatRita, a medical student from the UK. I have been planning to revamp the anatomy and physiology pages this summer, but have realised that there is a lot of problems with the format, such as medical terminolog vs lay etc. However, there is huge potential for expansion into human anatomy and physiology, with most actual pages stubs and little more than a sentence.
I have suggested the idea of a preclinical medicine wikiproject to user:JFW and he supports it. Would you have any interest in such a project?
PhatRita 11:19, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
Hi,
Thank you for updating the femoral artery article! Please note that in Wikipedia, text is made italic like this:
Use the ''
(italic) markup. Example:
''This is italic.''
which produces
Bold text is done like this:
'''This is bold.'''
which produces
No need to use HTML :-) Keep up your great work! --
Mstroeck
10:52, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. Terrace4 22:33, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
I saw that you moved Rate of fluid flow to Volumetric flow rate. Apart from whether this move is justified (I think your explanation was reasonable), the move created several double redirects. I hope it will not be considered an inapproprate request if I ask you to fix those. They are not that many (unlike what happens when people move long-established articles). Thanks. Oleg Alexandrov 23:35, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
I've never had a redirect "screwed up" in that way. An using Special:Whatlinkshere/Pagename shows whether there are double redirects. JFW | T@lk 17:14, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 19:37, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Hello Nephron, I think, this would be the better image for Echocardiography. gx -- 195.93.60.8 10:00, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm not Kjetil Lenes; but I think he made some good pictures. You can find me [1] here. gx-- 195.93.60.8 07:56, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Your link to predictor is a bit odd, since that is a redirect page pointing to prediction, whose topic is not at all the meaning of the word predictor in the context in which you used it. You can't assume words used as article titles generally mean what they mean in the specialized field you're writing about. (You may also want to look at the other things I did with that page.) Michael Hardy 19:24, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for making that page so much better. I started the page because it seemed like we needed it, but I am not a doctor, and I appreciate your improvements. Another similar page I started was List of human nerves, but if you have any ideas for the best ways to organize that page, I would be much obliged. -- Arcadian 18:02, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Hello Nephron, My name is gus I am german and I just had a look at Angela Merkel page. Its an old german tradition to use political Satire during german Carnival time. The People of Cologne are especially known for their sharp witt and mockery during this time. I dont think the links of the political satire floats in Cologne should be deleted. Its an old tradition that dates back to Court Jesters like Till Eulenspiegel and democratic rights activists long ago! The Target are often Politicians and people in high Authority. This is a biographical reality for Angela Merkel and historical fact, and therefore this info should be part of her Page! I stated my case on her talk Page and I dont know why that historical fact should be censored .There are a few more facts I will suggest to add to her page very soon. To make it a more current biography,because at the moment even her picture is out of date and i wouldnt call her page a serious biography, There is still plenty to research about Angela Merkels DDR years and early political life or lack of it...
I am new to all this, but I saw you express similar sentiments like mine
on the Angela Merkel talk page,
against those who think that Cologne Carnival link of Merkel and Bush
had no place in a "serious" biography!
well....it is still a historical Fact
so why should anyone hide it or want to censor it,I wonder ?
Do you think we could link it up again ?
I got to learn a few more things before I can attermpt
such a current and important page..
but I did some work on the talk page to help with some current info..
thanks and cheers, Guss 18:06, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
Is the Canadian Medical Association Journal really in the top five journal category? According to ISI's Journal Citation Reports, its impact factor is 5.941, whereas the impact factor of e.g. Annals of Internal Medicine is 13.114. I would imagine that the Annals would be in the top five, not CMAJ! Plus even without the impact factor numbers, my gestalt is that the Annals is much more visible in the medical literature than CMAJ. Andrew73 00:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
Regarding your recent edit to the parasympathomimetic article. Although it's true that water can be poisonous in extremely large amounts, some parasympathomimetics (namely malathion) are used as a poison (specifically an insecticide). I think it's appropriate to describe them as drugs and poisons. See Organophosphate or Sarin. Matt 09:31, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
With regard to the execrable parallel between the finger flexor reflex and plantar response: Why not just add a section to the arm article that states:
You must be a "lumper" :)
More seriously, there is a case to be made that the plantar response is not a reflex at all, and that the plantar response observed in brain damaged adults is a) inhomogenous (a collection of different pathways in different patients) and b) not the same as the normal response seen in infants up to 12 months of age. The plantar response is not a simple sign of upper motor neuron dysfunction; there are many cases of corticospinal interruption in which it is normal, and many cases where the Babinski's sign is found for reasons other than corticospinal tract interruption. It may in fact, in many cases, represent disinhibition of the rubrospinal tract, a phylogenically old tract.
Just because a lot of medical students are taught something doesn't mean it should be included in an encyclopedia - especially if it's not true. I note that you're a nephrologist; please be assured that I would not undertake to lecture you about the difference between nil and minimal change disease :)
- Ikkyu2 05:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Hm. Good questions, that should be answered. The best way to do that would be to edit the article, I'll try to get around to that in the end of the week. But perhaps you could help me with my english: I used typical in the sense that this picture of a VSD is how the vast majority of VSDs in newborns look (localization, size). Is that wrong? Would it be better to just say this is the most common...? -- Ekko 07:35, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Is it a public or private college? -- Ardenn 08:21, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
-- Gurubrahma 17:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Just wanted to say hi and that I've enjoyed your contributions. Let me know if you decide to do gastroenterology as opposed to renal. -- Samir ∙ T C 02:33, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for catching the vandal on my user page. This anon IP appears connected to User:TuomasTumour as well as a number of other IP addresses that all go around adding "hen fap" to articles. Looks like a serial vandal is on the loose. I blocked the original user for 48 hours which is no doubt why he's being a big baby about it. Thanks again. 23skidoo 15:50, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi. In the course of my work on the John Brignell article, I've visited Passive smoking, which is terrible, made up almost entirely of pro-smoking misinformation. I don't have the knowledge to fix it, but I thought you might know someone who did. JQ 05:48, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron! Thank you for supporting my RfA. It passed at 105/1/0, putting me in WP:100 - I'm delighted and surprised! I'm always happy to help out, so if you need anything, please drop me a line. Cheers! ➨ ❝ R E DVERS ❞ 21:05, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
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Hi Nephron. Pro-Lick is currently blocked for a second time. This editor's history at Wikipedia has been a bit rocky, and I think there are several admins paying attention. Probably more by the day, at this rate. I'll add PAS to my watchlist, and think about merging it or not. A good place to get feedback (and noise) might be Talk:Abortion; it seems to be a sort of hub for abortion related discussion. - GTBacchus( talk) 06:36, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar | ||
For his tireless work in improving the citations for medical articles, Nephron is hereby awarded the Working Man's Barnstar. Arcadian 13:43, 24 March 2006 (UTC) |
The vandal you overturned on the Diefenbaker page (205.188.117.6) seems to be following my contributions and reverting them...(The pages he's chosen are an oddly coincidental pattern). Anything I can do to stop it? Thanks. Habsfannova 04:24, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for voting on my RfA. It passed with a consensus to promote of 45/7/1. To those of you concerned about the fact that I am a relative newcomer, I encourage you to poke me with a sharp stick if I make a mistake. Or better yet, let me know on my talk page, and I'll do my best to fix it. Mak emi 05:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for inviting me to the Clinical Medicine project. I'll join up - I have some contributions to make. - Richardcavell 03:33, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
My RfA recently closed and it was a success, passing at 84-02-00. I would like to thank you for taking the time to weigh in and on your subsequent support. And I know it's quite cliche, but if you ever need any assistance and/or want another opinion on something, grab a Pepsi and don't hesitate to drop me a line on my talk page. Thanks again. Pepsidrinka 05:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
There are some good references for Coombs test at the bottom of the article page.
Actually, all that is needed is A Rads schematic, which is very good. I have spent some time trying to find the right words for basic aspects of Coombs test on the article page and it is still not right yet. I think that Coombs test is a key test and worth getting right.
It has been some time since I worked in hematology and blood bank, and so I can not answer your questions. I am hoping that someone with up-to-date working experience in blood bank will write more about blood grouping and cross matching blood, as I have commented on the talk page.
There are some errors in the redirects to the Rh disease page and I have flagged these for change (there is a process for this). Hemolytic disease of the newborn should have its own page and not be a redirect, I think. Snowman 10:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
I assume that this edit was the result of an edit conflict... -- Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης) 11:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron/Archive 1, thank you for supporting me in my RfA which passed with a tally of (93/1/2). If you need any help or wish discuss something with me, you are always welcome to talk to me. -- Gizza Chat © 11:46, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA. I’m proud to inform you that it passed with 75 support to 1 oppose to 2 neutral. I promise to make some great edits in the future (with edit summaries!) and use these powers to do all that I can to help. After all, that’s what I’m here for! (You didn’t think I could send a thank you note without a bad joke, could I?) -- Here T oHelp 12:12, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
I'll respond fully in a day or two, just spent a long time on the ABC article and I need to head to bed. What I can say is I do understand the difference quite well; I wouldn't be a veteran controverial science related editor here without knowing that. For a taste I added the comet section to the Walt Brown (creationist) article after one of his supports thought it prudent to edit science related articles; and initiated the writing of the Evolution#Misconceptions_about_modern_evolutionary_biology section. (also your shoe size analogy neglects the fact experienced scientists conduct ABC studies, not you or I)
The problem is the sentence in question doesn't confuse the two; although I understand it can be confusing to a lay reader. (hence I linked the terms as best I could, indeed causality could use some work) However the sentence in the ABC conclusion is saying exactly that. Correlations are indicated in some studies; but that does not met the causality standard for epidemiology. It is attempting to clarify correlation is not causal.
However, your addition was also incorrect. It put the blame on the ABC hypothesis itself; not the studies; for not meeting the requirements of causality. That was a grievous error, and was POV; even though I am entirely confident you were doing what you thought was accurate. It was a small error, but had big implications for the conclusion. The ABC hypothesis does meet several of the criteria, it is consistent (in its predictions), specific and completely plausible. As to the other criteria (biological gradient and temporal); I'm sure it meets them, but I don't know exactly what they mean. :"D If you could explain in laymans terms, I could give the relevant evidence that meets at least a minimum level of plausibility. Again, the results of studies done on ABC are all over the place; that does not translate to the ABC hypothesis itself.
FYI: I only read over your first paragraph, and found more than enough to disagree with you. If the rest is support for correlation != causation; I wouldn't really want to read it, as it would annoy me greatly... regardless of how well you presented your point(s). I admire your scientific outlook, and look forward to seeing more of you. Goodnight. - Roy Boy 800 05:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you! Hello Nephron/Archive 1. Thank you for your support in my RfA! It passed with a final tally of 91/3/5. I am quite humbled and pleased by the community's show of confidence in me. If you need help or just want to talk, let me know. Cheers! -- F a ng Aili 說嗎? |
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There's a little of Bradford Hill's assessments of Causality in epidemiology fyi. -- Limegreen 03:39, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and as a little PS, I haven't looked at psychiatry and anti-psychiatry, but I suspect if they're anything like some of the rest of that area, then they're not a great precedence. I wonder better whether splitting out less contentious things (perhaps a Symptoms and Diagnosis of ADHD, with a brief summary on the main page), would be a better way of reducing the size. I've also had a go at weeding on the basis of verifiability and adding footnotes as a bit of a strategy. -- Limegreen 03:42, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting me in my RfA. I really didn't think people appreciate my work here that much, but it's nice to see you do: my Request was closed with 66 supports and 4 opposes. I'll do my best not to turn your confidence down. If in any point in the future you get the feeling I'm doing something wrong, do not hesitate to drop me a line. -- Dijxtra 11:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for voting for me at my RFA. I am thankful for your kind words and confidence in me. Even though it failed, constructive criticism was received. In the next few months, I intend to work on expanding my involvement in other namespaces and try a few different subjects than in the past. - CTSWyneken Talk |
Hey, Nephron/Archive 1, thank you so much for your vote and comments in
my RfA, which passed with an overwhelming consensus of 95/2/2. I was very surprised and flattered that the community has entrusted me with these lovely new toys. I ripped open the box and started playing with them as soon as I got them, and I've already had the pleasure of deleting random nonsense/attacks/copyvios tonight. If I ever do anything wrong, or can help in some way, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will do my best to correct my mistake, or whatever... Now, to that bottle of wine waiting for me... |
WHOOPS!! That's what happens when we edit after the second glass of Shiraz...sorry about that-- Zeraeph 01:39, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Nice pic! -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 07:10, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Just wanted to take a moment to say thnaks for voting in my RfA! It failed to gain consensus, but I'm glad I accepted the nomination. - Amgine 16:50, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | ||
For exceptional contributions to medical articles, and for great creativity in the creation of new medical articles, I award you the Original Barnstar. Congratulations! -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 20:00, 9 May 2006 (UTC) |
Well deserved! -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 20:00, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron/Archive 1,
Thank you for supporting my RFA! Unfortunately it did not succeed mainly because most opposers wanted me to spend more time on Wikipedia. Thank you for your faith in me & looking forward to your continued support in the future.
Cheers
Srik e it( talk ¦ ✉) 09:31, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Would appreciate your input if you had a second. Particularly renal complications. Thanks -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 10:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to look into this and make constructive comments. I really appreciate it. Colin° Talk 08:54, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you, Nephron, for voting in my RFA. It closed with a final result of 75/1/0. Now that I am an administrator here, I will continue to improve this encyclopedia, using my new tools to revert vandalism, block persistent vandals, protect pages that have been vandalized intensively, and close AFD discussions. Any questions? Please contact me by adding a new section on my talk page. Again, thanks to all of you who participated!!! -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:07, 20 May 2006 (UTC) |
Hi. In conjunction with my RfA (that you voted on), I have created an editor review, to give people a chance to comment as to ways in which I can branch out or alter my contributions to Wikipedia. An RfA seems to solely focus on how one's temperment and contributions relate to how they might handle administrative powers (and the consensus on that seems to be that I'm not quite ready); the editor review opens things up a little more to a larger focus, and I'd love to hear community feedback in the sense of that larger focus, too. If you feel you've already expressed yourself sufficiently when casting your vote, then by all means don't worry about it, but if any thoughts come to mind or if you'd like to expound upon any suggestions or commentary, it would be appreciated. In any case, I appreciated you taking the time to express your opinion on my RfA, and I thank you for that. — WCityMike ( talk • contribs) 19:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm honored that you thought I was a good candidate - thanks very much!
-- Nataly a 04:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron, a couple of things:
Cheers and hope all is well -- Samir धर्म 05:22, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde at venus 07:06, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree the oldfashioned and withdrawn biguanides should be removed. When I trained there were still plenty of patients on tolbutamide. With regards to the glipides - these will be introduced fairly soon, mark my words.
Perhaps the template should be renamed to include all oral antidiabetics. Makes life easier. JFW | T@lk 23:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
I wanted to drop a brief note on your talk page (one admittedly not written to you only, but nevertheless truly meant) to thank you for your vote in my Request for Adminship, which concluded this evening. Even though it was unsuccessful, it did make clear to me some areas in which I can improve my contributions to Wikipedia, both in terms of the areas in which I can participate and the manner in which I can participate. I do plan on, at some point in the future (although, I think, not the near future), attempting the process again, and I hope you will consider participating in that voting process as well. If you wish in the future to offer any constructive criticism to me, or if I may assist you with anything, I hope you will not hesitate to contact me. Thanks again. — WCityMike ( T | C) ⇓ plz reply HERE ( why?) ⇓ 04:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Much better Nephron, I probably should have thought of doing that after so much complaining! Nice is very er.....nice. Thanks for asking. Felix-felix 16:03, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Bhadani sends his [[Namaskar|greetings and friendly smile to you! I do believe that smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. I would request you to please spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{ subst:smile}}, {{ subst:smile2}} or {{ subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing and all the best!
<! -- Template:smile2 --> -- Bhadani 13:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
To WikiProject "Clinical Medicine". I have been visiting it on occasion, but you're right that I should formally join. Thanks too for your constructive edits to many of the pharmacology stubs I've started. Terrace4 10:57, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the support – yes, I intend to apply my resources to vandal control at some point – Gurch 17:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
File:Motherussia.jpg | Hello Nephron, and thank you for your support at my request for adminship, which ended with an awe-inspiring 86/1/2 result. I plan to do much with my shiny new tools - but I'll start slow and learn the ropes at first. Please deluge me with assignments and requests - I enjoy helping out. For Mother Russia!! - CrazyRussian talk/ contribs/ email 05:09, 13 June 2006 (UTC) |
Hello, Nephron/Archive 1, and thank you for the supportive vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 84/1/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months, but welcome any and all feedback and suggestions on how I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! - Kukini 05:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC) |
Looks like the article is spun to support "the Candida causes all of the badness in the body" hypothesis. And the links are particularly weak. I'll put an NPOV tag on -- Samir धर्म 07:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Nephron, thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for adminship, it passed with a final tally of (65/3/3) - which I find both amazing and humbling. I wish I had time to thank everyone personally, but I'm afraid all I can offer is this token of my gratitude. I hope to live up to your expectations/hopes. If at any stage you need to contact me, for help or a request or to point out a mistake in my conduct, please make sure to tell me on my talk page. -- Fir0002 08:23, 13 June 2006 (UTC) |
Although no consensus was reached in the end, I still wanted to thank you for your vote in my recent RfA. Thank you very much. Fritz S. ( Talk) 17:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Dear Nephron/Archive 1, thanks for your support in my recent successful request for adminship. I've enjoyed collaborating with you on medical articles. Hope that the rotations are going well. Just let me know on my talk page or e-mail me if there's anything you need, administrative or otherwise. Thanks again -- Samir धर्म 04:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC) |
The template looks fine, the only suggestion off the top of my head is that you could probably lump the PCT category together with the collecting duct category, as the physiology and conditions overlap somewhat. I don't really think that you can tease out the renal malignancies on the basis of anatomical location, except of course the urothelial cancers, which aren't strictly renal, and fit nicely in the cancer category. APKD doesn't fit an anatomic location, but is nicely served by the genetic disease category. One important missing disease/group of diseases and anatomic/histological category would be the tubulointerstitial disorders, TIN etc-interstitium or tubulointerstitium should be separate from the (chiefy physiological) categories of the PCT and DCT/CCD. I'll see if I can figure out how to join the project thingy... Felix-felix 08:31, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
In the activities of daily living page, you recently changed the first citation. I was just wondering...the citation itself requested that any citation of that article should be done in the way I put it. Does that make any difference vs. the Wikipedia standards? -- aishel 21:57, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
re: "I couldn't resist wikifying your user page. If you look that the diffs you can see what I did and it might explain a few things in terms of editing. Take Care, Nephron T|C 06:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)"
Super helpful! Thank you...I'm headed out the door for vacation, but when I get back to my computer next week I'll spend some time looking at the differences.
Hi Nephron. Thanks for the welcome and the tips. re: references, were you commenting on </references> being omitted or the suggested use of the javascript code below in my external links: Paste across to the URL box the following javascript line in its entirity: javascript:(function(){var url = location.href;var pmid = url.match(/list_uids\=(\d+)/);if( pmid ) w=open(' http://diberri.dyndns.org/wikipedia/cite/?type=pmid&id=' + pmid[1],'add','width=800,height=300,scrollbars,resizable');})(); Wikipedia is addictive for me. I authored a user modifiable database using FOLIO Views system in 1995 as part of my doctoral dissertation and this system is truly incredible. Thanks and best regards, Petrosino 09:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi
thanks for your message. I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, and have only just about managed to get my head round editing pages, so the whole project thing seems kind of complicated! I'm not sure how much use I'll be to the project, because I'm only really on Wikipedia sporadically, but if that's not a problem I'll join - I assume it's as simple as adding my name to the particpants box on the project page?
Cheers
Iain Joncomelately 10:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks man. Just got back from the celebration dinner. Take care. -- Samir धर्म 05:36, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Please watch amygdala. Thank you. Koalabyte 01:52, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment on my talk page. How do you suggest that I cite references? I've looked the citation help pages recently and wanted to use footnotes for equations. I was discouraged, however, by the lack of support by APA and MLA. I look forward to your feedback.
-- BeastRHIT 21:50, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Nice article! -- Samir धर्म 03:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron,
I'm sorry about the nasty comment made regarding your edit to Epilepsy. I didn't intend for my additional comment to make you feel worse. I was glad to see the diagram in the article and really wanted to expand it. However, I also wanted to use an "official" classification and couldn't fit the ILAE one into a diagramatic form.
I think the only problem with the text you added was the use of the word "epilepsy" rather than "seizure" when describing the categorisation. I think that was just a simple mistake to make (on the level of a typo), but clearly a certain person thought it was indicitive of all that is wrong with Wikipedia.
Best wishes, Colin° Talk 08:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Nephron, I see you kickstarted Template:Oral hypoglycemics. As a result of my recent merge of glyburide into glibenclamide, I propose removing glyburide from the template, or perhaps changing
{01- glibenclamide}
to
{01- glibenclamide (glyburide)}
or something of the sort. Again, if you have any opposition to this change, please drop me a line. I am also informing JFW and Arcadian, as they seem to have contributed significantly to the template. Thanks, Fvasconcellos 00:21, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes to the first profession - I had been reticent to discuss much as some of the mental health pages are a minefield - see the arguments at the botom of the psychiatry talk page. I will stick my name on a project somewhere (just stuck some mental health bits on the Huntington page) cheers Cas Liber 09:21, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
You're definitely a wikiholic. Hopefully you're studying that in parallel with edits, which would be an interesting study-routine. Had I had wikipedia (or easy medline access, or even a personal computer/modem) when I was in medical school in the early 80's, I'm not sure what would have happened. I might have flunked out due to diffusion of time. I might've been kicked out, since back then nobody was used to the fact that the internet can make you an instant expert on anything, so knowledge-humility hadn't yet penetrated medicine (I mean like, at ALL). So it's just as well. See you in the doc's mess. S B H arris 22:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! That would be me, the big red one ;) - Frey 03:28, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
I had forgotton to close the previous poll. If you want to, could you "vote" again at Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/discussion#City naming convention poll 2? Thanks and sorry for the trouble. -- Usgnus
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Hi in your page on the Arterial tree do you know how to get rid of the {familytree} {familytree} {familytree} stuff at the top? Thanks.
Hello Nephron and thanks for the message with the invitation to participate in "doctor's mess" and to contribute articles. At 76 I am somewhat behind the state of the art in the specialities of nephrology and bacteria; so you have given me a motive to do some catching up. An article " cardio-thoracic surgery" is a big challenge which I shall start drafting; just the historical aspects alone could be a massive article, so much thinking needed about how to present in a synoptic but yet sufficient manner. I did not know of Wikipedia until quite recently when my old friend Geoff Wickham asked me to keep an eye on the Telectronics company article. Much yet to learn about the proper way to do things in contributing so will appreciate any help along the way. Regards.QRS 03:42, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I reverted some of your recent edits to hemodialysis, mainly for reasons of clarity and structure, (fo example it could do with a short adequacy section) do you want to collaborate on an 'essay plan' or template for this article, or perhaps even all the renal replacement therapies? There's enough material in Hemodialysis to be a featured article, but it's a mess at the moment, and the other RRts should all be good enough for good artcle status with enough wwork (even the dire renal transplantation). What do you reckon? Felix-felix 12:09, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I had tried where ever possible to compress the templates so that sparsely populated groups were joined on one line where this might look neat (very subjective I grant you). Your edit re-established one line per class, which was not unreasonable and indeed I am uncertain what is/looks best. Some quick thoughts are - yes this is undoubtedly more immediately apparent in distinguishing items from one class from the next, some templates can be quite long and might risk occupying large parts of the screen, wikipedia is not currently restricted by paper length unlike hardcopy encyclopaedias, there are plans for DVD or even printed copies eventually, issues about compressing layout apply to otehr aspects of the editorial procerss too (e.g. use of small font sizes in long footnote sections). So, I wonder on your thoughts about the aesthetics of one-class-per-line and should this generally apply for all templates... :-) David Ruben Talk 22:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
If you do a GI elective with us at SMH this year ! Even a post CaRMS 2 week thing. My e-mail's on if you need CaRMS help -- Samir धर्म 12:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
I would support a move, unless he is completely unknown under his own name. JFW | T@lk 11:19, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey Nephron, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your very kind comments and support. It was really nice to have support from some the medical editors. :) Thankyou! Cheers, Sarah Ewart ( Talk) 11:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the "Ophtho" template! Cheers! - AED 03:48, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your support in my RfA, which passed on October 17, 2006 with a tally of 53/6/0. I am equally elated and humbled by my new capacity as administrator of Wikipedia, and I send my heartfelt thanks for your unflinching support. If you need me for anything, just ask me! With gratitude, 210 physicq ( c) 03:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC) |
Hi, Nephron! Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 75/0/1! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Wikipedia a better place. Feel free to send me a message if you need any assistance. :) |
-- Core des at 15:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Nephron, thanks for your support on my request for adminship.
The final outcome was a robust 62/1/1, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any questions about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Nephron. Can I ask for advice? I occasionally do policing on some of the electrolyte pages that I've edited. Just today, someone added stupid stuff to the hypokalemia page. I wanted to learn two things, if possible:
1) Is there a way to auto revert? (Not that it's too difficult, in this case, to delete their comments, but really for future reference.)
2) Is there an appropriate way to either warn the vandal or to simply block their IP address from editing further?
Thanks in advance, Dan Levy 20:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC) Talk
Thanks for the help. I guess that I'm a typical newbie editor....couldn't figure out how to read the FAQ :-) Dan Levy 02:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron, hope the elective is going well! I love Ottawa... my hometown! Hope it's not too cold right now :)
Hope this helps -- Samir धर्म 02:01, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Oh man, has that pic been up there for that long? Does Toronto have a white coat ceremony now? Hope the elective is well -- Samir धर्म 00:14, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for dropping me the note. I don't really know enough about medicine yet to join the full clinical medicine project, but I've been tearing through my basic sciences curriculum. User:Arcadian deserves a lot of the credit for indirectly turning me into a serious editor, as the image plates from Grey's anatomy he uploaded and linked have been a huge help learning the material.
I've seen the project sites before but haven't figured out an effective way to turn that into good contributions, as opposed to just editing my own way. The 'how to cite references' stuff is great, though... I was just trying to figure that out today!
Two little questions: Why do some people add spaces on both sides of their headings (the ones you make with equals signs)? Does it change anything? Robotsintrouble 02:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
I replied to your comment at Talk:Rickets. Mike Dillon 07:59, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello. Please note my edits to Kt/V. In particular, "displayed" TeX should be indented, and for reasons mentioned in one of my edit summaries, one should use \ln, \log, \sin, \max, \det, etc. with a backslash---both to prevent italicization and to cause standard spacing conventions to be followed. And note that you don't need to write 2 * 3 if you mean 2 × 3. Michael Hardy 02:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
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Hi, welcome to Wikipedia and enjoy. We have a place where all the medically minded people hang out: WikiProject "Clinical Medicine". You are invited to join. JFW | T@lk 22:56, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
Firstly, I apologised to HJKeats for destroying his link. I see you have kindly repaired the damage.
See on Talk:Total cost of ownership on the copyright issue. May I ask you to decide whether this is a case of an unattributed source or a frank copyright violation? All the useful links are there. JFW | T@lk 07:49, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I am PhatRita, a medical student from the UK. I have been planning to revamp the anatomy and physiology pages this summer, but have realised that there is a lot of problems with the format, such as medical terminolog vs lay etc. However, there is huge potential for expansion into human anatomy and physiology, with most actual pages stubs and little more than a sentence.
I have suggested the idea of a preclinical medicine wikiproject to user:JFW and he supports it. Would you have any interest in such a project?
PhatRita 11:19, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
Hi,
Thank you for updating the femoral artery article! Please note that in Wikipedia, text is made italic like this:
Use the ''
(italic) markup. Example:
''This is italic.''
which produces
Bold text is done like this:
'''This is bold.'''
which produces
No need to use HTML :-) Keep up your great work! --
Mstroeck
10:52, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. Terrace4 22:33, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
I saw that you moved Rate of fluid flow to Volumetric flow rate. Apart from whether this move is justified (I think your explanation was reasonable), the move created several double redirects. I hope it will not be considered an inapproprate request if I ask you to fix those. They are not that many (unlike what happens when people move long-established articles). Thanks. Oleg Alexandrov 23:35, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
I've never had a redirect "screwed up" in that way. An using Special:Whatlinkshere/Pagename shows whether there are double redirects. JFW | T@lk 17:14, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 19:37, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Hello Nephron, I think, this would be the better image for Echocardiography. gx -- 195.93.60.8 10:00, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
I'm not Kjetil Lenes; but I think he made some good pictures. You can find me [1] here. gx-- 195.93.60.8 07:56, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Your link to predictor is a bit odd, since that is a redirect page pointing to prediction, whose topic is not at all the meaning of the word predictor in the context in which you used it. You can't assume words used as article titles generally mean what they mean in the specialized field you're writing about. (You may also want to look at the other things I did with that page.) Michael Hardy 19:24, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
I just wanted to thank you for making that page so much better. I started the page because it seemed like we needed it, but I am not a doctor, and I appreciate your improvements. Another similar page I started was List of human nerves, but if you have any ideas for the best ways to organize that page, I would be much obliged. -- Arcadian 18:02, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Hello Nephron, My name is gus I am german and I just had a look at Angela Merkel page. Its an old german tradition to use political Satire during german Carnival time. The People of Cologne are especially known for their sharp witt and mockery during this time. I dont think the links of the political satire floats in Cologne should be deleted. Its an old tradition that dates back to Court Jesters like Till Eulenspiegel and democratic rights activists long ago! The Target are often Politicians and people in high Authority. This is a biographical reality for Angela Merkel and historical fact, and therefore this info should be part of her Page! I stated my case on her talk Page and I dont know why that historical fact should be censored .There are a few more facts I will suggest to add to her page very soon. To make it a more current biography,because at the moment even her picture is out of date and i wouldnt call her page a serious biography, There is still plenty to research about Angela Merkels DDR years and early political life or lack of it...
I am new to all this, but I saw you express similar sentiments like mine
on the Angela Merkel talk page,
against those who think that Cologne Carnival link of Merkel and Bush
had no place in a "serious" biography!
well....it is still a historical Fact
so why should anyone hide it or want to censor it,I wonder ?
Do you think we could link it up again ?
I got to learn a few more things before I can attermpt
such a current and important page..
but I did some work on the talk page to help with some current info..
thanks and cheers, Guss 18:06, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
Is the Canadian Medical Association Journal really in the top five journal category? According to ISI's Journal Citation Reports, its impact factor is 5.941, whereas the impact factor of e.g. Annals of Internal Medicine is 13.114. I would imagine that the Annals would be in the top five, not CMAJ! Plus even without the impact factor numbers, my gestalt is that the Annals is much more visible in the medical literature than CMAJ. Andrew73 00:37, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
Regarding your recent edit to the parasympathomimetic article. Although it's true that water can be poisonous in extremely large amounts, some parasympathomimetics (namely malathion) are used as a poison (specifically an insecticide). I think it's appropriate to describe them as drugs and poisons. See Organophosphate or Sarin. Matt 09:31, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
With regard to the execrable parallel between the finger flexor reflex and plantar response: Why not just add a section to the arm article that states:
You must be a "lumper" :)
More seriously, there is a case to be made that the plantar response is not a reflex at all, and that the plantar response observed in brain damaged adults is a) inhomogenous (a collection of different pathways in different patients) and b) not the same as the normal response seen in infants up to 12 months of age. The plantar response is not a simple sign of upper motor neuron dysfunction; there are many cases of corticospinal interruption in which it is normal, and many cases where the Babinski's sign is found for reasons other than corticospinal tract interruption. It may in fact, in many cases, represent disinhibition of the rubrospinal tract, a phylogenically old tract.
Just because a lot of medical students are taught something doesn't mean it should be included in an encyclopedia - especially if it's not true. I note that you're a nephrologist; please be assured that I would not undertake to lecture you about the difference between nil and minimal change disease :)
- Ikkyu2 05:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
Hm. Good questions, that should be answered. The best way to do that would be to edit the article, I'll try to get around to that in the end of the week. But perhaps you could help me with my english: I used typical in the sense that this picture of a VSD is how the vast majority of VSDs in newborns look (localization, size). Is that wrong? Would it be better to just say this is the most common...? -- Ekko 07:35, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Is it a public or private college? -- Ardenn 08:21, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
-- Gurubrahma 17:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Just wanted to say hi and that I've enjoyed your contributions. Let me know if you decide to do gastroenterology as opposed to renal. -- Samir ∙ T C 02:33, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for catching the vandal on my user page. This anon IP appears connected to User:TuomasTumour as well as a number of other IP addresses that all go around adding "hen fap" to articles. Looks like a serial vandal is on the loose. I blocked the original user for 48 hours which is no doubt why he's being a big baby about it. Thanks again. 23skidoo 15:50, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi. In the course of my work on the John Brignell article, I've visited Passive smoking, which is terrible, made up almost entirely of pro-smoking misinformation. I don't have the knowledge to fix it, but I thought you might know someone who did. JQ 05:48, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron! Thank you for supporting my RfA. It passed at 105/1/0, putting me in WP:100 - I'm delighted and surprised! I'm always happy to help out, so if you need anything, please drop me a line. Cheers! ➨ ❝ R E DVERS ❞ 21:05, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
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Hi Nephron. Pro-Lick is currently blocked for a second time. This editor's history at Wikipedia has been a bit rocky, and I think there are several admins paying attention. Probably more by the day, at this rate. I'll add PAS to my watchlist, and think about merging it or not. A good place to get feedback (and noise) might be Talk:Abortion; it seems to be a sort of hub for abortion related discussion. - GTBacchus( talk) 06:36, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar | ||
For his tireless work in improving the citations for medical articles, Nephron is hereby awarded the Working Man's Barnstar. Arcadian 13:43, 24 March 2006 (UTC) |
The vandal you overturned on the Diefenbaker page (205.188.117.6) seems to be following my contributions and reverting them...(The pages he's chosen are an oddly coincidental pattern). Anything I can do to stop it? Thanks. Habsfannova 04:24, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for voting on my RfA. It passed with a consensus to promote of 45/7/1. To those of you concerned about the fact that I am a relative newcomer, I encourage you to poke me with a sharp stick if I make a mistake. Or better yet, let me know on my talk page, and I'll do my best to fix it. Mak emi 05:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for inviting me to the Clinical Medicine project. I'll join up - I have some contributions to make. - Richardcavell 03:33, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
My RfA recently closed and it was a success, passing at 84-02-00. I would like to thank you for taking the time to weigh in and on your subsequent support. And I know it's quite cliche, but if you ever need any assistance and/or want another opinion on something, grab a Pepsi and don't hesitate to drop me a line on my talk page. Thanks again. Pepsidrinka 05:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
There are some good references for Coombs test at the bottom of the article page.
Actually, all that is needed is A Rads schematic, which is very good. I have spent some time trying to find the right words for basic aspects of Coombs test on the article page and it is still not right yet. I think that Coombs test is a key test and worth getting right.
It has been some time since I worked in hematology and blood bank, and so I can not answer your questions. I am hoping that someone with up-to-date working experience in blood bank will write more about blood grouping and cross matching blood, as I have commented on the talk page.
There are some errors in the redirects to the Rh disease page and I have flagged these for change (there is a process for this). Hemolytic disease of the newborn should have its own page and not be a redirect, I think. Snowman 10:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
I assume that this edit was the result of an edit conflict... -- Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης) 11:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron/Archive 1, thank you for supporting me in my RfA which passed with a tally of (93/1/2). If you need any help or wish discuss something with me, you are always welcome to talk to me. -- Gizza Chat © 11:46, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for supporting my RfA. I’m proud to inform you that it passed with 75 support to 1 oppose to 2 neutral. I promise to make some great edits in the future (with edit summaries!) and use these powers to do all that I can to help. After all, that’s what I’m here for! (You didn’t think I could send a thank you note without a bad joke, could I?) -- Here T oHelp 12:12, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
I'll respond fully in a day or two, just spent a long time on the ABC article and I need to head to bed. What I can say is I do understand the difference quite well; I wouldn't be a veteran controverial science related editor here without knowing that. For a taste I added the comet section to the Walt Brown (creationist) article after one of his supports thought it prudent to edit science related articles; and initiated the writing of the Evolution#Misconceptions_about_modern_evolutionary_biology section. (also your shoe size analogy neglects the fact experienced scientists conduct ABC studies, not you or I)
The problem is the sentence in question doesn't confuse the two; although I understand it can be confusing to a lay reader. (hence I linked the terms as best I could, indeed causality could use some work) However the sentence in the ABC conclusion is saying exactly that. Correlations are indicated in some studies; but that does not met the causality standard for epidemiology. It is attempting to clarify correlation is not causal.
However, your addition was also incorrect. It put the blame on the ABC hypothesis itself; not the studies; for not meeting the requirements of causality. That was a grievous error, and was POV; even though I am entirely confident you were doing what you thought was accurate. It was a small error, but had big implications for the conclusion. The ABC hypothesis does meet several of the criteria, it is consistent (in its predictions), specific and completely plausible. As to the other criteria (biological gradient and temporal); I'm sure it meets them, but I don't know exactly what they mean. :"D If you could explain in laymans terms, I could give the relevant evidence that meets at least a minimum level of plausibility. Again, the results of studies done on ABC are all over the place; that does not translate to the ABC hypothesis itself.
FYI: I only read over your first paragraph, and found more than enough to disagree with you. If the rest is support for correlation != causation; I wouldn't really want to read it, as it would annoy me greatly... regardless of how well you presented your point(s). I admire your scientific outlook, and look forward to seeing more of you. Goodnight. - Roy Boy 800 05:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you! Hello Nephron/Archive 1. Thank you for your support in my RfA! It passed with a final tally of 91/3/5. I am quite humbled and pleased by the community's show of confidence in me. If you need help or just want to talk, let me know. Cheers! -- F a ng Aili 說嗎? |
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There's a little of Bradford Hill's assessments of Causality in epidemiology fyi. -- Limegreen 03:39, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and as a little PS, I haven't looked at psychiatry and anti-psychiatry, but I suspect if they're anything like some of the rest of that area, then they're not a great precedence. I wonder better whether splitting out less contentious things (perhaps a Symptoms and Diagnosis of ADHD, with a brief summary on the main page), would be a better way of reducing the size. I've also had a go at weeding on the basis of verifiability and adding footnotes as a bit of a strategy. -- Limegreen 03:42, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting me in my RfA. I really didn't think people appreciate my work here that much, but it's nice to see you do: my Request was closed with 66 supports and 4 opposes. I'll do my best not to turn your confidence down. If in any point in the future you get the feeling I'm doing something wrong, do not hesitate to drop me a line. -- Dijxtra 11:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for voting for me at my RFA. I am thankful for your kind words and confidence in me. Even though it failed, constructive criticism was received. In the next few months, I intend to work on expanding my involvement in other namespaces and try a few different subjects than in the past. - CTSWyneken Talk |
Hey, Nephron/Archive 1, thank you so much for your vote and comments in
my RfA, which passed with an overwhelming consensus of 95/2/2. I was very surprised and flattered that the community has entrusted me with these lovely new toys. I ripped open the box and started playing with them as soon as I got them, and I've already had the pleasure of deleting random nonsense/attacks/copyvios tonight. If I ever do anything wrong, or can help in some way, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will do my best to correct my mistake, or whatever... Now, to that bottle of wine waiting for me... |
WHOOPS!! That's what happens when we edit after the second glass of Shiraz...sorry about that-- Zeraeph 01:39, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Nice pic! -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 07:10, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Just wanted to take a moment to say thnaks for voting in my RfA! It failed to gain consensus, but I'm glad I accepted the nomination. - Amgine 16:50, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | ||
For exceptional contributions to medical articles, and for great creativity in the creation of new medical articles, I award you the Original Barnstar. Congratulations! -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 20:00, 9 May 2006 (UTC) |
Well deserved! -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 20:00, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron/Archive 1,
Thank you for supporting my RFA! Unfortunately it did not succeed mainly because most opposers wanted me to spend more time on Wikipedia. Thank you for your faith in me & looking forward to your continued support in the future.
Cheers
Srik e it( talk ¦ ✉) 09:31, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
Would appreciate your input if you had a second. Particularly renal complications. Thanks -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 10:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time to look into this and make constructive comments. I really appreciate it. Colin° Talk 08:54, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you, Nephron, for voting in my RFA. It closed with a final result of 75/1/0. Now that I am an administrator here, I will continue to improve this encyclopedia, using my new tools to revert vandalism, block persistent vandals, protect pages that have been vandalized intensively, and close AFD discussions. Any questions? Please contact me by adding a new section on my talk page. Again, thanks to all of you who participated!!! -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:07, 20 May 2006 (UTC) |
Hi. In conjunction with my RfA (that you voted on), I have created an editor review, to give people a chance to comment as to ways in which I can branch out or alter my contributions to Wikipedia. An RfA seems to solely focus on how one's temperment and contributions relate to how they might handle administrative powers (and the consensus on that seems to be that I'm not quite ready); the editor review opens things up a little more to a larger focus, and I'd love to hear community feedback in the sense of that larger focus, too. If you feel you've already expressed yourself sufficiently when casting your vote, then by all means don't worry about it, but if any thoughts come to mind or if you'd like to expound upon any suggestions or commentary, it would be appreciated. In any case, I appreciated you taking the time to express your opinion on my RfA, and I thank you for that. — WCityMike ( talk • contribs) 19:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm honored that you thought I was a good candidate - thanks very much!
-- Nataly a 04:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron, a couple of things:
Cheers and hope all is well -- Samir धर्म 05:22, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde at venus 07:06, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree the oldfashioned and withdrawn biguanides should be removed. When I trained there were still plenty of patients on tolbutamide. With regards to the glipides - these will be introduced fairly soon, mark my words.
Perhaps the template should be renamed to include all oral antidiabetics. Makes life easier. JFW | T@lk 23:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
I wanted to drop a brief note on your talk page (one admittedly not written to you only, but nevertheless truly meant) to thank you for your vote in my Request for Adminship, which concluded this evening. Even though it was unsuccessful, it did make clear to me some areas in which I can improve my contributions to Wikipedia, both in terms of the areas in which I can participate and the manner in which I can participate. I do plan on, at some point in the future (although, I think, not the near future), attempting the process again, and I hope you will consider participating in that voting process as well. If you wish in the future to offer any constructive criticism to me, or if I may assist you with anything, I hope you will not hesitate to contact me. Thanks again. — WCityMike ( T | C) ⇓ plz reply HERE ( why?) ⇓ 04:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Much better Nephron, I probably should have thought of doing that after so much complaining! Nice is very er.....nice. Thanks for asking. Felix-felix 16:03, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
Bhadani sends his [[Namaskar|greetings and friendly smile to you! I do believe that smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. I would request you to please spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{ subst:smile}}, {{ subst:smile2}} or {{ subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing and all the best!
<! -- Template:smile2 --> -- Bhadani 13:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
To WikiProject "Clinical Medicine". I have been visiting it on occasion, but you're right that I should formally join. Thanks too for your constructive edits to many of the pharmacology stubs I've started. Terrace4 10:57, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the support – yes, I intend to apply my resources to vandal control at some point – Gurch 17:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
File:Motherussia.jpg | Hello Nephron, and thank you for your support at my request for adminship, which ended with an awe-inspiring 86/1/2 result. I plan to do much with my shiny new tools - but I'll start slow and learn the ropes at first. Please deluge me with assignments and requests - I enjoy helping out. For Mother Russia!! - CrazyRussian talk/ contribs/ email 05:09, 13 June 2006 (UTC) |
Hello, Nephron/Archive 1, and thank you for the supportive vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 84/1/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months, but welcome any and all feedback and suggestions on how I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! - Kukini 05:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC) |
Looks like the article is spun to support "the Candida causes all of the badness in the body" hypothesis. And the links are particularly weak. I'll put an NPOV tag on -- Samir धर्म 07:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Nephron, thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for adminship, it passed with a final tally of (65/3/3) - which I find both amazing and humbling. I wish I had time to thank everyone personally, but I'm afraid all I can offer is this token of my gratitude. I hope to live up to your expectations/hopes. If at any stage you need to contact me, for help or a request or to point out a mistake in my conduct, please make sure to tell me on my talk page. -- Fir0002 08:23, 13 June 2006 (UTC) |
Although no consensus was reached in the end, I still wanted to thank you for your vote in my recent RfA. Thank you very much. Fritz S. ( Talk) 17:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Dear Nephron/Archive 1, thanks for your support in my recent successful request for adminship. I've enjoyed collaborating with you on medical articles. Hope that the rotations are going well. Just let me know on my talk page or e-mail me if there's anything you need, administrative or otherwise. Thanks again -- Samir धर्म 04:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC) |
The template looks fine, the only suggestion off the top of my head is that you could probably lump the PCT category together with the collecting duct category, as the physiology and conditions overlap somewhat. I don't really think that you can tease out the renal malignancies on the basis of anatomical location, except of course the urothelial cancers, which aren't strictly renal, and fit nicely in the cancer category. APKD doesn't fit an anatomic location, but is nicely served by the genetic disease category. One important missing disease/group of diseases and anatomic/histological category would be the tubulointerstitial disorders, TIN etc-interstitium or tubulointerstitium should be separate from the (chiefy physiological) categories of the PCT and DCT/CCD. I'll see if I can figure out how to join the project thingy... Felix-felix 08:31, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
In the activities of daily living page, you recently changed the first citation. I was just wondering...the citation itself requested that any citation of that article should be done in the way I put it. Does that make any difference vs. the Wikipedia standards? -- aishel 21:57, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
re: "I couldn't resist wikifying your user page. If you look that the diffs you can see what I did and it might explain a few things in terms of editing. Take Care, Nephron T|C 06:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)"
Super helpful! Thank you...I'm headed out the door for vacation, but when I get back to my computer next week I'll spend some time looking at the differences.
Hi Nephron. Thanks for the welcome and the tips. re: references, were you commenting on </references> being omitted or the suggested use of the javascript code below in my external links: Paste across to the URL box the following javascript line in its entirity: javascript:(function(){var url = location.href;var pmid = url.match(/list_uids\=(\d+)/);if( pmid ) w=open(' http://diberri.dyndns.org/wikipedia/cite/?type=pmid&id=' + pmid[1],'add','width=800,height=300,scrollbars,resizable');})(); Wikipedia is addictive for me. I authored a user modifiable database using FOLIO Views system in 1995 as part of my doctoral dissertation and this system is truly incredible. Thanks and best regards, Petrosino 09:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi
thanks for your message. I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, and have only just about managed to get my head round editing pages, so the whole project thing seems kind of complicated! I'm not sure how much use I'll be to the project, because I'm only really on Wikipedia sporadically, but if that's not a problem I'll join - I assume it's as simple as adding my name to the particpants box on the project page?
Cheers
Iain Joncomelately 10:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks man. Just got back from the celebration dinner. Take care. -- Samir धर्म 05:36, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Please watch amygdala. Thank you. Koalabyte 01:52, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the comment on my talk page. How do you suggest that I cite references? I've looked the citation help pages recently and wanted to use footnotes for equations. I was discouraged, however, by the lack of support by APA and MLA. I look forward to your feedback.
-- BeastRHIT 21:50, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
Nice article! -- Samir धर्म 03:05, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron,
I'm sorry about the nasty comment made regarding your edit to Epilepsy. I didn't intend for my additional comment to make you feel worse. I was glad to see the diagram in the article and really wanted to expand it. However, I also wanted to use an "official" classification and couldn't fit the ILAE one into a diagramatic form.
I think the only problem with the text you added was the use of the word "epilepsy" rather than "seizure" when describing the categorisation. I think that was just a simple mistake to make (on the level of a typo), but clearly a certain person thought it was indicitive of all that is wrong with Wikipedia.
Best wishes, Colin° Talk 08:05, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Nephron, I see you kickstarted Template:Oral hypoglycemics. As a result of my recent merge of glyburide into glibenclamide, I propose removing glyburide from the template, or perhaps changing
{01- glibenclamide}
to
{01- glibenclamide (glyburide)}
or something of the sort. Again, if you have any opposition to this change, please drop me a line. I am also informing JFW and Arcadian, as they seem to have contributed significantly to the template. Thanks, Fvasconcellos 00:21, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Yes to the first profession - I had been reticent to discuss much as some of the mental health pages are a minefield - see the arguments at the botom of the psychiatry talk page. I will stick my name on a project somewhere (just stuck some mental health bits on the Huntington page) cheers Cas Liber 09:21, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
You're definitely a wikiholic. Hopefully you're studying that in parallel with edits, which would be an interesting study-routine. Had I had wikipedia (or easy medline access, or even a personal computer/modem) when I was in medical school in the early 80's, I'm not sure what would have happened. I might have flunked out due to diffusion of time. I might've been kicked out, since back then nobody was used to the fact that the internet can make you an instant expert on anything, so knowledge-humility hadn't yet penetrated medicine (I mean like, at ALL). So it's just as well. See you in the doc's mess. S B H arris 22:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! That would be me, the big red one ;) - Frey 03:28, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
I had forgotton to close the previous poll. If you want to, could you "vote" again at Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/discussion#City naming convention poll 2? Thanks and sorry for the trouble. -- Usgnus
I am sick of seeing Image:Floride Coltis ulcerosa.jpg. If it really is public domain, why do you keep putting a {{ db-noncom}} tag on it? -- RHaworth 14:12, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
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Hi in your page on the Arterial tree do you know how to get rid of the {familytree} {familytree} {familytree} stuff at the top? Thanks.
Hello Nephron and thanks for the message with the invitation to participate in "doctor's mess" and to contribute articles. At 76 I am somewhat behind the state of the art in the specialities of nephrology and bacteria; so you have given me a motive to do some catching up. An article " cardio-thoracic surgery" is a big challenge which I shall start drafting; just the historical aspects alone could be a massive article, so much thinking needed about how to present in a synoptic but yet sufficient manner. I did not know of Wikipedia until quite recently when my old friend Geoff Wickham asked me to keep an eye on the Telectronics company article. Much yet to learn about the proper way to do things in contributing so will appreciate any help along the way. Regards.QRS 03:42, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I reverted some of your recent edits to hemodialysis, mainly for reasons of clarity and structure, (fo example it could do with a short adequacy section) do you want to collaborate on an 'essay plan' or template for this article, or perhaps even all the renal replacement therapies? There's enough material in Hemodialysis to be a featured article, but it's a mess at the moment, and the other RRts should all be good enough for good artcle status with enough wwork (even the dire renal transplantation). What do you reckon? Felix-felix 12:09, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I had tried where ever possible to compress the templates so that sparsely populated groups were joined on one line where this might look neat (very subjective I grant you). Your edit re-established one line per class, which was not unreasonable and indeed I am uncertain what is/looks best. Some quick thoughts are - yes this is undoubtedly more immediately apparent in distinguishing items from one class from the next, some templates can be quite long and might risk occupying large parts of the screen, wikipedia is not currently restricted by paper length unlike hardcopy encyclopaedias, there are plans for DVD or even printed copies eventually, issues about compressing layout apply to otehr aspects of the editorial procerss too (e.g. use of small font sizes in long footnote sections). So, I wonder on your thoughts about the aesthetics of one-class-per-line and should this generally apply for all templates... :-) David Ruben Talk 22:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
If you do a GI elective with us at SMH this year ! Even a post CaRMS 2 week thing. My e-mail's on if you need CaRMS help -- Samir धर्म 12:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
I would support a move, unless he is completely unknown under his own name. JFW | T@lk 11:19, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey Nephron, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your very kind comments and support. It was really nice to have support from some the medical editors. :) Thankyou! Cheers, Sarah Ewart ( Talk) 11:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the "Ophtho" template! Cheers! - AED 03:48, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your support in my RfA, which passed on October 17, 2006 with a tally of 53/6/0. I am equally elated and humbled by my new capacity as administrator of Wikipedia, and I send my heartfelt thanks for your unflinching support. If you need me for anything, just ask me! With gratitude, 210 physicq ( c) 03:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC) |
Hi, Nephron! Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 75/0/1! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Wikipedia a better place. Feel free to send me a message if you need any assistance. :) |
-- Core des at 15:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Nephron, thanks for your support on my request for adminship.
The final outcome was a robust 62/1/1, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any questions about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Nephron. Can I ask for advice? I occasionally do policing on some of the electrolyte pages that I've edited. Just today, someone added stupid stuff to the hypokalemia page. I wanted to learn two things, if possible:
1) Is there a way to auto revert? (Not that it's too difficult, in this case, to delete their comments, but really for future reference.)
2) Is there an appropriate way to either warn the vandal or to simply block their IP address from editing further?
Thanks in advance, Dan Levy 20:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC) Talk
Thanks for the help. I guess that I'm a typical newbie editor....couldn't figure out how to read the FAQ :-) Dan Levy 02:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Nephron, hope the elective is going well! I love Ottawa... my hometown! Hope it's not too cold right now :)
Hope this helps -- Samir धर्म 02:01, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Oh man, has that pic been up there for that long? Does Toronto have a white coat ceremony now? Hope the elective is well -- Samir धर्म 00:14, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for dropping me the note. I don't really know enough about medicine yet to join the full clinical medicine project, but I've been tearing through my basic sciences curriculum. User:Arcadian deserves a lot of the credit for indirectly turning me into a serious editor, as the image plates from Grey's anatomy he uploaded and linked have been a huge help learning the material.
I've seen the project sites before but haven't figured out an effective way to turn that into good contributions, as opposed to just editing my own way. The 'how to cite references' stuff is great, though... I was just trying to figure that out today!
Two little questions: Why do some people add spaces on both sides of their headings (the ones you make with equals signs)? Does it change anything? Robotsintrouble 02:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
I replied to your comment at Talk:Rickets. Mike Dillon 07:59, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello. Please note my edits to Kt/V. In particular, "displayed" TeX should be indented, and for reasons mentioned in one of my edit summaries, one should use \ln, \log, \sin, \max, \det, etc. with a backslash---both to prevent italicization and to cause standard spacing conventions to be followed. And note that you don't need to write 2 * 3 if you mean 2 × 3. Michael Hardy 02:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC)