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I just wanted to give you a more personalized welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you like editing here and decide to stay. Since it looks like you're interested in (and knowledgeable about) viruses, you may be interested in taking a look at the Medicine WikiProject or the Virus WikiProject. These projects are basically just informal groups of people who (ideally) work together on improving articles in their shared area of interest. Anyhow, welcome, and happy editing. :) MastCell Talk 17:37, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi SpectraValor. I'd like to reiterate the welcomes above and explain a couple of unusual aspects of Wikipedia since yours is a newer account. Our threshold for inclusion is verifiability, not truth. An organization's website is an acceptable source for information about itself. See WP:SPS. The Regush book is an acceptable source as well. We are not using it to make assertions of fact about a public health controversy. We are using it as a citation for information about The Perth Group. While you are welcome to question whether the organization is notable, or more accurately according to published reports, "notorious," but we don't delete information or articles just because we don't like what they say. This runs counter to how the production of knowledge in academia works because we are not producing knowledge. We are summarizing materials that are already published. I believe it's important to make it clear to someone researching the Perth Group that their views are notorious and have been consistently rejected by the scientific community and by legal experts. It's also important to explain the ramifications of their efforts on public health, especially in South Africa, where their influence is clear and undeniable. I find what they and related organizations are doing to be highly problematic, but I feel we owe it to readers to explain clearly why this organization's claims are considered problematic. Without this article, the first page of results for The Perth Group on any search engine gives their side of things without any counterpoint. That does a great disservice to everyone, especially those researching the claims put forth by denialists. There is a long-running struggle on Wikipedia between deletionists and inclusionists, and this is a perfect example of why I am an inclusionist. Without this article, the Perth Group's website claims effectively go unchallenged unless someone does deep research. Unfortunately, the people who need this information most tend not to use online resources in that way. I don't think this article legitimizes them in any way. I think it's an opportunity for just the opposite. Jokestress ( talk) 16:46, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
What you're looking for to close the AFD is "Nominator withdrawn" You can pretty much throw that up at the top and mark it closed. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 20:57, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Good edit at Maharishi University of Management. Re: your question, does MUM have a PhD in physics degree? It does not appear that at present it has one. [2] any thoughts on this?-- — Keithbob • Talk • 19:42, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi! Since you pinged me by linking my name, I assume you wanted to draw my attention to that particular thread of discussion. :-) I think the thread is too long already though - in my opinion, adding too many back-and-forth arguments to an RfC is just likely to make it more difficult for the closing admin to determine the consensus. Arc de Ciel ( talk) 02:22, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
I don't believe the talk page discussion supports your proposed edits, so I've reverted back to the stable version. Per WP:BRD, please use the talk page to participate. I also have found several problems with your edits that differ from the sources themselves. Viriditas ( talk) 02:01, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I've removed your latest edits which added back in off-topic sources about the scientific consensus. We have previously discussed this on the talk page and the consensus was against using sources in this way. Please use the talk page to make the case for your edits. Thanks. Viriditas ( talk) 02:08, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Please do not come and school me on my talk page. You are perfectly welcome to file any case against me at any time without a warning. I consider what you did harassment and will not tolerate it. No more warnings, OK? Just file your case. Have a nice day petrarchan47 t c 23:38, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
I've done what I felt was right to improve an article and then help bring attention to what I think is disruptive behavior at that article, which I edited for the first time about a month ago. Now, it would be irresponsible of me to spend more of my time in this kind of editing climate. I wish everyone involved the best of luck and strength in keeping your cool and following policy! I will be responding further only if a Wikipedia official wants to verify my claims at AN/I of no financial involvement. SpectraValor ( talk) 01:14, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Viriditas ( talk) 07:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Jytdog ( talk) 19:02, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Thank you, also, for the nice gesture of extending a thank-you. Brainiacal ( talk) 21:02, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
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I just wanted to give you a more personalized welcome to Wikipedia. I hope you like editing here and decide to stay. Since it looks like you're interested in (and knowledgeable about) viruses, you may be interested in taking a look at the Medicine WikiProject or the Virus WikiProject. These projects are basically just informal groups of people who (ideally) work together on improving articles in their shared area of interest. Anyhow, welcome, and happy editing. :) MastCell Talk 17:37, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi SpectraValor. I'd like to reiterate the welcomes above and explain a couple of unusual aspects of Wikipedia since yours is a newer account. Our threshold for inclusion is verifiability, not truth. An organization's website is an acceptable source for information about itself. See WP:SPS. The Regush book is an acceptable source as well. We are not using it to make assertions of fact about a public health controversy. We are using it as a citation for information about The Perth Group. While you are welcome to question whether the organization is notable, or more accurately according to published reports, "notorious," but we don't delete information or articles just because we don't like what they say. This runs counter to how the production of knowledge in academia works because we are not producing knowledge. We are summarizing materials that are already published. I believe it's important to make it clear to someone researching the Perth Group that their views are notorious and have been consistently rejected by the scientific community and by legal experts. It's also important to explain the ramifications of their efforts on public health, especially in South Africa, where their influence is clear and undeniable. I find what they and related organizations are doing to be highly problematic, but I feel we owe it to readers to explain clearly why this organization's claims are considered problematic. Without this article, the first page of results for The Perth Group on any search engine gives their side of things without any counterpoint. That does a great disservice to everyone, especially those researching the claims put forth by denialists. There is a long-running struggle on Wikipedia between deletionists and inclusionists, and this is a perfect example of why I am an inclusionist. Without this article, the Perth Group's website claims effectively go unchallenged unless someone does deep research. Unfortunately, the people who need this information most tend not to use online resources in that way. I don't think this article legitimizes them in any way. I think it's an opportunity for just the opposite. Jokestress ( talk) 16:46, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
What you're looking for to close the AFD is "Nominator withdrawn" You can pretty much throw that up at the top and mark it closed. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules: simple/ complex 20:57, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Good edit at Maharishi University of Management. Re: your question, does MUM have a PhD in physics degree? It does not appear that at present it has one. [2] any thoughts on this?-- — Keithbob • Talk • 19:42, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi! Since you pinged me by linking my name, I assume you wanted to draw my attention to that particular thread of discussion. :-) I think the thread is too long already though - in my opinion, adding too many back-and-forth arguments to an RfC is just likely to make it more difficult for the closing admin to determine the consensus. Arc de Ciel ( talk) 02:22, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
I don't believe the talk page discussion supports your proposed edits, so I've reverted back to the stable version. Per WP:BRD, please use the talk page to participate. I also have found several problems with your edits that differ from the sources themselves. Viriditas ( talk) 02:01, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello, I've removed your latest edits which added back in off-topic sources about the scientific consensus. We have previously discussed this on the talk page and the consensus was against using sources in this way. Please use the talk page to make the case for your edits. Thanks. Viriditas ( talk) 02:08, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Please do not come and school me on my talk page. You are perfectly welcome to file any case against me at any time without a warning. I consider what you did harassment and will not tolerate it. No more warnings, OK? Just file your case. Have a nice day petrarchan47 t c 23:38, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
I've done what I felt was right to improve an article and then help bring attention to what I think is disruptive behavior at that article, which I edited for the first time about a month ago. Now, it would be irresponsible of me to spend more of my time in this kind of editing climate. I wish everyone involved the best of luck and strength in keeping your cool and following policy! I will be responding further only if a Wikipedia official wants to verify my claims at AN/I of no financial involvement. SpectraValor ( talk) 01:14, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Viriditas ( talk) 07:00, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello. There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Jytdog ( talk) 19:02, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
Thank you, also, for the nice gesture of extending a thank-you. Brainiacal ( talk) 21:02, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current
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Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia
arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
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topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The
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