Dear Doc James,
I'm writing you concerning my edition on homeopathy on vaccination. You say "Not a useful addition as non effective "vaccines" are indeed dangerous." Where are you speaking from? The pedestal of truth? Look, my argument is not even epistemological or scientifical: it's sociological. There is a considerable amount of people (the homeopathic community and it's adherents which, in case you don't know, it's huge) that would disagree with what's written:
"Homeopathic "vaccines" (nosodes) are ineffective..."
So, you are clearing taking sides here. And don't mention "oh, but I speak the truth because 'science'" or "we are protecting the community from misleading information and dangerous practices". People don't need to be patronized. They had enough information on both sides to make their own choices.
If one of the principles of wikipedia is neutrality, you are violating this principle.
I'm not advocating homeopathy. I even added some information on the "Stop Nosodes" action (which you very conveniently didn't withdraw). What you are doing has a name: from fear of the truth being question, you are incurring into censorship.
Please, consider my point of view. If we cannot solve this, I ask for a third person's opinion on this issue.
Respectfully, Ibuk27 ( talk) 13:59, 20 October 2015 (UTC) Manuel
Maybe this link is more helpful actually Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Wikipedia Primary School. I joined that project early October so am still trying to find my way around ;)
Willing to help us ? We are working on about 120 articles and some of them belong to the "medicine" field. Anthere ( talk)
Hi, Doc James.
Swiss labour law, created by Lagoset, is entirely a copy paste of [1] (introduction) and [2] (section Legal sources).
Regards. -- BallenaBlanca ( talk) 22:50, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Dear Doc James:
I am a volunteer on WikiProject Medicine Translation and hope to translate article " Female genital mutilation" into Chinese. However I have some confusion on the term "pharaonic circumcision". Does it means that the act has been seen as the old tradition derive from the royalty of ancient Egypt?
Sincerely. ---- Koala0090 ( talk) 13:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
With this ever dramatic world including WikiDrama, here's a cup of tea to alleviate your day! This e-tea's remains have been e- composted SwisterTwister talk 07:08, 22 October 2015 (UTC) |
Thanks for working on the article! Did you remove the information about which brand name is for which indication on purpose? At least in Europe, Ofev = IPF and Vargatef = NSCLC. -- ἀνυπόδητος ( talk) 09:59, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I added the section on the benefits of SIBIS back to the page. It cited two studies and there was no reason to delete them.
I also wanted to note that the experiment described was NOT a case study - it was a combination of two time-series replication designs, multiple baseline across settings designs and reversal designs, and had sound experimental control for all five participants. Iwata wasn't given the APA lifetime achievement award this year for using poor experimental designs like case studies ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolololol ( talk • contribs) 12:17, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your help and for your welcome! Sorry if this message has grammatical errors, this is not my native language.
Your observations are correct. But not only CD, also NGCS is linked to epilepsy:
Neurologic and Psychiatric Manifestations of Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity "Epilepsy is another documented neurological manifestation of GS or CD"
I think it's important to reflect that the epilepsy may be the prime and/or only manifestation of CD or SGNC, in absence of gastrointestinal symptoms, and thus is not recognized nor diagnosed. In other section, perhaps?
I let you information from another source. It may be useful to complete. Would you agree to add?
Neurological manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of celiac disease: A comprehensive review
The incidence of epilepsy (seizure disorder) in patients with celiac disease has been reported as high as 5.5%. Since many patients are asymptomatic, the valid prevalence of epilepsy associated with celiac disease could be higher. Screening studies have revealed the prevalence of celiac disease among patients with epilepsy to be 1 in 127 to 1 in 40 people.
Regards. -- BallenaBlanca ( talk) 13:06, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
I understand your goals of simplification, succinctness and improving the encyclopedia. You generally are quite active in 'overseeing' the editing of many, if not most articles. I am having difficulty with some of your edits because they often result in the possible copyright violation of my sources. What I mean to say is that your edits sometimes result in the re-creation of direct quotes from the review journal article contents or create a problem with close paraphrasing. The purpose of my 'wordiness' is to avoid copyright and close paraphrasing of my sources. I am not sure how to work through this problem with you and I am sure you don't want to go back to the original sources and figure out how to reword the content for the purpose of copyright problems. I have had an entire article deleted due to the fact that I cut and pasted from another article whose content I wrote. So even when I use the same source in many articles to convey the exact same information, I am forced to reword the source content each and every time in each article. When you follow me up and edit the content that I have added, you (unknowingly) are bringing the wording of the content closer to exact wording from my source and the wording that I have used in another article creating the potential for additional copyright issues. Comments? The Very Best of Regards,
I assume you are discussing this one [5]. You have added it to a number of articles. I guess the question is how should we summarize it? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 11:35, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Okay two things
Best Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 01:36, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Doc,
Please add this to the first sentence of the [[ Special:ActiveUsers]] article:
The total number of active editors on the English Wikipedia is [[Special:ActiveUsers|{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}]].
Here is how it renders: The total number of active editors on the English Wikipedia is 121,919.
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There is discussion on the talkpage about the logo and term "global goals". An editor recently removed these, however I had already discussed these issues on the talkpage so I reverted back - briefly the logo was used at the UN SDG conf, the DG of the UN referred to the SDGs as the Global Goals and I previously discussed in various fora about having "non-free" fair use logos on the page. I explained previously all this on the talkpage. It seems to me that even if the term and the logo are not UN official terms and images, they are clearly being used by the UN and others and should appear on the page. I dont think the UN officialness really matters. Appreciate another pair of eyes and thoughts. Thanks. JMWt ( talk) 16:53, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi James, I notice that there have been a number of edits to Serum-ascites albumin gradient diff of all. I don't have access to the source and don't know enough to make a judgment. If you have the time and feel up to it, would you please check for accuracy? Thank you! Jim1138 ( talk) 23:25, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Dear Doc James:
The CD page, in my modest opinion, is a little obsolete and I estimate that would need to be updated and/or improved in some points. I have also seen that an agreement is required to edit it. Does the process passes all editions subject to revision in the discussion page?
Any guidance you can give to me, will be wellcome.
It is a great pleasure and honour to have your help and nice collaboration.
Best regards. -- BallenaBlanca ( talk) 09:20, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doc James,
I would like to edit the section about "Frameless IUD's" in the article about "IUD with copper" but you reverted my edit because I should "Use recent secondary sources". Could you please clarify what is acceptable as a recent secondary source? Does the one I pasted here satisfy this requirement? Or did you mean that I should exclude old sources (how old is too old?). Should I start with a smaller edit to the article using fewer sources?
Example secondary source:
Wildemeersch D, Pett A, Jandi S, Hasskamp T, Rowe P, Vrijens M. Precision intrauterine contraception may significantly increase continuation of use: a review of long-term clinical experience with frameless copper-releasing intrauterine contraception devices. Int J Womens Health. 2013;5:215–225 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S42784).
Kind regards,
Fdemae ( talk) 09:18, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Doc James,
We have a list of pages describing psychotherapies with strong evidence bases for specific problems. The list was put together by the Society for Clinical Psychology, one of the divisions of the American Psychological Association. We are treating it as a "white list" of information about high quality information, intended for the general public, curated and vetted by a professional society with relevant expertise. Since we have a list, we also were experimenting with randomly assigning the dates of rollout for adding the links to the pages, to see if we could measure a change in traffic.
Two questions:
(a) is there a better way of adding the links? You reverted one of them (Substance abuse) noting that "there isn't really anything new" (which Division 12 would view differently, since they put a lot of time into developing the content and linking it to resources)
and
(b) is there a better way of trying to do scheduled rollouts?
In related efforts, we also are prioritizing adding citations to Cochrane Systematic Reviews (you noticed one that we added, on ketamine for treatment of bipolar -- the results were news to me!), and we are working with other professional societies to develop whitelists of pages with resources and general information to add.
Thanks, as always, for your guidance, and for all the time and effort you are putting into Wikipedia!
Best regards,
Eric Prof. Eric A. Youngstrom ( talk) 02:46, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Just started working on this. Would appreciate your input. 2601:643:8100:8AF4:F186:BAAA:C802:20EE ( talk) 12:49, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your help over there, you made some nice improvements. Since the somewhat promotional boronate material was added recently, I was going to wait to remove it, figuring it would be a fight. Glad you took it on.
This is kind of a tough article to write, especially for a lay audience, as communicating the key concepts requires some knowledge of the different kinds of beta lactam and different types of beta lactamases. What I'd like to cover is something like the following:
1) Role of aminopenicillin/BLI combos like Augmentin in community-acquired infection
2) Same as #1 for hospital infections, with an emphasis on why pipericillin/tazo is such a major drug
3) ESBLs, carbapenemases, and AmpC, and what if any use current//developmental beta lactam/BLi combos have on them (I really don't know). There are a couple of new ceph/BLIs combos out there and I know that some of them are quite broad spectrum, but I'm not familiar with how this relates to the spectrum of Beta lactamases inhibited.
Thoughts or references appreciated as always. 73.162.132.47 ( talk) 12:45, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
The problem was that the mobile app doesn't forward to the top of the article page but somewhere in the middle. At least for me it does. RiverStyx23{ submarine target} 18:14, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I'm not sure why you deleted my dementia edit concerning general anesthesia. I believe the citations were acceptable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InformedConsent ( talk • contribs) 14:57, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the message. I didn't directly see the citation next to the sentence, which is why I added the tag but I'm fine with no "citation needed" tag there, since you have a citation.
I think it's good to mention that the 2-3 drinks per day over a long period of time is for *alcoholic* cirrhosis bc 30-40% of the causes of cirrhosis are not alcohol-induced. (PBC, Chronic Hep B/C, Hemochromatosis, NAFLD). I just think that helps clarify so that people don't think cirrhosis requires alcohol.
Also, nice to meet a fellow Canadian member of the profession! I'm going to UCSD medical school in San Diego right now, but was raised in the Okanagan valley for 9 years of my youth (1 in Kelowna, 1 in Summerland, 6 in Penticton and a while in New Westminster), and was at U of Calgary for part of my undergrad. Hope you're doing well! Davemcarlson ( talk) 01:40, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
We couldn't have done it without you | |
Well, maybe. But the encyclopedia would not be as good. Celebrate Smallbones( smalltalk) 13:46, 1 November 2015 (UTC) |
Hi, Doc James.
Do I understand, then, that I can edit this version? I do not want any misunderstanding.
Best regards. -- BallenaBlanca ( talk) 02:15, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Mr.,
As you already know, contribution to WikiProject Medicine from users from Maghreb is limited. As I am an organizer of the Maghrebi Session of Scientific Research Training for Ph.D. Students and Medical residents that would be surely held in Tunisia in March 2016, I thought of creating a section in the journal of the conference in which we explain how Wikipedia works and organizing a quality competition in which the participants develop a work.
I ask if such actions are eligible for grants by Wikimedia Foundation.
Yours Sincerely,
-- Csisc ( talk) 13:32, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doc James,
In reference to your comment below: The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists[edit source] Why do you say here [1] that the AHFS is an "inaccurate reference"? Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:14, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
My classmates and I were unsure about this particular reference link because it takes you to a page on drugs.com with information on Vancocin, instead of clarithromycin. So we chose instead to reference the package insert.
Please give us any feedback with this issue! Thanks! Ehalon19 ( talk) 22:32, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I realize your busy (I think I might have brought this matter up before), Talk:Dyslexia/GA2 last response August 25, [10]....originally started July 30 [11]......you said yes usually these just run for a week or two [12]....what should I do? ... thank you-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 12:28, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
There's a couple broken refs and between you and the IP's editathon, I'm not sure what to do. It's the refs right before and after the "Adverse effects" section header. Bgwhite ( talk) 22:02, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I don't want to put this on Portal:Current events as I don't know where to find reliable medical references. I thought you might be interested in this, although I don't know if an article already exists on it. Thanks, -- Rubbish computer ( HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 22:54, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi. There's a sourced statement in near-death experience that says that "some researchers ... are open to the possibility that consciousness/mind may not result from brain activity." This seems a bit open-ended; I'm sure you could find a few researchers who are open to any possibility. It sounds like the way one would word a statement if one were proposing a fringe POV. Also, the sources seem a bit iffy to me. As an example, our article on Nova Science Publishers, one of the sources cited, says that it is not peer reviewed. I don't understand the science behind this, so I was hoping maybe you could make a comment about whether I'm being too skeptical or not. Thanks. NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 06:33, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
A Tunisian Study has proved that Sofosbuvir is not efficient for fighting Hepatitis C Virus because of the mutations of the virus due to its exposure to the drug. You can read the study here. The drug is only efficient in the first days when the NS5A inhibitors can fight HCV. After a few days, the mutation of HCV will happen and the drug is unfortunately not efficient. So, the situation of the patient will worsen when using Sofosbuvir and similar drugs. I ask if the study could be used as a reference to develop the work about Sofosbuvir in Wikipedia. Thank you. -- Csisc ( talk) 13:36, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Doc James, I have left a task request for you on the Asthma talk page and would be grateful if you could implement it. Alternatively please de-protect the page and I will do it. Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.23.232 ( talk) 15:31, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
Good morning Doc James. Thank you for the asthma intervention. However, reading the article more closely, I am increasingly unhappy as concerns the Prevention aspects. Common-sense medical advice includes having a shower or bath and washing your hair before going to bed every evening but especially after working in the garden, putting mattresses out in the frosty air for a couple of hours in the winter to kill the mites (below zero degrees Celsius), and removing/preventing Alternaria growth on wet bathroom tiles using a simple window wiper. I was hoping to find such everyday advice in the cited references, but instead the NAEPP) (2007) reference in the lead falsely states that Alternaria is (only) an outdoor fungus, and complicated and imperfect washing procedures are recommended for bedclothes (how on earth do you wash a mattress?). I realise that I do not have suitable literature at hand, but I feel unwilling to put in the literature research work as long as the article is blocked and my suggestions may be ignored. Let me know how you advise we/I/you proceed. And no, registration is not an option for me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.23.196 ( talk) 10:08, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi there James, what do you make of this edit [14]? It got edit warred in which is a bit concerning but i can't do much to verify the validity of the claim. I have found that this diet is a real thing done by a physician named Walter Kempner in the mid-1900s but it was done primarily to address kidney disease not psoriasis. I can't find anything in the medical literature about a possible role either but I can't tell if the source being cited is valid or not though I'm dubious of it. TylerDurden8823 ( talk) 16:47, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Doc James: I have grown weary of your deleting information out of this page and others having to restore it. I am one of the main authors of a great deal of the research in this procedure and technology. We are trying to portray the information factually and fairly. Your edits or should I say deletions of literature substantiated information amount to vandalism and make no contribution to anyone's knowledge, the purpose of Wiki to start with. In reviewing your other interactions with other Wiki authors and contributors I see a similar pattern. Since you have no experience in this field, as an ER doc, and have never conducted research in the field of gastroenterology as far as I can see, I must ask you directly your motivations in trying to obstruct the free flow of knowledge, and do you have connections to anyone that would share the same arbitrary negativity that you appear to display in your habitual edits? As physicians we need to maintain some decorum and maintain ethical boundries, so I would be very happy to speak to you directly off-line one day after or prior to your shift at the hospital....just let me know. Finally, as per the Wikipedia rules and regulations, I am using this message as an official warning about vandalizing the site. If it continues, I will notify the administrator and other ethical conduct boards. I thank you in advance for your understanding and consideration. Mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnoar ( talk • contribs) 02:24, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
James: I am an educational advisor to the company. I am in private and academic practice, and perform these procedures weekly, as well as teach them at most major universities internationally. I do not receive a salary from this company nor do I own stock, so your supposition about making a lot of money from the company is off base and offensive. Since I get paid by insurance companies to do this procedure, then I suppose this is also a conflict? In any case, I will do as instructed by Fred, and submit anything regarding this posting to the board for approval to avoid any further charges of conflict of interest. Now please tell me what are your conflicts? Why have you decided to spend so much of the time you have so little of to remove non-conflicted information placed on the site by others? What is your motivation? Why would you deliberately try and harm a technology? These are my questions. Are you being paid by someone to do this, a competitor perhaps? One must ask the question. I will look forward to your answers. And please do not continue to vandalize the site. Mnoar ( talk) 03:17, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
OK, let's get it straight, I have never earned $100,000 from this or any other company. Insurance pays very little for this procedure, so I cannot even say I have made anywhere close to those kinds of professional fees as a physician. You are one very thin ice making accusations like this. I believe that people should also have the same access, but you are hypocritical, since your continued quoting of a flawed study to influence opinion negatively is anything but neutral. Ask yourself this my friend...How would the ethics panel at your University regard this type of baseless false accusation and supercilious behavior? I am betting that you have crossed a line here ethically. Want to find out? Mnoar ( talk) 03:41, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Doc James,
I'm writing you concerning my edition on homeopathy on vaccination. You say "Not a useful addition as non effective "vaccines" are indeed dangerous." Where are you speaking from? The pedestal of truth? Look, my argument is not even epistemological or scientifical: it's sociological. There is a considerable amount of people (the homeopathic community and it's adherents which, in case you don't know, it's huge) that would disagree with what's written:
"Homeopathic "vaccines" (nosodes) are ineffective..."
So, you are clearing taking sides here. And don't mention "oh, but I speak the truth because 'science'" or "we are protecting the community from misleading information and dangerous practices". People don't need to be patronized. They had enough information on both sides to make their own choices.
If one of the principles of wikipedia is neutrality, you are violating this principle.
I'm not advocating homeopathy. I even added some information on the "Stop Nosodes" action (which you very conveniently didn't withdraw). What you are doing has a name: from fear of the truth being question, you are incurring into censorship.
Please, consider my point of view. If we cannot solve this, I ask for a third person's opinion on this issue.
Respectfully, Ibuk27 ( talk) 13:59, 20 October 2015 (UTC) Manuel
Maybe this link is more helpful actually Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa/Wikipedia Primary School. I joined that project early October so am still trying to find my way around ;)
Willing to help us ? We are working on about 120 articles and some of them belong to the "medicine" field. Anthere ( talk)
Hi, Doc James.
Swiss labour law, created by Lagoset, is entirely a copy paste of [1] (introduction) and [2] (section Legal sources).
Regards. -- BallenaBlanca ( talk) 22:50, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Dear Doc James:
I am a volunteer on WikiProject Medicine Translation and hope to translate article " Female genital mutilation" into Chinese. However I have some confusion on the term "pharaonic circumcision". Does it means that the act has been seen as the old tradition derive from the royalty of ancient Egypt?
Sincerely. ---- Koala0090 ( talk) 13:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
With this ever dramatic world including WikiDrama, here's a cup of tea to alleviate your day! This e-tea's remains have been e- composted SwisterTwister talk 07:08, 22 October 2015 (UTC) |
Thanks for working on the article! Did you remove the information about which brand name is for which indication on purpose? At least in Europe, Ofev = IPF and Vargatef = NSCLC. -- ἀνυπόδητος ( talk) 09:59, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I added the section on the benefits of SIBIS back to the page. It cited two studies and there was no reason to delete them.
I also wanted to note that the experiment described was NOT a case study - it was a combination of two time-series replication designs, multiple baseline across settings designs and reversal designs, and had sound experimental control for all five participants. Iwata wasn't given the APA lifetime achievement award this year for using poor experimental designs like case studies ;) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolololol ( talk • contribs) 12:17, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your help and for your welcome! Sorry if this message has grammatical errors, this is not my native language.
Your observations are correct. But not only CD, also NGCS is linked to epilepsy:
Neurologic and Psychiatric Manifestations of Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity "Epilepsy is another documented neurological manifestation of GS or CD"
I think it's important to reflect that the epilepsy may be the prime and/or only manifestation of CD or SGNC, in absence of gastrointestinal symptoms, and thus is not recognized nor diagnosed. In other section, perhaps?
I let you information from another source. It may be useful to complete. Would you agree to add?
Neurological manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of celiac disease: A comprehensive review
The incidence of epilepsy (seizure disorder) in patients with celiac disease has been reported as high as 5.5%. Since many patients are asymptomatic, the valid prevalence of epilepsy associated with celiac disease could be higher. Screening studies have revealed the prevalence of celiac disease among patients with epilepsy to be 1 in 127 to 1 in 40 people.
Regards. -- BallenaBlanca ( talk) 13:06, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
I understand your goals of simplification, succinctness and improving the encyclopedia. You generally are quite active in 'overseeing' the editing of many, if not most articles. I am having difficulty with some of your edits because they often result in the possible copyright violation of my sources. What I mean to say is that your edits sometimes result in the re-creation of direct quotes from the review journal article contents or create a problem with close paraphrasing. The purpose of my 'wordiness' is to avoid copyright and close paraphrasing of my sources. I am not sure how to work through this problem with you and I am sure you don't want to go back to the original sources and figure out how to reword the content for the purpose of copyright problems. I have had an entire article deleted due to the fact that I cut and pasted from another article whose content I wrote. So even when I use the same source in many articles to convey the exact same information, I am forced to reword the source content each and every time in each article. When you follow me up and edit the content that I have added, you (unknowingly) are bringing the wording of the content closer to exact wording from my source and the wording that I have used in another article creating the potential for additional copyright issues. Comments? The Very Best of Regards,
I assume you are discussing this one [5]. You have added it to a number of articles. I guess the question is how should we summarize it? Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 11:35, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Okay two things
Best Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 01:36, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Doc,
Please add this to the first sentence of the [[ Special:ActiveUsers]] article:
The total number of active editors on the English Wikipedia is [[Special:ActiveUsers|{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}]].
Here is how it renders: The total number of active editors on the English Wikipedia is 121,919.
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There is discussion on the talkpage about the logo and term "global goals". An editor recently removed these, however I had already discussed these issues on the talkpage so I reverted back - briefly the logo was used at the UN SDG conf, the DG of the UN referred to the SDGs as the Global Goals and I previously discussed in various fora about having "non-free" fair use logos on the page. I explained previously all this on the talkpage. It seems to me that even if the term and the logo are not UN official terms and images, they are clearly being used by the UN and others and should appear on the page. I dont think the UN officialness really matters. Appreciate another pair of eyes and thoughts. Thanks. JMWt ( talk) 16:53, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi James, I notice that there have been a number of edits to Serum-ascites albumin gradient diff of all. I don't have access to the source and don't know enough to make a judgment. If you have the time and feel up to it, would you please check for accuracy? Thank you! Jim1138 ( talk) 23:25, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Dear Doc James:
The CD page, in my modest opinion, is a little obsolete and I estimate that would need to be updated and/or improved in some points. I have also seen that an agreement is required to edit it. Does the process passes all editions subject to revision in the discussion page?
Any guidance you can give to me, will be wellcome.
It is a great pleasure and honour to have your help and nice collaboration.
Best regards. -- BallenaBlanca ( talk) 09:20, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doc James,
I would like to edit the section about "Frameless IUD's" in the article about "IUD with copper" but you reverted my edit because I should "Use recent secondary sources". Could you please clarify what is acceptable as a recent secondary source? Does the one I pasted here satisfy this requirement? Or did you mean that I should exclude old sources (how old is too old?). Should I start with a smaller edit to the article using fewer sources?
Example secondary source:
Wildemeersch D, Pett A, Jandi S, Hasskamp T, Rowe P, Vrijens M. Precision intrauterine contraception may significantly increase continuation of use: a review of long-term clinical experience with frameless copper-releasing intrauterine contraception devices. Int J Womens Health. 2013;5:215–225 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S42784).
Kind regards,
Fdemae ( talk) 09:18, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Doc James,
We have a list of pages describing psychotherapies with strong evidence bases for specific problems. The list was put together by the Society for Clinical Psychology, one of the divisions of the American Psychological Association. We are treating it as a "white list" of information about high quality information, intended for the general public, curated and vetted by a professional society with relevant expertise. Since we have a list, we also were experimenting with randomly assigning the dates of rollout for adding the links to the pages, to see if we could measure a change in traffic.
Two questions:
(a) is there a better way of adding the links? You reverted one of them (Substance abuse) noting that "there isn't really anything new" (which Division 12 would view differently, since they put a lot of time into developing the content and linking it to resources)
and
(b) is there a better way of trying to do scheduled rollouts?
In related efforts, we also are prioritizing adding citations to Cochrane Systematic Reviews (you noticed one that we added, on ketamine for treatment of bipolar -- the results were news to me!), and we are working with other professional societies to develop whitelists of pages with resources and general information to add.
Thanks, as always, for your guidance, and for all the time and effort you are putting into Wikipedia!
Best regards,
Eric Prof. Eric A. Youngstrom ( talk) 02:46, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Just started working on this. Would appreciate your input. 2601:643:8100:8AF4:F186:BAAA:C802:20EE ( talk) 12:49, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your help over there, you made some nice improvements. Since the somewhat promotional boronate material was added recently, I was going to wait to remove it, figuring it would be a fight. Glad you took it on.
This is kind of a tough article to write, especially for a lay audience, as communicating the key concepts requires some knowledge of the different kinds of beta lactam and different types of beta lactamases. What I'd like to cover is something like the following:
1) Role of aminopenicillin/BLI combos like Augmentin in community-acquired infection
2) Same as #1 for hospital infections, with an emphasis on why pipericillin/tazo is such a major drug
3) ESBLs, carbapenemases, and AmpC, and what if any use current//developmental beta lactam/BLi combos have on them (I really don't know). There are a couple of new ceph/BLIs combos out there and I know that some of them are quite broad spectrum, but I'm not familiar with how this relates to the spectrum of Beta lactamases inhibited.
Thoughts or references appreciated as always. 73.162.132.47 ( talk) 12:45, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
The problem was that the mobile app doesn't forward to the top of the article page but somewhere in the middle. At least for me it does. RiverStyx23{ submarine target} 18:14, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I'm not sure why you deleted my dementia edit concerning general anesthesia. I believe the citations were acceptable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InformedConsent ( talk • contribs) 14:57, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for the message. I didn't directly see the citation next to the sentence, which is why I added the tag but I'm fine with no "citation needed" tag there, since you have a citation.
I think it's good to mention that the 2-3 drinks per day over a long period of time is for *alcoholic* cirrhosis bc 30-40% of the causes of cirrhosis are not alcohol-induced. (PBC, Chronic Hep B/C, Hemochromatosis, NAFLD). I just think that helps clarify so that people don't think cirrhosis requires alcohol.
Also, nice to meet a fellow Canadian member of the profession! I'm going to UCSD medical school in San Diego right now, but was raised in the Okanagan valley for 9 years of my youth (1 in Kelowna, 1 in Summerland, 6 in Penticton and a while in New Westminster), and was at U of Calgary for part of my undergrad. Hope you're doing well! Davemcarlson ( talk) 01:40, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
We couldn't have done it without you | |
Well, maybe. But the encyclopedia would not be as good. Celebrate Smallbones( smalltalk) 13:46, 1 November 2015 (UTC) |
Hi, Doc James.
Do I understand, then, that I can edit this version? I do not want any misunderstanding.
Best regards. -- BallenaBlanca ( talk) 02:15, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Mr.,
As you already know, contribution to WikiProject Medicine from users from Maghreb is limited. As I am an organizer of the Maghrebi Session of Scientific Research Training for Ph.D. Students and Medical residents that would be surely held in Tunisia in March 2016, I thought of creating a section in the journal of the conference in which we explain how Wikipedia works and organizing a quality competition in which the participants develop a work.
I ask if such actions are eligible for grants by Wikimedia Foundation.
Yours Sincerely,
-- Csisc ( talk) 13:32, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi Doc James,
In reference to your comment below: The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists[edit source] Why do you say here [1] that the AHFS is an "inaccurate reference"? Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:14, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
My classmates and I were unsure about this particular reference link because it takes you to a page on drugs.com with information on Vancocin, instead of clarithromycin. So we chose instead to reference the package insert.
Please give us any feedback with this issue! Thanks! Ehalon19 ( talk) 22:32, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
I realize your busy (I think I might have brought this matter up before), Talk:Dyslexia/GA2 last response August 25, [10]....originally started July 30 [11]......you said yes usually these just run for a week or two [12]....what should I do? ... thank you-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 12:28, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
There's a couple broken refs and between you and the IP's editathon, I'm not sure what to do. It's the refs right before and after the "Adverse effects" section header. Bgwhite ( talk) 22:02, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
I don't want to put this on Portal:Current events as I don't know where to find reliable medical references. I thought you might be interested in this, although I don't know if an article already exists on it. Thanks, -- Rubbish computer ( HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 22:54, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi. There's a sourced statement in near-death experience that says that "some researchers ... are open to the possibility that consciousness/mind may not result from brain activity." This seems a bit open-ended; I'm sure you could find a few researchers who are open to any possibility. It sounds like the way one would word a statement if one were proposing a fringe POV. Also, the sources seem a bit iffy to me. As an example, our article on Nova Science Publishers, one of the sources cited, says that it is not peer reviewed. I don't understand the science behind this, so I was hoping maybe you could make a comment about whether I'm being too skeptical or not. Thanks. NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 06:33, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
A Tunisian Study has proved that Sofosbuvir is not efficient for fighting Hepatitis C Virus because of the mutations of the virus due to its exposure to the drug. You can read the study here. The drug is only efficient in the first days when the NS5A inhibitors can fight HCV. After a few days, the mutation of HCV will happen and the drug is unfortunately not efficient. So, the situation of the patient will worsen when using Sofosbuvir and similar drugs. I ask if the study could be used as a reference to develop the work about Sofosbuvir in Wikipedia. Thank you. -- Csisc ( talk) 13:36, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Doc James, I have left a task request for you on the Asthma talk page and would be grateful if you could implement it. Alternatively please de-protect the page and I will do it. Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.23.232 ( talk) 15:31, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
Good morning Doc James. Thank you for the asthma intervention. However, reading the article more closely, I am increasingly unhappy as concerns the Prevention aspects. Common-sense medical advice includes having a shower or bath and washing your hair before going to bed every evening but especially after working in the garden, putting mattresses out in the frosty air for a couple of hours in the winter to kill the mites (below zero degrees Celsius), and removing/preventing Alternaria growth on wet bathroom tiles using a simple window wiper. I was hoping to find such everyday advice in the cited references, but instead the NAEPP) (2007) reference in the lead falsely states that Alternaria is (only) an outdoor fungus, and complicated and imperfect washing procedures are recommended for bedclothes (how on earth do you wash a mattress?). I realise that I do not have suitable literature at hand, but I feel unwilling to put in the literature research work as long as the article is blocked and my suggestions may be ignored. Let me know how you advise we/I/you proceed. And no, registration is not an option for me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.23.196 ( talk) 10:08, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi there James, what do you make of this edit [14]? It got edit warred in which is a bit concerning but i can't do much to verify the validity of the claim. I have found that this diet is a real thing done by a physician named Walter Kempner in the mid-1900s but it was done primarily to address kidney disease not psoriasis. I can't find anything in the medical literature about a possible role either but I can't tell if the source being cited is valid or not though I'm dubious of it. TylerDurden8823 ( talk) 16:47, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear Doc James: I have grown weary of your deleting information out of this page and others having to restore it. I am one of the main authors of a great deal of the research in this procedure and technology. We are trying to portray the information factually and fairly. Your edits or should I say deletions of literature substantiated information amount to vandalism and make no contribution to anyone's knowledge, the purpose of Wiki to start with. In reviewing your other interactions with other Wiki authors and contributors I see a similar pattern. Since you have no experience in this field, as an ER doc, and have never conducted research in the field of gastroenterology as far as I can see, I must ask you directly your motivations in trying to obstruct the free flow of knowledge, and do you have connections to anyone that would share the same arbitrary negativity that you appear to display in your habitual edits? As physicians we need to maintain some decorum and maintain ethical boundries, so I would be very happy to speak to you directly off-line one day after or prior to your shift at the hospital....just let me know. Finally, as per the Wikipedia rules and regulations, I am using this message as an official warning about vandalizing the site. If it continues, I will notify the administrator and other ethical conduct boards. I thank you in advance for your understanding and consideration. Mark — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnoar ( talk • contribs) 02:24, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
James: I am an educational advisor to the company. I am in private and academic practice, and perform these procedures weekly, as well as teach them at most major universities internationally. I do not receive a salary from this company nor do I own stock, so your supposition about making a lot of money from the company is off base and offensive. Since I get paid by insurance companies to do this procedure, then I suppose this is also a conflict? In any case, I will do as instructed by Fred, and submit anything regarding this posting to the board for approval to avoid any further charges of conflict of interest. Now please tell me what are your conflicts? Why have you decided to spend so much of the time you have so little of to remove non-conflicted information placed on the site by others? What is your motivation? Why would you deliberately try and harm a technology? These are my questions. Are you being paid by someone to do this, a competitor perhaps? One must ask the question. I will look forward to your answers. And please do not continue to vandalize the site. Mnoar ( talk) 03:17, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
OK, let's get it straight, I have never earned $100,000 from this or any other company. Insurance pays very little for this procedure, so I cannot even say I have made anywhere close to those kinds of professional fees as a physician. You are one very thin ice making accusations like this. I believe that people should also have the same access, but you are hypocritical, since your continued quoting of a flawed study to influence opinion negatively is anything but neutral. Ask yourself this my friend...How would the ethics panel at your University regard this type of baseless false accusation and supercilious behavior? I am betting that you have crossed a line here ethically. Want to find out? Mnoar ( talk) 03:41, 16 November 2015 (UTC)