User talk:Alteripse/archive2

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Keep contributing, and don't forget to have fun! Dysprosia 09:32, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Regarding the intersexual article: thank you for your lengthy critique; please feel free to edit boldly to bring the article up to scratch. There is no single author for any Wikipedia article; we rely on peer review and editing to continually revise each article, driving out mediocrity and errors. The theory is that as articles get better, they engage the attention of progressively better qualified editors, who correct their flaws until (we hope) excellence is achieved. -- The Anome 09:47, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi Alteripse, and welcome again to wikipedia.

No worries about the GH formatting, it's nice to see the article grow so much!

There are a few pages that explain Wikipedia formatting (e.g How to edit a page), but here are a few basics (if you haven't picked them up already).


 * ==Heading== will make a heading.


 * This is a link. Will make a link like that.


 * Bold and italic. -> Bold and italic

Hi Alteripse, thanks for your comment in the "doctors' mess". Would you consider joining the Wikipedia doctors clicque? Please add your name to the list of members! Concerning my nice metabolic diagrams: I usually look up a few textbook or online sources and draw them in the OpenOffice.org vector diagram program. Do you have any special requests? I'll gladly draw an image for an existing article (I can always recycle them whenever I need to give a talk!) Just don't ask me to do coagulation&mdash;there's so many different diagrams around that I would be a bit out of my depth... JFW | T@lk  20:59, 2 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for catching the edit that somebody did on my Green Pool page how did you catch it so fast ? thanks again.

HGH Quackery
I frequently check around the Special:Recentchanges list and expand or work on pages that other users have made. I think it's what makes Wikipedia great. If you've got good content for HGH quackery, by all means, add it. I took a quick gander on google for HGH information and the problem you mentioned is immediately obvious. I think there would be a big use for this page, particularly for people looking for information on HGH treatments. I look forward to seeing the finished page. Best of luck. Abqwildcat 19:58, 16 May 2004 (UTC)

Sex article and related
Hi, I just saw your answers to my comments. I think we basically will end up agreeing on most things (especially the weird vocabulary), but until later tonight I will not have time to answer your comments. I have wanted to revisit some of these articles myself. I spent lots of time a year ago working on some of them and then seeing them gradually twisted out of shape by edits by other people. -- Things can get quite political. You cannot change people's beliefs directly, but you can change people's understanding of what the facts are. More later. P0M

I have put a kind of outline on a "sandbox" page at User:Patrick0Moran/Sex_discussion, not necessarily with the intent of using any of it directly, but in the hope that the proper outline of sex and related topics can be elucidated. I welcome any comments or corrections you may care to make. Thanks. P0M 17:11, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments and corrections on my talk page. I like the Sex article as it now stands. Having that fundamental document in good order will make it easier to straighten out kinks in related areas. (I am always amazed at the absolutist statements people who are not in the laboratory can make on the basis of what they have heard and believed or have simply assumed. For instance, I have read statements to the effect that "most spiders are too small to bite humans" many times. A few days ago I collected an immature (2 mm.) web weaver (Cyclosa conica) by the simple expedient of swiping my hand through the central part of her web where she was hidden in a little "rope" made of her collection of recent kills. I couldn't see her until I had disturbed her enough to make her leave her lair. But she could sense me clearly enough to bite me twice, once on each of the two most easily available fingers. Of course the perforations were too small to be visible to the naked eye, so it may be that I just *felt* that I had been bitten.) Anyway, I am sure that I make my share of absolutist statements. Thanks for knocking the rough edges off. P0M 17:16, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Euthanasia
You've been very good. I have turned neutrophil elastase into a redirect, as it contained nothing I hadn't added to elastase when I wrote that. Hereditary spherocytosis can be salvaged, but I must read up on that, especially preventive measures and transfusion requirements.

Please notify me if any other haem pages need updating. I'm thinking about writing up heme synthesis properly. JFW | T@lk  09:41, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

CAH due to 11
I couldn't find the second page you wanted deleted. Would you mind checking the title?? JFW | T@lk  00:01, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Please don't worry about it
I understand exactly -- the RD is a tough place to be, tougher for the scientists among us (IMO), and the material they were looking to manufacture is indeed harmful. The only objection I had to your comment is that it would merely confuse the user -- straightforwardly telling them it was a dangerous chemical that was far more complicated than "altered calcium" would have been more direct. But the alchemy quip was "too good to not say", and I recognize that. I'm tired these days for non-Wiki reasons, and so some things strike a nerve unintentionally -- it happened that your comment made me grumpy because I had no idea how to respond to them, and I had hoped that the question could be left unanswered, but then I felt "forced" to respond when I saw your remark and thought it would just tick the questioner off. All ended very well, and I fully understand and respect your reasons for your actions -- not a big deal to me at all. Thank you for your compliments -- I must say, I am impressed by your work here, and very glad of your intelligence and reason when dealing with some of this site's less reasonable contributors. My best wishes to you, and please, keep the humor aloft at the reference desk -- I need a good laugh now and then. :-) Jwrosenzweig 16:20, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Missing vote
Can you explain why you deleted my vote on the Dealing with trolls page. It's the kind of thing that tends to get noticed and complained LOUDLY about unless you have a good reason. Yes? Alteripse 02:30, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Erm. Didn't mean to - sorry - if I did it was in error. Can you replace it or shall I? Mark Richards 02:34, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Really sorry - don't understand how it happened. Thanks for being understanding about it! Mark Richards 02:39, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Gedday
good! I knew we'd find something! except I'm a bit worried we may not be very far apart. For the fourth offense, or a repeat reincarnation the proposal states: " threshold 1 counter-productive edits (that is no warning), block 96 hours". doesn't that basically show the troublemakers the door pretty quickly? and it then means that we can put our collective hands on our collective hearts and say "justice was done" and was seen to be done. That nameless snot at the doctor page is an admin. I think they do need some limits put on them. At the momment Heph and Mark are fighting because there are no rules, if the rules are clear there is less to fight about. Troll may like rules, but if the rules says "you are out of here" surely there is not much to like!! Erich 00:31, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

looks like I'll have to read the diabetes article! Erich 02:14, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Re: Bone age
It was a joke, ok? bone age - age at which boning is legal - age of consent. i was bored, and vandalism looked like fun. and i have a childish sense of humor. I'll change it back.

User:Flurdy
Your statement on User talk:Flurdy that "Any user can delete any page" is incorrect. Any user can remove the content of a page, leaving a blank page ("blanking"). Only an admin can actually delete a page, removing it from view of non-admins and making links to it return to the red color signifying "no article". Blanking is heavily frowned upon because as far as the software is concerned, the article still exists. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 14:36, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Cushings Disease
Thanks for your feedback. I think I'll try and stick with doing some writing, there appear to be plenty of people on Wkipedia with more interest than me in creating lists and categorisation schemes.--Ianmc 21:40, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

My sentiments exactly. Alteripse 00:00, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Image:MenstrualCycle.png
Thanks for the compliments and the spelling suggestion. I changed Image:MenstrualCycle.png and Image:MenstrualCycle.sxd. Please check if it is correct now. You said I will get an ovation when done. I hope you didn't mean ovulation ;-) Chris 73 | Talk 07:28, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC) (note: Use CTRL-Reload to clear the browser cache in order to get the new image)


 * Thanks for the ovation. The drawing took me about 2 hours to make, mainly because my computer crashed 3 times. My approach: I found some copyrighted sources on the web, added those into an Openoffice.org drawing, and created my own images on top of them. Sort of paint-by-numbers, just with a computer, and some modifications. Image:HowToTieBowtie VersionA.png and Image:HowToTieBowtie VersionB.png were much more difficult. Give it a try, the software is free and pretty good. (Computer crashed because of windows, not because of OpenOffice) happy editing -- Chris 73 | Talk 14:53, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Wow. I think that's the best illustration I've ever seen on Wikipedia. - dcljr 09:48, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC) Oops, heh... It would help if I left this on the page of the user who made the image. Sorry, Alteripse. - dcljr 09:53, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Talk:Alternative medicine
Can I offer a bit of friendly advice? When someone acts patronisingly, ignore them. I don't think he was actually trying to upset you, he's just not as good as you as putting his point across and so inadvertently (I believe) managed to insult you.

When I find myself getting worked up I type my replies into a word processor instead of the edit box. That way I can sleep on it. Everything looks better after a nights sleep. Worthy sucsessor to MNH? That's way over the top! Fortunately I don't think he knows who MNH is.theresa knott 19:19, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Further, I suggest removing the para from the talk page. It can't possibly change the mind of someone of the description it gives, and can only inflame it further ... working with people one does not consider a clear thinker is a task requiring superhuman patience ... - David Gerard 15:23, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I am a little surprised to hear from both of you asking me to back off. I very carefully made no insults or personal attacks when asking him for a discussion, and tried to be friendly even in the second response, yet there was nothing in his replies but ad hominem invective and strawman arguments. I finally got exasperated. I haven't run into pollinator before. I gather you two don't consider him worth chiding from prior experience? I would withdraw the comparison with mnh, but I don't think I can delete an edit message. My last response seems temperate and evidence-based compared with some of the flame wars around here, but in the interest of not offending people I will remove it. Do you both solemnly swear you refrain from responding when some fool implies he knows what kind of stereotyped person you are because you requested a discussion? Alteripse 16:05, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * I solemnly swear I try to, frequently imperfectly I must admit. (It hurts, because I can do really good scathing abuse if I care enough to.) I occasionally put myself in danger of breaking a molar gritting my teeth.


 * Not so much danger of offending people, but that I suspect it wouldn't help dealing with this type of person at all. I have no experience of this particular example, but in general the not quite rational are best dealt with as black boxes, ignoring the words.


 * Also, if they really do turn out to be NMH types - insistently, self-righteously obnoxious - rationality from their debate opponents makes it blindingly obvious to onlookers and, if it comes to that, the Arbitration Committee. 'Cos some people just can't be convinced that walking into the whirling blades is a bad idea. I have no idea if this particular example is like that, I think (and hope) not since he accepts the compromise in this case. Maybe he will learn by example. (Maybe I'm entirely too hopeful for humanity.) - David Gerard 16:21, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * It was not my intention to tell you to back off in the sense you seem to imply. (I don't consider it you fault or anything) It's just that I could see he was getting to you. In answer to your question- Yes I have run across pollinator before, although only on one occasion. I wouldn't go as far as saying that I don't consider him worth chiding, but I do feel that you were the most likely to reaspond favourably to my suggestion. I do solemnly swear to try my best not to allow people to wind me up, but if I fail to keep my cool I expect you, David, or anyone else I respect to remind me on my talk page. theresa knott 16:24, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

enjoy the camp
thanks again for the vote by the way Erich 02:26, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Diabetes
I have a grandmother (passed away in the mid nineties) with type 2 diabetes (though she required insulin occasionally for her last five years). Other than that, in depression support groups I've come across people who had mood disorders secondary to thyroid problems, or mild hypoglucemia, which in some cases became type 2 diabetis. So I know some things. Pakaran. 15:22, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Twit changin the spelling of pediatrics
Hey,

I am the one who was changing spelling (Paediatric). I actually made the change in a couple of places only to see what the reaction was and was about put a comment on the talk page asking what the policy was (then I remembered my GI exam tomorrow...). So thanks for the note and I totally agree. Are we supposed to just make redirect pages for the alternate spelling? I am also a little confused about the category hierarchy. I added Category:Neonatology under peds and was waiting to see what would happen.

Take care,

Azad 00:45, 2004 Nov 16 (UTC)

Redirect is fine. I already took care of it. Good luck on your exam. alteripse 00:47, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

User:Eequor and censorship
How come nearly every answer you give at the Reference Desk makes some kind of jab at Eequor for censoring information? I've never found this to be true. Gelu Ignisque


 * She did it twice to my ref desk answers. Neither had anything to do with her and she had no business doing it, but failed to respond to my relatively civilized and rational complaints about it. I'll probably get over it and quit mentioning it, but I don't consider her one of the useful and positive people around here. alteripse 01:49, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Robert
I see he is getting to you. I know how you feel. Have a wikihug from me and Dont let the bastards grind you down Theresa Knott (Tart, knees hot) 18:57, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Personal attack noted, Theresa. - Robert the Bruce 03:12, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Note away all you like Robert - but it's a direct quote from the haindmaid's tale, and was not directed at you.I have no idea if you are a bastard or not - what you mother did before she was married is of no interest to me Theresa Knott (Tart, knees hot) 06:54, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * You seem to be such a nice person Theresa. That aside I believe that you continue to misuse your administrator staus to assist with the promotion of your POV. That is really naughty. - Robert the Bruce 03:59, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

FAC Battle of Warsaw objections adressed
I thought you may want to check Featured_article_candidates and perhaps change your vote or comment again. Thank you for your previous input. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 13:14, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Replied at Talk:Battle of Warsaw (1920). Tnx for your interest. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 11:26, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Dysregulation
Hmmm. "Unhealthy" in modern parlance seems to mean "unhealthy lifestyle". I found my version less confusing. :-) JFW | T@lk  20:50, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)