User talk:Bluerasberry/Archive 14

Random minor thought. Feel free to disregard.
Lane, I've noticed you use the ... in your edit summaries. This website says, "Because an ellipsis does not necessarily mean the same thing in all instances of its appearance, the reader must be responsible for deciphering the meaning of its presence." For me, now I just ignore the ellipses when I see them in your edit summary, but only because I say to myself, "O that's just what Lane does." =) But they used to make me wonder a bit when I would see them. I imagine they could do the same for others as well. Perhaps you could stop using them? That would be my preference, to be honest. =) I understand it's probably a habit for you now. Anyhow, feel free to disregard. I just wanted to share my ideas. Best regards. Biosthmors (talk) 10:37, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I am not sure. I feel compelled to do things sometime to identify and distinguish myself in a continual and subtle way. I do not know why but for some reason I want to add personal identifiers to all kinds of things. In 1996 I started putting ellipses in every email subject line and other short summaries. I know very well that it could mean any number of things depending on the reader and that it conveys no definite information. I am not sure who even notices or what they think. I am waiting for other feedbak.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   14:56, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

thanks
testing out your talk page (Glyn Elwyn (talk) 17:39, 11 September 2013 (UTC)).

Oops
Meant to say that maybe it should be at WT:GACR. I should check the archives there as well I guess. Biosthmors (talk) 14:58, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: University of Puget Sound edition
Greetings!

I am a student at the University of Puget Sound, and our library (the Collins Memorial Library) is considering hosting a Wikipedia Loves Libraries event! The only problem is, we're not really sure where to start. I have been busy doing some research (on Wikipedia) about the events other libraries have held across that nation, and I managed to stumble across your username when it had the word "Seattle" near it. I was hoping perhaps you could share some suggestions on the "dos" and "do nots" of Wikipedia meetups. I'm not a Wikimedian myself (in fact I only created an account so I could send you this) so any information would be helpful. Also, if you know any local Wikimedians (Tacoma, Seattle, or the surrounding areas) who might be interested in the event, their coordination would be appreciated. Again, we're still not certain whether or not the event will be happening, but we have great hope it will.

Thank you! MattinaMorgan (talk) 22:05, 12 September 2013 (UTC)morgan

Cochrane Library Citations
Hi Lane! If you have a minute, could you check the citation examples page for the Cochrane donations? 59 accounts were approved and delivered this week :) --Cochrane/Citations Ocaasit &#124; c 23:34, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Please comment on Help talk:Citation Style 1
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ThatCampPhilly Edit-a-thon Invitation
Looking forward to seeing you! While you're here in Philadelphia, I highly recommend seeing the Rodin Museum, near the Barnes. Small but fabulous. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:57, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Random idea
If you think of clinical trials that need articles, feel free to list them at the top of WP:MEDMISS. Best! Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. ) while signing a reply, thx 13:40, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

Chopin
yes, let's & keep in mind there is a score extension at wikisource Duckduckgo (talk) 21:15, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Libraries 2013
FYI. Wish you could be here, Lane! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:41, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Just a reminder, in case you know anyone who might be interested in attending or you wish to contribute online! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:09, 7 October 2013 (UTC)

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 * Noticing this, I have a suggestion that seemed to make all the difference for a couple of pages that I created about people: see if you can find "Who was who in America" or "Who's who in America" in a local library, and see if that gives you a good citation about the person. More material is needed, of course, but you seem to have that already. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 13:49, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I am just so busy out of my mind that I cannot find 30 minutes to manage this. Too much, too much! It has sat for months and it can sit longer. I regret it but I am helpless.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   14:06, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, the material can be retrieved at any time. Sorry that I can't help, I don't have access to U.S. publications of that sort. I was generalizing after discovering that whereas the university library that I mostly use doesn't carry that sort of publication, the city public library does (but they are for another country). Sminthopsis84 (talk) 15:18, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

Advice for Students
I am a professor in the Education Program and have a number of students working on articles on issues that appear to be in your areas of expertise and interest. I would like to direct a few of them your way for advice, and am hoping that is ok with you. DStrassmann (talk) 03:44, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * (Talk page stalker) Hello Lane and DStrassmann, why not just publish the proposals openly and have everyone have a look, per my email suggestion? Best. Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. ) while signing a reply, thx 10:50, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, please do. Do you have a course page? Also, like Biosthmors suggested, a big part of what I do is cross-post requests for feedback in forums where they are likely to attract attention. You have my attention, and part of the experience is getting community attention also. Thanks.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   13:14, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

finally, an edit!
per our discussion:. best. Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. ) while signing a reply, thx 17:11, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Antibiotic use in livestock
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Hypercube
Thank you Bluerasberry for your contribution to mw:Analytics/Hypercube. Drdee (talk) 20:37, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the acknowledgement. I wish success for anyone doing analytics because metrics are persuasive for getting organizations to partner.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   01:43, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon at Countway Library, Boston, on October 22
Hi Lane,

I think Amanda Rust of Northeastern University has been in touch already, but the Center is seeking a Wikipedian to train volunteers to edit pages relevant to the history of medicine as part of its edit-a-thon on October 22. At the event, volunteers will author pages for a number of the creators for special collections we hold, principally individuals from the Harvard Medical School community, as well as pages for individuals related to the Warren Anatomical Museum (curators). The notable public health figure in this proposed group is Richard P. Strong, the first professor of tropical medicine at Harvard. (See, for example, films from his 1934 African Expedition in our Omeka instance, OnView: http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6157). If you are interested in taking on this entry, we'd be happy to "reserve" it for you. Please feel free to contact me at [mailto:%20emily_gustainis@hms.harvard.edu emily_gustainis@hms.harvard.edu] for more info.

Best,

Emily — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emgus (talk • contribs) 15:52, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
 * This is resolved by email.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   14:09, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions/2013 review
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 * I responded.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   14:09, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Re: Stay Civil
I hope you are also posting the same to people and trolls that are harassing and swearing at me for trying to make wikipedia article FACTUAL and according to the rules? Cheers. Presidentbalut (talk) 01:01, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * No, just to you, because I was hoping you could stick around. The trolls should leave and I do not talk to them. If you like, you do not have to talk with trolls either. Good luck!  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   01:34, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Help with your discussion for Campus Ambassador application: Aashaa
Dear!

Recently I apply for Campus Ambassador Program. Please suggest and discuss here on my proposal. For being support and promote wikipedia and wiki culture at my country and my university, you're comments will be helpful.

Thank You--Aashaa (talk) 04:08, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I replied. I also talked to Tanvir, who said that he knows you.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   01:35, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for comments you posted on the talk page of Human Subject Research. Jakejohnston1 is a student of mine in Poverty, Justice, Human Capabilities Section 2 (Fall 2013) and I appreciate your queries. He is supposed to post our course banner to the talk page, so hope he will do that soon. You might be interested to know that he told me that he had found substantial plagiarism on the page on Medical Experimentation in Africa, which I had encouraged him to report. Please don't hesitate to get in touch in with me about the work of any of my students. DStrassmann (talk) 02:52, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Seattle
In a recent development that I believe you knew was coming... I in Seattle now! Let's meet up! Email me at mako@atdot.cc and we can coordinate. 128.95.248.19 (talk) 04:57, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter
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Thank you
Thank you!--Cattus talk 14:14, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Intubation
I do not agree with you, the catheterization is a common practice but not formalized. This study shows the importance of patient education, for this technique to be made ​​in safety. This is what the important point that should be known and disseminated. . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.141.252.80 (talk) 21:08, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
 * This is in response to Talk:Nasogastric_intubation. I make no judgement on the practice described; the only thing I say is that by the policy at Identifying reliable sources (medicine), Wikipedia practice is to prefer secondary sources. The paper you cited does not give evidence that the procedure you discuss is a common practice; right now that is your own idea and there is no citation. If a source existed which said this, then I think the information should be disseminated. A single research study on 66 people, only 28 of which completed the program, is not sufficient evidence by Wikipedia standards to make this kind of claim. I am not critiquing the study; only saying that I would like more research literature backing this assertion. Can you provide other sources, such as a review article? Thanks.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   14:49, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Question concerning sandbox
Hi Bluerasberry, Is there a way to transfer edits from sandbox to a talk page with all the references and in text citations without having to manually copy pasting and retyping the citation/reference? I am trying to transfer edits I have made from my sandbox to the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Evolutionary Considerations Talk Page. Thank you! LiZhang1312 (talk) 18:30, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks User:LiZhang1312. Yes, you should be able to cut and paste your text. Look at what I did to your text. Your references were not integrated, and I integrated the first two. When you first invoke a reference, write it out entirely and give it a name - your text was missing this. After you have given the reference once, then just invoke the name - you did this part correctly. You do not need to fill in the reference list at the end of the article; this automatically gets created and numbered by all the references in the text.
 * Thanks for writing me and write me anytime! Tell anyone else to write me also.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   18:55, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Proposed taskforce
Hello ! I'm glad to have found a similarly-thinking Wikipedian! Your statement "a catch-all for regional health care providers and related medical organizations, including individual physicians, companies, medical schools, health care legislation, and perhaps other things" is exactly what I had in mind when I proposed the task force. I think there are quite a few benefits, including having a hub where lay med editors can editor relevant articles, as well as collecting statistics on these articles and grouping them together, and identifyinh & rectifying common issues. If you're interested, I'd really value some help setting it up, perhaps by creating the categories and some of the pages as per here: WikiProject_Medicine/Task_forces. (It's an awful lot for one editor). I would propose this on the talk page, but I feel there's enough interest amongst editors I am willing to create and announce this after (and even if there isn't that many editors, it's not a world-changing activity anyway). LT910001 (talk) 03:36, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I have created the article's taskforce page WikiProject Medicine/Society and medicine. Would value feedback LT910001 (talk) 03:43, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * User:LT910001, I can help, but I am not sure when. I am traveling and will be in places with no Internet access or will be pressed for time otherwise. I put this on my calendar to check out after the 15th. I will help; it is a lot for one person; this is relevant to my own interests as I have made about 50 articles within the scope of this, but I would have trouble doing this just now. Thanks for starting this.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   11:44, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * No worries, I have been incrementally building up the task force page and creating the categories (see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Society_and_medicine_task_force), feel free to make changes if you want. I will announce the task force properly when it's been added to the WP:Med template. LT910001 (talk) 06:51, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Request for Consumer Reports article from 1994
Do you know how I can get my hands on this source? I'm working on the Wikipedia article on astroturfing and this looks like it would help tremendously, but I can't seem to access it. CorporateM (Talk) 13:52, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I am traveling right now. I expect to be able to get it to you 14 November. Thanks for asking.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   15:42, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I replied to you by email.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   15:17, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

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Your opinion is valued at WikiProject Breakfast
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Thank you
Hey :) Thank you Bluerasberry for taking the time to explain things to me. I really appreciate it. MajesticWriter (talk) 23:16, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Coal Association of Canada
Hi Lane,

I hope life has been going well with you since the GLAM Bootcamp; it was good to meet you there. I noticed that you are a member of WikiProject Cooperation. Might you have time to review my post here? Any advice or input you are willing to provide would be greatly appreciated.

Neelix (talk) 05:14, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Cholera Article
Hi,

During the discussion of my additions to the Cholera article, you asked if I had planned to stay and make further edits. I had not initially budgeted more time to work on the article, but I am not closed off to the idea. However, I am a student, and final exam season is rapidly approaching. If I make further edits to the article, it will be in a few weeks after exams are over and I have more time. Thank you for your advice!

Kimmyfromtexas (talk) 16:16, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Psoriasis
Psoriasis is the COTM and looks like we have some interest this month. Are you interested in using your skills in bringing the treatment section into shape? Many thanks, Lesion  ( talk ) 07:23, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Email
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The Wikipedia Library Survey
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Thank you
Thank you for acting as the Wikipedia Ambassador for my Darwinian Medicine course this past semester. It was a real eye opener. Should I do anything to formally end the course? It no longer shows up in the list of current courses so it may already be archived or deleted. Sanetti (talk) 19:54, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

Question
Your last edit to Template:Open access file of the day introduced a non-existing DOI. Possibly there is some mistake here. Can you please explain this to me, or fix it? Debresser (talk) 04:18, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * You found the problem. I did not notice because it can take 10-30 minutes for the bot to do it if I do not do it manually, and I often do not check for some time.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   12:43, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That was a guess. With much experience sometimes we guess correctly. :) Debresser (talk) 12:54, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

December 2013
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coffee
hi there, thank you for your cup. I hope it wasn't meant ironically? I thought it was a more sound name to the old one. Gryffindor (talk) 20:43, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * , I was sincere! You must have seen on the talk page that I proposed to fix that problem two years ago but failed to do so. Thanks!  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   21:15, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Excuse me for eavesdropping, but I believe this is an incorrect use of the word irony. For a cup of coffee to be ironic, it would have to achieve the exact opposite of its intended effect, perhaps as a caffeinated stimulant beverage, e.g. if it ended up causing sleepiness somehow. For more info see Ironic (song). Many thanks, Lesion  ( talk ) 22:14, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, we were talking about iron deficiency, and putting iron supplements in cups of coffee as treatment. The cup of coffee was ironic in the sense that it was a reminder to avoid iron deficiency anemia by drinking an actual cup of coffee containing extra iron.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   22:24, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * =D oh that kind of "ironic". Sounds like a great business venture if the taste is anything better than iron tablets. And if you could do anything about the black colored stool too that would be great. Lesion  ( talk ) 22:32, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

From geraldshields11

 * Dear  Blue Rasberry , Thank you for the advice and the cup of coffee. I believe we met, in real life, at the Cato Institute in 2013. We talked about North Korea.
 * As for the grant proposal, I plan to ask the Wikimedia DC chapter, the Wikimania 2014 scholarship committee for help to volunteer at Wikimania. If you could give suggestions on how to improve, it would be much appreciated.
 * I checked out the channel for general funding requests and it is to a blank article with no procedures to request a grant. So, if you could help, that would be great. My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 21:34, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Final comments on Editing Wikipedia brochure?
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