User talk:Commonsource

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Commonsource! I'm CordeliaNaismith (talk), another Wikipedian. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! CordeliaNaismith (talk) 06:32, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
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Great work on Ixodes holocyclus
You've really improved that article--the added pictures and info look really useful (and I was interested to learn about this tick). The one doubt I have about the edits you've made is that I think that Wikipedia is probably not the best place to provide doctors with the address of where to mail the ticks and specific treatment instructions. Info on how these tick-related illnesses are treated is great, but I'd suggest making this section of the article read like an encyclopedia article, rather than instructions to physicians on how to treat tick-related illnesses. It may be more suitable to direct doctors to a reliable external web page in the external links section at the bottom of the page. You might want to see WP:NOTHOWTO and MEDICAL--since most Wikipedia editors are nonprofessionals, it's probably not a good idea for anyone to look to a Wikipedia page for specific instructions on how to treat any condition. Again, thanks for your contributions, and welcome--I hope you enjoy Wikipedia and decide to stick around :-) One feature you may enjoy if you haven't seen it already is the "Stats" feature, linked from the article history page, where you can see how many people visit at your article--apparently the Ixodes holocyclus page had 307 visitors yesterday. CordeliaNaismith (talk) 06:32, 23 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you Cordelia for your useful and friendly comments. I have previously administered the site [tickalert.org.au|http://www.tickalert.org.au] and aim to progressively transfer much of the content to wikipedia where it can be better maintained. I agree that some of the medical information is best displayed elsewhere and with a more restricted access but I was asked to make this information available by a leading specialist in Infectious diseases to help disseminate this information to doctors around the world. The tickalert.org.au site already has this information but the domain and hosting are going to be discontinued in a few months. I will look at the links you suggest to see if there are other options on wikipedia or elsewhere. I think that there are currently some other sections in Ixodes holocyclus which should also be broken into separate articles over time. Commonsource (talk) 08:58, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Hmm...I don't think that Wikipedia will be a good choice for long-term hosting of medical instructions, because someone will most likely remove this information from the article at some point. WP:NOTHOWTO suggests WikiHow, How To Wiki, or Wikibooks for how-to instructions. I haven't tried editing at any of these places myself, but at least for that portion of the information, those might be a better fit. And, if you place this info elsewhere, you could always link to it from the Wikipedia article. The part that seems to me to really not fit in an encyclopedia article is the address/phone number info about where to mail the tick, and I'd suggest also renaming that section from "Information for Doctors" to something like "Diagnosis and Treatment," and re-wording the medical info so that it reads as info on how these tick-related illnesses are commonly treated, rather than as a list of instructions. This article looks like it's really coming along well though...since you have expanded it more than five-fold, I think it might be eligible to be featured on the front Wikipedia page in the Did You Know section (see WP:DYK if you are interested). Thanks, CordeliaNaismith (talk) 18:24, 23 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree with your assessment. I have removed the 'Information for Doctors' section for now and will see if I can reword it in a more generic, more descriptive, less directive way, as you suggest. I think that the whole article still has quite some way to go Commonsource (talk) 19:28, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Commonsource, great work on Ixodes; it looks like a really good article. Just one point on housekeeping, it'd be great if you could consolidate your edits a little. Having multiple small edits clutters up the history and makes it for others to review what's changing (I'm not a great proof reader of my own work, so often have to go back and do minor adjustments. For large revisions people often work on the text in their user-space before transferring changes en masse to the article.  Keep up the good work! Clovis Sangrail (talk) 01:42, 25 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Regarding some image licenses - yes - I will need to go over those/ These images are relatively old and heavily modified by me for use in public education - I will happily remove if required.Commonsource (talk) 02:10, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Just another note regarding the tick work - I think you might need to review some of the licensing on images. I just noticed Ixodesmale.gif is sourced from a book, but the image license tag states that it is creative commons rather than copyright. That sounds very unlikely. Clovis Sangrail (talk) 01:49, 25 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Clovis - yes - I will need to slow down frequency of edits (a habit of mine). Commonsource (talk) 02:10, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * No worries - It looks like good info anyway. Was this all brought together as part of a pHD? Cheers Clovis Sangrail (talk) 05:19, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Commonsource - I'll echo others in noting the great work on the tick. The best way to get some sort of "stable version" here on wikipedia is to get an article to a Good or Featured level. I have some experience of this. This way, if it gets changed over time one can always compare to a consensus version. Doing this can be quite fiddly with various arcane formatting bits and pieces. I'll try and do this over the coming weeks. Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:55, 8 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks Casliber - your experience in editing would be much appreciated. Commonsource (talk) 04:30, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Bit stuck for time right now but soon.....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:07, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

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