User talk:ConsumerWithSpasmodicDysphonia

WP:COI/WP:PAID
You will need to follow before you make more edits. Best Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 22:05, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Adoption
Hi, and thanks ever so much for your email.It was a good read, and we do have stuff in common. No worries that you had to contact me that way if you weren't sure how to do it. In future, just go to the relevant users talk page and find the "Add Topic" tab and start a new thread there. I'm always keen to support new editors - and you are no exception. I really don't care (ooh, does that sound rude?) about gender, age, sexuality, disability, religion or even food fads. What I do care about is ensuring this is a neutrally-edited encyclopaedia, not a POV-pushing or WP:COI-driven website. Of course, if I can help you, I gladly will, so feel free to approach me at any time for any help or support you need. But I believe that the formal 'adoption' process is best suited to those editors who, to me, are showing a clear commitment to editing across a broad spectrum of Wikipedia topics, but still want to improve their skills. I would suggest that, for now, your best bet is simply to ask for help at the Teahouse. We are all pretty friendly to new editors, there (though I do have the odd grumpy or sarcastic moment!). The problem with the Teahouse is that nobody wants to receive a long list of questions about editing - we like one question at a time. But if you want to draft a list of all the things you find bl**dy confusing or incomprehensible, I'd be happy to answer them for you in due course on my own talk page. Yes, I am back off from last year's mountain trip, but am still up to my neck in house renovation and other deeply personal issues, so can't promise to respond immediately to every post. Hope this answers your questions. Must dash - am in the middle of another technical issue, and need to respond (and then go to bed as I'm in UTC time!) Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 01:39, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

MEDRS
Medical and health articles require a higher standard for references, presented at WP:MEDRS. For this reason, an experienced Wikipedia editor removed the Dedo references. Please do not restore them. David notMD (talk) 02:42, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

(talk)Thank you for the advice. My mistaken reference was due to a confusion between primary and secondary sourcing policies for medical entries, which I've now reviewed and believe I understand better. Dr. Herbert H. Dedo's contribution to this field has subsequently been noted and placed in the text modified by the same experienced Wiki editor on 3/13/19,including the appropriate secondary source reference.ConsumerWithSpasmodicDysphonia (talk) 17:49, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Doc James
Every year, Doc James contributes more edits to medicine and health articles than any other edit, so not a person to disagree with lightly, as you did at the SD article by re-adding the references that DJ had deleted. David notMD (talk) 13:10, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

David notMD - Again, thank you for your advice. Fortunately, my mistaken use of a primary vs. a secondary reference, and subsequently mistaken edit apparently alerted Doc James to the presence of some additional historical detail that was mentioned in the (previously and frequently cited) secondary reference, and such review thus resulted in his decision to modify text to include a new salient point. I do not disagree with DJ; actually, he appears to have agreed with my intent, and merely corrected the form. (Perhaps this is a great example of collaboration between a new and an experienced editor,especially a busy one who works across many medical categories?) Agreed, it was a bit awkward, but in no way taken lightly, neither by myself nor (apparently) by Doc James. I will exercise all due caution in suggesting revisions going forward, rest assured.I know you'll be helping to keep us on our toes.ConsumerWithSpasmodicDysphonia (talk) 18:05, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

User versus Talk
A User page is a place to disclose a bit about your background and your intentions as a Wikipedia editor. Some people go overboard with Userboxes, some have very little content. Talk pages (yours, other editors, articles) are places to communicate. Editors should not create or delete content on your User page. Editors can add content to your Talk, but should not delete what you or other editors have written. With certain warning exceptions, you are within your rights to delete all content (yours, others) on your Talk page, although most editors choose to archive older content. You can create new sections on other editors' Talk pages. A cardinal rule is be civil. OK to dispute content, but not to name call (and really to not threaten) other editors. David notMD (talk) 22:35, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Single purpose accounts (SPAs) and accounts for which a major early effort is to create a new article are often suspected of having a personal connection to the topic, hence a conflict of interest. A simple statement along the lines of "I have no personal connection to Mrs. Younger or her family." would suffice. David notMD (talk) 22:56, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

David notMD: Thanks I will do as you advise.ConsumerWithSpasmodicDysphonia (talk) 23:01, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Your help desk question
Regarding YouTube videos, I was told you can't even link to them from a Wikipedia article if they are copyright violations. See here.— Vchimpanzee  •  talk  •  contributions  •  16:26, 16 March 2019 (UTC)