User talk:David notMD

Welcome!

My GA nomination approvals

 * Egg allergy (Nov 12, 2017)
 * Vitamin C (Nov 27, 2017) Nominated for FA in February 2024: Failed
 * Milk allergy (Feb 15, 2018)
 * Brown-tail moth (July 25, 2018)
 * Luna moth (August 17, 2018)
 * Red yeast rice (August 15, 2019)
 * Folate (October 7, 2019)
 * Vitamin B12 (April 24, 2020)
 * Pantothenic acid (3 July 2020)
 * Niacin (8 August 2020)
 * Vitamin K (26 October 2020)
 * Fish allergy (8 December 2020)
 * Biotin (17 February 2021)
 * Shellfish allergy (4 May 2021)
 * Vitamin B6 (23 September 2021; after rejection and resubmittal)
 * Riboflavin (9 December 2021; after rejection and resubmittal)
 * Vitamin A (22 March 2022)
 * Sesame allergy (6 September 2022)
 * Thiamine (5 December 2022)

DYKs I've reviewed (keeping track of)

 * West African bichir (used)
 * Nemobius sylvestris (used)
 * Megachile chomskyi (used)
 * Robin Ling (used)
 * Harold Basil Christian (used)
 * General George Washington Resigning His Commission (used)
 * Oriental Basin pocket gopher (used)
 * Vel blood group (used)
 * Alexandrea Owens (used)
 * Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (used)
 * Frog pond effect (used)
 * Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science (used)
 * Lübeck disaster (used)
 * Bald's eyesalve (I rejected it)
 * Dracopristis (rejected due to late submittal (GA completed in March, DYK submitted in September))

And the ones I nominated

 * Egg allergy for GA (used 12/5-6/17; on that day, increased daily views by 3,600. Before the DYK ~150 views/day)
 * Vitamin C for GA (used 1/10-11/18; on that day, increased daily views by 2,200. Before the DYK ~3,000 views/day)
 * I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold for 5X expansion (used 2/20-21/18 with image; on that day, increased daily views by 10,000. Before the DYK ~30 views/day)
 * Milk allergy for GA (used 3/14-15/18; on that day increased daily views by 3,000. Before the DYK ~200 views/day)
 * Brown-tail moth for GA (used 3/20-21/18; on that day increased daily views by 3,100. Before the DYK ~95 views/day)
 * Luna moth for GA (used 9/12-13/18 with image; on that day increased daily views by 8,400. Before the DYK ~700 views/day)
 * Vitamin deficiency for 5X DECLINED as not valid 5X expansion; March 2019
 * Red yeast rice for GA (used 9/9-10/19; (submitted image not used) on that day increased daily views by 2,200. Before the DYK ~ 300 views/day)
 * Folate for GA (used 10/26-27/19; on that day increased daily views by 700 (disappointing). Before the DYK ~ 1,675 views/day)
 * Vitamin B12 for GA (used 5/17-18/20; on that day increased daily views by 1,300. Before the DYK ~ 2,700 views/day)
 * Pantothenic acid chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there were no interesting facts.
 * Niacin for GA (used 8/30-31/20; on that day increased daily views by 3,300. Before the DYK ~ 1,000 views/day)
 * Vitamin K chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there were no interesting facts.
 * Fish allergy for GA (used 1/4/20; (submitted image not used) on that day increased daily views by 3,600. Before the DYK ~ 20 views/day)
 * Biotin for GA (used 3/4/21; on that day increased daily views by 2,000. Before the DYK ~ 1,365 views/day)
 * Shellfish allergy chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there was no DYK I felt like reviewing as a quid pro quo.
 * Vitamin B6 chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there were no interesting facts.
 * Riboflavin For GA (used 12/28/21; on that day increased daily views by 5,500. Before the DYK ~ 610 views/day)
 * Vitamin A for GA (used 4/9/22; for 12 hours, not 24; on that day increased daily views by 1,500. Before the DYK ~ 1,300 views/day)
 * Sesame allergy (used 9/18/22; for 12 hours, not 24; on that day increased daily views by 6,300. Before the DYK ~ 20 views/day)
 * Thiamine chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there were no interesting facts.

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! (2017)

 * please help translate this message into your local language via meta

Thanks again :-) --  Doc James  along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:01, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * It's been fun rooting around in the dark recesses of articles on dietary supplements, nutrients, and such. David notMD (talk) 12:38, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! (2018)
Thanks again :-) --  Doc James  along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 17:41, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! (2019)

 * please help translate this message into your local language via meta

Thanks again :-) --  Doc James  along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 18:35, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

A new source on Cerebral Folate Deficiency
Good evening, David! I came across a new review article about Cerebral folate deficiency - in your opinion, is this review good enough to be cited/quoted in the CFD article? Review: PMID 30916789 Hope you are doing fine! Cheers from Russia, --- C opper K ettle  14:52, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Definitely a valid ref, and provides info to improve the CFD article. David notMD (talk) 16:37, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh, great! I'm slowly reading this review and am putting some quotes from it at Talk:Cerebral folate deficiency -- C opper K ettle  17:05, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

Minimal Niacin dose for intramuscular injection enough for a flushing
Thank you for your edits of Niacin. There was a minimal dose specified to produce flushing. However, it was not specified whether it was an oral dose or IM/IV dose. Probably the oral one. If so, we should clarify that. Do you have a good source at hand? Also, it seems that for IM/IV path, even doses as small as 10 mg are enough to produce flushing. Don't you know where can we find the source for that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxim Masiutin (talk • contribs) 20:00, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

In a country where I live (Republic of Moldova), nicotinic acid is only available in pharmacies, as a separate substance, in injectable form only. The oral form is only available in small doses as a vitamin-B complex together with other vitamins. In Russia, situation is the same - the main form is injectable, albeit the tablets of nicotinic acid are avaialable as a serarate substance, the injectable form is more widespread. That's why I have asked to you emphasize on the form of niacin. By the way, I have substantially edited the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYP4F2 today. Could you please review it, maybe you may have some ideas on how can I improve it? Thank you very much in advance for your feedback. -- Maxim Masiutin (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:38, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Tell us what you really think!
Hi, David. You are the recipient of the Frankest edit summary award of the week for this. Congratulations! Bishonen &#124; tålk 15:39, 1 November 2021 (UTC).


 * I got a chuckle out of that, and yes, I will keep ALL of the trophies. David notMD (talk) 20:15, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

A question from Itcouldbepossible
Please can you explain me the reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itcouldbepossible (talk • contribs) 02:38, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I did not revert the SDs. Each Administrator gave a reason. I just wanted to point out to you that perhaps cease doing SD nominations until you have a better idea when to and when not to. David notMD (talk) 02:45, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

/Archive 4

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sesame allergy has been accepted
 Sesame allergy, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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Thanks again, and happy editing! -Liancetalk/contribs 06:05, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Quite an impressive article! Thank you for your contributions :) As you probably know, an editor of your experience can go ahead and move drafts directly to the mainspace instead of waiting for the often months-long queue - but there is nothing stopping you from continuing to use AfC if it is your preference. Best, -Liancetalk/contribs 06:15, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, >40,000 edits, but only my third attempt at creating an article. Planning to send it to AfC made me be more conscientious. I am going to let this 'age' for four months, then with fresh eyes, prep for a GA nomination. David notMD (talk) 11:40, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

citation needed
About your comment here about leaving the citation needed rather than deleting. I find that the prevailing attitude in the circle of editors who work with medical articles the most is that statements without citations must be immediately deleted. This is not exactly my belief, but it is the prevailing one. It is what it is. MarshallKe (talk) 12:38, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vitamin A
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Vitamin A you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hughesdarren -- Hughesdarren (talk) 05:40, 20 March 2022 (UTC)


 * How's it going? This is such an interesting topic. Really enjoyed learning about Vit A. Hope all my questions aren't too onerous. I'm mostly done with all the formal bit of the review. Thanks for all your responses. Best Regards. 10:28, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for taking this on, and I will finish with answering your first round of queries soon. P.S. remember to 'sign' you comments by typing four of ~ a the end. David notMD (talk) 10:39, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Oops. Bad habit of mine. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:48, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * All done, thanks for all your efforts. Great article and a pleasure to read. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:20, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vitamin A
The article Vitamin A you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Vitamin A for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hughesdarren -- Hughesdarren (talk) 10:21, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

 * It's 2:23 AM here, so awake, but will delay my coffee intake to daylight morning hours. David notMD (talk) 06:24, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Sesame allergy
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Thiamine
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Thiamine you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mertbiol -- Mertbiol (talk) 16:01, 1 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi David. I know you were hit by COVID and I hope you are all recovered (I saw your recent post at the Teahouse). I'm not sure whether you intend to start working on Mertbiol's suggestions but I'd be happy to help with the workload, probably from Sunday onwards. Is that OK and if so are there any bits you would specially like to hand over to me? Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:53, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * , - Thank you both for offer and patience. Actually, intending to start my replies to the GA review today. As for the medical path, first I got COVID and started Paxlovid. Five days later my wife tested positive and started Paxlovid. Five days after ending treatment, I tested positive again (am now negative again), and five days after my wife's treatment she tested positive again (and then today, negative!). Luckily, rebound symptoms were not too severe for either of us, and no evidence at present for post-COVID symptoms. David notMD (talk) 15:59, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes that Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir is quite common and one of the reasons that I don't think that therapy will be a long-term winner. Provided one is vaccinated I don't think most people need anti-virals as well. My own infection with omicron earlier this year proved to be mild, fortunately. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:06, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Eliza Neals
I have created an article for the above individual, completely oblivious until the final seconds of posting it to the mainframe, that there was an ongoing draft article for her. My apologises if I have trodden on any toes - purely accidental. Two thoughts - firstly, obviously anyone is welcome to add to the article I have created from information in the draft; secondly, I am slightly puzzled as to why a draft article has remained as such for years, and so many editors have added to it, without it ever 'going live'. Anyhow, we are where we are. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 11:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
 * my editing involvement in this was strictly drive-by; I have no skin in this game. David notMD (talk) 15:40, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

You had an abandoned draft created by someone else back in 2020 (Draft:Eliza Neals) unabandoned earlier this month. Separately, User:Derek R Bullmore created an article about her, leaving a note on your Talk page to this effect. A third editor removed the connection to the draft, so that it now forwards to the article. What I suggest is that you look at the article and see if it can be improved. Although the draft no longer exists, if you click on Veiw history at the existing article, you can see and retrieve the content you had previously added to the defunct draft. I suggest you copy interesting parts of this to your Sandbox and then see if those parts are worth adding to the article. David notMD (talk) 15:40, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Thiamine
The article Thiamine you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Thiamine for comments about the article, and Talk:Thiamine/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mertbiol -- Mertbiol (talk) 19:04, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vitamin E
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Vitamin E you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Etriusus -- Etriusus (talk) 04:23, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vitamin E
The article Vitamin E you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Vitamin E and Talk:Vitamin E/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Etriusus -- Etriusus (talk) 05:21, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Vitamin E
The article Vitamin E you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Vitamin E for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Etriusus -- Etriusus (talk) 16:41, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Ericnex13
This looks to me to be unarguably disruptive editing. His failure to provide useful edit summaries is incidental, so I'm not clear why you considered it worthy of mention? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 16:31, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Ericnex13's account is less than a week old. Yes, all edits to date have been reverted. Ericnex13 has been warned. I am willing to see if behavior improves before recommending blocking. P.S. Coincidently, I live in Maynard, Massachusetts. Maynard was a common surname in England, dating back centuries (also as Mainard). In our instance, Amory Maynard moved to a small community informally named Assabet Village in 1846 and built a large woolen mill. When it came time to apply to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a forma name in 1871, given that he employed most of the people and owned most of the housing, it was "unanimous" that the town was named after him. David notMD (talk) 06:01, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I wasn't suggesting a block, my concern was more of giving mixed messages. Water under the bridge now.
 * Thank you for the note re Maynard. (I guess you've read User:John Maynard Friedman?) See also Viscount Maynard and William Maynard, 1st Baron Maynard. I've read a bit about the Keynes family name but hadn't really pursued the Maynard, so thank you for that. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:44, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Nlpsocialcyber (09:42, 20 May 2023)
Hello David notMD, I am still learning. Thank you for serving as a mentor, and for reverting material that needs help. I would like to ask you how I might solicit assistance from an editor (of your choosing) to help verify and/or implement corrections to one's own wikipedia page? Please accept my apologies for not fully understanding how this all works; I would like to ensure this is done appropriately and accurately. --Nlpsocialcyber (talk) 09:42, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Teahouse thread
Hi, David, just to give more context to what happened in that Teahouse thread: The original post was made by, but the second was made by , a completely separate user who was registered *after* both the initial post and my reply to it. Both of the second user's edits were referencing the long-term abuse account Willy on Wheels; it's almost certainly not *that* LTA, but there are other LTAs that like to imitate that one. Either way, it's an extremely strong indicator that it was a vandalism-only account, attempting to perform a joe job on the original Teahouse poster, hoping a hasty admin would mix up the two due to the similar usernames and block the wrong account. Given this context, I don't believe it is unduly harsh, nor a record for blocking an obviously bad-faith account (and that it would take quite a bit more than "I was being childish and stupid and immature, and will never do it again" to get them unblocked), but as always you're welcome to seek a second opinion or whatever else you want to do. Writ Keeper &#9863;&#9812; 21:15, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I was unfamilar with the "on wheels" context. I see no reason to disagree with the action, and suspect there will be no appeal. David notMD (talk) 03:29, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Hypervitaminose A
Concernant ce sujet, est-il possible de connaître les raisons d'hypervitanimose à alors que le patient ne consomme aucun complément alimentaire ? Merci d'avance pour votre aide. Nestorum (talk) 06:39, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 * This is English Wikipedia. A machine translation of your question: "Concerning this subject, is it possible to know the reasons for hypervitanimosis when the patient does not consume any dietary supplement? Thank you in advance for your help." The article Hypervitaminosis A and other sources identify arctic mammal liver and some other animal liver such as shark, large tuna and others as causing hypervitaminosis A when consumed by humans. David notMD (talk) 11:14, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from DiamondBDE6 (14:18, 5 November 2023)
I am a retired US Army Major General and subsequently an Appointed Vice President with Northrop Grumman Corporation from which I retired in 2014. Would like to build a biography page. --DiamondBDE6 (talk) 14:18, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Autobiography is difficult, but not impossible, nor forbidden. See WP:AUTO for reasons why, and see WP:YFA for how to create and submit a draft. See also WP:42 for an understanding of what is meant by independent and reliable references. Unless people with no connection to you have published content at length, about you, you will not have Wikipedia notability. David notMD (talk) 14:24, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi?
Hi, David. Would you like this page semiprotected for a while? Bishonen &#124; tålk 14:12, 28 November 2023 (UTC).
 * The offensive IP has been blocked for 48 hours. Let's hope that ends the brouhaha. David notMD (talk) 15:26, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I know — I blocked 'em. My thinking was more that they can usually get hold of another IP. But it makes sense to wait and see what happens. Bishonen &#124; tålk 15:42, 28 November 2023 (UTC).

Interest in this?
Multiple micronutrient supplement Looking to improve for translation. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:58, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * The values in the product do not all match up with either the US or EU recommendations for pregnant women. One way to enrich this table would be to add columns showing the U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowances and the EU Population Reference Intakes for pregnant women. This would beg the question as to how to address the differences if the difference are large. For example, US and EU recommend 600 IU for vitamin D but this table had 200 IU. David notMD (talk) 20:44, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yah they give explanations for why they used lower iron amounts (vitamin C improves absorption). I imagine their are explanations for the other values. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 21:47, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Found it The WHO recommends 5 ucg/day (200 IU) for pregnant women and most others. Page 54. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 21:54, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, vitamin D was the most distant from US and EU, so good to see where that came from. I considered folate at 400 as significantly lower than US and EU, both at 600, but the latter two were for dietary folate equivalents, with the understanding that a supplement has 1.7X the bioavailability of foor sourced. Ref 2, page 54, pointed out that the product in the table incorporated 400 of supplement, equivalent to 680 of dietary folate equivalent, and thus not lower than the other two values. I saw also that the ref your listed has 55 mg vitamin C for pregnancy and 70 for lactating. Let me know if you feel that the article would be better with US and EU columns abd explanation for the differences. I would be willing to work on that. David notMD (talk) 03:31, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes that would be great. Create an account and I will give you editing privileges. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 16:20, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Grae Cleugh
Hi I just finished my tea and cjhecked a page I was working on draft:Grae Cleugh which seems to have attracted a bit of unwanted attention. It has been nominated for speedy deletion, contested by myself and other users. Can you please remove the speedy delete template as no evidence to support the deletion was provided. 86.135.202.183 (talk) 21:56, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
 * 86.135.202.183 I am not at Administrator. David notMD (talk) 21:57, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Brown ammonia
Brown ammonia isn't actually brown but it's terminology draft:brown ammonia Nesshunter (talk) 15:48, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * And has nothing to do with amonia-processing brown heroin to white heroin. David notMD (talk) 17:04, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

WCIT (AM)

 * For the future, it's probably better to organise and/or wait for oversight deletion of accusations of rape which identify the name of the alleged rapist, before directing users to the article :( --Tagishsimon (talk) 08:06, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Valid point. David notMD (talk) 10:03, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Cscottfree21 (16:21, 20 December 2023)
Hello David, I have been a professor of music and while I have wider interests, most of the articles I read related to music and musicians. How do I start with an article that I remember needed some editing? --Cscottfree21 (talk) 16:21, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Within certain limits (some articles are semi-locked or locked from edits by new or newish accounts), anyone can edit any article. Keep in mind that any addition of facts requires verification via published references. For musicians (and any other people articles), what that person puts on their own website or social media or press releases or interviews are not considered independent references. General advice is be bold in your edits, but if reverted (reversed), start a discussion on the Talk page of the article in a goal of reaching consensus. For each edit, include a brief Edit summary in the space provided at the bottom, to describe what you did.
 * See WP:NMUSIC and WP:BLP for some guidelines. David notMD (talk) 09:44, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you, David, for your response. I will check out the suggested guideline links that you provided.
 * Scott 24.38.163.125 (talk) 22:43, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

COI Tag revision
Hi @DavidnotMD, You reversed my removal of the COI tag on the article about Nina Kossman. The COI tag was put there in early May of last year when one of the editors of the article (Hannayana) was still active on it; it was this editor who created an impression of "COI". This editor is not longer active; in fact, Hannayana has not edited this article since then, thus the activity that caused the COI has been stopped. Another point: Bonadea, the editor who put the COI tag, was not one of the frequent editors of the article; his only contribution to the article was the COI tag. (It seems that he is no longer active as an editor on Wikipedia.) Since the COI has been resolved, I would appreciate it if you reinstate my removal of the COI tag. Happy New Year! Henrylukas12 (talk) 02:39, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * To my understanding, a COI tag is appropriate if an editor with a known personal connection to the subject of the article has made a significant series of edits to the article. Just because that person has ceased to edit does not mean the COI is no longer valid. If over time, other edits have modified, added, subtracted content, so that the impact has been diluted, only then is removing a COI appropriate. In this instance, User:Hannayana made scores of edits to the NK article between February 2022 and April 2023 and there have been only minor changes since then. David notMD (talk) 05:55, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Request for Mentorship Removal
On September 12, 2023, at precisely 05:02, EchidnaLives unilaterally designated DavidnotMD as my mentor without my explicit consent or prior notification. I hereby submit an official petition for the immediate termination of DavidnotMD from the role of mentorship.

This request emerges from my deliberate choice to engage autonomously within the Wikipedia platform, exercising my prerogative to administer contributions independently and responsibly. I neither solicited nor require the services of a mentor, and, as such, I earnestly implore DavidnotMD to voluntarily relinquish the mentorship designation.

I remain fully cognisant of Wikipedia’s established ethos of mentorship, yet I maintain my steadfast conviction that my editorial contributions are most effectively executed in solitude. As such, I beseech your judicious consideration of this request in accordance with the meticulous adherence to Wikipedia’s procedural norms and regulations.

With the utmost respect and deference to the Wikipedia community, WorldClassChampion (talk) 14:30, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I do not see you on my list of mentees, but I promise that if your account appears I will not look at any of your edits. David notMD (talk) 04:38, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from JDS1949 (15:07, 28 January 2024)
I'm Jeff, and have spent an hour trying to suggest an edit. (A simple error, not controversial.) It should not take an hour and end in frustration/failure, but I give up. The Patrick Stewart page states his home town as "Jarrow". I just finished his autobiography, which makes no mention of that South Tyneside town. He lived nowhere but 17 Camm Lane, Mirfield (a few weeks at Sykes Avenue, Mirfield).

I won't bother to try again unless the Foundation welcomes it simply. Thanks. --JDS1949 (talk) 15:07, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Reply on your Talk page. David notMD (talk) 05:01, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from BOTSOTSO RSA (09:08, 30 January 2024)
Hi I wanna write my biography,can you help me to do that? --BOTSOTSO RSA (talk) 09:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Reply on your Talk page. David notMD (talk) 01:57, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the Teahouse help on Maharajas' Express
Hello @David notMD, thanks for your help on Maharajas' Express. The teahouse discussion is archived and I noticed that you already addressed the issue. I couldn't write there, so just a quick message to thank you for helping out.

Apart from the content you trimmed, I removed one extra line - An on-board boutique offers souvenirs.

I felt this was not required. I thought about adding a 'citation needed' at the end, but felt its better to remove this line since it appeared promotional and not too relevant for mention. I couldn't find any WP:RS citation for it either. If you feel that should be on the page, please let me know and I will add it back.

ANLgrad (talk) 22:55, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from James Vanderhault (02:39, 6 February 2024)
Good evening. How can I be able to start a new page and not only suggest edits? --James Vanderhault (talk) 02:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Answered on your Talk page. David notMD (talk) 14:36, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Review of the Page
Hi @David notMD,

I just made few edits in this page adding few links and sources. I have not submitted it for review yet. Can you please review the page "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:T_S_Nandakumar". it would be much appreciated. Thanks in Advance for your help.

Thank You! Ashvik08122023 (talk) 05:44, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * First, I am not a Reviewer of drafts, just a Teahouse Host who advises. However, in looking at Draft:T S Nandakumar my thinking is that it needs revision. Naming a long list of people he has played with does not contribute to his notability (notability is not contagious). The many awards are considered too minor by Wikipedia to contribute to notability, although there is still a benefin in including perhaps the most important 4-5. Perhaps the best you can do is submit again and see what the next reviewer writes. If that person declines it, you can ask for a bit more guidance on that person's Talk page. David notMD (talk) 12:38, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank You @David notMD Ashvik08122023 (talk) 12:47, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Joao.frias84 (21:11, 14 February 2024)
Dear mentor,

I am new to Wikipedia, and am in the process of writing a bio text for a user. Because my account is new, I have been doing small edits in pages that are part of my field of expertise. I believe that I would be able to create a page with valid information and relevant information, if my user has at least 10 verified edits. Would you be able to provide me with some tips on how to write a biography page (including a rectangular section with photos and bio information in the right hand side)?

Also, given that you are more experienced than me, would you be so kind as to let me know whether it is possible to start writing and save a draft page without publishing it? Or would you advise me to just write the page in one go?

Looking forward to your reply.

Best regards --Joao.frias84 (talk) 21:11, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Dhelliwell (00:36, 20 February 2024)
The company I'm just starting with doesn't have a Wikipedia page, I'd like to create one. But I saw in the rules that it's not likely to be published. If not from an employee, then who can submit the content? An employee seems well-placed to know the history. --Dhelliwell (talk) 00:36, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Michael Eamon Herbst (09:05, 24 February 2024)
Hello, how do I add a second article on Wikipedia? The Sandbox leads me to the 1st article. How do I create another one that is based on another subject? --Michael Eamon Herbst (talk) 09:05, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
 * You can create either a second Sandbox (Sandbox2) or create a draft with the draft prefix (preferred). See Drafts to start process. Be aware that "Publish changes" saves the draft as a draft. As with what is in your current Sandbox, when you think you are done, submiting the draft puts it in a backlog of drafts waiting for a reviewer, as part of the Articles for Creation (AfC) process. The backlog - now approaching 2,000 - is not a queue, so a submitted draft may be reviewed in days, weeks, or (sadly) months. You can continue to work on it while waiting for the reviewer. Drafts can be accepted, declined, rejected (as in not good enough to try improving it) and Speedy deleted. Reviewers of declined drafts give one or more reasons. Such drafts can be improved and resubmitted. Most often, it will get a different reviewer, who may decline it for a different reason. David notMD (talk) 10:46, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Lulubnlu (06:51, 29 February 2024)
"Hello, I edited an actor's information without creating an account beforehand, and my IP is visible, but I'm not sure how to hide it. Is there an option for that?" --Lulubnlu (talk) 06:51, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Shaik Mannaji Mohammed laise on Middlesex Hospital (Connecticut) (14:25, 6 March 2024)
How can I publish wiki data --Shaik Mannaji Mohammed laise (talk) 14:25, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * What do you want to add to that hospital article? David notMD (talk) 04:56, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Ukvc (12:05, 7 March 2024)
How do I contribute to a topic within which I operate and where I feel contributions, sources or facts that may be related to our business are relevant? --Ukvc (talk) 12:05, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If this is about Draft:Silicon Roundabout Ventures, you were asked on your Talk page if you have a paid or personal connection to the business. Either way, that must be stated on your User page. If no connection, then state that on your own Talk page. See WP:NCORP for advice on how to qualify a business as Wikipedia-notable. Almost all content must be verified by independent references (some simple factual content can be referenced by the company's own website). Unreferenced personal knowledge cannot be added. Same for what the company or its senior management says about itself (website, mission statement, financial dealings, press releases, interviews, etc.). References that confirm that SRV invested in various start-ups contribute nothing toward establishing notability. David notMD (talk) 12:16, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * See also WP:TOOSOON. David notMD (talk) 12:35, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * On Silicon Roundabout Ventures I'm still unclear how to state the connection (as in what formula to actually type in). But beyond that it was in areas (like Deep Tech) where I operate. 87.75.37.54 (talk) 13:29, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * First, remember to log in, or else your communications show up as an IP number. The question is what is your connection to Silicon? Employee? Consultant? Those are paid (see WP:PAID). Personal, as in you want to create the article because you know employees? That counts as conflict of interest (see WP:COI) Either way, state your connection on your User page before doing any more editing. To use the paid format, inside double curly brackets put paid|user=Ukvc|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName and the info will show up.  David notMD (talk) 18:17, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

New article on an Intergovermental Organization
Hello David!

I'm working at an intergovernmental organization that have 11 member states.

I've brought up to my supervisors that having a factual article of our organization will be helpful in helping people understand what we do.

As such, they have allowed me to do some research.

We aim to be an uncontroversial organization whose goal is to improve trade and investment among our member countries and we conduct activities that aim to contribute to that.

What I would like to ask is: - can I submit an article? - what is the process like, how is it different from submitting articles of private companies? - there are government sources from member states about our organization as well, will that be considered as secondary sources? - can we cite our own publications for stuff like the list of our past Secretaries-general/activities?

Sorry for the long question but I really want to do this as right as possible! Byrnachi (talk) 05:08, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Government and non-gov organizations have to meet similar requirements as commercial companies. See WP:NCORP for establishing notability. Also see WP:42 for standards for refs. Employees can submit draft via the Articles for Creation (AfC) process described at WP:YFA, but first you needs to declare your paid relationship. See WP:PAID]. Content must be referenced. What the org says about itself (website, press releases, etc.) cannot be used as references. I hope this is enough to get you started. David notMD (talk) 10:16, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * To use the paid format, on your User page, inside double curly brackets put paid|user=Byrnachi|employer=InsertName and the info will show up. David notMD (talk) 10:18, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I'll try my best to keep it as factual as possible!
 * Just one more question, are there any cases where primary sources can be referenced, like the organization's mandate, member states, or strategies? Or would you cite a secondary source instead? Byrnachi (talk) 15:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * An organization's website (primary) can be a reference for some simple fact, such as location of headquarters, list of member states, but not mandate or strategies. David notMD (talk) 01:16, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Alexrayan237 (12:13, 23 March 2024)
Hello Sir I am trying to add a bio for someone else with pictures but I couldn't figure it out how Can you help me? --Alexrayan237 (talk) 12:13, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Answered on your Talk page. David notMD (talk) 16:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Dravidfever on User:Dravidfever (12:45, 2 April 2024)
hello, i created Wikipedia profile of a person and published but not showing in google search --Dravidfever (talk) 12:45, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Answered on your Talk page. David notMD (talk) 16:41, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

thanks
for removing personal information on a page of a guy. YouThinkDotCom (talk) 02:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Aliciah3 on List of Munchausen by proxy cases (17:22, 14 April 2024)
I’m a psychologist, and I have looked over all the medical records for gypsy Rose, Blanchard, and she is not a victim of much House by proxy her mother and herself were both involved in grifting and fraud fraudulent games with nonprofit organizations. There was a case in Missouri against both of them for this. They both knew that gypsy was able to walk and they used the wheelchair as a way of gaining trips and money and any other notable item they could from these nonprofit organizations.

Also, all of gypsies medical reports state that gypsy had a chromosome disorder that required her to be seen by the doctors from a very early age for problems that this chromosome disorder does display. I think we might want to remove her name from the Munchhausen by proxy because legally she never had Munchhausen by proxy. --Aliciah3 (talk) 17:22, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Aliciah3 on List of Munchausen by proxy cases (17:26, 14 April 2024)
I think that it’s notable to remove gypsy Rose Blanchard from the Munchhausen by proxy victim list as she was not a victim of Munchhausen by proxy she actually had a chromosome disorder which made her mother have to give her certain medical treatment for various ailments from that chromosome disorder.

Also, gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother both knew she could walk and did not require a wheelchair, but they used the wheelchair to get these nonprofit organizations to pay for various trips and cruises and other items along with giving them a house and paying all their bills. Both of them were under investigation for fraud and fraudulent schemes by the state of Missouri, because the state of Missouri had caught onto the grifting that they were doing, and the fraud they were committing with all of these various nonprofits. I think it’s notable to remove her from the Munchhausen by proxy victim list because she is not a victim of Munchhausen by proxy. She was a performer in her mother fraudulent schemes that she went along with if you watch the trailers for the lifetime series, her cousin even says that she used to push her cousins around in the wheelchair. Everybody knew that gypsy everybody knew she used a wheelchair but didn’t exactly know why because they did not know about the fraud that her mother and herself were committing. --Aliciah3 (talk) 17:26, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Cerjjapan on Milton Hebald (08:02, 20 April 2024)
Hi David notMD, I recently made an addition to this wiki entry as I felt it strange that it only included Milton’s daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter, and no mention of me, his grandson who was very much a part of his life. Why is the great-granddaughter intentionally mentioned here? When she knew him she was, and still is, just a child. I also don’t feel it’s appropriate that her name is explicitly given.

Also, no disrespect, but how did you become the arbiter of what is written on my grandfather’s Wikipedia entry? Did you know him?

I look forward to hearing back from you. --Cerjjapan (talk) 08:02, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Typically, descendents of people who are subjects of articles are not named unless they themselves are subjects of Wikipedia articles. "Names of family members who are not also notable public figures must be removed from an article if they are not properly sourced." As you had provided a reference (the LATimes obit), I will not delete the names if you choose to add them again. As to why me and that article, it was a drive-by; I have no connection whatsoever to MH. David notMD (talk) 12:26, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply and explanation. I would like to restate my edit if possible. Cerjjapan (talk) 14:05, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I will not delete it. David notMD (talk) 14:13, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you again. Cerjjapan (talk) 14:17, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I also fixed the reference. David notMD (talk) 14:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey!
Just wanted to apologize if I came across as rude in my response today Caden dand (talk) 23:08, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Shahaliazhar123 (04:37, 25 April 2024)
hello Sir, --Shahaliazhar123 (talk) 04:37, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I have put a standard Welcome statement on your Talk page. Words in blue link to instructions and guidelines. Do you have a specific question? David notMD (talk) 09:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Joshua Dabuo (20:36, 25 April 2024)
How do I edit my profile --Joshua Dabuo (talk) 20:36, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia does not have profiles, as in social media. It has articles written about people. See WP:AUTO for why it is a bad idea (but not forbidden) to attempt to create and submit a draft about oneself, for a reviewer to decide to accept or decline. Wikipedia does allow for some countent about yourself on your User page (see WP:UP), but only about your role as a Wikiopedia editor. David notMD (talk) 23:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Improving article with removed content
Hello David,

thanks for your comments these past days on the Lev Gatovsky article. I am writting to you because a user removed a section based on copyright, and for some reason I cannot access to that change in order to recover the text I had written.

My idea would be to improve it and use more of my own writting, as I understand that was problem. The source seemed legitimate and I cited with as much info. as I could get. But without the original text to start from is even more difficult. Do you know how could I retrieve it? Do you have other suggestions of things I could use to improve the page in view of the DYK nomination?

Also, I thought the procedure was to put a tag indication that the section needs sources, not to remove it directly. Is that okay? I was a bit surprised...

Thanks again! FranGallego33 (talk) 18:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Copyright infringement is a cardinal sin for Wikipedia. The Administrator who removed it from the article history will not return it. If I remember correctly, the Edit summary named the sites that were copied, so you have the option of going to those, copying content to your computer, revising so that the facts are now expressed in your own words, then pasting that into the article with the websites as references. Light paraphrasing is not enough.The DYK reviewer will detemine if your earlier edits that expanded the article were sufficient to meet the 5X qualification. David notMD (talk) 20:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello David,
 * thanks for your reply. After several hours, I wrote every line of the section myself, paraphrasing as much as I could. Not only that but I also linked all the relevant words to other pages. Minutes after that someone has deleted the whole section because I wrote the reference in the heading, which takes less time to solve than writting the explanation.
 * Am I doing something wrong? Is it not allowed to use that source?
 * Not only that but this editor has removed all the links with the references because I "dumped" them. I explained in the talk page what the links are and for what...
 * Im sorry for bothering you this much but Im a bit surprised with this way of doing things...
 * Thanks FranGallego33 (talk) 02:22, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Drmies is a very experienced editor/Administrator. Your edits are running afoul of basic Wikipedia rules. External links is reserved for a few items that don't work as references, for example for a living person, that person's website. Would any of what Drmies deleted there have value as references? Section titles do not get references. The purpose of a ref is to validate a factual statement in the text; titles are not factual statements. I am not an economist, nor in any way knowledgable on Soviet history, so cannot comment on content, only format stuff. David notMD (talk) 10:52, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The article also has blocks of text that are essay like rather than encyclopaedic, and without references. For example, who's words are these? "Its collaborators sought a consistent mix of management practices with theory. Their focus was on the development of market relations, commodity production, law of value, for economic democracy, etc. In the process of studying these categories, the institute accumulated experience in analyzing the economics of socialism, which allowed talk about the need for deep reform of economic methods formation, the mechanism of economic functioning as a whole, and the entire economic management system. However, the proposed interpretation of socialism became so inconsistent with the official one that in 1971 the Institute received criticism from the political authorities and organizational conclusions, whom "reorganized" the institute by demoting Gatovsky and others." David notMD (talk) 10:58, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I deleted those sentences and other content in an attempt to bring the article in alignment with Wikipedia style. You can attempt to re-add the content that Drmies deleted, with attention to format. David notMD (talk) 11:23, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello David,
 * thanks again!
 * Yes, I totally understand the reasons for the edits. What surprised me was the fact of deleting instead of leaving a banner asking for sources, a comment on the talk page or something that may give me a bit of a head start, instead of completely deleting the text.
 * The reason I had put the citation in the header was that was my main source for the whole section. So I thought that by putting it there it would encompass the whole section. I will rewrite it even if I have to repeat the source several times then.
 * The same with the sentences you have taken. They came from another source that was already cited and in the Biblio, so I didn't put them not to repeat the citation several times.
 * I do not know Gatovsky either, I just found an article with two sentences and an interesting claim. I thought it would be nice to recover someone from oblivion. Finding sources for him is very difficult and that's why I tend to repeat them.
 * I'll try to upload everything, properly cited, even if I have to repeat sources so there's no doubt that the text is original. Regarding the external links, I understand that too, I'll try to get the citations and leave only the links for which I cannot cite.
 * It was just the dramatism of such deletions instead of leaving a comment so I can improve them with a bit of time. Having to write a whole section for an edit that can take me a couple of minutes to solve it's a bit discouraging...
 * Thanks again, you're super helpful! FranGallego33 (talk) 12:20, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Shajidul Hoque's on User talk:Shajidul Hoque's (12:30, 1 May 2024)
why my draft has been rejected can you tell me or suggest me something on it --Shajidul Hoque&#39;s (talk) 12:30, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I am not a Wikipedia Administrator, so I cannot see your content that was Speedy Deleted. The Admin who did this described it as "Unambiguous advertising or promotion: self written vanity page", which is forbidden. The Admin also provided links to see WP:COI, WP:RS, WP:Notability (people) to further explain.


 * Wikipedia has articles about people, not blogs or social media content or websites by people. To qualify for an article, there must be publications about a person written by people with no personal or paid connection to that person. People are advised against trying to create an article about themselves (or a topic of personal interest to themselves) (see WP:AUTO). All facts in an article must be verified by references. I hope this explains what happened to your efforts. David notMD (talk) 14:40, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Tone on the Talk pages of the Vitamin articles
Please forgive my tone on the Talk pages of the Vitamin articles if you find it somewhat too harsh. I appreciate your contributions very much and in no way wanted to offend you, I want to make articles better, but don't have enough knowledge to make that myself, so I express my concerns on the Talk pages, but sometimes the tone may be too criticistic, because I sometimes don't know how to put it down in a friendlier manner. Maxim Masiutin (talk) 02:02, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. At my end, the specifics of what you want added are not covered in any references I find, or else the absorption physiology is so complicated (active and passive absorption, vitamins bound to transporter proteins in circulation but also not bound), that what you want is impossible to state and verify. I will do what I can to improve absorption text and refs, but not quickly. David notMD (talk) 02:07, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! If there are no sources yet, let us keep the articles as is, but if eventually you will find a new sources in the future, please consider adding that information. Maxim Masiutin (talk) 02:30, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Can you reply on the talk pages where there is no sources, so that we will not forget that in the future or the other editors will eventually find this data and fill this up? Maxim Masiutin (talk) 06:58, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I also had other observations, such as unit conversion for Vitamin A or substantiated vs unsubstantiated claims for Vitamin C. Maxim Masiutin (talk) 06:59, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * My priority at present is to revive my effort to raise Vitamin E to Good Article - something I started over a year ago and then abandoned. And then, the 'great white whale' - vitamin D to GA. David notMD (talk) 09:43, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Great news! Sounds like a credible plan! Maxim Masiutin (talk) 09:53, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for Klick edit
Hi there. A lot of people gave me critical feedback on my draft, but you were the first person to actually go in and edit it -- so, thank you! I wanted to let you know that I've resubmitted a draft that takes your edits even further. Have a great day. Marisa at Klick (talk) 19:36, 13 May 2024 (UTC)


 * @Marisa at Klick Hi there .I am always ready for this service. 103.174.4.218 (talk) 19:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Minakshi Nayudu (10:07, 23 May 2024)
hi i have some doubts --Minakshi Nayudu (talk) 10:07, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Doubts about what? David notMD (talk) 11:03, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Lev Gatovsky again
Hello David,

It's me again, after a user rejected the nomination the other day I got the motivation to go back to the page and try to edit as good as I can to make it comply with the standards. Today I see that somebody deleted all of the work done during these months, work that had already being seen by other editors including you. So, if you don't mind, I'm going to paste the message I have left to the editor that rejected the nomination, and I ask you the same thing I ask him at the end:

"Hello,

I am the user that has done most of the work regarding Lev Gatovsky's page. I agree that Political economy terms regarding soviet affairs can be frankly difficult to understand sometimes. My idea was of course to try to "dumb it down" a bit for the common reader that is not used to this type of talking. This can be done with time, summarizing the content and linking it to other terms that appear in other articles. But I dont think being difficult to understand makes it necessarily bad, as there are plenty of wikipedia articles that have very complex topics as well for the common reader.

I do agree some sections are maybe too long for the relevance of its content, and my plan as I said was to summarize them even more when I had the time, but at least I had them there. These texts that I had to translate manually from articles of the time written in Russian (a language I do not speak), and then I wrote them with my own words (except the ones that are properly sourced as a quotation block). The reason for why there aren't many sources is just that: there aren't many sources from him, or at least no easily available. So I had to repeat the same one several times (another experienced editor suggested me that this was better than just referencing once a whole section).

My personal theory is that he was censored by the Soviet government later in his life and thats why is difficult to find material. That is the same reason there is almost no biographical information about him, as I had to take it bit by bit from different sources. All of this was explained in the talk page of the article.

The early life section was not my own idea, but the work of another experienced editor, and the fact that it mentions at the beginning that he was jewish is that I was not sure where to mention it in the text. As I said, I didnt have enough material for the biographical part. But as an economist, I think his work is definetely relevant and important to be discussed. The fact that he was director of the soviet institute of economics for so many years kind of indicates the importance he had on the field.

Still, as I said, this work I have been doing mainly alone, so I havent had the time to work on it properly, which I was counting on doing along this month.

After all of this I guess you can understand my surprise when I see that another user has deleted almost everything reverting the page to its original state. Leaving a claim that is indeed false: he was not the first soviet economist to bring up the objetive rules (whatever that means) of soviet economy.

I understand the rejection of the nomination, but I hope you can also understand what a waste would be to censor this person for a second time in his life. I hope you can help me bring back the page to its recent state, so I can continue working on implementing your suggestions.

Best."

As always, thank you in advance for your help and patience. FranGallego33 (talk) 15:44, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

what is a citation in articles
please tell me sir?! Tanishkshatriyaaiims (talk) 03:06, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * See Help:Referencing for beginners. David notMD (talk) 09:25, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * You account has been indefinitely blocked, as explained on your Talk page. David notMD (talk) 19:50, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Vitamin D
Thanks for helping keep this page up to date. You have removed the Norman 2008 review in the Lead, which is an open source, detailed and scientific account of vitamin D acting as a hormone. I will reinsert this at a later, now unreferenced location. Jrfw51 (talk) 18:39, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Understood. I was not being critical of the reference, just how it had been utilized in four places that were in my opinion not appropriate. David notMD (talk) 23:49, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Vitamin K - unconstructive reversions
Your recent reversions of a table on the Vitamin K page to remove metric conversions was unconstructive. Only 3% of the world's population understands Imperial measurements and it is standard practice to provide Metric conversions on Wikipedia topics.

Please take this to the article's talk page before reverting again. Newzild (talk) 06:04, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mimvoid on Populus ciliata (01:37, 16 June 2024)
I noticed the article's 2nd reference has a broken link, and found a similar page on the same website whose PDF version seems to contain the same information as the original link: https://apps.worldagroforestry.org/treedb2/speciesprofile.php?Spid=1333. How should I go about addressing this? Can I just edit it without prior discussion? --Mimvoid (talk) 01:37, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, go ahead and fix the ref. David notMD (talk) 01:45, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Lavlitlife (22:04, 24 June 2024)
Hello, My article has been refused, because I do not have any “reliable” sources. The problem is, I do not know and/or uderstand what those are and what they qualify as. How can I find them? Thanks, --Lavlitlife (talk) 22:04, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * See WP:42 for description. Youtube not considered a ref to establish notability because anyone can create content there. David notMD (talk) 02:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Keluru Hansikha on Students' Federation of India (06:48, 4 July 2024)
Hello sir I am hansikha --Keluru Hansikha (talk) 06:48, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Greetings. Do you have aquestion about that article or editing Wikipedia in general? David notMD (talk) 12:15, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from TazunaJersey (14:38, 6 July 2024)
Hello I need help regarding the deletion of drafts because I believe my first draft draft:2022 Kosovo rape case may need to be deleted (thought I’m not 100% sure) concerning the reliability of sources and the victim’s privacy (I have NO intention of violating their privacy but just in case cause I don’t want to harm anyone). Is there any good way to propose a deletion of my draft? My bad if I’m not asking your right person. Thank you. --TazunaJersey (talk) 14:38, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. Put Db-author inside double curly brackets at the top of the draft and an Administrator will delete it. David notMD (talk) 15:56, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I corrected the Db-author, so the draft now has that tag requesting Speedy deletion. David notMD (talk) 16:02, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. TazunaJersey (talk) 20:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Elias Tumbwi on Anubrata Chatterjee (16:09, 7 July 2024)
How to create a citation? --Elias Tumbwi (talk) 16:10, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Bobbie R. Allen
Hello David, I'd definitely like to keep the family photographs of Ensign Bobbie R. Allen and Lt(jg) Arlene E. Allen as well as the historical family photograph of Joe and Dolly Allen and their families.

The photograph of my Great-grandparents and their family are an important source for this article because the photograph displays the life of East Texas families in the early 1900's and it's a valid way to communicate Bobbie R. Allen's unusual Biography.

Regarding inclusion of the photographs of Ensign Bobbie R. Allen and Lt(jg) Arlene E. Allen, the photo's included are also important references as they both were U.S. Navy officers in WWII. The photos support the Biography but I could possibly try and change the category of Own Work to U.S. Govt. Photograph as their photos were technically created by a Navy Photographer. Wdallen49 (talk) 11:01, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * A common mistake by new-to-Wikipedia editors is to declare photos they have as "Own work" when not. Edit at Commons to correct the error. I have no opinion (nor intended action) on the draft going forward. David notMD (talk) 11:06, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Draft: Kagoj
Dera Sir

I did not create this article prior to its publishing. Even someone made a mistake on my computer about it, and I apologize. However, this article is pretty good because of the good movie. I believe you could support it from your end. Yes, this was blocked but now it is open, so i am still using this for fare uses. since I didn't know much at that time. Again, I apologize for that. Is there any possibility of making it live given that all of the sources are genuine?

regards

Urmeesalma (talk) 16:00, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I am not a reviewer. The draft has now been decline twice. David notMD (talk) 16:03, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Skipness article
Claiming in your edit history that you removed unreferenced items was a LIE - there were pictures I had taken and references for WW2 history which you have unilaterally removed.

I maintain Wikipedia to be a toxic environment and have taken this up with other parties. SnarkyDragon (talk) 19:57, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


 * There were references provided which you have chosen to ignore deliberately. SnarkyDragon (talk) 19:57, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * This is at odds with claims about mentoring/teahouse/support helpdesk etc - all Wiki wants to do is gatekeep information and allow a select few to control it. SnarkyDragon (talk) 19:58, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Deleted and ignore - I have been in and got screenshots - you deleted my references then claimed the content was unreferenced and reverted it. How is this acceptable in any way, shape or form? I'm taking this up by other means. SnarkyDragon (talk) 20:09, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The article had no references before your edits and it had no references after all your edits. If you want to add content, provide references at the same time to verify that content. David notMD (talk) 20:13, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * This is absolute nonsense - I have screenshot proof of the references I added to the article. SnarkyDragon (talk) 20:14, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I sequentially looked at every one of your edits. At no point did you add a reference in support of your additions to the text. Images are not references. David notMD (talk) 20:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * There is a list of references at the bottom of the article which you deleted then you claimed there were no references in your edits. I have screenshots of these. SnarkyDragon (talk) 20:18, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * External links are not references. David notMD (talk) 20:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * And deleting an article rather than advising is a helpful thing? Aren't you supposed to be mentor etc? SnarkyDragon (talk) 20:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Community Website
 * Skipness Official tourist website
 * Skipness
 * Skipness Castle
 * Historic Scotland: Skipness Castle
 * Parish History
 * Skipness Observation Tower
 * WW2 History of Skipness Bombing Range
 * These were all there until you deleted them SnarkyDragon (talk) 20:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

NONE OF THOSE ARE "REFERENCES" IT is possible that some of those are websites that can be formatted as references, in which case the descriptions you added as text can be verified by references. See Help:Referencing for beginners. Also see existing articles about communities near Skipness which have valid references. The content you added is not lost. At View history, my deletions contain all of the content you added. You could recover that to your Sandbox, add references there, then paste into the article. David notMD (talk) 20:26, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


 * and the most helpful thing you could do as a supposed mentor is revert it without notice rather than COMMUNICATING and working with me to sort the issue? SnarkyDragon (talk) 20:27, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

B vitamins Safety Info
Hi David, re https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B6#Dietary_recommendations Ref 35 of the requested link I gave you on my Talk page is the 2023 revised European Vitamin B6 Upper Limit. As per that message, I should make wp a low priority, yet there are severe consequences of not making current ULs and safety info readily available to busy readers scanning wp for ULs, and you rolled back my warning par without replacing it with something better despite that I gave you the requested ref in that msg. I note you arranged the DRIs for all B vitamins - thanks for that work! And it is at least consistent to start with the minimum vit reqs, then followed by the safety info, especially if ULs are not available for all vits. Yet I suggest the main danger for most wp readers are excess vits due to B vits being added to NoDoz, Corn Flakes, and many (most??) supplements. Hence I suggest: Currently the B6 article leads with a 1998 USA UL of 100mg, with the European 2007(??) 25mg UL buried several lines below, with no mention of the 2023 European 12mg UL, and no indication for busy readers that they should read beyond the USA UL. As per my msg on my talk page, this is dangerous. I will give you time to receive this current msg and edit as you see fit, otherwise I will just revert B6 back to my added par - I could add the 2023 European ref, but given your msg on my talk page said you were not aware of any changes since 2008, and your extensive work on the B vits (thanks again!), I hope you would want to add that ref yourself. Your response might be to instead require me to learn to jump thru the wp procs you deem necessary, but I say again I don't have the time, so I would pre-empt any edit war by appealing to other senior editors with the comment that wp needs to make it easy for concerned readers to improve dangerous articles as a higher priority than perfect consistency and wp procedure. Hopefully we can first make the page safe, then make it consistent and cited, in that order of priority. Cheers & thanks, BU BenevolentUncle (talk) 02:10, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * a long term goal should be to arrange all wp vit articles to give safety info first, followed by min / avg reqs
 * the safety info should be arranged by reverse chronological order - if the European UL is more current than the USA UL, put the Europeans first
 * where there is controversy or any other need for extensive reading, that should be flagged at the start of the relevant section with an unreferenced overview par (with the refs appearing in the subsequent overviewed pars).


 * Thanks David, your revisions were perfect - pleasure working with you.
 * Perhaps the only outstanding issue is (further?) warning that many older multivitamins sold as recently as a few months(?) ago (in Australia) had dosages totaling higher that revised ULs, and that there can(??) be side-effects that might be significant even though they may fly below the radar of researchers checking for serious illnesses. Not at all sure how this could / should be done without POV / OR, yet as per msg on my Talk page, it is serious - I will leave it in your capable hands as you see fit.
 * A tedious consequence is that Pharma is massively lowering some doses (e.g. B6 and Zn), and a cynical person might think this is so that they can sell supplements like candy without fear of causing OD. E.g. I noticed* my fav Vit C + Zn is being run out at half price (I bought 5 jars :-), with the new Swisse 'Immune' version having with Zn reduced from 50mg to 5mg. Fair enough, I s'pose, given that frequent dosing throughout the day Might be more efficacious - I'll just quarter the 50mg pills :-) (I think I read that recent research suggests the C+Zn only works for the Zn-deficient, but I will happily stick with my fav placebo.) If you notice any non-OR stuff tracking multi-vit dosages, it might make a useful article.
 * (*It was noticing this run-out that caused me to check vit dosage recommendations, and thus realise why my friend suffered for 18 months before a very alert GP reviewed her B6 consumption. I am kicking myself that I did not check wp earlier, and thank you for allowing well gate-kept speedy revision once I noticed.) BenevolentUncle (talk) 10:29, 19 July 2024 (UTC)