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Anaphylaxis entry.
I explained why I removed the text regarding those with atopy are not at increased risk of reactions - as they have been found to cause them in several cases - such as those with dextrans. Did you not see it in the comments next to the edit?

Rory 20 uk (talk) 20:42, 8 August 2012 (UTC)Rory 20 uk
 * Yes certainly. However the reference in question does support the text in question. And we do not use primary sources to refute secondary ones per WP:MEDRS. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:04, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Information from the MHRA: https://www.medicines.org.uk/EMC/medicine/23669/SPC/Monofer+100mg+ml+solution+for+injection+infusion/

So, can I now remove the incorrect aspect of the article?

Rory 20 uk (talk) 21:11, 8 August 2012 (UTC)Rory 20 uk
 * What is wrong with "People with atopic diseases such as asthma, eczema, or allergic rhinitis are at high risk of anaphylaxis from food, latex, and radiocontrast but not injectable medications or stings." And did you read the references supporting this? First of all which edits are you referring too? Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:16, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Heads up Doc
Hi James:

Below is a direct quote that you made on the Talk:Project Medicine page in response to our friend WAID:


 * "True, the DSM did get ride of homosexuality in DSM 3 but I think other paraphilias are still there." [emphasis added by me] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 9:33 pm, Yesterday (UTC−5)

Now I know you more than well enough to know that you didn't mean anything untoward by this statement, and that it was just one of those now famous "accidental Doc James English grammar goofs". That said, you sure do seem to have a "target" painted on your back these days, and a lot of folks might just (deliberately) interpret it malevolently for their own little idiotic purposes. I'm sure you get my drift here, Doc.

No biggee, just wanted to bring it to your attention so you could put on your Kevlar vest in advance. LOL!!!

Your buddy and fan: Cliff (a/k/a &#34;Uploadvirus&#34;) (talk) 21:59, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks good point. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

FAC/Cancer pain
Hi James. Just letting you know I've nominated Cancer pain: Featured_article_candidates/Cancer_pain/archive1. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 07:24, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Best of luck. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:33, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Down_syndrome
Hey - I'm aware you do a bit of work on Down_syndrome from time to time - I'm gearing up to push it in the direction of GA sometime soon, and as you're often involved with it I thought you might be able to point out some parts that really need work from a medical context (I do a lot of editing in disability, but I'm very inexperienced when we start looking at articles looking from the medical perspective)? Fayedizard (talk) 09:08, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Fayedizard. Many of the sources cited in that article are primary, and so fail wp:MEDRS. We look for published review papers at minimum for the support of medical assertions. Otherwise it's difficult for a reader to verify that a single primary source is relevant, trustworthy, etc. We rely on the judgement of the experts who write peer-reviewed reviews, rather than the judgement of anonymous WP editors. LeadSongDog come howl!  13:43, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply - when you say "published review papers at minimum" can I assume textbooks would be better? Also is the sourcing the main issue from your point of view? I'm aware you did some structural work recently... Fayedizard (talk) 13:46, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Reasonably current textbooks are often useful sources, though some caution is needed to ensure the texts are well regarded. One good indicator is to search Worldcat for the ISBN to see if it is widely held in the libraries of relevant (in this case medical) schools. It's also good to check the National Library of Medicine to ensure that it's held there.
 * I haven't done any work on that article that I recall, just gave it a quick scan after your question. For structural concerns, wp:MOSMED pertains, but I'd first be concerned about sourcing, as that is the basis for factual verifiability. Rearranging the content on the page is secondary to having the right content.LeadSongDog come howl!  16:12, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Whoops - I missed the tag - apologies, and thanks for your comments :) Fayedizard (talk) 16:58, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Agree with Lead. To get an article up to GA one usually needs to go through it making sure that the text reflect the most recent secondary sources. I look at review articles first and than use major textbooks to fill in the gaps not covered by recent reviews. By the way once this article reaches a high quality we will be translation it into as many other languages as possible :-) A little extra motivation for you.  Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 17:00, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Your action regarding the Chris Burke reference is improper. If you believe further reference is needed then correct Wiki procedure is to mark it with a {Citation needed} reference then allow for corrective action to be taken before removal. Aggressive removal may be considered malicious by Wikipedia. I will consider the matter dropped at this time. Mediatech492 (talk) 19:29, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Per BLP policy we remove unreferenced content about living people. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 19:39, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * As I have already pointed out, t was not unreferenced. Mediatech492 (talk) 19:54, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * There was no inline reference thus it was removed. If you wish the content to be their please add a reference. Yes I know some consider this a little heavy handed but it still is within policy. Cheers Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 19:59, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

For Your Work in the Translation Project

 * Thanks Cliff. Appreciate the kind words especially after a hard day. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:09, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Not particularly useful
Who on earth do you think you are to say what is particularly useful. You are not the person chosen to judge this. Wikipedia is for anyone in the world to read. The 2 additions I have made are both from a peer reviewed scientific expert in the field. I have had anxiety disorder - my life has been severely plagued by it. The books and articles that have been of far greater use to me than any other I have read on the subject have been by (the now late) Claire Weekes. Her ideas are not high science (fancy drugs/brain studies etc.) but provide amazingly insightful observations and have an amazing understanding of the psychology of the sufferer. She had anxiety disorder herself. Being highly intelligent, she was able to observe herself and work out extremely effective but commonsensical methods for coping with the illness. I am a scientist myself and have done a lot of reading on the subject - including a lot of the high science. However I know that any sufferer reading this Wikipedia article will have their life transformed by reading Claire Weekes's articles and books. This article is not just for the scientific "experts" in the field. It is for anybody in the world who wants to know about anxiety disorder. If they are sufferers, they will find the references to Claire Weekes work far more useful than anything else in the article. This article is not just for medical/scientific experts in the more technical parts of the field. The irony of your comment is that the exact opposite is true! What I have added to the article, I know as a sufferer of extreme lifelong anxiety disorder, is the most useful information in the article for any sufferer of the illness! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.156.18 (talk) 21:49, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure I should have been more clear. This reference from a 1973 BMJ is not particularly useful. We should be using secondary sources from the last 10 years per WP:MEDRS.  Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:01, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Why should we should be using secondary sources from the last 10 years? People writing in 1973 had as much to say as those writing today. The field has got more technical since those days and experts may not be interested in referencing Claire Weekes any more - so I doubt there are many secondary sources from the last 10 years. However as I have said, her work is still as highly relevant today as at any time. Her work was so good that no one has added anything to replace it since. It is not the sort of scientific field that advances greatly from decade to decade. I see you are a young medical doctor. What is said in the article is extremely useful for sufferers. I expect that, as you are a high achieving young man, you have not spent a lot of time being ill with anxiety disorder. I can tell you that it is one of the most devastating illnesses of all. For example, to give you an idea of how awful the illness is - paraphrasing a consultant psychiatrist "I know people with "locked in syndrome" who still enjoy life enough to want to live, many people with depression/anxiety do not want to live" By undoing my edits you are depriving people around the world of vital information which will transform their lives. I hope you went into medicine to help people. You are doing exactly the opposite by undoing my edits. Please have some humility and consider that perhaps you as a medical doctor, do not have all the answers, and may be wrong in removing the information I have added. I think your medical training, and perhaps lack of experience, is making you blind to what I am trying to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.156.18 (talk) 22:54, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

{subst:WQA-notice}
I am seeking Wikiquette assistance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.156.18 (talk) 23:45, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure. Would be good to take some time and read some of our main policies including WP:MEDRS and WP:MEDMOS. Also would be useful to read through some of our better articles like schizophrenia and dengue fever. It does take some time to figure Wikipedia out. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:49, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Friedenson
Hey James, I saw this and I assume you saw my edits to the article. I keep getting spam from the publishers of those journals and had a quick look to see if "interesjournals" had a lot of hits in Wikipedia, which led to this edit. Fortunately there weren't that many. Hey, it was nice meeting you in DC. I hope you're doing well. BTW, I have this weird nobbly thingy on my you-know-what which itches when I pull my thingamajiggy--can you have a look, Doc? Drmies (talk) 16:03, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
 * For a friend anytime :-) Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 10:33, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

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Are you still willing to mediate GWS?
Would you please respond at Talk:Gulf War syndrome? One of the disputants who agreed to your mediation recently removed the dispute tag while I was waiting for your response. I know it's a heavy issue, but I hope there is enough background info and new recent MEDRSs to make the questions easy enough to handle in a single sitting. 75.166.207.214 (talk) 05:01, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * All my efforts are directed towards this translation project . I try to stay away from controversial stuff most of the time :-) Typically if you use recent review article (as determined by pubmed or TRIP database) you should be able to solve things. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:03, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you willing to try to help find an alternate mediator? 75.166.207.214 (talk) 19:53, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * (Talk page stalker.) Doc James sounds busy, so I've replied at Talk:Gulf War syndrome#Questions with a couple statements. Maybe I can help out some. Biosthmors (talk) 20:43, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank Bio Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 12:08, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Stroke article
As you are one of the major contributors to the stroke article, I was hoping you could explain why there is no mention of Alexia or Acquired Dyslexia in the article which can be the result of a stroke. I am becoming increasingly aware of the reluctance of North American Wikipedia editors to include dyslexia as a symptom of any of its underlying medical or clinical causes, which I understand is due to some cultural differences they have regarding learning disabilities from the rest of the world. I hope that you can provide some form of answer dolfrog (talk) 15:30, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Not really one of the major contributors to the article on stroke. Not aware of any reluctance to include dyslexia as a symptom. As long as a secondary source mentioned it would not have any problem with it being added. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 08:24, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Many thanks for the thorough review. Enjoy your time away and hope to see you back soon. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 08:25, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks. Look forwards to working together again in the future. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 12:07, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Mentor
Hello, would you be my mentor? -- RexRowan  Talk  10:21, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you interested in working on medicine related content? If so would be happy to answer questions you may have. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 10:34, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I myself is on medication and it kind of made me wanted to know how it worked. I am interested in autism research and pretty much everything else. -- RexRowan  Talk  18:45, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Re:Translation
The advice about translating medicine articles at Spanish village pump was published today and I've just looked which pages needed a translation. However, in this very moment, I can't translate any of the articles proposed because I'm editing about the German reunification. Thanks for the invitation, Der Ausländer 05:17, 17 August 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Der Ausländer (talk • contribs)
 * No problem, I can deal with it. Although not required, when translations are ready, I'll add the content and an collective acknowledgment to Translations Without Borders at talk page. Der Ausländer (talk) 05:51, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Perfect. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 06:02, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

About to clean your user page formatting a tiny bit
Just revert if you don't like it. Please let me know if this is against wikipedia etiquette, I'm still a bit new here. Anyway, your bulleted list was overflowing your user boxes, and your "My test area" wasn't breaking properly. Klortho (talk) 19:50, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. You have a good skills with the markup. I have never been able to get it to format right. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 19:55, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Angioedema Photo
I notice that the photo on the angioedema page lists you as the source, and in the comments you list it as your own work. I also notice that this photo is the exact photo used in the Kaplan review book, "Master the Boards Step 2 CK," on page 43 in the angioedema section. What raises my eye a bit is that in the Kaplan book, the caption to the photo says, "Source: Nishith Patel." I hope you've been duly credited/remunerated and that the photo's use was approved! Otherwise, you might want to get in touch with the folks over at Kaplan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by St0w (talk • contribs) 21:18, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. Neither I nor Wikipedia was credit :-( I did not wave the CC BY SA conditions attached to the photo thus this book is technically now in the creative commons. Can you email me a picture of the page in question. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:05, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

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While I'm honoured to be asked, I think that I had best decline. RL issues will limit my ability to participate. I will continue to chip in where I can from the sidelines. LeadSongDog come howl!  20:39, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries. Always appreciate your input. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:53, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

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I Found Some Treasures for You :-)~
Hi James:

Sorry I haven't been able to help much with your translation project - wayyy too many irons in the fire at once, particularly in real life. In any case, I did run across some translations that you definitely want to at least check out, if not put to some really good use - perhaps via serving as very-high-quality sources for many different cancer treatments that are put forward in articles, or perhaps via "External Links" or "See Also" sections.

Here's the door to the gold mine, my bro - just click the following link:



After you get the chance to check this out, and when you get a millisecond, drop me a dozen words on my Talk Page to let me know if such things are of interest to your translation project. If so, I will continue to forward them to you - or if you want, I will just go ahead and stick them into your translation project articles myself as needed if you give me some direction as to where and how you want them stuck :-O

Be sure not to miss the little "small print" quote at the above link that says (quote via copy and paste):

''NCCN has consented to direct non-adapted translations of the Complete Library of NCCN Guidelines® into Japanese by a major, national university in Kyoto, Japan. Please visit the Translational Research Informatics Center’s website for additional information.''

... note that in the original theres a hyperlink to the website (I rendered the hyperlinked word in bold above). Checkthat out too. Happy hunting, Doc!

With very best regards from your friend: Cliff (a/k/a &#34;Uploadvirus&#34;) (talk) 10:50, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

P.S. :-) For a pot of gold like that, a man ought to get the first "Doc James Heilman MegaStud Bada$$ Translation Project High Quality Source Contribution Barnstar Award" (written in Latin or Greek)


 * Hey Cliff. Thanks however all this material is copyright protected. And we do not allow non-adaptable translations. I guess the question is would they be willing to release it under a CC BY SA license? Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 13:11, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Per your query
...though not really usable. Enjoy.LeadSongDog come howl!  19:38, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

CDC Vital Signs
I recently uploaded the CDC's Vital Signs issues to the commons at Commons:Category:CDC Vital Signs. The short fact sheets have illustrations may be useful in illustrating topics. Cheers.Smallman12q (talk) 23:39, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent The one issue is that they are a little US centric. It is unfortunate that others do not release their content under an open license like the USA does. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 14:21, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll extract the relevant images at 300-600dpi pngs (the wiki svg renderer is still bad) and put them in a separate category. While the info is US centric, there is still a lot of general info. For example, I've add File:Medical complications of obesity.png to Obesity.Smallman12q (talk) 18:44, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Have moved the one image to here  Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:23, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I've uploaded the images and graphs to Commons:Category:CDC Vital Signs derivatives. Feel free to add them to related articles. I found it surprising that there aren't dedicated article for certain topics...for example Epidemiology of asthma in the United States...and other topics such as Prevalence_of_tobacco_consumption have only a small section. Good luck with improving the quality and coverage of medical articles on the wiki!Smallman12q (talk) 23:45, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Help page: BMI?
It's a pleasure. Shout if you feel I'm doing anything unhelpful. I'm trying to think of stuff I'd find useful if I were a new editor interested mainly in contributing to the Medicine pages. But I wouldn't want to overload the help page with bloat. Best, —MistyMorn (talk) 20:40, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Added you as online ambassador for our MolBio courses
Here at the master course list page. Let me know if you'd rather not be this "official" -- I know you are busy, and I only expect to need your help and expertise from time to time. Klortho (talk) 13:16, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Happy to help. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 13:18, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * James, we've finished a final draft of the Molecular Biology course page. If you have time and could look it over, any improvements or suggestions you had would be very welcome.   Thanks! Klortho (talk) 02:18, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

NLM?
Hi James. Is "NLM" the US National Library of Medicine? Can you point me to something about the Wikimedian residency? No hurry. Also, you once issued an open invitation to correct your spelling errors; do you mind if I do a couple in that post? :) --Anthonyhcole (talk) 08:19, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Anthony yes please correct my spelling. Would you be interested in a Wikimedia in Residency at the US national library of medicine? I can put you directly in contact with Hilda and we can get this discussion going again. You would be an ideal candidate. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 14:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)


 * That might be right up my street, depending on what's involved. Can you point me to any earlier discussions? --Anthonyhcole (talk) 12:34, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Discussion took place at Wikimania rather than on Wikipedia. Have cc'ed you on an email. When Hilda has time we will be discussing further . Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 12:59, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, James, I'm wondering if you couldn't cc me as well. I'm very curious and would like to stay in the loop. Klortho (talk) 01:57, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Urgent Talk
Good day, sir, there are little fluctuations on the Chinese zodiac signs and I can tell by two user and mainly one, User:Bobrayner and User:Drmies both have been supposedly deleting fiction of a source, when they are just informational sources from the pseudoscience website, it its the same going with the Western Horoscope]]. They were only sample sources and I am hoping you notify them to stop deleting them as they were appropiate for the article, while I was on break they usually sabatoged the signs, although, one IP user did try to undo they believe it was useless, I am trying to configure with the Western Horoscope as well, all I am saying let them know to stop revoming the atributions it's sources from reliable sites, please, and thank you--GoShow (...............) 15:54, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I stick mainly with medical articles. Thus I am not a good one to get involved here. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 18:05, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Ping
Hi. In case you're not watching meta: m:Talk:Wikimedia Medicine. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 00:31, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Contragestion
I've restored contragestion. The consensus was originally merge, but subsequent edits eliminated everything that was merged which had the effect of a deletion. There was no consensus for deletion. An earlier merge (c. 2009 I think) produced the same result. It is pretty clear to me that a birth control merge is not producing a good result.

There are two factors which I think make it clear that there ought to be a separate article:
 * It is a subject that has been written about both as a naturally occurring phenomenon and in the context of nonhuman reproduction (and therefore is outside the scope of birth control)
 * It meets notability requirements because it appears in verifiable sources including medical dictionaries, journal articles, and other academic sources

I would encourage you to discuss this on the contragestion talk page or on my talk page if you prefer. (I'm not clear about the protocol/etiquette involved. Ock Raz   talk  06:35, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Content was merged. And than content was subsequently deleted by someone else as the refs where not sufficient. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:06, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

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Symmetry
The Egyptian art painting does show reflection symmetry I added on this article and I like to keep it there, I hope you are any good with symmetry as in part of Anatomy, thanks.--GoShow (...............) 13:31, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, not sure what you are referring to? Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 15:33, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Already, it is not nevermind, thanks.--GoShow (...............) 15:31, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Buon viaggio!
Cheers James! Great meeting. Enjoy your travels! —MistyMorn (talk) 21:13, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Medicine/Translation task force/People
Hi, hopefully you can show me the right direction.

I am want to help the WikiProject Medicine translating articles from English to Portuguese, and vice versa. I tried to contact the lead person responsible for translation to Portuguese in the project, but the links did not seem to be taking me to right places.

Anyway, I studied medical sciences in Brazil and here in the US. I think I could provide valuable help.

Thank you very much in advance for any attention that you can give to this matter.

APL4444 (talk) 23:34, 31 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Forgive me for answering in place of Doc James, but it looks like he might be travelling. I believe you want to read through WikiProject Medicine/Translation Task Force, sign up at http://translatorswithoutborders.org/How-to-Register (mentioning Wikipedia's Translation Task Force) and at WikiProject Medicine/Translation task force/People, and finally mention that you have done so at User talk:Polyethylen and User talk:Enrique Cavalitto. --Cupco 23:51, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Thank you very much fro answering so promptly.

I tried to sign up at Translatorswithoutborders.org. However, it seems that they only accept translators with two year of professional experience. Well, I am professional in the medical field. My experience is not as a translator. Could I still help with the project?

APL4444 (talk) 00:49, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes email either me or one of the two above and we will get you signed up. Many thanks for volunteering. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 06:31, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

re GAN Migraine
Hi,

I'll be reviewing your GAN at Talk:Migraine/GA1.

Best wishes,

MathewTownsend (talk) 20:00, 28 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks Mathew Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:11, 28 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I've asked some questions and brought up a few points for your consideration. There's nothing important and it passes the GA criteria. (I'm just curious and I found out from your article that I've been having Scintillating scotoma, though not followed by a migraine. Only recently an eye doctor said I was having a "visual migraine" when I described it to him. I was dubious but the images in the article hit the nail on the head. Always wondered what that visual disturbance was!) MathewTownsend (talk) 21:48, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks will look in a few weeks. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:53, 29 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi, I passed Migrane as GA. Hope I didn't seem like an idiot with my questions. Best wishes,  MathewTownsend (talk) 18:49, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Re: Birth control
I agree and have only been using reviews since 2000 for new sources, but I haven't been deleting any questionable sources. I think there's a problem with trying to adhere to MEDMOS, though. The article has a dozen different devices, drugs, and methods, all with their own side effects -- both adverse and beneficial -- so the one section for adverse effects ended up with both good and bad side effects for hormonal contraceptives only. A lot of them are approved for their beneficial symptoms (from menstrual problems to acne) and the information about the lowered cancer risks is really important for women who hear about the increased cardiovascular risk.... I am just saying maybe the MEDMOS template doesn't apply so rigorously in this case. Cupco 11:18, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi - I'd be happy to collaborate on this. I'm very much in favour of providing clear, balanced information. One of the things I could do perhaps is try to help identify additional good quality review articles. Unfortunately, though, I don't currently have easy access to non-free content. —MistyMorn (talk) 11:53, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Great this is a good place for sources  Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 19:59, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * My impression is that parts of the page at least need more thorough sourcing before GA review. I've backed off for the moment until hearing regulars' views on this (I'd prefer to collect a set of full article pdfs in one go). —MistyMorn (talk) 15:06, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes agree there are still sourcing issues. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:22, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Urinary incontinence
Oh, I think you're right. For some reason when I looked through the history last it looked to me like those sections were added in one lump, but I see now that it looks like that wording has been worked on and evolved over some time. My mistake! I'll remove that tag right away. Thank you for catching that. Zujua (talk) 09:29, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * No worries. It is important that we police ourselves and make sure that we do not infringe on others :-) Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:53, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Streptococcal pharyngitis
Thank you for translating this into Chinese. Are you a Chinese speaker? Cause although in general the article is quite good, I found lots of "western style" Chinese there, especially for it's grammar style. Also, it's unnecessary explain the medical terms in the article when translating, as they were already covered by the corresponding articles through the internal links.--Jsjsjs1111 (talk) 14:42, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, I understand why it seemed so strange -- the article was translated from the simple english version rather than the original version, thus it has some explanation of terms...--Jsjsjs1111 (talk) 15:51, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * What do I need to do if I want to translate one of those?--Jsjsjs1111 (talk) 05:12, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Gastroenteritis
Re.: meat, chicken, etc...
 * Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the stats, either. I was mostly unhappy with the wording, "meat, chicken, ..." because, a) meat is a very broad category and includes pork, beef, chicken, etc. and, b) it's actually ALL poultry, not just chicken (e.g. duck, turkey, game hen, etc.); basically any bird (meat). (("pig" is also inappropriate in this context). Ildiko Santana (talk) 20:58, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Agree so should we change it to poultry? I was just paraphrasing the wording of the source which is not that good itself. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 05:31, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * These are the 5 main groups: (red) Meat, Poultry, Seafood (=Fish+Shellfish), Milk & Egg (products). I agree that the current wording needs improvement. I recommend using all 5 (and forget 'chicken'). See e.g. here or here. Ildiko Santana (talk) 07:56, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:45, 4 September 2012 (UTC)