User talk:Dr.Ted Rothstein DDS PhD

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Hello, Dr.Ted Rothstein DDS PhD, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but   For more information on this, please see: If you still have questions, there is a new contributors' help page, or you can write   below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia: I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 19:04, 10 May 2015 (UTC) some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. The sole object of the article cited is to promote the idea that for the first time in history I a dental professional am urging other dental professioanls to enlist themselves to assist their patients with weight control issue viz. compulsive overeating. Yes I invented one device, but my over-- arching goal in this reference is to inform the public that dental professionals have been put on the alert by me in this article and many, many others (do G-search 'orthodontic jaw wiring') that it behooves dental professionals because of their expertise to be part of the healthcare team that provides services to the obese/compulsive overeaters.Dr.Ted Rothstein DDS PhD (talk) 19:56, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
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May 2015
Hello, I'm C.Fred. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Compulsive overeating because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Adding your own work as a reference gives at least the appearance that you are attempting to promote yourself. —C.Fred (talk) 19:04, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia, as you did to Compulsive overeating. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Agtx (talk) 22:49, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Compulsive overeating with this edit, you may be blocked from editing. Amaury (talk) 23:04, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Your recent editing history shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you get reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. Thank you. Agtx (talk) 23:43, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Edit warring at Compulsive overeating
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Questions: 1. in citations if two authors must cite both? if 6 authors must cite all? et al. Ok? must I know html? can i cite in plain text?Dr.Ted Rothstein DDS PhD (talk) 23:00, 13 May 2015 (UTC)


 * The citation will generate it for you after you fill in some blanks. That templates uses Wikipedia markup language; it's not full HTML. I believe there's a way to have it to et al for that many authors. It's a useful template, with a couple of variations. For instance, in citing news stories, I use cite news. The following code:
 * generates the following output:
 * If you follow the links to either the citation or cite news templates, you can see the documentation on how to use them. —C.Fred (talk) 23:07, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * If you follow the links to either the citation or cite news templates, you can see the documentation on how to use them. —C.Fred (talk) 23:07, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * If you follow the links to either the citation or cite news templates, you can see the documentation on how to use them. —C.Fred (talk) 23:07, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

{{reply to | Dr. Rothstein DDS PhD]] My citation is: Alice E. Curran, et al. Dentists' Attitudes About Their Role in Addressing Obesity in Patients: A national survey JADA, V.11, p1307-1316, 2010., use template isthis correct? how do I summon the template to fill to do the fill-ins?71.125.240.225 (talk) 23:51, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
 * {{reply to|71.125.240.225|Dr.Ted Rothstein DDS PhD}} The template you're looking for is {{tl|Cite journal}}, not {{tl|Cite journal article}}. Also, the {{tl|Reply to}} template indicates who the message is addressed to; it's not a signature. —C.Fred (talk) 01:10, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

{{ping|C.Fred}} {{reply to | Dr. Ted Rotstein DDS PhD}} what/where is the template to cite/reference a page in wikipedia?Dr.Ted Rothstein DDS PhD (talk) 19:11, 14 May 2015 (UTC) {{reply to | Dr. Ted Rothstein DDS PhD}} Which is the correct way to summon a Page in Wikipedia: jaw wiring or {{See also | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaw_wiring}}Dr.Ted Rothstein DDS PhD (talk) 01:09, 15 May 2015 (UTC) {{reflist-talk}}

Speedy deletion nomination of Orthodontic jaw wiring
Hello Dr.Ted Rothstein DDS PhD,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Orthodontic jaw wiring for deletion, because it seems to be vandalism or a hoax.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Nicky mathew (talk) 11:06, 16 May 2015 (UTC)


 * "Vandalism" was clearly the wrong word, as was "hoax". However, the page was not an article about orthodontic jaw wiring, and comments about editing Wikipedia usually belong in talk pages, certainly not in articles, so the page has been deleted. I also note that you wrote "My goal has always been to provide information to colleagues (dental professionals) to encourage them to provide Orthodontic Jaw wiring for weight control issues" and "I invented the mechanics and the system for providing the service. I want to share it." However, those aims are incompatible with the purpose of Wikipedia. Posting a page for the purpose of encouraging people to use something, i.e. to promote it, is contrary to Wikipedia policy. I wish you every success in encouraging people to use your invention, but Wikipedia is not the place to do it. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 19:06, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Cite journal
as has been pointed out to you above, "The template you're looking for is Cite journal, not Cite journal article" Frietjes (talk) 22:29, 5 November 2015 (UTC)