User talk:Ferrierd

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Thanks
Thanks for catching my punctuation errors and helping me out.

--Mike Searson 17:40, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

vaccine
The source of a word (etymology) does not determine that word's definition. Meanings of words change over time. Your understanding of the word "vaccine" is incorrect. WAS 4.250 10:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

vaccination vs inoculation
TO WAS 4.250 FROM David F 18:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC) ...Err, I understand the meaning of "vaccine," and while editing the article, I was careful not to change the word "vaccine." I changed "vaccination" to "inoculation" and made a few wording changes to improve clarity and readability.

When doing the edit to replace vaccination with inoculation, I made some minor grammar and readability changes. A well-meant attempt to revert "inoculation" to "vaccination" removed those improvements. It took me a long time to "fix" this article. Even if the correct word for "inoculation" is "vaccination" (with which I didn't agree or I wouldn't have made the change), a suggestion on Revert_only_when_necessary is to discuss a matter of concern before reverting: "A nice thing to do is to drop the note on the Talk page first, and then revert, rather than the other way round." Even if we two agree on inoculation/vaccination changes, mass reverting is not called for. A person who believes this article should be worded differently needs to change each occurrence of inoculation/vaccination separately. David F (talk) 13:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

OED
Some of these changes do improve the article, however this archaic use of the term vaccination is not a good reason to change this throughout an article on vaccines. I checked the OED and it gives two meanings of this term, the more modern one is:


 * Vaccination - The inoculation of an individual with any vaccine in order to induce or increase immunity. link

To see the modern use of this term, search for "vaccination" in PubMed, it returns over 75,000 papers that use this word. I'll revert the "vaccination" changes, but the others are a definite improvement. Thank you. TimVickers 21:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Dictionary Conventions and Use
I appreciated TimVickers contribution based on his expertize in biology. David F (talk) 13:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

'Telomere' - added new section, 'Background'
When adding a 'Background' section to 'Telomere' to address a request that the page be made more easy for non-experts to understand, I had to make several stabs at it. I regret the number of edits. David F (talk)

The Sting
If you have anything to say about your edits, and my reversion of same, say it on the article talk page. Thank you. --- The Old Jacobite The '45  01:22, 9 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Oops. Pointer appreciated! Thanks, David F (talk) 01:55, 9 September 2012 (UTC).

Just so you're aware
...that OED definitions (unusually for a dictionary) are listed in historical order - see for example. As a result, the first definition listed may not be the primary definition. :-) Arc de Ciel (talk) 07:08, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Oops, I stand corrected. Thanks. David F (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Personal attacks
Because of personal attacks,

David F (talk) 20:29, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

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