User talk:Gaussgauss

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Hey Gaussgauss, you're doing some jolly good medical edits there! I've moved Diastolic Dysfunction to diastolic dysfunction (according to WP:NC we only capitalise proper names).

Would you be interested in joining WP:CLINMED, the WikiProject for doctors? JFW | T@lk  21:53, 31 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you for adding a reference to clubbing. Ideally, we should be using full academic citations for journal articles etc. Dave Iberri has written a useful applet that converts PMID codes into full citations: click here to access this tool. JFW | T@lk  09:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Pneumonia
Do you have a ref for double pneumonia being used to describe pneumonia in two lungs by health professionals? Thanks. -- Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:33, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Familial and racial clubbing
Can you please add references to your following edition under Nail Clubbing: "Familial and racial clubbing and "pseudoclubbing" (people of African descent often have what appears to be clubbing)." Many thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.140.255.254 (talk) 20:50, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

DKA
I have temporarily removed some of your additions to the DKA article, because I could not find sources to support the claims made. Please discuss on Talk:Diabetic ketoacidosis. JFW | T@lk  11:42, 4 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Apologies if my comments seemed unduly harsh and if I misunderstood you. I have responded on Talk:Diabetic ketoacidosis. JFW | T@lk  18:39, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Just a note to say thanks for your help with medicine-related articles. If you'd like to talk to other people who are interested in this subject, please feel free to stop by WikiProject Medicine and say hello. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:50, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Keloid
Hello, Gaussgauss! I recently made this change to the American Civil War article, but was twice reverted. I found some interesting facts about photo on this website — "This specific whipping was made to appear more brutal by the subject's rare Keloid Cyst skin condition, causing excessive growth of scar tissue." I would like to know if you would be interested in giving your opinion. Thank your very much and kind regards, Tobby72 (talk) 12:59, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Diabetic ketoacidosis
I have difficulty responding to your message on Talk:Diabetic ketoacidosis. Your tone continues to be accusatory. Please don't do that.

You obviously have a very good understanding of pathophysiology, but you have been less effective in supporting your points with the kind of sources that I could use to improve the article. As editor in the medical field I consider myself bound by WP:MEDRS, so small case series do not constitute suitable sources.

I await a comment on Talk:Diabetic ketoacidosis with a suitable source and slightly less venom. JFW &#124; T@lk  22:07, 22 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, I would like to ask you to remove your rant about "Wiki-Nazis" from your userpage. You might dislike my attitude, much like I have disliked yours so far, but you have managed to lower yourself to poisoning the well in a manner that is quite at odds with your self-proclaimed academic standing. JFW &#124; T@lk  15:20, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi again
Good to see you around again. Hope things are well. JFW &#124; T@lk  21:39, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

GA nomination of Bełżec extermination camp
Hi. I noticed that your good article nominee of Bełżec extermination camp was not formatted correctly. The solution is to change to "" and put it above on the article's talk page. --IRISZOOM (talk) 01:10, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

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Caught by a web host block
I am just a normal guy who's done a bit of editing for years on Wikipedia. I am a computer ignoramus. SOMETHING IS WRONG. PLEASE HELP - Thank youGaussgauss (talk) 21:07, 19 May 2016 (UTC

I'm sorry I asked
I explicitly noted that I'm an ignoramus about such things. Indeed, I asked for help. So, what do I get? A very threatening-sounding set of warnings!

"This blocked user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked."

and

"If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired." The last sentence sounds chilling. You're telling me that if I'm not careful I won't even be able to edit this page. Since I don't have a clue what I've done wrong and have no idea what I must avoid saying/doing even on this page now, all I can really do (safely) is to remain quiet. Okay. It doesn't help me, but at least I won't be hurting myself. Gaussgauss (talk) 09:15, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi. Sorry if the standard text of the template might sound intimidating, but it's not personally aimed at you and you have done no wrong in appealing this block, so don't worry about being stopped from editing this page. It seems you have been caught in an IP block - that's a block on an IP address (which is an underlying number that is used for internet connections) - and we cannot help you if we do not know what that number is. When you try to edit, the message you get should tell you your IP address, so please tell us that number (it will be of the form 123.456.789.123). But be aware that revealing your IP address will reveal something about your geographic location (the accuracy depending on your country and your internet provider), so if you think you might not want to disclose it publicly, please follow the instructions at WP:UTRS and it will be dealt with confidentially. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:58, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, and yes, the problem might indeed be because you use HOLA - can you try again without using HOLA and let us know if that works? Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:00, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so very much! In fact, as I wondered, and as you suspected as well, it does seem to be a 'HOLA effect'. WIth HOLA on, I am not allowed to edit. With it off, though, I'm off to the races and can edit without limit. I really appreciate you taking the time and making the effort to respond as you did. In particular, I found your words of reassurance exactly that - reassuring. In other words, although the loss of editing privileges was one thing, receiving what I interpreted as threatening and intimidating messages was quite another. Your response regarding the latter was a huge help. Thank you! Gaussgauss (talk) 14:38, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Happy to help. Because Wikipedia allows people to edit without creating an account, the use of various proxies, VPNs and anonymizing services would make it even harder to deal with persistent troublemakers. That's pretty much the only reason such services are blocked when found, though it can affect honorable editors too as you discovered. When I first started here I found the big coloured banners and the confusion of Wikipedia abbreviations pretty intimidating, and it's easy for us to forget how things can first appear to a new contributor - but most of us here are quite friendly and helpful really ;-) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:13, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Oops! > Aha!
Hi. Er ... this – not quite the right chap. :) Cheers DBaK (talk) 08:03, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Update: I think this gentleman might be the right bloke so I have added him in for you. Cheers! DBaK (talk) 08:07, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Not quite sure I managed to do that - thanks for the help! Gaussgauss (talk)
 * No worries! You're v v welcome. Cheers DBaK (talk) 15:40, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

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