User talk:Hardin MD

Links to pictures
Rather than adding URLs to your pictures collection, Wikipedia would benefit much more if you would licence some under the WP:GFDL so they can be inserted inline into articles. Would you be willing to do this? JFW | T@lk  21:09, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Jfdwolff - Thanks for the message -- Is this the place to respond to you? -- Hardin MD


 * Good you sent me an email, because I didn't put this page on my watchlist. Are you in charge of the site you inserted links to? JFW | T@lk  10:39, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I'm in charge of the Hardin MD site. I'll send an email response also. Are you putting this page on your watchlist? ... Yes, I am a newbie, so please let me know the best way to communicate -- here, by email, or other ?? -- Hardin MD


 * My talkpage is the quickest way to get my attention. JFW | T@lk  10:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * What is the copyright status of those images? Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|  ]] 16:11, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

For further discussion, see JFW's talk page ... JFW | T@lk ... [btw, anyone, what's the code to get automatic entry of the UTC time/date?] --Eric


 * Hi Eric. I understand now. Will you be staying around to help develop high-quality encyclopedia content? Would there be a specific area you would like to contribute to? PS your username and the date is inserted by typing ~, which yields this (in my case): JFW | T@lk  19:15, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi JFW, I would see my role in working on Wikipedia mainly as entering links on appropriate pages to HMD picture pages, as I've already done in several cases. Before doing more I just want to make sure it is "approved," and that some administrator isn't going to come along and remove them all :-) ... So can I assume that it's ok to keep adding HMD links? ... Does anyone keep track of the number of clicks that different external links on WP pages get? We're getting quite a few links from the entries we've made so far -- This is quite impressive, given that the "external links" section is so far down on WP pages; it indicates, I think, that users of these pages are pretty serious researchers. ... So, yes, we are benefitting from having links to our site on WP pages. But I think that our pages do serve a valuable service for WP too, in providing WP users with links to pictures. I certainly understand why WP wants to limit the number of external links on pages -- With pages that are mainly text-based, it fits the WP model for a WP contributor to paraphrase/summarize the text on external sites. But (proprietary) pictures are in a different category -- The only way to make them available is to provide links to them, as we do with HMD.

As far as my contributing an article, the one subject that I've thought of, that I don't see any logical place for so far, is "how to find medical pictures," or maybe "how to find medical pictures in search engines," or maybe "how to find pictures (in general) in search engines." Any thoughts on those ideas? Hardin MD 21:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I was more thinking of contributing original content. I would much prefer if we could offer useful images on Wikipedia itself, rather than offsite in a resource we have no control over. Your help in this matter would be appreciated. Furthermore you must have a clinical interest. Some medical articles are in dire need of updating. JFW | T@lk  05:23, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

For additional discussion, see JFW:Talk : "... the issue here is the fact that Eric inserted external links to his site. ..." Hardin MD 21:49, 10 February 2006 (UTC) ...

OK, I won't make any more links to Hardin MD. But I do think Wikipedia has a problem with pictures -- I notice, for example, that dermatology is rather poorly represented in Wikipedia. I think this may be because it's such a visually-oriented specialty, and needs pictures to present it well. The pictures that are on Wikipedia skin condition pages often seem to be uploaded by lay people taking pictures of their own conditions. Hardin MD skin condition pages on the other hand, have links to pictures from authoritative sources, many of them academic or governmental sites. Hardin MD 21:49, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Category:Genetic disorders
I've noticed you've added Category:Genetic disorders to several medical articles recently. I don't think this category applies to Autism, Asperger syndrome, Cerebral palsy, or Epilepsy. Although these conditions may sometimes have a cause that is genetic (e.g. Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic disorder that often leads to epilepsy), it is no more correct to say these conditions are genetic disorders than to say this for deafness, blindness, obesity or cancer. I'm not aware of any significant genetic element to Cerebral palsy, though it is a congenital disorder. Therefore, I ask if you would mind reverting these category addtions, if they haven't been reverted already. Cheers --Colin 22:42, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Please also get into the habit of always supplying an Edit Summary.

Sorry, I'll be more careful in the future. In the case of Cerebral palsy, I'll put it into Category:Congenital_disorders. Thanks for the tip on Edit summary, I'll use it. HMD 19:05, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Public domain pictures
Hi, I see that since 2008 Hardin MD has a Public domain pictures section. Do you know if they have already been uploaded to wikipedia or commons?--Sum (talk) 18:35, 19 May 2011 (UTC)