User talk:Ihassall

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 * Thank you
 * I am a New Zealander as you surmise. I hadn't read your guideline about autobiographical entries but it makes sense. You can remove everything I've changed/added if you wish but nobody else was going to update it. I first noticed the entry under my name some time ago and left it but thought today I would update it and put it in context.
 * Ihassall 02:41, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't plan to make any further edits to your article. Since I've tagged it as an autobiography, the people who are more experienced in dealing with such articles should notice and handle it. The most common form of autobiography, which I deal with very frequently, is a teenager who introduces themselves as being some sports team or rock bands biggest fan. These get quickly deleted. Yours is a much higher quality article, and it would be a shame to lose it.


 * I hope you will consider going on to contribute to other articles in your field of expertise. For example, I noticed that you refer to SUDI, but our article on the subject, Sudden infant death syndrome, doesn't mention that name at all. There is possibly more weight given to Dr Sprott's theories there than current medical consensus would support. I seem to recall a news item a month or two ago about a genetic link to SUDI, but the article doesn't mention it. If you want to make major changes to that article, you might like to start by proposing the changes at Talk:Sudden_infant_death_syndrome. This is just one example of a area of Wikipedia that might interest you.- gadfium 04:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I think I understand a little of how Wikipedia accretes evidence-based information while allowing novel ideas in the form of evidence-free assertions some room to develop but I am a novice. The SIDS page looks like a gladiatorial arena and I am reluctant to enter.