User talk:MJMcAll

March 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. This is especially important when dealing with biographies of living people, but applies to all Wikipedia articles. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are already familiar with Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add your reference to the article. Anastrophe (talk) 20:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Is this where I may respond? If yes, thank you or your comments. I regret I am not well-versed in HTML and although I have examined many pages of Wikipedia information designed to help a user in this regard, I am still strugging. But, after all Wikipedia's 'About' page states:

Visitors do not need specialized qualifications to contribute, since their primary role is to write articles that cover existing knowledge; this means that people of all ages and cultural and social backgrounds can write Wikipedia articles. With rare exceptions, articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet, simply by clicking the edit this page link. Anyone is welcome to add 'information', cross-references or citations, as long as they do so within Wikipedia's editing policies and to an appropriate standard.

The important information I added is about the same 'zinc' as that addressed by the study I cited (and previously cited in the Zinc preparations article). It simply illuminates the fact that the 'zinc' is also in some toothpastes (a citation of one of them is also provided). No assertions are made as to new or different effects of the 'zinc' beyond those presented in the cited study are made in my contribution. Please review the redo I submitted this afternoon (8 March) and advise.

I appreciate your consideration in this regard. and look forward to the opportunity to contribute to the new understanding of this information as updated empirical evidence becomes available.MJMcAll (talk) 23:21, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


 * the material you are adding constitutes original research. the citation is for zinc lozenges, not zinc in toothpaste. wikipedia does not speculate, or include ideas synthesized by those editing it. when actual empirical information becomes available, the information can be added, until then, wikipedia cannot be a crystal ball. Anastrophe (talk) 01:24, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Anastrophe, you have misapprehended the facts (and your making 'crystal ball' a link is not lost on me). Evidently, you enjoy being a brick wall to Wikipedia's accuracy, vibrancy and effectiveness. As more empirical information I spoke of becomes available, I would not expect it to be added here. MJMcAll (talk) 04:28, 9 March 2008 (UTC)


 * please read the actual links i embedded. i added them for your benefit. Anastrophe (talk) 05:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)