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Mercury poisoning article
Thanks for cleaning up/improving the "Sources of exposure" section I added yesterday! :) I added that some mercury compounds (e.g. dimethyl mercury) can penetrate thin layers of protection to the section dealing with dermal exposure to mercury, but I can't seem to get the wording right. Feel free to improve it if you feel so inclined! ~ Danelo 01:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Good point. Thanks for your excellent work on the page. I think your wording is good. Perhaps repeating the word "skin" might improve readability slightly? ("bare" -> "bare skin", "insufficiently protected, skin" -> "insufficiently protected skin"). Thinking of further improvements, I might add a few citations, and increase the amount of cross-referencing between this page and other related ones such as Mercury_(element) and Minamata disease. -- Neparis 10:12, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I posted a comment on Mercury poisoning's talk page which might interest you; please check it out when you have the time. :) ~ Danelo 18:50, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I would like to add a few well referenced paragraphs and possibly images on cultural uses of mercury. the practices are a potential source of exposure but it may be an informative topic on its own - not sure whether it should go in mercury poisoning, mercury, or elsewhere. thoughts? thanks Ggaretano (talk) 20:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Good well-referenced content belongs in as many articles as it has significance to the subjects of the articles. Duplication across articles is not an issue. When adding new referenced content, Wikipedia's most important requirement is to maintain a Neutral Point of View (NPOV), and to ensure that different views are given appropriate weight per WP:UNDUE. I think there are several potentially relevant articles. There is an article on the Santería religion, for instance, which might be of interest. Some time ago I added a short mention and citation to Goldman et al (2001) regarding ritual use of mercury in Santería, although my addition met some resistance (another editor,,  removed it, then I restored it). I notice you have published your own recent work on the same topic, PMID 16393659, which seems like an interesting, highly relevant paper that could be cited. Wikipedians are allowed to cite their own publications in Wikipedia articles, subject to certain guidelines (see WP:COI). If you feel uncomfortable citing your paper, I would be happy to add a citation to it myself. - Neparis (talk) 22:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Acrodynia-Mercury poisoning merger proposal
I realize the acrodynia-mercury poisoning merger was originally your proposal and that I wasn't giving credit where it was due. I edited my comment to reflect this; feel free to edit the parts about yourself if you want to. ~ Danelo 23:33, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I see that. Thanks. Neparis 18:30, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Boldface matrices
Why are you changing all the matrices to boldface? That does not seem very useful. While boldface is indeed sometimes used for matrices, in my experience they are more commonly set in the normal mathematical font. Wouldn't it be better to keep to the convention that is already in use at the article? -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 16:37, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

April GA Newsletter
The April issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is now available. Dr. Cash (talk) 03:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter
The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Lead Poisoning
Dear Neparis,

Yes I came across it while studying for my medical board exams in Kaplan USMLE Steps 2 and 3 Notes: Internal Medicine, Hematology, pages 176-177. Author: Dr. Conrad Fischer, MD, Assoc Program Director, Internal Medicine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn New York. Edition 2007. Kaplan Medical.

I was surprised since I always connect Basophillic stip. with Pb poisoning. However, in Vit B12 and Folate def, you'll also see hypersegmented neutrophils.

Anyways, thanks for the message and back to the books for me.

Cheers,

Gorkhali (talk) 21:13, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. I'll add a citation. - Neparis (talk) 22:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Contrib
Hey there, I am sorry for deleting stuff. It was an accident, as I have little knowledge of Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chipskip (talk • contribs) 23:21, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

New Focus at Unreferenced articles
The huge set of unreferenced articles from June of 2006 is finally completed. Thank you for your contributions. The new focus at Unreferenced articles is Category:Articles lacking sources from July 2006 which as of May 28 is only 1,322 articles and should go much quicker. Thank you to everyone who has contributed and listed themselves as a volunteer. Jeepday (talk) 12:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good articles newsletter
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Survey request
Hi,

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Would you will be willing to answer a few questions about your experience? We've done considerable background research, but we would also like to gather the insight of the actual editors. Details about the project can be found at the user page of the project leader, geraldckane. Survey questions can be found at geraldckane/medsurvey. Your privacy and confidentiality will be strictly protected!

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WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
Sorry about the delay. AWB has been having a few issues lately. Here is the august issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 20:44, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (File:MaxPlanckInstGravPhys-logo.gif)
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You may be interested in this discussion about changing the name of AfDs
I message you because of your comments here: Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/Archive_44

An ongoing discussion is going on here: AFDiscussion, in section 4, we are discussing your name change idea. travb (talk) 19:39, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

File:1,4-Cyclohexanedione.svg listed for deletion
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GA Sweeps invitation
Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am sending you this message since you are a member of the GA WikiProject. I would like to invite you to consider helping with the GA sweeps process. Sweeps helps to ensure that the oldest GAs still meet the criteria, and improve the quality of GAs overall. Unfortunately, last month only two articles were reviewed. This is definitely a low point after our peak at the beginning of the process when 163 articles were reviewed in September 2007. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. All exempt and previously reviewed articles have already been removed from the list. Instead of reviewing by topic, you can consider picking and choosing whichever articles interest you.

We are always looking for new members to assist with the remaining articles, so if you are interested or know of anybody that can assist, please visit the GA sweeps page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. If only 14 editors achieve this feat starting now, we would be done with Sweeps! Of course, having more people reviewing less articles would be better for all involved, so please consider asking others to help out. Feel free to stop by and only review a few articles, something's better than nothing! Take a look at the list, and see what articles interest you. Let's work to complete Sweeps so that efforts can be fully focused on the backlog at GAN. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 08:34, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hello, just to let you know I have had a warning about vandalism from you dated 8th February. I haven't done any vandalism, but this keeps happening for some reason. I'm recieving very old warnings, not intended for me! I'm not a vandal, so please don't think I have! 91.84.86.201 (talk) 11:29, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

April 2010 GAN backlog elimination drive
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Proposed deletion of Fluoromethylidyne


The article Fluoromethylidyne has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * The only reference I can find is the ChemSpider article (http://www.chemspider.com/10605706) - that only has links to three patents, none of which have the molecule CF in them - they do refer to fluoromethane and fluorocarbon, but that is not the same. I cannot believe that this molecule can ever exist - maybe a a few millions degree C, but not at normal environments - is the fluorine going to donate 4 electrons to the carbon, I think not...

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Speedy deletion nomination of Pollution in Japan


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Proposed deletion of Pyranol


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