User talk:Owain.davies/Discussion Archive

Lustleigh edits
OK - you don't agree with some of my editing. However have you looked at Manual of Style? In general articles of this type focus on the historic and then come up to date in that sequence which was the format I was adopting. Equally you may wish to check out WP:NOT - articles very rarely have such a focus on local current events. Wiki is an international encyclopedia - for example a band local to Lustleigh will be interesting within the area - however if I were a Lustleigh resident looking at a wider audience I'd prefer the page to look a little less informal and "folksy" and more like an encyclopedia. You may find it useful to look at Guide to layout, Guide to writing better articles and Avoid trivia sections in articles.

Whatever you feel about this I will at least place relevant Wiki links within the article in order to bring it in line with so many other well written and researched articles -- Herby talk thyme 12:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * OK & apologies if I was a little harsh too and particularly if my edits left the article not making sense. I doubt two Wiki editors will ever see eye to eye completely over an article. In my view the POV aspect could be reduced.  I confess I do not see the village amenities as being encyclopedic or in line with most of the other village articles which I have looked at.
 * As to the bells (a signficant feature given their history and provenance) - why do you feel they should be further down the article? Certainly in time as the page develops they may well warrant their own page but for now maybe not.
 * As and when I get a chance I will try and get some more Wikilinks in but I assure you I will not radically alter the article without posting on the article talk page first - hope this is ok - regards -- Herby talk thyme 17:08, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Ambulance edits
Very impressive work, well written. --Badger151 02:00, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * And I heard some talk about that RDS thing, but never saw anything solid on it - i don't suppose you have a reference? --Badger151 04:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'd like to see ambulance as a featured article, eventually. Toward that, I wrote out most of the history section, and cut large portions of the USA section, turing them into their own page (Emergency Medical Services in the United States, which presently needs a lot of work, but one thing at a time).  Next on my personal to do list are to add a bit to the "design and construction" section, and to add a section about the motorcycle/donkey-pulled/etc ambulances seen in lesser developed areas, but if you have the time, feel free to get started, if those topics intrest you.  Other things I see that could use work are the US section, which needs to be repolished, and the section on France might be able to be spun off in its own article.  The "costs" section is also lacking, but I really don't know much about that subject.  And one of the difficulties, of course, if the length of the page; I haven't come across a solution for that, yet.
 * Incidentally, I didn't see your replies until just now - if you leave messages on my talk page, via the 'discussion' tab up top, the system will let me know that I have a message waiting. Best --Badger151 03:31, 9 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi again. I saw that you did work on the "Intermediate technology" section of the ambulance article (under Design and construction). I appriciate the nature of what you added, but in doing so you changed the purpose of that section, which was about ambulances designed and built under the principles of intermediate technology.  By all means be bold, but at the same time, please be careful about what you remove.  Many thanks, --Badger151 02:51, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

WP:NOT
I know WP isn't a social networking site but I thought it might be nice to say hi seeing as I haven't seen or heard of you in over ten years. If you like, come join the Portal:Kent and WP:KENT as we are just starting up. Take Care. KevinCarmody 19:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

It's
I'll be picky - "It's" is short for "It is" as such the awb correction was good -- Herby talk thyme 12:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Ambulance
Hi, Owain - I do agree that there has been a slow creep over the past several months in the style of English used on the Ambulance page, however, I think that if you reflect, and take a look at the page history, you will find that:
 * 1) from the begining, the page has been written in US English. Armor appeared before armour, -ize has consistently appeared, but I have rarely found -ise, truck appears instead of lorry, &c.
 * 2) If you take a look at the page as it existed at the time of your first edit: you will see that, where there are differences between US and UK English, most of the page uses US conventions.
 * 3) *All of "History" was written in US English (I know because I wrote it, and I wrote it that way in keeping with the rest of the page).
 * 4) *"Design and construction" is in US English: note the use of the word gasoline, not petrol.
 * 5) *"Appearance and markings": note the word favor, not favour.
 * 6) *"Private ambulance companies": I don't see much that falls specifically into only one variant of the language, but I do see that perhaps half of the section is about US phenomena, and I see the mention of a Commercial driver's license, which according to the Wikipedia page is a US phenomenon (I gather that UK’s PCV license is somewhat equivalent, but the point remains that the US term is used).
 * 7) *"Military ambulances" has something of a split personality, using armor but armoured - if you look back through the history, however, you will see that the US spelling appeared in the article first.
 * 8) *What follows is the discussion of services in different countries - sections you quite appropriately removed and spun into their own pages. Looking at them nevertheless, I see that the US section (whose height takes up 2 and 1/2 screens on my monitor - almost twice as much as any other country’s) appears to be written in US English - I note the use of color rather than colour.  France's section doesn't appear to use anything that isn't used by both variants of the language, though I admit that my knowledge of the intricacies of the differences has its limits.  The section on the UK is written in UK English: I note the use of recognised rather than recognized.  The section on Germany uses therefore, with the e at the end - I honestly don't remember which style this falls into, though I think it is US.  Norway's section uses organizations, which I also take to be US spelling.
 * 9) There appears to be some confusion regarding the type of English to be used on Wikipedia, so I cut and paste from Contributing FAQ (you'll have to scroll down to section 3.10)
 * 10) *"Should I use American English or British English? - People contribute to the English language Wikipedia in every possible variety and dialect of formal written English. The English language Wikipedia particularly welcomes contributions from editors whose first language is neither American English nor Commonwealth English. Still, it is generally good form to keep usage consistent within a given article. The official policy is to use British (AKA 'Commonwealth') spelling when writing about British (or Commonwealth) topics, and American for topics relating to the United States. General topics can use any one of the variants, but should generally strive to be consistent within an article. See Wikipedia's Manual of Style for a more detailed explanation."(Emphasis is mine)
 * 11) *I also note:"Disputes over style issues - In June 2005, the Arbitration Committee ruled that, when either of two styles is acceptable, it is inappropriate for a Wikipedia editor to change from one style to another unless there is some substantial reason for the change. For example, with respect to British spelling as opposed to American spelling, it would only be acceptable to change from American spelling to British spelling if the article concerned a British topic. Revert warring over optional styles is unacceptable; if the article uses colour rather than color, it would be wrong to switch simply to change styles, although editors should ensure that articles are internally consistent. If it has been stable in a given style, do not change it without some style-independent reason. If in doubt, defer to the style used by the first major contributor."which you may find at Manual of Style The first major contribution was probably that made by User:Cdang in several edits between 19 August 2004 and 30 Septermber of the same year; Cdang added much of the section on French EMS, which as I have already said, is difficult to assign to any one type of English.  The first moderately sized addition that chooses between UK and US English that I can find is User:Mathknight's addition  of "Military ambulances" on 13 January 2005; Mathknight clearly and consistently uses armor, not armour.
 * 12) Because of this, I have consistently used US English, as far as my understanding of it allows: I wrote the entire "History" section in US English, The work I did on "Design and construction" was written the same way, as was the work I did on “Appearance and markings,” (which you expanded on quite nicely, as I believe I commented at the time – as I look in more detail, though, I note that you overlooked the presence of  colored in that section, not to mention the style of the bulk of the rest of the article, and used UK spellings in your additions.  As this added a sizeable block to the article, this may be why you thought of the article as being largely UK English.)

If you look at the edits that I have done on the Ambulance article, I believe that you will find that, where I have changed between one style of English and another, I have done so only for consistancy, and generally only as I came across the discrepincies; I made the last series of edits upon first discovering that some sections had drifted, and later in determining that many of them had done so.

I also wish to point out that in your haste to attend to UK English, you undid User:GunnarRene's edit of 27 March, and my edit regarding civilian vehicles, which is necessary if the reference to Dean King's book is to be valid.

Finally, I must object to your statement that you wrote or rewrote 75% of the article. You have added about as much as I have, and I know that I haven’t written half of that article. I find your proposal otherwise to be highly insulting. Yours very sincerely, --Badger151 05:16, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, Owain. I'm sorry it's taken me some time to get back to you.  I gather that it is important to you that the ambulance page be written in UK English, in spite of the history of the page and the policies of Wikipedia.  Your actions in following this desire have caused and will continue to cause me minor inconveniences, and I am left with something of the feeling that you hijacked the page in changing it over to UK English, but I will not engage in an edit war with you over this.  There are some users who do take the versions of English very seriously, though (too seriously, in my opinion), so in the hopes of enabling you to avoid future difficulties, I hope you will allow me to offer some advice.  Please do review the Wikipedia policies on the use of UK and US English.  I think you will find them to be as I have described above, which is different than what you proposed on my talk page.  Please also be careful to consider the entire page when determining which style of English it is in. Best,--Badger151 04:22, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Lustleigh edits
This is what you wrote on my Talk Page: ''Thanks for your clean up on Lustleigh article, but i think a couple of your cuts were a little harsh. I've put a couple of them back in, because i think their removal got rid of some useful information and background. Being absolutely succinct is not always desirable! Thanks.''

In reply to those comments I’ll talk about just two paragraphs. EXAMPLE 1 You changed this paragraph (containing my edits): ''The graveyard contains the remains of Lustleigh residents, although the graveyard is now full. With the exception of those with family plots, new burials take place at the graveyard on Mill Lane.'' back to this: The church graveyard contains the remains of former Lustleigh residents, although the graveyard is now full, and with the exception of those with family plots, new burials take place out at the new cemetery on Mill Lane.

Comment 1. The paras are headed The Church so ‘’’church’’’ graveyard is redundant so I removed the word “church” as any good editor would. Comment 2. I don’t object to “former” going back in. Comment 3. The word “new” was there twice in the final phrase which is regarded as bad writing. So I stand by 2 out of 3 of my edits in that para.

EXAMPLE 2: You changed this paragraph (containing my edits): ''The line grew in popularity from 1860 to the 1930s and thereafter went in to decline. This led to diffculties with finances and, despite a significant summer tourist trade, usage was not sufficient to cover costs. This coincided with the rise of the private motor car.'' back to this: ''The line grew in popularity from 1860 to the 1930s and thereafter went in to decline. This led to financial difficulties (with no initial business plan having been undertaken) and despite a significant summer tourist trade (and featuring in many contemporary guide books to the region), the local usage through the year was not sufficient to cover rising costs. This also co-incided with the rise of the private motor car, leading to a decline in passenger number, and the branch railway consequently saw a decline in fares.''

So now that para is wrecked by wordiness, rambling and bad sentence construction. I could go on and on about your other reversions but I haven’t the time. I hope you can realise that your writing skills need polishing by someone else (which is what I was doing). Best Wishes - Adrian Pingstone 20:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Police Car
Hi Owain, thanks for asking for a new assessment for the police car article, however the article is already a B class, and higher ratings (Good Article Class is what you should aim for next) are handled here. Articles can't be rated as GA by the wikiproject alone.

The article is shaping up nicely though! Might I suggest some in-line citations/footnotes for references? Also perhaps move some of those pictures from the very top of the article and indsperse them amongst the main prose? Let me know if you have any questions about nominating an article for GA, there are instructions on the GA pages that hopefully will be clear enough :) thanks. SGGH 15:01, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup
Greetings! Thanks for the contact. The Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom isn't too bad' in the wider scheme of things; it's mainly cosmetics and formatting that need addressing.

For example, it could do with an infobox pegged to the right outlining key data and statistics, the Ambulance Trusts of England need to be put into tabular format (say like as found here), the images are poor quality (I know this is sometimes difficult to amend), there is nothing on the history of the services, and most importantly, there are no references throughout the entire article.

I'd be inclined to help, given that this article is now linked via every settlement of the UK that has an infobox, but I'm afraid the topic is not one I'm familliar with.

Does that help at all? Jhamez84 14:03, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Newport infobox
Does anyone know how to edit the infobox? Ambulance services here are provided by Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust, not South Central Ambulance Service.Owain.davies 21:33, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I can't fathom it either. Presumably it's some kind of autogenerate setup - too clever for its own good. I've asked at Template talk:Infobox UK place. Tearlach 23:54, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Defibrillation
You're welcome. With regard to the medulla oblongata, I think it's an esoteric point in the context of a discussion about defibrillation. Yes, the sinus node is influenced by the autonomic nervous system, but I think you overstate the case when you say the sinus node is paced by the medulla oblongata. Just my opinion. I also have a comment about the manner in which your sandbox version defines defibrillation. I prefer this definition (and not because I wrote it but because I think it's correct and I can source it with an authoritative reference)
 * Defibrillation works by delivering a therapeutic dose of electrical current to the heart of the patient, thereby depolarizing a critical mass of the heart muscle, which terminates the life threatening arrhythmia, and allows a coordinated heart rhythm to return.

Generally speaking, 'stunning' the myocardium is not a good thing, and has ramifications beyond using electric current to depolarize the many isolated wavelets involved in VF. A 'stunned' myocardium may have wall motion abnormalities, for example. So the idea is to terminate the arrhythmia, with as little myocardial stunning as possible. As for ICD v. AICD, I know that AICD (automated implantable cardiac defibrillator) was first, and old habits die hard, but ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) is more descriptive of modern devices. In addition, the "Big 3" device makers (Medtronic, Guidant, and St. Jude Medical) all use the modern term ICD (even though the URL for Guidant ICDs contains the letters aicd). So AICD is somewhat of an anachronism. It's not a big deal, but that's the reason I prefer to use ICD. The trivia? Yeah, it's widespread on the Wikipedia. I just think the idea that everything has a use "in popular culture" is a strange way to look at the world! :) Best, MoodyGroove 21:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove


 * Just noticed that you reverted the spam on AED, been there, done that. What is it about this article that attracts so much spam? Its not just one company either. Weird, huh? By the way (I saw the above comment), re: sinus node pacing/rate, the WP article, Electrical conduction system of the heart is really well-written and undertandable, even for non-professionals. I was an ICU nurse for 12 years and cardiac stuff is really cool. Perkinge fibers, bundle of His, etc. all made me wish I was a nineteenth century anatomist so I could have some obscure body part named after me! -- killing sparrows  (chirp!) 06:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Emergency
I see you are planning on replacing Emergency with an article. Just to let you know, I have been doing an admin coaching assignment on Emergency too, and just thought you could grab some more information out of mine to include in your final copy. You can find it at User:Extranet/Admin coaching/Assignments/Emergency (also posted on Emergency's talk page). Extranet talk  02:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Emerlight.gif
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Abdominal thrusts and choking
Just a quick note to say that i have added my support to the merge!

Regards

Dep. Garcia ( Talk   + |  Help Desk  |  Complaints  ) 17:11, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

How about taking it all the way?
You've done such a good job on emergency, I think it has the makings of a Featured article. If you are interested in improving the article to the Wikipedia's highest standards, please read Dweller, on Featured Article Candidates.

I look forward to watching you take this article all the way to the top. The next step is Peer review. Good luck.  Th e Tr ans hu man ist    22:45, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Hazard, Vulnerability, Risk and Disasters
Owain, I am basically OK with your edit of the intro to natural disasters. There is, however, still confusion of terminology between Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk. When you are writing about "the degree of potential loss" your are referring to the what the literature defines as Risk (see emergency management). For instance, an impact hazard on an uninhabited planet is not a disaster nor is an impact hazard a disaster if it can be counteracted before it develops into a disaster, by relocating the population at risk or by reducing the risk through the use of, for instance, technology. Consequently, the article should be renamed to Natural hazards as it deals with hazards and not disasters. I might be splitting hairs here, but it is relevant in order to achieve the encyclopedic tone that we are aiming for. --rxnd ( t | &#8364; | c ) 08:18, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Ironic?
Quoting your userbox, it says that you'll view extraneous apostrophe's with "extreme prejudice": so whats' this?

"It is one of 13 Ambulance Trusts providing England with Emergency medical services, and is part of the National Health Service, receiving direct government funding for it's role."

You might have copied the same text a few times I believe. Poojean 19:14, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Choking
Doesn't look as though we're going to get this user to see sense. I've added merge tags to both articles, left a message on DXRAW's user talk and the wikiproject talk, and proposed on the abdo thrusts talk page that we leave it another week to see what happens. Hopefully that should keep everyone happy! --John24601 08:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Finally managed to get this done with some help from a friendly admin! We now need to work on getting the abdominal thrusts section in Choking up to scratch. --John24601 09:14, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Med-stub
The image that you have added is called caduceus and is the symbol of trade, not medicine. The medical symbol is called Rod of Asclepius (only one snake). Please find a more suitable image. Until then, I'll revert to the Star of life. --Eleassar my talk 10:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Come on! This image is just too big (and unaesthetic). --Eleassar my talk 16:38, 4 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I've temporarily replaced it with a smaller and similar image (just nicer) till consensus is formed. --Eleassar my talk 16:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Preview
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. If you're worried about losing your edits, do what I do. I copy the entire contents of the edit window to my clipboard just before I click preview (or save for that matter). Your edits the article are really good, by the way. Thanks for making Wikipedia better! &mdash;Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 19:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

AWP
While I don't disagree with the "How to" removal of large parts of the AWP article, I do disagree strongly with you deleting the cherry-picker article and replacing it with a redirect. Wikipedia is not paper - when a good subarticle exists, it should not be deleted just to be integrated into the general article. That would only apply for rather trivial subjects. Cheers. MadMaxDog 07:04, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Answered your comment on my page. Cheers.MadMaxDog 07:28, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Ambulance photo
I'm curious why you felt the need to remove my picture of an air ambulance (Image:Helimed5.jpg) and replace it with another that does not appear to add anything to the article or to be of superior quality to my photo. My pictures been on the Ambulance page for quite a while now and I rather liked it being there! Unless you can give me a good reason for replacing it, could you put it back please.scancoaches 14:53, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem
I like to tidy up things. IPSOS (talk) 12:42, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar. It's my first. :-) IPSOS (talk) 17:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You deserve it Owain.davies 21:19, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

British Association for Immediate Care
You recreated the article even before I had finished deleting it (the talk page was still there)! That was fast! :D I had to run some errands, so couldnt reply earlier, sorry about that.

Anyways, coming back to the article, even though it is in a much better shape now, it still does not assert notability, not at least the way it is expected here. As I already mentioned, it has to show multiple (at least two) instances of coverage by mainstream media (a non-blog, non-forum, non-wiki website or even magazine or newspaper will do). The BBC article is fine, a couple of more should get you on the safe side. Plus, it would be best if you can provide any claim to fame that distinguishes it from other similar organizations.

Apart from that, the article still reads like a promotional material for the organization. Sentences like "BASICS members are used to provide extra skills at the scene of major incidents, or for particularly difficult patients" and "The ambulance service trusts provides a high standard of care", appear to be vaunting and thus not neutral. These little details are what diminishes the quality of an article.

Since it does assert partial notability, and because it is under development, I am not slapping any ugly tags on the article. But it clearly needs a lot of work, I will be keeping an eye out. Feel free to contact me for any assistance you might require. All the best, both of you. --soum talk 17:34, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Queensland Ambulance and Australian EMS
I think I might do both as suggested. I could write an article on the Australian EMS in a day but it would take me a week to research the citations!

--Sunray Major 10:54, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Fire device image
I answered you on my talk page. – Quadell (talk) (random) 17:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Branston Pickle
Hi, I reverted your cut and paste move of Branston Pickle. Please see How to rename (move) a page. Ask on my talk page if you need any help. Edward 16:52, 30 June 2007 (UTC)


 * No worries, fixed it. The important thing is to maintain the revision history. Edward 18:50, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello
Just out of curiosity, did you attend Chatham House Grammar School? Ryan(talk/contribs) 19:49, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Suman gol
What's wrong with it? I stated the source in the edit summary when I created the article, and I doubt you'll find anything better out there. Yaan 11:53, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * cleanup and citations missing are not meant for perfectly valid stubs about geographical features, which would be trivial to verify on a decent map. The only appropriate thing to add there would have been Mongolia-geo-stub, which I've just done. --Latebird 13:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Emergency tourniquet
Hi Owain,

I was looking through the archives of the emergency bleeding control article and it appears that you blanked the Emergency tourniquet article. I think that's probably the correct choice, since wikipedia should not be hosting howtos on tourniquet use, but do you think the content might be helpful somewhere else, like wikibooks? Just curious about what you think.

St.isaac 13:33, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I completely agree that Emergency bleeding control is a better place to the put the articles -- in fact, I suggested it awhile ago on the first aid wikiproject. I'm looking over the removed content again, and its not really suitable for anything.  Thanks!

St.isaac 16:38, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Ambulance page
Just had a look at the "Ambulance" page - very impressive. --Badger151 21:44, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I've been thinking about spinning off the history section into its own page, because you're quite correct: it's very big. What's stopped me has been the idea that it seems a peculiar subject for a page, but now that you've suggested it, I'm now thinking that it might not be too peculiar.  Perhaps more importantly, I'm not sure what should be cut - the section (like most of the article) contains little that is extraneous. Perhaps the biggest difficulty would be in coming up with a condensed version to keep on the main Ambulance page. Thoughts?


 * Also, so far I've only been able to find safety data on US ambulances - if you happen to stumble across non-US info, and don't feel like adding it yourself, could you pass the web-site/article title/etc along to me? --Badger151 18:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Looking very quickly, I think the section on the EMS page looks good - but what really excites me is the short note you put at its top, directing the reader to the Hx of Ambulance Care on the Ambulance page. Perhaps that's the answer: a page on the history of Ambulance care, not just the ambulance itself, which would cover the history of both the ambulances and the care their crews provided.  Of course, it's also almost 3am here, so this could just be sleep-deprived, blathering idiocy on my part; I'll have to look at it again tomorrow.  --Badger151 06:54, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

FAR notifications
Hi, Owain.davies. Please follow instruction #6 at the top of WP:FAR, using Gray Wolf to notify relevant parties and Projects. Please leave a note at the top of Featured article review/Gray Wolf indicating parties notified; you can see examples at other articles at WP:FAR. Thanks, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 21:59, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Citations on Ambulance article
Hi - I'm a bit confused as to why you've changed over the citation format on the "Ambulance" article. I noticed this earlier; since both your format and the page's format appear the same to the reader, I said nothing - but then the retrieved date for citation #11, on bicycle ambulances, got lost when you converted it. What's going on? --Badger151 15:05, 23 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Certainly that's a laudable goal, to have all of the citations in the same format. But what was wrong with the original format (the one whose template is still in the "References" section, if you click edit)? --Badger151 02:58, 24 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Hello, Owain. I see you haven't responded to my earlier question.  I'm not sure how to interpret that.  More importantly, though, I see that there continues to be a discrepancy between the instructions for leaving references on the Ambulance page and the citation format that you have chosen to change all of the references over to.  I had hoped that, since I mentioned this in my last message to you, you would attend to this - it is, after all, a discrepancy that you have created - but in spite of your having made several contributions to Wikipedia over the last week, attending to this has not been one of them. I am not familiar with this new format, and don't think I can create as clear a set of instructions as you might have.
 * More generally, I am faced with a strong sensation of deja vu'. I am strongly reminded of your actions in changing the page over from one style of English to another: once again, in contradiction to Wikipedia policies, you have taken it upon yourself to make unnecessary changes to the format of an article.  You have done so without consulting others on the talk page, and without even leaving notice that you have done so, which also makes your changes disruptive - editors used to working in the old style will continue to do so until your clandestine changes are brought to their attention.
 * Finally, I did not say this when you changed the article's style of English over, because I hoped we were dealing with an isolated incident: the product of being new and inexperienced in how Wikipedia works; but now that a pattern appears to be developing, I will add this personal note - your changes appear to display a blatant disregard for the work done by other editors, and to do so in a way that, though I can speak for no one but myself, I find to be insulting and discouraging. I have never been a daily, or even a weekly contributer to Wikipedia, but since these changes I have found Wikipedia to be less rewarding, and less of a community, and I am less inclined to contribute.
 * As I believe I said last time, I propose that in the future, you take great care to discuss changes of these types on the Talk page, so that other editors may have their say.
 * Yours sincerely, Badger151 20:18, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Green electricity in the United Kingdom
Hi Owain. Thanks for taking an interest in this topic; I understand your view that no energy is 'green'. The article is focused on electricity retailing, a market in which the term 'green electricity' is, however, very widely used. Much of the article content does talk about this incongruity. 'Renewable energy', on the other hand, is a much larger topic, covering other forms of energy, and including renewable energy production, government policy, etc., which would be out of place in a 'renewable electricity retailing' article. Consequently I've moved the article back and added some notes of explanation to the discussion page here. If you have further thoughts on the subject perhaps you could comment on the same page. Regards Gralo 15:24, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

MOS
Well, it was in no way apparent that birds were being excluded from the discussion. we were discussing animals (not birds), is a curious statement to me seeing as how birds are animals. Any rules made about animals in general would be applied to birds. That birds were discussed at lenghth without our input strongly suggested changes were to be made without seeking our opinions. As for personal attacks, well, when I'm sick in bed and am described as a couple of very opinionated people with no justification other than "that's how we serious people do it", a  grammar-ignoring renegade and if I came out swinging a little strongly then I'm sorry but I resent the work I do being categorised that way and our poistions being categorised through strawmen and misrepresnetation (especially when we aren't invited to correct it). Sabine's Sunbird  talk  20:18, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Emergency Medical Care
Greetings,

Thank you for bringing some things to my attention. I have reduced much of the listing as you suggested, only placing rough categories instead.

I have also initiated a discussion regarding the merge on the EMS page.

Please continue to assess the quality of the EMC article, much appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Princeattractive (talk • contribs) 22:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

WP:BITE
I'm not really too chuffed at being directed to WP:BITE. The user commented themselves that it was copied from an article, so that's a copyright violation, and can't stay. The main reason I don't like being directed to bite is because it's a rather sore point, as I feel I do quite a bit to help newbies. Take a look at the second barnstar on my userpage, for example. TheIslander 09:33, 19 August 2007 (UTC)


 * "I think it's good wikiquette to always give a reason for reversion to the user if they are new or apparently new..."


 * Actually, I think it's good wikiquette to always give a reason for reversion to the user regardless of whether they're new or old. For that reason I did, though this seems to have escaped you completely (my comment above, which is now in bold?). "interesting, though if it's copied, it can't go here. Original work only (with references)" means "No, you can't just say "copied from a defib article", as that violates WP:C". Further evidence to back up the fact that it was copied can be found in the form of this users submission to the defib article, which was identical. Another thing I didn't bother to mention was that it was written with a slight POV slant - suggesting that using an AED is bad full-stop, when in fact in the absence of a normal defib, it's priceless. Regardless, contrary to your comments, I reverted a) with good reason, and b) with good comments.


 * I also have to agree with MoodyGroove below: this comment is completely out of order. "...i'll tell them off for that in a minute" - 'scuse me? Who do you think you are? The most you can do is re-revert our reverts, with good reasoning, but beyond that, nothing. Please do not assume that you can "tell us off" unless you completely and fully understand our reasons for reverting, and they are undoubtably wrong! TheIslander 22:53, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Defibrillation
I removed the edit to Defibrillation because it's wrong. Removing it isn't biting. It's improving the encyclopedia. The burden of evidence is on the editor who restores disputed content, not the editor who removes it. The tag should not be used to restore disputed content, and while I appreciate the work you did on the merge of defibrillation and defibrillator, you do not own the article. That's two of my edits you've reverted without discussion in 24 hours, and comments like this are a bit righteous. I'm 99% sure I know who User:67.161.99.124 is, and if I'm right, we've discussed this topic extensively in personal correspondence. This is a novel interpretation of the AHA/ILCOR guidelines and will not be substantiated by any references (with the exception of the part about the delay between stopping CPR and shocking reducing shock efficacy). Most of the research that has been critical of AEDs and the analysis period refers to the old practice of stack shocking, which resulted in unacceptable delays for little added benefit, especially considering the high first shock efficacy of modern biphasic defibrillators. It had nothing to do with the studies showing improved survival with 2 minutes of CPR prior to defib with down times > 4 minutes. MoodyGroove 12:04, 19 August 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove

Mets/Choking
Aww, c'mon. Have a little fun. Couldn't you at least allow the Mets addition to remain until after the playoff race was over? The Mets are on the verge of the biggest choking incident in history--14 games this late in the season!! That's bigger than any chunk of sausage lodged in someone's airway. Don't worry, I won't toy with your prized entry any more. God forbid that I end up blacklisted from editing Wikipedia entries. Whatever would I do with my free time? Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.177.12 (talk) 21:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Success of fire suppression in northern forests
Per your contributions to fire apparatus, please comment at Articles for deletion/Success of fire suppression in northern forests. Thanks. -- Jreferee    t / c  06:12, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

RDS and ambulances?
I continued the discussion on my talk page. Squidfryerchef 22:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Rod of Asclepius
Thank you for leaving a message on my talk page. I've left a comment on the talk page of the above article. --Pixelface (talk) 14:54, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

EMS
Agency specific references do not belong in this article. Book references are made according to the Chicago manual of style.Demantos (talk) 18:41, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

EXCUSE ME?!
HOW ACTUAL DARE YOU REFER TO MY WORK AS VANDALISM!

I AM ACTUALLY BEING DEADLY SERIOUS!

I AM REALLY VERY VERY ANNOYED BY THAT BECAUSE IT TOOK ME QUITE A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE A PAGE REDIRECT AND THEN YOU JUST COME ALONG AND CALL IT VANDALISM!!!!!!!!

WELL PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW REDIRECTING 'Chaz' TO 'Chatham House Grammar School' IS VANDALISM, CONSIDERING THAT IS THE ACTUAL COLLOQUIAL TERM THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW THE SCHOOL BY, AND SINCE ONE OF BRITAINS PRIME MINISERS (EDWARD HEATH) WENT TO THE SCHOOL, I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS RATHER IMPORTANT! AND I DO ACTUALLY GO TO THE SCHOOL BY THE WAY SO I HAVE FIRST HAND REFERENCE!

IM SORRY THAT THIS MAY SOUND SO RUDE BUT I ACTUALLY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THAT!

PLEASE DO NOT DELETE IT AGAIN...

thank you x —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamandrewrice (talk • contribs) 22:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

WELL...
since hardly anyone actually knows them by the terms 'chatham house grammar school' and 'clarendon house grammar school' anymore since like the 20th century, i thought it might be helpful for the MAJORITY of people who reffered to them by those names!

so thank you for trying to help wikipedia, but i am also trying to help here, and that is why i would like you to leave the terms there, which i must add i spent a lot of time researching how to do them!


 * p —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamandrewrice (talk • contribs) 22:11, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

!!!!!!
PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHERE EXACTLY I 'DELETED' ANYONE ELSE'S WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND IF I DID IT WAS SHEERLY BY ACCIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!

AND I SSSSSTTTTTIIIILLLLL GO TO THE SCHOOL!!!!!!!! SO I THINK I WOULD REALLY KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN YOU! AND HOW EXACTLY AM I SUPPOSED TO 'PROVE' THAT THE COLLOQUIAL TERM IS 'CHAZ'... BY GOING UP TO PEOPLE IN THE STREET AND CONDUCTING A SURVEY OF WHAT IT IS MOST COMMONLY REFERRED TO?!

AND TO BE HONEST IF YOU HAVE GONE TO THE SCHOOL AND NEVER HEARD THE TERMS CHAZ AND CLAZ USED THEN EITHER YOU MUST BE VERY OLD, OR YOU MUST NOT BE VERY ATTENTIVE!

IM SORRY ABOUT THIS! BUT YOU ARE BEING TOTALLY UNREASONABLE! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamandrewrice (talk • contribs) 22:15, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

well fine
leave the chaz there for the moment and i will actually search all available resources to see if ANY eligible stakeholder in the school uses this term.

after this, then what do i do with the evidence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamandrewrice (talk • contribs) 22:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

its unusual for short lived slang terms to be posted here?!
first, it is not short lived... as the refering to this has now spread to a numerous number of teachers... including Mr. Fergusson, a maths teacher at the school

and secondly, there is a WHOLE PAGE HERE ON 'lol'!

and you want to disallow an abbreviation to be redirected to its full page?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamandrewrice (talk • contribs) 22:32, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

and... putting more energy into the article?!
i was the one that actually created the whole 'clarendon house grammar school' page!

which i must add was my first page creation, and as such i found it very difficult... altho i hav struggled to put it all together, only to be told i must go and find records of Mr Matthews using the terminology written down on paper before i am allowed to make a very well informed edit.

well can the reference be from any pupil? or a pupil or authority? or does it have to be a teacher?!

and does it have to be written or just recorded that they have said it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamandrewrice (talk • contribs) 22:36, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Chatham House problems
I see there is a rather nasty edit war going on between you and User:Iamandrewrice. I can see that you are clearly on the right side of the debate - but both you and User:Iamandrewrice are breaking the 'three revert rule' (WP:3RR). In your case, this may simply be because you are unaware of the rule - I doubt Iamandrewrice would care. If you were to avoid breaking that rule - then asking one of the admins to put a block onto User:Iamandrewrice for breaking the rule would be reasonable. I'd be inclined to do so myself because this is an especially annoying person - but since you are also (currently) breaking the rule, that would likely get you in trouble too and I'd prefer that didn't happen. I'll paste a similar complaint on Iamandrewrice's talk page. Either way, the warring has to stop. SteveBaker (talk) 02:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

i cant believe you!
i thort you were actually trying to help me set up on wikipedia

but all you care about is aggreeing with your 'friend' Steve on slagging me off! well thanks so much for all your help!!!!!!!

i certainly know what kind of person you are! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamandrewrice (talk • contribs) 18:31, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

however
what i have a problem with is that 'Steve' has very overtly and blatently slagged me off and you took no apparent action to stop this! meaning that you are in exactly the same position as him!

and well im sorry i dont understand... if clarendon house grammar school is allowed to have a page even though i cant prove it just because you have personally heard of it, while the colliquial terming 'claz' which like the school itself, currently has no evidence for it, is deleted just because you havnt heard of it yourself?! are you saying therefore that you are only deleting things which you are not personally aware of? i thought that contradicts the whole point. Iamandrewrice (talk) 18:52, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

that is not the point i am making
i am saying that you in no way objected when 'Steve' went against the kind of behaviour that would be expected from a wikipedian, and slandered me, implying that i have no respect for the system's rules, and that i am an 'annoying person,' which is a personal attack and is CERTAINLY most not allowed on here. In not objectifying, and in face agreeing with him, you have therefore misused your position in much the same way as he has.

If this is the kind of treatment i am going to receive for attempting to add to wikipedia then do not expect 'kind' additions from me next time. And interpret that as you will, but either you use my skills to the sites prevalence, or on the contrary.

And I think you will find that you are in fact wrong... you and 'Steve' are not to decide whether a school or a colloquilistic term are more verifiable than one another without having solid 'evidence' of either of them. Therefore according to this rule, I would like you to delete the article I created on Clarendon House Grammar School, as I certainly do not support hypocracy, and i am not going to let one thing pass under the same rule that another thing, through personal discretion, is allowed not to.

Iamandrewrice (talk) 22:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

well thanks...
but regardless of that, I would like to make a formal complaint to a high wikipedian authority about 'Steve' Could you please explain how i am able to do this, or give me the link to a user that can help me.

thank you.

Iamandrewrice (talk) 11:43, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll give you the link myself: Requests for administrator attention. You aren't going to like what happens when you complain though - they'll hand you back a longer ban almost for sure. A better place to take your outrage might be Dispute resolution - but you might want to read the sage advice on that page before you start in on this. SteveBaker (talk) 15:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Bronto lifts.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Bronto lifts.jpg. I noticed the 'image' page specifies that the image is being used under fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first fair use criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed image could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this image is not replaceable, please:


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fox hunting
Wow. You're fast. You beat me by a nose to kill the dumb Ireland edit. Just wanted to mention that I'm very impressed by the hard work you've put in cleaning up the foxhunting article and adding citations. The article was a messy POV war when I first read it about a year ago. It is becoming very solid and more resistant to mangling by either end of the POV spectrum. David A. Flory (talk) 07:51, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Image replacement
I fail to understand your replacement of my image of Rod of Asclepius. The SVG format is superior for simple forms and detail removed was unnecessary. Sci ence man 123  talk 01:55, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi there, sorry for not leaving a message, but there were two main reasons. One is aesthetics, where the svg version is clearly of inferior quality, with a blocky look, and looks much worse! This is informed by a lengthy discussion on the best snake to use at Wikiproject Medicine here.  Hope this helps.  Owain.davies (talk) 18:04, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Ambulance
Hi, Owain. I haven't been ignoring you, but because this came up after I entered my initial comments, I'd like to leave the review to others. There is still a lot of MOS cleanup needed; perhaps you can round up another editor who will help you go through the items I mentioned? Editors I know of who are good at that sort of work are, , and ; I know they are all busy, so perhaps first you could post to WP:MED for help on the MOS cleanup? There are still incorrect dashes throughout, bolding that is not part of lists, and the article seems very listy to me; additional input from others is needed, though. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 17:28, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Pre-Meiji Period: Use of Japanese era name in identifying disastrous events
Would you consider making a contribution to an exchange of views at either of the following:
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disaster management
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Japan

As you know, WikiProject Disaster management came up with entirely reasonable guidelines for naming articles about earthquakes, fires, typhoons, etc. However, the < >< < > format leaves no opportunity for conventional nengō which have been used in Japan since the eighth century (701-1945) -- as in "the Great Fire of Meireki" (1657) or for "the Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji" (1707).

In a purely intellectual sense, I do look forward to discovering how this exchange of views will develop; but I also have an ulterior motive. I hope to learn something about how better to argue in favor of a non-standard exception to conventional, consensus-driven, and ordinarily helpful wiki-standards such as this one. In my view, there does need to be some modest variation in the conventional paradigms for historical terms which have evolved in non-Western cultures -- no less in Wikipedia than elsewhere. I'm persuaded that, at least in the context of Japanese history before the reign of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912), some non-standard variations seem essential; but I'm not sure how best to present my reasoning to those who don't already agree with me. I know these first steps are inevitably awkward; but there you have it.

The newly-created 1703 Genroku earthquake article pushed just the right buttons for me. Obviously, these are questions that I'd been pondering for some time; and this became a convenient opportunity to move forward in a process of building a new kind of evolving consensus. --Ooperhoofd (talk) 18:09, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello
Oh, thank you

Would it not be possible to find out if the Clarendon Website allowed us to use the image though? I know I'm new, but I thought there was something about if you get permission

Well thank you anyway

Pollypenhouse (talk) 11:16, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh ok, well i live near the school actually so I'll try do that Also, thank you for the adoption link. Is it free?

Pollypenhouse (talk) 11:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Is it free then? And oh... someone was quite mean to me on my page. Are they a vandal?

Pollypenhouse (talk) 12:05, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm quite sorry, I was just having a bad morning and just thought it was a bit silly that a user as inexperienced as myself was giving me advice, I shall apologise strait away. Listsvery (talk) 14:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

owain davies
something just struck my thoughts. You were one of the first people, if not the first, that 'Iamandrewrice' had links with, were you not? Therefore, according to your analysis of the fact that because I and Listsvery are online friends, that we must be sockpuppets, then surely you and 'Iamandrewrice' would be sockpuppets under the same rules? I am not saying that you are, I am simply pointing out to you how ridiculous this analysis is. And in addition to the point of which 'Iamandrewrice' having this early connection with you, surely you of all people will recognise his writing style, and recognise it not to be shared in common with that of mine? Pollypenhouse (talk) 12:32, 26 December 2007 (UTC)


 * As I said on the discussion, i'm not sure. The information you've posted makes it seem likely that you could be the same person (as per the duck test), but i lack the technical ability to check it.  I never suggested that your conversation with the other user was evidence.  Personally, if you contribute positively, it makes very little difference to me either way, so I hope the admins will sort it out for you.  Regards, OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 13:26, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Owen Davis
My name's Owen Davis!!!! Very similar.....--Hammerandclaw (talk) 21:22, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Emergency Medical Technician
Thanks for the edit. A few of us are slowly/painfully trying to bring that page up to spec for a WikiMedicine reassessment. JPINFV (talk) 22:14, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Reply
In response to your comment left on my talk page, I did re-word the contribution somewhat, and sourced it properly as always. Please check more carefully before leaving such comments. Thanks. -AeronM (talk) 01:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Again, I must ask that you read the history before leaving erroneous comments on my talk page. You are incorrectly attributing text to me that I did not contribute. Also, the text I did contribute was reworded from the original, just as yours was, only your contribution has lost some of the original meaning. --AeronM (talk) 14:12, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

New WikiProject
A New WikiProject has been proposed as a sub-project of Medicine. Your opinion would be appreciated as you are listed as a "intrested User" on the Project page. Please take part in the discussion, located here. Exit2DOS2000  •T•C•  03:28, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

reference (authority) for HAZARD definition
Dear Owain,

Thank you very much for a lucid distinction between "hazard" and "event".

I am working with the Safety Department of a very large governmental organization and they interchange the two without regard.

You and I make sense. How can I force it down their thrats? What is the reference or authority behind your/our definition?

Tom Mason ThosMason@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.225.82.236 (talk) 16:43, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Devonshire
Not that I'm bothered, but I think you'll find that there is such a place. It's officially called Devon (now), so I see no problem with your change (and it matches their ads). Thanks. --SesquipedalianVerbiage (talk) 14:37, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It's pretty certain that it's never officially been called Devonshire, although there may have been some use of Defanscir some centuries ago. Modern usage is certainly 'incorrect', and even if it was ever called that, it has about as much modern relevance as 'Ye Olde Tea Shoppe" - just a twee tourist trick! OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 07:43, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Tourniquets
Good afternoon. You edited my input on tourniquets. I believe that the goal of Wikipedia should be to provide the most accurate and up to date information....that is one of the reasons I contributed. I can assure that the info I submitted is accurate, it can be verified by the references I included. As far as mention of the CAT tourniquet, in an independent study by the US Army Institute of Surgical Research and the Committee on Tactical combat Casualty Care, the CAT TQ was the recommended prehospital tourniquet. That is why it is mentioned. This information can be potentially beneficial, as many people use Wikipedia as a reference. Please verify info before making changes. (INDNAM (talk) 21:28, 13 August 2008 (UTC))


 * Wikipedia is designed to be collaborative and neutral (see WP:N). Your edits read like advertisements for that one product.  If there is a study, then it can be mentioned and appropriately cited, but the copy style needs to reflect a neutral point of view and not contain advertising.  I am happy to help you will copy writing in the appropriate style if you would like. Regards OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 06:24, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

The CAT is the RECOMMENDED prehospital tourniquet.This is not advertisement this is accurate info to give people who may someday need this.I gave reference to two of several studies that exist to support this statement. This is not the opinion of myself or a company this is a neutral party attempting to find adjuncts that may save people's lives. It is one thing to remain neutral and another to give inaccurate information using neutrality as an excuse for being wrong. If there are certain names or sentences that you feel are too much like an advertisement than first assess if the information is truly that and then edit as needed but, you are editing the entire contribution and removing current medical fact and reverting it back to BAD information. Tourniquets do not necessarily mean limb loss. There have been cases where TQ's have been in place for hours without ischemic injury. That being said the CAT is mentioned because it is important that an appropiate tourniquet be used to greatly reduce the risk of injury and increase the effectiveness of the device. Please follow up on the references provided before you edit inaccurately. This is not an advertisement, this is, as I said before, accurate information supported by evidence based medicicne and case studies. What you have on there now is not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by INDNAM (talk • contribs) 12:13, 14 August 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, I have had a chance to look at your latest edits in more details, and I have made some significant changes to it. The main reasons for me making changes are because you are pushing a single point of view, to the exclusion of others, which is not what Wikipedia is about.  It is important to present all sides of any argument, and there are many good sources to show that tourniquets can be damaging to limbs.  I appreciate the journal articles you've posted and i've looked at them, although they are all military.  For this reason, I have written this specifically in the articles, with your citation.  I've also made fixes in style, related to your placement of pictures, use of references etc., but they are fairly minor.


 * I think the important thing to remember is that people from all over the world and of many different opinions use Wikipedia and presenting only one view is not helpful. I hope you agree with the edits i've made, but feel free to contact me again and we can talk about how to work any other information in to the articles.


 * Regards, OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 20:11, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry to say that once again the information you are putting in is WRONG. Even the reference you are citing to support the information on the tourniquet page is wrong. For example, you site an article out of Maine ( Ref.1) that states " a dressing should be placed directly over the wound and a belt or hankerchief fastened around it." Firstly most major hemorrhage comes from arterial damage or dissection, in this case it is common for the vessel to retract into the extremity. By placing a dressing directly over the wound and applying a belt or rag, it is not likely bleeding will be controlled. In addition it may prevent the provider from being able to tell whether or not bleeding continues. By cinching a constricting band on top of the wound, there is also potential for bleeding to continue inside the extremity above the site. Another study you reference from the Navy places the CAT tourniquet as being one of two tourniquets recommended (2006) since that time more studies have been done and place the CAT as the recommended prehospital tourniquet ( I included those studies in my refrences). In the See Also section you include a tourniquet test which has nothing to do with tourniquets. You state that a tourniquet may be useful in MAJOR limb trauma or when an artery is torn along its LENGTH. This is also incorrect a .22 caliber bullet creates a very small wound pattern but, is more than capable of injuring or severing an artery. If bleeding is not controlled in a short amount of time there is a high potential for death. This is an instance where a recommended tourniquet is an excellent prehospital option. A motorcyclist who has an open femur fracture which damages the femoral artery is in an extremly critical situation if bleeding is not quickly and efeectively controlled. This another example where a recommended prehospital tourniquet may be indicated.The studies I included are miltary based however penetrating injuries do not only occur in the military setting. Other than the study out of Maine (which has alot of inaccuracies) I did not see any other material to support limb loss in tourniquet use. I agree that using wire or some other exremely narrow constricting band may cause damage or be ineffective, which is why I keep refering to the CAT tourniquet.I included studies (and you refrenced them in your edit under military) that there was no relation found between morbidity and tourniquet use in the study conducted. Wikipedia is a global source of information. However hemorrhage in Iraq, Italy, UK, US, China wherever is for the most part the same. If we dont stop bleeding we die. The information I contributed is correct. It is not one sided it is factual, evidence based, supported medicine. The studies I reference are the latest (2008) not outdated information or dogma. Please stop from editing the tourniquet page with information that is not only wrong but can potentially be dangerous.

Best regards {INDNAM (talk) 14:53, 17 August 2008 (UTC)}

Owain, Once again you have undone my contribution. Unfortunately you keep reverting to a contribution that is wrong. As I stated above the information you keep reverting to is wrong and has several inaccuracies. If there is a problem with the formatting then lets fix the format but, lets not replace accurate, evidence based information with information that is incorrect. I have provided independent studies, I have given the source of the picture included, I have pointed out the material in the reverted article that is incorrect. Please stop editing the tourniquet page's content. The info you are providing, as I said above, is inaccurate. Many of the references you site are from 2006 or prior. There is much more up to date information available. However even in the 2006 studies the CAT tourniquet is indicated for prehospital use. The information is NPOV. I have included INDEPENDENT studies to support this. It is stated as the recommended prehospital tourniquet. Any assistance with the formatting would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards {INDNAM —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:49, 20 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi Indam, I have undone your contribution, but i would contest that the version i reverted to is wrong - in fact it seems both factually accurate and well sourced. I have included your reference and facts in the contested paragraph, in the correct style.   You keep removing information about tourniquets being a last resort in civilian applications where most countries don't teach it at all, and all those that do treat it as a last resort - i know you mentioned in one edit about good samaritan laws, but these would not cover anyone who hadn't been trained in trauma use in most jurisdictions.  You also remove information about tourniquets causing tissue death below the constriction, which is true and sourced.  I have read the study you've inserted (and its cited in the very next paragraph!) and this has a limited application as it is based on military use by people trained to apply them, followed by quick CASEVAC and expert treatment by trauma surgeons experienced in tourniquets - this does not translate automatically to the civilian environment.  And lastly on this, in the study you've given, the CAT tourniquet is NOT preferred, and an alternative type/brand is!


 * Would you agree that:
 * (1) Tourniquets can cause limb damage or death is used wrongly or for too long?
 * (2) The current version accurately reflects the journal you've cited - albeit with the possibility of expansion?


 * Format wise - your picture is almost certain to be deleted, as it appears to be a catalogue shot, and therefore not free use. As for the reference, if you look at the current version, have a look at how i've used it in the current version, which makes it appear correctly in the article.


 * Hope this helps, OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 12:22, 20 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi, INDNAM asked for my help at User talk:Delldot. I've made several suggestions to them, but I thought I'd let you know so you could weigh in if you like. Peace,  delldot   talk  02:39, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Ali Marchant
Hi, I hate to bother you, but do you have any references to prove this person is notable? Bearian (talk) 19:13, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Survey request
Hi, Owain I need your help. I am working on a research project at Boston College, studying creation of medical information on Wikipedia. You are being contacted, because you have been identified as an important contributor to one or more articles.

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!

The questions should only take a few minutes. I hope you will be willing to complete the survey, as we do value your insight. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Professor Kane if you have any questions. Thank You, BCproject (talk) 13:49, 23 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Duly replied. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 07:31, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

CCR

 * Replied on my talk page.
 *   Vengeance is mine,  saith  the Prime  ♥  16:38, 2 Aug 2008 (UTC)   

Oxford Wikimania 2010 and Wikimedia UK v2.0 Notice
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Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom
Hi there! You've just re-edited some information that I had just organised on the Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom page. Those of us on the EMS Task Force are attempting to provide a standardized format for all of the country pages flowing from the main Emergency Medical Service page, including both EMS pages and also Paramedic pages by country. We're attempting to alter the format in order to make the information more accessible and easy to find, to create some consistency and raise the standard for the areas under the Task Force, without damaging the content. If you have a look at "Emergency medical service in Canada" and "Emergency medical service in France", you'll see what I mean. The other pages aren't done yet, but are being worked on. Could you please undo your changes and return the format to the way that it was found? Thanks a million! Emrgmgmtca (talk) 12:24, 3 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the comment, but i'm afraid the new format you introduced is not in line with several wikipedia standards in terms of hierarchy structure. The single =Title= should not be used, and by structuring it in the way you did, lost the cadence of how the information related together. For instance, the targeting of ambulance services relates only to the NHS trusts, not to private or voluntary services.  Similarly, the repetition of Wikilinks (and the creation of a link farm) is well outside of wikipedia best practice.  I have already contributed to the task force, but wasn't aware of the new project. I'll take a look, and see what I can add to the main thrust of work. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 14:55, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Shock

 * Okay. I don't object to leave shock (psychological) at acute stress reaction. —Lowellian (reply) 21:47, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Paramedic
Owain, thanks for the catch on the Paramedic page in the History section. Not only didn't the change read well, it was factually inaccurate. Both the Miami and Seattle based research projects operated WITHIN the fire departments, NOT with private ambulance companies, as the editor was suggesting. Emrgmgmtca (talk) 10:23, 6 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Is that what he meant? I couldn't even get the sense of what he was trying to say, i just took the easy justification for reverting! OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 10:28, 6 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Strangely enough, that's how it reads! By the way, Owain, I'd like to ask you for a favour. If you have a look at the various EMS by country articles, you will see that I've been busy, and that I've been getting quite a bit better at following the MoS!  (Practice makes perfect!)  There are two things that you can help with, if you have the time.  The first, is that I would appreciate your opinion on the new format, which I think makes infomation much easier to find, and much easier for a student or other researcher to compare, and I think this time I've managed to get it all down within Wikipedia standards, and managed to get everything evaluated at a 'B' level, instead of the 'stubs' that were there before. Let me know what you think.  Also, the article on the UK is the last of the existing articles in this series that has not been done.  I've been setting it aside and hoping to speak to you about it.  I may be wrong, but when you look at the existing article, it is really mostly just lists and links.  I would like to get this article transitioned to the new format and reevaluated upward from its' existing 'stub' classification.  Either I can do it (and I have the time) or you can do it.  Whoever does it, my thought is that the other would assist where possible, and that the intent would be to bring it stylistically in line with the other EMS by country articles.  I know that you work in the British system, and I am not exactly ignorant of it (went to Grad School at UHerts), so between us, I feel that we could turn it into something amazing!  Please let me know your thoughts on the subject.  Cheers! Emrgmgmtca (talk) 16:31, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Fox Hunting
Hello, please do not just undo without a discussion. Lets try and be fair and balanced here. It would seem that what you are removing is making the article disturbingly pro-hunting and not balanced at all. I am trying to put a moderated point of view to counter the apparent bias. Lets start from there shall we please? Captainclegg (talk) 19:10, 27 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The discussion is already on your talk page. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 19:11, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Speaking of fox hunting, but unrelated, this edit summary pretty much has my reasoning - deer stalking isn't a separate page anymore, I was tidying the redirects. It's not really an undo, it's basically a replacement of "stalking" with "hunting".  WLU (t) (c) (rules -  simple rules) 18:30, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Gift Baskets
Gift Baskets; before db-tagging, please check other spellings. May be it is nlot nonsense after all. `'Míkka>t 07:44, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

You might find this fun
Hey Owain, There is a high school student who did an upgrade of Banker Horse for a class project, collaborating with other wikipedia editors (like me). It is now listed at Peer review and because apparently the entire class flooded PR with about 20 simultaneous requests, they asked if WikiProject Equine would help review this particular article. Myself, and some of the other most active horse article editors helped a bit so are sort of COI on doing a neutral review, so I'm asking some of the other horse article editors if they'd like to take a look-see at the article and comment at the peer review page. This was a great kid to work with and a neat thing for a school to do as an assignment. So if you can help out, Thanks in advance! Montanabw (talk) 20:14, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

ABC
Owain, this has come along famously! Let me know when you think you're done, and I have a copyeditor waiting to give the article the once over. You've added a whole dimension to this article, and it just shows how well collaboration can work! Cheers!Emrgmgmtca (talk) 19:09, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I'm quite pleased at how the article is shaping up. I just need to find a few more references! OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 19:12, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Your work on this has been terrific. I've just added five references to the one section that didn't have any!  I've asked our resident copyeditor, Chaoticfluffy, (who happens to be not only a fine copyeditor, but also an American EMT, to do a thorough copyedit on the article.  If all works out, we may be able to nominate for GA review early in the New Year.  In the meantime, Sir...Happy Christmas to you and yours, and have a wonderful holiday season!  Regards...Emrgmgmtca (talk) 12:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Greetings from WikiProject Medicine!
Welcome to WikiProject Medicine!

I noticed you recently added yourself to our Participants' list, and I wanted to welcome you to our project. Our goal is to facilitate collaboration on medicine-related articles, and everyone is welcome to join (regardless of medical qualifications!). Here are some suggested activities:
 * Read our Manual of Style for medical articles and guide to Reliable medical sources
 * Join in editing our collaboration of the week (the current one is )
 * Discuss with other members in the doctor's mess
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 * Have a look at the collaboration dashboard

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Again, welcome! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:58, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

File:Single battenburg.jpg listed for deletion
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response
I apologize, I was out of line. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronmedicine (talk • contribs) 20:51, 9 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Owain (or should it be bore da?) The above editor has been uploading masses of copyright images from the Los Angeles County Lifeguards website, and I've deleted most of the article itself since it virtually all copied from that "all rights reserved" site. Could you please take a look and let me know (or just change the text) if what I've left doesn't make sense or has other problems? I'll protect the page if necessary, but I'll let it go for a couple of days to see if this guy will play by the rules, thanks jimfbleak (talk) 15:53, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

re: First Aid Kit Edits
I appreciate your constructive feedback, most of which I agree with. However regarding the space blanket issue, I beg to differ. I do take issue with these because I take issue with false information. I worked on an ambulence crew for years, am certified as a wilderness first responder, and studied survival extensively.

While mylar blankets are somewhat useful as a lightweight, compact, barrier to rain and wind for a survival kit, they have no use in a first aid kit(despite their common inclusion in them). They have no insulative value, and only 5% of body heat loss is radiant, in other words they do not make patients any warmer. In the sheltered environment of a residential building, ambulance, or hospital they are useless, and if a patient is lying outside somewhere they will lose a lot of heat to the ground and the air, and the blanket will only reduce convective heat loss(If a patient cannot be moved to the ambulance quickly then they will need actual insulation, as in real blankets, to reduce heat loss). They are included in commercial first aid kits for the simple reason that they are cheap. Likewise some ambulance agencies may like them becuase they are cheap, disposable, and look modern.

Regardless this is an artical about First Aid Kits, not ambulance equipment or survival kits, and I feel that the goal of wikipedia is to share facts, not myths or rumors. And while wikipedia is not exactly a how-to guide, I feel that an artical on First aid kits should include practical information on what should be included in first aid kits and for what purposes.

I'm going to delete the space blanked again in a seperate edit, but if you feel strongly that it should be included you can revert it and I'l let it be. Outdoorvegan (talk) 17:48, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Cardiology task force
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Copy + Paste Moves
I don't want to template a regular, but unfortunately I'm too tired to re-write what has already been written well, so I'll point you in the direction of this template regarding copy and paste moves. Also, please discuss this (ill conceived, in my opinion) move over at the Entonox talk page - a move to such an unwieldy title should never have been made without consent. Thanks, Talk<font color="Blue">Islander 23:09, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

emergency service
Hi, thanks for taking the time to respond to my comments, it's appreciated. The Coast Guard v coastguard thing was getting a little undue prominence on the talk page so I thought I'd express a view with the example of HMCG. As for other and secondary, the IP user was getting very het up about it! Anyway, I think the article could use a little touch up. Perhaps it should be divided into sections by country or specific reference given that certain services are country specific- such as the National Guard, which is very specific to the US and it certainly needs more global examples if it is to represent emergency services across the world, rather than those specific to the UK and US. Gendarmerie (such as those in France and Italy) might be worth a mention, though they fulfil a very similar role to the police most of the time, and what about air ambulances? I believe I'm right in saying all air ambulances in the UK are privately or charitably run and are not part of ambulance services. Finally, it lacks citations so no-one can verify the information, this makes it look shabby and unreliable- though most of the info seems factually accurate- and it makes it useless as a research tool which, after all, is kind of the point of putting it there in the first place! I'll copy the middle paragraph onto the talk page of the article so that my suggestions are visible to anyone with an interest in the article. Meanwhile, I'll add it to my watchlist and see if I can't tidy it up a little and add in some references. Let me know via my talk page if I can be of any assistance- I'd like to help since I have some knowledge and interest of the subject. Kind regards, HJ Mitchell (talk) 15:26, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Devon Air Ambulance
I see you're a member of the EMS task force and this article seems within its scope, so I wondered if you might lend some pointers and advice- I'm in the process of basically re- writing the article, though I must admit I'm struggling a little to find reliable third party sources. Thanks, HJ Mitchell (talk) 12:11, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for your help here! It's looking a lot more organised. It seems to have been abandoned by the original author and was in a bit of a sorry state so it's good to have someone else look at it. Thanks for your help- if you'd consider keeping an eye on it for the next few days and contributing where you feel you can, it would be appreciated. I'll remove the {underconstruction} tag when I'm done. HJ Mitchell (talk) 17:56, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
 * No problems. I'll add some more stuff if i can help. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 20:00, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Entonox
I've replied over on the Entonox talk page - sorry for the delay, I've been awol for the past few days... <font color="DarkGray">Talk<font color="Blue">Islander 16:00, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
Verbal  chat  10:39, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * (ping) I added a bit. Verbal   chat  10:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * There was already a case filed against two of the accounts, yet I've found more and added here: Sockpuppet_investigations/Dr._Tariq_Nayfeh. Oh I left off the one you asked me about... Verbal   chat  11:18, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance
Hi Owain. Whilst starting an article on Maidstone Hospital (far from complete!), I noticed that there was no article on the Kent Air Ambulance, so I've done a bit of research and written an article on it. However given that it's the sister operation of the Surrey and Sussex air ambulance, there's obviously a huge amount of overlap with your article. At first I thought about publishing my Kent article and then a separate Kent Air Ambulance Trust article linking down to the articles on the two different areas of operation, but on further consideration, a top level article that's about three lines long and little more than a bridge to the other articles which are inevitably going to be pretty similar seems messy and pointless. I propose one article entitled Kent Air Ambulance Trust with a bit of detail on the trust and then sections on the KAA and the SSAA operations with any searches for the KAA and SSAA redirected into the new "parent" article. A copy of my provisional KAA article is currently on my user page. Would love to hear your opinion and hope to work on this together in future (I have no clue as to how to go about combining and deleting existing articles so will need help!) Danno uk (talk) 19:53, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I think that in this case we would be better with separate articles for the two, simply because they operate different helicopters, and use separate trading names. I'm happy to help create a Kent air ambulance page, and it is in fact on my list of things to do, but certainly for the time being, I think we should keep them separate. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 19:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. I have to disagree as I think that the overlaps are too great and so a recommendation to combine the two articles (by a third party editor) is fairly inevitable, but as the creator of the original article, I abide by your view. I will create separate KAA and KAAT articles linking to yours. By the way, your start up date for the service is erroneous. If you check your notes, the fund-raising began in 2005 but the service was not operational until 2007. Danno uk (talk) 20:28, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your input to the KAA article, greatly appreciated.Danno uk (talk) 19:59, 17 May 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem at all. Now that they are developing, i think it shows that the two services do warrant articles of their own, especially with detail around the Kent air crash etc.  Thanks OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 21:15, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

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Gas Safe Register
Ok what happened here was that I saw a red link on the CORGI page for Gas Safe Register and created the page with fresh content, there was no copy and pate from your content, I have only recently found your version. Also as I understand it the capitalisation of the page I created is correct since it is the name of an organisation, pages such as Child Support Agency have all capitals as does United Nations and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency showing a clear precedent for this. Fraggle81 (talk) 21:17, 25 May 2009 (UTC)


 * copied & replied on your talk. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 06:11, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Star of Life
I've replied to your reply over at talk:ambulance —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frmatt (talk • contribs) 04:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

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MD 902 Helicopter
In response to your your message and a brief look at the MD 902 Wikipedia page and a telephone call to a 902 pilot the i know i have a few items to put to you.

1. The aircraft has a regular cruise speed of between 125 to 130 knots - which if you convert the lower on of the speed range of 125 (knots) times 1.15 (mph) gives you a cruise speed of 143 mph which is slower than the 150 indicated in the article.

2. The VNE is listed at 140 knots which i, as an rotary aircraft engineer know that from flying in helicopters for 20 years is the top speed of that type of helicopter and it physically cannot go any faster - unless the blades came off and it turned into a projectile!

3. The cruise speed of the helicopter is not 139 knots as a regular cruise speed like that instead of the 125 to 130 range consideably raises the fuel burn between the two engines and due to the natural vibrations of the aircraft causes premature wear of many moving parts - main rotor pitch links or airframe cracking etc. so a safe, smooth economical cruise is used.

4. Most 902's have apendages adding drag with items such as FLIR turrets, Skyshout systems and external steps and these item on Police and Air Ambulances slow the aircraft down by a good few knots.

Regards

11:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Additional!

Your Sussex air ambulance article states the the aircraft can cruise at "Nearly" 150 mph - more of a correct statement???


 * Replied on your talk page for consistency. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 12:13, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

The two articles that you have written on the 902 contradict one another on cruise speed - so you need to pick one statement and make them both the same!

Regards

msa1701 (talk) 17:17, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Polack
I now could find Polack in Wiktionary. It was not there yesterday.

My question to you: "Is it somehow possible to make a reference to the Wiktionary article in English Wikipedia?"

Thank you, --Jazzeur (talk) 17:15, 20 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes it is - you can make redirects and links (see Help:Interwiki linking for more information), or use one of the templates at Template messages/Sister projects for a directive link. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 18:49, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi there,
you sent a reverted entry notice to me on Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom. But i forgot to sent you this info on St Andrew's Ambulance —Preceding unsigned comment added by Josh477 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

ambulance lift image
Hi Owain.

Im new to this, I appoligise if this information is avalible else where. I am part of a group of paramedics looking at the redesign of the ambulances that we use in New Zealand. I was wondering were you sourced the image for the tail lift on the ambulance page. I have not seen this type of lift before and would like to find out more information about it.

Many thanksFrank.den (talk) 01:36, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi Frank,


 * No problem at all. The photos are my own work, and are taken at the back of one of our front line ambulances.  The lift is made by a company called Ricon  and folds out from the back of the vehicle.  The main advantage is that this ramp is very light, meaning we can keep the vehicle gross weight down, and therefore run it on a car licence in the UK (rather than requiring a light lorry licence).  It is also quite quick to deploy and stow.  THe main disadvantage is that you can't close the doors when the ramp is deployed, so when you unload the cot, you have to choose whether to stow the ramp again and close the doors (to keep heat or cold in, or rain out, for instance) or leave them open.


 * Hope that helps! OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 05:41, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Lustleigh
Hi Owain,

You've done a terrific job on the Lustleigh page - I really couldn't fault any of what was there when I stumbled upon it. It's a village I used to know very well, where I spent some of the most important parts of my youth, so it's very close to my heart too - and what a terrific place to get married! You couldn't have picked a better setting.

You removed the following addition I made from the article:

'Since the early 1970s, a group of campers, originally associated with the visiting Exeter University Staff Cricket Team known as "the Erratics", has spent two to three weeks in the village annually, usually in July. The campers are now into their third generation, and the association with cricket is now more tenuous, and they are known for their ingenious devices using intermediate technology: showers rigged up in trees, dynamo-powered music systems and elaborate constructions made from fallen tree branches. Originally camping in the field between the cricket field and the main road into the village, they are now based on the other side of that road, further from public view.'

And you also said:

'I have several issues to be addressed here, firstly whether this is encyclopaedic at all, or whether this one group would be getting undue weight. Secondly, it would require citations as per WP:V and WP:CITE, as otherwise we cannot verify the statement. Lastly, if these things exist, would this be better at Exeter University than here? Any thoughts?'

Is it encyclopaedic? I suppose it depends on the judgement of when something turns from "occurrence" to "tradition". One could argue that in a village of just 600-700 people, the annual influx of a group of up to 30 people for a couple of weeks is a significant event, if it has happened annually for over 35 years (I love the way the May Queen title holder list is kept bang up to date - another example of an annual event!) You refer to "this one group" but I wonder if there is any other comparable temporary migrant group, of campers or otherwise, who has had comparable impact on the village - socially or economically; I'd be surprised if there was. They are now an established, if temporary, part of the Lustleigh scenery. Their tents even used to appear on the google maps pictures of the village! And I don't think there's a recognised campsite for "tourists" within 3 miles of the village - at least that's the nearest I can find from a bit of basic search engine-based research about the place - and that's something else that makes their persistent presence in the village rather noteworthy.

As for verifiability, I suppose any record of their impact has to appear somewhere first, and then be cited in future articles. Is it not possible, or acceptable, for Wikipedia to be the first such place? Could it be verified by a word with the staff of the dairy, or of the Cleave?

I think that although the annual visit of the staff cricket club of Exeter University was the impetus to this "tradition", the University itself is not sufficiently connected with the continuing tradition in Lustleigh to be the right place for this paragraph. That said, a note on the camping exploits would be an excellent sideline to explore in a wikipedia article on the Erratics Cricket Club, who have been going for over 75 years and truly deserve a page of their own - alas, I am not the person to write it! Perhaps until such a page exists, a redacted version of my text would be acceptable?

(Hanoidan (talk) 06:29, 10 November 2009 (UTC))

Ambulance
I think I've fixed everything from the GA review, and have sent it to Peer Review in the hopes of moving it up to Featured Article status...wanna help? Frmatt (talk) 01:38, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

AHA Page
I believe that while the information posted is about a U.S. initiative, the CPR subject matter is internationally relevant. Is there a middle ground that we can reach to include some information about the initiative? (Amerheartassoc (talk) 01:33, 12 December 2009 (UTC))

Cardiac arrest
Please see the talk page and read the changes. Happy to discuss things. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:57, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Office actions
WP:OFFICE actions, such as the one you reverted, are not to be reversed by editors, even if you believe they're wrong. -- Pakaran 17:06, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

DMCA Takedown of copyrighted table at Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System
Hi Owain:

You should be advised that editors are not permitted to restore materials subject to DMCA takedown by official representatives (i.e. staff and board) of the Wikimedia Foundation. The only method of restoring DMCA takedowns is by issuing a counter-notice or Put-Back to the Foundation. Wikipedia has a good article on this here, although you may want to consult external sources in order to best assure that you do it correctly. Bastique demandez 17:09, 12 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there,
 * thanks for that. This is a policy I was unaware of, and no real explanation was given when it was taken down (i would have normally expected to see something on the talk page, for instance).  I'm still not sure I entirely understand what has happened, or how to correct it.  Maybe you could give some guidance.
 * The information as written was taken from the UK Government publication listed as the source. Now, i'm not a copyright expert, but this is surely outside the remit of a US entity?  The article you linked to (with thanks) also only covers recourse if you are American.  Which I am not.
 * Based on that information, do you have any ideas on how to proceed?
 * Regards, OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 19:31, 12 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The only way to restore information taken down by a DMCA notice is by issuing a DMCA counter-notice, regardless of your assessment of the notice's veracity. That is the way the Digital Millennium Copyright Act works.  Bastique demandez 17:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Owain, you wrote on Mike Godwin's talk page that the info was taken from a UK governmental web site and therefore was in the public domain. Please note that UK governmental material is not automatically in the public domain; it is subject to Crown Copyright. Which they state in fact at the very bottom of the pages you gave as the source. This "government works are PD" thing applies only to the U.S. federal government. (Not even to U.S. state governments...) HTH, Lupo 08:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there, i appreciate the difference in publication standards, but the linked items are published by HMSO (or subsequently OPSI), and whilst they retain copyright, I believe that you can still use them as cited sources, as you would with any other published material in the UK. Happy to be corrected, but i think that is the case? OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 08:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * By "use as cite sources" you mean "reproducing literally"? You don't reproduce in full other published materials, do you? That kind of quoting only works for short passages, with clear source attribution. For instance, The UK Department of Health writes: «Over seven million calls are made to the ambulance service by dialling 999 each year for medical assistance. Not all these calls require an immediate blue lights and sirens, emergency response, in fact it is suggested that around only 10% of patients have a life-threatening emergency.» 
 * But this kind of literal quoting doesn't work for reproducing a whole document. The copyright law allows this only for short excerpts. See also WP:QUOTE: quoting is a kind of "fair use"; in the UK Copyright Act, it's called "fair dealing". As the moniker implies, quoting must be "fair"; the quote must be limited to the minimum required by context, and must not make up a substantial part of the whole original.
 * Alternatively you can paraphrase or describe what they say, and mention them as the source of the statement. Such as In the UK, over seven million emergency calls are made each year, of which roughly one tenth concern life-threatening emergencies. 
 * But of course, neither is exactly possible for this whole table. So I'm afraid this table cannot be reproduced here. Besides, that doesn't make much sense anyway, as it seems to be subject to annual review and thus may change. If and when it does, we'd then present outdated information anyway. Better just state that in the UK, such a classification table exists, and then link to it. Lupo 09:34, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Dressage & Rolkur
Owain, thanks for your work on Rollkur. Feel free to do more. I think the article was originally written by a proponent, I tried to add the negative stuff, carefully, a while back but if you want to continue to refine it, please do! And thanks. Montanabw (talk) 00:25, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comment. I do intend on trying to improve it further until i can take those section reference tags off, but it may take some time as unbiased material on it isn't particularly easy to find. If you know of any good sources i'd be glad of the help OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 09:10, 12 February 2010 (UTC)


 * In my weird world of what I think is a cool Xmas gift, I got Tug of War: Classical Versus "Modern" Dressage by Gerg Heuschmann, which is an entire book, written by a German vet, that blasts rollkur and related hyperflexion methodology.  Not NPOV, but quite credible, and when you are talking an issue like this, it's probably comparable to something out there like soring of Tennessee Walking Horses, wherein there is an apologist's school, but they are losing credibility and heading rapidly towards fringe status.  I suppose maybe a less controversial example would be use of medications on racehorses.  But anyway, upon request, I can probably find you citations from there for anything related to technique and health that you can't find elsewhere.  Hope this will help.   Montanabw (talk) 22:47, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Treorchy RFC
I will be requesting to move the article back to its original title; clubs are not referenced by the full name, RFC is fine. Otherwise you should start with moving Manchester United F.C. FruitMonkey (talk) 23:16, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

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Caduceus/Rod of Asclepius
Hi Owain! I'm thinking about putting together a complete treatment of the Caduceus/Rod of Asclepius issue as a separate article. You're clearly interested in the issue, and you've created more articles than I by far. I wanted to ask your thoughts on this... I'm motivated to do so because comments on both the main pages for those subjects (as you know) often reflect the assumption that there is an academic debate and multiple points of view. In fact, I've found no such academic debate, and the putative POV that the Caduceus is a symbol of medicine seems to be long-dead. That said, it is a de facto symbol of medicine. I imagine that one way to approach this would be to put together an exhaustive exploration of all attested views. Once such an article is alive and well (assuming it isn't nominated for deletion) the gathered material could be the basis for summary paragraphs on both main article pages, and we could place a "See Also" link. This would help to deal with the redundancy and provide a much more complete overview of attested and citable discussion. What do you think? --Picatrix (talk) 12:12, 12 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I have to say that this thought had also occured to me. I think we clearly have enough sources to meet the WP:V and WP:NOTE criteria for this as its own article, and it fits the policy of creating daughter articles, so i would support it having its own article linked from both originals, and could potentially also create a separate template article which can be used as a summary in both articles (rather than having to watch both simultaneously), which is then simply inserted using the  function, which having seen it on several articles now, seems to be a good way of replicating content between related articles.  I'm with you that there doesn't appear to be any credible debate, but a good article on the subject specifically can talk about the apologist views (with citation naturally).  I don't think the article is likely to be AfD nominated - i recently gained the right to create articles without new page patrol flags and in either case, articles with detailed citations are almost never removed without very good reason.


 * I suggest that we maybe start articles along the lines of Caduceus as a symbol of medicine and a template along the same lines, so Template:Caduceus as a symbol of medicine, which can then be inserted in to both articles as .  That said, i think the article might be worth sandboxing first, before we start the article itself.  I can do that later if i get a chance, or if you want to make a start then go ahead, just let me know the location.  Regards, OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 12:26, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I've always just edited in an article or assembled one in a text program to get it ready in stub-fashion before posting as a new article. For this though a sandbox would probably be best. My own opinion is that we should start with a bibliography, or better still a bibliography with applicable quotes pulled and placed with each entry. That way we can get a better idea of what views are actually currently held, as well as historically held, and clearly determine what position deserves what weight in the article. I want to focus on finding something (anything) that amounts to current and reputable defense of the Caduceus as a medical symbol. We should also work through some article name options in the same place. If it's no real inconvenience for you, perhaps you could create a sandbox for this and let me know the link?--Picatrix (talk) 15:03, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, happy to do it, but won't be today. I just suggest sandbox, because then we can both work on it before sending live.  I'll let you know.  OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 15:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

OK, I've created them in my userspace.

The main article we can work on at User:Owain.davies/Caduceus as a symbol of medicine

and the template to insert in to the other articles at User:Owain.davies/Caduceus summary

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Hi! The work on the new Caduceus material is great. Thanks very much for moving it forward. I'm writing because it looks like I foolishly trashed my own copy of the new references that I gathered that I had on my own machine. I can't seem to find the temporary development page where I posted them. I guess they were removed when you were working on the more developed version of the article? I couldn't find them in the history either. Perhaps I'm just not looking in the right place? I just wanted to check to see if you still had them anywhere as it will take me a while to find all the material again.--Picatrix (talk) 07:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

In reply to your latest: the template you suggest sounds fine, though I've not used it. If that's more to your liking and it still allows for the addition of further comments in footnotes I'm all for it. I'm not sure I understand how to make the change however... In this last round of edits I (think I) figured out how to do the quotes properly to save you the trouble of having to clean up my edits in that respect (sorry about the past occurrences!). Since you have more experience with the markup would you be willing to make the change? From then on I should be able to follow the form by cutting and pasting instances.--Picatrix (talk) 12:35, 2 July 2010 (UTC)


 * replied on your talk page. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 14:29, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

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Rendez-vous
Hey Owain. I've noticed you around (sounds like a bad pick-up line) on different articles regarding emergency topics. And due to that I would like to draw your attention to a question I'm asking: Talk:Emergency_medical_services.


 * Well it's the best offer i've had today...  I'll take a look for you! OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 08:23, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

CPR
We have a meta analysis. We do not need to ref primary research or the lay press. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 06:40, 16 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid I disagree strongly. Extra links which meet the wp:cite criteria are always valuable, and a significant improvement on a single source (all be it a reputable one), especially when that single source is quite technical and requires registration to view in full, whereas others are more readable to the lay person and don't require registration. On that basis, i believe this group of links should stay, although if you have a specific link you'd like to look at for removal, happy to discuss.  OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 15:50, 16 October 2010 (UTC)


 * This would not be the feeling of the majority of editors at WP:MED. References from the lay press are not suitable.  Neither is primary research. As per WP:MEDRS Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 07:15, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

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poor grammar??
No mood to get into an editing war. The subject of the sentence is "group." A group is singular, therefore it "follows" as a man follows. Men would follow. And the rest of my edits made it heck of a lot less wordy but still grammatically sound. Still, your call. Cheers! Bob98133 (talk) 21:37, 9 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi, should have left a talk note, but got distracted, for which my apologies. The subject for my money is "group of followers" and the plural on the end should lead to 'follow' as "the followers follows" doesn't really work for me.  Not too unhappy about losing the 'activity' bit. The 'chase' vs 'chasing' might be personal style, but the usage matches the subject - i'm not sure anyone involved in the sport would say they were involved in chasing, but would say they were involved in a chase.  Apologies again for lack of a note when I reverted. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 22:09, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Owain
We have made large changes today to update the College of Paramedics wiki page. We have a higher resolution logo that we can use but as I'm a rookie wiki editor I don't seem to have the authority to upload it can you help? tony.mccolley@collageofparamedics.co.uk

Owain, Can you contact me i'm the Student Representative on the College of Paramedic National Council and I've been updating the CoP wiki page. tony.mccolley@collageofparamedics.co.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.24.142.13 (talk) 14:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I have already left a message for you on your original user talk page at User talk:Tonymccolley. If you log in to your account, you can see the message, and then we can converse there

Regards, OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 14:31, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

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Different article
Seeing as how you are no stranger to controversy over animal rights issues, would you mind watchlisting Charreada for a bit? Someone is quite upset that anyone would think there are animal abuse issues there. (two words: horse-tripping)  I went in and did a very extensive bit of research and sourced the section in question. Some of the material, just like for rodeo or fox hunting, is a bit hysterical, but there is also solid stuff. I tried to put in info on both sides, however the other new folks editing got very upset and blanked the whole section. I don't really have the time or energy to devote to this, so am calling in some more eyes. (Are you an admin? Know a good reliable one if you are not?). I really don't have a huge POV on this issue, other than a general non-fanatical concern about humane treatment of animals, but when an event has been banned in seven western US states, including Texas, and on the pro rodeo circuit, that does suggest a problem. Montanabw (talk) 07:24, 1 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll give it a look over when i get a chance. The hardest bit on animal welfare stuff is reliable citations!  Rollkur was a nightmare for citing. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 07:28, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Charreada
Mr. Davies; About Charreada, my god the man was dead. How can he testify. If you go to the source of this statement, “The Cultural De fence”, you see that it does not support the statement that Chavez testified. It says that Chavez was against Charreria. This is based on a statement of the California Equine Council, Cathleen Doyle's group. If you look at the footnote, you see it references a piece of propaganda from that same group. That propaganda, says that Chavez and the Mexican American Political Association oppose Charreria, without any reference. That is because Chavez never said it. He did write a letter condemning the American Rodeo.

What you are saying, is that if is someone makes something up and it is misquoted on Wikipidia, it is OK. That is pretty silly.

I am told I cannot put up disputing statistics about Charreada. Yet it is OK, for Doyle's silly statistics to stay up. Doyle's statistics say that of 75 or 78, horses used in Charreada, only two did not go to slaughter. The fact is, they were going to slaughter, whether they were ever in a lienzo or not. If you go to the source, Horse tripping facts, they only one horse that was documented as being seriously injured.

The second set of statistics talk about 2 to 5 horses a week being seriously injured. When you go to the source, you find out that the source is an unnamed individual at an unnamed feed lot. I know you are from the UK, but this is the kind of thing Joe McCarthy used to do.

When it is pointed out that over 1000 manganas, 2000 colas and 600 piales were done at the National Finals in Pachuca Mexico, without any injury to the animals, it gets removed. When it is pointed out that during the five days of the State Finals in Texas, not one animal was injured, it gets removed. Both statements were supported with references.

You also let the animals rights fanatics point out that seven states have made laws against mangana, but you take out the fact that they failed in last three states where they tried to get laws passed. This was referenced to the Denver Post and the Carson City News. When it was pointed out that the PRCA and the United Horse Organization opposed the passage of the law, as stated in both the Denver and Carson City papers, the comment was removed. This did contradict the statements made by the critics, who maintains the PRCA, support the ban. The fact is the PRCA, did oppose mangana, but it has changed its mind. They finally came to the realization that if you stop the roping of one species, they you can stop the roping of all of them.

You allow a blatantly racist statement about Charreia being a “shadow Sport and akin to dog fighting. When it is pointed out that the events are widely advertised and that anyone with a video camera can go in, it gets removed. This is true, even though there were multiple citations.

One of the most ridiculous statement made in the criticism is the one about calves having a lower center of gravity. When it was pointed out that even calves in the American Rodeo are subject to Newton's law. This comment was removed even though, it was referenced to “rodeocruelty.com” which shows dozens of calves and steers being seriously injured in the America Rodeo.

If you really want to be fair, then take out the criticism, or post both sides.

(Rmj8757 (talk) 15:50, 6 June 2011 (UTC))


 * I've copied this to the article talk at Talk:Charreada and replied there. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 17:51, 6 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Found more stuff. See talk and my recent edits. Feel free to refine what I did, but remember: US English, please ;-)   Montanabw (talk) 19:40, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

FYI
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St Patrick's Hove
I am parish priest of St Patrick's Hove and see that some of your revision of the St Patrick's entry is see either inaccurate or misleading.

For example, you report Fr Sharpe as being 'forced to resign', more accurately he simply 'resigned' - rightly in my opinion. Allegations were certainly made about him. They may have been well founded, but ... none of them was proved. He remained a canon of the cathedral and continued to work in the diocese. [I believe he became a Roman Catholic in spring 2011]

The other changes I made to the document simply explain that after Alan Sharpe's departure management of the project was transferred to Riverside — and I've included a link to the only useful website reference i can find.

The information you give about the monastery leaving St Patrick's doesn't make full sense. The sentence seems incomplete. I was a member of the community when the decision was made and my correction offers useul information.

11:40, 8 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevencswg (talk • contribs)


 * copied to your talk page to keep continuity. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 12:16, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Oxygen and medical gas therapy
actually, the inclusion of other gas therapies are so small that they do warrant a change in the article name, with the appropriate naming convention of course. Nitric Oxide would be a single section, Helium+Oxygen (Heliox) would be one section as well as just simple Room Air therapy would be its own section. All of those pages would be 1 paragraph stubs and should be included in a comprehensive article, at least in my opinion. oh and PS, I stole your cool header :P Je.rrt (talk) 16:46, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

inre Articles for deletion/Guy Williams, Jr.
We're not in disagreement about Guy Williams, Jr. missing on WP:ENT, being somewhat slack on WP:GNG, and not meriting an article. But as he was covered in depth by 'The New York Times and New York Daily News'' and is sourcable in connection with his father, might you agree that a redirect to Guy Williams (actor), where he is already mentioned in just that context, would make sense? Thanks,  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 04:24, 6 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Fine with me, his appearances for his father probably warrant a mention in the father's article, but not his own article. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 07:57, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 20:49, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Charreada
You took down the link horsetripping.com on the Charreada web page. You said it was the consensus. Whoes consensus was it, not mine. Let me know what the problem is. I am a reasonable person. The information on that page is more accurate, then the animal rights ranting you allow on the Charreada page, like horses with rope burns  to the bone. Just because some AR person said it does not make it true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmj8757 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 1 September 2011 (UTC) First I put horsetripping.com in the link section of the Charreada page and you took it down and seemed to say, it should be a reference, then I put it as a reference and you took it down, and seemed to say it should be a link, so I put it there, then you took it down. Please explain why it should not be there. Please don't say it is propoganda, because you let the AR propoganda stay up. RMJ8757 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmj8757 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 5 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Rmj, please re-read WP:NPOV and Wikipedia is not a soapbox. You are already on very thin ice because you use what is clearly your own web site to cite the Charreada article.  If we followed Wikipedia's verifiability standards to the letter, we'd have to throw out most of your stuff for that reason.  Owain and I are both trying very hard to help you present the charro viewpoint here in an article that is, by its nature, very controversial (an event banned in several states is that, no matter which side you are on). But when we say that a link is inappropriate, we really DO mean it.  An article titled in as blatently political a fashion as the one you want to put in is far too "political" for the section unless you really want us to go find an equally hysterically-toned screed from PETA or SHARK.  "Consensus" does not have to mean "everybody," but it does mean the weight of opinion.  Here at least three editors have weighed in on this topic asking the link be left out.  I would encourage you to just take a deep breath and continue the excellent work you are doing on the statistics and documentation of the sport, and to help us find more outside, neutral sources on its history and traditions.   Montanabw (talk) 04:01, 6 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Just for the record, i'm happy for it to be an inline reference, and have never removed it from that position, but it's clearly against policy for an external link (see WP:EL) OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 07:56, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

While I question the nutrality of the anti sourses I think the article now has a less biased view. Thank you RMJ8757 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmj8757 (talk • contribs) 13:59, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Ambu bags and use of Ambu as an acronym
Owain, Thank you. I should have checked my source more carefully even though it was an anesthesia journal. I've put an inquiry in to Ambu to see if they ever used AMBU as an acronym in relation to their BVM product, perhaps for marketing purposes since the origin of the company name is not acronym based. In the meantime thanks for reverting my hastily placed edit. --Bajutsu (talk) 08:38, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Edits to Veterinary Technician
Owain, I have restored the links deleted from "Veterinary Technician". I have read the article "WP:EL" and find that all of the links were in keeping with the guidelines. Where there are links to particular pages within sites it is because these are large sites that are not intuitively navigated. I can find no mention of limiting links to "one per country". Veterinary associations oversee veterinary technician/nursing associations so the relationship is relevant and both should be listed. As to why all of the "Resource" links were deleted you leave me stumped. I have been researching and editing this article for the past two and one-half years and have been careful to avoid advertorial or strictly commercial links and have made an effort to only include relevant links. As a professional veterinary technician for the last twenty-six years I think I have a good idea of what resources are relevant but I would welcome the insight of a fellow professional with similar qualifications. I'm sure your deletions of my time-consuming research were done with the best intentions and I do realize that the list appears long--but I guarantee the relevance of its contents.--Bajutsu (talk) 22:03, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

I am sorry that you have chosen to take insult at my mention of you non-affiliation with the field of veterinary medicine. But as I am not a police officer, I would not deign to argue with a member of law enforcement over relevant links to an article regarding enforcement of the law. I find myself stumped at how a non-veterinary professional finds themselves more qualified to decide what is relevant to an article regarding veterinary technology.--Bajutsu (talk) 08:47, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Reply to Please Stop.

Try working out your desired changes in your sandbox first (then maybe checking with somebody actually in the field) before launching your major changes. Your actions without regard to somebody actually in the field make me feel as though the last two and a half years I've spent editing this article have been a waste. Why on Earth would we want a veterinary technician with 26 years experience editing an article on veterinary technology when an EMT in the UK who feels knowledge of the topic is irrelevant is so much more qualified?--Bajutsu (talk) 09:05, 16 September 2011 (UTC)


 * OK, the splits are now done. I am sorry if you are protective over "your" article, but a key plank of wikipedia policy is that any of your content may be changed by any other editor, and there is no ownership.  The article as it stood was not in good shape, and I am trying to make it a better article (or in this case, articles).  Again, my knowledge of tyhe subject is irrelevant - i have successfully edited many topics with varying levels of knowledge, but by sticking to citable facts and research, I am able to improve articles.  Your experience is welcome, but these improvements will make it better for users in the long run.  OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 09:21, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

How is it possibly better to have to access a dozen different articles when the same information could have been gained from one? But regardless of that, I took the time to explain the relevance of each and every deletion that you made. Relevance that I actually have some expertise to judge. And yet you still chose to ignore those arguments. How can that possibly be construed as anything but arrogance? While I understand that it is not "my" article, one can still expect consideration of their background. Do you take your dog to the vet and then argue with them that your plumber gives better veterinary advice because as you said "knowledge of the subject is irrelevant"? You talk about citable facts and research but you pared that citable research from 50 references to 10. How illogical is that?--Bajutsu (talk) 18:00, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Move of veterinarian
Hello. Could you move it back and propose a discussion on it? It seems like something that should be discussed. Thanks. Jesanj (talk) 02:19, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Box walking and stuff
I was going over the glossary and refining some entries and saw your nice additions. I was wondering if you would want to pop your bit about Box Walking (and the ref) into the article Weaving (horse) as well. They are not precisely identical, but of a similar nature. (I've also wondered if some of these could all be merged into Stable vices too, but that's a different issue). I also moved your barrel def and ref to the Anatomy article where all the other points of the horse defs are. Montanabw (talk) 21:56, 26 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I would say we either merge them all in to stable vices, or keep them their own articles, unless we can think of a more general article title like 'movement vices' which sounds a bit clunky. As for the barrel, I only included this one, as there is another barrel definition there, to ensure clarity for two uses of the same word in the equestrian field, so I think i would restore it.  OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 06:55, 27 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Maybe do "barrel" as def 1 and def 2, not a separate entry. (There IS another "barrel" entry? I missed that...?)    As for stable vices, I am leaning in your direction.  I think (not sure) that the only other breakout is cribbing (horse), which might have enough stuff for the spinoff, but I'm not one who thinks that if one big spinoff is good, then we also need 23 stubs for every other possible subtopic (phooey to that, in fact...).  Shall I just put a merge tag on weaving and then if there are more, we can also tag them and have an overall discussion?   Montanabw (talk) 21:35, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

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On terminology, if you haven't checked out Glossary of equestrian terms, I invite you there. We have people from the US, UK and Aus editing there and have been doing our damnedest to have the differences in terminology explained or cross-linked. Feel free to add/improve/clarify -- but ONLY with a footnoted source! Anal-retentiveness is our universal language over there! LOL! Montanabw (talk) 03:29, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hi, what would you suggest we do in relation to other universities? Because each and every one of them that is "university of X" is also "X university", and we can find innumerable citations in each case, and yes it is arguably the common name. We have, or should have, redirects in place. Itsmejudith (talk) 18:02, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * As it is common name, it needs to be mentioned - just ignoring it isn't an option. I'm not sure why its contentious.  The standard format in WP is to list out the alternative names, and in this particular case, it is used more widely than places like, say UCE, which used the initialism version.  In addition, the name "Birmingham University" was formally proposed to be the name during the merger discussions of 2001 with Aston, such was its prevalence.  For other universities, if it is commonly used, then yes, it should be mentioned! OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 18:10, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

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Want to add a veterinary paraprofessionals in the US article to the rest of your collection? I won't get to it, and I trust you! Montanabw (talk) 03:35, 11 January 2012 (UTC)


 * It's on my list of things to do, but i'll bump it up. It will be Veterinary medicine in the United States, covering all the main aspects including veterinarians, vet techs etc. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 06:14, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

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Hi, Owain. Are you familiar with the shift from car- to van- and truck-based ambulances? We had an edit over at History of the ambulance suggesting the the shrinking of full-sized cars in the late 1970s was part of the reason. I don't recall hearing that before, and there's no source, but do you recall hearing about this before? Since the edit was in hidden text I moved it to the talk page at Talk:History of the ambulance. Best, Badger151 (talk) 23:31, 8 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, I saw him put it in, but as it was hidden text, i presumed he was going to come back with a source, so i was biding my time on WP:AGF to see how it pans out, but it seems unlikely to me. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 08:39, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

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You removed my external link to www.vetsurgeon.org I am the owner / publisher / editor (so with hindsight, I probably should have asked before adding it) But ... It is for veterinary surgeons and other members of the veterinary profession. It is free to join. It is veterinary surgeons' leading source of industry news and jobs on the Internet, and I would have thought very useful; for them to be able to find on wikipedia. Yes, it also has a forum. But the rules don't absolutely exclude a site just because it contains a forum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guthrie66 (talk • contribs) 12:15, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi there, thanks for posting on my talk page, and i'm happy to discuss. In this case, i'm afraid your addition falls foul of a couple of rules (and I know this isn't neceassarily obvious when you first edit, and you're by no means the first to do this, so its nothing personal).  If you look at WP:ELNO (specifically points 10 and 11) you'll see that these Web 2.0 sites are generally not considered suitable external links for Wikipedia.  If you also look at WP:ADV it says "you should avoid linking to a site that you own, maintain, or represent—even if WP guidelines seem to imply that it may otherwise be linked", and this is expanded in the general WP:COI policy.


 * I hope this all makes sense, but if you have any questions, please do let me know, and it would be great if you had some more input on the veterinary topics generally. If you are able to help with these articles, it might also be worth reading WP:V, WP:CITE and WP:NPOV which give the most important rules for Wikipedia (basically, if you write anything on here, it must be unbiased, and you must attribute it to a third party source using an inline citation).  Regards, OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 12:28, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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Hi Owain, we need some definitions references for UK English terms at the Glossary_of_equestrian_terms -- can you help? (Stuff like "numnah" and the UK definition of "stable," that sort of thing...see what's tagged). Thanks! Montanabw (talk) 23:42, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

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Hey Owain, thanks so much for weighing in on the horse PR and any additional comments or help you can provide will be welcomed. We are trying to get it to FA, and any problems are best flagged now and not later! I liked some of your wording fixes on the pony section but also re-tweaked your tweaks there, probably because I'm still recovering from one of my earliest edit wars on WP; a fight over horses versus ponies. (Yeah, like five years ago, but I'm still twitchy... lol) At heart, the issue is genetics versus competition rules. The way the FEI is using cm instead of hands is also throwing a monkey wrench into tradition, even if it's logical. (But since when has the English speaking world -- US or UK version -- been logical, eh??) Competition has to have a height standard because some people think it matters, especially for jumpers (Stroller and Theodore O'Connor notwithstanding), but a competition standard exists independently of genetics. The horse breeds that fall on both sides of the 14.2 scale can have breeders who get profoundly insulted to have some of their animals dismissed as "just ponies," (and a related problem of feeding steroids to foals to force growth in excess of anatomy) and likewise some pony breeders throw a fit if they feed a horse properly and it then grows a wee bit over 14.2 and someone claims it therefore is no longer a pony. I once judged a miniature horse show, and boy! DO NOT call them "ponies" -- their owners jump down your throat with both feet and who cares if they are only a meter tall! But at the same time, phenotype and height be damned, Icelandic horses are horses! Yikes!! And, arrgh, don't get me started on the "is it a horse or a pony" fight amongst aficionados of the Chincoteague pony/Assateague horse, where a state line defines the different terms for a herd with the same genetic roots! So the caveats are all to keep the peace, it was a hard-won peace. Montanabw (talk) 17:19, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

But my question: We have a whine at the PR that there's a halter on the horse used for your EXCELLENT points of a horse diagram. Can it be photoshopped out?? Just wondering. (I think it's a nitpick, but if the PR reviewer cares, someone else might too...) If it's a pain, don't bother, I'm just wondering. Montanabw (talk) 17:19, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Not that i don't get your point, but to be honest, the writing now is choppy and hard to read. It was much better as a flowing sentence.  Also, I am strongly attached to putting international governing body information as primary, in any subject, rather than "some book says".  If you can't come up with a more convincing reason than the hands/metric piece, then i'm minded to change it back.   This gives a position of strength for the assertion, and we can talk about phenotype and breeding after. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 20:29, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I am open to further discussion, and I am also OK with improving flow and readability; I'm not attached to my prose, only to the nuance it conveys. I like discussing the issue here and then maybe once the issues are properly refined, we could move our consensus (or not) to the PR for everyone.  The problem about leading with the FEI standard based on centimeters is that it is  limited basically to a narrow set of specialties, while the use of hands is a tradition hundreds of years old. I don't know how many pony classes fall under FEI sponsorship, but it would ONLY be the 8-10 international events, which are a small minority of pony activity; the overwhelming majority of pony exhibition falls under local or national rules, not FEI. We've had, what, two ponies in Olympic/Pan Am Games competition? Ever?  And they competed with horses.  But  I can point to hundreds and probably thousands of books explaining the 14.2 cutoff, maybe a few books discuss FEI rules, but if they do, they are less than 10 years old.  And remember that horrible dispute we had over the use of hands at WPEQ several months ago?  I just don't want to even go there.  I wonder, should we bring in Pesky to this conversation? She breeds and I think also shows New Forest Ponies in the UK, so would be our resident expert on UK stuff...?  Montanabw (talk) 18:45, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for doing some work on Monty Roberts. I did a little more, nice to see that one cleaned up. Montanabw (talk) 21:36, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, my appreciation for your work on Natural Horsemanship. I think we Yanks have been unwilling to tackle that particular area due to the POV insanity that occasionally hits those pieces.  Feel free to tweak at my tweaks!   Montanabw (talk) 21:38, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

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Fun to be finally working on that Natural Horsemanship article. I found that scholarly paper you cited to be very interesting, but found nothing in it to suggest the NH movement was called as such in the 70s. I know it's all OR on my end, but FYI, Buck Brannaman and I are about the same age (very early 50s) and grew up in adjacent Montana counties. We do not know one another, though our paths crossed briefly in the 80s when we both temporarily rented space in the same arena one winter. (He'd be bringing a horse in, I'd be finishing up a riding class, I'd say hi, he'd sort of grunt back, he's a lot more willing to use his words these days). At any rate, from growing up in that same general subculture (horses, southwest Montana), I can tell you that Ray Hunt was around a bunch in the 70s and quite popular, (I think the Dorrance brothers stayed closer to their home base in Northern California) but the term "natural horsemanship" was not in use, and anyone calling themselves a "horse whisperer" would have been laughed out of the state for being pretentious. Basically the modern popularity of the movement came with the Nicholas Evans book and the marketing of people like Pat Parelli and Monty Roberts, who were the first two to really jump on the promotional bandwagon. Not sure where Rashid gets his info that the term NH showed up around 1985, but that sounds about right to me. I remember first hearing people start cooing and oohing and ahhing over Parelli in the early 90s. I have the Robert Miller book, if you don't (though looks like you do?) and he's probably the best verifiable source on all this stuff. Montanabw (talk) 20:24, 6 May 2012 (UTC)


 * My fault - it was in the other article by the same author, just mixed up the refs. I'm still convinced that the horse whispering bit needs to be in the lead - I don't think its UK focused (the hollywood film saw to that).  Attempts to deprecate it down seem to be POV in favour of a few practitioners that don't like it. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 20:13, 7 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Further - i don't think anyone disputes that the naming conventions (NH or HW) arose later, but it's fairly clear i think that the "movement" started earlier. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 20:14, 7 May 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree the term is not only UK-focused, but the originators of the modern movement definitely did not use the term. The term "horse whisperer" only showed up about the time of Evans' book and the movie, before that, these guys most definitely didn't use the term, it was confined to old accounts of Sullivan on your side of the pond.   My view is that MOST of the core practitioners don't like it much, as for one thing, it flies in the face of natural cowboy resistance to "woo" concepts.  As for start of the movement, many people credit Hunt and the Dorrances, but that then takes it back to the 60s or even earlier.  I guess the question is when a bunch of people doing something becomes a "movement."  I'll dig out Miller and see what he says, he's sort of the guru on this stuff.  Montanabw (talk) 01:13, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

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 * You've clearly never used one. AED pads require access to the bare chest of the patient.  Not everyone's clothing lends itself to easy removal (especially winter clothes, coats, wetsuits etc. etc.) so shears are essential to ensure that you can access their chest. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 06:50, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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I noticed that the Choking article links to "Choke" in one of its hatnotes. WP:INTDABLINK suggests that the link target should explicitly include "disambiguation" to express that the disambiguation is intentional, i.e. Choke (disambiguation).

However, it seems that you [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Choking&diff=555492592&oldid=555490984 reverted] my [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Choking&diff=549550116&oldid=548578978 first attempt to change this]. Why? Is there a guideline explicitly discouraging the use of in hatnotes, or was the reversion collateral damage? --SoledadKabocha (talk) 18:09, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

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What did you need the citation for? The material comes from a book named "Astrotheology and Shamanism: Christianity's pagan roots"

It's banned from public libraries, but you can find a copy on TPB — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.167.31.39 (talk) 14:18, 3 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi there,


 * thanks for your message, and it will probably help to explain some of the policy. Firstly, wikipedia only reports on what reputable third party sources say - so that is normally academic journals or factual books (see WP:V), and we credit these sources (see WP:CITE).


 * What was added to the article didn't have any citation, and was written in an informal style. So, if these claims are made in book, as they also seem to be fringe theories (see WP:FRINGE) they would have be written as "Irvin and Rutajit suggest that..." if they are included, and ideally we should look for any other sources who have used their information - either confirming or denying.


 * I hope that all makes sense, and it is these rules which stop the encyclopaedia becoming a list of things that people once heard (but may not be true). OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 14:42, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

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I appreciate your comment under mine in the Caduceus Talk page, and wanted to address your concern that "pretty much all the reliable sources state that [the choice of the caduceus as the US Army Medical Department symbol] is an error." I would offer William K. Emerson's Encyclopedia of United States Army Insignia and Uniforms, Norman, Oklahoma:University of Oklahoma Press (1996) as an authoritative and reliable source, and one cited on the page you created, caduceus as a symbol of medicine. The quote drawn from Emerson on that page provides one example of the discussion taking place in the first three decades of the 20th Century in the US Army's medical community. The discussion was taking place for the very reason that has been used to explain the 'mistake,' doctors understood the difference between the two symbols and didn't understand the choice in favor of the caduceus.

Most of the academic examination, external to the US Army Medical Department, and particularly in the latter half of the 20th Century, has produced something of an historiographic echo chamber repeating the conclusion that the choice of the caduceus resulted from confusion between the caduceus and the staff of Aesculapius. Friedlander's The Golden Wand of Medicine (1992), is an excellent volume overall, but he, like many of his predecessors, draws the same conclusion, supported circumstantially. The argument Emerson cites is more balanced, and more representative of the discussion taking place in the US Army medical community in the early part of the 20th Century. If you haven't looked at it lately I would recommend you revisit it or even go to the sources that contain some of the discussions that took place in the 1910s-1930s.

I don't wish to seem argumentative and I don't have a particular axe to grind about this, which is why I entered the discussion on talk instead of going in to edit the main page. It is also why I chose to respond to you on your talk page rather than carrying on in a more public forum. I would be happy to continue this conversation with you if you're interested. I've actually considered preparing an article for publication on the caduceus for a few years, although I haven't been passionate enough about it to actually do it and discussion might serve to energize me. If you aren't interested or don't wish to continue on, that's fine too. Regards, Eltrace (talk) 16:43, 27 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Hi there, thanks for the measured and appropriate engagement on this. I have read all of those sources as part of this ongoing discussion about Caduceus, and your assessment isn't bad.  The main issue remains is that choosing once academic source as being the balanced one, and disregarding the others is WP:SYNTH and WP:UNDUE.  We have a range of reputable books and peer reviewed journals, which all include words like 'erroneous', 'mistaken' etc. etc. and WP only reports what the sources say, rather than trying to editorialise itself.  I don't think we have evidence to say that all the other sources are making the same argument, or that they haven't researched properly.  On top of that you have various trade bodies who have taken the same 'error' position as part of a logo change from Caduceus to RoA.  I've looked, but haven't managed to find a single reliable source (notwithstanding the discussion in Emerson) that actively supports caduceus as being "correct".  When I started editing this little article group, I was in the other camp, and the reading of the literature was what swung me to this position, along with a to-the-letter adherence to wiki guidelines.  In summary, I guess i'm still sticking to the point that we repeat what is in the literature, and the literature says its wrong.  If the literature is fallacious, I can't do much about that because WP:V is really clear that we report what has been written, even if that isn't actually what is true.  Am i making sense?  Happy to hear any of your thoughts. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 18:54, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I take your point that Wikipedia is limited to repeating the conclusions reached in published literature. Unfortunately, my life got busier than anticipated in the last few days and I don't have time to work on this further right now.  Perhaps I'll be able to find the time to publish an academic article on the US Army's use of the caduceus at some point in the future (I'm a historian) but for now I'm going to have to let this rest.  Thank you for your time and insight.  Eltrace (talk) 13:38, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

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In Regards to the Paramedic Article
Hello Owain.davies, I wanted to contact you to request that you or someone else provide an edit to this article that clarifies the differences in occupational status for the paramedic page. There is a strong difference of POV, I acknowledge this. As stated in the article - Paramedic formally started as a paraprofession in the United States as a replacement for what was then termed emergency medical services. In relation, other countries developed formal programs and similar titles. As noted in the talk page for this article there only specific countries are cited as having seperate licensure and 'autonomy'. From my preliminary search there is no agreement as to all countries or even most countries as licensed, professional, autonomy etc. How much autonomy and the scope of practice was not discussed in reference to occupational boundaries. Additionally, there should be a differentiation between the 'practitioner' (ie nurse vs nurse practitioner) and the normative title. The logical perspective is that paramedic is one who is a paraprofessional under the medical doctor, thus the meaning of para (meaning not professional) medic. In addition, in reference to scope of practice while certain actions are performed in the field this does not necessarily suggest autonomy as in other professions. Ultimately the role is to stabilize, then transport the patient for further treatment by doctors or secondary specialists like podiatrists, sugeons, pathologists, etc. 108.171.131.160 (talk) 18:07, 13 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, I agree it needs attention to clarify. The problem is trying to reflect the global perspective in this article, given the difference in scope of practice, but i'll see what I can do. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 10:03, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

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Thank you Owain, for your help in editing the Paramedic Page. While it's probably not perfect, I think you came up with a good introduction.108.171.131.160 (talk) 21:06, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Fire Truck Discussion
Good afternoon (at least it is afternoon here). I left you a message on the fire truck talk page but also wanted to personally reach out. I know sometimes it is very difficult to read tone of voice though just text. I've had a few bad experiences... So just wanted to reiterate that I mean zero offense by questioning your decision. Fire service is something I have studied a great deal and am passionate about. But, of course, WIkipedia is not just about Fire stuff. Anyway, The bigger point that I wanted to make was that there are about 50 redirects and external links that point to the subsections of fire engine and fire truck via anchor. Simply reverting the changes I made will break all of these links. I would request that we please discuss this further before reverting? As I said in my comments on the fire engine talk page, if a consensus is reached to merge them back (and I will confess it does appear that the conversation is leaning that way), then I will be glad to put in the work to merge the pages back and make all the links work again. Thanks for your time and all you do to make WIkipedia a better place! Respectfully, Zackmann08 (talk) 20:22, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi there, and firstly my apologies - I intended to reach out to you with a personal message straight after making the changes, but was called away to do something, and have just got back to WP. Please be assured that my intentions are just to try and maintain integrity on the encyclopaedia within the rules.  I think the key problem here stems from the mismatch between the the article title, and the content.


 * Now, the content should decide the title (rather than the other way round), but it was consensus a little while ago to change it from 'Fire apparatus' to 'Fire engine' which makes some of it read strangely (you can see that most of the copy is still talking about types of appliance - being a catch all for firefighting vehicles). Some of my key concerns about having split articles are that the distinction only seems to exist in North America, and this is a global article, so WP:GLOBAL applies, and we should talk in generalities, not about things that only happen in one place.


 * I'm also concerned about the reliability of sources and the verifiability (WP:V) - when looking both before and now, there aren't really any WP:RS that talk about there being a distinction - it's all individual fire department and personal sites, which don't meet the standards required. The page as was (is) does include some of this colloquial terminology, like quad/quint, but its difficult to meet the expectations of the whole world in one article.


 * This also doesn't mean that it couldn't do with significant improvements (because it can), or that some types of appliance couldn't do with their own article (although I think the requirement is really limited, and we should definitely avoid referencing country specific standards).


 * I did already perform the revert, as per WP:BRD, given that this was a very significant bold change on a previously largely stable page, which resulted in the removal of a large amount of content, but this doesn't preclude changing back again once discussion has run its course.


 * Again, apologies for not reaching out to you sooner, and hopefully we can improve the article significantly. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 22:00, 24 March 2015 (UTC)


 * You ever just want to stick your tongue out and go NO! YOU ARE WRONG!!! grrrr. -_- While I disagree with some of your analysis about differences, but you also raise some very valid points about the sources and the lack of WP:GLOBAL. I posted a proposed compromise on the fire engine talk page. Let me know your thoughts? Thanks, Zackmann08 (talk) 22:49, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * "because they are a normal civilian who calls everything red and noisy a fire engine." That made me chuckle. Thanks for that. :-p --Zackmann08 (talk) 16:33, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Let me just say again, it has been very refreshing to see such a civil & mature (for lack of better words) approach to this debate. I have had way too many debates on here that have resulted to petty disagreements. While you and I do not see eye to eye, you have really helped me to appreciate a number of different things about the broader importance and for that, I sincerely thank you! Looking forward to continuing our discussion on fire engines (aka big red noisy things) and to working with you on other projects in the future. --Zackmann08 (talk) 17:02, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Fire engines and an appology.
"You're probably here because I've done something you don't like." DAMN RIGHT! (said with a HUGE smile on my face and in good fun). This fire engine page man... Its like 5 steps forward, 4 steps back every time anyone tries to improve it. First let me apologize for some of my actions. I have a super bad habit of putting all this time and energy into a page, then having my edits be reverted and taking it personally. Or at least feeling like "well that was a huge waste of time". We are all here to improve this site, I need to do a better job of remembering that. Next, let me ask you... How interested are you in this page? Is this just one of the many pages you are patrolling? I would REALLY like to find a partner to tackle this page with. Ideally someone from outside the US, who does NOT agree with me on everything. A quick look at your user page shows that you are from the UK and are a first responder. How would you like to team up on this? I have a number of ideas on how to improve these pages and make them work for all points of global/world view, but I need someone to help me! If you are interested I will share some of my thoughts. Oh and finally, thanks for your service! Not just to Wikipedia but to your community. Outside of wikipedia I work with a number of first responders as a photographer. Major respect for anyone who puts themselves out there like that. Alright, hope you are having a great day and talk soon? --Zackmann08 (talk) 18:57, 15 April 2015 (UTC)


 * it's one of a number of pages in my regular watch. Primarily my interest is ambulance, but I have a decent amount of knowledge on fire.  My key things on wikipedia are ensuring international viewpoint, and citations.  Happy to work with you - the same reason that on my revert i left a detailed note about WHY i'd reverted.  Plain reverts don't help anyone.  Happy to work with you.  OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 08:53, 16 April 2015 (UTC)


 * So my thoughts are focused on how to handle Infobox fire department. I am trying to make this template work for departments worldwide. The issue is that the terminology is insanely different. Does firefighting in the UK have any concept of a "squad" or a "heavy rescue" for example? My thought was to create sub-templates. So you would something like the following:
 * Infobox fire department - the main template that can be used for any page
 * Infobox fire department/US - A sub template for the US that uses the main template for some parts, such as the Operational Area, but is customized in the section about equipment
 * Infobox fire department/UK - A sub template for the UK that uses the main template for some parts, such as the Operational Area, but is customized in the section about equipment
 * There are some major differences between countries. This technique would allow the Infoboxes for US departments to have a section for "quints" that links to the proper page, while UK departments don't need to have that parameter. What do you think? --Zackmann08 (talk) 17:39, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hiya, I'd really appreciate some advice on making this draft page acceptable for publication - I'm new to creating pages, and seem stuck on this, even though I think its a better page than many other academic journal pages - would welcome another set of eyes and I saw you'd edited some related content, thanks in advance Tannim101 (talk) 22:02, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

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Not strictly a quote?
In this edit you added a quote
 * "place the head in a such as position that the windpipe is kept straight, keeping the head up if the face is flushed, and in line with the body if it is pale"

As far back as 80 years ago they still had editors and so it is hard to believe the manglement occurred back then. Could you from memory or consulting the source again determine if instead they had "in such a position" ? Shenme (talk) 17:15, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

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Congrats on becoming a NPR. However, I was curious in why you marked this unreferenced article as reviewed. Thanks.  VickKiang  (talk)  06:59, 20 September 2023 (UTC)


 * OK, so as you note I'm new at this. My thought process was that it was tagged for references, and a quick bit of searching showed me that it was real and potentially notable, so didn't seem to fit any of the speedy criteria. That, to me, seemed to be the right approach to mark it reviewed, and let the reference tag pick up the work. More than happy for feedback if people think that isn't the right approach. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 08:43, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Thanks. I resurrected it because it never should have been deleted in the first place. I've added the relevant references that are similar to the article for the subsequent single (entitled Uranus). It's a legitimate entry. I own the 7" and all of the details in the original article are accurate. TTrentham (talk) 05:03, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Peacock language on Zev Sebastian
Hi there. I noticed you added the tag on Zev Sebastian. However, I cannot see any promotional content. The only vaguely promotional idea I could see claimed as related to the article is its existence, which is a whole other discussion. <u style="text-decoration:none;color:#3d85c6">JacobTheRox (<u style="text-decoration:none;color:#674ea7">talk ) 15:28, 8 October 2023 (UTC)


 * In particular, I thought the part about the EMS piano competition gave the impression of a competition of more renown than is the case, and the details of a school concert and a performance at a club (also without its own article) also seemed to me to be overly promotional of the subject.
 * Overall, I think it does also play into the AfD, because I'm afraid this just doesn't seem to meet WP:V or WP:N. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 19:25, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * 1) Edit warring is disruptive regardless of how many reverts you have made;
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 * This is neither constructive, nor good faith.
 * I've made a good faith edit, with sources, which you reverted with a vague ref to guideline rather than policy, and after you re-reverted it, I've made a total rewrite of it.
 * OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 12:42, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * It is s standard template, and you are edit warring. If it continues, you risk being sanctioned. Bon courage (talk) 12:50, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Again, not even slightly good faith.
 * On your second revert, I rewrote the whole section, and have added additional citations.
 * Have you maybe considered engaging with the question on the article talk page? OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 12:55, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

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 * how is this even slightly helpful?
 * you could just talk about it on the article talk page, but instead you seem determined to make a big issue over something that could be discussed OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 12:56, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I am discussing the matter (you did not initiate any conversation, but kept reverting, which is very far from best practice). This is to inform you about WP:CTOPs and I have nothing to add to what it says. It is mandatory to give this template to editors before they can be reported to WP:AE for doing this which do not conform to the guidance in this notice. Bon courage (talk) 13:00, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
 * you just seem determined to escalate a minor gripe about some content, rather than substantively addressing it beyond it looking (in your opinion) a bit like something in a WP essay. Threatening arbitration action seems vastly disproportionate. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 13:06, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Bad faith move
I note your edit summary here. which violated the WP:CIVIL policy. If you do this again I shall report you to WP:AE and ask that you be sanctioned. Bon courage (talk) 11:26, 26 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I think your civility has been very much lacking. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 13:12, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Your behaviour is very much inline with WP:POVRAILROAD, and you seem unwilling to engage in actual constructive dialogue. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 13:18, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * False accusations of bad faith in a (permanent) edit summary are very bad, especially given the expectation of a WP:CTOP see above. Multiple editors are trying to improve the current situation, in good faith. Bon courage (talk) 13:26, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure there is a reasonable expectation of any CTOP involvement except what you seem to be trying to drum up. Its just an article about a notable podcast, on which some people have said some controversial things (in both political directions). OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 13:31, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

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