User talk:WriterHound

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Image use
Please be careful about this sort of thing; these images are nonfree and their use is only really justifiable on the article about the album. Thanks, --John (talk) 19:41, 10 May 2009 (UTC)


 * GNU isn't free?
 * WriterHound (talk) 21:42, 10 May 2009 (UTC)


 * File:99.9F - Suzanne Vega.jpg is a nonfree (copyright) image. We can only use it here under a claim of fair use. --John (talk) 01:53, 11 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, O.K. I thought you meant the picture of Tom's Restaurant, which had GNU on it.


 * WriterHound (talk) 02:50, 11 May 2009 (UTC)


 * No, that one is totally fine. Image use is a minefield here; let me know if you have any other queries regarding it. --John (talk) 03:20, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Federal Reserve
FYI, all members of the Board of Governors are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Terms are 14 years. For vacated appointments, new appointees fill the remaining time of the original 14 year appointment. Not sure why you wrote that Governors are "partially" appointed by the President. Reconfirmer444 (talk) 01:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for catching that. Sorry, I became confused later in the article by the FOMC, which it says is partially (7/12) appointed by the president.
 * WriterHound (talk) 16:26, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Marfan syndrome
I've noticed your helpful work at Marfan syndrome. Good links to read when working on medical articles are WP:MEDMOS and WP:MEDRS. Good luck! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 19:39, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks!
 * WriterHound (talk) 20:04, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Response and review article at my talk page, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 21:39, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Denialism
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Unsourced
Hi WriterHound! You added some content to Hearing impairment without adding any sources. Please, always add sources, especially in medical articles or sections. Thank you! Lova Falk    talk   17:46, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sorry. I did read the info previously, though. Thanks for your nice work on the article!
 * WriterHound (talk) 19:36, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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looks good
your edit is accurate, thanks. -Shootbamboo (talk) 19:45, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

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Chernobyl disaster
Flags in infoboxes are deprecated; see WP:MOSFLAG. --John (talk) 07:34, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you!
 * WriterHound (talk) 23:29, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks!

 * Thank you! WriterHound (talk) 19:37, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

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WP:MEDRS
Per the above please use secondary sources. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 06:34, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

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Breast cancer - cannabis
Hi. I noticed your edits to Breast cancer, Male breast cancer and Breast cancer treatment were reverted. Just to let you know, we don't as a rule include in vitro results in overview articles like those. For such articles we generally rely on sources that conform to this guideline: WP:MEDRS; essentially, reviews, textbooks and scholarly or professional guidelines or position statements. Those findings may be appropriate for a more focussed article such as Frontiers in breast cancer research or the like, provided it has been evaluated and put in context by a WP:MEDRS-compliant source. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 11:18, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info! WriterHound (talk) 11:54, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

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Merger discussion for Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana
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