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Diabetes

Hi Doc. I see you will be away for the next few weeks and unable to work on the article. Seeing as it has already been a month I am thinking it would be better to fail the article. Hopefully there is some good feedback in the review, Adh30 (talk · contribs) has left some good comments. I don't know what I will be doing in a month, so may not have as much time to devote to a review as I do now. I will most certainly be around though and can give feedback if required. In any case medicine articles seem to get picked up quite quickly and if you give me a ping on my talk page when you are back and have made some improvements to the article I will be willing to conduct the second review if I can fit it in. AIRcorn (talk) 11:33, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Sounds good. While let you know when I have made the improvements you have suggested. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:22, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

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My Ex Link at Poliomyelitis

Dear Jim, I was not for sure about whether the ex link was needed or proper. So I just posted anyway and let those working on that page make the cut. I got my answer.<GRIN> Thanks for reviewing it and making the call. That is why Wiki works so well. And you all have done a great job on that page. Hopefully if the fanatic (anti-immunization shots Mom's in the US and religious fanatics in Africa) we will not have to be adding a lot more sad news to that page. I was part of the first generation to get the Salks polio shot (mine was in 1955) and my Mom was always telling how scared she was in the Summer for me and my brother and checking our little legs and rubbing them -- ie their mothers said it would help prevent polio. There was one small city in south-western Virginia that had the polio out break so bad that cars would drive around it and it was hard to get food and fuel delivery. Today in my area we have a bunch of anti-shots Moms and the state is worried sick about the Measles and a huge outbreak (13 so far). How people forget with out wards of children in iron lungs. Again, thanks. Jack --Jackehammond (talk) 06:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for contributing. The war on polio is definitely interesting. Our page on the subject well extensive I am sure could use more love Poliomyelitis eradication :-) --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:26, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Dear James, Are you stating that, that 1954 PM link may be of interest on the Poliomyelitis eradication page? Jack --Jackehammond (talk) 18:40, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

I always feel it is best to improve the text here and use sources as references rather than as external links... Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:29, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Recent WP:MEDRS change

Hello, I made a comment on a month old discussion [1] which you may not have noticed. It concerns the guidelines which now strongly imply that tertiary sources cannot be used to determine balance/due weight. I'd appreciate you taking a look. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mindjuicer (talk • contribs) 18:51, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

I do not have any strong feelings on tertiary sources.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:31, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 23:11, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

When did you get the new title?

I always thought you were User: Doc James - how long have you had this new title? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 21:34, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

My account has always been Jmh649. My signature is however Doc James. Yes I know a little confusing.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 06:56, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Abortion article titles notification

Hey Jmh649. This is just a notification that a binding, structured community discussion has been opened by myself and Steven Zhang on behalf of the Arbitration Committee. As you were named as a involved party in the Abortion case, you may already know that remedy 5.1 called for a "systematic discussion and voting on article names". This remedy is now being fulfilled with this discussion. If you would like to participate, the discussion is taking place at WP:RFC/AAT. All the best, Whenaxis talk · contribs | DR goes to Wikimania! 23:04, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Your RfA and potentially other experiences are being discussed

On Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/TimidGuy_ban_appeal/Proposed_decision#It_boggles_the_mind. ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 00:25, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks but no longer follow this topic. Cheers --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 08:45, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Doc James Project 456-Alpha (D) (6) (iii) Subpart 3

Hey James:

Somehow I ended up at your old RFA page, and between bursts of laughter at some of the idiocy there, I noticed you said you had "[arranged] the acquisition of a few hundred high quality images of rare medical conditions".

I am currently in the process of making the giant cell carcinoma of the lung article the best single article on Wikipedia by far, and the above statement made me wonder if you could find a suitable pic for it ... as soon as you finish up Project 456-Alpha (D) (6) (iii) Subpart 2, of course, and otherwise at your convenience.

Hoping the lions are not busily feeding on your carcass, I remain

Your friend and fan: Cliff (a/k/a "Uploadvirus") (talk) 14:21, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

I will see what I can do when I get home.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:39, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

ref

"Please use review articles." -- what does that mean? — Jeraphine Gryphon ^(talk) 13:07, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

We use review articles rather than primary research article as references on Wikipedia per WP:MEDRS --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:11, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Query

Why did you revert me here?[2] Everything was properly linked. --Elonka 17:21, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

(TPS) As the author of several lists of notable cases, perhaps I can help. Lists on Wikipedia have the same sourcing requirement as any text. Wikipedia is not a reliable source so wikilinks are not substitute for inline citations where they are required by WP:V. Each article must stand alone wrt sourcing. Saying that somebody (particularly if living) had a serious disease certainly requires a source. Please read WP:MEDMOS#Notable cases. Not all editors appreciate such lists in medical articles, because they can be viewed as trivia within a serious subject. A compromise position is to only include cases where the person has made a lasting impression wrt the condition, and for that prose may be better than a bare list (which tends to accumulate random additions). Standalone lists of notable cases are common and several are featured lists. Colin°^Talk 20:44, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the WP:MEDMOS link, that's helpful (and would have been useful as an edit summary). I'll adapt the list accordingly. Jmh649, I have also started a section at the talkpage of the article, please don't revert again without engaging in discussion, thanks. --Elonka 21:12, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

You have provided refs thus I have less concerns. --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:12, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Vitamin D

Hi

I had re-arranged the article to carefully separate out Vitamin D's role and use as a plain old vitamin (something you need in your diet or else you get a deficiency disease), on the one hand, from -- on the other hand, research into vitamin D's possible roles in other conditions and its use as a dietary supplement that people might take to promote wellness. There is an entire area that is left out of the article, namely development of Vitamin D derivatives by pharma companies and their potential uses as drugs which relates to the medical uses.

But your recent changes basically reverted my changes, lumping back together the clear role of vitamin D to prevent rickets/ osteomalacia and the speculative other purposes. You made this change with no comment. I would like to discuss! Hopefully you are open to discussing rather than just engaging in an edit war.

If you are willing, shall we discuss here, or in the article's talk page? Jytdog (talk) 00:47, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes I am of course open to discussion. Let do it on the vit D talk page. I am away however for the next week. My changes are based on the WP:MEDMOS guideline.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:18, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!! I responded. Hopefully this will be a great discussion! Jytdog (talk) 15:26, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

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• EdwardsBot (talk) 01:32, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

test. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 10:03, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

African evidence

I disagree with your interpretation at Talk:Circumcision, as explained there, but I've suggested "strong evidence from Africa indicates that..." in the hope that this might be a reasonable compromise. Jakew (talk) 17:20, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Osteoarthritis left knee.jpg

Is this an X-Ray or a CAT Scan? 204.54.36.245 (talk) 16:53, 5 March 2012 (UTC)Eager patient

My edits were deleted

Hi James, I'd like to talk with you about the some of the edits I made and why. Seems they were swiftly erased without much consideration. I had very sound reasons for improving upon the content in the way that I did. Please e-mail me any queries you may have about it. The way Wikipedia works is that anyone id allowed to contribute to an entry. Thanks, Heather — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hopefairy (talk • contribs) 02:51, 6 March 2012 (UTC)