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Let me know if you need anything to help you in creating your op ed piece for the Signpost. After all, I AM the humour editor and carry a lot of clout.<sup>[not]</sup> Best Regards, [[User:Barbara (WVS)|Barbara (WVS)]]&nbsp;<span style="color: darkred;">[[User talk:Barbara (WVS)|✐ ]]&nbsp;[[Special:Emailuser/Barbara (WVS)|✉ ]]</span> 23:04, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
Let me know if you need anything to help you in creating your op ed piece for the Signpost. After all, I AM the humour editor and carry a lot of clout.<sup>[not]</sup> Best Regards, [[User:Barbara (WVS)|Barbara (WVS)]]&nbsp;<span style="color: darkred;">[[User talk:Barbara (WVS)|✐ ]]&nbsp;[[Special:Emailuser/Barbara (WVS)|✉ ]]</span> 23:04, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

== Wikipedia dangerous medical articles ==
Anthony, are you still around? We long provided (and sought more) evidence that Wikipedia's medical content could be dangerous to deadly. Given that I know how unreliable Wikipedia's medical content is, it is disconcerting that my family would be directly affected, because I trusted certain articles depending on a check of the article history to verify medical editors had been through them recently. We still have a few editors attempting in vain to keep up with broad topics requiring expert and up to date editing, resulting in incomplete articles with dangerous or deadly biases. Every time I have a health situation in my own family, I again realize we have articles, indeed entire suites of articles, relying on published medical sources that are 10 to 20 years old, when more recent information is available. And while dealing with disease, I have little time nor inclination to engage the extended editing needed to correct these deficiencies. We have long known of these problems with Wikipedia medical content. Would it not be more expedient to engage the press with very specific examples? Have you tried that yet? If you are around, please email me. [[User:SandyGeorgia|'''Sandy'''<span style="color: green;">Georgia</span>]] ([[User talk:SandyGeorgia|Talk]]) 16:23, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

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Malaria

Absolutely ! I would be interested to be kept up to date ! Please. Thanks Anthere (talk) 08:53, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes Lenthrand (talk) 18:29, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes - Issue 15

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Books & Bytes
Issue 15, December-January 2016
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs)

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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:19, 19 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder to myself

http://arowf.org/

Tech Talk 29 Feb 2016

  • Automated citations in Wikipedia: Citoid and the technology behind it
  • Presenter: Sebastian Karcher (Syracuse University, Zotero)
  • Date: February 29th, 2016
  • Time: 20:00 UTC www.timeanddate.com
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Link to live YouTube stream [1]
  • IRC channel for questions/discussion: #wikimedia-officev
Sounds pretty cool! I went to WMF and saw a tech talk on OOjs and Aaron Halfaker's machine learning project last night, and I'll probably watch this one too. II | (t - c) 05:51, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You went to New Montgomery Street, II? --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 07:14, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I've lived in SF for the past year and work about 10 minutes down the street near the Embarcadero. II | (t - c) 07:18, 26 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@ImperfectlyInformed: And they have events the public can attend there? --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 01:46, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's not very common. I went to a Wikipedia 15 event and this later event was mostly developers (seemed like many weren't even involved in MediaWiki), advertised on meetup as a tech event. See this and this. II | (t - c) 03:14, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, II. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 05:11, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tech Talk 18 March 2016

  • New readership data: Some things we've been learning recently about how Wikipedia is read
  • Presenter: Tilman Bayer
  • Date: March 18th, 2016
  • Time: 18:00 UTC www.timeanddate.com
  • Link to live YouTube stream [2]
  • IRC channel for questions/discussion: #wikimedia-office
  • Summary:

    This talk will highlight various recent insights and new sources of data on how readers read Wikipedia, going beyond the familiar pageview numbers (that tell us which topics are popular and how overall traffic is developing, but not e.g. which parts of articles are being read). While we are still only beginning to understand some of these aspects, we now know more than a year or two ago. The presentation is centered around data analysis done by the Reading team, but will also include findings by other WMF teams and by external researchers.

20 Minutes of Eva Longoria Sewing, While Reading the Entire Wikipedia Entry on Sewing

Flyover Country app

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

WikiComment

http://www.wikicomment.ut.ee/article/?u=A3C6015

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

please help translate this message into the local language
The Cure Award
In 2015 you were one of the top 300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs, and we would love to collaborate further.

Thanks again :) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia-l comments

Too bad the editors and readers wont have a real say in the selection of the ED. The employees have won this round and perhaps even have solidified their control over the Foundation. That's really no better. Thelmadatter (talk) 17:10, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The present interim situation is bad. The staff now have no chance of being held accountable - or receiving meaningful recognition for their achievements where due, for that matter. Is a popular interim ED going to make hard decisions such as closing down failing follies or sacking well-liked but inept programmers?
Actually, some staff have said Lila was standing in their way, slowing down progress. If that's so, then this interim period is at least better than bad leadership, and we might see them flourish. Erik Moeller mooted replacing the ED with a triumvirate. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 07:57, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the appointment of the new, permanent ED: the problem is not so much that the decision is in the hands of the board - that's sensible, in my opinion. We can propose candidates to them and I'm sure they'll listen. The real problem as I see it is the cluelessness and torpor of the board (though some individual trustees seem fine). We need a better board. We need to get rid of Jimmy. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 00:30, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm very pleased to see you've put yourself forward for the board, Leigh. I've made a few suggested changes to your candidate statement here, and then reverted myself. If you like them, just restore my edit.
One question regarding your opening sentence, "Despite being an organization whose focus is education, we have yet to have anyone on the board who is an educational professional." Patricio Lorente is described as having "served in the National University of La Plata, first as Prosecretary of Administration and subsequently as General Prosecretary. In his current position, he manages the strategic planning and the everyday issues and conflicts of a large and restless community, including both academics and student organizations." Wouldn't that make him an educational professional? Maybe you could make it more specific what you mean by "educational professional". --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 01:55, 9 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
do you know how to get my name to appear on the candidates' list? Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations I clicked edit to add it but got a bunch of wiki markup stuff I dont understand.Thelmadatter (talk) 00:11, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Never mind, I expected to see it at the end, but Im in the middle.Thelmadatter (talk) 00:12, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikicology arbitration case opened

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Itching to know...

Hi. I'd love to know if you've had any luck with that script yet? fredgandt 17:00, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I see the section heading gets wiped in the process - I'll fix that in a while. Any other problems? Can you see this being helpful to you? I'm willing to make whatever effort is required to assist. fredgandt 10:04, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Fred! Yep It's definitely going to save me heaps of time. I just made a little response YouTube clip. it's redundant now, but I'll post it anyway because it's my first attempt at using Adobe Captivate. :o) --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 10:40, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to see it working (almost) fine. I didn't notice the headings disappear when I was testing - my bad.
I'm going to attempt to parse the HTML out to Wiki markup, so each table cell will contain only the HTML that's needed, but the normal brace and pipe table markup will be used for the table structure. It should be done this afternoon (UTC).
If there's anything I can do to assist further, please feel free to ask. I enjoy code and helping people, so for me it's the complete opposite of a bother  fredgandt 12:46, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That's great, Fred. Thanks. When I think of something, I'll definitely ask you. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 13:58, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed the section headings (and other section text outside the tables) being removed and added basic parsing to convert the table HTML to wiki-markup - it'll need to be carefully checked for errors to start with.
If you see any errors, let me know. fredgandt 18:29, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Fred. Much appreciated. I probably won't be using it now until the next review begins, which might be a few months. I'll get back to you if any issues arise. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 00:03, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Medical journal pdf for Parkinson's disease

Hi, I can send you a pdf of:

  • Abdel-Salam OM (2014). "The paths to neurodegeneration in genetic Parkinson's disease". CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 13 (9): 1485–512. PMID 25106632.

to complete your request at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request#Medical journals. Please use Special:EmailUser to email me so that I can reply with the pdf as an attachment. Regards, Worldbruce (talk) 03:40, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Bruce. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 22:08, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Please be more careful

Hi. Somehow you removed a comment I made, presumably inadvertently. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:34, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that. Definitely inadvertent. This occasionally happens when I forget I'm reading an earlier version of a page and then jump in and edit that earlier version. I'll try to be more careful. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 04:28, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Account creator granted

After reviewing your request for the "account creator" permission, I have enabled the flag on your account. Keep in mind these things:

  • The account creator right removes the limit on the maximum number of new accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period.
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If you no longer require the right, let me know, or ask any other administrator. Drop a note if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of the account creator right. Happy editing! — xaosflux Talk 12:56, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Added for email throttle limit override only, expire 20160620. For future mass notifications I suggest you explore using WT:MMS. — xaosflux Talk 12:56, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect. Thanks Xaosflux. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 13:19, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes - Issue 17

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Thanks for the thanks

I was running an AWB script to add a named parameter to {{EB1911 poster}} (the problem with using an unamed parameter is the link to Wikisource breaks if the Wikipedia article name is changed. While it was unlikely that this particular article would have a name change, I wanted to change the {{EB1911 poster}} template to have to have an artilce name so that the template was less fragile.

The script I use is fairly comprehensive in fixing citations, but people think up complicated ways to bypass the restrictions imposed on them by citation templates so the regular expressions I use can on occasions make mistakes. Pain was the most complicated that I parsed. Although I made some hand changes from within AWB, as can be seen by the edit history I had to return to it half a dozen times or more before I had fixed most of the anomalies. I am glad that at least one person appreciated the work, because, as can be seen by the time stamps, it to took me several hours to make all the changes.

-- PBS (talk) 11:24, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I admire your persistence! And am very grateful for your help, PBS. I get satisfaction from adding to Wikipedia, and am pleased when people complement me for something I've done here, but nothing gives me more pleasure here than finding a stranger working on and improving an article I care about. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 13:34, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Tools for Google Spreadsheets

Did I remember to tell you about m:Wikipedia Tools for Google Spreadsheets when I found it recently? WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:05, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No. I'll check it out. Thanks ! --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 19:09, 31 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Books & Bytes - Issue 18

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Books & Bytes
Issue 18, June–July 2016
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  • New donations - Edinburgh University Press, American Psychological Association, Nomos (a German-language database), and more!
  • Spotlight: GLAM and Wikidata
  • TWL attends and presents at International Federation of Library Associations conference, meets with Association of Research Libraries
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The Interior via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:25, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Publishing Hippocampus in WikiJournal

Hi,

Would you like to join as an author in the project of having the article Hippocampus published in WikiJournal of Medicine? WikiJournal of Medicine is an open-access journal with no publication charges of any kind. Published articles will be given standard citation formats and DOI codes so that they can be cited by external works. Before publication, all articles undergo peer review, so after this is done I would like you to join the task of amending any issues that arise from it. I found you among the most active contributors to the article [3]. To be displayed among the main authors of the publication in WikiJournal of Medicine, you need to agree and sign the "Submission letter", and you should also write your real name. In any case, we'll attribute contributors by a link to the article history of Hippocampus.

Cheers,

Mikael Häggström (talk) 08:31, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Editor-in-chief, WikiJournal of Medicine

This article has now been peer reviewed by a neuroscientist, discovering several issues: Wikiversity:The Hippocampus#Peer review comments
I still hope you can help out in amending these issues. Mikael Häggström (talk) 14:33, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
These issues have been amended now, but you are always welcome to have a second look at the article. Merry Christmas! Mikael Häggström (talk) 07:11, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Upload Wizard or?

Anthonyhcole - I'd like to upload some copyrighted images from the graphic artist John Heartfield. The grandson of the artist may control the copyright. He has established a website to display images and archival material on the artist. http://www.johnheartfield.com/John-Heartfield-Exhibition/.

I've contacted him, and his only requirement seems to be that images placed on Wiki Commons include a link to his archive on the face of the image as they would appear in the article (rather than simply including the link at the Wiki Commons site).

Is this feasible? --36hourblock (talk) 18:39, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so, 36hourblock. Images used on Wikipedia (or hosted on Wikimedia Commons) must be licensed CC-BY-SA or equivalent (see Creative Commons license#Types of licenses), and that license allows users to pretty much do what they like with the image, including remove a link, watermark or signature. But I'm no expert. The people at Wikimedia Commons Village Pump should be able to give you a definitive answer. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 06:16, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Allred article

Hi

I emphatically agree with your removal of the reference to Jessica Drake. Unfortunately an anon editor [User:97.87.116.23] has repeatedly re-inserted it despite some gentle urging to take it to the article talk page. There is a discussion there and your input would be appreciated Gaas99 (talk) 03:23, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Gaas99. I've commented on the article's talk page. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 05:39, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This case has been closed for several years now, so I am sorry to say I have reverted your edit here. My apologies for that. Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 15:16, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why? --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 15:17, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Closed cases are meant to be archives of what previously transpired – you don't go back to, say, ANI Archive 204 or something (is that a thing?) and start fixing others' comments there. Sure, maybe yours was completely uncontroversial and simply fixing a dead link, but it's a very, very slippery slope and we do not need more drama than we already do, so we have absolutely no edits to closed cases. Thanks, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 15:25, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Thanks for your vigilance and keep up the good work, Kevin. (Actually, I do fix dead links in archived AN/ANI discussions occasionally, just for the convenience of later readers.) --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 15:39, 30 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes - Issue 19

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Issue 19, September–October 2016
by Nikkimaria, Sadads and UY Scuti

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19:07, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Anthonyhcole. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

hahaha

07:41, 22 December 2016‎ Anthonyhcole (talk | contribs)‎ . . (84,280 bytes) (+368)‎ . . (→‎No more thanks?: new section) updated since my last visit (rollback: 1 edit | undo | thank) [4]

JarrahTree 00:37, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I was at Mundaring Weir last week, and found myself reading Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. Nice work, thank you, JarrahTree (and Moondyne). --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 18:00, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nah it needs heaps of work, just a stub... have a safe christmas JarrahTree 00:08, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it answered my questions. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 00:57, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here We Come A-wassailing

Merry Christmas! Better not open the box! The Bishonen Conglomerate talk 11:55, 23 December 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Merry Christmas

Hi Anthony, thanks for the Christmas greetings and the kind words. I hope you have a merry Christmas too. Graham87 01:11, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review of Wiki Med articles

Hi Anthony. Merry Christmas to you.

I recall from some of your WO posts that you work on trying to peer-review Wikipedia medical articles. Is the effort still going on? I read some of the material here and I have some questions, comments and a few ideas. Can I email you to talk about it? Kingsindian   10:21, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You can talk about it here, if you like, Kingsindian, but you can email me if you'd prefer. The reviewers are being ridiculously tardy. We're nearly done but the wrap-up is taking forever. If they don't act soon, I'll summarise their review as it stands and take it to the article talk page, and let WikiProject Medicine have their way with it.
I'd love to hear your thoughts. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 05:29, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year, Anthonyhcole!

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Hope all is well :-) And the year is looking bright. Still need to come visit you in Australia :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 08:17, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Why, thank you DJ. Any time. And all the best to you too. (I'm mildly optimistic, on all levels, about 2017.) --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 04:53, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes - Issue 20

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Books & Bytes
Issue 20, November-December 2016
by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs)

  • Partner resource expansions
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:59, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help me!

{{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]}} I just copied Trump bugging allegation into article space and now see the pre-existing Donald Trump wiretapping claim. I don't know how to speedy delete things, and would be obliged if someone could help me. Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 14:40, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Very very easy - all you do is go to your pull down edit bar (but the depends that you have twinkle...) and go to the CSD part. If you dont have twinkle and want to use the manual typewriter style/morse code method, grab the aspirin and type CSD G7 - Author requests deletion... no further comment JarrahTree 14:55, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you JarrahTree. I'm going to sleep now, so will try Twinkle for the first time tomorrow. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 14:58, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
should have been exterminated by then - I have placed a CSD G7 request referring to your Help message - should be gone by then JarrahTree 15:01, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 15:03, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Anthonyhcole. I've deleted the page as requested. In the future, if you are the sole author of an article and wish to have it deleted, simply add {{db-author}} to the top of the article, and this will place the article in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, where an administrator will see it. Please let me know if there is anything else that I can do to help. Mz7 (talk) 20:20, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Mz7. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 21:21, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes - Issue 21

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by Nikkimaria (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), UY Scuti (talk · contribs), Samwalton9 (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

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New page reviewer granted

Hello Anthonyhcole. Your account has been added to the "New page reviewers" user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed. New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk.

  • URGENT: Please consider helping get the huge backlog down to a manageable number of pages as soon as possible.
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Thank you Swarm! --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 03:44, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Summary Comment

Please provide an edit summary for all edits. It greatly helps other editors understand the intent of your edit. I came across an edit of yours on my watchlist page but did not have any idea what you did. Thank you. GtstrickyTalk or C 12:07, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I usually do. I accidentally clicked "save" instead of "preview". --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 12:22, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It happens. Thanks... GtstrickyTalk or C 14:46, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but

what you are doing here is making things worse for Let99 here by focusing on my behavior; their specific issue now is facing and addressing their own behavior. I appreciate the kind things you said about me there and I hear the negative things, but you are "enabling" their resolute avoidance of the problem. In every comment they have made, they are refusing to deal with it. Whatever you can do to help them see and acknowledge would be great. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 21:06, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes - Issue 22

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Books & Bytes
Issue 22, April-May 2017

  • New and expanded research accounts
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Parkinson's disease

Hi -- I was planning on re-running Parkinson's disease as a TFA some time this month, but I see you're implementing some expert input. Should I delay it to another month, or do you think everything will be sorted out within a week or so? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:37, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can you put it on hold please |Mike? I'm about half-way through incorporating the reviewers' recommendations. Once that's done, I'll take it back to the reviewers to make sure I've got that right. Can I ping you when that's done? --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 00:11, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, no problem. We're now rerunning a handful of old FAs every month; no reason not to wait till it's in the best shape it can be. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 00:13, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Parkinson's disease psychosis

I'm willing to start a small article on this, to be expanded later on by editors more familiar with doing medical articles. I've started about 400 articles on diverse subjects, so I think I know what I'm doing. I see the PDP article as something brief, describing what PDP is and talking about the new drug. Sources would include a couple of the journal articles mentioned on the Parkinson's disease talk page, plus two or three articles intended for the general public, from Michael J. Fox, etc. I'd love to start the article, but I wouldn't do it unless you and/other more involved editors didn't mind. Lou Sander (talk) 18:08, 4 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If a talk page stalker can chime in: you might find it useful to familiarize yourself with WP:MEDRS if you aren't already. Looie496 (talk) 13:50, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I've looked at it. I respect it as useful and well-thought-out and something that should be followed. But there's just too much there for me to absorb in order to write one little stub-like article. All I want to do is put PDP on the Wikipedia map. That's why I'm seeking the opinions of expert medical editors before starting anything. The experts are hugely busy with other medical articles, and I'm concerned that they won't very quickly get around to PDP. Lou Sander (talk) 14:46, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, the main reason I mentioned it is that a central principle is to use only secondary medical sources (i.e., review articles in scientific journals) for medical information. Articles intended for the general public should only be used as sources for non-medical information such as public attitudes, social awareness, history, etc. Looie496 (talk) 19:02, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Books and Bytes - Issue 23

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UNH Visiting Scholars

Hi Anthony,

I noticed your message on Barbara's talk page. I've sent a few emails regarding Visiting Scholars but perhaps it's not the best form of contact. Could you reach out when you can (email preferred, but on-wiki is fine, too). Thanks! --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:17, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ryan. I apologise for not responding to your queries. I've had a couple of conversations with Barbara now and I'm going to write up a summary of the failure I am presiding over and post it on-wiki soon. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 12:41, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
No worries at all. To be clear, though I'd be happy to talk about any ways you think that I/we may be able to help with the BMJ project, the extent to which the Visiting Scholars arrangement is connected to the BMJ project (if at all) is up to you. The program is primarily about getting resources into the hands of experienced Wikipedians who can use them to improve content in a broad topic area. So if UNH resources are useful to you as an editor (with or without special projects), then it's successful. I've sent an email following up in a bit more detail. Thanks. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:57, 25 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hullo!

My ears were burning again, Ryan (Wiki Ed). Anyway this message is for Anthonycole. I just went through the BMJ review on the Parkinson's talk page and remain amazed at the willingness of these experts to give the content a thorough going over. Just to let you know that I am attempting to get up to speed on the process. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS)   23:32, 7 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Primary sources

Hi Anthonyhcole. I was wondering if you had a minute to take a look at this. From what I can tell, the section is cited to a variety of email strings, legal documents, meeting minutes, and numerous documents hosted on a DropBox-like service called Mentor. Although I do not know what Qualcomm's interest is in the subject, I have a COI due to my affiliation with them. One of their employees brought it to my attention. CorporateM (Talk) 20:30, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find any secondary sources to support that section so it doesn't appear to belong on Wikipedia per our policy, No original research. I'll think about it for a couple more hours and then delete it if no one beats me to it. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 04:23, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Gone. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 05:23, 28 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline of Las Vegas shooting

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yaifo

Hi Anthony H Cole. It's really great to make your acquaintance and I'm glad we are working on the article yaifo together. Sorry if I bumped into some of your edits, I think I might have reintroduced some bare refs which I promise I will fix when editing is complete. I tend to have a bit of a sloppy referencing system where I get the info up and fix and review all of the links at the end. I'll try to stay on top of this and be a bit neater this time. Thanks once again! Edaham (talk) 03:23, 17 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I’m fine with everything you’re doing, Edaham. Carry on!
I’m a bit worried by the shortage of sources independent of Allen. Can’t wait to hear if he managed to make contact again. —Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 03:32, 17 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes - I'm also having trouble not making this an article about Allen. I will mention him but I want the info regarding him to be in a discrete (and comparatively brief) section on his journey with a mention in the lede. Although its perfectly "due" in terms of weight of sources to mention his pursuits all over the article, it wouldn't be very sensitive to the fact that it's an article about a people and their culture who largely exist independent of the activities of daring wanderers. I hope that Allen himself will eventually provide more information on specific details of the tribe, language, customs etc, which can help build an article. Edaham (talk) 03:41, 17 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Reviewing

Hello, Anthonyhcole.

I've seen you editing recently and you seem knowledgeable about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.
Would you please consider becoming a New Page Reviewer? Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; currently Wikipedia needs experienced users at this task. (After gaining the flag, patrolling is not mandatory. One can do it at their convenience). But kindly read the tutorial before making your decision. Thanks. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 11:44, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In particular, You could help by reviewing new medical related articles. If you decide to join us, the New Page Patrol Browser can quickly sort new articles to display those that are of interest to you. Cheers. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 11:44, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Books and Bytes - Issue 25

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A kitten for you!

I noticed a serious problem on your talkpage: not enough kittens!

(((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 19:01, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, The Quixotic Potato. That's very kind of you. Life is actually a ball at the moment, and it's likely to just get better. Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 19:09, 19 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Holiday Cheer + a barnstar

The Happy Holiday Barnstar
How about combining a Barnstar with a Christmas Card? That is why this message is appearing on your talk page. Simultaneously and at the same time, this barnstar is conferred upon you because during this past year you worked and contributed your time to improve the encyclopedia. You also have received far too little recognition for your contributions. In addition, this is a small attempt at spreading holiday cheer. I've appreciated all the things that you have done for me.
The Best of Regards,
Barbara (WVS)   and Merry Christmas 00:57, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
[reply]

Thank you Barbara, and a merry Christmas to you. I really appreciate your work and support. —Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 14:59, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merry X-mas

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!

Hello Anthonyhcole, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2018.
Happy editing,
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Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

THANK YOU James, and may 2018 see the fulfilment of all your hopes snd dreams. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 05:37, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes - Issue 26

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Help

Let me know if you need anything to help you in creating your op ed piece for the Signpost. After all, I AM the humour editor and carry a lot of clout.[not] Best Regards, Barbara (WVS)   23:04, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia dangerous medical articles

Anthony, are you still around? We long provided (and sought more) evidence that Wikipedia's medical content could be dangerous to deadly. Given that I know how unreliable Wikipedia's medical content is, it is disconcerting that my family would be directly affected, because I trusted certain articles depending on a check of the article history to verify medical editors had been through them recently. We still have a few editors attempting in vain to keep up with broad topics requiring expert and up to date editing, resulting in incomplete articles with dangerous or deadly biases. Every time I have a health situation in my own family, I again realize we have articles, indeed entire suites of articles, relying on published medical sources that are 10 to 20 years old, when more recent information is available. And while dealing with disease, I have little time nor inclination to engage the extended editing needed to correct these deficiencies. We have long known of these problems with Wikipedia medical content. Would it not be more expedient to engage the press with very specific examples? Have you tried that yet? If you are around, please email me. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:23, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]