User:Ogress

Hi Ogress, I'm not sure how to message people here or if this is the right way or not, but thank you for the info you provided earlier to me. (It does seem kind of odd that there is no actual messaging function.)

I have noticed what seems like many articles on medicinal plants being decidedly negatively biased. While the authors will make their claims appear to be backed up by scientific studies, I have found that there frequently exist many studies which are completely left out or not mentioned.

With the Ginkgo article I added information related to several studies which did show beneficial effects with the best possible citation sources I could find (many journal links are either non-existent or else paywalled and it seems inappropriate to me that an online free encyclopedia dedicated to free information would put a premium on citing original sources if they are paywalled.

I noticed that not long after my edit that the changes were summarily reverted without so much as any discussion in the Talk area. I have since added information there but no one has responded.

I will definitely investigate the information you have provided and better acquaint myself with the workings of Wikipedia and try to avoid a "war".

Thank you again. --F. Pacifica 05:45, 12 August 2015 (UTC) {{sfn|Lopez|2013|p=}} {{cite book|ref=harv|last1=Buswell|first1=Robert|authorlink1=Robert Buswell Jr.|last2=Lopez|first2=Donald S.|authorlink2=Donald S. Lopez, Jr.|title=The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-fWKngEACAAJ|year=2013|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-15786-3}}

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1. Wikipedia:No angry mastodons
2. I employ the One Revert Rule aka BOLD, revert, discuss cycle - edit boldly, and if reverted, discuss with the reverter to see if my edits were a good idea.
3. "Muslim before Moslem" - this tried and true principle is to fix Arabic words and names to Library of Congress standard whenever possible. When in doubt, Muslim is a better choice than Moslem.
4. I also fix Indic words and names to the National Library at Kolkata romanization.
5. I also fix Tibetan romanisations to Wylie and the THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription, as appropriate to setting
6. I ruthlessly apply the guidelines provided in Manual of Style/Islam-related articles. NO MERCY!
7. I loathe drama. I'm a queer woman, so there's already enough bloody drama in my life, so down with drama.

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