User talk:TimVickers
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Anti-aging
Couldn't help peeking at your note to NYB and have taken a look at the article; I hope you don't mind if I offer a few comments. Off a quick read, I'd say drop the bit about the tax evasion; it condemns the organization for the actions of a member, whether a founder or not. If the organization had been convicted of tax evasion, that would be relevant. And is it Perls or Pearls? It's spelled both ways. I'd probably throw the part about the lawsuit against Perls/Pearls up in the section where he is quoted and drop the "lawsuit" subsection, because the fact they sued Olshansky is mentioned in the "Awards and criticism" section. About this sentence here: "Both the organization's scientific foundations and the safety of the products it promotes have been questioned." - this needs to be backed up not just by a reference but by the names of people/organizations who are doing the questioning.
Incidentally....darn good work on this. Best, Risker (talk) 05:36, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
- I took a quick look also: The specialty board business does not adequately consider subspecialties--this are indeed not one of them, but this is not shown by the links. I added the osteopathic Board link, as they are D.O.s We might consider an article on the journal--let me know if you;d like me to try--its the best way of clarification. (and I have emailed you. ) DGG ( talk ) 06:57, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
2009 flu pandemic, taking a chance and removing protection
Tim, research was announced today including some indication that only one injection may be needed for vaccine protection. I've added this to our article, with a reference to an ABC news article.
Okay, about the semi-protection, I suppose I might be one of the people guilty of "vandalism" (although I really don't look at it that way! I might be a radical, but I'm a radical that references the New England Journal of Medicine, and since removed from the article).
And I very much see a selection process. People whose primary interest is swine flu are not established wiki users and those cannot add and contribute. Instead the people contributing are (I suppose) those whose primary interest is formal communication.
So, let's take a chance for Rock n Roll! If we can. I put forward the idea that we could remove the protection and see what happens.
And if you want to jump in and help with the article, please! I remember we discussed the N of the H1N1. We probably both got too technical, but you seemed to really know your stuff. And that's the kind of good information we should include in the article. Cool Nerd (talk) 00:30, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
- Hi, Tim. Thanks for changing it. It will be an experiment. And I guess we’ll see how it goes. Cool Nerd (talk) 20:21, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
File:Biliverdin3.svg
I would like to draw your attention to this image. One of Czech users has pointed out that it shows bilirubin instead of biliverdin. Could you please check it?--195.113.146.198 (talk) 09:56, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
- It looks like Biliverdin to me, see structure and note the arrangement of the double bonds joining the imidazole rings. Tim Vickers (talk) 17:52, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
- Based on comparison to structures in Chemical Abstracts File:Biliverdin3.svg correctly matches biliverdin (CAS# 114-25-0), not bilirubin (CAS# 635-65-4). -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:15, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
2009 flu pandemic---First Playable Hand!
This is the first information that people might not know that might really make a difference. If your child seems to be getting better, then relapses with a high fever, that might be a secondary infection of bacterial pneumonia. Get them medical attention, and hurry!
- Report Finds Swine Flu Has Killed 36 Children, New York Times, Denise Grady, Sept. 3, 2009. This article more emphasizes children with previous health problems.
- How did swine flu kill a healthy boy?, Antioch kindergartner's death leaves parents and doctors without answers, by CHAS SISK, THE TENNESSEAN, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009. The article is about five-year-old Max Gomez, who died even though he did not have chronic health problems.
Now, presumably this would be true for adults, too, although perhaps to a lesser extent. I am taking it step by step. And let's see if the research states this. Cool Nerd (talk) 20:30, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Your help and guidance needed
Hi Admin,
Hope you are having a good weekend. I am an American wikipedian. I live in Chicagoland, Illinois. For a while, I am deeply bothered in a very negative manner by a user named User:Ravichandar84 from India, a country in South Asia. He is not willing to assume good faith in my edits and was blindly accusing me a sock of an Indian WP user named User:Vyaghradhataki. I can't even say this user's name who was blocked long time ago. You can see my edits here as well as here. Ravichandar84 is repeatedly harassing me saying that I made personal attacks at him based on his nationality (which is Indian). I did not do anything of that sort. I also did not disrupt WP. Please read the WP Harassment policy here. While analyzing this situation, please have an open mind by being neutral and unbiased. After the thorough analysis, please stand by me. Please tell Ravichandar84 not to harass me. He also has trouble understanding English language. He also uses disparaging, and unprintable words like "shit" in his posts (please look in the second post mentioned above). He is also crossing his limits by threatening to start an ANI when I did not do any harm to anybody. Please honor my sincere requests. I am really fed up with Ravichandar84's demeanor which is very offensive, discriminatory, harmful, and dangerous. Please protect my account, and please protect me from Ravichandar84's harassment. Thanks for your time and awaiting your help (and protection). Take care...A proud Illinoisan (talk) 20:53, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Your note
Hi Tim, I'll certainly take a look at that article, though I wonder whether editing it is a good idea now that a legal case has started. But I'll look at the issues, anyway, and if I feel I can contribute positively (and safely), I'll do so. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 06:15, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
- Glancing at the lead, the "unscrupulous purveyors" quote, and the source, I would remove that for sure, because the source doesn't quite say it. Even if he did, it would not be good for the lead based on one source. But he's quoting someone else, and that second person is using it as a sort of parody statement. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 06:29, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
- I removed it just to be on the safe side. [1] Hope that's okay. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 06:35, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Re: Problem
Hi Admin,
Thanks for your post. I am being troubled by the User:Ravichandar84 for a while- right from 23rd August 2009. I don't remember any other date. The pages where he (Ravichandar84) is creating problems are here and here. You may also want to look at this page, as well. Please help me, Sir. This is my sincere and humble request to you. Awaiting your reply and help. A proud Illinoisan (talk) 12:57, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
Please respond to my requests. Please help me. I am afraid, time is running out. Thanks for your understanding. A proud Illinoisan (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Dear Admin, Please respond to my requests. Please help me. I am afraid, time is running out. Thanks for your understanding.A proud Illinoisan (talk) 13:48, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Dear Admin, Thanks for your post. I present you the diffs wherein User:Ravichandar84 is blindly accusing me of making personal attacks based on his nationality (which is Asian Indian). I never did anything of that sort. He is suffering from inferiority complex and sees me with a jaundiced eye (you know what I mean) as a result of which whatever I try to say appears wrong to him and he makes up many things against me solely because of hatred. The diffs also contain his threats (like starting an ANI if he doesn't see anything useful from me in the months to come). Please read them and help me. This is my sincere request to you. Here are the diffs, please peruse them thoroughly so that you will understand the situation better and will help me cordially: number 1; number 2, contains unprintable word-Shit; number 3 contains blind accusation; number 4; number 5; number 6 accusing me due to inferiority complex in his mind. You can very well see from User:Ravichandar84's edits that he hates me for some reason. He is willing to act like a sycophant with his fellow Indian editors but is seeing American editors like me with a jaundiced eye. He is picking fight with me almost everytime for no good reason but is boasting that he has other important things to do. Don't you feel this is too much on the part of User:Ravichandar84? How long is he going to harass me? I recently suffered from some health predicaments mainly because of problems engineered by User:Ravichandar84. I prefer not to disclose my gender or ethnicity here on WP, but he calls me a man and an Indian American. Please help me, Sir. This is my sincere and humble request to you. Again, please help me.A proud Illinoisan (talk) 16:04, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Dear Admin, thanks for your post. Will duly follow your advice. But, please do help me stay safe here on WP. Some editors (esp. the ones from the East) tend to misunderstand others. They also make up things against others. I do not want any admin to block my account in my absence. I sincerely request you to protect my account, and my interests (in my absence). Thanks again and you have a great rest of 2009! A proud Illinoisan (talk) 16:52, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Re: SOD/CAT
See http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Could-soy-isoflavones-extend-life . Isn't this what the essence of my SOD/CAT article two months ago. While this may not improve my chances for publishing an article on wikipedia, I must say, it certainly improves my mood to say, " I told you so." 71.105.255.183 (talk) 02:29, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Alberto R. Games Hernandez
You deleted the TALK page why? I would like to see how to improve the article, even if it can be included in WP:CUBA PROJECT.
- If you register an account, I could copy the deleted content into your userspace, so you could work on it at your leisure. Tim Vickers (talk) 03:12, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
okay...Alberto Games 8:32, 24 September 2009
Re: Invitation to Molecular and Cellular Biology Wikiproject
Hi,
Do I just add my name and short description to the long list of other users?
Cheers, Wil
WKoets (talk) 13:24, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Modern Evolutionary Synthesis and Limb Development
Thank you for your suggestions. I will give them some thought. In the meantime, I will post a brief reply to your last comment on the MES talk page.CHW100 (talk) 20:13, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
citations on kingdom (biology)
There was no citation for the line about 18 to 30 kingdoms possible. I looked for about 10 minutes but couldn't find it. The rest is just cleaned up and was already in the article. alatari(talk)