User talk:Roxy the dog

Sorry to hear it

Sorry to hear you need chemo, Roxy. Hope it's going as well as can be expected. Bishonen | tålk 17:36, 9 March 2022 (UTC).

Hear, hear! The process is tough, but worth it.--Gronk Oz (talk) 10:57, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

I expect to be undergoing chemo myself shortly if they don't operate on my bowel cancer first. Roxy maybe we should chat sometime, sorry to hear you are needing it. Doug Weller talk 15:00, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Looks like I’m up for a bowel cancer operation soon. I’m seeing a surgeon Monday. Doug Weller talk 19:35, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

I archived this thread during the recent brouhaha, which has a very brief explanation. I am in fact very fortunate in that my condition is managed very well, my current therapy hadn't even been thought of when I was diagnosed and I intend to keep on doing sequels's like Picard. I haven't seen it yet btw.

Doug, It's very clear there is lots of support for you, so keep us informed, but only as far as you care to.

Gronk Your recent outing of yourself at ARBCOM came as a surprise to me, and really made me smile, so thanks.

Thanks also to you Bish -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 22:09, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. Good to hear that your condition is being well managed. Doug Weller talk 14:07, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Precious

Two years!

Best wishes for your health! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:00, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

I hope you get better soon, Roxy! Félix An (talk) 21:43, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Successful bowel cancer surgery in that they removed all the bowel cancer. Still cancer in lymph nodes and liver, so about 3 months of chemo (I'll find out the type in a couple of weeks) followed by liver resection. I'm reclaiming my strength slowly, able to walk over a mile at a time. Doug Weller talk 13:34, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

I always love hearing good news Doug, so thanks. I had a CT scan once, specifically to see Lymph Node involvement, and my specialist said that they lit up like searchlights. I'm on Venetoclax for a couple of years going forward now, tablets, so I have a monthly hosp visit for bloods and issue of gobstoppers!! -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 14:17, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

That's a bit scary, but I don't think the scans showed anything at that scale. I guess I'll know in about 4 months or so when the chemo is through. The possibility of a drip was mentioned, I hope it isn't necessary. Doug Weller talk 16:43, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Writing over posts

Why did you do this [[1]]? Slatersteven (talk) 15:53, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

I didn't. Clearly it was an accident. -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 15:54, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I will say I have had something similar happen in the past. It looks worse than it is. It's still bad that it happened but I think it's more a technical error rather than an intentional action. --ARoseWolf 15:57, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Tufting

Hi, looking for best practices when editing the lead for the tufting wiki. The information is misleading and incorrect history of the method. Please let me know what I can do to rectify it. Thank you in advance. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufting 108.36.210.16 (talk) 20:14, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Dont edit the lead. WP:LEAD explains the purpose of the lead, in a nutshell it is a summary of the body text, containing the most salient points on the topic from the body text. The body text should be reliably sourced as defined by WP:RS. I must say that this isn't a very good article, and doesn't cover what tufting is when you consider that tufted carpets are probably 95% of the worlds wall to wall carpets, and Tufting as defined by this article is a craft hobby, meaning that the article is sadly lacking.

If the history is wrong, correct it first, and reflect changes in the lead.

I prefer to discuss specifics of articles on the article Talk pages so that watching editors will see developments. If you have further questions or want to discuss further please open a section there. regards -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 22:22, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your advice. I agree that the article is inadequate and lacking information on the broader topic. I know a few experts in the field and will be enlisting them to rectify the article. Further discussion will be made there Eadster (talk) 12:06, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Great Barrington Declaration

23 April 2022 Dear user, I just saw you immediately undid my revision on the article about the Great Barrington Declaration, where I removed the reference to "climate change denial" since it seems to be unsupported, and none of the sources cited is actually an article by any of the members of the AIER stating that climate change doesn't exist. I can provide evidence of the fact that AIER exponents do not deny climate change: https://web.archive.org/web/20201022221830/https://www.aier.org/article/climate-catastrophism-and-a-sensible-environmentalism/ https://www.aier.org/article/the-battle-for-1-5-degrees-of-warming-is-already-lost-so-whats-plan-b/ https://www.aier.org/article/climate-alarmism-reconsidered/ Both these articles acknowledge climate change as a problem; they just disagree about the common proposed solutions, while supporting nuclear power as a sensible and free-market-friendly solution to it. Since I guess you are very sensible about fake news, I would just ask you to provide evidence supporting the idea that AIER denies climate change, otherwise the statement expressed in the beginning of the article is just a fake news.

Best regards, a user

If you cannot be bothered to sign your posts, I feel no need to respond in any meaningful way. -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 15:49, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

If you care about it, my name is Salvatore 93.47.219.174 (talk) 15:50, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Those links do not support your odd contention. -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 15:52, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

I would ask you to send me a link supporting YOUR contention. Since you are claiming that the AIER denies climate change, you have the burden of the proof. I have just sent a sample of articles to show that they don't deny climate change, but I cannot prove that all swans are white by looking at all swans in the world; if you want to prove that some swans are black, you have the burden of the proof. 93.47.219.174 (talk) 15:54, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

I shall not respond further here, as other watchers of the GBD page will not see our conversation. The article talk page is where you should argue for your point of view, rather than a user Talk page. Thanks. -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 15:57, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Ok, I will do so, hoping that anyone will bother to answer as quickly as you bothered to undo my edit.

Best regards,

Salvatore 93.47.219.174 (talk) 15:59, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

My speed in this was entirely coincedental, I assure you. -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 16:09, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Scardust

Hello,

The article "Scardust" has had extensive editing issues in the past. I was dissatisfied with the previous iteration of the article, so I did extensive research and spent about seven hours last night and today fixing up some inaccuracies, cleaning up irrelevant information, properly sourcing claims, and providing a more comprehensive history of the band. At the moment, I believe the article looks fine, but I am afraid that the same users who have caused problems with the article in the past may aggressively change the article again, for the worse.

Would it be possible for you to check the sources, and make sure the article is indeed good and if not, let me know what needs to be changed and I will change it (including sourcing), and to moniter the article so that it remains high quality?

I did message the band themselves who suggested I make the changes I did, and provided me with several sources I cited in the article. I can send you that email exchange if you need.

Thank you in advanced.

(Eyesofagony (talk) 21:35, 29 April 2022 (UTC))

I'm curious. What criteria made you select me for this request? -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 22:23, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

I don't know it was essentially random; I noticed that you're an admin, or at least a highly regarded editor who frequents "Biographies of Living People," under which this article falls. If you're not the right person, please let me know where to go. thank you.

(Eyesofagony (talk) 22:46, 29 April 2022 (UTC))

Edit: although upon looking at your history you indeed do seem to be grumpy, so maybe I chose the wrong user... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eyesofagony (talk • contribs) 22:53, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Gosh. I woke up, and found this!! -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 15:59, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

As stated there, it appeared to me as if you weren't interested. Situation under control though. Thank you for the response. Eyesofagony (talk) 16:39, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Category removal at Quentin Crisp

Hi Roxy. I'm assuming when you said Already in cats that exclude these in this edit summary, you're referring to the English Male set of categories? If so, as Quentin was transgender, as is discussed in the article lead and body as cited to his last published work, why did you not remove the other set instead? Could I convince you to self-revert and remove the other categories instead please? Sideswipe9th (talk) 23:39, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm afraid I wont be self reverting, sorry. If you want to ask your question on the talk page of the article, I would be happy to respond there so other interested editors can see. - Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 00:31, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Will do. Sideswipe9th (talk) 00:32, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. Sideswipe9th (talk) 00:37, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Copyright?

Hello Roxy the dog!

I happened to read about your health when I was going to post this. My condolences, I hope everything goes well.

You wrote this in the edit summary: https://web.stanford.edu/~davies/Symbsys100-Spring0708/Marx-Commodity-Fetishism.pdf However I can't find this document linked to anywhere in the edit.

Would you mind telling me where it is?

Kind regards, Pauloroboto. Pauloroboto (talk) 19:25, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello again!

(I've now checked it again, and I can't find anything close to it. I don't even cite Das kapital.) Pauloroboto (talk) 20:12, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Firstly, thank you for your concern about my health, it is much appreciated.

You are somewhat justified in questioning my edsum. I certainly wasn't thorough enough in checking before actually reverting you. All I did was try to figure out where the strange unencyclopeadic text was coming from by googling huge sections and finding millions of results. It was an easy way of removing the edit that didn't at all justify itself in a list of topics characterised as Pseudoscience. Nevertheless, a load of marxist critiques and quotes doesn't validate "Economics" as pseudoscience. Would you like me to open a section at the article Talk page to discuss this? I note that another editor reverted your previous edit? -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 21:43, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello!

I'm glad to hear that. Hope you're doing better soon.

I would be happy to see a section opened on the talk page, then I can answer you there in more detail.

See you there.

Kind regards, Pauloroboto Pauloroboto (talk) 22:17, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

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