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BARNSTARS

  • The Original Barnstar Thanks for all your efforts on medical articles. Best. Doc James 10 April 2017 (UTC)
    The Original Barnstar Thanks for all your efforts on medical articles. Best. Doc James 10 April 2017 (UTC)
  • Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thank you for being a dedicated, smart, and fantastic person in the GA review. I am very impressed with your knowledge and dedication. I hope we can work together in the future. AmericanAir88 12 Novembehank)
    Tireless Contributor Barnstar Thank you for being a dedicated, smart, and fantastic person in the GA review. I am very impressed with your knowledge and dedication. I hope we can work together in the future. AmericanAir88 12 Novembehank)
  • The Original Barnstar Congratulations on getting Vitamin C to GA status through a fair bit of turbulence! Chiswick Chap 27 November 2017 (UTC)
    The Original Barnstar Congratulations on getting Vitamin C to GA status through a fair bit of turbulence! Chiswick Chap 27 November 2017 (UTC)
  • Barnstar of Diligence Thank you for your assistance overseeing the student edits. You help was greatly appreciated! JenOttawa 28 November 2017 (UTC)
    Barnstar of Diligence Thank you for your assistance overseeing the student edits. You help was greatly appreciated! JenOttawa 28 November 2017 (UTC)
  • Barnstar of Life You have made many, many, many significant improvements to medical content here on Wikipedia. You should have been awarded this barnstar a long time ago. The Vitamin C article is exquisite. Barbara (WVS) 7 February 2018 (UTC)
    Barnstar of Life You have made many, many, many significant improvements to medical content here on Wikipedia. You should have been awarded this barnstar a long time ago. The Vitamin C article is exquisite. Barbara (WVS) 7 February 2018 (UTC)
  • The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar I watched the "Averell Smith" saga unfold at the Teahouse, and wanted to thank you for your time and effort. You set a good example for others to follow... Tribe of Tiger Seconded. Deb 10 March 2018 (UTC)
    The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar I watched the "Averell Smith" saga unfold at the Teahouse, and wanted to thank you for your time and effort. You set a good example for others to follow... Tribe of Tiger Seconded. Deb 10 March 2018 (UTC)
  • The Compass BarnstarI just wanted to thank you again for all of the help that you have lent me during the process in getting Chromium to FA... UtopianPoyzin 12 October 2018 (UTC)
    The Compass BarnstarI just wanted to thank you again for all of the help that you have lent me during the process in getting Chromium to FA... UtopianPoyzin 12 October 2018 (UTC)
  • The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar Awarding you this star because you took the time and care to assist this new contributor with their first article. Your edits and participation encourage me to be a more engaged contributor. Many thanks. MBAWilbins 30 October 2019 (UTC)
    The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar Awarding you this star because you took the time and care to assist this new contributor with their first article. Your edits and participation encourage me to be a more engaged contributor. Many thanks. MBAWilbins 30 October 2019 (UTC)
  • The Teahouse Barnstar For being the most active editor at the Teahouse. Interstellarity (talk) 20 November 2019 (UTC)
    The Teahouse Barnstar For being the most active editor at the Teahouse. Interstellarity (talk) 20 November 2019 (UTC)
  • The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar Thank you for your kindness and support! LorriBrown (talk) 02:45, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
    The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar Thank you for your kindness and support! LorriBrown (talk) 02:45, 24 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Copyeditor's Barnstar Thank you for all of the ref fix on Ann Walker (landowner) Kimdorris (talk) 02:23, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
    The Copyeditor's Barnstar Thank you for all of the ref fix on Ann Walker (landowner) Kimdorris (talk) 02:23, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Editor's Barnstar Thank you very much! Princesse Marissa (talk) 17:03, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
    The Editor's Barnstar Thank you very much! Princesse Marissa (talk) 17:03, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Brilliant Idea Barnstar Thank you! Roccie (talk) 17:53, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
    Brilliant Idea Barnstar Thank you! Roccie (talk) 17:53, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Teahouse Barnstar I know you already got this award, but I'm going to give it again since you deserve it. Benjamin Borg (Talk) 12:08, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
    The Teahouse Barnstar I know you already got this award, but I'm going to give it again since you deserve it. Benjamin Borg (Talk) 12:08, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Tireless Contributor Barnstar For your edits to vitamin articles and for bringing Vitamin K to good article status, being responsive to my near endless list of things to change throughout. Well done! Tom (LT) (talk) 00:43, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
    Tireless Contributor Barnstar For your edits to vitamin articles and for bringing Vitamin K to good article status, being responsive to my near endless list of things to change throughout. Well done! Tom (LT) (talk) 00:43, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Special Barnstar Thanks for helping me out David notMD!!! ILoveCocomelon (talk) 11:21, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
    The Special Barnstar Thanks for helping me out David notMD!!! ILoveCocomelon (talk) 11:21, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Original Barnstar For doing really good work at the AfC Helpdesk and the Teahouse. CommanderWaterford (talk) 10:52, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
    The Original Barnstar For doing really good work at the AfC Helpdesk and the Teahouse. CommanderWaterford (talk) 10:52, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Barnstar of Diligence For all your good works at the Teahouse Celestina007 (talk) 01:07, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
    The Barnstar of Diligence For all your good works at the Teahouse Celestina007 (talk) 01:07, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Minor Barnstar Thank you for helping me understand Wikipedia! Best Sparklestern 18 July 2021 (UTC)
    The Minor Barnstar Thank you for helping me understand Wikipedia! Best Sparklestern 18 July 2021 (UTC)

My GA nomination approvals

DYKs I've reviewed (keeping track of)

  • West African bichir (used)
  • Nemobius sylvestris (used)
  • Megachile chomskyi (used)
  • Robin Ling (used)
  • Harold Basil Christian (used)
  • General George Washington Resigning His Commission (used)
  • Oriental Basin pocket gopher (used)
  • Vel blood group (used)
  • Alexandrea Owens (used)
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (used)
  • Frog pond effect (used)
  • Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science (used)
  • Lübeck disaster (used)
  • Bald's eyesalve (I rejected it)
  • Dracopristis (rejected due to late submittal (GA completed in March, DYK submitted in September))

And the ones I nominated

  • Egg allergy for GA (used 12/5-6/17; on that day, increased daily views by 3,600. Before the DYK ~150 views/day)
  • Vitamin C for GA (used 1/10-11/18; on that day, increased daily views by 2,200. Before the DYK ~3,000 views/day)
  • I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold for 5X expansion (used 2/20-21/18 with image; on that day, increased daily views by 10,000. Before the DYK ~30 views/day)
  • Milk allergy for GA (used 3/14-15/18; on that day increased daily views by 3,000. Before the DYK ~200 views/day)
  • Brown-tail moth for GA (used 3/20-21/18; on that day increased daily views by 3,100. Before the DYK ~95 views/day)
  • Luna moth for GA (used 9/12-13/18 with image; on that day increased daily views by 8,400. Before the DYK ~700 views/day)
  • Vitamin deficiency for 5X DECLINED as not valid 5X expansion; March 2019
  • Red yeast rice for GA (used 9/9-10/19; (submitted image not used) on that day increased daily views by 2,200. Before the DYK ~ 300 views/day)
  • Folate for GA (used 10/26-27/19; on that day increased daily views by 700 (disappointing). Before the DYK ~ 1,675 views/day)
  • Vitamin B12 for GA (used 5/17-18/20; on that day increased daily views by 1,300. Before the DYK ~ 2,700 views/day)
  • Pantothenic acid chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there were no interesting facts.
  • Niacin for GA (used 8/30-31/20; on that day increased daily views by 3,300. Before the DYK ~ 1,000 views/day)
  • Vitamin K chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there were no interesting facts.
  • Fish allergy for GA (used 1/4/20; (submitted image not used) on that day increased daily views by 3,600. Before the DYK ~ 20 views/day)
  • Biotin for GA (used 3/4/21; on that day increased daily views by 2,000. Before the DYK ~ 1,365 views/day)
  • Shellfish allergy chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there was no DYK I felt like reviewing as a quid pro quo.
  • Vitamin B6 chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there were no interesting facts.
  • Riboflavin For GA (used 12/28/21; on that day increased daily views by 5,500. Before the DYK ~ 610 views/day)
  • Vitamin A for GA (used 4/9/22; for 12 hours, not 24; on that day increased daily views by 1,500. Before the DYK ~ 1,300 views/day)
  • Sesame allergy (used 9/18/22; for 12 hours, not 24; on that day increased daily views by 6,300. Before the DYK ~ 20 views/day)
  • Thiamine chose to not nominate after raising to GA because there were no interesting facts.

Top medical contributors

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! (2017)

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The 2017 Cure Award
In 2017 you were one of the top ~250 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.

Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:01, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's been fun rooting around in the dark recesses of articles on dietary supplements, nutrients, and such. David notMD (talk) 12:38, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! (2018)

The 2018 Cure Award
In 2018 you were one of the top ~250 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.

Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 17:41, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors! (2019)

please help translate this message into your local language via meta
The 2019 Cure Award
In 2019 you were one of the top ~300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med 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 thematic organization whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs.

Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 18:35, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Discontinued

A new source on Cerebral Folate Deficiency

Good evening, David! I came across a new review article about Cerebral folate deficiency - in your opinion, is this review good enough to be cited/quoted in the CFD article? Review: PMID 30916789 Hope you are doing fine! Cheers from Russia, ---CopperKettle 14:52, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely a valid ref, and provides info to improve the CFD article. David notMD (talk) 16:37, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, great! I'm slowly reading this review and am putting some quotes from it at Talk:Cerebral folate deficiency --CopperKettle 17:05, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Nick Moyes (talk) 23:09, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Minimal Niacin dose for intramuscular injection enough for a flushing

Thank you for your edits of Niacin. There was a minimal dose specified to produce flushing. However, it was not specified whether it was an oral dose or IM/IV dose. Probably the oral one. If so, we should clarify that. Do you have a good source at hand? Also, it seems that for IM/IV path, even doses as small as 10 mg are enough to produce flushing. Don't you know where can we find the source for that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxim Masiutin (talk • contribs) 20:00, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In a country where I live (Republic of Moldova), nicotinic acid is only available in pharmacies, as a separate substance, in injectable form only. The oral form is only available in small doses as a vitamin-B complex together with other vitamins. In Russia, situation is the same - the main form is injectable, albeit the tablets of nicotinic acid are avaialable as a serarate substance, the injectable form is more widespread. That's why I have asked to you emphasize on the form of niacin. By the way, I have substantially edited the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYP4F2 today. Could you please review it, maybe you may have some ideas on how can I improve it? Thank you very much in advance for your feedback. -- Maxim Masiutin (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:38, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
thanks for helping me out! i'm a newbie! Renaki1983 (talk) 15:43, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for all your help Kaleeb18 (talk) 23:47, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tell us what you really think!

Pick a trophy! They're all for you!

Hi, David. You are the recipient of the Frankest edit summary award of the week for this. Congratulations! Bishonen | tålk 15:39, 1 November 2021 (UTC).[reply]

I got a chuckle out of that, and yes, I will keep ALL of the trophies. David notMD (talk) 20:15, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A question from Itcouldbepossible

Please can you explain me the reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itcouldbepossible (talk • contribs) 02:38, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I did not revert the SDs. Each Administrator gave a reason. I just wanted to point out to you that perhaps cease doing SD nominations until you have a better idea when to and when not to. David notMD (talk) 02:45, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

/Archive 4

A cup of coffee for you!

I love coffee because people get addicted to caffeine and I'm addicted to wiki. Karestoonegoli (talk) 12:14, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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A problem editor

To Bbb23, Liz, DMacks and Explicit. User:Wikipedian India posed a question at Teahouse, That led to a look at the editor's User page, where there is a list of articles created. It appears that Wikipedia Indian wants to crate an article for every India soldier slain. I am copying all of you, as Admins, as each of you have acted on Wikipedia Indian's articles in the past. Is there a path toward asking the editor to stop creatinge these article? David notMD (talk) 01:27, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE: Editor blocked on 27 Feb for inappropriate User name. Has not appealed block. David notMD (talk) 08:51, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sesame allergy has been accepted

Sesame allergy, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

-Liancetalk/contribs 06:05, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Quite an impressive article! Thank you for your contributions :) As you probably know, an editor of your experience can go ahead and move drafts directly to the mainspace instead of waiting for the often months-long queue - but there is nothing stopping you from continuing to use AfC if it is your preference. Best, -Liancetalk/contribs 06:15, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Liance Yes, >40,000 edits, but only my third attempt at creating an article. Planning to send it to AfC made me be more conscientious. I am going to let this 'age' for four months, then with fresh eyes, prep for a GA nomination. David notMD (talk) 11:40, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

citation needed

About your comment here about leaving the citation needed rather than deleting. I find that the prevailing attitude in the circle of editors who work with medical articles the most is that statements without citations must be immediately deleted. This is not exactly my belief, but it is the prevailing one. It is what it is. MarshallKe (talk) 12:38, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Vitamin A

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Vitamin A you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hughesdarren -- Hughesdarren (talk) 05:40, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How's it going? This is such an interesting topic. Really enjoyed learning about Vit A. Hope all my questions aren't too onerous. I'm mostly done with all the formal bit of the review. Thanks for all your responses. Best Regards. 10:28, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Hughesdarren Thanks again for taking this on, and I will finish with answering your first round of queries soon. P.S. remember to 'sign' you comments by typing four of ~ a the end. David notMD (talk) 10:39, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oops. Bad habit of mine. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:48, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
All done, thanks for all your efforts. Great article and a pleasure to read. Regards. Hughesdarren (talk) 10:20, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Vitamin A

The article Vitamin A you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Vitamin A for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Hughesdarren -- Hughesdarren (talk) 10:21, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another Teahouse barnstar

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I consistently see great answers from you at the Teahouse, so enjoy yet another one of these barnstars; you've earned it! Bsoyka (talk) 03:05, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A cookie for you!

Thanks for the "thanks"!

Have a cookie. From my copy-editing, I learned that they were actually "invented" in Massachusetts. ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 22:23, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

oh wow a barnstar

The Original Barnstar
barnstar for being a cool reviewer. OGxSLAY3R (talk) 22:27, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of coffee for you!

Saw your answers at the teahouse, and thought you would appreciate caffeine as a sign of appreciation. I dream of horses (Contribs) (Talk) 05:35, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I dream of horses It's 2:23 AM here, so awake, but will delay my coffee intake to daylight morning hours. David notMD (talk) 06:24, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A Barnstar for You

Scholarly Barnstar
A Scholarly Barnstar for the terrific work you did on the citations in support of the Sesame allergy GA

DYK for Sesame allergy

On 18 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sesame allergy, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that because of the increasing prevalence of sesame allergy, the U.S. will join the EU and Canada in 2023 in instituting mandatory food labeling? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sesame allergy. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sesame allergy), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 18 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Thiamine

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Thiamine you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Mertbiol -- Mertbiol (talk) 16:01, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi David. I know you were hit by COVID and I hope you are all recovered (I saw your recent post at the Teahouse). I'm not sure whether you intend to start working on Mertbiol's suggestions but I'd be happy to help with the workload, probably from Sunday onwards. Is that OK and if so are there any bits you would specially like to hand over to me? Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:53, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Mike Turnbull, Mertbiol - Thank you both for offer and patience. Actually, intending to start my replies to the GA review today. As for the medical path, first I got COVID and started Paxlovid. Five days later my wife tested positive and started Paxlovid. Five days after ending treatment, I tested positive again (am now negative again), and five days after my wife's treatment she tested positive again (and then today, negative!). Luckily, rebound symptoms were not too severe for either of us, and no evidence at present for post-COVID symptoms. David notMD (talk) 15:59, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes that Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir#Rebound is quite common and one of the reasons that I don't think that therapy will be a long-term winner. Provided one is vaccinated I don't think most people need anti-virals as well. My own infection with omicron earlier this year proved to be mild, fortunately. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:06, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Eliza Neals

I have created an article for the above individual, completely oblivious until the final seconds of posting it to the mainframe, that there was an ongoing draft article for her. My apologises if I have trodden on any toes - purely accidental. Two thoughts - firstly, obviously anyone is welcome to add to the article I have created from information in the draft; secondly, I am slightly puzzled as to why a draft article has remained as such for years, and so many editors have added to it, without it ever 'going live'. Anyhow, we are where we are. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 11:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Derek R Bullamore my editing involvement in this was strictly drive-by; I have no skin in this game. David notMD (talk) 15:40, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

BluesRock007 You had an abandoned draft created by someone else back in 2020 (Draft:Eliza Neals) unabandoned earlier this month. Separately, User:Derek R Bullmore created an article about her, leaving a note on your Talk page to this effect. A third editor removed the connection to the draft, so that it now forwards to the article. What I suggest is that you look at the article and see if it can be improved. Although the draft no longer exists, if you click on Veiw history at the existing article, you can see and retrieve the content you had previously added to the defunct draft. I suggest you copy interesting parts of this to your Sandbox and then see if those parts are worth adding to the article. David notMD (talk) 15:40, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

?

Hello. In regards to your deletion of my content:

Abraham has been publicly vocal and quoted in publications about various aspects of his profession. He disagrees with insurance obstacles that patients face concerning only prescribing drugs when working through grief is the primary issue, where he says “There's not a pill for that.” [1] [1]

where I was trying to improve an article and you deleted a citation and quote with remarks "removed last paragraph, as less than 5% of the ref content was about Abraham, and definitely not worthy of a quote by him" I am really curious about what even led you to this article and what motivated you to undo where I am here trying to build an encyclopedia? I do not disagree with the facts that the quote and presence of the subject was but a small piece of a bigger article cited, but your application of standards seems a little heavy-handed to me, as I was just trying to add some interesting content to the article. Thank you for any help you can give me explaining this! TeeVeeed (talk) 13:19, 18 October 2022 (UTC) TeeVeeed (talk) 13:19, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I am a Teahouse host. I became aware of the article because there was a recent discussion about the article at Teahouse. The purpose of Wikipedia is to be informative, not interesting. David notMD (talk) 13:39, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Okay well I agree with information, verifiable, factual... but I'm going to disagree with you as far as interesting. Although I do understand that what I think may be interesting to readers and myself may not be everyone's cup of tea. TeeVeeed (talk) 13:42, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/for-depression-prescribing-exercise-before-medication/284587/

Removal of sensitization by vaccines

"An Institute of Medicine report says that food proteins contained in vaccines, such as gelatin, milk, or egg can cause sensitization (development of allergy) in vaccine recipients, to those food items."

Why was this removed? Vinucube (talk) 01:50, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Vinucube I have edited all of the food allergy articles. Which article(s) are you referring to? David notMD (talk) 03:09, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

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This Teahouse "Best Response of the Week" Barnstar is awarded to User:David notMD for their response to this question at the Teahouse. Mathglot (talk) 07:02, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Alejandra.IoECorp (13:28, 20 November 2022)

Hi David,

Thank you for your mentoring!

For my first consult, I want first to tell you why I'm here... ^_^

I'm part of a tech company; I joined Wikipedia to learn if I could add information about the Internet of Everything (IoE).

I've been reading the rules. Everything about: conflict of interest, how to request an article, and how (from what I understand) it might be possible for me to create an article page (in a neutral and non-commercial way). My priority is to do this in the most respectful and neutral way, but all the information has been a bit confusing for me, so I would be thankful if you guide me through the process.

So, my questions are: As there are now companies specifically dedicated to this area of technology, my goal is to try to create good/neutral references that extend the information about this topic, because we understand it's still kind of new and confusing. It could be a good idea for me to create the Internet of Everything page? or should I'd better do an article request?

I hope I explained this clearly, as I really want to be as respectful and neutral, to add valuable information keeping the good quality and mission of Wikipedia.

Looking forward to your help. Thank you in advance! Best regards. --Alejandra.IoECorp (talk) 13:28, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alejandra.IoECorp I see you have done some preliminary draft work at User:Alejandra.IoECorp/sandbox. Before going any further, declare your paid status on your User page. This applies even if you have not been asked by IoE to work on this project. Requesting an article is a fool's errand, as there is a large backlog and very few editors on the hunt for an idea for an article. Best path is for you to use WP:YFA as a guide for creating a draft copy/pasting the content in your Sandbox. Then submit to Articles for Creation when you believe the draft is adequate.
That said, unless IoE Corp has been written about by people with no connection to the company, you will not be able to establish notability. Examples of what does NOT count toward notability include what the company says about itself, i.e., website, social media, press releases, interviews with senior staff... Publications about routine financial transactions , ditto. David notMD (talk) 19:57, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the reply David notMD.
Ok, I will start by declaring my paid status... I requested a change for my username (as I put the name of the company, and I understand its incorrect for neutral reasons), but, maybe I should leave it like this thus I'm going to declare my paid status; please, let me know what it is best.
Then, I will write the article to submit it to Articles of Creation... using neutral references, as you have indicated to me.
Thank you for the help!
PS. I also saw the feedback on some of my contributions, thank you, it will help me to improve my editions. Alejandra.IoECorp (talk) 10:30, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Alejandra.IoECorp is an allowed name, whereas IoECorp would not be. See WP:NCORP for guidance on articles about companies. David notMD (talk) 11:25, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thanks for the clarification. :) Alejandra.IoECorp (talk) 18:29, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @David notMD,
I like to ask you another question...
I was wondering if there is a possibility to ask if any of the editors could help me write the article, maybe an editor with tech expert? Maybe comment about this in the tech project?
Thank you! Al3ka.DdR (talk) 12:37, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There is an article proposal process, but basically a dead letter, as the great majority of people interested in creating articles have their own ideas. Wikipedia:WikiProject also exists as a mean of finding people with common interests, but many of those projects have become inactive. David notMD (talk) 16:33, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Draft Edward Hayter

Hi, I think it's gonna be easier to ask questions here to not get lost In the tea page. I'd like to know what are the hyperlinks and to have some examples of the hyperlinks that are in the draft Veganpurplefox (talk) 01:58, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You appear to have removed all hyperlinks. I have no interest in commenting on the validity of the references as far as establishing notability. David notMD (talk) 05:02, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I do not know how to tag people in talk page as I don't get notifications if they are not in my talk page but I have replied to your comment Veganpurplefox (talk) 23:42, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Veganpurplefox There are a number of ways to "ping" someone at an article Talk page, Teahouse or your Talk page. I use double curley brackets {{ }} with, inside, the letter u followed by a vertical 'pipe' (its on the backslash key) and then the editor's user name. David notMD (talk) 03:47, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah I see, thanks, I have improved the draft and removed all information that didn't came from reliable source Veganpurplefox (talk) 04:59, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Veganpurplefox I am not a reviewer. Good luck. David notMD (talk) 05:35, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for all the help! Veganpurplefox (talk) 05:50, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Are Spotify podcasts reliable? Veganpurplefox (talk) 18:31, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

'Any Tips' From Teahouse

I just wanted to know tips on how to make more edits on mainspace. BloxyColaSweet (talk) 10:42, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

BloxyColaSweet In the recent days you have made about 20 stub articles. Expanding those to Start would be of benefit to future readers, as would Stub to Start for other plant species articles. My choice is to raise C-class and B-class articles to GA, each effort taking 50-150 edits. David notMD (talk) 11:15, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. BloxyColaSweet (talk) 11:16, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from JEPomer (19:46, 19 January 2023)

Where is the SEARCH field on Wikipedia pages?

This has apparently disappeared since the "new look" started. --JEPomer (talk) 19:46, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Still top, more to the left. I chose to change my Preferences to switch to the old version, which is still ssupported. David notMD (talk) 00:56, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Fathimashmz (09:43, 4 February 2023)

H --Fathimashmz (talk) 09:43, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What is question? David notMD (talk) 10:32, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Wahoo52 on Talk:Ice spike (14:36, 4 February 2023)

Hello. I have a good photo of an ice spike. How do I submit it? --Wahoo52 (talk) 14:36, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wahoo52 The Upload Wizard at Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard provides a means to add your photo(s) to Commons. Those photos can then be used in articles. When I searched Commons for photos tagged as ice spike I saw the ones already used in Ice spike, and others, so I am not sure if the article would benefit from another example. David notMD (talk) 14:53, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment from WindingRoad on Guinea_Town,_New_York and New_Guinea_Community_Site

I believe I have accurately allocated content to each of two distinct free Black communities as discussed on 11 March 2019 on Talk:Guinea_Town,_New_York.

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