User talk:Chrisscrewball

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Lung cancer

Hi, Chris, and welcome to Wikipedia. I saw your comment about cancer mortality in women, but that doesn't fit with the data. Please comment here. Axl ¤ [Talk] 18:52, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Humanizing Psychiatry

A tag has been placed on Humanizing Psychiatry, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Crusio (talk) 13:38, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

advice

As reviewing administrator, I removed the speedy tag. I also moved the article to the person's name and combined it with the article for the first book. As he wrote several books, he is clearly more important that either of them, & the article is more likely to survive. I know you intended to write the bio of the author, but let me explain:

By our usual standards, an article about a book, linking to an extensive online preview, and giving a very extended summary of the book, is generally considered promotional. The articles you wrote are designed to promote his argument, not just tell us about it. The section on a book, or even article on it if there were to be one, should be explain his ideas, but only with the intent to let us understand them, not convince us. That's the difference between promotional and informative. I think you would find it easier doing it in one article that is unlikely to be challenged. (I feel this way about all expositions of belief here--many of the articles on individual non fiction books err in the same way yours' did, and I try to reduce them to encyclopedic content also The principle here is proportionate coverage. See the article on The Interpretation of Dreams, which I think does it just right, and you will have to admit that at least at present it is a much more famous work. Yet the article does not promote his theories. Nor does it devote much space to the general background and common ideas being discussed. What I think you now need to do is to reduce the material on the books to a similar measure.

You are of course at liberty to revert my merge and my redirects, but if you do I shall nominate both books for deletion at AfD. What happens at AfD is unpredictable, but I suspect the result is likely to be to redo the merge. ( if you follow this course, let me advise you to at least write the bio before you do that, which cannot but strengthen your case a little, and will avoid the possibility of everything being deleted. The relevant policy is NOT SOAPBOX. I recognize you wo;t think of this as such, but other people are likely to. DGG ( talk ) 01:40, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Chris, thanks for your email. I see that my colleague DGG has already found a better solution than delete. I have p[laced a "welcome" template on top of this page. It contains several links that might help you get started on WP. Leave a message on my talk page if you need any other help. DGG is also always willing to help. Happy editing! --Crusio (talk) 09:42, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File source problem with File:Humanizing Madness Cover.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:Humanizing Madness Cover.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 14:56, 27 August 2010 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:56, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File source problem with File:Humanizing Psychiatry Cover2.jpg

Thank you for uploading File:Humanizing Psychiatry Cover2.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, please add a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a brief restatement of that website's terms of use of its content. However, if the copyright holder is a party unaffiliated from the website's publisher, that copyright should also be acknowledged.

If you have uploaded other files, consider verifying that you have specified sources for those files as well. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged per Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, F4. If the image is copyrighted and non-free, the image will be deleted 48 hours after 14:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC) per speedy deletion criterion F7. If you have any questions or are in need of assistance please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Niall McLaren for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Niall McLaren is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Niall McLaren until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Greg Bard (talk) 18:32, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]