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editor review

Why did you delete Mission Hill Middle School? That was my favorite article, since I attend that school. Can you please un-delete it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheese64 (talk • contribs) 18:21, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting on my editor review, I've not got a PC at home at the moment so I'm not online quite as much (though you may find that hard to believe lol) to catch up or I would have thanked you long before now. But it was much appreciated- so thanks again. The special, the random, the lovely Merkinsmum 00:32, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

You're very welcome, keep up your good work :-) delldot talk 05:30, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

TBI

Hello,

I've become very interested in TBI, particularly mTBI as I am a physician with training in diagnosis of WAD/CAD injuries and have seen quite a few patients with mTBI who are unaware that they suffer from its effects yet can't figure our why they feel 'scrambled'.

I've attended cont ed seminars on the topic and was glad to see the pages you have started and are interested in. I have become frustrated with myself after having suffered the effects of a mTBI due to neurotoxic chemical exposure. As such, I have forgotten the specifics of much of what I have learned on the subjects. General concepts are still intact, but the specifics are 'fuzzy'.

I am recently involved with the Brain Injury Association in my state, having spoken at two of the annual conferences. I spoke before a dual, joint committee on TBI and on under-recognized causes (returning military, 'minor' MVCs, and neuro-toxin exposures).

I am currently pursuing 'Function Medicine' www.functionalmedicine.org and plan to attend the Brain Injury Association of America (www.biausa.org) annual conference in Las Vegas next month.

I've already been able to refer a few patients to the VA in the San Francisco area for work-up and for their benefits. The VA just (Oct 2007) began recognizing mTBI in returning soldiers AND in performing appropriate workup, referral, treatment and benefits for them.

Prior work includes a little bit in toxic tort, particularly in prolonged exposure to mold, the toxins associated with certain species of molds under certain conditions and with toxins of concomitant bacterial species.

If you get a chance to look them up, a few of the 'experts' involved with the study of mTBI and PET scans include Dr. Joseph Wu, MD and Dr. Herbert S. Gross, MD (Neuropsychiatrist).

I'm still learning how to edit and code here, so please bear with me. I have a great interest in sharing that which I have learned and have a strong desire to help others, but I often find myself spread thin and have not devoted much time to learn how best to contribute to Wikipedia.

I'm on the west coast and love the mountains, ocean and rivers. There's some beautiful country around.

Thanks and more later, Rob 71.161.20.94 (talk) 03:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow, Rob, this is the most exciting message I've gotten in months! An actual TBI expert, here to help out! Lord knows we need it, before now I've been the only TBI enthusiast to edit really actively, and it gets a little lonely :-P Not to mention, I'm not an expert and there's the distinct possibility that I'm unknowingly introducing errors and distortions into articles. Pages that I'd especially love fact checkings on are concussion and post-concussion syndrome (not to put you to work right away!). But your input is welcome on any article, of course.

Yeah, editing Wikipedia can be hard at first. I'm glad to answer questions and help out in any way I can, just drop me another note. We are very big on being patient and welcoming with new editors here. One thing that will make life way easier for you and folks you work with is to create an account (if you don't have one), which is free, super easy, and comes with perks. No worries about the time commitment thing, it's a volunteer project and everyone has other commitments, so there's no time requirement of any sort.

I'm very excited to have you helping out! Currently we don't have any docs with neuroscience specialty on the project and they're sorely missed. Sorry to hear about your own mTBI! My recent work on concussion-related articles has made me acutely aware of how awful that must be.

Drop me another note any time. Peace, delldot on a public computer talk 04:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey Delldot,

Yes, that was from me, Baadcatj. Did I forget to sign again? Sorry about that. I bounce between browsers and am not always signed in on both.

I've put you on my watchlist and so will look for TBI-related items. I should have time to checkout concussion and post-concussion syndrome when I have some freetime this weekend.

Joy, Baadcatj (talk) 08:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I should have done this a long time ago!

		The Special Barnstar
		I award this Barnstar to Delldot for the kindness, friendship and help as my mentor. Thanks for always being there for me! --12:41, 12 March 2008 (UTC)CrohnieGal^Talk

My reply delldot on a public computer talk 05:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry for not thinking of this until this morning. You have been a wonderful person to me. I don't come often for help but when I do you are honest, helpful and precise about what I need to do. You have helped me with so much patience and understanding when I need you to be. I just want you to know that I am so happy and proud to have an editor like you take the time out of your busy schedule to answer and help me. I also want you to know that tomorrow I will be off line for a few days do to moving. Thank you Delldot! --CrohnieGal^Talk 12:51, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

My reply delldot on a public computer talk 05:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

You are more than welcome and deserve my acknowledgment. You have earned the right for everyone to see how great you are. --CrohnieGal^Talk 12:59, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow! I'm very moved. :D delldot talk 13:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Velvet worm

Hi Delldot! Thanks for your very, very comprehensive critique of my translation of this article - I really appreciate your feedback. I haven't had time to check back properly since I updated the article with the translation, but I'll try to work through and address your comments as best I can when I have a chance. You're right that the article needs inline references but unfortunately I won't be able to provide them as the German source article doesn't have any and I don't have access to the reference works to get them myself. Hopefully one of Wikipedia's academic types will come along and make use of their institution's journal subscriptions to sort this one out! I will do my best to address the other things, though. Cheers, and thanks again, --YFB ¿ 12:53, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow, too bad about the inline refs, that's by far the most important thing I brought up. You can't get access to any of the books? e.g. through google books or a library? Or can you find other references that aren't necessarily cited in that article? (They might still have some of the same info). Maybe you could contact the writers of the German FA and see if they could help you out--I bet they'd be flattered that you'd put so much work into translating their article. I realize it'll be a lot of work (and sorry, didn't see you were kind of on wikibreak till I looked at your talk page just now), but without them the article really isn't verified. Good luck, definitely let me know if you need any clarification or help or whatnot. Peace, delldot talk 13:05, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

RE Hola

Don't worry, I'm not leaving - just lacking in time to edit at the moment, due to having exams (today, tomorrow and Friday) and some other personal issues in RL to which I've had to devote a lot of time and energy. I'll probably be editing regularly again in a couple of weeks. Walton^One 14:43, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

My reply delldot on a public computer talk 05:32, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Undone Edit September 5th

I received a message saying "Sorry to undo your edit, but it's against Wikipedia guidelines to add people that aren't famous or don't meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines to Wikipedia articles, as you (or someone using this IP) did to September 5." I have only had a Wikipedia account for a month or two and thus it is impossible that I made that edit. I only use my account to edit minor grammatical and spelling errors that I find on the pages I read. Thank you for understanding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.170.6 (talk) 05:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Yup, must have been someone else. delldot talk 12:37, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

SAH - feel like a GA spree?

I've been watching subarachnoid hemorrhage for some time, and last year contributed much with the help of the most recent Seminar on the condition in the Lancet. There is some potential for this article to become WP:GA, which would always be a good thing. Would you be happy to help with some {{fact}} tags, and give me a general impression about what needs improving? JFW | T@lk 12:28, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Rock on. delldot talk 12:36, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Protect my Ident. Commit

Delldot, can you protect User:Firefoxman/Identity per our talk on IRC? I don't want that page changed easily, and I'm not planning to change my hash any time soon. ff m 12:47, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Done, let me know if you ever need it changed or unprotected or whatnot. :-) delldot talk 12:48, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. By the way, I just realized that the link in the text points to the wrong page. Can you change [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kyoko/Identity&action=history edit history] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Firefoxman/Identity&action=history edit history]? ff m 12:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure thing, done :-) delldot talk 12:54, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Rotavirus

Hi, thanks for your help with the article. I hope I found all those missing periods. Best wishes. Graham.--GrahamColm ^Talk 15:26, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Hi Delldot,

Thanks for your message (above) - I did read it but haven't had a chance to investigate google books or any other potential sources yet. I'll see what I can do.

Meanwhile, I've spent a few minutes tackling your request, so here goes:

First image:

Computed Tomography: massive subarachnoid haemorrhage with ruptured large aneurysm of the arteria basilaris.

The computed tomography image represents a section through the skull at the level of a hat brim. The section through the skull is thus near the skull base.

Imagine the patient lying on their back with their feet towards the viewer. This means that the front of the skull is shown at the top of the image and the right and left sides are interchanged. Therefore, for example, the structure numbered [2] is situated in the right hemisphere of the patient's brain.

The skull bone, shown in white, surrounds the brain and its blood vessels. At the front, the frontal sinus is depicted in black.

The aneurysm [1] is in this case very large. The blood from the ruptured aneurysm has spread to the surrounding cisterns ([2] = cisterna valleculae cerebri, which appears relatively clear, however, on the left-hand side [3]). The blood has spread far into the small subarachnoid space. Signs of the significant findings are the evidence of blood in the interhemisphere fissure [4] and on individual convolutions of the brain (Gyri) [6] of the right brain hemisphere (right hemisphere, frontal lobe). There is also a haemorrhage in the fourth ventricle [5].

The lateral ventricles [7] are free of blood.

One part of this I'm not sure about is the sentence "Signs of the significant findings..." - apart from the fact that that doesn't make particularly nice English, I'm also not sure whether "significant" should be "serious" or "grave" given the context - the word "erheblich[en]" could mean any of those.

Second image:

Angiography: massive subarachnoid haemorrhage with ruptured large aneurysm of the arteria basilaris.

This digital subtraction angiogram shows the same case as in the CT image above.

The aneurysm [1] is located in the region of the arteria basilaris [2]. This cerebral artery arises from the arteriae vertebrales [3], into which the contrast medium was injected. Further along its course, the arteria basilaris splits into the two arteriae cerebri posteriores [4], which in this case are inconspicuous.

Again, there's a bit of ambiguity here as that final "inconspicuous" ("unauffällig") could also mean "without pathological findings" in medical terminology. Hopefully you'll be able to use your better-informed medical judgement to decide what phrasing to use!

Hope that helps, anything else I can be of use with, give me a shout! Cheers, --YFB ¿ 14:05, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

YFB, you are so great! Thank you so much :-D delldot talk 14:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

No trouble, much less work than you've put into reviewing Velvet worm! --YFB ¿ 14:10, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh God my eyes!

I know your user page colors represent the colors of the rainbow, and I think it's totally awesome, but you might want to consider using slightly duller versions of the colors. Upon visiting your user page, my eyes did a backflip and stabbed my brain (read: colors = really bright.) Casull 07:56, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

lol, ok, I'll think about it :-) Thanks for the heads up. delldot talk 07:58, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Talkback rm'd, replied delldot talk 08:48, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the vandalism on my userpage

In thanks for fixing vandalism on one/some/all of my userpages I reward you this bootleg CD of your favorite band/musician. Enjoy!

Sweet! Leonard Cohen! How did you know? :D delldot talk 10:57, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikimagic. Was so out of ways to say thank you I had to make a cold uncaring template for it. --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk | Contribs) 11:00, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Well thanks! I'm currently rocking out as we speak XD delldot talk 11:11, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Regarding removal of the icon, no problem. Let's just hope I don't get vandalised again :| I'm back on vandal patrol. I tend to do a lot of that :D Steve Crossin (talk) 12:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Heh, good luck with that. Personally, I take those little offerings as a sign that I'm doing something right and I get a big kick out of them (does that make me weird?) XD delldot talk 12:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I get a kick out of vandal patrol. I think the blocked template for vandalism should be changed to "You got 0wnd, n00b" :D. But, i think it's sad that some people have nothing better to do than vandalise Wikipedia. Oh well :) Gives me something to do. :D Steve Crossin (talk) 12:26, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Totally, kids need more ways to entertain themselves. It's kind of sad that vandalizing Wikipedia is the most fun thing available for them, sheesh. Good thing for Wikipedia that there's folks like you around willing to devote their time to fixing it! delldot talk 12:34, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh noes, don't be leaving us!

*mass huggles* dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 08:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Aww! No worries, just a month. I'll be back before you know I was gone! delldot talk 08:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I just noticed your reversion of my userpage when you undid that anonymous users vandalism. Just wanted to thank you. --Thaddius (talk) 12:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry!!

Sorry, I'd started to sort of funny when I was writing up the reply. I apologize.

Okay then, I saw that their were very useful photos on the website. After you finish what your doing, you can help me upload them properly (I was only able to provide a link not the actual photo). Yes, but at least run me though the process before I do it on my own because otherwise I might be doing something wrong or against Wikipedia.

Alright them I'll make replys more specific in the future (you sounded kind of pissed off with me after you wrote that sentence)

The line was only a question, I wasnt going to ask you anything about writing something on the article (i would have done it by myself anyway)

Hope you had a good WikiBreak, when I wrote this the school holidays started, so I might be able to do something for Wikipedia hopefully.

Se Ya

WikiSandbox1 (talk) 07:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

My reply delldot talk 16:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Days of the year guideline

(I know you're on WB, but when you get back ...) As a frequent contributor (or vandal patroller) to the days of the year articles (WP:DAYS), your comments on the current state of the proposed guideline for that project would be greatly appreciated. Discussion is taking place here. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 18:51, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

abdullah two of jordan

i posted that i will be removing some of the entries for bieng pure speculation and opinion with the backing from this report of the DIA http://www.why-war.com/files/currentthreats_jacoby.pdf (the part about Jordanian stability bieng due to the king). i said i will do that and posted it in discussion for about a week i then went on and did my changes, user Grandia01 keeps editing my entries with no regards to discussion, and refuses to discuss first, edit second. i do not want to be in an edit war, and i would hope you get involved to end this —Preceding unsigned comment added by Topsecrete (talk • contribs) 00:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

My reply delldot talk 17:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back from your break!

I hope you enjoyed your time away from the computer and had lots of fun. Nice to see you in such a good mood, I saw your titles when removing your wikibreak notice! ;) Talk to you soon I am sure. --CrohnieGal^Talk 19:06, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Yay! Welcome back! :) dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 23:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Aww, thank you both! You make me even happier to be back :D delldot talk 02:00, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Adminship

Hello Delldot, this is Surfer-boy94 and I do not know if you are an administrator or not but you seem to have experience on wikipedia and I need help! So what chance would you say that I would have of becoming an administrator if i requested for adminship? I have made lots of constructive edits to wikipedia recently and can you please tell me if I have any chance of becoming one, because I don't want to request and be dissapointed with the results. Thanks, Surfer-boy94. Surfer-Boy94 (talk) 19 April 2008 15:00 (UTC)

Reply delldot on a public computer talk 05:03, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Adminship

Yeah I am 14, so you reckon I sould change my username, how do you do that? Surfer-boy94 (talk) 04:04, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

My reply delldot on a public computer talk 05:03, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back!

SWik78 (talk) 14:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

My reply delldot talk 14:47, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey-ya!
Nothing's new around here, you know that :)
I guess the most interesting thing would have been this minor conflict I had with an editor who was placed under certain WP:ARBMAC restrictions. He had this to say on my talk page:

In my personal thinking you have created trap in article SAO Western Slavonia so that your "favorite" administrator can block me but it has failed.

I know who he was refering to as my favorite administrator (Future Perfect at Sunrise - the same admin who placed him under ARBMAC and allowed me use of rollback) but I was feeling in a good mood to be a little sarcastic and answer with

What does Delldot have anything to do with this?

in reference to the favorite admin quip, going so far as to click the Show preview button but decided against it since he might not have found that clever.
As far as crap is concerned, it's hard to hold back. The ratio of crap to people trying to hold it back seems to be getting worse but kudos to us for being gluttons for punishment and ignoring that fact, ha?
Anyways, good to have you back.
Peace! SWik78 (talk) 15:19, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

My reply delldot talk 15:26, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Your opinion

Hey!

What's your stance on handing out blocks to accounts that are apparently created for vandalism only but that don't really edit enough to generate adequate warnings for a WP:AIV report? Specifically, Tusteer1234 (talk · contribs) has been around for about a week and made 3 no-no edits. Would you keep warning them or do you consider this pretty clear cut for a block? I ask because I don't think an AIV report would do much (only 3 edits in 8 days) and I'm not quite sure what else to do but I wouldn't be surprised to see him/her re-offend.

Thanks! SWik78 (talk) 19:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I think if it's clear that they're not here to help out, it's ok to block them as vandal only. I tend to be pretty conservative with blocking, because I feel like it's a lot easier to revert vandalism than to make good edits, so if we stand to lose any good edits it's not worth it unless it's an awful lot of vandalism. So it really would depend on the context. But with accounts it's simpler than with IPs because it's presumably just one person. So if they're making nothing but bad edits, I think it's totally reasonable to block them. I don't think the need for the edits to be current is as big of a deal with accounts, because again, you know it's just one person. Similarly, there's no need to go back down to a level 1 or 2 if a few days have passed with an account as you would with an IP. I think most people agree that it's not necessary to give all 4 levels of warning before blocking. I've been known to give 2 and block indef as vandal only if they're not doing anything productive, and like I said, I'm probably on the conservative end. I would think you can get away with reporting less recent vandalism from an account to AIV, but I don't know how other admins handle it. The only caveat would be that, though it's rare, it does happen that vandals are turned to valuable contributors (I actually met a dude in real life the other day that says he both vandalizes and makes good edits. It was a big 'what the hell' moment for me, but it just goes to show that vandals aren't trying to be nasty and don't realize it's that harmful). So of course there's never a reason to be rude or mean about it, and it's reasonable to bring it up with someone if you see them doing that. Eh, a little off-topic here. In short, I would give two or three warnings total, not starting over even if time has passed since the last one. Once they pass the last one, I'd report to AIV. Oh, and if they're vandalizing real slowly and not past a last warning, it's probably worth keeping an eye on them. I've been known to put a link to a vandal's contribs page in my to do list so I'll see it and remember to check it. Hope this was vaguely coherent and helpful! Lemme know if you want to discuss more. Peace, delldot talk 19:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

That's pretty insightful, it's actually exactly what I was looking for. I always knew you were conservative with blocks but I always figured it's just because of your personality (you're always so uber-nice to everyone). This answers my question so thank you!

By the way, I think it's hillarious what you said about trying to figure out a satisfactory way to reply where it alerts people quickly and keeps the conversation together because I'm always in that dilemma. When I first started editing, I simply replied on others' talk pages without caring about readability. Then I stared replying on others' talk pages and cut-and-pasting the reply on my own page as well. I'm not 100% sold on the concept of I'll reply here to keep the thread together because I'm not convinced people will find it so what I do now is I answer on other people's talk pages and provide a diff on my talk page to my reply. Guess who I learned that from ? :)

Peace! SWik78 (talk) 20:04, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, aargh, I wish there was some mediawiki thing that could give them an alert box for a reply on your page, but I can't imagine how you'd implement that. I'm not totally into the posting a diff on my page either, but it does kind of help me if I need to track something back down for some reason. But it's a bit of a pain. Most of the people I communicate with are newbies, so just replying on my talk page wouldn't work, because most of them wouldn't know to look. For a bit I tried replying on my talk page and alerting the person, but it was awkward for archiving because I didn't know if they'd seen it yet (though I guess I could archive bit by bit rather than wholesale like I always do). Although thinking about it now, if I'm posting a diff somewhere, maybe I should be doing it on the other person's talk page and keeping the discussion together here. Maybe I'll give it a try for a while.

Thank you for saying I'm uber nice! I always try to be, but I don't know if people are misinterpreting me, I think that may happen. But yeah, my blocking philosophy is quite possibly influenced by the fact that I'm a big softie :P delldot talk 20:20, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Way too many people are afraid of being nice to people because they fear that their kindness will be mistaken for weakness and they'd rather be labelled as mean than as weak (if that makes any sense). Kudos to you for not being afraid. That's why people like you so much. SWik78 (talk) 20:30, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Then read this. SWik78 (talk) 20:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I totally agree about the niceness thing. I'm not afraid of being perceived as weak, but I guess I'm afraid of rejection or something, not quite sure what it is. I always want to reach out to people but I'm frequently too shy :-/ I tell myself it's stupid and just not to worry about it, but haven't had complete success. You seem to be doing pretty great at it though! If you ever have any pointers, lemme know! delldot talk 20:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Could you please change my screen name?

I would like it to be changed to Artist Walser. Happy editing,--Padawan Animator (talk) 02:04, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi hi! I can't change usernames, but a bureaucrat can do it for you if you put in a request at WP:CHU (just follow the directions listed there). However, I don't recommend changing your username unless it really needs changing (e.g. for privacy); it's a big pain. It's confusing to other users, and various things need to be changed. Further, you only get one or maybe two chances to change your name, so if you wanted to change it again at some point in the future your request might be denied. But if you're dead sure that's what you want to do, WP:CHU is the place for you. Peace, delldot on a public computer talk 02:59, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, Welcome back!

Hey welcome back from your break, i hoped you enjoyed yourself very much.

I mentioned that you sounded annoyed with me because of the way you wrote you last reply. Ok, I accept your apology but please in future maybe consider to write a little more respectfully.

Certainly I will contact you if I do have a problem or a query.

Thank You

WikiSandbox1 (talk) 05:26, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I certainly will keep it in mind, thanks for bringing it up. I reread the note in question and you're right that it sounded kind of curt. Definitely keep in touch! Peace, delldot on a public computer talk 05:44, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Need your advice again! ;)

On my talk page near the bottom, title Twinkle, you will see me talking to another editor, WLU. We are trying to put a picture into an article, [1] but we don't know how to. There is a link there with the picture, but we aren't sure if it is copywrited protected though I also got this picture emailed to me for use by a friend who I suspect took it from the website of Natalizumab. I also got the pictures approved and accepted for use in the the [2]. I don't understand how to put pictures in and would appreciate some help. Thanks, --CrohnieGal^Talk 11:08, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I think I figured it out! :) It is here http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Crohnie_Pyoderma_gangrenosum.jpg What do you think? I couldn't figure out how to put in more than one image without going through the whole process again so I just picked the cleanest looking. --CrohnieGal^Talk 12:53, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Whoops, forgot I'm replying on my own talk page now delldot talk 13:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Football concussion

Where can I find updated data regarding football related concussions in adults? Justin/Sportsfanatix —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sportsfanatix (talk • contribs) 12:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Justin! Not sure, what type of info are you looking for? How about a google search for "football" with "concussion"? You can do google books and google scholar as well. The good news is, there's an awful lot of info on sports-related concussion because the term "concussion" is really only used in sports medicine nowadays. Do you have more specific info you're looking for? Drop me another note any time (You should put it at the bottom of my talk page or I might not notice it. Hence my delay in replying here). I'm glad to help if I can. Peace, delldot talk 01:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Help!

Help, I have been accused of sockpuppetry because of my friends and families inexperienced edits to wikipedia on the same computer. What should I do? Surfer-boy94 (talk) 08:02, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow, unfortunate situation. I'll start by suggesting that you be completely honest about everything. Even if you've done something wrong, people will be much more understanding if you're honest about it, and you can be forgiven. It will likely go much harder for you if there's anything you don't own up to that's later discovered. And these guys are good, so it probably will be. So here's my suggestion: you should just explain your case; tell them exactly what really happened.

For the future, I'd recommend keeping absolute transparency and honesty in mind, so that stuff like this doesn't happen again. For example, if you've communicated with someone in real life about an AFD, mention that in your AFD vote. Just a little line, something like, "just so you all know, I heard about this from my real life friend and wanted to weigh in". That will provide an explanation for what might otherwise seem like sockpuppetry. Plus, it might help with people who are concerned about meatpuppetry (e.g. coordinating with people you know in real life to alter a vote or other measure of consensus). I don't have any experience with sockpuppetry cases, but it seems like it should be possible for your friends to prove that they're different people from you (e.g., couldn't they edit from somewhere else at the same time or something?). If you're willing to submit to some kind of test like that, you might ask about that on the page set up for your sockpuppetry case, maybe someone with experience with that will help you. It might not be necessary, since these folks have tons of experience dealing with stuff like this and are really quite good at figuring it out. Hopefully one of them can help you. Let me know if I can do anything or clarify anything further. Peace, delldot talk 08:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

RE:Help

Thanks for your note and it would be great if you could just support me, as I do not want to be blocked or anything like that for something that I have not done. Surfer-boy94 (talk) 08:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm glad to answer any questions I can. I don't know how much help I can be since I have no sockpuppetry experience. Really, my only piece of advice is to be perfectly honest. If you haven't done it, they'll figure that out. Let me know if I can do anything. Peace, delldot talk 08:45, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

It is our own words

It is our own words with actual court record documented proof who our ancestors was. we are getting sick and tired of all these people that are not from our family going around and wanting to say we are african american......we are sick and tired of people seeing us listed as "free person of color" in census records and thinking we was african american.....native americans had no classifacation in census records...anyone that was not white was listed as free person of color. Court records listed us as native americans so that should be enough to tell people who we are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.38.213 (talk) 10:14, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

My reply delldot talk 20:29, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Bayeux Tapestry

That guy who wrote "deine mudda", I would guess was posting fractured German for "yo momma". Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} 10:41, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Ha ha! Thanks for the clarification, that was indeed a little mystifying! delldot talk 20:27, 28 April 2008 (UTC)