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Re: Translation

Hi! I put the text for "Dengue fever" in Bulgarian as you requested. There is a note nr. 23 with missing text - if you have the information for it you can fill it in.
--Vladimir Penov (talk) 10:00, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Done thanks. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 10:23, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks and done. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 10:49, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Birth control just made GA!

\o/

Clearly, there is only one way to properly celebrate this. —Cupco 21:25, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Very well done!Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:51, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

In time for World Contraception Day, too. How do we submit it for translation? —Cupco 05:31, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I will review it once more. Will see if I can improve the backgrounds of the pictures. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:28, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

RE: Dengue fever article in uk.wiki

I'll take a closer look later this week when I can carve out some time, but from a glance it looks much better than what's currently there. I'll probably go through and try to move it over piecemeal section-by-section, though, just in case. Stay tuned... Accedietalk to me 20:08, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Wonderful. Really appreciate your helping. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Ok, Denge's done! Thank goodness for my scientist parents; otherwise I'd never know how to properly translate and wikify Polymerase Chain Reaction and such in Ukrainian (or English for that matter) :)
Gonna poke at strep next. Thanks again for putting this translation project together! It's really, really fantastic. Accedietalk to me 21:12, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
I am happy to hear the content is high quality :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:17, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
You're having to enter in a CAPTCHA? That's odd... I haven't needed to for any of my edits, and I don't believe I'm autoconfirmed on uk.wiki (though I might be now). Accedietalk to me 01:11, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
  • The articles are good, but there are some issues with wikification. Ukrainian is a strongly inflected language, meaning words have different endings (and sometimes completely different spelling) depending on what role they're serving a sentence (e.g., subject, direct object, object of a preposition, etc.). Therefore, wrapping a word in wikiquotes may not actually link it to the corresponding article; that's why you're seeing so many red links. Luckily, it's nothing I can't fix :) I'm wondering if this is happening with some of the other translations, as well... if there's any kind of documentation/best practices write-up for the translators, it might be worth adding a note that wikilinked terms need to be in the nominative case where applicable. Accedietalk to me 02:06, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

"Trends in Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rates in the United States by Tumor Location and Stage, 1992–2008". Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 21 (3). 411–6. Mar 2012. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-1020. PMID 22219318. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

From the abstract section of the above source,

"Data from cancer registries in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program were analyzed to examine colorectal cancer incidence trends from 1992 through 2008 among individuals aged ≥50 years (n = 267,072)."

--Bob K31416 (talk) 22:56, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:21, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
In response to the message you left on my talk page. --Bob K31416 (talk) 14:05, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Article "Hepatitis C" - Spanish

Hello James, I am a language lead for Spanish in the project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MED/Translation_project. I tried to speak to Enrique Cavalitto about this translation http://twb.translationcenter.org/workspace/jobs/view/id/10114# but he'll be out of office for 2 weeks. Maybe you will be able to answer my question. Do translators only need to upload their translations or also glossaries and translation memories? Thanks! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:CristinaRD Cristina — Preceding unsigned comment added by CristinaRD (talk • contribs) 17:06, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Just translations is sufficient. The strange mediawiki markup however needs to stay.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:25, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Logos

Thank you for the flattery and the heads up. -— Isarra ༆ 21:02, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 October 2012

Re: Arabic translation

Hello, James. Nice to hear from you! Are there certain things that need to be fixed? --OsamaK (talk) 20:00, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Re: Portuguese translations

We have five articles fully translated by me. All of them are alreay live, just waiting to be reviewed, since I'm no expert in the medical field. One of them (hypertension) was reviewed by the volunteer at TWB workspace, and I already uploaded the final version. The others are pending review at TWB... for more than a month. Maybe the volunteer is short on time, but would be nice if we could find a second volunteer, otherwise this will take years. There's still more than ten articles to be translated. I can and would like to translate them right away. Meanwhile I found someone on the field than can review them. But I suppose every text has to pass through TWB workplace, am I wrong? Polyethylen (talk) 13:25, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Constipação - Common cold, Diabetes mellitus tipo 2, Hepatite C, Gastroenterite. All four live, but pending review by an expert before being proposed to GA. Polyethylen (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:52, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

WHO quote in Gonorrhea

Thank you for reviewing my contribution to Gonorrhea and for pruning the WHO quote taken from the New Yorker. I suspected at the time that I was placing too fine a point on the issue of it becoming a superbug/epidemic. --Waldhorn (talk) 19:26, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

We are trying to cover the whole issue generally. Typically we at WP:MED use very few quotes.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 19:39, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Note to self

It is an urban legand that caffeine stunts growth. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:10, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Athletic heart syndrome

I made this edit because, well, the original text read very strangely. As a medically minded man, do you happen to know if it reports the issue accurately? If not, can you reword? Thanks :). Ironholds (talk) 08:34, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Will take a look Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 10:43, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Hope I'm not butting in... I feel Ironholds has raised a really useful point about this page, which at various points seemed to be trying 'pathologize' a condition which, in itself, is wholly physiological. I've taken the the liberty to revise accordingly, and have removed the content Ironholds pointed out, which wasn't reliably sourced ("Pradhan et al., 2007" might have been a conference presentation in some form? [1]). Given the physiological status of the condition, I've also boldly retitled the 'Treatment' and 'Prognosis' sections as 'Clinical Considerations'. However, I'm not sure what sort of weight [2] to give to some of the more theoretical concerns that get raised ([3][4][5][6] etc). To my knowledge (bona fide WP:OR), no epidemiological study of occupational risk factors for life-threatening arrhythmias is available. —MistyMorn (talk) 18:26, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm also wondering where on the page the recently assigned MeSH term [7] should go. —MistyMorn (talk) 21:33, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks both! :). Ironholds (talk) 09:49, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

WHO Wikipedian in residence

Hi James

I met you at Wikimania this year, I did the Wikipedia town, Monmouth. I heard from Bluerasberry about the possible WHO Wikipedian in residence, I'd be interested to know more as I'm talking to someone about something similar (very early stages) and think it would really complement. Happy to talk off wiki if you prefer, john@gibraltarpedia.org Mrjohncummings (talk) 16:28, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 October 2012

Recombinant Factor VIIa

Ladder of Haemostatis

Firstly, I would prefer your messages were more professional, rather than imposing your decisions on others. But thank you for sending me the link to the Cochrane review.

I am aware that the use of rVIIa is not licenced for non-haemophiliacs. However its use is still part of the management protocol or management options for massive haemorrhage in trauma in cases where repeat transfusions are being utilised. Its use is documented in many clinical guidelines and websites, and although, as you point out, this guidance is probably eminence based, rather than evidence based, for this group of patients there are few other options. I feel its inclusion in the diagram allows users to undertake their own reading in this area. For example this is a 2011 clinical guideline including rviia. Trauma.org still contains details advice on its use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tannim101 (talk • contribs) 07:00, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

I am not happy giving such prominence to rFVIIa when the evidence does not support it. Happy to discuss but the refs given was a 2003 guideline which per WP:MEDRS is a little old. The new one from 2011 is better. Feel free to ask for further input at WT:MEDDoc James (talk ·contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:12, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
The conclusions of trauma.org was "There was no significant difference in mortality in the two groups" (ones who got the stuff versus placebo). This ladder does not reflect the above 2011 guideline IMO. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:19, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

While I agree there is little evidence base, it is current practice, endorsed by the UK NHS, and possibly multiple other institutions (I am aware the US Military used to have it in their protocol - this may have changed). In light of this, I feel it is counter-productive to remove it. Do you have any sources stating it is contraindicated, or banned for other reasons for patients with massive haemorrhage? Tannim101 (talk) 09:42, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

It is not recommended for general use per the Cochrane paper and is controversial at best. Does not deserve such prominence without any qualifications. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:47, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Tool to check for questionable text in articles

What was the name of (and can you link to) the tool that highlights suspect text in articles? Thanks and thanks for the note about recombinant factor VIIa. Biosthmors (talk) 21:19, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiTrust Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:29, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi James,

Just wanted to point you to this poster that I spotted at this year's Cochrane Colloquium in Auckland: A Cochrane - Wiki collaborative effort in evidence dissemination: A concept note

Hope everything is going well.

Kind regards,

Juttavd (talk) 05:36, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Wonderful thanks. This was lead by User:Manum56 who I began collaborating with before I went to India. He did an excellent job. Hopefully we will see his group getting more involved in Wikipedia. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 05:41, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Dengue - English -> Japanese

Hello

I hired a translation to help translating from English into japanese. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue

But after she translate, somebody deleted. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E7%86%B1

I'm new here and I'm not sure why this happen. I create another version of it http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E7%86%B1_v2

Can you advice what should we do?

thanks and best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.103.228.4 (talk) 14:37, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Sure email me further details. Why was it placed at V2 dengue? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 15:40, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
about ja:デング熱 and ja:デング熱 v2

Hello, Doc James. I saw your comment. Please note that, when translating contents from enwp to jawp, you are expected to declare the source and the time stamp in the edit summary in the way stated in ja:Wikipedia:翻訳のガイドライン#要約欄への記入. Thanks.--miya (talk) 04:16, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Is that the only issue? Seem very easy to address. Simply state the source and the version it is from. Why would this be justification for deletion? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:27, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
ja:デング熱 was requested for deletion by a hasty user (vote for delete: ja:Wikipedia:削除依頼/デング熱), but User:Ks aka 98 took care of it, so it seems to be kept in the end.
ja:デング熱 v2 was speedy-deleted because it was a duplicate of ja:デング熱; the author, User:Samirabiem, was blocked (assumed as a vandal user) because of this creation of duplicated article which contained the same problem as the original one.
But I feel VERY UNEASY about WHO "hired a translation to help translating from English into japanese". It sounds very strange to me.--miya (talk) 08:26, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
A large amount of text was removed in this edit [8] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 18:52, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi from JAWP. The deletion request is still in progress, the texts submitted by ja:User:Samirabiem would be recovered after closing the RfD anyway. But the case seems becoming complicated since Samirabiem and ja:User:Samirabiem2 (provably the two are the same person) continue to submit their texts. Could you please tell them to be patient for a while? Some users in JAWP are trying to resolve this case. Hope Samirabiem and others can communicate smoothly. Thanks, --Calvero JP (talk) 21:40, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Sigh yes. Just advised the user in question not to create socks. And give it some time. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

James. Just so you know, I restored Samirabiem's translation and incorporated the pre-existing text into it. So far nobody has complained about it. (I mean they shouldn't have in the first place...) Overall her translation was excellent, but I needed to fix a lot of styling issues.

In case Samirabiem or the IP user is reading this, she seems to have had zero experience in Wikipedia editing. That itself is completely fine, but she was supposed to ask for help when she didn't know what to do. If anyone can reach her (she hasn't responded to my inquiry so far), please encourage her to communicate with her fellow editors. Thanks. --Bugandhoney (talk) 23:09, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes learning how to edit Wikipedia for the first time can be complicated. I am encouraging everyone to get involved and engage with experienced editors to figure out how things work. Many thanks for getting involved and fixing this. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:31, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
BTW, I just learned about Book:Health care. This is really a neat idea! Seems very few people are aware of this in jawp... --Bugandhoney (talk) 13:07, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
I come to Japan on a fairly regular basis if people their are interested in hearing me speak on this project or on the significance of Wikipedia in Medicine in general. My Japanese however is very poor thus it is hard for me to spread the idea in any language other than English. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 15:49, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Okay. I translated some of your messages in ja:プロジェクト‐ノート:医学. Now people will know better what you are up to, I hope. I have no idea if people are meeting offline in jawp, though.
This "Thematic Organization" thing is pretty new to me. Is this another way to have more people get involved in the Wikipedia medical project? --Bugandhoney (talk) 20:01, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
Yes exactly. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 20:05, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation refocusing

Have you seen m:User:Sue_Gardner/Narrowing_focus? --Anthonyhcole (talk) 14:50, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes thanks. Have not had a chance to read it in full. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:09, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Rudolf Virchow

Can you protect it again? The vandalism is back. Thanks. Biosthmors (talk) 02:26, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 October 2012

collaborator for meta:Wikimedia Medicine

Hey James, I added my name among people interested for meta:Wikimedia Medicine. BR, Palma 17:36, 26 October 2012 (UTC)Palma

Thanks Palma. Great to have you. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:46, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey James, I put a few links on style rules, verbs, etc. to my talk page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Palma_Marton_Chatonnet. I will add soon many more.

Also, some guys are already interested, so I redirected them to write directly on your talk page. Be prepared for the avalanche. Cheers, Palma 15:38, 27 October 2012 (UTC)Palma

Sounds good will take a look. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 17:03, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

What consensus is required?

Hi Doc James, You have deleted my link to a Bell's Palsy help website - leaving the comment "No consensus to add" - Thank you for your links to the guidelines which is appreciated, but I fail to see what consensus is required for the link to remain. The preceding comments on "Talk" stated that the link could remain (but as an external commercial link) (it was originally in the actual references for a point about Bilateral Bell's Palsy) if the book was "good". I have explained that it is; what it contains, the fact that most are given away free and that the site and the contact available through the site (and resulting help and advice received - again free) makes the link surely of help to sufferers and thus a valid one. For instance do I need 2 people to agree vs your single disagreement, or 10 people or more? The article (along with many others for medical complaints) is becoming so scientifically high brow as to make it more and more useless for the layperson suffering from the illness to gain any benefit from the information. A link such as the one I placed, which offers FAQ's, help and a contact for advice, along with a guide to help them through the illness, seems far more useful to an actual sufferer of Bell's Palsy. This winter I shall be doing a complete overhaul of the site to offer all of the information contained in the book and subsequent knowledge, feedback gained from the experiences of sufferers (I am a long term sufferer myself) - would this make a difference to your opinion of the link. I really would appreciate your help in this so that Wikipedia remains the superb resource that it is, but also (at least in this illness' case) has "real" and practical help for those actually suffering. Thanks for any input. Robert. Bobbytheberean (talk) 21:53, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey Robert. Wikipedia is not a collection of links to other sites. We are trying to build a high quality encyclopedia here. Our requirements for references is discussed at this link WP:MEDRS. Feel free to improve the article in question and welcome Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 21:56, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

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how to prevent eosinophilia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.78.83.57 (talk) 01:36, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

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Cochrane Library not reliable source?

under the impression that Cochrane database is considered among the highest quality evidence available... p = 0.05 (talk) 18:52, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)That's correct, they are regarded as highly reliable. James' edit comment indicated (perhaps too cryptically) that it's a waste of a good ref to put it in a "Further reading" or "External links" section. It should be used as a supporting reference for assertions in the article text. LeadSongDog come howl! 19:09, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Ok, I understand now, a few too many abbreviations...I tend to put a few easily accessible v good refs in the external links. Usually these have been used as normal references in the text as well. I see the problem here was that the reviews should have been referenced individually to add to the text. I have placed the link on the talk page incase any other editors want to do this, I should finish the pages I am on atm.p = 0.05 (talk) 19:38, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Lead exactly. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:03, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

New medical organization

Hi

I'm contacting you because, as a participant at Wikiproject Medicine, you may be interested in a new multinational non-profit organization we're forming at m:Wikimedia Medicine. Even if you don't want to be actively involved, any ideas you may have about our structure and aims would be very welcome on the project's talk page.

Our purpose is to help improve the range and quality of free online medical content, and we'll be working with like-minded organizations, such as the World Health Organization, professional and scholarly societies, medical schools, governments and NGOs - including Translators Without Borders.

Hope to see you there! --Anthonyhcole (talk) 07:35, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Help design a medical journal evaluation tool

Hi Doc, your input here would be especially valuable to me. Cheers... Zad68 13:27, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

meta account activation

Hey James, 1. I added links on methods you asked. More to come. 2. My account and talk page here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Palma_Marton_Chatonnet behave strangely today. Links appear in red and Advanced edit tools are inactive. Kindly have a look on it and let me know how to fix it. Thanks in advance. --Palma 16:43, 1 November 2012 (UTC)Pal — Preceding unsigned comment added by Palma Marton Chatonnet (talk • contribs)

Yes meta is a different site from Wikipedia and thus links need to be set up differently. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 17:33, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks James --Palma 18:39, 1 November 2012 (UTC) Palma Marton Chatonnet (talk • contribs)

block on Omagomagom

Thanks for blocking Omagomagom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam). I increased the block to indefinite because of the severity of the editor's vandalism history. I doubt they will be back, but a three month block is disproportionately light considering the potential for future harm to the project. If you have reason for a limited length block, please change the block length at your convenience. Thanks! —EncMstr (talk) 18:44, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:09, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

DSM IV criteria

Hi Doc, wondering if you know whether we are breaking copyright by listing the DSM IV diagnostic criteria on the ADHD main page? I believe that the AMA requested that their copyrighted diagnostic criteria not be used on Wikipedia?--MrADHD | T@1k? 14:15, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes that is the rumor. They asked us supposedly to take them down / paraphrase the criteria in our own words.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 14:38, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Now a vacine

Article ends with "There is no vaccine". Should be updated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.192.172.60 (talk) 20:05, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Which article? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:49, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 November 2012

Pneumonia

I've begun the GA review here. I've not finished yet, but there are a few points to be going on with. Looking good, though. Zia Khan 08:00, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 08:09, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Doc James. You have new messages at Smallman12q's talk page.
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X-ray copyvio

My apologies. I very much considered that this could be the case, but since the site said "All rights reserved," I figured we didn't have grounds to assume otherwise without the WMF sending a SLAPP order to JPI. But if there's precedent to the contrary, then I apologize for my ignorance. Just a NPP'er trying to do the right thing. ;) — further, Francophonie&Androphilie sayeth naught (Je vous invite à me parler) 06:55, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Oh no!... For the record, I know a fair amount of reporters, if you think this needs a bit more press. How many of these cases have been reported on? — further, Francophonie&Androphilie sayeth naught (Je vous invite à me parler) 07:11, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
Well I could put out some feelers with reporters I know, but before that, you might want to try Craig Silverman at the Poynter Institute (who I don't personally know, but who I do admire). He blogs about journalistic standards and ethics, so it might be a little bit outside of his expertise, but he loves talking to figures in online scandals (and that Times write-up should get you pretty far), and also might be able to refer you to someone else who'd be interested, if he's not. — further, Francophonie&Androphilie sayeth naught (Je vous invite à me parler) 07:20, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
His official bio gives craig@craigsilverman.ca. If you have a .ca email address, use it - he might give you some nationalistic preferential treatment ;) — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 04:54, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

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User page disambiguation/redirects

Question: I noticed you have an "if you were looking for"-type notice at the top of the User:Docjames user page, since he's inactive. Well, since my username's a real mouthful (which is a bitch for any manual vandal warnings where I tell them to feel free to contact me at my talk page), people tend to address me/refer to me as "Francophonie." I'd register that account as a doppelgänger, but unfortunately it's already taken. However, it's indefinitely blocked for spamming. So I was wondering a) what's the policy for putting disambiguation notices on inactive users' pages, like you did, and b) since it's indefblocked and no one's edited the talk page for almost a year now, could I put a redirect or soft redirect on the user page (which was never even created), in addition to a disambiguation notice on the talk page? Thanks :) — Francophonie&Androphilie (Je vous invite à me parler) 03:19, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Not sure but doing something similar to me should not be a problem. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 06:08, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar :)

James, thank you so much for the lovely Rosetta barnstar -- I'm touched and honored! :)

Ildiko Santana (talk) 03:51, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

"obesity" translation project - clarification on term

Hello Dr. Heilman,

I am one of the translators on the "obesity" project and I would like to clarify the use of the term "cellulitis". There seems to be a confusion in the Greek translation. What I find is "κυτταρίτιδα" witch is clearly "cellulite". Another dictionary had the term "ερυσίπελας" (erysipelas) and I am not sure if cellulitis is referring to that. In this website: http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/cellulitis-and-erysipelas it is mentioned that cellulitis and erysipelas are interchangeable terms. In other medical websites they are being distinguished separately. Could you please let me know if erysipelas is the right choice?

Thank you in advance Stella Strantzali — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stellastr (talk • contribs) 13:53, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Cellulite is not cellulitis which one can define simply as a superficial infection of the skin. Erysipelas is one type.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:00, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the note

Thanks for letting me know you reverted my edit. I really appreciate your work building the encyclopedia. In the future, if you could post more friendly, clear, and explanatory talkpage messages after doing so, you'll be helping us build the community that builds the encyclopedia as well. raindrift (talk) 21:22, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the refs. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:44, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the Rosetta barnstar

Much appreciated, will try and make some progress on another page soon. Adh (talk) 06:25, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 November 2012

Schizophrenia

Hi James I saw you reversed my edit on Schizophrenia prevention/early intervention - please could you explain your thinking? Isn't it right and helpful to readers to separate (a) content on real prevention from (b) content on early intervention once the disorder is already partly visible? Thanks and best wishes (JCJC777 (talk) 07:22, 21 November 2012 (UTC))

Sure this text does not deal with prevention itself but discusses research. "The 2012 UK Schizophrenia Commission called for more prevention research; " We should also present the conclusions first. Thus disagree with the reordering. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 15:29, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Could we just step back and discuss intervention vs prevention. If you get in a knife fight and get cut, you use a torniquet to stop the bleeding before you die; that is early intervention. Prevention is not getting into the knife fight in the first place. We need to separate these two topics.(JCJC777 (talk) 15:40, 21 November 2012 (UTC))
Sure do you want to post the text you wish to add to the talk page of the article and we can discuss. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:44, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
Yes, good - my text would be in my last edit. Thanks (JCJC777 (talk) 19:55, 21 November 2012 (UTC))

Reference revert

Howdy. I compressed 3 references down to 1 in herpes simplex as they were within the same paragraph and completely uninterupted by other references. I see that you're more experienced at this than me and have reverted this, so my question is, is it standard practice to have reuse the reference over and over in such close proximity? --MattMPh (talk) 23:28, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

I do add refs to every line not because it is recommended practice but because very frequently someone will come along and add a [citation needed] tag to the first two sentences. As a compromise I will add <!-- --> around them. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:31, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

RE: M.S.

Wrong!!! Read it again! I would repeat what I said to you during our last interaction, but people get all huffy at the blatant truth. — DocOfSoc • Talk • 04:25, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

Sure clarified. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 05:03, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
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