User talk:ClockworkSoul

[edit] This month's winner is proteasome!

[edit] Untitled

HOW BOUT YOU DONT TOUCH MY FUCKING PAGE ASSHOLE!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Weatherman5000 (talk • contribs) 07:56, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Weatherman5000

I'm not going to sugercoat this into some long, dragged out RFC or RFAr, so I'm going to say this pretty straight foward. I am going to suggest to you indef blocking this user. It's obvious from his comment above here, his warnings on his talk page for being blocked for vandalism and persistant warnings that the communities patience has worn thin with him. semper fi — Moe 20:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow, you said "within the hour he would be blocked" and not a minute later.. :) I just found the comments on your talk disgraceful and no one should have to put up with that, especially you. semper fi — Moe 21:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Your blatant erasure of Weatherman5000's barnstars should be considered vandalism. I demand that you resign your position as a Wiki user. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.178.101.84 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Proteosome sic?

Dear ClockworkSoul, I think the title of the last mail I have received from you is a missprint. Proteosome is only sounds "proteosome" but it is proteasome as it is the title of the article! I think it is not an alternative name of the same component. best regards from Kohlasz 21:20, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How is an article nominated?

Hi I saw proteasome and realized that if an article as small as this can get nominated, then my recent article on Thy1 (CD90) is much more detailed than this and has lot more references. Just that I couldnt find a crystal structure for it. Do you think it can be nominated (though its not written by collaboration, its written almost 100% by me so far, the few IP address you see are my unlogged entries)? --Dr.saptarshi 02:46, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I haven't given up

Just letting you know that I'm not abandoning MCB collaboration - rather, my time is limited due to exam preperations. You know... ;) ShaiM 11:17, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

[edit] Upcoming NYC Meetup

You might want to know when the next meetup was being organized in New York City. Plan for Saturday, 9 December 2006. While you're at it... Come help us decide on a restaurant. See: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC. Spread the word. Thanks. —ExplorerCDT 23:07, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

• recommend an indian restaurant...i've always been partial to the bay leaf on 56th. There's a great Sri Lankan place right next to the staten island ferry terminal in SI. But no one wants to go down to SI even for the world's best curry outside of Ceylon. hope to see you there. —ExplorerCDT 23:21, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MCB wikiproject page

How do you get the right hand column of the mcb page to be vertically aligned to the top? I was trying with valign tags (on the metabolic pathways page) but couldnt get this to work... - Zephyris _Talk 20:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Albumin

That was from review article "Protein-lipid interactions in biologial membranes" by G. Benga (page 160) - in the book "Structure and Properties of Biological Membranes", vol. 1 (Ed. G. Benga) Boca Raton CRC Press, 1985. He cited Qinn and Chapman in CRC Crit. Rev. Biochem. v. 8, p.1 (1980). Biophys 01:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Paper

I would appreciate it if you could send me this paper, and maybe help in writing the future article or portion of article. X [Mac Davis] (DESK|How's my driving?) 20:29, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually these ones are labeled urgent, I need it for my application essay.[1][2] Thank youuuu!!!! X [Mac Davis] (DESK|How's my driving?) 00:50, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BAX

Thanks for the welcome. How do I get a page (Bcl-2–associated death protein) renamed? BAX is an acronym for "Bcl-2-associated X protein", not "Bcl-2-associated death protein; see Oltvai et al, 1993, who state, "For this reason, hereafter we refer to p21 as Bax (i.e., Bcl-2-associated X protein)". EquationDoc 00:26, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

You may be interested in this discussion Talk:Barnstar#Straw_poll. --evrik ^(talk) 15:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move Button

Thanks, but the move button doesn't seem to be showing up on pages for me. :( Any ideas/suggestions? EquationDoc 16:49, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Title Style Question - Acronyms

I looked in the style guidelines for article titles and didn't find the answer to this question, perhaps it has been discussed in this or other groups...What is proper when a title word is an acronym? An example: The BCL in BCL-2 is an acronym for "B-Cell Lymphoma", so should the article title be "BCL-2", or "Bcl-2"?

A related question (for the biology community) is, what standard is used for distinguishing between gene names and protein names? Even in the research literature, there are several "standards" (with the quotations emphasizing that they aren't always followed diligently). You can imagine the options: 1) gene name in all caps, protein name in lowercase; 2) gene name in italics, protein name in roman; 3) etc. Have we all agreed on a standard, and if so, what is it? This might be a good topic for a FAQ for the Molecular Biology et al project(s).

~Doc~ EquationDoc 04:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, my first question wasn't clear. An example: the BAX article is titled "Bcl-2-associated X protein", but should it instead have been "BCL-2-associated X protein"? This is probably silly, but it makes a difference when linking to it, since if you want to write it as "BCL-2-associated X protein", but the article is titled "Bcl-2-associated X protein" then the link would be [[Bcl-2-associated X protein|BCL-2-associated X protein]]. ~Doc~ EquationDoc 05:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Just finished reading our style manual. Alle ist Klar. I'll fix it for the Bcl-2 stuff as I go. One minor point WRT the naming convention is the whole p system, that is, p53, p21, p27, etc. By the standard, p53 would never be written, it would always be TP53 and TP53 for humans, Tp53 and Tp53 for orthologues, which definitely goes against the research literature (which is admitedly sloppy). Of course, the whole p system is ridiculous anyway, since a protein's weight isn't unique. (Who started that system anyway?) Anyway, I'll get over it. :) ~Doc~ EquationDoc 05:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

gC1qR/p33 huh? Hmm. I hate the "BP" (binding protein) tendency. I think about p53, it was first identified as binding to E6 in SV40, so it would have been named E6BP (ie. a human protein named by the simian virus protein it binds to--absurd). So, I've been working on apoptosis for about a year now, and only five minutes ago found out the HUGO name for PUMA is BBC3 (complement component 1, q subcomponent binding protein). Go figure. And now I feel compelled to rename the PUMA article. *L* ~Doc~ EquationDoc 06:16, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question about OR and using a Master's thesis

I have a question about using a Master's thesis (http://www.archive.org/download/Rickert_EVE_MES_Thesis_2005/Rickert_Eve_MES_Thesis_2005.pdf) as a reference for a Wiki page. This is my thesis, but it has been accepted and I have been awarded my degree, so it would count as an acceptable reference, and not OR, correct? In other media, generally dissertations and Master's theses are considered acceptable citations since they have been through the "peer review" of a committee. Also, there are some portions that I think could be copied wholesale for Wiki articles or sections - such as "Dynamics of the Interntional Coffee market," "Coffee and the Environment," "The International Coffee Agreement" and "'Sustainable' Coffees." Since I own the copyright, this would be ok, is that correct? Is there a special procedure or notation I should use if I want to do this? Thanks!EveRickert 22:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!--EveRickert 19:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi!

Thank you! I finished my essay yesterday, and I like it. I would like to see this if you don't mind. [3] X [Mac Davis] (DESK|How's my driving?) 03:44, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology/Requested proteins

Added verbiage and list for pathway diagrams--thanks for the great suggestion. I couldn't find any MCB project discussion, style guidelines, etc for pathway diagrams (probably because I basically didn't look very hard ;), so I'll leave that for others. ~Doc~ EquationDoc 16:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Keesiewonder notes

Thanks for the welcome and orientation message; I'm sure I will find it very helpful. I am taking a molecular biology course right now that I absolutely love. Plus I like to write and/or edit. So, I'm hoping I can be of some use over the next several months with the MCB project. In all my spare time, that is. Ha! Cheers! Keesiewonder 23:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Good Morning Clocwork Soul - I'm not sure who to ask for help, but you seem like a good choice. How do you go about dealing with vandalism? Please see the most recent entry from 87.86.29.226 on the Biotechnology page. As best I can tell, most every entry from this user is vandalism and has been reverted. Joy! --Keesiewonder 10:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the note. It's just someone upset about me deleting their vanity article. I am attemping to have a discussion with the user, though he has not responded. Academic Challenger 06:05, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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This will help prevent the double headers like you accidentaly created in User talk:FretBored. Will (Talk - contribs) 20:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Please Don't Post Useless Comments

On my Ref Desk question, you posted a useless comment, whch will probably lead to more useless comments, and my question won't get answered. In other words, you are a vandal. --216.164.192.189 18:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] User Page

I'm stealing the design, hope you don't mind :P Fredil ^{Shadows of Darkness} 17:19, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow. The code in ingenious, but complicated as hell :D Fredil ^{Shadows of Darkness} 19:37, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

It's okay; I think I got the hang of it. I'm not good at coding but I can roughly figure out what everything does. Fredil ^{Shadows of Darkness} 01:43, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Or not. Wonder what I did wrong? Why do I have bits of loose code in some places? Fredil ^{Shadows of Darkness} 03:11, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind, I'm just stupid (somehow a |} managed to slip in). I could use a little help with the right panel though. Fredil ^{Shadows of Darkness} 02:03, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

The right panel isn't working; the headings are in the left half of the panel for some reason... I'll work on something else ATM. Fredil ^{Shadows of Darkness} 01:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Heh. It seems that I was missing some |-s. I'm almost done; I'll transfer it to my userpage as soon as it's done. Fredil ^{Shadows of Darkness} 15:34, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Hrm... adding a top panel breaks the code... Fredil ^{Shadows of Darkness} 19:15, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship Anniversary!

Esperanza congratulates you!

Congrats! I hope you stay at Wikipedia for many more wonderful years to come, as you are a very talented editor. Have a great day! Jam01 06:58, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on your Adminship Anniversary! You are a great contributor to Wikipedia. I hope you continue to work here for years to come. – Heaven's Wrath   ^Talk  22:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hope you are having a great Sysop Anniversary (from Randfan)

Wishing ClockworkSoul a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee, myself, and Bearly541! Congrats for staying with Wikipedia this long and eventually becoming a Sysop! Much too many people create new accounts, do a few minor edits, and just quit. Have a great day! --Randfan! Good job and have an annus mirabilis!

Good job! Audentes fortuna iuvat! Randfan 21:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! I'm sure you have done and will continue to do a good job! Cheers! :) —Randfan!! 00:53, 15, December of the year Anno Domini 2006m (UTC)

[edit] Changing a username

Hi there, can you tell me how I can request that my username be changed? I made it my real name, and I am finding that does not appear to be the convention here. I may put my real name on my user page, but I'd like to change my user name to something else. Thanks!!--EveRickert 08:15, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA Review

It was, but I think new rules are being instituted wednesday so that the person who calls for the review has to leave a note on the talk page. Homestarmy 15:01, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, I mean it was as in it was common practice to delist articles after review without telling people about the review before it ended. Homestarmy 18:10, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi Clockwork

Was wondering if you could weigh in on Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment. Crzrussian asked me about it; I'm familiar with some applications of the technique but the molecular biology behind it eludes me. Crz was wondering if it was beyond the scope of WP. Your thoughts? Thanks -- Samir धर्म 00:50, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks -- Samir धर्म 05:41, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Clockwork

Thank you for replying (which is spelled wrong) to my concerns about the page Phototaxis. XYZ CrVo 02:59, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Prions

I am not a biologist so I am not sure that I have not made any mistakes. However, I was somewhat stunned at how the introduction seemed to downplay the genetic component to some of these diseases (I notice that this deficiency was corrected lower in the article, but the article should be consistent). The article seemed to only concentrate on BSE and related prion diseases and not mention the others. This is especially true when it seemed that the original article included the other prion diseases. I am not sure why. Maybe I am missing something?--ReasonIsBest 17:21, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Done!

Finally, it's finished! I think it's a bit feminine, but it's nice. Fredil 21:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What say you?

Sir, You delete my factual information (not the fan quotations; I didn't do that) on the Yeni Turku page (in English) and claim it's a "cleanup," then leave obvious grammatical errors: "best-known band," "since the establishment," et cetera. I find this incongruous. What say you? Sincerely, Warren1968 00:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I've never edited that page in my life. Perhaps you have me confused for somebody else? – ClockworkSoul 05:18, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FA nomination for Bacteria

Hi there. I've nominated this page for FA. Your comments or corrections on its nomination page would be very welcome. TimVickers 17:27, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FAC Reviewing

Hey clockwork, I have recently nominated Minnesota over at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Minnesota can you take a peek? Much appreciated -Ravedave ^{(help name my baby)} 04:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA for Mitosis

Hi there, I dealt with the remaining comments. It's passed, nice job. TimVickers 23:32, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Church Street, Burlington (VT)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2006_November_28#Church_Street.2C_Burlington

Could you remind me how to look up the content for an article that has been deleted? I was a bit surprised to see that this one was deleted, and practically immediately. Like I think the same day someone recommend it. The user who asked that it be deleted is admitedly a new user according to their user page. The only other person who voted had a user page that I found a bit offensive. I thought if articles were not clearly a speedy delete that they were granted a 5 day discussion period. Based on some articles that I've seen that apparently exist with no complaint, Church Street, Burlington, VT may very well deserve mention on Wikipedia. Thanks for your help in steering me in the "right" direction. Keesiewonder 01:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

• Ah! Thank you very much. It sounds to me like someone generated a descent title and then a garbage body. It's too bad, because it is a nice place. I expect a great percentage of people who live in Vermont and perhaps even northern New England all know of it. Perhaps some day it'll be paired with a descent author. If it continues to bug me, I'll find one or do it myself. Thanks again! --Keesiewonder 11:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Semiprotect Cytoskeleton?

Hi Clockwork, the article Cytoskeleton is a very regular victim of vandalism. Just check the history. I was wondering if it made sense to semiprotect it for a while. What do you think? --Splette :) ^{How's my driving?} 22:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Articles!

I am interested in these articles and would appreciate if you could send them to me. Thanks! [4][5] X [Mac Davis] (DESK|How's my driving?) 05:12, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Science Collaboration of the month

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[edit] This month's winner is RNA interference!

• Cool! This news made my day! Thanks for letting me know. It's nice to know I am not always 100% off base in this world! ;-) Regards, Keesiewonder 15:31, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

• I just got a chance to take a look at this article - it appears to have had a few edit wars going on recently. Still, it actually seems fairly thorough and well referenced; certainly above a B in my opinion. Not that I should complain - I haven't voted fpr an article of the month in a while. I've put my vote in for signal transduction for next month - that one needs work & would be a lot of fun to totally overhaul. Dr Aaron 12:59, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Dear ClockworkSoul,

I was wondering whether you could tell me where I could find copyediting help for the Ohio Wesleyan University article. I nominated the article for FAC a few days ago. Thank you for your time. WikiprojectOWU 00:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] MCB stub for deletion

Hi Clockwork - if you get a chance you should check out the fact the Molecular and Cellular Biology-stub is up for deletion --> a note has been left on the WP talk:MCB page. I left a bit of a grumpy message, but I did notice the guy has been an Admin for all of 1 day.

Also, this development mirrors the massive issues I've had with the Manual of Style bogans who just like tagging articles with annoying boxes rather than fixing them or offering constructive criticism. I've had a go rewriting a draft revision for the Manual of Style (writing about fiction) to try and inject some sense, but the whole thing still winds me up. I guess I'm a "builder" or a "revisionist" rather than a "deletionist" at heart. Enough rambling. See you, Dr Aaron 08:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Question about mannan

Sorry, I do not know that. I am not a good expert here. Biophys 22:36, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Protection of DNA

I suspect this may be due to the long history of attacks from the DNA vandal. TimVickers 05:16, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Looking at the history that wasn't it. Unprotecting was last tried on the 20th of November 2006. It was re-protected due to high vandalism on the 30th! TimVickers 05:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Caffeine

You did some work on this FA a while ago. There are now a few uncited facts in it - can you help? Do you know anyone who could? Thanks. Samsara (talk • contribs) 15:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

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