User talk:DocSigma

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[edit] List of people believed to have bipolar disorder

Hello! Welcome to Wikipedia, Doc. Regarding your comments on the VFD for the list of people with bipolar disorder, I just wanted to let you know that, as someone with bipolar disorder, I'm not at all offended by such lists. This view also seems to be shared by at least one other bipolar Wikipedian (see comment on that page). I'm not at all ashamed about my BPD; it's no more shameful to be BP than it is to be a diabetic, or to have cancer. Annoyed, yes (it's a pain in the ass, and the meds are nearly as bad as the disease), ashamed, no. Please don't assume that BP is a shameful thing. -- Karada 11:30, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply, Doc. I think we can both agree that this list is OK if it contains either dead people for whom there is clear evidence that they were bipolar, or living people who have publically stated that they are bipolar, or for whom there is clear documented psychiatric evidence of their having been diagnosed as bipolar already in the public domain, and a good reason for including them, such as fame or notoriety. It would be quite wrong to add people to the list based on mere rumour or gossip.

(Having said which, it takes one to know one, and I can spot BP people quite easily: however, it would be the height of discourtesy to let other people know this, even though I feel there is nothing to be ashamed of, it took quite a few years to get to this point, and they might feel differently. So I won't be adding any "blatantly obvious bipolars" to the list.)-- Karada 13:41, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• You're right, we agree on that. I have no problem with a substantiated list. As for being able to spot BP people, I can't do that yet... maybe eventually, though, as I've only been diagnosed for about a year. (Does posting this here show up as "You've got a new message" for you? I don't know these things!) -- DocSigma 04:19, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] HA! HA! Guy

• On the Talk:HA! HA! page you stated that you had the actual box that you won on an ebay auction! Is it possible to get some more details i.e. dates, pictures, etc? --Esemono 03:02, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

• Yep, I won the auction. The box is currently mounted to the wall of my cubicle at work. I do not have a digital camera, but I will probably be getting one for Christmas... in the meantime, I could probably use a scanner to scan in a picture of it. Better than nothing! _{Doc Sigma} ^{(wait, what?)} 14:41, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

• Dude if you could do that and upload the picture it would be great! -- Esemono 14:08, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for members to help out with Project Boston

I noticed you are from Boston. I am looking for people to join Project Boston in order to clean up and expand wikipedia articles directly reletated to Boston. If you feel like helping out please join up. Markco1 23:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)