User talk:Geoffrey Wickham

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Welcome to Wikipedia! Hello Geoffrey Wickham, welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like it here and decide to stay. Here are some tips:

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[edit] Thanks for Pacemaker Info

Geoffrey many thanks for the pacemaker info. Sorry for my tardy reply. It could be good material for somebody to incorporate into the Wireless energy transfer page. Best regards.Charles 15:25, 3 March 2007 (UTC)


If you feel a change is needed, feel free to make it yourself! Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone (yourself included) can edit any article by following the Edit this page link. Wikipedia convention is to be bold and not be afraid of making mistakes. If you're not sure how editing works, have a look at How to edit a page, or try out the Sandbox to test your editing skills.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes(~~~~) produces your name and the current date. Please do not add this signature to encyclopedia articles you may edit, however, even if you have created them. Wikipedia articles are owned by the community, not by any one person. Please read my further comments below and again, welcome! —WAvegetarian•CONTRIBUTIONSTALK• EMAIL•20:16, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Telectronics

Sorry, but I fail to see the logic behind your post on my talk page. To begin with, your revert was not encyclopedic, and it appeared to not follow WP:NPOV. Also, your revert 1 included a removal of the article's sources. These must remain on the page as per Wikipedia policy. Please do not Assume Bad Faith against me, there is no reason to complain. If you disagree with the article bring it up on the talk page before making any significant edits. I will keep your edit for now, but the sources must remain. Kepp in mind we reserve the right to revert. --Winter 03:48, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Talk:Telectronics and Welcome!

Thank you for starting discussion on the talk page. I have been privately contacted by Mr. Gray via email and was prepared to side with him until I realized what the issue was. I hope that he chooses to respond to your comments on the talk page in a WP:CIVIL way. I urge both of you to follow the policy I just linked to in your dispute. If your attempt at communication doesn't work, we have the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution process.

I realized that no one had welcomed you yet, so I did so above. You will find a number of helpful links, although you seem to be doing a great job figuring stuff out on your own. On the talk page for Telectronics, linked above in my section header, you wrote the date and your initials. It is faster, and standard in Wikipedia, to sign comments by using tildes; I've explained it at the end of the welcome above. If you want to make a new section, bracket the section title with equals signs, e.g. ==Title==. Wikipedia is formatted likea block style letter, so single carriage returns do not produce a new line. To insert a single line break type: <br>. If you want to make a second paragraph, like this one, put two carriage returns making a blank line between the two. If you edit this page, you will see what I mean. The tutorial and how to edit links I left above will cover this. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me on my talk page. —WAvegetarian•CONTRIBUTIONSTALK• EMAIL•20:16, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Please see the comments I left at User talk:203.217.44.70 regarding the Telectronics talk page.—WAvegetarianTALKCONTRIBSEMAIL 19:46, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] General editing tips

You don't have to say who the last editor was and apologetically edit the article (Telectronics[1]. I know that you had a rough start here, but be bold. You can just say wording change. SJ's contributions are no more valuable than your own. I will admit that the apologetic nature of you summary is only my opinion, but that is how it came off to me. Also, as a logged in contributor, you have special benefits, like being able to mark your edits as minor. Just above the "Save page" button there is a little check box that says "This is a minor edit;" checking this box marks your edit with a minor edit mark, saving you the trouble of writing it yourself. If you click on the history tab for this page, you will see two examples of the minor edit mark (my previous two edits). —WAvegetarianTALKCONTRIBSEMAIL 05:59, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Telectronics Mediation

I'll see what I can do. — ßottesiηi Tell me what's up 02:34, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The plan

First, go to Telectronics/rewrite. Here you will find a copy of the current article. I would like you to change whatever it is that you want added to the current article here. If all goes well and the article is improved, then we will change the actual Telectronics article to the rewrite edition. I'm signing off for the night, but I will be back on to check up. Make sure you edit Telectronics/rewrite, not Telectronics. — ßottesiηi Tell me what's up 02:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Telectronics

Well, then there doesn't really need to be any mediation here. I'll just watch the page and revert any vandalism, since it is in good shape right now. — ßottesiηi Tell me what's up 17:09, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to make an Arbitration request

elements cross-posted

The edit link it asks for is this one, which contains the formatting template - then copy it out below and fill it in.
If this doesn't work, please ask again. :-)
James F. (talk) 08:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Request for arbitration re: Telectronics

Geoffrey, unfortunately I am not in a good position to look into your case, as I'm incredibly busy these days. I recommend you have a read of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration - you may find answers there. Sorry I could not be of more help. Cnwb 06:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Telectronics

Hi, regarding this comment that you posted, please read WP:NLT. I know you are upset about this, but if you are indeed in the right, and have reliable sources that back up your viewpoint, consensus and/or arbitration will eventually take place that will lead to a ban against this other editor should he refuse to cooperate.

Thanks for understanding. --Chris (talk) 14:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] fact

Nope, no hijacking. :) Just a a typo. It should have been {{fact}} instea of {[fact}}. Thanks for noticing. Garion96 (talk) 10:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for help with Telectronics

Regarding your request for help with the Telectronics article. To take on a matter as complex and cumbersome as the Telectronics edit war is beyond my means and abilities. You might want to have a look at Wikipedia:Resolving disputes, which points to numerous avenues for resolving disputes. Hope this helps. Cnwb 00:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Göppingen

It is Göppingen not Göttingen. Look at the web site of Schempp-Hirth [2]. Please do not amend articles without at least doing some basic checking. JMcC 08:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Invite to CLINMED et al.

I've noticed that you've been editing medicine related articles -- from your contributions. We have a place where the medically minded people hang out: WikiProject "Clinical Medicine". You are invited to join or just browse the talk page, which is also known as the doctors' mess.

Feel free to ask me any questions you may have. Other helpful people are Samir (an internist), QRS (a retired Aussie cardiac surgeon -- that's around occasionally), Ksheka (a cardiologist), Dlodge (a cardiac surgery resident) and Jfdwolff. Nephron  T|C 06:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi,
Sometimes things can be a little bit frustrating... as Wikipedia doesn't (yet) have a formal review process for every edit and doesn't treat an uninformed editor different than a Nobel laureate. Also, people stray outside of their area of knowledge... or just aren't knowlegable period. At some point, I think there will be a formal peer-review process-- the German version of WP is experimenting with it apparently.[3]
That said, I think, with some patience, good faith (WP:AGF), and lots of references (WP:REF, WP:CLINMED/Writing_medical_articles) most of the time things work-out alright in the end. Often, in convincing people you disagree with, a better article is created. Nephron  T|C 00:42, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Email address

Welcome. I hope you enjoy using Wikipedia.

One suggestion, rather than posting your email on your user page (where the spambots can find it), there is a Wikipedia form people can use to send you email. This is the link and an example of the form:

[[w:Special:Emailuser/Geoffrey Wickham|Email me]] produces: Email me

You need to allow users to send you email in your preferences by selecting the "Enable e-mail from other users" box (and saving your preferences).

Enjoy! Dlodge 00:42, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

This link is also available on the left under "E-mail this user". I have reverted the user page to the user's last edit per their request on my talk page. ju66l3r 21:17, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: A bit of help please

Hi, Sorry about the delay in getting back to you.

I moved Victor Parsonnet. Details on how to move a page are here --> WP:MOVE. The short of the long of it is-- every page has a tab cross the top that says "Move". If you click on that you can move the page in most circumstances.

...and the article Cardiac resynchronization therapy where I suggest deletion because of duplication

If you see something that is wrong... you can be bold and just do it. If someone disagrees... you have a discussion and come to an agreement. Any case, on the topic of Cardiac resynchronization therapy -- it would be best to do a redirect -- WP:redirect. A redirect is the proper way to deal with something for which there are several names. If you're curious about whether a redirect has been created for a given article-- click on the "What links here" in the 'toolbox' on the right. As an example-- here is the link for CABG --> Special:Whatlinkshere/Coronary_artery_bypass_surgery.

Both are a long way from nephrology but it's more about Wikipedia procedure than clinical procedures.

I'm interested in things cardiac and, actually, I published a paper on the hemodynamics of CABGs a while back... but I'm tied up with other things now-- a nephro paper I started... med school... trying to get a residency spot (in radiology)-- which is up in the air at the moment.

Feel free to continue posting on my talk page if you have questions... if you're okay with sometimes things taking a while. I do usually respond. That said, I'll point-out that you can also post on WP:CLINMED's discussion page... someone is always around there and odds are you'll find someone that is willing to help-out. WP functions because most people are good... and interested in writing a good encyclopedia.

As for the breast implant bit... I wouldn't see it some much as "taking flack". Any case, you can see that (1) being tolerant of a diversity of view points is an asset and (2) you can learn from people that have a different perspective. I'll point-out that the issue is complicated... and if you look at the RFC (WP:RFC) related to it (Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Jance)-- you can, perhaps, also learn something about how WP functions. Nephron  T|C 15:01, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Fire Swirls

For some reason, the link still doesnt work, so I just searched for google and found it. I'm not sure what you mean by collaberation, but I have added the document as a reference to dust devil. Feel free to contact me any time, though right now I am more focussed on school than Wikipedia. -Runningonbrains 05:37, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

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