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[edit] Archive 3

[edit] Improvement of Wikipedia article?

Ahh, every painter loves a clean canvas... ;)

Hi Tim, I started tinkering with the Wikipedia article on a whim, and I think it would benefit from your insights and deft word-magic. It's apparently slated to become a major collaboration in a few days, so now might be an opportune moment to set a high level, a basis for future evolutions.

Hoping that the pathogens and life are being generous to you, Willow 14:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned Images

I'm about to nominate a bunch of your images for deletion. It is obvious that you've worked hard and produced some beautiful images, but they are not being used anywhere on Wikipedia. Some of them have been replaced by images in 'better' file formats. Others probably belong on Commons where they can be used by all of the wikipedias, not just the English. ~ BigrTex 01:58, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images listed for deletion

Some of your images or media files have been listed for deletion. Please see Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion if you are interested in preserving them.

  • Image:MM curve.jpg
  • Image:Enzyme progress curve.jpg
  • Image:SAM.gif
  • Image:Quin active site copy.jpg
  • Image:CA annotated.jpg
  • Image:General mechanism.jpg
  • Image:DFP reaction3.jpg
  • Image:DFP reaction2.jpg
  • Image:Reversible inhibition.jpg
  • Image:Irreversible inactivation2.jpg
  • Image:Irreversible inactivation.jpg
  • Image:Competitive inhibition copy.jpg
  • Image:Non-competitive inhibition.jpg
  • Image:Comp inhib3 copy.jpg
  • Image:Aporphine copy.jpg
  • Image:Inhibi1 copy.jpg
  • Image:Two substrates b.svg
  • Image:Non-competitive inhibition.svg
  • Image:Competitive inhibition copy.svg
  • Image:Allosteric v by S curve.jpg

Thank you. BigrTex 02:11, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Here are the rest:

~ BigrTex 02:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Continued vandalism by user 206.180.109.30

Hi Tim Vickers. I noticed you had issued a fairly solemn last warning to unregistered user, 206.180.109.30, on that editor's 206.180.109.30 discussion page. That user continues to vandalize articles, and I wonder if you are empowered to block? Thanks. CApitol3 13:26, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your GA nomination of RNA interference

The article RNA interference you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. It hasn't failed because it's basically a good article, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:RNA interference for things needed to be addressed. Parutakupiu talk || contribs 03:17, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Favor?

I have to go away for a little while; could you watch over Photon and Cyclol for me? I'd be heartbroken if they were savaged, although I suppose I should be more serene and learn to let go. I'll stop in and help out when I can, but real life is getting rather precarious. Take care; as I sleep, I'll dream of your latest FA's, Willow 17:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Prod (and some begging)

Physics is being rewritten and we are looking for contributors and/or moderators at Talk:Physics/wip. Is there any way I could prevail upon you? Or should we look elsewhere? The natives I fear are getting restless.--Filll 16:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Your GA nomination of RNA interference

The article RNA interference you nominated as a good article has passed , see Talk:RNA interference for eventual comments about the article. Good luck in future nominations. Parutakupiu talk || contribs 18:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Could you take a look at the Anabolic Steroid article again?

I have improved the Anabolic steroid article a lot since it's last nomination for a Good Article. I have formated the citations, Cut down on the lists, Provided a good introduction, Defined biochemical mechanisms of action, and Provided an illustration. Please tell me if it meets the criteria for 'good article' yet.Wikidudeman (talk) 02:34, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tuberculosis

Not sure on this. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:48, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Not up on the issue, Greek to me :-) I don't know anything about Phase I or II trials. SandyGeorgia (Talk)

[edit] C/EBP

Hi. I'm a member of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify, and in reviewing articles to wikify, I ran across C/EBP. I believe this article's subject may be a duplicate of Ccaat-enhancer-binding proteins which redirects to CCAAT box. I looked up your name as a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Molecular and Cellular Biology who might be more knowledgeable or have subject matter expertise and be able to assist in determining what to do with the C/EBP article and its contents. Thanks. -- Whpq 20:43, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Anabolic steroids

Can you make some more additions to the Template:Anabolic steroids? I would do it but I am not quite familiar with the differences between Androstans and Estrenes. I know that there are quite a few other anabolic steroid articles that could fit into this template.Wikidudeman (talk) 05:58, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] League of Copyeditors participation drive!

Dear League member,

We've started a participation drive for the remainder of February. If you can, please help clear the backlog by adopting the following goals each week:

Thanks for your help! BuddingJournalist 01:41, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RNA interference peer review

Since you did the legwork to make this a GA, you probably will know this anyway, but RNA interference is up for peer review here if you have any thoughts. It could probably use prose improvements too. Opabinia regalis 02:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Semi-protection

Tim, it strikes me that DNA is getting more than average vandalism for daytime; I suspect it's schoolbreak week somewhere. I'm not able to help much as it takes so long for the page to load; do you think it's time to ask for a semi-protection break? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:12, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

All that techno-stuff is over my head :-) I suppose I'm going to have to get a better browser sometime. Anyway, I'll put a tentatively worded request somewhere for SP. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
At ANI. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:24, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Central Dogma of Biology

Tim, I noticed you reverted my edit deleting credit to Watson for proposing the "central dogma of biology". Can you cite reference(s) that give Watson credit for proposing the idea? I have never seen any such references. WolfmanSF 19:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Galahad of Guanine

Did you find one honest edit today, dear Diogenes?
Did you find one honest edit today, dear Diogenes?

I couldn't go another day without saying how much I admire your patient care and improvement of DNA; you're truly a knight errant of the FAe. :) I had wanted to give you a suitably Arthurian image, but I couldn't find the one I was looking for; besides, it occurred to me that you already have a kingly mien on your user-page. ;) So I went with the sharpest of philosophers, Diogenes, I hope you don't mind; being "dog-like" (κῠνικός) himself, maybe he liked dogs, too? Silly but fondly, Willow 08:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TLR page

Hi Tim, I have noticed an edit war appears to be going on with the Toll-like receptor page between a couple of editors. I've done a fair bit of changes on this page myself so don't want to step in and give what might be taken as a biased opinion. But you seem like someone with a more official role who might know what to do in these circumstances?? Think you or someone you know could help sort this out? Thanks, Ciar 17:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Delinker fault?

Hello, I've answered your message (I think it's yours) here. Cheerio--Orgullomoore 23:57, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kiarostami

Hi TimVickers!

I am working on film director Abbas Kiarostami. The article have been copyedited several times. Still there might be some more need for copy editting. There might be problems that escape me. It is very kind of you if you could take a look at that. Thanks. Sangak 09:06, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question for you

I'd be shocked if no one has asked you this yet, but you do an enormous amount of work keeping the bio articles free of vandalism and nonsense as well as filling them up with useful content ;) You seem like you could use a few extra buttons on your toolbar. Are you interested in being nominated for adminship? Opabinia regalis 04:45, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Excellent! Sorry this took so long; I haven't been able to get wikipedia to load properly all day. (Also, it's eight FAs, right? ;) Your template, sir:
Opabinia regalis would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Opabinia regalis to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/TimVickers. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

[edit] Infectious disease

Hi Tim, thanks for the note on moving the age of DNA off the DNA page. I still think it is important information and fundamental as A=T C=G and needs a place in DNA. I too have looked at infectious disease and wanted you to have a look and make a comment on a presentation that I did no disease. here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHxz06X35RE .RoddyYoung 07:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nomination

Hi Tim, thanks for asking, yes I will try to find time to jot down some positive notes about you in a day or so, hope that's OK? I certainly strongly support your nomination and have no doubt I can find some good things to say about your obvious editorial skills. thanks Peter morrell 09:50, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your feedback

I wanted to thank you once again for the feedback that you provided back in December for the Ohio Wesleyan University article. The article has gone through extensive editing, copyediting, prose- and reference-checking. Since I thought your comments were extremely helpful in December, I was wondering if you could spare a few minutes and provide more thoughts on the article? I am considering nominating it for FA in the near future. Thanks for your time! LaSaltarella 23:56, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Organic food

Responded to some of your comments at Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Organic_food JabberWok 04:23, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commons POTY

Hi Tim, currently your vote there has been struckout as invalid you need to provide a dif (link from your talk page there for instructions) to demonstrate that you have more than 100 edits here for your vote to be counted. Gnangarra 12:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I am the same user as Commons user TimVickers. TimVickers 16:52, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Influenza

I have seen the period possibly linking influenza to the Amarna period a number of times. I will try to hunt out the reference and include it in the page. John D. Croft 19:14, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cookie

Thank you for the cookie! I like you too. I can't stop laughing. I guess we needed a little lightness. WAS 4.250 23:44, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter morrell

Glad to hear that you find him useful to WP, but I think this guy looks a whole lot like what Michael Johnson suggests he is. Pete.Hurd 00:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism warnings

I thought that if the vandalism was serious/frequent enough that I could report them. Thank you for letting me know.

~Steptrip 01:01, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank's for the info (I patrol recent changes ca. every 3 days so I needed to know that for reporting trolls, vandals, etc. to AIV). ~Steptrip 01:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re. Ancient Egyptian animal agriculture

Nefermaat & Atet's mastaba shows various hunting/herding scenes
Nefermaat & Atet's mastaba shows various hunting/herding scenes

Hi Tim! Sorry for the late reply, I haven't been active on Wikipedia lately. Pigs, cattle, waterfowl and sheep were all raised in ancient Egypt and to varying degrees included in the diet. Pigs had been domesticated since the Predynastic period. There was some restriction on their consumption, but there is evidence that they were consumed at least by the poorer classes and were used in farming. Eugen Strouhal (1992) Life in Ancient Egypt is a good place to start. Strouhal is a physical anthropologist who's worked extensively on ancient Egyptian diseases and epidemics, though I can't recall if he mentions an outbreak of the flu. Also, Houlihan (1996) Animal World of the Pharaohs and AUC Egyptologist Salima Ikram are both great sources on ancient Egyptian fauna and animal domestication. Hope this helps. — Zerida 05:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block

First of all, thanks for all the great work you've done with Bio-related material. Huge!

Secondly, a recent block you imposed 24.184.177.78 (talk • contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • RBLs • block user • block log) is now operating under an ID (Em0909153), and continueing where he left off. Can you intervene? SERSeanCrane 17:47, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Vandal Hot Potato10

Oh, I am sorry for reporting it twice....I just dislike vandalism in every aspect. Sorry for the inconvenience. §†SupaSoldier†§ 20:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:167.10.240.1

Hi. The user has used other usernames and IPs to vandalize Shaolin Soccer using the same text. I really think he/she should be blocked. Xiner (talk, email) 20:36, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah yes, that's something that'd definitely help. Thank you. I still think the IP should be blocked though. Xiner (talk, email) 20:45, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Ok, thank you. Xiner (talk, email) 21:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations!

Congratulations!
It is my great pleasure to inform you that your Request for Adminship has
closed successfully and you are now an administrator!

Useful Links:
• Administrators' reading list • Administrators' how-to guide •
• Administrator's Noticeboard • Administrator's Noticeboard for Incidents • Administrator's Noticeboard for 3RR •
Your admin logs:
• blocks • deletions • moves • protects • uploads •

If you have questions, feel free to leave a talk page message for me or any other admin. Again, congratulations! Essjay (Talk) 07:46, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Congratulations, Tim! I hope it won't be too onerous for you, but I think we'll all benefit. What is past is but prologue, and things done well, with a care, exempt themselves from fear. With bardish good wishes, Willow 14:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Congrats, Tim. Much deserved and long overdue :) I'd have extended my congratulations sooner, but I'd somehow been unable to edit your Talk page. Now go forth and wield the Mop and Bucket! Fvasconcellos 17:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Adding another to the list (and your message is making me blush). Glad to hand over a nice new set of cabal robes to the person who is one vote cooler than me ;) I'm anticipating a decrease in the rate of poopyheads and gay friends popping up on my watchlist.... Opabinia regalis 00:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Thank you for considering my advice, and good luck with your admin work! Ashibaka (tock) 02:33, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • A belated congrats on becoming an admin! You're doing an excellent job so far.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 21:04, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:75.67.83.22

You may wish to review the length of the ban you gave this user. the reason is that in between my report to WP:AIV and your banning of the user, two more acts of vandalism occurred (which I noted after your message on the user's talk page.)  DDStretch  (talk) 19:21, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

For blocking 70.89.127.3! --AW 22:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quick block

Hello, please block this Ip address (ACISD) from editing (not viewing) wikipedia. I myself have an account, but dont bother using the school's, because it vandalises so much. If you block this site, you will avoid many vandalisms. Thank you. (PS, not meaning to threaten) 69.151.180.55 18:11, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick block over at OS/2. Dilligent (sp?) admins aren't thanked enough.  ;-) /Blaxthos 22:35, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Congratulations on your recent RfA. --Nehrams2020 05:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] M. S. Swaminathan

Any comment, contribution or edit you may have on this Geneticist biography article would be appreciated. Thanks.--Marcus 15:53, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Tim, Thanks for looking. I think the article needs more science than just a link to some of his research reports. Genetics is beyond me.-Marcus 23:48, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User 200.50.20.234

  • Hello, I think you removed this IP from the vandalism reporting page with a message that read no current vandalism. THis user continues to vandalize pages every few days and all the edits are vandalism, has not contributed anything helpful at all. Charleenmerced Talk 21:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC)Charleenmerced

[edit] Lipid peroxidation

Hey Tim—replied on your Commons talk page. Hope you're enjoying those extra buttons, Fvasconcellos 22:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Done, hope it looks good. I've taken the liberty of adding it to the antioxidant article; if you're happy with it, you can add it to lipid peroxidation as well. Best, Fvasconcellos 03:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Antioxidant FAC

Hi thanks for the message on my page. I'm just wondering; are cites using cite journal from web sources supposed to have retrieval dates then? I'm just curious. I hope adminship is whatever you hoped it to be by the way... LuciferMorgan 00:22, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh right I understand now - so the journal is a paper source, but if someone wants to check a web version they can do so. No worries about nicking my talk page style - I stole it from Dmoon1 ages ago when I started frequenting Wikipedia on a more regular basis. It's nice to see medicine related articles getting improved on Wikipedia too - I remember delisting Bacteria from GA awhile back, then you coming along and FAing it! Good work that is. LuciferMorgan 00:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Of course, remove away. If you are working towards FA, great. I normally nominate things for GA that I think are encyclopedic and deserve attention from someone/somewhere. I'm more than happy to hear you have taken it onboard. Good luck with it and kind regards. SeanMack 12:51, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Think about this

Hey Tim, did you ever consider this comment that i made a while back. Now located here. Might be right up your street. You too Opabinia regalis and Willow. David D. (Talk) 16:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi David, I'm sorry for not replying earlier, I only just saw your note when I stopped by to Talk to Tim. I've heard of Citizendium, but I know scarcely anything about it. My impression is that it's similar to WP, except that it has some managerial control by recognized "experts", is that right? I think I also heard that they were going to start by taking over WP's content as a starting point. Were you suggesting that we contribute to it? Won't they take over our work anyway?
I guess I'm glad that Citizendium exists since our words here are written in water, whereas there they're likely to be a little more permanent and less vandalized (untested hypothesis?). It's also great that, thanks to the GFDL, if Citizendium does produce any good content, we can port it back here in the twinkling of an eye, like this -> ;)
On the other hand, I sometimes make little wooden toys for children, which has taught me that the the first version of a toy is always the most popular; even much improved versions never catch on the same way. :( By analogy, I speculate that Citizendium will always be an "also-ran" to Wikipedia, however unfair that might be.
Perhaps more importantly, I'm glad that Wikipedia is so open, although I mourn the loss of good people's time. For me, it's a good, even thrilling, spiritual exercise to be unafraid, to be open and giving and trusting. It's practical, too; my own ideas and explanations have improved from being challenged by others, even on matters that I kind of know. It does take a lot of time and patience, sympathy and gentleness, to win over some people who are adamantly misguided and who see correction as humiliation; but knowing myself to be so full of error, it's easy to summon up compassion. Willow 15:48, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply: (previous message)

I'll do that. Thanks, but as far as resolving these issues with the "List of Gangs" page, I've, literally, been trying to resolve this since early December; Butterrum will not listen to reason with anything I try to suggest and, since he's finally been block, albeit temporarily, he'll probably be even more angry at me. No offense, but I'd rather leave him alone; that might be best. ♣ Klptyzm Chat wit' me § Contributions ♣ 21:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Very much appreciated. Thanks. ♣ Klptyzm Chat wit' me § Contributions ♣ 21:32, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Who are you Craxy 21:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

And what was I saying Craxy 22:03, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

The GTA section is a warring zone between other users Craxy 22:07, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

Thanks for taking care of the vandal who was attacking Immune system. You get a cookie. Shimaspawn 22:25, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Attacks

It's begun again. You should probably just check out my talk page. ♣ Klptyzm Chat wit' me § Contributions ♣ 02:58, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

One user is even attempting to round up users against me. Check his contributions. ♣ Klptyzm Chat wit' me § Contributions ♣ 03:07, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't know why i didn't think of that. Thanks. ♣ Klptyzm Chat wit' me § Contributions ♣ 03:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
I assume you are familiar with this issue? The user is currently still posting around - there are comments on my talk page too, and at WP:AN/I. Thanks. x42bn6 Talk 04:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biological Value

I noticed you appear to be involved in biology articles or WikiProjects relating to biology and human processes. This article, on a method for evaluating biological utilizations rates of proteins in human and animal consumption, was started in August and is in desperate need of an expert. We are having trouble locating one and the article desperately needs it. This method is used constantly in bodybuilding magazines and products and is the subject of much misinformation and half-truths. On the other hand it does appear to have some value. Please help if possible. In case you're wondering why I picked you I just looked through some Science WikiProjects and biology articles and your name appeared a lot in one or both categories. Quadzilla99 22:04, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Incidentally if you decide not to do this for whatever reason there's no need to reply. I'll just take it you're busy or uninterested. Thanks. Quadzilla99 22:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Craxy/Klptyzm/Butterrum/X42bn6

Hi Tim,

User:Craxy left a message on my talk page asking me if "this Klptyzm guy has got on (my) nerves". I was confused, because I'd never run into either of them here. I was curious, so I did a bit of cursory digging myself and discovered that there seems to be some sort of four-way edit war going on between Craxy, Klptyzm, User:Butterrum, and User:X42bn6, with insults and slurs being thrown around. I was going to put this on the admins noticeboard, when I noticed that you've been trying to moderate this in a way. Unless I am mistaken, can they not be temporarily blocked for this sort of behaviour? Just curious so that I can make more sense of these things the next time this happens. Green451 03:31, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Addendum: Sorry, I just noticed that X42bn6 is an innocent third party in this like myself. My question about if the other three should be blocked still stands. Green451 03:38, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the answer, much appreciated. Hope you succeed. Green451 15:46, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Antioxidant

Since I'm leaving tomorrow to see my sister and her new baby, I'm about to dash off what I can on Antioxidant and hope that you can make the best of it? I totally trust your powers of judicious rewording and rearrangement, so I know that any deletions/corrections/etc. you make will be for the best. I also trust your forgiveness for any damage I do, which I'm sure you'll fix speedily. ;) Good luck and well done once again, Willow 16:02, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Please give some thought to that idea about the exhaustive creation of stubs for all NCBI taxa. Perhaps we could do a little test run on a small family of fungi or somesuch? Or perhaps work down the taxonomic tree, i.e., do all phyla, then all classes, ordines, familiae and so on? On the other hand, if it's really forbidden, my nightingale wouldn't want to do it.

I realise the image is in the article. My question was whether it should replace the silly random collection of vegetables as the top picture. Samsara (talk • contribs) 20:47, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Tim, sorry I never made it there, and congrats on another FA. I knew it would be promoted without my input, so because of my two weeks of travel, I pushed it to the bottom of my list, intending to get to it tomorrow. Congrats anyway! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 07:03, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations on yet another FA! Do you have another one queued up yet? ;) Fvasconcellos 14:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image of striking but dull simplicity :)

Sure, no problem! If you want anything altered, just let me know. I'll upload the file as soon as I'm done. Best, Fvasconcellos 18:56, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

How's this? I've moved the text a bit for alignment, I hope that's OK. Fvasconcellos 19:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
No prob. If you need anything else, it's a Sunday :) Fvasconcellos 19:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requesting your help protecting an article...

You've helped a lot in the past and I thought you could do me a small favor. I know this isn't your area but you're a very trustworthy person. An article that I'm trying to improve is constantly being vandalized. Specifically people keep removing a picture from it for baseless personal reasons. The article is Bodybuilding and the image is the 1st one listed in "Areas of Bodybuilding" with the caption "Natural bodybuilder posing." The image isn't the best image in the world but it's the best FREE image I have that fits the description listed. So can you protect it for me? I have a feeling it will be removed from new users pretty frequently and I can't watch it 24/7. So if you see that it's been removed can you add it back as it was? Thanks. Wikidudeman (talk) 05:20, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I didn't notice that. I confused "GFDL" with "GNU". I changed it to "per GNU" now. Thanks.Wikidudeman (talk) 21:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Delisted ADHD

Hey, Tim; since you listed it way back when, I wanted to let you know I delisted attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder from GA. I've never been a fan of the article, and now it's gone further off the rails. The TS research literature delves quite a bit into the ADHD realm (because of comorbidity), so I know the territory fairly well, although not as well as TS. The article should deal with a lot of the same kinds of issues on the TS article. It's really gone south since you reviewed it, so maybe you can pop over there and offer some guidance as you have time; I'm going to be traveling again for the next few weeks. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

By the way, big issues at Talk:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, in case you have nothing to do while I'm away. The article is incorrectly named, and was listed GA by a sockpuppet who disrupted FAC for quite a while. I don't know what to do about it. I'm hoping you can at least watch over these two for the next few weeks, and maybe even pitch in. At minimum, it looks like FASD needs to go back to FAS. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:23, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metabolism

I absolutely agree. "Carbon counting" misses the point of what this article should be: a general guide to metabolism that orients an unfamiliar reader to the topic and points them to more specific areas of interest. In my mind, it's very important to integrate the different pathways into a relatively coherent view of the overall metabolic process: sugars provide energy for building proteins, proteins are the catalytic machinery, but if you run short of sugar there are special ways to convert protein into energy. In my mind, this is much more informative than "Important pathways include Glycolysis, Protein synthesis, and Gluconeogenesis" which means nothing to an untrained reader. Unfortunately, most biochemistry courses and texts do a relatively poor job of this.

There are a LOT of shoddy articles that fall under the scope of metabolism. Where this is true, I plan to construct a solid framework at Metabolism before changing the subsidiary articles. In all honesty much of the metabolism content needs to be reorganized, but the metabolism article is the core and that's where we should focus first. If we want to fix the nav templates later, that'll have to be your job- I have NO idea how to code templates. I'm a medical student so most of my knowlege is about humans, but fixing this article will be excellent preparation for my exam next week.
Robotsintrouble 03:07, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

See Talk:Metabolism. Let me know when you're done editing the page for today. Robotsintrouble 05:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I have replied to you at User talk:Robotsintrouble Robotsintrouble 00:32, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the kind wishes... Wouldn't you know, I finished that test and now I have another one? Unbelievable!
How long should we let Metabolism get? If we do have to trim, I'd rather move things elsewhere than just delete them... Robotsintrouble 22:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Test of semi-automated generation of taxonomy pages

Hey Tim,

I'm auditioning that nightingale Daisy, who claims to be able to make Wikipedia stubs for arbitrary sets of taxonomy pages; would you be so kind as to make suggestions on her output? Here are the first three pages that Daisy made all by herself:

She started with the missing classes of the Archaea, since she noticed you working on that domain. ;) Once these drafts are perfected, she can craft the missing orders, families, etc. Of course, I uploaded the pages for her; I don't think passerines are allowed to have user accounts on Wikipedia, are they? Looking forward to your comments, and thanks for your very nice and witty note, Willow 23:00, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Now that I look at the pages myself, I see that Daisy forgot to add the stub template. :( Even nightingales skip a note now and then.

Hi again, thanks for the welcome at WP:MICRO! :) I really could use your advice on the most sensible categorization of the taxonomic stubs, as discussed on my deeply funky Talk page. I'll try to get the NCBI and ToL references working today; stay tuned! Willow 12:32, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anabolic steroid references...

Hey, The number of references on the Anabolic steroid article seem to be taking up a lot of space. Is there any way to display a "show/hide" menu so that they are automatically hidden unless someone decides to show them so that they take up less space on the article? I plan on adding more citations in the future and I don't want to remove any so what are my options?Wikidudeman (talk) 22:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FASD

Tim, Thank you for letting me know about the current situation with FASD and FAS. I had made several edits to FASD in recent months and then taken a short break. I can understand SandyGeorgia's concerns with the articles and will attempt to summarize those concerns (and others) and suggest additional edits to clarify differences and similarities between the two over the next day or two.MLHarris 12:23, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] P.A.N.D.A.S.

Tim, this is most frustrating; maybe your background in bugs, along with your editorial skills, will help resolve this. It is most irritating to be accused of POV simply because I don't have the medical background to adequately address this article comprehensively, and I haven't found anyone on Wiki who can help. In the general community, it is extremely rare to find a physician who understands PANDAS, with thorough understanding confined mostly to NIH researchers and the specialists on the medical advisory board of the Tourette Syndrome Association. Every time a TS-related question comes up, I have to do a lot of educating. If you have time, can you read through Talk:P.A.N.D.A.S. and this, and see if you can come up with a way to fix the wording so that it's not accused of POV, but remains an accurate reflection that this is not a confirmed medical diagnosis? I didn't write the article (don't feel qualified), but I did add the Controversy section, which I feel was unfairly labeled POV. I'm going to be traveling for two weeks, and the POV charge really troubles me, since it understates the case, is referenced, factual and confined to a Controversy section. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

PS, as with almost all of my TS references, I don't base my text on abstracts only. I have most of the PANDAS full-text journal articles, as well as the two Advances in Neurology tomes on TS; the latest has an entire section on PANDAS. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

That was fabulous work, Tim - thanks so much - I'll rest easier now. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

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