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[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)

[edit] Coeliac disease

Hey Tim. Colin said I should get in touch with you about this. I've been working a lot on coeliac disease in the last few months, and have in the last two weeks tried to get it through WP:FAC. Unfortunately, there remain some stylistic concerns that I can't seem to get past, specifically the prose in particular paragraphs. Is there any chance you could have a look? JFW | T@lk 22:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm very encouraged by the changes both of you are making. Please don't stop. As a lay reader, I feel that I'm being guided through a difficult topic rather than just given an (accurate) map and expected to make my own way. BTW: There is a typo in the Genetics section, 2nd paragraph: "Coeliac disease is |linked]] to two alleles of the ." -- Colin°^Talk 23:51, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block request for 59.154.24.147

Hello Tim - I notice that you put a last warning here and since then that IP address has added further vandalism at Moulamein, New South Wales - please can you arrange for a block from editing. --VS ^talk 21:02, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

• No problems - thanks for you response. We'll keep an eye on him/her then. Cheers--VS ^talk 23:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help proofreading?

Hi Tim, I hate to drag you away from doing something productive, but I need help proofreading the NCBI taxonomic references, which appear to be working — mostly. ;) It's described at the bottom of my Talk page. Friendly thanks, Willow 21:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metabolism peer review

Sure, Tim. I'll have a look as soon as I can. Best, Fvasconcellos 14:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi again—I've left a few comments. All in all, absolutely excellent. I'm looking forward to FAC :) Fvasconcellos 17:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Glad to help. I'll vote soon, and am working on an SVG of Image:Sterol synthesis.png on the backburner, if you don't mind my vector graphics obsession. Fvasconcellos 19:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, done. I've added it to metabolism, you can add it to any other articles which used the PNG after you've checked it for any inaccuracies... :) Fvasconcellos 00:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Best of luck getting this to FA! Im just sorry i havnt helped more... - Zephyris _Talk 21:11, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey, Tim, I won't be able to look until the weekend when I'm home - snatching a moment on borrowed computer. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Great article! I added some formatting comments. Only serious concern is the glucose structure. Wish I knew how to do animated images or I'd work on it, but let me know if there's any other editing help needed—I wasn't WP:BOLD yet because I haven't looked at the article enough to know whether there was a reason for how things are. DMacks 05:40, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No bother!

Glad to help. That section's weird - it's like you took everything Stephen Jay Gould wrote about and tried to condense it into one paragraph, without much worry about reality, just making as much of it fit as possible. Adam Cuerden ^talk 17:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help Resolving a conflict

I have read the pages about this on wikipedia and I have came to you because you seem to be a person who knows how wikipedia is supposed to work and are most likely 100% neutral on this matter. I am involved in a rather intense edit war with two other editors of the article Miriam Rivera. In the last days the user User:Jokestress has quite reasonably asked for the article to be backed up with more reliable sources. Well I found them and that seems to have placated her. She has acted in 100% reasonable way in all of this. The problem arises in that she has asked in the spirt of resolving the conflict we were having other people who are not 100% neutral it seems to comment on the matter. These being the user User:Longhair and the userUser:Alison in particular who have not bothered to justify anything that they have done. Longhiar being an admin seems to feel no need to discuss anything and I feel is abusing her powers. Is there anything you can do? --Hfarmer 04:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FACs blooming like hyacinths

Good things come in bunches, don't they? Metabolism seems like a work of art; well done! :) I'm happy to support it but, as usual, I'd like to brood over it a few days before writing. Be patient with me?

Meanwhile, Encyclopædia Britannica is right above it at the FAC — a nice serendipity, no? Any improvements, corrections, etc. would be most welcome, as always. Happy about Spring, Willow 02:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Many thanks for the taxonomy help; I incorporated your corrections into the NCBI file.

Thanks very much for the support — yeay, yeay, yeay! :D Dashing off back to work, Willow 17:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Ummm, so the Encyclopædia Britannica article has gotten an Oppose from Tony1 for its poor copy-editing. He recommends that I consult with other WPians, especially those who are known for their brilliant prose and who are members of the League of Copyeditors — but, you know, I couldn't think of anyone who fits that description. ;D But if you would be so kind, as ever, I would appreciate your suggestions very much — thanks! Willow 23:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

PS. Congrats on the Antibody GA! :) What's next? Perhaps something metabolic like oxidative phosphorylation or electron transport chain? Just guessing, Willow 23:17, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

PPS. Are the willows blooming near you? They are where I live. Flowers and herbs are emerging all over my garden, and many berry bushes have broken bud. Spring is wonderful. :)

Thanks again for your help; we'll see if the article flies at FAC. By the by, can you think of any reason why people might be avoiding it? I don't think anyone knows about my advanced case of leprosy. ;) Maybe the article is too boring? :( I sometimes worry that my "professional-wannabe" writing is too dry. Readers might feel as though they're being force-fed a bag of flour; nutritious to be sure, but... Trying my best, Willow 20:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Musing about you

I've recently got permission to work in Citizendum. I'm really curious about their manner of work. And I had to realize that experts like you make Wikipedia better. You're walking on the right way. Thank you in the name of the whole Wikipedia community. And now, I'm going to take a look at your 43th featured article candidate. :) NCurse _work 19:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] knock knock; request for assistance

Hello,

I noticed a link to your user page on the talk page of DNA :-) . I'm in need of a bit of science research assistance seems to be up your alley... I'm into linguistics; what would I know ;-) ?

BUT it may involve some powerful POV issues re Taiwan, etc.

Here's the deal: this question about Taiwanese aborigines has been niggling at me for a while: Talk:Taiwanese_aborigines#Closely related to Malays and Indonesians?

I've seen links to several different references thrown back & forth on this issue.. I can hunt them down, if you like...

I'm not asking you to wade into the talk page... I dunno if arguments will ensue or not (hopefully not).. you can remain anon., or whatever...but if I could get someone to verify some kind of generalization about the most recent/authoritative research on this issue, I would be ecstatic...

I'll be watching this talk page for any answer you may give... :-)

Thanks for your time & trouble, --Ling.Nut 21:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Microbiology

Hi Tim! I'm not sure if you saw my message about volunteering to help out on the bacteria article but I am more than willing to do what I can. Just let me know what you need me to do. Thanks! MetsFan76 16:54, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok sounds good! MetsFan76 17:00, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metabolism FA

Congratulations. Clearly a lot of work went into that article. Well done. Colin°^Talk 08:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

And mine—my, that was a quick one! Well done yet again. Fvasconcellos 13:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Wow, that was quick; sorry that I didn't even get to comment! You're a credit to us all. :) Willow 16:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations!--BirgitteSB 16:14, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oxidative phosphorylation

Thanks for your additions to the article. It seemed as though nobody wanted to help after I put it up for peer review! Simpsons contributor 15:51, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Antibody GA

Thanks and congrats on getting antibody to GA standard. One of many for you I see!! H'mmmm, comments suggest getting the article peer-reviewed so we can improve it some more....how do you go about doing that....and do I have time... ;-) Again Tim, thanks! Your definitely an asset to the MCB project!!! Take care Ciar 19:05, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Congrats from me too... Thanks for nominating it and all of the effort you put in.--DO11.10 19:07, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Historical tag at MEDMOS (Manual of style - medicine)

OK, I admit that I got distracted because of all of my travel; are you able to pitch in any comments on work still needed, or how you feel about this style guide? [1] Thanks, and congrats on the FAs that I never got a chance to read <pout> SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:17, 5 April 2007 (UTC)