User talk:Linberry

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Hello, Linberry, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] Valproate

Thanks for your edits to the valproates. Don't be frightened about contributing more. In fact, starting a new article is perhaps less scary that editing a mature one. You could start with the red link drugs when you browse down from ATC Code. One help is to find a drug article that contains some of the style/tables/info that you want and steal the code from the edit window (being careful to fully replace everything that is different).

I noticed on Anxiolytic that you removed text "copied" from AbsoluteAstronomy. This is just a Wikipedia mirror (or gets some of its content from Wikipedia). So there was no copyright problem. If you use Firefox, see meta:Mirror filter to find a way of removing such sites from your Google searches (if you want this).

Nice to have another (trainee) expert working here to correct the mistakes us amateurs make. And from the best part of the UK too.

Colin°Talk 09:56, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New articles

You can practice in a sandbox from your user page and, of course, the Show preview and Show changes buttons are very useful – I use them all the time. It is worth browsing the edit code for several pages to get an idea of how things are done.

Anyone who has anything useful to contribute is probably also very busy. But don't neglect the real world. If there is an article you want to start, we could work on it togther. I can't of course, provide a medical professional opinion since I don't have one.

Your textbooks should be a good resource. You are welcome to refer to a paper book as a source but other readers may find that less useful if they want to check the facts – so an online reference is great. Not all of those are good - see my user page for some of the references I've used.

I am, of course, from the best bit of the best part of the UK. But that's all I want to say ;-)

The practice of talk page discussions on Wikipedia is strange and can lead to very disjointed and hard to follow (for a third party) conversations. A few people state at the top of their talk pages that they always respond on their own talk pages (unless requested otherwise). However, it appears the usual practice to respond on the other person's page. This is because most folk don't keep User talk pages in their watch list. Perhaps it feels a bit like spying on them, or reading their mail. If you think it is best to interleave your response with the other person's, then you could do that on your own page and put a little "I've responded on my talk page" on theirs. I'll leave you in my watch list for now if you like – so you can respond where you want.

BTW: it is normal to use == for headings on talk pages rather than =. You can use the + button (to the right of "edit this page") to start a new topic and it gives you a field for you to enter the title.

I liked your edit comment on diazepam. Don't you know anyone you'd like to do an LD50 test on?

Colin°Talk 18:40, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info :) Didn't know about the + thing - to be honest this site is one of the most confusing places I've ever been to! Makes me feel like a right pillock.

Will try and use online references of course if I can - sometimes though, especially with the biology topics, info is very limited (many a time I have looked myself for an explanation of some weird unintelligible scientific term and there isn't one anywhere!) The more specialised you go, the harder it is, isn't it. Will try some of the links on your page.

LOL... so the only people who edit on this sites are the ones that don't have anything useful to contribute!

Berry 19:52, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adam Khan

Hi Berry thanks for the update about the post..I am not sure what to do the site owner may have coyrighted it..but the story of adam khan is the equivalent of romeo and juliet how do I not quote it exactly? The aryan site is citing another refernec on top of it..

thanks for the reply I've redone the piece and will add a link to the original story as well as try and get permission for it's reuse.--Zak 20:33, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CVU status

The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 17:01, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week

WikiProject Pharmacology is currently organizing a new Collaboration of the Week program, designed to bring drug and medication related articles up to featured status. We're currently soliciting nominations and/or voting on nominations for the first WP:RxCOTW, to begin on September 5, 2007. Please stop by the Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week page to participate! Thanks! Dr. Cash 17:51, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week

Aspirin has been selected as this week's Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week! Please help us bring this article up to featured standards during the week. The goal is to nominate this at WP:FAC on September 10, 2007.

Also, please visitWP:RxCOTW to support other articles for the next COTW. Articles that have been nominated thus far include Doxorubicin, Paracetamol (in the lead with 4 support votes so far), Muscle relaxant, Ethanol, and Bufotenin.

In other news:

  • The Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology main page has been updated and overhauled, to make it easier to find things, as well as to highlight other goals and announcements for the project.
  • Fvasconcellos notes that discussion is ongoing regarding the current wording of MEDMOS on including dosage information in drug articles. All input is welcome.

Dr. Cash 00:49, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Pharmacology Update

Here's a brief update in some of the recent developments of WikiProject Pharmacology!

  • Aspirin has just completed its two week run as the first Collaboration of the Week! Many thanks to those editors that contributed; the article got a lot of good work accomplished, and in particular, much work was done in fixing up the history section. It's still not quite "done" yet (is a wikipedia article really ever done?), but after two weeks I think it's more important to push onwards with the development of the new collaboration of the week program. I will be fixing up Aspirin in the next few days and possibly nominating it for either GA or FA status.
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You are receiving this message because you are listed as one of the participants of WikiProject Pharmacology.

Dr. Cash 04:58, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Pharmacology Update

Here are a few updates in the realm of WikiProject Pharmacology:

  • The Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week has been changed to Collaboration of the Month, based on current participation levels. It is also more likely that articles collaborated on for one month are more likely to achieve featured quality than articles worked on for only a week or two.

Dr. Cash 22:13, 31 October 2007 (UTC)