User talk:Rogerdoger

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Hello there! Welcome to Wikipedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Also: you can play and experiment all you want in the Sandbox. Welcome, and Happy editing!

And so goes the "Canned" greeting.

Yes, there are mechanisms for dealing with such things, the main one being shining light on articles that have been hiding down in dark holes. I can see there are major problems with the article. I am an active Wikipedian, and actually went there for information, but alas, it's a mess.

I can call attention to it and as people come through, we can weed out the questionable material. As I am not an authority in this area, I will have to do some self-educating to get into the meat of it. But that's part of what I like about Wikipedia (and an aspect many critics miss). I go to an article for information, and in the process of cleaning it up, become quite versed the the material to an extent that I never would by simply reading an encyclopedia article and moving on.

But yes, your concerns can be addressed. You can talk at the article discussion page or my talk page. Try to make criticisms specific by pointing to actual issues in the article. Also: where are the full references to all the "citations" in this article? Got any idea? It is very poorly referenced. A subject like this should be brimming with actual scientific studies to cite.

And as for the controversy... I'm a veteran of sorting out fights at Creationism, Flood Geology, Biblical Skepticism, Bigfoot, Pedophilia, Dissassociative Identity, Political Correctness, Ann Coulter...so I've got a little experience with that!

Sorry to be long-winded. --DanielCD 00:19, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

You might like to go to the Article Improvement Drive page and vote to have this article featured. Making it to the top of the list would mean an entire week of experienced editors combing through the article and cleaning it up. But even being on the list calls attention to it! I gave it a good pitch, and I think such a core topic has a 98% chance of making it to the top.

And as I type this, I'm still putting my hand in the funky position that caused the pain that brought me to this article in the first place... --DanielCD 01:14, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I can give you some tutoring. I've got to call it a night tonight though. We'll try to get it all sorted out tomorrow. --DanielCD 05:29, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New day

Well, here we are again. I don't have CTS, I just need to move my desk into a position where I can face the computer more squarely. I've had some mild wrist pain, but nothing like the numbness the article describes. I've gotten a hand splint, and that along with moving my desk should help. It just piqued my curiosity and I wanted to read up on it.

There is a kind of convention regarding discussions that helps reduce the confusion. First of all you can sign each comment with four "tildes", meaning this: ~~~~. That gives a signature and date/time stamp like the ones you see following my comments. You can also click the second-to-last box in the row of toolboxes immediately above the editing screen. If you go to the editing screen, you can see more details of what I'm doing.

Typically each new response to a comment is intented using a colon.

This would be a typical reponse to that last sentence. If I had not indented, this response would likely be responding to the comment above mine (which mine would also presumably be a reply to). If I want to reply to one of those replies, I go under it and add one more colon

like this. Hopefully the logic will become clear. Rough, but it seems to work. Still, many people are sloppy with this, so be aware. --DanielCD 16:37, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

For emails, you can go to a user's page and find the "email this user" link in the list on the far left hand side. --DanielCD 18:33, 17 February 2006 (UTC)