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Image or somesuch?

Cholesterol embolism has been a work of mine in progress for some time. It still needs to grow a lot. Would you be able to assist in writing a section on the pathological appearance of skin or kidney biopsies in this condition? Alternatively, could you direct me to a good source? JFW | T@lk 22:35, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll look it up and get back to you. Emmanuelm (talk) 14:59, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Mount Hor in your map of the Land of Israel

Hi, I came across your image depicting the Land of Israel. I'm confused though by your choice of Mount Hor as Ras al Shaka in northern Lebanon. What is this location based on? According to the article on Mount Hor, as well as the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, 1901 Encyclopedia Biblica, and 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Mount Hor's exact location isn't known, but the commonly floated possibilities (Jebel Nebi Harun, Jebel Madara, or Mount Hermon) appear to lie either inside modern day Israel, the Golan Heights, or on the border between Israel and Jordan. It seems to me that a more accurate representation of the northern border described in Numbers - "from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor; From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath" - would be a border from the sea to one of these three points (Mount Hermon, for instance, which wouldn't be far from the modern border between Israel and Lebanon), that then ran northeast to Hamath. Interestingly, this would almost more closely match the map of the Kingdom of David]. ← George 11:37, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Copy-pasted and answered in Image talk:Map Land of Israel.jpg.Emmanuelm (talk) 12:50, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Causes of death

Pasted from Talk:Cancer

I scanned this article and didn't find any information on how exactly cancer causes death. Is it always because a vital organ deteriorates and is unable to function properly? Or are there other causes too? I'd like to see the article clarified about this. -Rolypolyman (talk) 14:48, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

For those brave enough, here is my opinion. I do not have much personal experience with this because doctors do not ask for an autopsy in this context. The classical mechanisms of death due to out of control, widespread cancer are :

• consequences of obstruction by the tumor mass:
  • whole body infection (sepsis) from intestinal obstruction,
  • suffocation from obstruction of the trachea,
  • blood poisoning with urine (uremia) caused by ureter obstruction,
• wasting away from lack of food (cachexia); cancer causes extreme lack of appetite (anorexia) while simultaneously increasing the energy requirements of the body to sustain tumor growth,
• blood clots; cancer "thickens the blood" (hypercoagulable state),
• severe anemia or lack of white blood cells (cytopenia) from bone marrow invasion,

There are many others. Most of these mechanisms of death could be countered by medical or surgical intervention, but you must understand that cancer death is often preceded by severe pain. Death is seen by both patients and doctors as welcomed. I hope this helps. Sorry again for being blunt. I do not think that this list belongs in the Cancer article, usually read by patients at the beginning of the disease. This may also help you place euthanasia in context. Emmanuelm (talk) 18:27, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Nerds and Asperger

I saw you attempted to add a section dealing with the Nerd Stereotype and Asperger's to the AS article and were shot down. I agree it's worth discussing. I found another reference online which might be of interest to you: . It's written by a professor of psychiatry at UCSD and addresses explicitly the relationship between the stereotype and AS. Schomerus (talk) 16:32, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Schomerus for the heads up. I read both discussion and found it mildly amusing (what's this obsession with peer-reviewed articles?). It is way over my head. I have no expertise nor personal experience on the subject, so I will let you handle this one alone. Emmanuelm (talk) 18:13, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Cartilage

Saw your comment "for some strange reason, this boring article is attracting weirdos". It is also attracting a spammer: User:Tagnr0037 (now blocked), user:Tgxstudent and currently editing as 81.246.79.190. Could you please check the recent edits of 81.246.79.190 especially articular cartilage repair and autologous chondrocyte implantation, remove spam as appropriate and advise me if you think the IP address should be blocked. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 16:23, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I reverted them all. Thanks for the tip. Emmanuelm (talk) 15:43, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

UN & Ahmedinejad

No, this edit of mine was not "a joke" and I'm a bit confused as to why you would suggest it might have been. One person, by definition, is not "many". There is way too much text in WP articles cited to obscure individual op-eds and written up as if it were fact, or mainstream or majority opinion. This is simple misrepresentation. Now there are more citations, to the comments of a range of different political figures, I obviously have no problem with the entry (other than that if I wanted to be really pedantic I would say it should say "several" or "some" rather than many). --Nickhh (talk) 14:41, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

WP:TOPIC

Heyo, I noticed a recent edit of yours and I figured it would be worth-while to note you of a little policy called WP:TOPIC. My suggestion is that you add content to a new article titled "Religious foundations of the Arab-Israeli conflict". Keep in mind to try and maintain neutrality when writing that article and we'll have it linked in the other article. Cheers, Jaakobou 15:56, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Are you trying to say that religious issues are out of topic in the Israeli-Arab conflict article? Surely, you must be joking. Again, why is the Jewish state in Palestine, not Uganda? Emmanuelm (talk) 19:28, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for the belated reply, I missed your query response. Certainly, there's a reason Palestine was chosen over Uganda and certainly that reason is found mostly in religious texts. However, the concept in itself needs a separate article and to only be quickly over-viewed in the very large scale article of Arab-Israeli conflict. e.g. like 'History of ancient Israel and Judah' inside the Israel article. These topics intertwine to some extent but not to such an extent that a separate main article should be avoided (see also: Misplaced Pages:Main article fixation). If this doesn't yet clarify my point, let me know and I'll try a different angle for explaining it. Off course, you don't have to agree, but at least hear me out to see that you understand my point.

Cheers, Jaakobou 06:07, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Medicine/Dermatology task force

I wanted to know if you (or any friends of yours) are interested in dermatology, and would be willing to help me with the WikiProject Medicine/Dermatology task force? Kilbad (talk) 03:00, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. I'll keep a eye on the articles. Emmanuelm (talk) 13:08, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Offering potential diagnoses

Hi! I know that you were only intending to be helpful, and that you did also recommend to the questioner that she speak to a physician, but I've removed your comment from Talk:Breast cancer as it also offered a number of alternate diagnoses.

As much as possible, we try to discourage people from bringing their symptoms to Misplaced Pages in search of a diagnosis. The risks – most significantly to the questioner, but also to Misplaced Pages and its reputation – aren't ones that we're prepared to assume. (It's been a recurring issue at the Reference Desks, to the point that I've put together a synopsis of the reasons why we can't offer such advice: User:TenOfAllTrades/Why not?.)

Sorry to have to pull your comment, and thanks for trying to help out. Cheers, TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:22, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is choking under political correctness and the precautionary principle. Emmanuelm (talk) 22:12, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Israel, Palestinians, and the United Nations

Hi, Emmanuelm. Regarding this diff and this discussion:

I am not your enemy. There is no need to chose battles here. I certainly did not mean to battle you nor to win a battle against you. As long as "UN Watch" and "Eye on the UN" are not mislabeled as blogs and as long as the bibliographic information is kept in a separate "Further reading" section, I will not oppose whatever restructuring you suggest for the external links section. I personally don't care for the "Pro-Israel" vs. "Pro-Palestinian" categorization, either; I was trying to appease another editor who intended to remove the external links altogether, otherwise. Also, thank you for pointing out the PalestineHistory link, which I completely missed (yep, it definitely does not belong in the "Pro-Israel" category). Anyway, sorry for the misunderstanding. Here's to a good Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah... Chag Sameach. ← Michael Safyan 22:52, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Transclusion

I see that you were the one who did the transcluding of leads for the Pathology article. I am interesting in trying that method on a subpage in my userspace, but I'm having problems making it work. I don't get the lead, but the whole article! Will you please take a look and advise me (on its talk page) what to do? User:Fyslee/List_of_alternative_medicine_subjects/Transclusions. -- Fyslee / talk 17:37, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Pathology conversion to WPMED taskforce

Hi Emmanuelm,

You may be aware that moves are afoot to subsume the pathology project under WPMED as a taskforce. Please see the message at the discussion page, and at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Medicine/Task forces#Conversion of medicine-related projects. I support the idea, and as yet I'm the only participant who's voiced any opinion. Would you please add yours?

Cheers, Mattopaedia (talk) 01:15, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

PS I liked you pathologist box so much, I swiped it!

Carlong Publishers' URGENT request to reproduce copyrighted material

February 16, 2009

Dear Emmanuelm

I am the Trainee Publishing Services Executive at Carlong Publishers (Caribbean) Ltd. Carlong Publishers is a Jamaican-based publishing house whose list focuses on textbooks for children between the ages of 6-17 years in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. We formally request permission on behalf of the authors to reproduce your photograph of a firefly in our upcoming textbook Carlong Revision Guide Junior Science.

Carlong Revision Guide Junior Science is a primary-level text used by students preparing for the Grade Six Achievement Tests (GSAT) and other high school entrance examinations in Jamaica and across the Caribbean. The book will be for sale.

My research has shown that the image is available for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Please indicate how you would like the material to be acknowledged and any other condition to which we are bound. If possible, please respond by emaililng me at t.wisdom@carlongpublishers.com. Kindly include in your reply a high-resolution copy (400–600 dpi) of the photograph if one is available. Also, please visit our website: .

Thanks for your kind assistance.

T.Wisdom Trainee Publishing Services Executive CarlPub (talk) 21:08, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Authorization granted by email. Emmanuelm (talk) 08:18, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Oncocytomas

Thanks for uploading the nice gross image!

I just did a few microscopic ones. They are in the newly created renal oncocytoma article, along with a few more I found. Other images I've done are here (Wiki Commons). Nephron  T|C 18:53, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Very nice histological images! Emmanuelm (talk) 06:10, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Nazi, Swastika References Being Purged from Syrian Social Nationalist Party

Would you mind having a look at the problem of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party's Nazi history and swastika flag being systematically deleted/vandalized? This removes an important aspect of neutrality from the article. References from many reliable sources are provided. See its talk page. The edits are being done by users with IP addresses from very similar domains. Thanks, Histopher Critchens (talk) 20:35, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry

...for the snippy tone in my reply to your comment on the Israel, Palestinians and the United Nations talk page. These topics are swarming with bullshitters, whom I'm just fed up with, and I thought you were one of them. I later looked over some of your discussions and edits, and you seem like a sincere, reasonable guy. Jalapenos do exist (talk) 22:09, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Jalapenos, no need to be sorry. If you regret what you wrote (it happens to all of us), you may edit your comments at any time. Emmanuelm (talk) 15:30, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Userbox

I hope you don't mind, but I added your Shrimp userbox to my userpage. Also, I was wondering if you have ever had Fried Shrimp Heads? They are almost as good as Tempura Bacon, which is a fancy way of saying fried bacon. --MahaPanta (talk) 08:52, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

I do not mind at all. Bon appetit!Emmanuelm (talk) 01:22, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Israel, Palestinians and the United Nations

I've visited the old discussions about the title of the article. i actually thought they weren't that long, and that the consensus was to name it Israel, Palestine and the UN, so I will leave a note on the page and make a change at some point. Will also look at the template issue. Cheers. hamiltonstone (talk) 04:14, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Pathology images

Hi, I am building a collection of high resolution micrographs and I would be happy to have someone review them/annotate 'em... and correct/enhance the brief accompanying descriptions I write. :-)

What I consider my better stuff is in my gallery - http://commons.wikimedia.org/User:Nephron/Gallery. Most of the stuff in the the micrograph category at the Wikicommons are pictures where I pressed the shutter button.

If you have any ideas about categories/want to come-up with a standard grouping set (e.g. gynecologic pathology, dermatopathology, gastrointestinal pathology etc.)-- I'd be happy to hear about it. There are also a ton of images from KGH -- see: http://toolserver.org/~daniel/WikiSense/Gallery.php?wikifam=commons.wikimedia.org&img_user_text=KGH... though those aren't high resolution. Nephron  T|C 03:11, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Very beautiful pictures! I think the pictures are well classified. All I can add is that people usually find Wikimedia pictures by searching, so make sure you include a wider variety of keywords. For example, in the description of the ferruginous body picture (beautiful!), you should add the following words: "asbestos", "histology" "microscope", "macrophage", "granuloma", "pneumoconiosis", "hemosiderin", etc. Also, insert the pictures in appropriate Misplaced Pages articles. Keep the good work! Emmanuelm (talk) 13:06, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

United Nations vs Criticism of the United Nations : a clear example of content forking

Please discuss at Talk:United Nations#United Nations vs Criticism of the United Nations : a clear example of content forking. Emmanuelm (talk) 12:19, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

I oppose any merge or deletion, because although the United Nations is an important global institution, it does not satisfy the criteria of a State, but does get criticized by most countries as if it were a real state. See for example criticism of the Roman Catholic Church : the Catholic Church is a quasi-State institution that gets criticized in the same way that the United Nations is criticized. ADM (talk) 12:52, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

This discussion belongs in Talk:United Nations. Emmanuelm (talk) 21:16, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

New effort to include Bra / Breas cancer link

See Talk:Risk_factors_of_breast_cancer. Care to comment? Mattnad (talk) 17:03, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Help with dermatology-related content

I am looking for more help at the dermatology task force, particularly with our new Bolognia push 2009!, history of dermatology, or list of dermatologists pages? Perhaps you would you be able to help us? I could send you the login information for the Bolognia push if you are interested? ---kilbad (talk) 16:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Image copyright

You forgot to add a copyright tag to your recent uploaded image File:2004 Theodore Too & Queen Mary 2 in Halifax.jpg. Perhaps you can fix the omission. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 05:45, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

fixed, thanks. Emmanuelm (talk) 02:31, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Missing wikipedians list

Hello,Emmanuelm. I am just letting you know that due to your absence since Decemeber 20, 2009, you have been added to the list of Missing wikipedians. If you return, please feel free to remove your name from the list. Cheers. Immunize (talk) 16:08, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

This initiative is idiotic. Name removed. Emmanuelm (talk) 15:33, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

What initiative are you refering to? Immunize (talk) 17:19, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

On referencing in the Lymphoma article Immunize (talk) 13:33, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Please see my message on the issue of referencing the Lymphoma article Immunize (talk) 23:08, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

tumor

On Mitosis in the talk:Tumor article --DerekvG (talk) 10:22, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Blasphemy and the United Nations

Your comments at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Blasphemy and the United Nations would be greatly appreciated. AzureFury (talk | contribs) 19:46, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

WP:Tedious edit at Israel, Palestine, and the United Nations

There is guidance from Arbcom which says that removal of sourced material is disruptive. I will asked that you be blocked if you continue your edit war at this article. harlan (talk) 04:42, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Go ahead, ask. Emmanuelm (talk) 03:31, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Alleged United Nations bias in Israel-Palestine issues

You didn't do the deletion nomination right. I fixed the formatting for you. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 02:30, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

UN anti-Israel declaration in 1973

This is a sentence I added in the Zionism article which also belongs in the UN article, I thought you might be willing to handle it as you know the article. You can find the text of the decision online at the UN website but it takes a bit searching. December 1973 is at the end of the Yom Kippur war and the start of the ARab oil boycott.

In December 1973, the UN passed a series of resolutions condemning South Africa and included a reference to an "unholy alliance between Portugese colonialism, Apartheid and Zionism." At the time there was little cooperation between Israel and South Africa. Telaviv1 (talk) 07:48, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll insert it. But remember, I do not own the UN article; in the future, feel free to edit it. Emmanuelm (talk) 12:24, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Je t'en prie

Hi Emmanuel. No problem. I'm just trying to improve the referencing one bit at a time. Sometimes, doing some housekeeping helps you see the wood for the trees, well it does for me anyway. I expect we will have plenty more to discuss about the referencing. For example, I think there are too many refs to the UN documents, which are primary sources. Could we use Benny Morris more? J'ai appris le français a l'école, puis j'ai travaillé un peu en France. Cheers. Itsmejudith (talk) 20:35, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

CFMNB

I have created a small article for the CFMNB, and I thought since you were familiar with the centre you might like to see it, or want to adjust it a little! I will be improving on it myself over time. — Guillaume Pelletier ~ 03:37, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

James G. Lindsay

Hi Emmanuelm, I think that perhaps you would find of interest to join the discussion at Talk:James G. Lindsay. Nik Sage (talk) 00:00, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry it's come to this

But I felt AE was the only place left to go. Sincerely, Sol (talk) 05:39, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

I am so sorry too. Emmanuelm (talk) 03:42, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

January 2011

Notice to administrators: In a March 2010 decision, the Committee held that "Administrators are prohibited from reversing or overturning (explicitly or in substance) any action taken by another administrator pursuant to the terms of an active arbitration remedy, and explicitly noted as being taken to enforce said remedy, except: (a) with the written authorization of the Committee, or (b) following a clear, substantial, and active consensus of uninvolved editors at a community discussion noticeboard (such as WP:AN or WP:ANI). If consensus in such discussions is hard to judge or unclear, the parties should submit a request for clarification on the proper page. Any administrator that overturns an enforcement action outside of these circumstances shall be subject to appropriate sanctions, up to and including desysopping, at the discretion of the Committee."

I assume this is some kind of joke. Emmanuelm (talk) 01:47, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Your reverts: , . Among others. It is clearly posted on the talk page that the article is under WP:1RR. NW (Talk) 03:19, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

My sincere thanks for letting me know what I was accused of and why I was condemned and punished. Without you, how could I have known? Emmanuelm (talk) 03:40, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Arbitration enforcement

This is to let you know that I have gone ahead to make a request on arbitration enforcement. The link is . Of course you are able to comment there, please do. Itsmejudith (talk) 17:25, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

1. Resolution 3151 G (XXVIII) of 14 December 1973 by the UN General Assembly
2. Israel and Black Africa: A Rapprochement? Ethan A. Nadelmann. Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Jun., 1981), pp. 183-219