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Visiting Scholar

I have been fortunate enough to have been selected to be a Misplaced Pages Visiting Scholar with the University of Pittsburgh. I have another user accout: Bfpage. I will be using my WVS account to create content based upon the agreement that I have with the University. Basically, I have access to all their digitized content and libraries and will be using these resources to create and improve articles.

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 12:21, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

What? I've been reverted? My life is (not) over

Happy holidays!

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American Experience (season 13)

I wanted to let you know I reverted your edit on this article. All links about the film episodes should only link to articles about the film. If you inspect the other links, then you'll see this type of link.

If you have any knowledge about the film episode, then please create a stub or larger article to link to this episode. Mitchumch (talk) 12:25, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Methinks that your 'should only' is your own construct and reflects a POV and WP:OWN. There is no harm in including a wikilink to a biographical person with more notability than all the episodes of this television show put together. Besides, there are many movies about the Life of Stephen Foster, in fact, an article could even be written because so many films have been created on his life and music. Creating wikilinks are considered 'wikifying' and in every way, making a wl only improves the article.

Having said all that - you are a good editor and I totally believe you are acting in good faith. If I have caused you any uncomfortable-ness or distress, I would like to sincerely apologize. I rarely revert the edits of other editors, maybe 25 (update 4/15/2017 100) times out of 16,000 edits (as user Bfpage) I have made to the encyclopedia. Respectfully and with The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 12:33, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Linking episodes in an article list for television programs is a standard element of featured articles. I did not invent this standard. Please see Episodes in the Misplaced Pages:Featured lists.

To accommodate a wikilink to the subject of Stephen Foster a summary can be added to the episode via the section called "ShortSummary". Please write a brief summary there. You will see "WRITE A SHORT SUMMARY ABOUT FILM THAT INCLUDES A CITATION". That is the place to place that type of link. Mitchumch (talk) 12:46, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Temperance songs

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Male circumcision

Hi Barbara: Thanks again! I apologize for putting my first message on the wrong page. Male circumcision is an exceeding emotional issue with some males, especially those whom were circumcised. There are some editors with long knives here who would like to see all information detrimental to male circumcision suppressed, perhaps because of ethnicity. One has to be exceedingly careful to follow all rules because they will use the least excuse to delete material.

Sugarcube73 (talk) 14:50, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Not a problem. I've noticed that most editors, not all, contribute to Misplaced Pages because, in fact, that actually have a point of view that they wish to express. Fortunately, the guidelines are to present both sides of the issue so even those on opposite sides of the fence can actually work together to improve articles. You caught my attention because you seemed to be treated in a less than courteous manner and I am always irritated by that. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 19:07, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays/New Year!

		Happy holidays.
		Best wishes for joy and happiness. Barbara(WVS), have a great holiday Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 17:42, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Late as usual! Thank you for this kind message.

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 13:15, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

My revert to... you know

That was over a month ago! At least I can feign uninvolved here as it was a Huggle revert... Unlike some of the other thing on my watch list that would exasperate my mother if she were to see it. Thanks for your appreciation! Best Jim1138 (talk) 18:14, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

I SO appreciate your comment about things on your watchlist or editing history. I cringe to think what my friends would think about some of the stuff I edit. But, see I have this theory...and comment if you want. That the topics that seem 'way out there' as in terms of things you would not discuss with your mother, spouse, family and friends, are exactly the same topics that seemed to be sourced less vigorously and whose refs need to be checked. I looked at your editing history and found we have the same tendencies-if a statement seems, using common sense, a little unbelievable, well then sometimes the ref is misused. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 16:30, 15 December 2015 (UTC) and User:Bfpage

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Inconsistent citation

Hey, there's an inconsistency in this edit you made to Rape: you link to "The Challenge of Defining Rape", but the other details of the added citation match "Regulating Sex", including the error-causing date included in the title ("Regulating Sex | 27 June 2015"). Can you please resolve the citation completely to one or the other? Thanks, {{Nihiltres |talk |edits}} 16:12, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

I sure will, thanks for calling this to my attention. Barbara (WVS) (talk) 16:19, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

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Page number

Needed for this "In children, chest pain is often present.McMahon, Maureen (2011). Pediatrics a competency-based companion. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders/Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-4160-5350-7.

Also we try to use the term "person" rather than "patient" per WP:MEDMOS. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:33, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

The text is an online text, no page numbers are provided. I suppose you could call it a digital book and not really a copy of a printed book. I'll try my best to use person, but pediatric person doesn't seem to sound correct. There are many book references in the Asthma article without page numbers. When a page number is available, I will be sure to use it. Best Regards, Barbara (WVS) (talk) 03:08, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

To You and Yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 13:51, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

I am embarrassed to have missed your kind message, but thank you so much. The Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 13:15, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Day, January 16

I thought you might be interested in joining this event: Misplaced Pages:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2016.--Pharos (talk) 18:37, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec15b}} to your friends' talk pages.

Thanks for all you have done this year :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:53, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

I sincerely apologize for not acknowledging your kind message until now! See my red face of embarrassment? The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 13:15, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Fixed thumbnail size

Hi, I noticed you adding some images with px. Please refer to WP:THUMBSIZE, which discourages this practice and explains why. In most cases, the default size (set by the user in their preferences) is the best choice, or upright for tall images. In a few exception cases, upright=multiplier may be used to make a thumbnail smaller or larger than the default size. I have fixed a few of the images you added. Thanks. ―Mandruss ☎ 11:01, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I guess. I won't revert. I enlarged the image because the fracture points I was illustrating related to the content were difficult to see at the default size. Also, I am quite bold and realize that this editing practice opens me up to reversion since most editors are more comfortable with a stricter interpretation WP:THUMBNAILS. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 11:08, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

The fixed size I removed in Chest pain in children was 200px. The initial default size pref for new registered users is 220px, and only a minority of users change it or are even aware that they can. Also 220px is the default size used for unregistered and logged out readers. So, for a large majority of readers, my removal increased the thumbnail size slightly. Anyway, if you wish to enlarge a thumbnail, the correct way is to use upright=n with n greater than 1 (upright=1.2 gives 20% larger than the default, etc.). Also bear in mind that these are in fact thumbnails for the actual full-size image, and it's not our objective to eliminate all (or even most) of the need to click-through for a better look. ―Mandruss ☎ 11:20, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

I don't have any image for Chest pain in children. I will have that article in mind if an image will be available. Happy holidays! Mikael Häggström (talk) 07:19, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

YGM

--Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:18, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination

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A cup of tea for you!

Thank you for all your work on women's health! Neonatal infection is fantastic. Best, Keilana (talk) 18:27, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

It's a good feeling when collaboration works!!

Your tweaks to the lede (Neonatal infection) reminded me of the Johnny Nash song, "I Can See Clearly Now". Atsme 04:40, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your kind, encouraging words. I am embarrassed to see that I did not respond to your message in a timely manner and for that I apologize. Lately, most communication directed in my direction has been a notch or two below hostile, so I am reading your message exactly when I need it most. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 13:15, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Neonatal infection

On 18 January 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Neonatal infection, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that as many as 3.3 million newborns die each year, of which 23.4% succumb to neonatal infection? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Neonatal infection. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:02, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

List of childhood diseases and disorders

Hi, I noted that you placed the WVS tag on Talk:List of childhood diseases and disorders; if it's still your intention, I'd encourage that you consider creating Childhood diseases and disorders, and merely redirecting the list page. It seems as this is a better alternative, based on the immense scope of the list and possible overlap with other diseases. I myself (sadly) don't have the time to do a ton of content work, but I'm around if I could help you in anyway. Thanks! Kharkiv07 (T) 20:01, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you SO much for contacting me about this topic. Since so many articles already exist on Childhood diseases and disorders at this time, any article I create would only duplicate the effort that others have put into creating such content. The intent of the list is to pull together the diverse topics into one coherent listing of as many childhood diseases as I can. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 00:43, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Page numbers

Please remember these for textbooks. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 12:11, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

I have already replied to this very reasonable request in December. I have consulted two librarians over the matter and consulted an MLA stylebook and have confirmed that page numbers, when unsupplied by the source, are not required in a reference. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 00:28, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

The verifiability policy says very explicitly that page numbers should be provided whenever possible. Otherwise, verification can become unnecessarily difficult. czar 00:42, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Norepinephrine

May I gently remind you of this review? I think I have addressed every point you raised. If it is helpful, you might be taking this process a bit more seriously than you need to. The GA process is deliberately designed to be lightweight and efficient. You aren't responsible for personally vouching for every aspect of the article, only for assessing whether the article overall deserves a "good" rating. The Featured Article process is much more intensive. Best regards, Looie496 (talk) 16:11, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

RTT cat

Am using this category for a specific project. Thus removed it from here Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:56, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

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Ping

Please take a look at w:ht:Zika whenever you have a few moments. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:43, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Invitation

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Hi Barb! Just wanted to thank you for your work as a Visiting Scholar so far. I just read "Willie Has Gone To War"; I enjoy the larger images, as they're easier for me to read. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks! Seattle (talk) 01:03, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Power and control in abusive relationships

Just spotted this - User_talk:CaroleHenson#Power_and_control_in_abusive_relationships_2. Carole did Power_and_control_in_abusive_relationships#In_an_intimate_relationship. I did all the other sections. I dont think Carole has an interest in this article any more. Let me know if you have any ideas.--Penbat (talk) 20:51, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Category:Irving Berlin songs has been nominated for discussion

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Nice to meet you / Art+Feminism Misplaced Pages Edit-a-thon

Hey - just saying it was nice to meet you!! Aolivex (talk) 21:59, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi again, just reviewing the article class change policy. It says: "4. Who can assess articles? Any member of WikiProject Misplaced Pages is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes." How do we reach members of the WikiProject Misplaced Pages and ask for a revision? This article seems more than start-class: https://en.wikipedia.org/Laurie_Simmons Thanks! And see you Saturday! Aolivex (talk) 15:20, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikiproject Assessment was able to assess three articles on 3/1 and no assessments were made yesterday. Out of the hundreds or perhaps thousands of articles written every day, I would say that this project is not so active or even relevant. If you know of another editor that is an expert on Women in the arts, that would be the person who would best be able to assess articles in that topic area-not some unknowledgrable editor who may not know a paint brush from a ceramics glaze. And even if someone wanted to assess the arts articles, all they would have to do is sign their names as being part of the project. Best Regards. Barbara (WVS) (talk) 11:29, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

New editor

Hi. The thing to do is to explain to the new editor the purpose of the sandbox, and other options such as drafts and Misplaced Pages:Articles for Creation. You should encourage her to use these rather than using article space to learn the ropes. Deb (talk) 22:42, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

I was sitting across the table from this new editor at the time. In good faith, you might have considered taking my word and delaying the deletion for a few moments until we could pull it together, especially since the deletion was contested, but oh well...another potential, content-creating editor totally washed away. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 13:15, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

New Editor

Hi, I would love to help you, I am physician and kind of newbie here, but ready to learn. Blackcristalbroken (talk) 17:06, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Lisa Jevbratt

Maybe you weren't aware of this, but the text of the article I deleted consisted of two words: "Lisa Jevbratt". Are you sure you want to turn that into a draft? :-) Deb (talk) 16:18, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

yes. Barbara (WVS) (talk)

Thank you for being one of Misplaced Pages's top medical contributors!

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The Cure Award

In 2015 you were one of the top 300 medical editors across any language of Misplaced Pages. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs, and we would love to collaborate further.

Thanks again :) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

p.s. I was in the top 7 medical editors in 2015; counting the edits that I did as a WPVS as Barbara (WVS) - maybe the only female editor in the top 10.

Henry T. Bahnson article

Hi Barb! Just came along Henry T. Bahnson, the "longest serving chairman of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine" () and one of the first two doctors to do a double organ transplant, according to our article on organ transplantation. I was going through Pitt's papers at the Archive Service Center and thought you might be interested in creating an article on him. Seattle (talk) 00:04, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much! That is a great idea.

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 11:20, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

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The article Bonny Pierce Lhotka has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No explanation of why Lhotka meets notability guidelines, apart from being listed in an unknown capacity in Who's Who in American art. She may have had a long career but the other sources are by her, therefore not independent or contributing to her 'notability'. This is bordering on being a speedy deletion candidate but I'm giving the author a chance to improve this by PROD'ing it.

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Surely this article could have been fixed by a talk page note, without resorting to PROD. WP:DTR probably applies.--Pharos (talk) 00:56, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

I've made some additional edits now to Lhotka to help the page along.--Pharos (talk) 21:10, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

YGM

--Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:10, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Re: Blanking MEDR citations

Dear Barbara: I will explain this edit.

Your text was: "Probiotics has been of benefit to those irritable bowel syndrome. Some older studies suggest otherwise. Probiotics reduce all-cause mortality and risk of having a neonatal infection than 50% compared with controls."

Systematic review by Ghouri et al. that you added doesn't mention irritable bowel syndrome, so previous text is not supported by this source. Systematic review by Saez-Lara et al. that you added states that more studies are needed to clearly demonstrate a positive effect in irritable bowel syndrome; and 2010 systematic review already present states that "probiotics appear to be efficacious in IBS, but the magnitude of benefit and the most effective species and strain are uncertain". Furthermore, replacing "Probiotics may help people with irritable bowel syndrome" with "Probiotics has been of benefit to those irritable bowel syndrome " is not adjusted to the sources, we can not do so categorical and general conclusions.

"Some older studies suggest otherwise." (in the context of the paragraph, refers to irritable bowel syndrome) but this source doesn`t mention irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), it talks about inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

And you removed "Necrotizing enterocolitis" section.

Best regards. --BallenaBlanca (talk) 17:35, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your explanation. I think I need to be a bit more precise about where I put the in-line citations. Best Regards to you also,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 12:34, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Re: Appreciation for your editing

Thank you very much, Barbara. You are very kind. I very much appreciate your offer and your words.

About the tool that you showed me, I don't like it for medical issues, because it doesn't include essential parameters: PMID (and PMC when appropriate). If you want to create templates with a tool, IMO this other one is better.

I take this opportunity to ask you put more care on the edits you're doing on pages about probiotics and related, to adjust to the references. You are making misleading statements, such as: "is used to treat ulcerative colitis", but it is inaccurate: it is used in combination with other UC medications (this "detail" is an important "detail"). "The two largest studies in our review conducted after 2008 by Sood et al39 and Tursi et al40 support the use of VSL#3 in the induction of remission. The caveat is that VSL#3 was used as an adjunct to standard therapy, with greater than 90% of patients in the Tursi et al40 trial on mesalamine and none of the patients receiving VSL#3 alone. In the Sood et al39 trial, 96% of patients were on mesalamine, whether alone or in combination with other UC medications, with only 2.6% of patients receiving VSL#3 monotherapy."

Also, this sentence "It is sold in the US and other countries" is not supported by Saez-Lara et al. source and the other one is not a reliable source (it is promotional).

Best regards. --BallenaBlanca (talk) 00:29, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you again for your kind response. I will edit with your suggestions in mind and mention that the nutritional treatment is an adjuvant. What I wrote wasn't true, but you are absolutely correct in saying that detail should be included. Writing encyclopedically (if that is a word) means that every detail doesn't always make it into the content. I am attempting to locate the package insert from my pharmacy for a 'less promotional' source. The MEDRS are guidelines for clinical content so providing the ref to the manufacturer's website is okay for the microbiology articles, but until I find a better, more objective source describing the treatment I feel that the reference about the treatment is better than no reference at all and the website doesn't sell the product. That has been my personal standard for avoiding 'spam', but it is certainly not the opinion of other editors. As for the tool I mentioned, I end up manually entering the url and pmid into the reference generated by the tool. I also manually enter the postscript if I obtained access to the article through the University of Pittsburgh. So indeed, the tool I suggested is not perfect but it saves me a lot of time. Also, there is bot that follows me around entering the PMIDs into the reference so most times I don't bother - again, that is another time saver for me.

Very Best Regards to You,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 08:51, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Dear Barbara:

I'm sorry, but we can not include promotional pages, like this that you were including http://www.vsl3.com/. In this source PMID 24918321 that you are now including in several pages, we can read the recommended daily dose.

Thank you very much for your effort, I have seen that you are considering the advice about therapies.

The tool that you mention saves you a lot of time... but makes us spend more time to review the sources. Please, include you the PMIDs, do not wait until a bot do it (also, bot are handled by people...). Bots not always review your edits.

Also, I wonder why you continue including primary sources Probiotics for Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea (PAAD): a prospective observational study of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (including Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea) in care homes The probiotic mixture VSL#3 has differential effects on intestinal immune parameters in healthy female BALB/c and C57BL/

Best regards. --BallenaBlanca (talk) 06:24, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

Sorry about my neglect in answering your question about the PAAD source. Here is why I don't think it is a primary source:

• The article is published by a governmental organization, sort of like the CDC
• The article was meticulously reviewed and lists many editors and authors
• The article reviewed 90 sources and did not include any original research

About the only thing that was wrong about the article was that it did not include the word 'review' in the title

The mouse article was about the bacteria, as is the article. There is no clinical content (for humans, anyway) that would apply to medical treatments or the consumption of the mixture containing S. thermophilus. References for bacteria don't have to be review articles or other MEDR sources.

Yours,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 11:35, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Teahouse

Hello Barbara (WVS),

Please do not bring disputes with other editors to the Teahouse, which is a place for inexperienced editors to ask questions about editing. You know the ropes, which is why you have your current position. If you do not like how Robert McClennon answered your earlier question, then his talk page is the proper place to discuss your concern. I think you knew that already. Cullen Let's discuss it 03:49, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

I am not aware of any disputes with other editors at this time. I questioned the response of two Teahouse hosts, not them personally. I have asked questions of Teahouse hosts in the past and they have gladly answered my good faith questions about editing. I do not know all the ropes and I don't know everything about editing. In many places that publicize the good work done in the Teahouse, emphasis is on getting an answer on editing questions. I won't waste your time by citing examples of this. If I have truly offended anyone, I sincerely apologize. My question about editing was answered, and for that I am grateful. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 03:03, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Sunday June 5: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon

Sunday June 5, 12-5pm: Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon

Join us for a full Sunday of social Misplaced Pages editing at the Center for Jewish History (drop-in any time!), during which we will create, update, and improve Misplaced Pages articles pertaining to Women in Jewish History. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Misplaced Pages editing experience required. Expanding coverage of Jewish women on Misplaced Pages makes these women and their creations discoverable, addresses the gender bias on Misplaced Pages in a positive way, and works to correct imbalances archival collecting practice and institutional projects that have historically silenced women's narratives. A training session on editing Misplaced Pages will be held at 12:30 pm. Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand. Light refreshments will be provided. Make edits! Ask questions! Be bold! Sunday June 5 Women in Jewish History Edit-a-thon (Participants have to bring their own laptops and power cords). Time: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), New York City, New York 10011 Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 15:01, 1 June 2016 (UTC) P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our June 15 WikiWednesday and other upcoming events.

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A kitten for you!

I bet this kitten has a fraudulent degree. ;) But you have been amazing at helping us at Pitt understand and approach Misplaced Pages. Can't wait to Redd-up-a-thon with you!

TheLeaper (talk) 16:01, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

June 15: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

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Undid your edit at RFA of Anarchyte

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Some stroopwafels for you!

thanks for the talk, we need to recruit some women's health editors. Arcituno (talk) 19:33, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Wednesday June 29: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

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DYK for Uterine microbiome

On 9 July 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Uterine microbiome, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that though once thought to be sterile, the uterine microbiome contains at least 14 commensal microorganisms in healthy women? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Uterine microbiome. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Uterine microbiome), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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References to Stedman's

Hi Barbara,

I've assessed a few of the articles you've worked on and in 2-3 of them I found references to "Stedman's medical dictionary" (just that text in the reference). I don't know if you're still sourcing it like that (some of the edits are from bfpage or from a while ago), but I think the accepted pattern is to cite the chapter + the year or edition. Either way, it's not a huge deal but I wanted to you be aware. Thanks, Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:52, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Is there a tool to help just show references that an editor has made? Plus, I'm not exactly sure that a dictionary has chapters. I'll look into it. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 09:18, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

I don't think there's a specific tool. I can point to the references I saw. I'm also not sure how to cite Stedman's. After seeing your citations of it, I looked around for other citations of the same work and found more specific citations (or at least what appeared to be more specific). Thanks for looking into it. Adam (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:53, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

Template for deletion

Have nominated this for the reason stated. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 06:39, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for training me, Barbara!

KmHaines (talk) 15:23, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Serial rapist in Prep 1

Hi, your hook was promoted to Prep 1. However, the article does not have an inline cite for the hook fact (immediately after the sentence in which the hook fact appears). Would you mind adding the cite so the hook doesn't have to be pulled from prep? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:30, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I think it is good to go. I lost track of the nomination and figured it was declined. I will also go back and do some wiki-fying to put in more links. Thanks for your work and thanks for getting back to me. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 23:59, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

It doesn't need more links for DYK; it needs an inline cite for the hook fact about serial rapists being more likely to be strangers to their victims than single-victim rapists. Yoninah (talk) 00:12, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes, thank you, I understand the need for an inline citation. I only meant that I am making further improvements now that I know that the article is in the que. Again, Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 00:22, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

Never mind. I completely missed the inline cite, right where it's supposed to be! Sorry; it's way past my bedtime. Yoninah (talk) 00:25, 16 August 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Serial rapist

On 16 August 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Serial rapist, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that serial rapists are more likely to be strangers to their victims than single-victim rapists? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Serial rapist. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Serial rapist), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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August 17: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

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TheLeaper

Please check out the template box on the right side of the page for me! https://meta.wikimedia.org/Grants:Project/Rapid/Edit-a-thon/Pittsburgh_Redd-up-a-thon TheLeaper (talk) 19:49, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Wednesday, November 2, is a perfect day for me to participate. If there is a problem with the grant on your end, Wikimedia can send the check to me. If I remember correctly, they might want to send it to a newly created checking account specifically set up to receive the grant. I am not exactly sure but I will try to find out. Do we have a button design? LOL. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 13:46, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Cheers, we'll schedule it for early evening - 5-7 PM - and work on the button design and food! We're looking into how to route the grant here, will let you know if we need your name on it. TheLeaper (talk) 16:32, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

A cup of joe on me.

I was so pleased to read about your activity in the Pitt Chronicle. I look forward to meeting you at the Redd-Up-a-Thon this October. Chris Troutman (talk) 13:46, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

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Impact factor

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Do not worry, I'm happy to answer you.

Perhaps this can help you: Impact factor Did you refer to this kind of information?

Best regards. --BallenaBlanca (talk) 11:37, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

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You weren't warned about pseudoscience. The sanctions cover "any edit about, and for all pages relating to Complementary and Alternative Medicine". That means anywhere, including talk pages. It doesn't mean that you can't edit them. There's no list, if you aren't sure, assume that the sanctions cover it. Doug Weller talk 15:42, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for responding, but I did find a list - it appears later in the pseudoscience article in a section describing what has been identified as being pseudoscience on WP. I also assumed that the sanctions applied to talk pages and edit summaries. I've blundered into contentious topics before without knowing and I want to tread lightly, politely, in good faith, with self-control and any other virtues that I might be lacking. No, I wasn't warned about pseudoscience, I was warned about Leaky gut syndrome. I didn't even know that topic was considered pseudoscience until I received a warning. I was helping another editor locate some MEDRS references and participated in establishing consensus on the talk page. I'm pretty neutral on all the topics I found listed, but hesitate to participate in article improvement because I believe my edits on grammar, run on sentences, removing the author's name of a reference (its already part of the reference). Real encyclopedias really do have a dispassionate tone to them (read some of my bacteria articles, guaranteed to cure insomnia). As long as editing an article on any topic is a 'scary' proposition, it is going to remain poorly written because it's just not worth the hassle. Thanks again, I was hoping someone would see my edit summary inquiry. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 08:35, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

What I meant that there is no list of the articles covered by the sanctions. In some cases, sanctions may cover not an article but only part of an article. But sanctions aren't a warning. I've never had a sanctions notice but am aware that they exist and simply avoid being contentious. It shouldn't be seen as scary. And of course they cover anyone giving an alert (note alerts don't imply you did something wrong but they are often given when there is some concern). I can assure you they exist for good reasons, having been involved as a member of the Arbitration Committee in a number of cases where it was obvious that the disputes among editors could only be handled by sanctions. Doug Weller talk 12:36, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

(by talk page stalker) @Barbara (WVS): I totally agree that it's "not worth the hassle". I was none too pleased about the BLP discretionary sanctions for the same reason. Misplaced Pages has too much money and yet doesn't want to do anything about content disputes so it's easier to just block editors once they overreact. Chris Troutman (talk) 14:09, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

FINALLY! I have a talk page stalker. I like this whole idea. Chris, you can leave as many comments on my talk page and even on my user page if you wish. I am incredibly flattered. You can even answer comments like the one above any time you wish. It is sorta like having a fan club. This whole psuedoscience thing is going to blow up in someone's face one day and I don't want to be anywhere nearby. The article is horribly written but someone else will get to fix it, not me. It is not neutral in any way. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 21:32, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Re: Trying to help

Thank you so much, you're very kind. :) Best regards. --BallenaBlanca (talk) 09:12, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Category:Communicable disease

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Not appropriate

This is not appropriate as it is indicate that this person has urinary incontinence when there is no indication they do. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:23, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

umm, you might be mistaken. I have the appropriate references in place. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 00:54, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Barbara can you please engage at Talk:Urinary_incontinence#Image? There are serious concerns about using an image of a random living woman who was kind enough to pose for a photo to illustrate incontinence. This is a WP:BLP issue. Adrian J. Hunter 11:56, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Marion Foster

Is Marion Foster in any way notable? The article appears to make no such assertion. --Tagishsimon (talk) 04:58, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

• (by talk page stalker) I tend to agree; I don't see GNG here. Writing articles just to count them as progress is inadvisable. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:02, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Marion was the curator of the earliest version of the Stephen Foster Memorial until Lilly took it over along with Pitt. Lots of curators are notable...but they are usually men curators... The article referenced from the Pittburgh Press has her obituary on the front page. A woman curator, front page article...seems notable. Article improved (hopefully) to establish notability. Besides, it isn't finished. For some reason, unless I produce a finished, polished article it gets tagged or nominated for merging or deletion with days or even hours. At the very least, consider it a stub. I have to move it to her married name anyway. Give me a week. I'm taking my final exams. Who's writing articles just to count them as progress? Silly. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 17:40, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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A kitten for you! re Mary Cassatt infobox

Hi Barbara (WVS), as the Template:Infobox artist does not recognise the signature paramater (hence the red "warning" note on the edit preview screen), i changed the infobox to the generic Template:Infobox person which does, i also made adjustments to some of the other infobox parameters.

Coolabahapple (talk) 15:41, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I really still have so much more to learn about editing, it's embarrassing. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 16:22, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

December 21: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (plus Misplaced Pages Day on Jan 15!)

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I am so sorry! I thought I did it correctly this time. Let me go fix that right now. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 22:05, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

here it is:{{PD-notice}} I am slow but I can learn.

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Misplaced Pages has been here for well over a decade, and through most of that time fans of supplements, complementary and alternative medicine (SCAM) have tried to change our content to reflect the world as they view it, rather than as objective science views it. Over the years we have lost patience with this. Years ago we would debate endlessly with homeopaths, creationists and other pseudoscience proponents. Now we don't. There's nothing new to say, and reiterating the same arguments time after time is simply boring.

If you want to contribute to our articles on SCAM, read the talk page archives first. Piling in with comments, proposals or demands that have been addressed dozens of times, will get you slapped down, just because by now we're bored with it. Our policies follow scientific consensus, and this is entirely by design (see Misplaced Pages:Lunatic charlatans). You cite the existence of NCCIH as "evidence" that DHS takes SCAM seriously, but ou appear to be unaware of crucial and relevant facts. Two that I would highlight: First, NCCIH (formerly NCCAM, formerly the Office of Alternative Medicine) exists because a proponent of SCAM lobbied for it. Second, despite the bilions iot has spent, it has failed to validate a single alternative treatment. Not one.

Google Minchin's Law. Guy (Help!) 13:04, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

I know all that. I've read all that. Sorry to bore you. You have no idea how skilled I am in inducing boredom even off wiki. (Why bother answering if I bore you - save your keystrokes) And I am pretty sure those that came to consensus over all that foo edit in good faith and abide by five or even six pillars...and they have degrees, are MDs and have edit counts up into the 100,000s. I am sitting here with medical textbooks that say otherwise. What is a soul to do? I do have one question, though - are you now saying that a .gov website on health content is not a MEDR source?

You know what my textbooks say? - an ice pack is a complementary treatment along with ibuprofen to treat a sprained ankle. I would say that if my medical textbook states that the combination of ice and ibuprofen is effective, this is a validation, n'est pas? Scary templates will keep me away. I don't like being blocked for adding well-sourced, MEDR-compliant content.Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk)

Ha! I know that feeling.

So, in the beginning there was "alternative medicine", i.e. that which is either not proven to work or is definitively proven not to work. Everyone understood that but the woo-mongers were not happy at being excluded by the "alternative" brand so they invented "complementary and alternative medicine"; by doing this they sought to achieve a halo effect from legitimate complementary treatments. As a branding exercise that worked well, but still placed it outside the mainstream and of course homeopathy plus massage is still bullshit plus non-bullshit. So they rebranded again to "integrative medicine" - this has the obvious advantage of honesty, since what they ave always wanted is to put bullshit into the mainstream, but as has been pointed out, if you integrate cow pie with apple pie, it does not improve the apple pie one bit. Branding and labelling aside the problem has never changed. There is a group of practitioners who do not accept scientific standards of evidence, because these standards show that the practitioners are wrong.

The attempt to cast valid interventions such as massage, diet, physiotherapy and so on as part of the "integrative" world, and then package this so you can only get the whole bundle, so dietary interventions carry an implicit validation of outright nonsense, is a stunning success for postmodernism, but an appalling outcome for patients. It means homeopaths, reiki practitoners, naturopaths and similar charlatans are actually given access to patients in real, highly regarded institutions. But nothing changes in reality: the fact that a naturopath is a licensed primary care provider does not validate the hiodge-podge of quackery that is naturopathy, and does not render the farcical training they received, a fit basis for medical practice.

We call it the age of endarkenment. And the study of this nonsense is known as quackademic medicine.

Ultimately, Isaac Asimov nailed this:

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

In medicine, it ain't. You can use coffee enemas and apricot kernels instead of chemo if you like, but cancer is not easily fooled and the result will be a painful death from untreated disease.

Misplaced Pages sticks to empirically verified fact. Quacks hate that, and it's really hard to argue against it without putting yourself in the same category as all the quacks who have come and gone over the years. Guy (Help!) 15:21, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

You must not have read any of the content that I've donated to the encyclopedia. I don't have an agenda, and I want the best oncologist in the city of Pittsburgh if I need her, thank you very much. Something has happened to you...WP wants veracity. Hopefully truth is part of that. I'm not sure about the quacks, but no one could read the above essay without coming to the conclusion that this is a heated topic for you. Good thing we are on my talk page, though the page views here have jumped exponentially. And just because my textbook says that putting an ice pack on my ankle to reduce pain doesn't make me a quack or not intellectual. It looks like there is an 'us' and 'them'. I embrace the term 'quackedemic' and if there are enough references, it would make a great topic for an article. I don't want to egg you on, distress is not my goal and I am walking away waving my white flag. One more reply is what you will get from me.

Michin's Law? Over the MEDR content that I have? Can I disprove homeopathy by citing one guys blog? ...you sent me to a blog? You definitely have not read anything I have written. Happy Holidays and the Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk)

Science Based Medicine is not "one guys blog", it's a group site written by a number of scientists and doctors who specialise in the investigation of quackery. There are a number of such sites, the best known of which is Quackwatch.

No, I am not saying you are boring me. If you were, I'd not bother writing. What I am saying is that after years of attempts to change the tone of articles on quackery, the community is bored by such debates. I believe someone brought a new argument to one in about 2007, but I could be wrong about that. I am reading what you are writing, but text does not carry all the nuances of face to face communication, so I could easily be missing something.

I am pointing out the difference between complementary and alternative therapies. Complementary therapies are valid, and were always part of the mainstream. No special efforts were ever needed to promote them, they have always been there. Ice packs were always used. Alternative therapies are a hodge-podge of old and new. Proponents put in a lot of work to try to get them into mainstream practice, especially by exerting political pressure. This is necessary because they cannot make their own way in. Medicine accepts or rejects treatments based on objective tests, alternative therapies fail such tests. In fact most alternative therapies are becoming less likely to be accepted, as we get better at distinguishing between bias and real effects. And one of the ways proponents of alternative therapies try to boost their beliefs, is by trying to change Misplaced Pages. Advancing the same arguments they do, puts you in the same group. That's not a good place to be.

An ice pack is not alternative. It never was. Homeopathy is alternative. It is also abject nonsense on a stick. Minchin’s Law posits that there is no alternative medicine that provably works, because any alternative medicine which provably works, is by definition no longer alternative.

By definition”, I begin

“Alternative Medicine”, I continue

“Has either not been proved to work,

Or been proved not to work.

You know what they call “alternative medicine”

That’s been proved to work?

Medicine.”

Tim Minchin - Storm.

It is a heated topic for me because I am am passionate about the accuracy of Misplaced Pages. Accuracy means not pretending something is valid when it isn't. It's an important public service. I am pretty confident you're also passionate about accuracy, hence I am talking to you. Feel free to tell me to get lost if you're not interested, that's just how it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JzG (talk • contribs) 22:42, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

I see now. The way you and the other foo fighters can do what you do is that you have all changed the definition of "complementary" and "alternative". Seriously, something stops being "complementary" or "alternative" because now it works? Well the definitions I have from MEDR sources are different. Just because something works doesn't mean that it has stopped being complementary. Physicians prescribe "complementary" and "alternative" treatments. They write about it in the graduate level texts along with the Nurses. I hesitate to mention this because I am the kind of person who, when I see someone take some homeopathic product off the shelf, I go up to them and tell them how it is supposed to work (but can't). It actually has a placebo effect. Another story, I'm waiting at the pharmacy counter waiting for my meds and I see a box of Rogaine on the counter. I pick it up and read about the studies, its on the package, or was on the package. 11% of men who received a placebo grew hair. My nursing texts tell me that a complementary treatment for reducing pain levels is prayer. There is evidence-based documentation of this.

The watchdog-foo fighters are an embarrassment to me as an editor of the encyclopedia. The page that I edited that earned me a template from Jytdog has some kind of snarly disclaimer on the top of the article. If 10-15% of the American people employ "complementary" or "alternative" treatments regularly (according to my textbooks on my desk right here) and are pleased with the results, and then they come to Misplaced Pages they will think WE are the foo-pushers because they have seen this stuff work. This whole mess is going to backfire on all of us, even though we are accurate. I've seen some of it work, I've seen it prescribed, I do these treatments in the hospital believing that it won't do a bit of good...and I am wrong. Personal experience counts for nothing, I know that. At least you all should change the nasty tone you use on your crusades to discourage people from using these treatments. You and the others will lose credibility-I haven't taken a look at the French and German wikipedias, but I bet there isn't a posse of editors throwing around nasty, scary templates on talk pages when they talk about peppermint tea. Here is an experiment I dare you to do, if you aren't already a nasty person it will work. Cut and paste some of fringy articles into a text reader and listen to it. You foo-ers have a tone problem.§Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk)

ps-you better take a look at peppermint tea it really does have clinical content in it. The Germans don't have an article on peppermint tea, but the Brazilians do.

As someone writing about health in WP you should definitely read and understand Correlation is not causation and Anecdotal evidence. People do things all the time and something happens afterwards, and they think "the second thing happened because of the first thing!". That is one of things that makes editing about health in WP hard, and I talk about it some in WP:Why MEDRS?, in the section A lot of people have strong opinions about health-related matters. It is one reason we try so hard to make sure MEDRS is used consistently and well. And we try to explain why, all the time.

But if WP being reality-based embarrasses you, this is probably not the place for you, and you probably should not associate yourself with it.

Bottom line, if you keep adding bad content to WP it will keep being deleted, and people will keep asking you not to do it, and if you still keeping doing it and establish a pattern of doing that, the community will take some kind of action. The notice I gave you, notified you of discretionary sanctions, which the community put in place on topics where we have consistent disruptive behavior and people who just won't listen. That is what DS are for. That is how things go here. Jytdog (talk) 23:52, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Welcome to the party on my talkpage. Did you bring a template? Not the place for me, eh. Now that isn't a nice thing to say, is it?. Especially on my own talk page. Sorry I'm not going anywhere soon. I don't add bad content...how funny. Why do I get so many reading assignments from you. Happy Holidays,

Barbara (WVS) (talk)

Eh? No, those always were the definitions of complementary and alternative. Complementary therapies are therapies which complement standard medical care. They have always existed and always been part of the overall provision of medical care. Therapies come and go, but fundamentally that's the categorical definition.

Similarly, the categorical definition of alternative medicine is that which is not part of evidence-based practice. Why else would it be alternative? The term was coined in the early days of evidence based medicine, it was always a reference to those things that are not part of the reality-based medical curriculum.

There is a third kind of thing, fringe medicine. For example, giving people long-term antibiotics for a condition which is claimed to be caused by borrelia spirochetes but where there is no pathological evidence of their presence, could be argued as fringe (though in my view it's frank quackery).

The point is that an ice pack working does not validate any part of alternative medicine, because it was never alternative - but this is precisely what fans of SCAM are trying to do through their successive rebrandings. They are trying to create a mindste where the efficacy of some uncontroversial complementary technique - massage, say - is taken by the patient as validation of a whole slew of things that are simply bullshit. Guy (Help!) 00:22, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Believe it or not I pretty much agree with you. But the party is over. Why are you blanking some of the articles I have created? And why do you show up with two different usernames?

Barbara (WVS) (talk)

Nomination of Marion Foster Welch for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Stephen Foster's sketchbook

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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Your GA nomination of Whiskey Rebellion

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Safe here on my talk page

@Timothyjosephwood:, the comment on your talk page was a good faith question about the edit in question . I had not seen an edit to an article talk page like this before and wanted to know if this happens often and what an appropriate an response should be. I have no issue with any other editors at this time and want to make sure that I respond in a good way. I'm not sure about snarky. Please give me your best advice. I am not really that contentious and seem to blunder into situations like a deer in the headlights. I was only blocked for three days, despite what the log says. It is confirmed by looking at my editing history, but it really isn't worth the time to debate. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk)

The relevant guideline for editing other's comments is WP:TPO, and the short answer is that it is 95% of the time not okay to edit other's comments. Even in cases where you have the "moral authority" through policy to do so, it's often counterproductive, and best just left alone, because it just serves to escalate tensions.

Having said that, and assuming all good faith, you probably know as well as I do that communicating through written word is less than perfect, and it's usually a good idea to make some small effort to word such communication in a way that it is difficult to assume a wrong intent, because otherwise it is often very easy to do so, especially if editors have a contentious history with one another. TimothyJosephWood 21:24, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I believe that I understand my errors at this time and fully intend to be an editor that 'de-escaltes' contentious interactions and focuses on editing. I especially appreciate you assuming good faith on my part. Frankly, I have do have a problem noting the nuances used by some editors and it appears that I have a tendency to mis-interpret comments and edits. Please, feel free to note any comments of mine that might appear 'snarky' or 'out-of-line' and leave me your comments here on my talk page so that I might improve my skills in working with other editors. I really do talk like I write - it might be an age thing, I am not sure. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk)

Sunday January 15: Misplaced Pages Day NYC Celebration and Mini-Conference

Sunday January 15: Misplaced Pages Day NYC 2017

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Talkback

I've done some further reviewing. Shearonink (talk) 04:20, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Barbara (WVS), when you nominate an article to be a Good Article, you are making a commitment to follow up when a reviewer begins work. At the very least, if you cannot make the necessary edits, it would be courteous to let the reviewer know. For future reference, this is what it says on the Good Article nomination instructions page: Anyone may nominate an article to be reviewed for GA, although it is preferable that nominators have contributed significantly to the article and are familiar with its subject and its cited sources. Nominators who are not significant contributors to the article should consult regular editors of the article on the article talk page prior to a nomination. The reviewer will be making suggestions to improve the article to GA quality during the review process; therefore, the review will require your involvement as nominator. Before nominating an article, ensure that you will be able to respond to these comments in a timely manner. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:12, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for contacting me about this. I did notify the top editors of the article, erroneously assuming that they would be interested in this effort. I won't make that mistake again. I believe all of us who are interested in this review possess the good faith to see the article achieve GA status. I would suggest that at this time the nomination be withdrawn and I will reassess my ability to participate this summer. Thank you for your efforts-they won't be wasted because I will incorporate the suggestions while I make improvements to the article. Best Regards,

Category:Wikipedians who stand up to foo-fighting bullies has been nominated for discussion

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Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law & Policy

Hi! Wondering if you might have any ideas about how to improve the page for Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law & Policy. It has a flag about notability guidelines and I'm curious about how you might approach improving it in this manner. Any thoughts? Thanks and hope you are well! --TheLeaper (talk) 21:26, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Sorry it took me a couple of days to respond...I believe that a few more independent sources would be all you need. I can remove the template. I have a source that I am going to put in. And next week I will have more time to beef it up more. Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 18:56, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

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Recent edits to Whiskey Rebellion and Talk:Whiskey Rebellion/GA1

Your recent work on editing this article is greatly appreciated. However, in the course of your recent changes to the GA Review page, you changed another editor's content when you removed their "working" templates. I have gone ahead and restored those templates on the GA Review page - striking through them but adding a note - the timeline of the editing & comments on an article talkpage should usually be left alone unless the content is vandalism or not about the talkpage's purpose (improving the associated article, discussing a particular topic, etc).
There is now only one "citation needed" template still on the article - it is the last thing to be done before I can finish my GA Review. In my opinion, that particular paragraph is POV/unsourced content and should probably be deleted. If you're around today, please take a look at the GA Review page to see what I mean. Again, thanks again for stepping in and improving the article - we'll all get it done together. Shearonink (talk) 18:21, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Ouch! I didn't mean to offend any other editor so thank for correcting my mistakes. I am assuming that you mean those icons "working"? I will go back and review your corrections to make sure that it doesn't happen again. I will also go back to see what other POV/unsourced content needs to be fixed. Again, thank you very much for taking on this monumental task and for so gently correcting my mistakes. The Very Best of Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 19:17, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Whiskey Rebellion

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Your GA nomination of Whiskey Rebellion

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Janak Raj Talwar

Hi friend, Noticed you left a new editor welcome message on the talk page of the article, Janak Raj Talwar. Guess it was an inadvertent error. Thought I should bring it your notice. Thanks. --jojo@nthony (talk) 17:05, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out to me. I have only made one mistake that was stupider than this one. I created a new article called User Bfpage. If weren't for editors like you to clean up after my sloppiness, I'm pretty sure I would be banned by now for being just plain dumb. I appreciate your edit very much.

The Very Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 22:40, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Oh no, you are doing just fine. Cheers !! --jojo@nthony (talk) 05:57, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Whiskey Rebellion

On 22 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Whiskey Rebellion, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that only two men who participated in the Whiskey Rebellion were convicted of treason, but were later pardoned by President George Washington? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Whiskey Rebellion. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Whiskey Rebellion), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Ping

I tried to ping you in this account (the most recently active) at User talk:MdmPaj#Your feedback matters: Final reminder to take the global Wikimedia survey, but I don't think that it worked. So here's an old-fashioned note instead.  :-) WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:25, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Talkback

BTW, we almost always post at the bottom of the page, especially where there is a note on the edit page telling you to do so. ww2censor (talk) 23:12, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

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…to your insulting and self-serving reply in 2016, to the matter of self-published scientific images. There is no excuse for discussing "four edits" in the face of all evidence to the contrary. This selective narrowing of evidence from all readily available to what is convenient to your pre-formed conclusion is startling, and alarming. The matter is being re-raised at Wikiproject Medicine. Your ping will be there, and to the original point where the discussion began. Le Prof User:Leprof_7272 73.210.155.96 (talk) 03:16, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

In case the pings do not come through, here is the page where I have restarted this discussion regarding the self-published ultrasound data that you expressed your strong opinion about: . And here is my User page if you have not been able to find it, . I'll let you run the numbers, and see why I found the effort behind and spirit of your "four edits" comment lazy and insulting. Feel free to join in at the Wikiproject Medicine discussion. (I will not be answering anything about my record or abilities, only regarding the propriety of using self-published medical diagnostic imagery here.) Le Prof Leprof 7272 (talk) 04:10, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

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Material you included in the above article appears to have been copied from the copyright web page http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/467059. Copying text directly from a source is a copyright violation. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions or if you think I made a mistake. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:27, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you again, it was unintentional. I will be more careful, and thanks for assuming good faith on my part.

Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 20:39, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

WP:MEDMOS

Please read and follow sectioning and other style aspects of article about health and medicine described in MEDMOS. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 20:33, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Redundant categories

Hi Barbara! Please have a look at Misplaced Pages:Categorization#Categorizing pages, especially the sentence "...This means that if a page belongs to a subcategory of C (or a subcategory of a subcategory of C, and so on) then it is not normally placed directly into C." Thanks --ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 13:37, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Talkback

Regarding updates to the {{Friendly search suggestions}} template. North America 15:32, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

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Forgot

Hi Barbara! I forgot to ping you the second time: mw:User talk:Whatamidoing (WMF)#Kreyol Ayisien Translation. I hope that you'll try it out.

And thank you! You're awesome! Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 19:39, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

me?? awesome??? you must have me confused with someone else. How about we meet up in 2018 Wikimania? I didn't want to go since I don't know anyone (that I would be comfortable around).

Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 19:12, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Edit warring notice

Please follow WP:MEDMOS and especially the WP:NOTHOWTO aspects of that guideline, which explicit discuss dosing (we don't discuss dosing, contra your edit note here) among other things.

Your recent editing history at Ketorolac shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Jytdog (talk) 15:18, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so much for helping to make this article better. Your input is valuable and received in good faith.This section of the article is not a how-to-guide, I am providing readers with information on how the medication is administered. The article is not telling anyone 'how-to' do anything. It describes what is done. I appreciate your input and look forward to an amicable editing collaboration.

Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ 16:16, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

April 19: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday April 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan. We will include a look at the organization and planning for our chapter, and expanding volunteer roles for both regular Misplaced Pages editors and new participants. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming edit-a-thons, museum and library projects, education initiatives, and other outreach activities. We welcome the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from all educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. After the main meeting, pizza/chicken/vegetables and refreshments and video games in the gallery! Wednesday April 19 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (RSVP on-wiki or at meetup.com). 7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles gallery, 137 West 14th Street We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:30, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

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