Leevanjackson

Hello

HD article

Hi Lee Van, You may have noticed my somewhat random postings on the HD talk page, and that I put Huntington's original "On Chorea" on Wikisource. The reason for my interest is that I have a just given a lecture on HD to a group of specialists, as part of a clinical presentation of "interesting cases" (HD patients with chronic intractable pain). The talk belongs to me, and was given with no intention of publishing it elsewhere, as it is no more than a review of the clinical presentation, pathology, treatment difficulties and possible future treatments for HD - suitable for a medical newspaper or refresher course, but not the stuff one publishes in journals. So apart from the specific clinical patient descriptions, it is not "original work", but it still represents many hours and days spent researching the literature to develop a talk that would stand up to peer criticism (as is the nature of these talks!). It seems a bit silly for me to hang on to stuff which has no further use for me, apart from possibly being reworked for a future talk. You seem to be most active at the HD article. Where do you think would be most appropriate to post the (edited) parts of the talk the way I wrote it? My thoughts are:

• While the format of the article is quite similar to the WP article (and indeed to most reviews, which I no doubt followed, consciously or not!), it differs sufficiently to be thought of as a whole new article. It would be arrogant of me to do that, and probably counter-productive.
• The HD talk page does not seem appropriate for the whole presentation to be posted.
• My style and order of presentation is different from the article as it is, and the _target audience was quite different. Some aspects (like symptoms and signs) I have approached quite differently, possibly too detailed for WP use.
• I try to reference every fact, which may lead to very long lists of refs. In the WP edited version this would be aggravated by the problem that many of my statements were illustrated by reference to actual cases, as opposed to literature descriptions, the former being excluded form WP use. Similarly, my own management recommendations would disqualify their use, being "original work" or "opinion". I would need to add or change refs there.

Should I place it on my user|talk page and ask for comments, or on the HD discussion page, section by section? Is there a separate place where collaborators collaborate, where the "suggested change" or "different writing" can be presented - specifically for the "collaboration of the week"? I would appreciate feedback by user page or e-mail. Regards, --Seejyb 20:34, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Medical Genetics WikiProject

Anybody can post news, announcements. Welcome in the team! :) If you need any help regarding the projects' templates, just let me know. NCurse _work 14:10, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

SCOTM

You voted for and this article is now the current Science Collaboration of the Month! Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia science article.

NCurse _work 05:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

News Update: Medical Genetics Wikiproject article assesment

One of the tasks of the WP:MEDGENP is to assess all unrated articles listed on the article rating page so that the quality of the articles within the scope of the project can be seen at a glance. This was previously updated only manually, but now the ratings are also harvested daily by a bot and the results posted here, with significant changes from the previous rating listed here. If you would like to assess an article relating to genetic disorders you can add the relevant template to the article talk page, which will add the article to the relevant category and will be monitored by the bot.

A new assessment category {{GA-Class}} (Good Article) has been added for articles that have been assessed as a Good Article.

There is also a new category Category:Acquired genetic disorders for genetic disorders that are not inherited. Please add this category to any articles you think may qualify.

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Medicine Collaboration of the Week

NCurse _work 13:38, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

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Medicine Collaboration of the Fortnight

NCurse _work 19:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Medicine Collaboration of the Fortnight

NCurse _work 16:59, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

On Dysphagia

You reverted the notification on the top of the article about the misuse of Dysphagia in the article. Please discuss why you did that in the talk page. Stephen Holland, M.D. Kd4ttc (talk) 02:49, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

• will do - it looked like vandalism at first glance

Wikipedia:WikiProject Medical Genetics

I'm so glad to see you again! Could we revitalize the project? :) NCurse _work 18:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

• Hello! was never really away - and have net access in all locations I stay in now! :) What do you suggest - I have been noticing the cellular biology has been expanding and now covers a number of subjects we originally had in genetics and a protein/ gene box semi-bot doing it's rounds, so wasn't too worried about actual; content and accuracy relating to genetics was on the ebb. Do you think we should rationalise subjects covered to be more specialised or continue expansion making closer links with crossover projects, or both--Leevanjackson (talk) 18:30, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your message! You're right. We need a new project dedicated totally to genetics. It should be under both biology and medicine wikiprojects. What do you think? Are we ready to announce it at the wikiproject council? NCurse _work 16:02, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry for the long silence, now I'm back in action. I think the first step should be to have a wikiproject dedicated entirely to genetics. It shouldn't be a subproject of anything else. We can express our opinions on the page of the Council. What do you think? NCurse _work 21:00, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

Hi, Lee. You deserve a barnstar. Axl (talk) 16:00, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

		The Medicine Barnstar
		To Leevanjackson, for contributions to medical articles. Axl (talk) 16:00, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Medicine Collaboration of the Forthnight

NCurse _work 10:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Amazing

... how you managed to turn an entire section from crud into something useful, and still keep the article size exactly the same! diff JFW | T@lk 14:33, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Whoa... freaky ! LeeVJ (talk) 14:54, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject Genetics

I've created the Wikipedia:WikiProject Genetics page, please join if you're still interested! At the moment it's pretty bare looking, but I figured everyone could chip in with things to add to the page. Madeleine ✉ ✍ 18:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Medicine Collaboration of the Fortnight

NCurse _work 08:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: Long term effects of alcohol

You suggested perhaps two articles should be made for long term effects dependent upon consumption levels? Do you mean, for example, Long-term effects of excessive alcohol consumption and Long-term effects of light or moderate alcohol consumption? Regards, CycloneNimrod^Talk? 18:31, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Yep, that's it exactly! LeeVJ (talk) 11:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Ping!

Hello! I replied to your note on my talk. :) delldot on a public computer talk 04:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Another ping! delldot on a public computer talk 00:59, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

New single-purpose account User talk:Harlanjackson

A new single-purpose account User talk:Harlanjackson has just appeared, making edits on alcohol and health topics. I suspect this account is being used to push a particular POV and I would appreciate your help keeping an eye on him. Spiro Keats (talk) 08:42, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Collaboration

JFW | T@lk 06:31, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

MCOTW

JFW | T@lk 22:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Huntington's disease

Goodone121 (talk · contribs) decided to nominate Huntington's disease as a good article candidate.[1] I see you have worked on this for a while and tried to get it to GA status previously.

I am concerned that you might not be ready for GAC at the moment. I will happily review the article and offer advice, and I have in fact already left a couple of pointers, but please let me know if you'd rather I waited until you are actually ready for this. JFW | T@lk 10:46, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I had intended in the coming week to address all the to-do's including remaining points of the previous GA review by delldot talk (who expressed an interest in re-reviewing it). The references have taken ages and I suspect will be an ongoing task! Accuracy and accessibility are my main goals, so even if it fails GA the pointers help improve it anyway, and I can devote a fair bit of time this week... your call. LeeVJ (talk) 14:20, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Delldot is more familiar with the article after reviewing it the first time. I'll check but happily defer. JFW | T@lk 14:34, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

More on HD

I have now made a GA assessment of the HD article. Have a look at the comments. You will notice that I'm a bit unsure about its current potential of making GA, but I trust that you will take the points to heart. Do yourself a favour and try to enlist Medical geneticist (talk · contribs) - he might be relatively experienced as a Wikipedian but he will be able to separate the chaff from the corn when it comes to inclusion of material from secondary sources. I will keep an eye on the article and see what else I can do to take this forward. JFW | T@lk 23:24, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Well done on your work on the HD article. I've got a bit of a backlog at the moment, but hopefully I will be returning to the article in a few days and decide on GA pass/fail then. I can't really plan my collaborations ahead at the moment, but in case of a fail I hope to remain involved with the article. JFW | T@lk 23:34, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

thankyou! bank hols always cause backlogs ... but everyone needs a break sometimes LeeVJ (talk) 11:05, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Lee, I'm really sorry that I have to fail the article at the moment. If you want my honest opinion, I think it was indeed nominated too early and will definitely be ready for GA status in a little while. It is encouraging to see how much work is happening at the moment. JFW | T@lk 22:22, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Ah well, no worries, the review has highlighted some inconsistencies, given a more defined direction and stirred up some editing, possible collaborations and praise - not to forget the point about primary/secondary references reaching a wider audience in medmos, so I'd say the process was a positive success :) LeeVJ (talk) 01:21, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Medicine Featured Topic Task Force proposal

Hey Leevanjackson, I've just set up a proposal for a new task force in the WikiProject Medicine called FTTF, or the Featured Topic Task Force. We aim to create a featured topic for medicine, most likely to do with an infectious disease of some form (the proposals so far include polio and bacterial infections in general) and become the first medical featured topic. The proposal can be found here and further discussion can be found at the bottom of the WikiProject Medicine talk page. I've very much appreciate your comments and possibly support of such a proposal, if you'd be willing to take part! —Cyclonenim^T@lk? 13:32, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, yeah sorry about that it changed over from a task force into a department. I completely forgot about it these past few days actually, should probably get started on it. Thanks for adding it to the watchlist, I look forward to your contributions. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs) 23:20, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your kind words. --Arcadian (talk) 02:45, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

HD and Goodone121

I was simply amazed about the fact that Goodone121 (talk · contribs) renominated the HD article for WP:GAN last night.[2] I have removed the nomination and asked him to clarify. Judging from his talkpage, you are presently of the view that GAN is too early and you're still working on the article. I would be thrilled to help out but my new job is much busier than before and I am focusing on stroke as this is of greater relevance to my daily practice at the moment. JFW | T@lk 11:31, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Just a heads up, I've brought their behavior to ANI after they reverted JFW and then myself. Sorry if this creates more stress for you, you've done a great job with the reviews and great work on the article, in addition to handling this with total maturity and poise. delldot ∇. 17:53, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou both for your support, I've no problem with the HD article becoming the most heavily reviewed article on the planet, but I dare say you GA reviewers have other articles to look at ..! LeeVJ (talk) 20:54, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Copyright problems board

Hi. :) With respect to your note at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2008 August 30/Articles, I'm afraid that the place where you've expressed concern is not really the proper place to discuss it. That board is used to list articles that may contain copyright violations that need to be removed. If you have some questions about User:Jamesday's position on his own contributions, you may want to discuss it with him or, alternatively, to ask for general information at the talk page of the copyright policy. I would myself probably start with him. He seems imminently approachable at his user page. I note he says, "Please don't hesitate to ask me to explain why I write what I write about any legal matter." Given that, I would expect him to be open to conversation about it. Thanks for noting your concern. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 17:07, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Will do.. and thankyou for your time. LeeVJ (talk)