User talk:Avocado

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Contents 1 Stub tags 2 Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Area codes 3 Asthma request 4 When math articles are incompressible... 5 WP:CP 6 North American area codes 7 Connecting tubule 8 Survey Invitation

[edit] Stub tags

Avocado - don't add more than one stub tag to an article. →Raul654 18:14, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Area codes

This discussion seems to have run its course, so I have closed it and drawn conclusions. It seems most people agree with your proposal, so well done! If you need help implementing it, let me know please. Radiant_* 09:38, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

• Great! I would suggest "### (United States area code)", per conventions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Numbers, and guidelines for naming countries (North America is strictly speaking the continent, and the codes are for the US). Feel free to be WP:BOLD. Radiant_* 07:10, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
  • Fair enough, if the codes for Canada and the US don't overlap (e.g. 0001 being both Washington and Ontario, or something) then North America is fine.
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[edit] Asthma request

Hey Avocado - As per your generous offer on the Pre-clinical project page, I was wondering if you could take a look at Asthma, which has recently been the medical COTW and let us know what confuses you. That would be really helpful! Thanks :) Mr.Bip 21:27, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Mr. Creamy-Green-Fruit - Thanks for looking at the article. Why don't you leave your comments on the Asthma Talk page, so everyone can see. Mr.Bip 01:40, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Lots of thanks for looking at the Asthma article. Its very hard to tell when you're using jargon if you're a doctor/biologist. Your work is appreciated greatly. --Mike C | talk 10:54, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Avocado - I've been away from my computer the past two days, but I greatly appreciate your criticism. I hope I can make the article more approachable in the next week. Thanks for your help! Mr.Bip 17:13, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] When math articles are incompressible...

Hi Avocado. Thank you for your nice thoughts on the WikiProject Math talk page. I added the paragraph discussed there to meromorphic function. I have one request. Sometimes for us mathematicians it is not obvious when something is not obvious to others. :) One suggestion I have is that when you encounter such an article with lots of math jargon, it is good if besides posting a {{technical}} template, to also go to its talk page and write a thoughtful paragraph or two about what you would want improved. This can take time of course, but it will be very helpful to people willing to improve on an article but not realizing what is not clear. Thanks. Oleg Alexandrov 23:16, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CP

Hi, you've reported copyright infringements to WP:CP in the last week, a new measure was recently passed to allow the speedy deltion of new pages that are cut and paste copyvios. Please follow these instructions if you come across this type of copyvio. Thanks. --nixie 00:17, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Blatant copyright infringements may now be "speedied" If an article and all its revisions are unquestionably copied from the website of a commercial content provider and there is no assertion of permission, ownership or fair use and none seems likely, and the article is less than 48 hours old, it may be speedily deleted. See CSD A8 for full conditions. After notifying the uploading editor by using wording similar to: {{nothanks-sd|pg=page name|url=url of source}} -- ~~~~ Blank the page and replace the text with {{db-copyvio|url=url of source}} to the article in question, leaving the content visible. An administrator will examine the article and decide whether to speedily delete it or not.

[edit] North American area codes

Uncle G's major work 'bot is about to move another ... er ... small hill. But a consensus is required on the naming scheme to be employed. Please review Category:Greek Area Codes, Category:United Kingdom area codes, and Category:North American area codes, and then contribute to the discussion at Talk:North American Numbering Plan#US-centric_area_code_page_titles. Uncle G 21:11, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Connecting tubule

Hello. I noticed that you are a participant in the WikiProject Preclinical Medicine. The article Connecting tubule has been nominated for deletion. As this is an anatomical subject I was hoping to get somebody within the project to adopt the article for expansion. I could find no way to add the article to this project. I hope you or your fellow particpants would consider adopting this article to love. James084 22:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Survey Invitation

Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 12:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)^{talk to me}