User talk:Matthew 1130
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Hi everyone. I don't make my e-mail address available on the web, but if you post here I'll come and read it from time to time. Please sign and date your entries by inserting -- ~~~~ at the end. Matthew 1130 11:37, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] General Posts
Draft forTalk:Carpal_tunnel_syndrome
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- I appreciate your work finding the link: Matthew 1130 at the Open Directory Project (suggest site) .
- I also tried running a dmoz search for 'carpal tunnel' within that category, but it only returned one site. On the positive side, the "computer gloves" on that one site does seem to have some good reports posted in Google Groups for median nerve problems, although not necessarily carpal tunnel.
- My biggest concern is on the quality of the list. There seemed to be a fair number of shonky items for sale.
- --Matthew 1130 15:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Posts About Photographs
[edit] Administrator intervention against vandalism
In response to your post on WP:AIV -- the address you complained about hasn't edited in over 2 weeks, so it was not blocked. If there is any recent vandalism, feel free to post another report, but keep in mind that blocks are normally used to put a stop to a current spree of bad behavior. Mangojuicetalk 15:08, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Please stop reporting users who aren't active, and haven't been active for months, to WP:AIV. That board is for current vandalism only. The most recent report you made was about a user who has been blocked since November 6th. Metros232 15:43, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Please put any vandal warnings you give to the user TALK page, not the user page AND user talk page. I had to delete about 7 user pages that you created with vandalism warnings. Also, when you give a warning or report something to AIV, make sure you sign the posts with ~~~~ so that your signature appears. Thanks, Metros232 15:57, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
- Noted, sorry for any trouble. Matthew 1130 16:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the message. Will create my own sign in now. Dan
[edit] Mistaken vandalism on the Cyst page
Dear Matthew,
I'm not sure what gives you the right to leave me the following message: "Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Cyst. If you continue to do so, it may be considered vandalism. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you."
What I actually did was correct incorrect information, and I would ask your credentials to question the change. The fact is, cystic fibrosis is commonly thought of as a lung disease, but the cysts and fibrosis refer to the pancreas. Or maybe you think you know more about it than Wikipedia's own page on the topic as well as these other references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis (last sentence of third paragraph) http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/conditions/l/bl_cf.htm (second paragraph) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=219700 (first sentence!!!)
I have changed the page back to reflect correct information, please check your own sources before accusing vandalism. Special:Contributions/68.33.29.85 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Dear User:68.33.29.85,
I'm sorry for my mistake.
I do not know you or your qualifications and background, which is the biggest reason why I removed your edit. I was cleaning up the Cyst page due to vandalism by three different anonymous users, inside a period of just two weeks while I was on holiday! I saw your edit and assumed that yours was a fourth case of vandalism.
If you plan to make more edits, please let me encourage you to create an account with Wikipedia. It's free, and if you do that, and post a quick description of your expertise on your user page, other editors will be less likely to make the same mistake I did.
We all have the right to reverse what looks like vandalism, yourself included. See the following pages for further information:
- Wikipedia:Overview_FAQ#How do you prevent people from ruining articles? (Defacement or vandalism)
- Wikipedia:Vandalism#Dealing with vandalism
- Wikipedia:Simplified Ruleset#Guidelines for writing high quality articles
Another reason I reversed your edit is because you removed content that looked right to me (as a layman), rather than correcting it:
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- Cystic fibrosis is an example of a genetic disorder whereby cysts develop in lung tissue and release mucus into the lungs (see Alveoli) reducing lung capacity and causing persistent coughing.>/I>
Is there some aspects of this statement which is half true? Is there some way you can edit this statement to make it correct? There's a Wikipedia guideline somewhere that encourages correcting erroneous text rather than just deleting it.
Once again, please accept my humble apologies for misreading your intentions.
- Matthew 1130 12:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
PS. You may want to check out Help:Contents/Getting_started for more information on contributing.
PPS. I've posted your entrez link up as a reference on the Cystic fibrosis page (copied below). I hope you follow it up and make sure the contribution finds it's best place on that page:
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- "Formerly known as cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, this entity has increasingly been labeled simply 'cystic fibrosis.'"[1]
Dear Matthew,
Thanks for the apology, I can appreciate that in the context of other vandalism it seemed natural to assume that I was not well-intentioned. I see that it is an interesting set of circumstances, because to answer your question, there is almost nothing true in the following statement:
Cystic fibrosis is an example of a genetic disorder whereby cysts develop in lung tissue and release mucus into the lungs (see Alveoli) reducing lung capacity and causing persistent coughing
So actually, I felt obliged to delete rather than correct, just because explaining all that is better left to the cystic fibrosis page. I'm not even sure why that sentence (even the corrected one) is on the cyst page. Cystic fibrosis is indeed a genetic disoder; however, there cysts do not develop in lung tissue and mucus is thickened rather than "released," which still is not what causes the coughing. That is due to infection because organisms cannot be cleared due to the thickened mucus. Point is, this is too much for a page that is entirely irrelevant to the disease, I only corrected it in passing.
I will set up an account to avoid future problems, thank you for the advice.
Thanks for taking the time to explain. I think your statement on the cyst stands well, a definite improvement now I understand a bit more. -- Matthew 1130 12:13, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] CTS
Any thoughts on my proposal at Talk:Carpal tunnel syndrome#Ergonomic computer pointing devices?. -- MarcoTolo 09:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
