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Articles on recent Brazilian history.

Delldot: I appreciated your review on my GAN for Landless Workers Movement and generally agree with it. I would like you to do me a favor, if possible: to take a look at my newest GAN , the article on Leonel Brizola and to offer a combined analysis of the two articles, perhaps with Paulo Francis too (a former GAN). All thrice impinge on Brazilian political issues from the 1960s on and should perhaps be reviewed as a whole Cerme (talk) 18:31, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre

Hello! Now, some of you might have already received a similar message a little while ago regarding the Recruitment Centre, so if you have, there is no need to read the rest of this. This message is directed to users who have reviewed over 15 Good article nominations and are not part of WikiProject Good articles (the first message I sent out went to only WikiProject members).

So for those who haven't heard about the Recruitment Centre yet, you may be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around it (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:

  • Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with (at the time this message was sent out, 2 recruiters have volunteered), the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
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The Wikipedia Library now offering accounts from Cochrane Collaboration (sign up!)

The Wikipedia Library gets Wikipedia editors free access to reliable sources that are behind paywalls. Because you are signed on as a medical editor, I thought you'd want to know about our most recent donation from Cochrane Collaboration.

  • Cochrane Collaboration is an independent medical nonprofit organization that conducts systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials of health-care interventions, which it then publishes in the Cochrane Library.
  • Cochrane has generously agreed to give free, full-access accounts to 100 medical editors. Individual access would otherwise cost between $300 and $800 per account.
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WP:FOUR RFC

There are two WP:RFCs at WP:FOUR. The first is to conflate issues so as to keep people from expressing meaningful opinions. The second, by me, is claimed to be less than neutral by proponents of the first. Please look at the second one, which I think is much better.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 06:26, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

The Pulse (WP:MED newsletter) June 2014

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BMJ offering 25 free accounts to Wikipedia medical editors

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Medical Translation Newsletter


Wikiproject Medicine; Translation Taskforce

Medical Translation Newsletter
Issue 1, June/July 2014
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Spotlight - Simplified article translation

Wikiproject Medicine started translating simplified articles in February 2014. We now have 45 simplified articles ready for translation, of which the first on African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness has been translated into 46 out of ~100 languages. This list does not include the 33 additional articles that are available in both full and simple versions.

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Integration progress

There has previously been some resistance against translation into certain languages with strong Wikipedia presence, such as Dutch, Polish, and Swedish.
What was found is that thre is hardly any negative opinion about the the project itself; and any such critique has focused on the ways that articles have being integrated. For an article to be usefully translated into a target-Wiki it needs to be properly Wiki-linked, carry proper citations and use the formatting of the chosen target language as well as being properly proof-read. Certain large Wikis such as the Polish and Dutch Wikis have strong traditions of medical content, with their own editorial system, own templates and different ideas about what constitutes a good medical article. For example, there are not MEDRS (Polish,German,Romanian,Persian) guidelines present on other Wikis, and some Wikis have a stronger background of country-specific content.

  • Swedish
    Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: patient info, for professionals. The same can be said for English, but has really given us all the more reason to try and create an unbiased and free encyclopedia of medical content. We want Wikipedia to act as an alternative to commercial sources, and preferably a really good one at that.
    Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May.
  • Dutch
    Dutch translation carries with it special difficulties, in part due to the premises in which the Dutch Wikipedia is built upon. There is great respect for what previous editors have created, and deleting or replacing old content can be frowned upon. In spite of this there are success stories: Anafylaxie.
  • Polish
    Translation and integration into Polish also comes with its own unique set of challenges. The Polish Wikipedia has long been independent and works very hard to create high quality contentfor Polish audience. Previous translation trouble has lead to use of unique templates with unique formatting, not least among citations. Add to this that the Polish Wikipedia does not allow template redirects and a large body of work is required for each article.
    (This is somewhat alleviated by a commissioned Template bot - to be released). - List of articles for integration
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    The Arabic Wikipedia community has been informed of the efforts to integrate content through both the general talk-page as well as through one of the major Arabic Wikipedia facebook-groups: مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي, something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.
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Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here [3]

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To come
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Please comment on Talk:Epilepsy

Hi! I apologize for addressing you with this issue. You are a major contributor of the article on post-traumatic seizure and epilepsy. There is some disagreement between editors with regard to the article on epilepsy, in particular if we should have a separate section "mechanism" there. Some arguments have been made (summary: [4]). An RfC did not really help, because it is unclear what the "mechanism" is supposed to be at all, since (unlike other diseases) there are a variety of causes of epilepsy. An outline for content on the issue has been made [5] but not yet agreed on. Possibly you could have a look there. Jophiel 14:32, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for letting me know. Sorry but it's been so long I doubt I would have much useful to contribute anymore. Peace, delldot ∇. 04:35, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Invitation

I'd like to invite everyone to join the WikiProject R&B and Soul Music. We are currently on demand for new members, the project was dying, but with your help we can revive it and make it one of the best WikiProjects. Make me sure that you'll think about this and remember cooperative works can do amazing things. Regards Dfrr (talk) 05:49, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

For your helpful GA review on Operation Barbarossa, as well as the continued advice, support and contributions that helped it attain GA status. Thanks! GeneralizationsAreBad (talk) 21:47, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Aw, thank you! :D delldot ∇. 22:29, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your insightful and very helpful edits to the Polio vaccine article. I would like to get it to FA status. Would you be willing to help out in any capacity: ce, wl, check refs....what ever you feel like doing? Best Regards,

Barbara (WVS) (talk) 15:08, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
Sure! I'll be traveling today but can give it another look soon. delldot ∇. 16:01, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Notice as you asked

Talk:Slavery in Haiti/GA1 = some easy fixes, then shouldn't be too hard to get to promotion.

Good luck,

— Cirt (talk) 20:16, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks very much! delldot ∇. 21:56, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
Thank you for improving Wikipedia in the area of WP:Human rights, specifically with your efforts to help contribute to upgrading the article Slavery in Haiti to WP:GA status. — Cirt (talk) 14:10, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

Aw, thank you so much! delldot ∇. 21:29, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

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Convert template

You mentioned the convert template on the River dolphin GA review page. You can add an extra parameter to make the conversion to any degree of accuracy you require. I only discovered this recently, and I used to think that "abbr=on" had some effect of this sort, but it only refers to how the unit of measurement is displayed. See these examples: Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:57, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

  • 1,500 metres (4,921.260 ft)
  • 1,500 metres (4,921.26 ft)
  • 1,500 metres (4,921.3 ft)
  • 1,500 metres (4,921 ft)
  • 1,500 metres (4,920 ft)
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Very cool! I went to the doc of the template to try to get it to say "1500 meter" (as in a 1500 meter dolphin) but couldn't figure it out. Although I did find the adj=on parameter to give it a hyphen (a 1500 meter-long dolphin). Any ideas? Thanks for the note! delldot ∇. 15:34, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Sexuality after spinal cord injury

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Fenilconic

Recreated. --The Avengers 06:37, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Got it, thanks! delldot ∇. 06:39, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Fenilconic Third time within three hours. Please, create protect. --The Avengers 07:18, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Well, it's just that one editor, it might be less invasive to just block them. But let me attempt communication a bit more first. A very cursory Google search showed possible article potential. Thanks for all the hard work, The Avengers! delldot ∇. 07:25, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Recently deleted B原子炉‎

Hi, I was wondering whether you have seen my comments at Talk:B原子炉‎? I was unable to save them before you deleted the article. Is it possible to move the article to the Japanese Wikipedia? AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:11, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Oh, hi AtHomeIn神戸, I must have deleted it right before you saved that, otherwise I would have seen it. Thanks for pointing it out. I can give you the source if you want to move it yourself, would that work? delldot ∇. 08:15, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for getting back to me. I have never created a page on the Japanese wiki, so it sounds like a good opportunity to try it out. Will you copy it to my user space first, or what is the process? AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:16, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
P.S. On second thoughts, would it be more appropriate for the original author to do it? AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:17, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
AtHomeIn神戸: Sure, your userspace would be great. It might make sense to mention it to the author but honestly I've never had much luck actually starting conversations with people whose pages I speedy--not sure my messages get read. Might be fastest to drop them a note like "I'm going to do this, let me know if it's not ok" then go ahead after a bit. Would you want to leave a message in Japanese? delldot ∇. 08:23, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, I will take your suggested course of action. I'll check whether they are a regular contributor at the Japanese wiki and decide how I contact them from there. One problem though, I can't see the history to find the user's name. If you could put the text in my user space and tell me their name it would be appreciated. Thanks, AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:51, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Oh, smart! Ok, will do. delldot ∇. 08:54, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Ok, it's at User:Athomeinkobe/B Reactor. Thanks for taking on this task, AtHomeIn神戸! I hope it works well. delldot ∇. 08:58, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
As an update, the user has made about 30 edits to the Japanese wiki over a period of time. So I have left them a message explaining what has happened and if it is ok to copy it to the Japanese wiki. (ja:利用者‐会話:水源党) I'll check in a few days to see if there has been a response. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 07:07, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Very cool, thanks! delldot ∇. 07:18, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
A final word from me, the other user has created the article on the Japanese wiki (ja:B原子炉‎), so I no longer require the page in my user space. Sorry for the trouble, but would you please delete it? Thank you for your assistance. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 01:02, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
Not a problem, thanks for taking the time with it. Bilingual editors are a valuable resource! delldot ∇. 06:13, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

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Emilio Williams

Thank you for your assistance on the Emilio Williams page. I do not speak Spanish, which clearly limits my range. Are reviews of playwrights included on wikipedia pages? I don't want to add anything that isn't appropriate. MauraJunius (talk) 15:49, 16 December 2015 (UTC)MauraJunius

Hey MauraJunius, thanks for working on this! It's good to take a cautious approach, I appreciate you doing that. I don't know about playwrights specifically, but there are often "Reception" sections in articles about plays and other works that talk about critical acclaim or however the work was received. So it might make sense to include summaries of those things. A benefit to that is the more you can reference reliable sources that mention him, the more clearly his notability is established, keeping the article more safe from deletion. Remember that all facts need to be cited to a reliable source, and the article should be neutral in tone. That's all I got for right now! Let me know if I can help out or if you want me to look at it after you've worked on it. Peace, delldot ∇. 17:47, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
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