Hi Malanoqa. I thank you for your alertness on editing the topic on the Ebola outbreak, but I did actually provide a reference for the 3rd infection in the USA, a BBC News article dated 15th October. Another user proceeded to change the number back to 3 afterwards without providing the reference, so I took the liberty of adding it back in.
WaterCrane, thanks for posting. Yes sadly you are right and I hope the health worker will survive. I hope you understand if the editors revert such changes and do not looked for references themself. I even tried, but constantly checking changes costs already much time. I also do not like to revert, but it is a easy way to restore the article without making errors. And with about a few hundred thousand visitors a day, we had even more problems whith checking changes before the semiprotection was activated Malanoqa (talk) 11:46, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Ebola article
It is good to have you at the Ebola article and I look forward to editing with you. I complement you on the work you have done for your suggestion of a new addition to the article. Are you comfortable with writing something up? Gandydancer (talk) 17:09, 3 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh good. Do you want to write it here first and I'll check it for usage of English language? If it is mostly OK you should be able to enter it right in the article - our editor Brian has MS and he enters stuff that is (far) less than perfect all the time. Doc James does not do so great either :). People will fix it right in the article. Let me know. Gandydancer (talk) 00:38, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Gandydancer Let us see, preparing texts in the talk page of a user, may be an interesting option. I´ll think about it. Generally I think it is good, if changes to such an article are well thought and prepared.--Malanoqa (talk) 11:57, 4 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Calculating totals for the Ebola Epidemic
Hi,
Thanks for reporting this !
First I'd like to apologize for my English, i didn't wrote English for some times.
You are right, the total number of deaths/cases reported in this OMS PDF report do not equals the sum of the number of deaths/cases reported for each countries in the same pdf document.
I can't identify from where this bias come from.
I'm often updating this information in the french version and when i saw the Numbers were not the same in English version i thought it was a typing error.
The fact is the french version is also impacted. (as many other versions ?)
Yes we must create a discussion about this.
I have two questions about wikipedia :
I'm answering you on your discussion page but maybe should i answer on my own discussion page ? In that case will you be noticed i answered ?
I don't know if we can create a common discussion to all language versions, but the idea is good.
Vichtak, I think in the english Wikipedia the numbers are not completely from WHO, I remember it was written, that they take the numbers from Sierra Leone from there, not from WHO. But I may check this again.
I am noticed, if you write on my task page. This works fine and fast. To notify you, I use [[User:Vichtak|Vichtak]], this works equally fine and fast.
A common discussion to all language versions would be fine. How to make?
Buy the way, I wonder why there are so few informations regarding Guinea. I supposed maybe because the official language is french there. Do you knwow whether someone is monitoring the activities in Guinea? I started to scan the original sources in french, to have at least something to write: 2014 Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea. But shouldn´t there be better content in the french wikipedia on Ebola in Guinea?--Malanoqa (talk) 14:11, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Malanoqa, in time I would like to add to the Guinea article as well. There is a very interesting story on just exactly how it was first realized that Ebola had somehow found its way into West Africa, but I'd like to first clear up what the group does/does not want included in the split articles...and hopefully delete mentions of symptoms, etc., that are best left in the other main articles. Once again, it is so good to work with you at the article. Gandydancer (talk) 16:40, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to hear from you Gandydancer, I guess there will be consensus if you add it there. I find it only logical if we add details about the countries there, as we also link to them. I hesitated a bit to discuss the virology sections of this articles, I thought it is more important to strengthen the collaboration of the authors. And as Ebola Guinea is only read about 500 times a day, I thought it is not so important to clean everything immediately. With kind regard, --Malanoqa (talk) 17:59, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
West Africa Ebola virus epidemic
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Protection Clothing
Hi Gandydancer, sadly I do not have much time this weekend. Nonetheless this is the primary versions for a text that describes the situation regarding protection clothes. I will be happy if you improve. Where would you put this in the article? Under Outloook? Under Responses? Or even in the article Responses to the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa?
The Ebola epidemic has caused an increasing demand in protective clothing[1][2] There are also demands to produce more suitable clothing that is more adapted to the hot climate in West Africa.[3]
I think what you have is excellent. I'd even add more, for instance:
But staff at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who returned from deployments to Liberia, Sierra Leone and other countries say the clothing is so heavy that it can be worn only about 40 minutes at a stretch, Shah said. That means health workers change garments frequently, exposing themselves to the virus and discarding gear that has barely been used.
The number of suits they go through...price... If I was doing it I'd end up with say about five sentences. I'd put it in Healthcare settings. It is really very good info and IMO important for the article - it's stuff no one would have usually thought about... If you don't want to add more I'm sure that I will once you get it in the article. Best, Gandy Gandydancer (talk) 23:01, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Malanoqa, I found a source that explains that the most dangerous time for catching Ebola is while suits are being removed. You could open with that statement when you discuss the need to find better types of suits? Let me know. Gandydancer (talk) 10:01, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Gandydancer, thanks for the info. By the way, I came over the protection clothe topics, because the german magazine DER SPIEGEL wrote about it. I will now try to formulate it. I am not shure, whether I have a good source regarding the dangerous phase of removing the clothe. Maybe you give it to me or add it soon after I put the sentences in. The other point is, it appears to be a problem, that many of the health care workers who have to care for patients with Ebola in normal hospitals did not receive a training that is sufficiently long, to be safe from infections. Also here I am looking for sources. --Malanoqa (talk) 20:03, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
New Version:
The Ebola epidemic has caused an increasing demand in protective clothing. It is assumed that a health worker uses seven suits per bed per day. Manufacturers already started to increase their production.[1][2]
For health care workers wearing protective clothing, one of the most dangerous time for catching Ebola is while suits are being removed.[3] But staff who returned from deployments to West Africa say the clothing is so heavy that it can be worn only about 40 minutes at a stretch. That means health workers change garments frequently, exposing themselves to the virus and discarding gear that has barely been used. This raises needs to find better types of suits.[4][5]
You really do excellent work. You seem to have an excellent eye for what's missing. I had hoped that you would extend the info re need to develop new types of clothing, as you have. Re what I added, I did use that very long quote - and I really debated about using it, but went for it. It helps us all to see the hellish task that caregivers are up against. Gandydancer (talk) 21:07, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
BTW, re training. The link I added is about the Spanish nurse and poor training and there is a huge debate going on in the US right now about lack of training re the nurse that got Ebola here. Gandydancer (talk) 21:15, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Gandydancer, thanks. I will look for the references you add tomorow. I am still unsecure whether it is really good that I added the reference of the nurse who cared for her family at home without becoming infected. Maybe she was just immune to Ebola. And giving medical advices without good references is not good. This is also the reason I did not write anything about her in the text. I did know the story, but only from a blog. Today I saw, that the article of the Ebola epidemic in traditional chinese cited this story really prominent with CNN as source (My knowledge of chinese is very basic, but the translation feature of the Chrome Browser is surprisingly good), so I took this reference. By the way, what is re? Goodnight Malanoqa (talk) 21:40, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi AmericanXplorer13, I corrected the translation I saw for the picture, as you changed the noun to lowercase letters, in Germany all nouns are capitalized, not just proper nouns.
What do you mean by "Krankheit auf der ganzen welt."? What does it translate? welt would also be written in capital letters, and I would rather say: "Verbreitung von Ebola auf der ganzen Welt", but to be honest. My wife has a better feeling for the formulation. With kind regards, Malanoqa (talk) 20:02, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'm trying to say, "Current areas affected by the 2014 Ebola outbreak." Are the other labels okay with how I capitalized them, or should I leave it the way you translated on the talk page? AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 20:09, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hi AmericanXplorer13, you should use my capitalization. In Germany all nouns are capitalized not just proper nouns. I would translate "Von der Ebolafieber-Epidemie 2014 betroffene Länder". This corresponds also to the german title of this article, good night, Malanoqa (talk) 20:24, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
