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I am a Canadian Physician


== Administrators' newsletter – January 2025 ==
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a ]! Please ] your messages on ]s using four ]s (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out ], ask me on {{#if:{{#if:|{{{1}}}}}|]|my talk page}}, or ask your question and then place <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> before the question on your talk page.


] '''Guideline and policy news'''
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* Following ], ] was adopted as a ].
* A ] is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
] '''Technical news'''
* The Nuke feature also now ] to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.


] '''Arbitration'''
Again, welcome!&nbsp;
* Following the ], the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: {{noping|CaptainEek}}, {{noping|Daniel}}, {{noping|Elli}}, {{noping|KrakatoaKatie}}, {{noping|Liz}}, {{noping|Primefac}}, {{noping|ScottishFinnishRadish}}, {{noping|Theleekycauldron}}, {{noping|Worm That Turned}}.
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==Obesity==
* A ] is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the ]. ]
Thanks for your comments on ] and your message on my talkpage. I must say I had some difficulty following some of your comments (probably due to the formatting), but I'm sure that will sort itself out.


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The reason you cannot presently edit ] is quite simple: it is ]. This will stop random people continuously vandalising the article with messages like "My teacher Mrs Jones is the fattest pesron in the wurld LOL 1!" Unfortunately, these edits vastly outstrip the number of constructive edits received from anonymous and brand-new accounts. Your account will be ] after a few days and a number of constructive edits elsewhere on Misplaced Pages. Once this is the case, you are free to edit the article.
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My view is that the ] article is presently the right size and should not be expanded much more. Rather, existing content needs to be improved and supported with high-quality references (outline on ]). If there is sufficient reason, it may be necessary to split off subarticles (e.g. ]), but only if truly necessary. ]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 18:37, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
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== Obesity again ==

Thanks for your expansion of ]. I need to point out a few things before you carry on. Firstly, please familiarise yourself with the ]. For instance, in the header "Sedentary Lifestyle" the word "lifestyle" should be lowercase.

More importantly, please make no further edits to the article until you have looked at ] and we way references are formatted. Before you started, most references were formatted with the {{tl|cite journal}} template, which standardises the references and gives rapid access to online versions of journal articles through PubMed and DOI. Stevenfruitsmaak (above) has provided a link to a tool that rapidly generates template code. It is easy to use. Simply adding bare URLs or unformatted text is not really acceptable. I will try to tidy up as much as I can. ]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 19:22, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

:I have now fixed all the references. You are free to have a look at the ] to see what changes have been made.
:I specifically dropped the citations to mortality studies from the introduction. Ideally, Misplaced Pages articles should be sourced to review articles and other secondary sources. The ''Lancet'' review by James and Haslam does a fine job at discussing shortened life expectancy in obesity, so I simply used that as a reference. Have a look at ], the medical sources guideline.
:Let me know if you need a hand with anything. ]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 09:12, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Secondary sources are really more ideal than primary ones. For a full explanation you'd be better off looking at ]. Reviews (especially systematic reviews) do a better job at distinguishing between important and less important primary research.

I would really discourage plainly removing information like the citation to Quetelet's studies in the 19th century. This is an encyclopedia and not a scientific publication, and while in the '' New England Journal of Medicine'' such a citation would be out of place, it is definitely acceptable here and should probably be retained. ]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 16:09, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

:Where systematic reviews are not available, ] has a list of other suitable sources. There are definitely exceptions to all those rules.
:I'm not sure what you mean by "subsection". If you mean a separate article, then we'd better discuss this on ] so other contributors will be able to weigh in. Tonight I will try to change the bulleted list of complications into a table (prettier and easier to navigate). I have no objections against dedicated sections for mortality and on the "obesity paradox", provided adequate sources are available to populate such sections. ]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 16:52, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

==Your recent edits==

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to ] and Misplaced Pages pages that have open discussion, you should ] by typing four ]s ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button ] located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you!<!-- Template:Tilde --> --] (]) 17:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

== Images ==

There is no Misplaced Pages policy on images from clinical practice. There are two separate issues: copyright and patient consent. There's an ] about the level of care needed when publishing images of patients or their results. I personally think that completely anonymised data (i.e. an X-ray with the personal data removed) is impossible to trace, and all you will need is an idea whether the ''owner of the image'' agrees for it to be released under the ]. This is probably your employer. In my mind, very few hospitals will object to their staff using anonymised patients' imaging for illustrative purposes in publications, and that would normally extend to Misplaced Pages. That's the copyright side of things. Then there's patient consent. I would personally obtain written consent from a patient if they were identifiable from the image. Some users have been more careful, and have signed written consent from their patients on file even if the image in question is untraceable (i.e. endoscopy stills).

Thanks ever so much for your continued work on ]. You'll find me trying to expand it, and I may end up reshuffling and rephrasing some things that you've added. Bear with me. I'm an old hand and I think we share the conviction that the article can be improved to very high quality. ]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 18:56, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

:With regards to images from WHO and NIH publications - if they are truly public domain then there are no restrictions at all. But the situation may be more complex: see ] for details. ]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 19:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm certain Mr Uptodate will object if you post his images on Misplaced Pages. However, a version redrawn by yourself might get Jeff Drazen annoyed. Suggest you ask ] - responses are gratifyingly quick. ]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 01:56, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

== Spelling and grammar ==

Could I encourage you to pay some attention to your spelling and grammar. On ] I have had to correct quite a few spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. ]&nbsp;|&nbsp;] 02:46, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 15:47, 5 January 2025

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

added Sennecaster
readded
removed

CheckUser changes

added
readded Worm That Turned
removed Ferret

Oversight changes

added
readded Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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