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| == The Pulse (] newsletter) June 2014 == | |||
| == On the Hoyle-Boeing-thing-going == | |||
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| I will try to get back when I have an identity on WP, planning to do so. Until now I've left comments here and there signing with IP. | |||
| I saw you had a bad day checking for the original Hoyle quotation. This was from some archived discussion group, objections - evolution, or something. | |||
| I don't have a firm reference at hand. Here's what I think, what I remember (I'm a physicist). Hoyle might have written it in a book, rather than an article. The book was coauthred, but I don't remember the name of the other author (Indian sounding). Whether or not the quote is there in that book, I think I know what he was referring to. Hoyle (almost certainly) firmly believed in evolution through natural selection, he understood that mechanism, he never questioned it, or he was just uninterested in it. What he was actually concerned about was the origin of life. He thought that life must have emerged somewhere in the universe, not on Earth specifically. Wherever it originated, it has travelled everywhere through comets and the likes. His motivation for coming up with this hypothesis was that life is very improbable, too improbable to arise in many planets independently at (more or less) the same time. But the Universe is very vast. So, by extending the "pool" for life to begin to the entire universe, such probability might become sensible. In summary, he argued, life has originated only once somewhere sometime in a vast universe (he probably still believed vaster than most do), and then was spread all around. This is also known as panspermia. Hoyle is using a kind of entropic principle he had used before for an outstanding discovery in Physics regarding how carbon atoms arose in stars. To paraphrase, he thought that a functional boeing can actually come around by chance if tornadoes are happening all over a vast universe at the same time. | |||
| To conclude, his boeing argument was an argument in favor of panspermia, in relation to the origin of life, and had absolutely nothing to do with evolution, nor evolution by means of natural selection. | |||
| It goes without saying that recent findings that suggest life exists in meteorites, compatibly with Hoyle, are dismissed as false by creationists, who cite Hoyle's objections out of conetxt, but then refuse to embrace his authority in regard to the origin of life (and the related findings possibly confirming one prediction of his). In other words, Hoyle passes from being a total genius in their view when he proposes the boeing argument, to a pure idiot just a few lines later when he advocates panspermia. --] 04:33, 5 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| :You mean Hoyle, the confusing guy? I swear everytime I read something of his, he's saying something different. Do I know you? ] 05:30, 5 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| ::Re: Hoyle. I am certain he proposed panspermia. I'm almost certain (99.9%) that's were he used the Boeing 747 example, which was not meant to be literal, of course it wasn't. He couldn't see an easy mechanism for the origin of life, so he kind of went for an argument from ignorance (I cannot see it so it must be very very improbable). But in essence he was just trying to increase the probability for life, still from the point of view of a pure naturalist/scientist, by enlarging the stage for life's first step (from Earth alone to space). One could accuse him of not being expert in that field, but he was not totally crazy, just bizarre (none other than Crick is another proponent of panspermia). His version also had kind of constant injection of biological "stuff" from space. But predisposition to bizarre theories is what has made the day for many scientists. Holye not being awarded the Nobel prize in Physics with Fowler was an injustice, but the intuition he started from was kind of bizarre, but absolutely correct. He was opposed, maybe, for his character. But to my knowledge, he never took any stance on Darwin. --] 05:55, 5 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| :::Dunno if this helps, http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/chance/chance.html attributes the Boeing quote to Hoyle F ''Evolution from Space'' JM Dent 1981, http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/wic.html#nonchris refers panspermia to Hoyle, Fred & Chandra Wickramsinghe, ''Evolution from Space: A Theory of Cosmic Creationism'' (Simon & Schuster, NY, 1981). At Kitzmiller, that "n the year 1973, a man named Francis Crick, the eminent Nobel laureate who discovered the double helicle shape of DNA with James Watson, he published, with a co-author named Leslie Orgle, he published a paper entitled Directed Panspermia, which appeared in the science journal Icarus.", while "Dr. Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe published together an article in the journal, a technical journal called Icarus. The title of the article was Directed Panspermia. ... and then Dr. Hoyle... wrote a book entitled the Intelligent Universe." Make what you will of that lot. .. ], ] 11:35, 5 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Hoyle also presented a paper on panspermia at a Royal Astronomical Society meeting in 85/86 (can't quite remember but can look it up if necessary) which was not well received (got very heated to say the least). Chandra Wickramasinghe was also lecturing at the time as we invited him to talk to our Astrosoc and from what I remember he was analysing cyclical patterns in disease outbreaks - the biologists in the audience complained that all he had done was prove that people got colds in the winter! Neither mentioned boeings in relation to these as far as I recall - they were just trying to get a serious debate started on whether life could have "seeded" in the same way other elements that make up the earth have come from other parts of the universe. Hoyle was a really nice man and it's sad that his legacy is so warped by the fixations of the time. This "life in comets" could prove him right yet. ] 22:43, 6 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| :::::Yeah, probably Hoyle had an issue with natural selection too. Anyway, the 747 mystery might have no solution. Maybe it's not even in print anywhere. One hypothesis is that he mentioned it during a radio program. Now, that'd be interesting, as he had also invented the term Big Bang during a radio program (to mock it, actually). Anyway, Dawkins mentions it in The Blind Watchmaker. He's quite reliable, therefore I assume the quote is correctly attributed, wherever he learned about it. --] 06:13, 7 July 2007 (UTC) That was me! Now I exist as a wikipedian. --] 16:26, 13 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *]-lacks any references, and implies these drugs can help.] 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| Anyway, if there's a program to help lose weight, I haven't found it, but I'm optimistic. When I had my first child, I lost 24 pounds in six days, so I've done it once and can do it again. That was expensive, though. And I had to take a baby boy home with me too. ;-) You could always turn to the myriad 'supplements,' like the ones that use chitin to bind cholesterol or some other such nonsense. (If that really worked, why not just eat lobster shells with a nice sauce and a lot of liquor and be done with it?) | |||
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| Okay, I'll shut up now. Email me if you have any questions, so I don't clutter up your talk page. It's time to eat some ice cream. See ya - ]] 22:52, 19 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| ] is getting ready to have her ] and become an adult. What do you think? I haven't gotten the peer-review that I wanted, but I did get a bot peer-review, and I made a number of changes. I also reviewed ], and it appears to be there. I got rid of a lot of weasel words, cleaned up the language here and there, checked the references, and got her a new dress. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 18:36, 31 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| :::Based on the comments so far, I've the Cavalry's editing assistance. I'll try to check back tomorrow, but I'm on vacation out of state, so my internet access is sort of spotty. <font color="#0000FF">]</font> 02:46, 2 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| <undent> I've been copyediting what seemed to me to be minor grammatical errors or wording which jarred a bit – it's still "ongoing" (aaargh!). Where it seemed a matter of taste or I wasn't sure what you meant, I've added hidden comments. On my wee 12" laptop at 1024 x 768 the Trinidad Lake boundary image is a bit confusing, as the white line shows at the expense of seeing the boundary and at first glance I wondered if there could actually be a horizontal white layer marking it! Here's a suggestion showing the original pic with the white line pic added as an explanatory marker. ..], ] 08:15, 2 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| ::Have made the image change, hope that helps – by the way, my suggestion was made this morning and it's late morning here now. Have removed superfluous comments: under ''North American fossils'' I wasn't sure if "abundance of fossil records of dinosaur taxa prior to the K-T boundary, and the nearly complete absence of fossils immediately thereafter" meant an absense of dino fossils, or all fossils – am guessing the latter and have removed the suggestion of "such fossils". Yes, FAC is indeed a lot of work -– good luck with it. .. ], ] 10:01, 2 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| :::I"m having a brain-freeze with regards to the first paragraph of the first section. I'm trying to get it right, so if you have a suggestion, go for it. The problem is that the global event (say a meteor) causes the extinction event. Yet the article is about the extinction event. An impact event by itself is kind of mundane. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 00:25, 3 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *Swedish<br>Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: , . The same can be said for English, but has really given us all the more reason to try and create an unbiased and 💕 of medical content. We want Misplaced Pages to act as an alternative to commercial sources, and preferably a really good one at that.<br>Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May. | |||
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| *Dutch<br>Dutch translation carries with it special difficulties, in part due to the premises in which the Dutch Misplaced Pages 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: '']''. | |||
| Mammoth effort ''(pun intended, though off by a 60 odd million years)'' - a few rearranging sections, a couple of critique paras here and there and it'll be over the line. Heck of a lot easier than a lot of poor prose... cheers, ] (] '''·''' ]) 08:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *Polish<br>Translation and integration into Polish also comes with its own unique set of challenges. The Polish Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages does not allow template redirects and a large body of work is required for each article.<br> (''This is somewhat alleviated by a commissioned - to be released''). - '']'' | |||
| *Arabic<br>The Arabic Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages facebook-groups: , something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm. | |||
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| Integration is the next step after any translation. Despite this it is by no means trivial, and it comes with its own hardships and challenges. Previously each new integrator has needed to dive into the fray with little help from previous integrations. Therefore we are creating guides for specific Wikis that make integration simple and straightforward, with guides for specific languages, and for integrating on small Wikis. | |||
| Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here | |||
| Katie has become a pain in the butt. Need help :) ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 22:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| :I ''am'' finally back. Many apologies for my vanishing act, right at this crucial time. Looking at all the objections, I think your recent comments may be right. We may want to break this off into two seperate articles: one on the boundary and one on the event. Sheep's comment about providing ''critiques'' might be helpful, too. I'm so sorry I haven't been around to help. I had limited internet access during my second week of vacation, and was really too busy to even reply to e-mails. I just got home, and plan to take a good scrub-brush to this article. Feel free to take a break for a while; you've worked very hard on this article. I promise to put some serious effort into this article tomorrow, but it is too late to do anything serious tonight. <font color="#0000FF">]</font> 07:27, 9 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| Hi OrangeMarlin—I notice that you seem to have had a disagreement with Macdonald-ross. I have taken some time to encourage his contributions, I think he makes ''very'' good contributions. I am unable to identify the major concern, can I ask you what it is? I found a thread, but the source of any disruption is not apparent to me. Excuse me, making this my business, but I want him to hang around. Regards, <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">]</span> 11:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| :I find it hard to believe we are talking about the same user! Are you referring to the discussion on his talk page? Please supply some diffs warranting your description, I am inclined to a different view otherwise. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">]</span> 14:42, 10 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| ::Sorry, but I don't care that much. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 17:51, 10 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| You left the above under the heading 'edit war', which I resent, as I am involved in a very civil discussion at ] since making one edit and one reversion of its reversion (with reasons). Please note that I consider myself an experienced editor having edited for many years. You should not assume that a contributor has only edited since registering, or with a given name (name change is perfectly permissible, but not of course sockpuppets) but even then, I have done a considerable amount of editing under this name. I am very familiar indeed with WP:NPV etc etc, and would point out that the rules require balance on controversial topics, where NPV becomes a not very useful terms and several points of view exist 'out there' non of them 'extreme minority'. I can go through the fine detail point by point if you wish, but I'd rather move on. Rest assured, I will not edit-war or revert-war. --] 20:17, 10 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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Parkinson's science learning project in Wikiversity
Hi. I'd like to bring your attention to a new learning project in Wikiversity. As you have been involved with the discussion on the[REDACTED] Parkinson's disease page I felt you might be interested in looking at the project and perhaps even contributing material to it. Please see my Talk page, http://en.wikiversity.org/User_talk:Droflet#The_Science_Behind_Parkinson.27s_learning_project , the subpage, http://en.wikiversity.org/User_talk:Droflet/ProjectDescription or the project itself , http://en.wikiversity.org/Portal:The_Science_Behind_Parkinson%27s . It would be great if you could bring the project to the attention of others who might be interested in helping us develop it. Thanks.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Protectosil
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The Pulse (WP:MED newsletter) June 2014
The first edition of The Pulse has been released. The Pulse will be a regular newsletter documenting the goings-on at WPMED, including ongoing collaborations, discussions, articles, and each edition will have a special focus. That newsletter is here.
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Medical Translation Newsletter
Wikiproject Medicine; Translation Taskforce
Medical Translation Newsletter
Issue 1, June/July 2014
by CFCF, Doc James
This is the first of a series of newsletters for Wikiproject Medicine's Translation Task Force. Our goal is to make all the medical knowledge on Misplaced Pages available to the world, in the language of your choice.
note: you will not receive future editions of this newsletter unless you *sign up*; you received this version because you identify as a member of WikiProject MedicineSpotlight - 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.
Our goal is to eventually translate 1,000 simplified articles. This includes:
- WHO's list of Essential Medicines
- Neglected tropical diseases
- Key diseases for medical subspecialties like: oncology, emergency medicine (list), anatomy, internal medicine, surgery, etc.
We are looking for subject area leads to both create articles and recruit further editors. We need people with basic medical knowledge who are willing to help out. This includes to write, translate and especially integrate medical articles.
What's happening?
- IEG grant
I've (CFCF) taken on the role of community organizer for this project, and will be working with this until December. The goals and timeline can be found here, and are focused on getting the project on a firm footing and to enable me to work near full-time over the summer, and part-time during the rest of the year. This means I will be available for questions and ideas, and you can best reach me by mail or on my talk page.
- Wikimania 2014
For those going to London in a month's time (or those already nearby) there will be at least one event for all medical editors, on Thursday August 7th. See the event page, which also summarizes medicine-related presentations in the main conference. Please pass the word on to your local medical editors.
- Integration progress
There has previously been some resistance against translation into certain languages with strong Misplaced Pages 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 💕 of medical content. We want Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages 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 - Arabic
The Arabic Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages facebook-groups: مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي, something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.
- Integration guides
Integration is the next step after any translation. Despite this it is by no means trivial, and it comes with its own hardships and challenges. Previously each new integrator has needed to dive into the fray with little help from previous integrations. Therefore we are creating guides for specific Wikis that make integration simple and straightforward, with guides for specific languages, and for integrating on small Wikis.
Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here
News in short
- To come
- Medical editor census - Medical editors on different Wikis have been without proper means of communication. A preliminary list of projects is available here.
- Proofreading drives
- Further reading
- Translators Without Borders
- Healthcare information for all by 2015, a global campaign
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Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!