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Word

Please stop removing Microsoft Word from the Word page. The listing of MS Word there does not serve as an advertisement for Microsoft Word, nor even as an acknowledgment of it being dominant as a word processor. Actually, I don't even use MS Word, I (and everybody at the Talk:Word page except you) just want to reflect that many people say Word and mean Microsoft Word, and having the link here is useful for our goal of bulding an encyclopedia. Regards, Kusma (talk) 15:33, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

In an attempt at "word processor fairness", I have just added OpenOffice.org Writer to the Writer page. That seems to me a better way of adding other word processors. Kusma (talk) 15:42, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Window (disambiguation)

I noticed that you alphabetised the entries of Window (disambiguation). Keep in mind that it can be useful for readers to have to most likely entries first in a list, rather than entries listed alphabetically.--Commander Keane 07:10, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Mediation cabal

Salut, pot sa te ajut cu problema tau? - FrancisTyers 09:33, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks. It's problema ta because problema is feminine. --Mihai cartoaje 12:49, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction :) - FrancisTyers 10:53, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Epilepsy

I have removed some of your edits to Epilepsy and discussed the changes on the Talk page. If you wish to discuss this, please use my talk page or the epilepsy one. I hope this doesn't discourage you from making future contributions. BTW: when including references, please use the new ref tags in keeping with the other references. That ensures the reference-numbering works and keeps the article consistent. Thanks. Colin Harkness° 08:40, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I see you have restored the text. I have requested third-party opinions on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Clinical medicine. Colin Harkness° 10:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Mihai cartoaje,

I find that it's great that you're looking at the primary literature and making an effort to understand it. Also, I think it's great that you're referencing the statements you add to Misplaced Pages.

Those things said, I think you've been distracted, at times, by a few smaller studies and studies done on animals. Proving, in medicine, that some thing works is, typically, a long an arduous process. One or two small studies in the grand scheme of things don't have a lot of weight as sometimes the results were by chance -- Type I error, or there were methodological problems. Animal studies sometimes are misleading. Even with a lot of testing things go wrong -- thalidomide is an example of that.

I think you need to change your approach a little bit. Consider collections such as Bandolier and the Cochrane Collaboration. Also, I suggest you read a bit about epidemiology-- Bradford Hill's paper The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation? I think is classic-- and I think it explains how a lot of the thinking is done in medicine. If you're new to an area I think a textbook or review article is the place to start. If you cite the primary literature--evaluate whether it is good (e.g. Is it is a randomized controlled trial? If it isn't randomized is there a control? Was the analysis done on an intention to treat basis?)

I hope that you receive my comments as being constructive and look forward to your future contributions. Nephron  T|C 21:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Schizophrenia

I agree with you on the removal of the violence section of schizophrenia, as it doesn't seem very nessicary. But I do think it's rather accurate... since I'm diagnosed with schizophrenia and can personally say that I'm almost never violent.

I see that a mediation has been filed on the dispute, anything I can help with to achieve compromise with both parties? --The Prophet Wizard of the Crayon Cake 18:23, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Mihai, are you still in mediation? I haven't heard back from you in a few days. Thanks. - MSTCrow 02:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Have you withdrawn from mediation, and/or accepted that the section should be included? Thanks. - MSTCrow 01:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Comments

It has been brought to my attention that you were upset by comments I left here. I do apologize if they appeared uncivil. I wrote them in frustration, not anger or aggression. Remember I did defend you, however, when you were accused of vandalism! I think you are making a good faith effort to improve Schizophrenia, but I am frustrated by your minimal participation in discussion before making those controversial changes. Again, I apologize for any upset or difficulty this may have caused you; this was not my intention.

Ginkgo100 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing! 13:53, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Talk page deletion

Who told you you could start a new account? I'm afraid I don't know much about Wiki policy on that point, but I assume that you could simply abandon this account and create a new one. Also, I can selectively delete certain edit summaries from your talk page. I removed the threat at the top of the page but I could delete it from the edit summary as well. I could also try to find an admin more experienced in this kind of thing. Let me know, Fang Aili 16:51, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

'K well put it back if you like. --Fang Aili 17:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Your mediation case

Your Mediation Cabal case page has been renamed to Misplaced Pages:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-10-20 User:Hungrygirl to conform with Mediation Cabal naming standards. No further action on your part is required regarding this.

You may wish to invite the other parties involved to the case page where you can all lay out your views on the situation. During this process, please keep the policies of No Personal Attacks and Civility in mind. Please note that MedCab currently has a case backlog of several days, though if you and the other parties can agree on a neutral mediator, you're welcome to invite them to mediate the situation for you, you're not required to use a Mediation-Cabal appointed mediator.

If you have any other questions, please let me know. ~Kylu (u|t) 19:07, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

"the links don't say that Donnie is asked to commit crimes"

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It's in the movie. Isn't the movie itself a usable source? Why'd you delete the whole paragraph if you only had an issue with that one sentence?

68.40.167.60 03:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Because I didn't know how to rewrite it and it could be re-added if it was rewritten so as to be neutral.

By crimes do you mean killing other humans or generic illegal activities?

Whether insomnia and dramatic changes in mood are signs of schizophrenia is unsourced. "schizophrenia is explored" might not be accurate either. Seems to me that the director was trying to make a Total-Recall-like puzzle.

I found this in the Donnie article:

Yet in the deleted-scene commentary Kelly states that the pills being revealed to be placebos enforces the fact that Donnie is not crazy.

In an episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, other characters think that Sabrina is crazy because she says that she went for a rollercoaster ride on the rings of Saturn. I think that this is a common plot technique.