User talk:Bluerasberry/Archive 36
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Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:38, 18 April 2017 (UTC)WT:Harassment
Hi, Bluerasberry. I undid you revert. Jytdog posted a link on March 15, right below GorillaWarfare's statement to the archived statement. Its still there. Generally speaking, it's much better to do that rather than alter someone else's comment. Mkdw talk 01:02, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
- I will leave it but it seems strange to preserve a dead link. I recognize that it is in the old comment but it seems apparent to me that the person was trying to communicate a link, not code which is cannot have meaning outside the context of further research which only a few people can do. I appreciate your intent to protect the text, though. Blue Rasberry (talk) 01:37, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Talk:Bill Potts
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Veronica Lake
I left you a message at Talk:Veronica Lake. That whole Stewart Lake nonsense is a hoax. Veronica Lake's life is pretty well documented, and she published her autobiography in 1970. No one named Stewart Lake was a part of that. The whole thing is a fabrication. She was given the name Veronica Lake by a producer at the beginning of her career, and it's a pretty well-known fact. Please close out that hoax. — Maile (talk) 00:51, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
- I replied on the talk page there. Blue Rasberry (talk) 12:36, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
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Drug expiration
Thanks for jumping in to the draft of drug expiration. It was a crazy article to address because it is a mix of technical medical content plus practical consumer information. I was struggling with the wording for the distinction between actual expiration date versus date on the label, so thanks for rewording that. I kept all of your changes. Thanks also for setting up the talk page.
The article is live now. I do not know how you found it while it was in draft form but I appreciate your attention. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:08, 9 May 2017 (UTC) |}
- Thanks for your message! I was glad to help copyedit a bit. I found the draft when I looked at your contributions list. The WP:POPUPS gadget is old but still works fine. It lets you preview any user's recent contributions just by moving your mouse around — without any clicking required.
- The article looks good; thanks again for writing it. Drug expiration is a big money-maker for drug makers. :) It's a sensible thing for you and/or the rest of Consumers Union to write about. Upon seeing the article, I was intrigued to learn about drug recycling. I may one day be starting on a certain rather-expensive drug, and may eventually look into acquiring it through recycling instead of just shopping around and using GoodRx.com for a coupon code.
- My only quibble about the article: It strikes me as a bit odd that it has an empty "External links" section. I looked at MOS:ORDER s.v. "Bottom matter" and WP:LAYOUTEL s.v. "single item". It looks to me like (if you have no external links) it's best to omit the section, and to put all your category tags in the "References" instead.
- Thanks also for all your work on Wikipedia. The more unbiased paid editors we have working on WikiProject Medicine, the better.
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your blueness open access project tagging
I seem to have encountered a plethora of open/open access in a range of new articles concerning the open/open access subject - and as a project tagger, I am quite concerned to get it right... so to speak - there is open project and there is open access - are they concomitant - that is they are equal bed fellows - and can be both tagged against an article relative to open access - or does one trump the other as a single entry sufficient? - or is there more to the issue of having two projects with such similar names, and requires further tweaking when tagging an article - any clues appreciated JarrahTree 10:58, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
- I replied on your talk page. I appreciate this question. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:14, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your reply. I think it looks like we will have an opportunity to talk about the issues soon... JarrahTree 14:20, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Inquiry
Good morning Lane,
I took your course for WNYLRC in March and have since become interested in Project Medicine. So much so, that I am traveling to Montreal this August to attend the Project Medicine day at WikiMania. I really want to promote this project to students and faculty as a means of demonstrating how we are all contributors to the information landscape (not just consumers). Unfortunately, my personal/professional priorities have largely trumped my small goal to make one edit a day (but I hope to get back on that now that summer is on its way and I have a little more time each day).
I was wondering whether you might be able to point me to some resources/people/links that could help me plan a Wikipedia editing event during Open Access Week this October. I am a health sciences librarian at McMaster University in Canada. I think it would be interesting to invite faculty and students alike to learn how they can edit health articles on wikipedia and get some practice. I'd like to prepare a proposal for this event so I need to have a framework in place before I get the green light to move forward planning. I would greatly appreciate any guidance you could provide me with as I have absolutely no experience with this kind of thing!
Thanks very much! --Mcbrarian (talk) 17:58, 25 May 2017 (UTC)
- I replied at User_talk:Mcbrarian#A_cup_of_coffee_for_you.21. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:32, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
Please comment on Template talk:Sic
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I agree 100% with everything you said on that thread. My involvement in Wikipedia's education projects goes back to the catastrophic WP:IEP for which I led and coordinated the massive clean up. Before the IEP went pear shaped, I gave the WMF some warning well in advance, but as usual, they refused to accept there were flaws in their project and they ploughed on regardless until it caused the largest clean up in history and a total shake up of Wikipedia's education plans. I believe some people who caused the chaos were sort of fired, but given a grant to go off and create WikiEd where they could continue in salaried employment. I'm actually in the process of explaining to one professor as best I can, where he is getting things wrong. It's not really his fault, indeed, it clearly illustrates even more so and typifies how Wikipedia, the WMF, and WikiEd have failed in their mission. I would come back to education and do more to help, but not while people are still getting a salary to make a mess of things. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:26, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
BTW, that video is excellent. If you weren't reading from a teleprompt, it's even better still. You should consider higher office, but perhaps the politics and power struggles are not quite your cup of tea. I hope to see you again but I won't be able to make it to Montreal. Take care. Chris (Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:38, 20 May 2017 (UTC))
- Thanks for your kind words, and thanks for the reply. It is enough public office for me right now to manage a few partnerships among Consumer Reports, Wikimedia NYC, and a few organizations around NYC. I still would like to get an interview with you by Skype or at least phone. I am unable to manage that technically at this time. Still, I wish I could arrange that sooner rather than later. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:02, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
A+F video
I love everything you say in this video. I couldn't have said it any better myself! ---Another Believer (Talk) 23:34, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
- @Another Believer: Will you be at Wikimania? I am going to try to arrange videography there. If you come, please in a casual way consider speaking on camera about something. If not at Wikimania then let's try next time we meet. Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:03, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
- I plan to be at Wikimania this year, so I'll give this some thought. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:06, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
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You can reach me your mornings.
Otherwise, shouldn't we start discussing via email? Why is so much work on my draft needed that we have to discuss in realtime? Seniorexpat (talk) 17:21, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
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People who work in variable shifts
New article suggestion for you. How about an article on medical and social impacts on people who work at night. Some jobs require shift rotations from 3rd shift to 2nd shift and so on on a weekly basis. A person's sleep pattern can be messed up. SWP13 (talk) 10:30, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your kind words when I created the Gay concentration camps in Chechnya article. It means a lot to get such a nice response <3 Rævhuld (talk) 00:34, 20 June 2017 (UTC) |
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WP:INDICSCRIPT
Hi Bluerasberry, I just noticed you updated the wording of WP:INDICSCRIPT. May I ask for a clarification of the sentence "This guideline does not apply to articles that are within the scope of projects other than WikiProject India, for example WikiProject Hinduism or WikiProject Buddhism."?
I would think that such a wording would imply that any article which belongs to any other WikiProject other than WP India would automatically get an exception. This would not make sense for most articles, and would tend to defeat the spirit of what was agreed upon in the numerous discussions. For instance, the rule would not apply to an article like Hema Malini simply because the article also belongs to WP:WOMEN.
Thanks, MikeLynch (talk) 15:22, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
- I moved your question to Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#WP:INDICSCRIPT because I thought it would be better to discuss this in that more public forum. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:05, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Thank you for editing with Black Lunch Table at Wiki Loves Pride!
Heathart (talk) 02:36, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
endorsement?
Hi there Thanks for all your help! Looking forward to more involvement! We are applying for a new Rapid Grant Proposal if you would be willing to endorse us. Thanks! Heathart (talk) 00:30, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
Paul Abels
Hi there, I'm wondering if I could ask a favour. I already posted on Another Believer's talk page, but I see that you're currently online and that you're involved with Wiki Loves Pride 2017, so I figure I should mention it to you too.
I'm hoping to nominate Paul Abels, an article I wrote this week during Wiki Loves Pride, for the DYK section on the front page but am unable to do so as an unregistered user. Would you be willing to nominate it on my behalf?
{{subst:NewDYKnomination
| article = Paul Abels
| status = new
| hook = ... that '''[[Paul Abels]]''', the first openly [[gay]] minister to serve in a major [[Christian denomination]] in the United States, was nearly removed from his pastorate after he [[coming out|came out]] in the 1970s?
| author = 142.160.131.202
| comment = Nominated as part of [[Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Pride 2017|]]!
}}
Thanks, 142.160.131.202 (talk) 23:51, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
- And it seems that Another Believer has done it already. You can disregard this. Thanks anyway! 142.160.131.202 (talk) 00:16, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
WV & Consumer Reports
I understand you are at CR & interested in health issues. You might want to look a WV Pests#Permethrin-treated_fabrics, since it concerns health & mentions CR. Pashley (talk) 20:20, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
Costumes (fire safety of)
Putting this note here owing to your CR connection, although it's not Wikimedia related as such right now, and I appreciate you are busy on other things (like the sun-screen issue, which I thank you for.)
Two to three years ago the BBC's Watchdog program in October featured an item about just how flammable certain Halloween costume and carnival novelty items for children were. I've not heard much about this subsequently, so would hope the UK situation has improved.
This made me wonder if given the size of the costume and carnival novelty market in the US, the fire safety of such items had been considered or reported on.
I appreciate the US regulatory climate may be different however. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 20:56, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
Consumer Reports.
Do you still have links with them?
In a discussion over at English Wikivoyage voy:Talk:Sunburn_and_sun_protection I'd noted that the article on sun protection didn't list any brand names. A recent issue of W:Which? Travel had some recommended ones from a UK perspective, and I figured it might be reasonable to find out if there had been anything equivalent in the US.
Of course if a consumer rights group was willing to help improve certain travel topics on Wikivoyage under the appropriate licenses longer term, it would be appreciated greatly. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 18:16, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
- For reference the published comparison table that started this approach was on page 58 of the July 2017 issue of Which? Travel, under the heading "SPF30 Suncreens on test", meaning it was specfic rating they appeared to be testing. Not sure if the publication is one you have access to at CR though. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 21:22, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
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