User talk:Axl

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		To thank you for the diligence and constructive criticism in reviewing the Bottlenose Dolphin article that allowed this top-importance article to re-earn its good article status Rlendog (talk) 00:51, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar. Axl ¤ [Talk] 11:01, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

You got a thank you card!

A Thank You Card!

Dear Axl, thank you so much for your words of support, kindness, and your trust in me. My request for Adminship has been closed, and the support the community has shown will be with me forever. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am, and all I can tell you is this: I shall try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, please tell me! :) If you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you are welcome to ask, and I shall do my very best. Please take care. G.A.S 05:49, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

re: RfA Comments

Hello! To answer your observation: my RfA comments only came about because I normally arrived at those discussions at the midway point and felt I was contributing nothing of value by repeating the same “Support – great candidate” comments that 25 or 30 other editors said. The “wrong queue” comments came about just to be different, not to be funny. There is no “joke,” per se – it is just a small revolt against conformity. Of course, I only do that when I support a candidate – I never do that with oppose or neutral input, because I need to be serious in explaining why I cannot get behind a candidacy. Ecoleetage (talk) 18:18, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

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RE: Adminship

Thanks for the offer, Axl :) I'm going to leave it a fair while until I've started (don't know how long away that is) and finished my admin coaching with Malinaccier (talk · contribs). You'd be welcome to co-nom me if you so feel the need when the time comes :) Thanks again, hope everything's okay. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 20:32, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Axl, I'd like to thank you for voting in my RFA. Thanks also for expressing your trust in me, and I hope that I live up to your expectations. Don't forget, if you have any questions (or bits of advice), please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again, Spencer^T♦C 02:49, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Oxygen toxicity revisited

Gene Hobbs and I have almost finished the re-write of Oxygen toxicity (many thanks for the barnstar, by the way!). As I still would like to get at least one scuba-related article to GA status, one of us will renominate it as GAC soon. I don't know whether you will be able to review it this time, but if you can't, could I ask you to have a pre-nomination look and spare a few minutes to let us know if the points you raised at Talk:Oxygen toxicity/GA2 need any further work. I do know I have to research the history of BPD and that there are still a number of short paragraphs. I think that's due to the fact that the article summarises CNS tox, pulmonary tox, BPD, ARDS and ROP and covers clinical and diving viewpoints. If I knew what I was tackling at the start, I think I'd have picked an easier topic! Anyway, don't worry if you're busy, but any observations & criticism are welcome. Cheers --RexxS (talk) 23:02, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hello Axl. Thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for Adminship, which was successful with 111 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. I have to say I am more than a little overwhelmed by this result and I greatly appreciate your trust in me. I will do my best to use the tools wisely. Thanks again. Regards. Thingg⊕⊗ 01:11, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA. Most kindly, Lazulilasher (talk) 23:31, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

My RFA

Hey there! Just a note thanking you for supporting my RFA which successfully passed with 60 supports, 0 opposes and 2 neutrals. I hope I'll be able to live up to everyone's expectations, and thank you for trusting me! All the best, Ale_Jrb^talk 20:31, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Xymmax RfA

I'd like to take a minute to let you know that I appreciate your support in my recently-closed RfA, which passed with a count of 56 in support, 7 in opposition, and 2 neutrals. I'll certainly try to justify your faith by using the tools wisely. Happy editing, and thanks again! Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 22:09, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Rfa Spam

Thank you so much for your support on my RFA, which today passed unanimously. I will do my best to make sure that I don't let any of you down. If you ever need any help with anything, feel free to ask me, i'll be happy to. Thanks again--Jac16888 (talk) 17:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey

I noticed you were online :) Any chance you could check out the thread I just posted on WPMED? Kind regards,

—Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 10:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I would like to help, but I'm not an admin. Axl ¤ [Talk] 10:21, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I think I've mistaken you for an admin before.. you should apply :) —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 10:45, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Categorisation of dermatology articles on Wikipedia, input wanted

Hey Axl. Kilbad (talk · contribs) has asked me to ask around a few people to get their opinions on the current catagorisation tree proposed at this discussion, as he seems rather eager to get going with the work but would like a few more opinions. Any chance you could have a quick look and post your thoughts? Cheers. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 15:22, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA

I saw your explanation above for not wanting to go through RfA--I understand it, but if you ever change your mind I'd be happy to nominate you. delldot ∇. 03:14, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:55, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

I was just about to make the same suggestion. But then great minds like Delldot's and mine tend to think alike. JFW | T@lk 13:42, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi Axl, and thanks for supporting my successful request for adminship. It was nice to see all the kind comments I got from my supporters and I hope that I will be more useful to the community now that I have the tools again.--Berig (talk) 15:27, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes. Thanks for your support in my RFA!! • If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy • ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:07, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

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Meningitis is at GAN

Hey. Jfdwolff put up meningitis for GAN review the other day and we're quite eager to get it sorted. I think I've seen you do reviews in the past and they seemed pretty thorough. I was wondering if you had any spare time you could use for reviewing this article? No worries if you're too busy, there's no particular rush. Thanks. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 23:13, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, it appears Delldot (talk · contribs) has carried out the request. Thanks anyway. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 07:41, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Courtesy notification - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bow tie wearers (4th nomination)

An article in which you have had an interest, List of bow tie wearers, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of bow tie wearers (4th nomination). Thank you. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 22:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback

Thanks for your input at my successful Rfa. I'm already thinking about working on my content creation. Hopefully in a few months, I'll have passed the point where you would've !voted Support. If you have any more suggestions on how I can improve myself as an editor, I'd be happy to hear them. Happy editing!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 21:18, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Us too... thanks for the feedback

Osteochondritis dissecans. Thanks for the review. I told my students that taking on medical topics would be extremely challenging. First, reviewers are hard to find on such technical topics. Second, the standards are much greater. None-the-less I am not unpleased with FoddPuma's efforts. Even with the grade already in the book; I'm certain he will attempt to recitify your concerns. What are your thoughts on an FA attempt. With a topic of this nature; is such an attempt reasonable? --JimmyButler (talk) 01:30, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Jimmy. I am also impressed with FoodPuma's (Max?) work. I think that medical topics are more challenging that popular culture articles. Also, my reviews tend be more rigorous than average. However I think that this produces a better article in the end (and the editor can be more proud of his work). Medical article FA attempts are significantly more daunting than GA. I have submitted one medical article through FAC, and I didn't enjoy it. The article is heavily criticized by several people, and it can be quite demoralizing. After the article passes GA, I'll give some more feedback about further potential for improvement, with a view to FAC. Axl ¤ [Talk] 02:34, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Axl. I was just reading through the article and noticed that I repeated the line

"The adult form, which occurs in those who have reached skeletal maturity, is most commonly found in patients of ages 16 to 50 years."

in both Osteochondritis_dissecans#Prognosis and Osteochondritis_dissecans#Epidemiology. This repition makes the text read "weird" and seems to interrupt flow... it made me stop and scroll back up to Prognosis just to verify that I had read an exact copy of the sentence only seconds prior. I suggest it be removed, but do you think it should be kept/reworded (if it is necessary to the context of information in Osteochondritis_dissecans#Epidemiology)? Thanks! Food_Puma 21:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

That sentence is better placed in "Epidemiology". I have adjusted the article accordingly. Axl ¤ [Talk] 11:28, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

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Osteochondritis dissecans

Hi there, I was wondering what the status of this GA nomination was at the moment? Is it still on hold? Tim Vickers (talk) 02:26, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

It is still on hold. There is one more issue to be resolved. I am collaborating with FoodPuma about this. Axl ¤ [Talk] 10:14, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

GA passed. Axl ¤ [Talk] 16:55, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

Axl, thank you very much for participating in my Rfa, which was successful with 80 Support, 5 Oppose, 6 Neutral. The comments were overwhelming, and hopefully I can live up to the expectation of the community. I would also like to thank my nominator Realist2 and my co-nom Orane (talk), and special mention to Acalamari and Lenticel (talk) for the kindness from the start. Regards, Efe

--Efe (talk) 06:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the Barnstar :-)

PS I had a double look at your user page - not an admin ? If any of the mop tools would prove useful, let me know ... David Ruben ^Talk 18:50, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. Mizu onna sango15

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RfA thanks

		The RfA Barnstar
		Axl, I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with 112 supports, 4 opposes and 5 neutrals. A special mention goes out to Stwalkerster and Pedro for nominating me, thanks a lot for having trust in me! In response to the neutrals, I will try to double check articles that have been tagged for speedy deletion before I CSD them and will start off slowly with the drama boards of ANI and AN to ensure that I get used to them. In response to the oppose !votes on my RfA, I will check that any images I use meet the non-free content criteria and will attempt to handle any disputes or queries as well as I can. If you need my help at all, feel free to simply ask at my talk page and I'll see if I can help. Once again, thank you for your participation, and have a great day! :) The Helpful One 22:20, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

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Main page

Hey! Have you seen ^ that today?? I was pleasantly surprised when I logged in! High five. delldot ∇. 05:33, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Jclemens RfA

Jclemens' RfA Thankspam

		JClemens' RfA Thanks
		Thank you for participating in my Request for Adminship, which passed with 77 supporting and 2 opposing. Regardless of your position, I thank you for the time you took to examine my record and formulate your response. Jclemens (talk) 02:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Somniferous GAC

Hullo Axl, I was wondering if I could get your opinion on obesity hypoventilation syndrome. I wrote this in two stretches, and it's currently on GAC. Given that I slept through much of the respiratory physiology lectures at medical school (no, I'm not obese, just nocturnal) I was wondering if you could verify its factuality. If you could include a GA review as well, that would be great too. JFW | T@lk 22:28, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments on the OHS talk page. I have revised the offending section. Will you have a chance to do a formal GA review? You seem to be the most qualified to do it :-). JFW | T@lk 18:26, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the adjustment, although that wasn't the section that I meant. I'll change the sentence later on (in the "Positive airway pressure" section). I'm working night shifts at the moment, so I don't have time to formally review the article now. If no-one has stepped up by the weekend, I'll take a closer look. Axl ¤ [Talk] 18:59, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Nights! Argh, not doing any of those at the moment (needed too much during the day). Will wait patiently. JFW | T@lk 19:37, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

My round

Have a beer on me. Let the amber nectar flow all day and night. Let it run down the mountains and through the caverns and across the rich lawns to swamp the streets. Let it rain beer. Let the heavens open and shine forth beer. Let it all be beer. Wonderful beer. And let it be as deep as the heart of a lion. This is an acknowledgment of your participation in the RfA of: SilkTork *YES! 19:12, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in my RfA

I just wanted to take a moment to say "thank you" for taking the time and effort to participate in my recent RfA. As you may know, the discussion closed 66/0/1 and I'm now a holder of the mop. I will keep working to improve the encyclopedia and appreciate the trust which you have placed in me. - Dravecky (talk) 00:06, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:ENGVAR at talk:Lung cancer

I was contemplating tagging it with either {{UK English}} or {{US English}} to preclude fuss down the road but was not prepared to be that BOLD. The original version seemed to use mostly UK spellings, but current spelling seems inconsistent US/UK. At some point, I expect an ambitious speller will eventually come by and start making "corrections". Has there been any discussion on this?LeadSongDog (talk) 22:07, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

From reviewing the article as it was at the time of FA approval, it used US spellings at that time (e.g. dyspnea, hypercalcemia, tumor). I am not aware of any explicit discussion about this issue. I see no particular reason why it should have one format rather than the other. I'm not convinced that a tag would be helpful, but if you think otherwise, please be bold; I won't oppose you. Axl ¤ [Talk] 05:21, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your careful consideration at my successful RfA. "Trustworthy candidate" was generous and appreciated. Please let me know on my talk page if you have any suggestions for me. - Dan Dank55 (send/receive) 21:50, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

re:asbestos/mesothelioma

Dear Axl

My edit did not refute the link between mesothelioma and asbestos. Please do not assume this. Indeed asbestos is still linked to mesothelioma, however "cause" is a interesting word as it implies complete responsibilty for the pathogenesis of the condition. Just as people who have strokes due to very high blood pressure - this is not a simple cause and effect. Of course, you can say that hypertension can cause strokes, but the more impartial, and in my opinion, scientific phrase would be "is strongly linked to".

The difference between the two edits changed from "can also cause" to "is also strongly linked to", which I think better reflects the fact that mesothelioma and indeed all cancers are based on more complex mechanistic failures of DNA replication rather than a simple cause and effect which we dont yet fully understand at the moment.

In short, I believe my version is better worded. Although in hindsight I think something along the lines of "increases the risk of cancer of the pleura.... fifty fold.

I have very little time to chase this up. Let me know if you decide to stick with the edit. regards PhatRita (talk) 00:26, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

		Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which failed with 61/52/7; whether you supported, opposed or remained neutral. Special thanks go out to Wizardman and Malinaccier for nominating me, and I will try to take everyone's comments on board. Thanks again for the trust the community has placed in me. A special Christmas song for you all can be found at the right hand side of this message! Apologies if you don't like RfA thankspam, this message was delivered by a bot which can't tell whether you want it or not. Feel free to remove it. Dendodge TalkContribs, 17:19, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Great Power reassessment

Hey. A couple of months ago, you reviewed Great Power and listed it at a Good article. However, some editors believe that you had POV (members of the PIIR project don't think so though) as U.K is listed as a current great power. To put an end to this, I've requested a community reassessment here [1]. Just thought I should inform you. Deavenger (talk) 17:28, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Welcome

Welcome to the list and thanks for your contributions to the RD. -hydnjo talk 00:13, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

And now, for Fvasconcellos' traditional nonsectarian holiday greeting!

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Is this a combination of my Christmas greeting from 2006 and my New Year's greeting from last year? Why, it most certainly is! Hey, if it ain't broke...

Pharmacologic categorization

I have started a discussion of categorizing pharmacology articles at WT:PHARM:CAT and would really appreciate your input. Also, could you please pass word of this discussion to any other editors you think might consider contribution to the conversation? kilbad (talk) 01:11, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Adminship

Would you like to be nominated? Perhaps I wouldn't be the best nominator, I could ask Davidruben or Jfdwolff or others... --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I would happily nominate/co-nom along others, as I've said countless times and I'm pretty sure DR and JFW are in the same position. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 18:00, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I take that as a no? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:49, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't reply. I must have received two or more messages at the same time and I didn't notice your kind offer, Steven. Cyclonenim (and others) have also offered to nominate me in the past. I think that admin tools would help me to assist Wikipedia more. However I have reservations about the RFA process. (I would be happy to discuss my reservations further if you would like.) I will not be applying for adminship anytime soon. Axl ¤ [Talk] 14:50, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

I understand that you have reservations; it can be quite frustrating, and there is too much fuss and drama surrounding RfA... Just let us know when you are ready okay ;-) . --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:46, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 10:10, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Plutonium

As promised, I created a PR for this article and copied your remaining comments to it. I've since tried to address each point. Please, take a look. --mav (talk) 00:32, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Osteitis fibrosa cystica could use your help!

Strombollii from the Wikipedia:WikiProject AP Biology 2008 could really use your help on his current project: Osteitis fibrosa cystica. He has had trouble finding suitable information (in both verifiability and quantity) for the topic and is relatively unfamiliar to the style and formating for medicine articles on Wikipedia. As a friend, I told him I would gladly message those who I respected as fellow wiki-editors and who I believed could add to his medicine related article. You, of course (from your help and critizim in Osteochondritis dissecans), were one of my choices. So if you can spare the time, I am sure your help would be much appreciated. Again, thank you for your own help in my article... without you and several other editors, I would have never made GA. Cheers! Food_Puma 23:45, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

I thought you might be interested in this

There's been a proposal (here) for the creation of a pulmonology task force under WP:MED. As a respiratory physician, I assumed you'd like to know. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 17:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Axl ¤ [Talk] 19:00, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

In your edit summary you said "pulmonology moved", where to? —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 22:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I moved it to "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine/Task forces/Archive 1". The new task force page is "Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Pulmonology task force". Axl ¤ [Talk] 23:09, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah I see, I didn't realise you'd got the task force going. Cheers :) —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 23:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Wasn't my question

It wasn't my question. I removed an inappropriate question from someone asking how much davrocet they could take without overdosing. Such advice should only be given by medical professionals, so I removed the question. It is standard practice to remove questions which ask for medical advice. If you want to know who asked it, you're going to have to go through the history page. It was some IP address. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 21:51, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Halle Berry's Heritage

I wonder if this should be noted about Halle heritage: Her maternal grandmother was English. Also has other English (distantly related to the Baronets Beresford, Viscounts of Tyrone, Earls of Tyrone and Marquesses of Waterford, to Barons Decies and to Baron Beresford, and to the Marquess of Campo-Maior Count of Trancoso in Portugal), Irish, German and remote Dutch ancestry.. I got this info from here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000932/bio Thanks! Neptunekh (talk) 00:55, 19 January 2009 (UTC)