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After a few months of editing here at Wikipedia, I deleted a number of "newbie errors"-related posts so as to "clean up" the page, with my goal being conciseness and reducing "clutter". However, I do want to say thank you to the following Wikifriends who welcomed me, and were kind enough to spend their valuable time and effort giving me tips and guidance on how to do things easier and more "by the Wikibook", and/or who have went "above and behond the call" by peer reviewing my articles or helping me with requests and problems:

• Doc James/Jmh649 (ask him, not me)
• Axl
• Jdfwolff
• Immunize
• Tryptofish
• RexSS
• Boing! said Zebedee
• PDCook
• Chzz
• Circéus
• Tyrol5
• Ruhrfisch ><>°°
• SPhilbrick
• Kudpung
• What Am I Doing
• My Core Competency is Competency

I have created an Archive Page for the old post "overflow" - if you want to read these messages, they can be found here.

A few days ago I was on some doctor's Talk Page and noticed a pathology-related message that this doctor had posted to the Talk Page of a user called "MRWick". On a hunch, I texted "MRWick". Turns out I was correct - the guy was the LEGENDARY pathologist Dr. Mark R. Wick, who would undoubtedly be placed in my personal list of the "TOP 10 BADA$$E$ IN CANCER PATHOLOGY". Following here (below) is the (verbatim) reply I got from him:

Dear Cliff,

I appreciate your recognition, but I'm just a guy trying to do a job like anyone else! Please feel free to contact me regarding any Wikipedia projects to which you think I might contribute, or "just because"! ... (redacted his email address) ... Best, Mark W.

As requested, I've had a look at Combined small cell lung carcinoma and made some minor copyedits, none of which were crucial. You've produced a fine article and I hope you'll continue to contribute to Wikipedia for a long time. Most of the detail edits were to place references immediately after punctuation – this is not compulsory, but it is better to maintain a consistent style. Now that you've got the hang of writing for Wikipedia, you should have a look at the linked guidelines I gave in my edit summaries; they will help you fine-tune your style to the conventions here.

Two jobs remain:

1. Once you have named a reference, you can make subsequent cites to the same ref simply by using <ref name="xxx" />, without writing out them out in full - see WP:REFNAME;
2. Best practice is to use a citation template, such as {{cite book}} or {{cite journal}}. This allows us to produce COinS metadata, which is of use for external users to collect bibliographic data from our articles. It also provides a fairly consistent format for citations (not that this is a problem with your cites).

I've replaced the first two references with citation templates as examples for you, and also replaced a few of the duplicate references with the short-form named reference, so that you can see how it works. Updating 'bald' refs to citation templates is a time-consuming job and not strictly necessary, so I wouldn't worry if you don't have time (although it is a good exercise in wikipedia referencing). The job of replacing duplicate named refs with the short-form needs to be done. If you can find a little time, I'd recommend having a go at it. I'll keep this page and the article page on my watchlist for some time, so I can help out if you run into problems. You can reply here if you want to, as I'll see that as well. --RexxS (talk) 03:30, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

		The Exceptional Newcomer Award
		For having the courage and ability to create new articles like Combined small cell lung carcinoma --RexxS (talk) 03:30, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind comments on my talk page, Cliff. I forgot to mention that we have a manual of style for medicine called WP:MOSMED. It's a lot to read, but if you are creating articles, the part entitled Sections is very useful as an guideline for organisation and naming of your article sections. Hope that helps. --RexxS (talk) 03:39, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings and thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to draw your attention to a couple of tools that might help with referencing the articles you are writing. You can place these citation templates between the <ref> and </ref> tags and fill in the information. You can also use this wizard, which takes an url, ISBN or pubmed ID, and fills the template in for your. I also like to use Reftools. Happy editing! PDCook (talk) 18:50, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings again. I noticed the external link on this article doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? Wrong URL? Outdated page? Regards, PDCook (talk) 00:55, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Same issue with the external link in the Pleural fibroma article. Regards, PDCook (talk) 03:07, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is the tool: http://diberri.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/templatefiller/index.cgi?ddb=&type=pubmed_id The rating was just what the page I cut and pasted it from was ranked as. I fixed it... Sorry for the confusion.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:56, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

At this time I happen to have the WikiProject Medicine page on my watchlist (You'll notice there is a section from me higher on the page), and I was intrigued enough by the article title that I wanted to have a look at it. Circéus (talk) 15:48, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just received your message on my discussion page and would like to welcome you to Wikipedia! Your contributions and articles are greatly appreciated. I will browse through your articles as time allows and render an opinion for you where necessary. I do have general interests in pulmonary medicine, however, I don't mind reading about pulmonary malignancies. Again, welcome to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, just ask or post them at the WikiMed discussion page. All the best Tyrol5 [Talk] 12:19, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are very welcome - I commented on two articles and mav also left some comments on the one article's PR. Keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:26, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I will go over the 2 submissions you cited and make whatever changes I think are appropriate... and, by the way, I work for a living just like everyone else... you can call me Mark!

Best, MRW --Mrwick1 (talk) 01:10, 28 April 2010 (UTC) call me..I got something for you...751-1842...you know the area coade[reply]

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Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Giant cell carcinoma of the lung. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. Shashwat986 (talk) 17:31, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I know they're not the same, but you seem to have copied the whole Classification section from the page. The rest of the page consists of just two lines. If you have enough details to make a good article, I recommend you add a {{{hangon}}} tag and fast. All the best making another wonderful article. Shashwat986 (talk) 17:35, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• With all due respect, I wrote that classification section myself and have used it on several articles. In fact, I was the one that did that work on the bronchioloalveolar carcinoma page. As an aside, giant cell carcinoma and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma are related in no way, shape, or form - aside from the fact that they are lung carcinomas, and are part of the same lung carcinoma classification system. Are you sure the other page didnt copy it from ME? Thanks.

Cliff L. Knickerbocker, MS (talk) 17:42, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for correcting grammar issues. A few notes on Wikipedia formatting. We try hard not to use the word patient or physician as what we write is neither specifically for health care providers nor patients. Also only the first word in a heading is capitalized. We have large number of guildlines if you find yourself bored some time :-) WP:MEDMOS is one that than links to others. Once again thanks. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:46, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW welcome to Wikipedia.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:49, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First welcome to Wikipedia. I’ve only glanced around, but it appears you are contributing considerably.

I spend a fair amount of time at the WP:FEED desk, where frankly, most of the request are in serious need of basic help. However, a recent request is in a very different category – it looks fine structurally, but needs the review of an expert.

The request is here, while the actual draft is User:ScienceRulz2012/Crizotinib

I’m always nervous about a technical article written by a single author, so at a minimum, I’d like someone else with relevant expertise to glance over it and make sure it is reasoanble unbiased.

You seem to be the best qualified. Is this something you can review? If not, can you suggest someone else?

(I note that one of the other reviewers has commented that future notability may be an issue. I don’t consider that a major problem in light of fairly substantial factual coverage – the future notability issue is more an issue when people are citing rumors about future fils or books. While this drug will be or not be approved in the future, I think there is sufficent coverage of the trail phase, although your thoughts would be welcome.SPhilbrickT 01:46, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are now a reviewer. Happy editing! --Kudpung (talk) 15:08, 9 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. ---My Core Competency is Competency (talk) 16:06, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I guess all we can do now is fix all these problems... Sigh... Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:21, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have given you rollback rights to help you return the articles to normal.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 23:30, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to WikiProject Medicine! I noticed you recently added yourself to our Participants' list, and I wanted to welcome you to our project. Our goal is to facilitate collaboration on medicine-related articles, and everyone is welcome to join (regardless of medical qualifications!). Here are some suggested activities: Read our Manual of Style for medical articles and guide to Reliable medical sources Join in editing our collaboration of the month (the current one is Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Discuss with other members in the doctor's mess Have a look at some related WikiProjects Have a look at the collaboration dashboard Have a look at the Trusted Sources recommended by Wikiproject medicine Have a look at the most powerful citing tool Diberri's tool If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page, or please feel free to ask for help on my talk page. Again, welcome!. Happy editing, JFW | T@lk 12:49, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there VIRUS, VASCO (217.129.65.5 IP) from Portugal here,

I really cannot defend myself any further, expect by saying this: i have an undiagnosed bipolar disorder, which makes it even harder to control myself in edit summaries. I know that most of the WP users are here to make useful contributions, but some are not.

Why do people continue to: 1 - engage in vandalism; 2 - remove pieces of content in articles without one word in summary (this is not figurative speech, i mean ZERO words in summary), very hard to play by the book, especially with my condition.

However, you (as well as another user/admin concerned) do what you think is best, i will try to engage in better behaviour from now on (have always, but it's been very difficult man). Keep up the good work, attentively - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 02:11, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Back from the dead Cliff...My suspension is over, i have returned, will try to amend my ways even harder this time.

I noticed, from your messages to the other people involved in my situation, User:Gfoley4 and User:Chzz, that you were greatly offended by some of the contents in my message to the former (the stuff in parenthesis). Why on earth? There, i was merely venting my frustration on being (rightfully) blocked, which did not allow for my fight against vandalism (can't do much blocked, can i?). I have had people come to my page and call me every name in the book, just for reporting their vandalic ways, one "chap" was on my case for almost one year, reverting my daily edits and so...I was in no way offensive to Foley.

That said (and i have also messaged Foley and Chzz with this note - and by the way, i believe you 100% when you say Chzz is a very nice person, but did not receive one word in feedback from him regarding this situation after i messaged him, unlike you and Foley), sorry for any incovenience and keep up the good work - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 03:27, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Never mind that bit about the feedback from Chzz, he has replied to me. Man, bipolar or not, i should learn that the world does not revolve around me...Cheers! - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 03:52, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the Chzz thing I still have no idea what happend but, the little shit slapped me around a bit fo it :P. The picture I ran across on commons during a featured picture poll. I painted a very similar one years ago and asked the user who had in the poll if I could use it for my page. It's a beautiful picture. the file name is File:2009-01-21 Eibsee.JPG[1]
Mlpearc powwow 04:10, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely NO PROB! Nice to yak with you. Stay in touch.Cliff L. Knickerbocker, MS (talk) 04:12, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Knickerbocker, I'm looking for help from a few random Wikipedians - and after our recent correspondence, you seemed appropriate!

The request itself is somewhat random...

There's a liaison project between Wikipedia and some universities (currently, USA, and re 'public policy' - it's a trial) - the students write an article as part of their uni course.

Two specific courses have only a few weeks left, and I'm trying to help them; what they need is, comments and feedback on their two articles - and some interaction with the Wikipedia community. Hence, getting random folks involved might really help!

The article Education policy in Brazil (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) was started by Elizabetsyatbu (talk · contribs),

The article California Proposition 19 (2010) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is, re. lorink (talk · contribs) abond112 (talk · contribs) Dross33 (talk · contribs)

If you could provide any comments, feedback, suggestions, or other interaction - to help with this - that'd be superb.

I hope you don't mind my asking. Any little comments to those users, and/or on the article talk pages, would be brilliant; thanks so much in anticipation.  Chzz  ►  06:08, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Cliff. You deserve a barnstar. Best wishes. Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:36, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

		The Medicine Barnstar
		To Uploadvirus, for contributions to medical articles. Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:36, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since you ask, after I read this cogent and articulate statement, I had a closer look at your edits. Best wishes. Axl ¤ [Talk] 09:37, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there CLIFF, VASCO here, deeply moved and touched with that honour bestowed upon me, will try to live up to it my friend...Have a great week, keep it up yourself - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 19:03, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

JFW | T@lk 17:16, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for changing that comment.

Two more small things. One, internet etiquette disparages using ALL CAPS, since it is code for screaming. Civility rarely involve screaming, so in the interest of civil comments, regular caps is preferred. That doesn't mean you can't disagree emphatically, just not with as much height. - _

Two, Your background in lung cancer (I think that's the subject) is a great asset. And committing to bring an article up to top-class is a great goal. Just don't fall into WP:OWN territory. This is an exceedingly communal project. Most articles, even--if not especially--the best articles, wind up having had tens or hundreds of editors work on them. If you're bucking that trend, chances are it's going to be a frustrating road, or that you will be going against some suggestions that could be an asset as well. Thanks for your great interest and concern though--just keep a sense of how many people edit here and how many are trying to make good alterations to content (the vast majority).

Cheers! Ocaasi ^c 03:12, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great editors shouldn't leave because one guy is a dick. (I didn't follow this debate, so that's no comment on Kwami at all). If you have done all you can here, then great. I'm glad you did it. If you have more to do, then ask Kwami to wait until you finish, or argue the merits of the issue, or concede his point, or don't think that it must matter and edit anyway. What can I say, don't mistake a benign growth for a malignant one. Just because you bump into it doesn't mean it's gonna kill you! Cheers! Ocaasi ^c 03:32, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have brought this issue to ANI [2] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:48, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Cliff. FYI. Axl ¤ [Talk] 06:44, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am a Wikipedian, who is studying the phenomenon on Wikipedia. I need your help to conduct my research on about understanding "Motivation of Wikipedia contributors." I would like to invite you to Main Study. Please give me your valuable time, which estimates about 20 minutes. I chose you as a English Wikipedia user who made edits recently through the RecentChange page. Refer to the first page in the online survey form for more information on the study and me.cooldenny (talk) 01:34, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The best way to get support is by creating good articles. You are doing that thus have support :-) The rest only just adds icing. Keep up the good work.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:05, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thanks for the warm welcome on my edu policy in brazil page. :) I am slowly getting the hang of the wikipedia world, and it has been really cool to get so many comments from the community. I just wanted to say thank-you, and let you know that I am trying to make the final push on my article by the end of this coming weekend... not that it will ever be done, but in a good enough state that i am no longer doing major construction and have adequate completion for my school project. I would love any feedback on how to improve, expand, or if you even want to go in and help with things like NPOV. I'm not that good at the Wiki writing style, and all feedback/edits are welcome. Thanks again for looking over my article. Elizabetsyatbu (talk) 17:15, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Let me know if there where others. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:03, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Give him one more chance... --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:18, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Can you un-watchlist the pages that give you the most stress and focus on other pages for a while. Cancer is a huge area and there has to be a few where you do not need to interact with him --Guerillero | My Talk 01:30, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think / hope matters have been settled. We need people keeping an eye on medical pages to deal with poorly referenced content and vandalism. Having someone who knows something about the topic doing this is helpful. Hopefully Upload will put all cancer pages on his watchlist as I am getting tiered :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:47, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I struggled to find the offending edits in his contributions list. In any case, Wikipedia would be improved if he was topic-banned. Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:10, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would also note that User:Georgewilliamherbert told Kwami to stop editing cancer, and Kwami agreed - then promptly broke his promise on very thin grounds (at best). I will be asking this same person to re-intervene once more.

Lastly, I would like to welcome you, Mr. Guerillero, to the discussion, late as you may be, because as I recall, you have contributed about nil to the issue so far. I'd also respectfully suggest that you take a thorough look at the archives in the various complaint boards to see how Kwami has positioned himself throughout these events, and those similar to this one, over the past 2 or more years.

I hope this can be settled amicably and in short order this time. I will do all I can to see that it is. However, just FYI, if this hyphenation issue on the "-cell articles" is not settled this time, I intend to put together a complete and thorough report of all incidents of what I consider to be inappropriate conduct in the past, including the use of administrators tools and everything, and will not rest until either myself or the problems are ended. Now, not to toot my own horn, but I am an unquestioned expert in putting together investigative reports, and have done so for 20 years. I dont want any more trouble, but I will guarantee that if more trouble is forced upon me, there will be a lot that comes out into the open that noone, including me, wants.

Thank you for the opportunity to respond. Let me know what you want to do ... lets either settle this now, or lets get started with the "trial", because its not going to take me long to gather a lot of very problematic behaviors on the part of certain individuals that they will not be able to rebut very effectively. Just do a quick complaint archive search and you will see what I mean, and let me know what you think. And I apologize for any mistakes, past and present, that I've made.

Regards: Cliff L. Knickerbocker, MS (talk) 01:50, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I think this is settled. No need to debate it further. Now back to work :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:53, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would be helpful to have more people following WT:MED also if you turn your email on than we can send you stuff... Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:52, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm proposing to merge the anatomy articles Posterior border of lung, Anterior border of lung, and Inferior border of lung into one article: Borders of the lung. There's no consensus on the issue, and since it is supported by the Pulmonology task force, I was wondering if you could add your opinion at the merger discussion here: Talk:Borders of the lung.

Thanks, Kerowyn ^{Leave a note} 21:41, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Thank you very much for your helpful suggestions on Talk:Rhabdomyolysis, which you kindly left in the context of the peer review. The article is now on featured article candidates, and I was wondering if you could offer your views on the current state of the article, particularly whether it meets the featured article criteria. Thank you in advance. JFW | T@lk 10:38, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Cliff, if you're looking for someone with a hammer you must try that chap Thor (diff). I think the new edit could do with some formatting. I have not checked to Collins source to see if the edits can actually be sourced to it (but I suspect that it will, as these AFP papers tend to be quite comprehensive).

The main editor of the lung cancer article is Axl (talk · contribs), but he hasn't done much to it recently. I suffer too much from WP:OWN to lose touch with "my" featured articles for very long. JFW | T@lk 00:13, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there stranger... I'm Janet Fauke's Grandson Tyler. She told me that I should look you up on here... I spend most of my day on here anyways... I don't know exactly what she told you but she told me to bring up the subjects I'm interested in. She said you were a kindred spirit when it comes to science... I know I'm only 18 but these are the subjects I have been delving into...

• • • GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU, see your Talk Page ...

1. Quantum physics and Time theory

• • Awesome - hopefully we can yak about this a LOT, but I will just mention the BEST place for papers in this area, if you don't know about it already => http://arxiv.org

• • My favorite (non-hardcore-mathematical) writer in this area is Dr. Max Tegmark at MIT. I encourage you to e-mail him and tell him about yourself - he always answers mine! See http://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/ and http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/tegmark_max.html

2. DNA and gene therapy to cure tumors caused from fragmented strands of DNA

• • Cancer is my area. If you want, we can do some papers to be turned into publications together. I've got a few ideas (see the giant cell carcinoma section on my User Page, for example) that I think could end up in BIG journals.

3. I have invented a perpetual energy vehicle that requires no input

• • Dying to see your theories, because even goofs (no offense intended - LOL) can do wonders for understanding, but the 1st/2nd Laws of Thermodynamics says "this is impossible". 1st Law = "You Can't Win", 2nd Law = "You Can't Even Break Even"

4. Singularity Research and I disproved M Theory

• • Your math skills must DRAMATICALLY exceed mine then - I had Calc I, II, III and Differential Equations in college, that's it ... and that was 30 years ago! I will give you two pieces of advice - physics concepts are easy, its the math in physics thats hard. Math training is CRITICAL. If you have skills commensurate with M-theory-related work, you got MY butt kicked severely. I've studied statistics a lot the last 5 years, you need to take 20 minutes to master that. LOL!

5. I'm a writer and have been for years... I have an editor, staff, the whole nine yards

• • THIS factoid has PROFOUND implications IF you have any desire to work with me, because I hate to write manuscripts. HOWEVER, I can crank out "Top 5%" cancer research like crazy.

• • OFFER: Work with me on lung cancer - I do the idea, statistics, and conclusions, and show you what I'm doing in order to bring you up to the "Top 5%" level of knowledge on the subject. That "education" should take approximately 12 hours ... say 4 days at 3 hrs per. You do (most) of the writing and get the manuscripts to draft form, I do final copy editing and tweaking, we work together to submit. We could get at least one major publication per month.

6. Philosophy of existence and the subjective nature of the quantum universe

• • Very interesting topic. "Frog view", "bird view", or duality? See http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/tegmark_max.html

7. I'm a painter as well but that isn't exactly the most relevant thing... :)

• • I have ZERO taste, and could not draw a "stick man" with a ruler if my life depended on it. My talent = BOTTOM 5%

My grandma told me to talk to you because around southern Illinois I don't exactly know of too many people that are like me and study these things as hobbies... Get back to me whenever you can and hopefully I can have someone to do research and science theory with...

• • I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ANYTIME, just make sure you have LOTS of time, because I love the stuff, and like you, have no one to talk to because I am SO FAR BEYOND just about anyone I've ever worked with.

Thanks so much! -Tyler Fauke and Janet Fauke — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedisassembler (talk • contribs) 17:07, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• • I created/posted on your Talk Page, and also within yout text above ...

• • My office number is 618-993-8000. Call me as soon as you see this message on one of the three numbers I've left. TTYL bro.

Cliff Knickerbocker, M.S. ([[User talk:Uploadvirus|talk]]) (talk) 11:10, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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On 2 July 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Basaloid squamous cell lung carcinoma, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that basaloid squamous cell lung carcinoma was first described in 1992 and declared a lung cancer variant by the World Health Organization in 1999? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Please provide your input here on the legitimacy and desirability of accepting external links in relevant Wikipedia articles to MedMerits, a new and freely accessible online resource on neurologic disorders. Presto54 (talk) 03:21, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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We need to get you back to editing more :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:27, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey Cliff. Wondering if you are interested in getting involved in a project to first improve and than translate a bunch of medical articles. Our end will just be involving the improvement bit and translators without borders is taking care of the translation... The list of articles is here Book:Health care. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:18, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]