User talk:BreathDriver

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May 2022

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Ralston College, from its old location at User:BreathDriver/sandbox. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Nathan2055^{talk - contribs} 21:57, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ralston College (May 23)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Gusfriend were:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Reference 1 is a primary source, 2 is just an entry on a directory (i.e. shows that it exists) and 3 is about a donation of a building. Needs references from newspapers, magazines, etc.

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Gusfriend (talk) 10:46, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Concern regarding Draft:Ralston College

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 08:23, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Heated humidified high-flow therapy

Hi,

The use of medical abbreviations is jargon – and this statement has nothing to do with my medical specialty. I understand these medical abbreviations perfectly. However, average Wikipedia readers, who are not physicians, respiratory therapists, or nurses, probably do not. We should all strive to keep the average reader in mind, and not write in the type of language that we are familiar with because of our expertise. Additionally, the abbreviations in this article are used very sparingly, so they do not serve to save space. (FDA is used once – why abbreviate it at all? Does an Australian or Scot know what FDA is? Clicking on CPAP redirects to the Positive airway pressure article because it is the preferable term; there is no article titled CPAP. Please read, or re-read Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations.)

I also did not appreciate your sarcasm directed to me in your edit summary. Except in cases of obvious vandalism, you should assume that edits are done in good faith. My lane is improving Wikipedia.

Ira

Ira Leviton (talk) 11:04, 16 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you read Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations that you so kindly offered, you would see my use is correct. Specifically read the line "Another exception is when something is most commonly known by its acronym." This is why COPD and CPAP are used. People know that much better than the written out names. Also, if you read Positive airway pressure, you would see CPAP is in the first few sentences of that article as that is a nonspecific term that encompasses both BIPAP and CPAP and is not what it is known as. Think of it like using the genus vs the species of an animal. People don't call a horse an equus.

I don't care about an edit on the use of FDA. However, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Write first occurrences in full to see what would be and appropriate argument for changing it.

Your tone indicates your edit was not done in good faith but instead you are a combative editor. Also, you have shown it was not based on knowledge of manual of style. This means you were vandalizing.

Regards BreathDriver (talk) 18:46, 17 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]