User talk:BrianMSweis

Welcome to Wikipedia

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! And a special welcome as a fellow neuroscientist! Please feel free to get in touch with me any time if you have any questions at all about editing here. --Tryptofish (talk) 16:31, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stress

I have to confess that the normal reaction on seeing a lot of new text added to an article (as you have done at Stress (biology)) is to wonder if a copyright violation has occurred! However, I see that you are well qualified and have kindly authored a lot of new material for the article. Excellent! My comment should be at the article talk page, but as it is concerned with a couple of issues that would be easy for a new editor to overlook, I thought I would mention them here (no reply is necessary, but I will see any reply here).

The lead of an article (the text before the Table of Contents, see WP:LEAD) is a summary of what follows. Any material in the lead must be a summary from a suitable section in the article. I don't know if you plan to restore some of the section headings that you removed, but something needs to be done because the article currently has a very long lead, including material that is not in the article.

Level 1 headings (for example, "=Biological background=") are never used. Headings should be level two ("==Example heading=="), with subheadings level three ("===An example subheading===").

Generally, an article should not be treated as a draft, so there should not be dummy sections that will be filled later. Instead, a user subpage can be created to hold a draft, where the material can be developed and later copied into the article. There are a couple of rules about copying material within Wikipedia: please ask here if interested (in essence, edit summaries with links to the original need to be used). I say "generally" because Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy and anything that leads to a good result is welcome.

Unfortunately the above notices show that there is a big problem with the image uploads. Everyone finds the upload process to be a total mystery, and very few get it right without practice. Image copyvios are very common and that is one area where Wikipedia does operate as a bureaucracy: an image without evidence of a suitable licence will be deleted. I know very little about this topic. I think you can ask a question at WP:Media copyright questions or at WP:HELPDESK. If you get an incomprehensible response, mention it here and I will try to interpret it. Johnuniq (talk) 07:24, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I really appreciate your time and comments! I have indeed been doing a lot of writing, but have been spending much more time reading Wikipedia etiquette and protocols and, as made obvious by those copyviolations above, spent a whole lot of doing trial and error.

I already attempted to correct some of the points you brought up (level headings beginning at level 2, dummy sections taken out temporarily, and updated image copyright information - from what I gather, the few images I uploaded should be fair game). I will definitely rework the article's lead, making sure to include what exactly is in the article - I guess I wrote it as sort of a very general introduction to the concept of stress with a "hook"........much of what the intro talks about (ambiguity in the definition of stress) however, is an important theme throughout the article and will hopefully get its own subheading within the article. BrianMSweis (talk) 08:37, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis.png listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:30, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In response to your feedback

I'm sorry you had such problems with image licensing. (Image uploading is probably the hardest thing to do in all of Wikipedia.) If you have questions in the future, I recommend going to the media copyright help desk.

Also, I just nominated one of your images for deletion. Wikipedia has really stringent requirements for the use of "non-free" images (that is, images that are copyrighted and not released under a free license)--you can read more at the relevant policy or, again, ask at the help desk above.

Good luck!

Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:34, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:Neuro Panic Disorder Serotonin.png

Thanks for uploading File:Neuro Panic Disorder Serotonin.png. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails the first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

Go to the media description page and edit it to add {{di-replaceable fair use disputed}}, without deleting the original replaceable fair use template.
On the image discussion page, write the reason why this image is not replaceable at all.

Alternatively, you can also choose to replace this non-free media by finding freely licensed media of the same subject, requesting that the copyright holder release this (or similar) media under a free license, or by taking a picture of it yourself.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these images fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification (7 days if uploaded before 13 July 2006), per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. —Bkell (talk) 19:47, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also the following images:

—Bkell (talk) 19:57, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Use of HPA axis diagram in a published book re: endocrinological disorders in pediatric cardiac patients.

Dear Brian-

I am working on a chapter in a book to be published regarding patients with congenital heart disease. I wanted to ask whether the diagram:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Basic_HPA_Axis.jpeg

is your original product, and if so, whether I could have permission to use it in the book. If so, how would you like to have the diagram references/cited (if at all). Thank you,

R. Amirnovin Children's Hospital Los Angeles Raamirno (talk) 19:35, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I may have gotten that from another online source allowing it to be used for educational purposes or from a figure a professor of mine used in the past. I don't have a problem letting others use it, but I don't think I'd be the ultimate authority for the use of that figure. To be on the safe side, I don't think it'd be to hard to re-create a similar figure....and I can help do that for you. I threw something quick together on microsoft word just now and can send you it via email if you like (my email address is sweis001@umn.edu). Happy holidays.BrianMSweis (talk) 20:26, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, I'm replacing the current figure with the one I just made to avoid future problems for others who wish to use this. Citing "Brian M. Sweis, MD/PhD Candidate, University of Minnesota, sweis001@umn.edu" would suffice and sending me a link of whereever it ends up so I can read and follow your work!! BrianMSweis (talk) 21:38, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brian_M_Sweis_HPA_Axis_Diagram_2012.pdf

BrianMSweis (talk) 21:07, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Brian-

Thank you so much for going through the added trouble of redoing the image-- that is very kind of you. I will be sure to let you know when the 3 volume medical texts are published. They will be covering a myriad of concerns regarding cardiac surgery in pediatric patients with heart disease. I wanted to clarify that you are okay with having your e-mail address published in the textbook? Thanks again...have a wonderful holidays.

Truly Rambod

Raamirno (talk) 16:30, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, using my email is ok. It was no trouble at all. Happy holidays. BrianMSweis (talk) 16:33, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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