User talk:Cacycle/Archive 05

Statement of the Burzynski Clinic regarding recent modifications to the articles "S.R. Burzynski" and "Antineoplastons"

In regards to the recent modifications to the content of the articles about Stanislaw R. Burzynski and Antineoplastons, we would like to clarify that the Burzynski Clinic chose to make editorial changes to both articles, using the caution required by the Wikipedia Conflict of Interest Policy and the Neutral Point of View Policy, to officially and explicitly dispute certain claims that we consider false or outdated.

Certain recent modifications to both articles seem to be an attempt to discredit the validity of scientific research and harm the reputation of Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, PhD.

Burzynski Clinic will submit to the Wikipedia Information Team an official document addressing each of the false and unverifiable claims included in both articles and provide verifiable references to each disputed point.

Burzynski Clinic requests an objective review of the provided references by the Wikipedia Information Team, in line with its Neutral Point of View Policy, and objective decision as to which content should be removed from these articles.

Public Relations Office, Burzynski Clinic --216.201.132.178 21:47, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please feel free to add missing information or corrections (including reliable sources) on the respective discussion pages of the articles. Thanks, Cacycle 23:21, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

AvB ÷ talk 20:00, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LSD Isomers

Could you make an image like the LSD Isomers image for Lysergic acid, thanks 202.161.6.175 06:18, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I have added it to Lysergic acid. Cacycle 18:51, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That was quick, thanks

Can I have your children?

Thanks a lot for fixing the regex on User:Lupin/recent2.js, I spent 2 hours to understand why it was broken, and I never found the perfect regex (I gave up after 6 hours) :). As a Lupin's tool addict, I'm glad someone took the time to rescue it :) -- lucasbfr ^talk 22:05, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Yes, this tool is dangerously addictive, I have noticed that today... Oh, and if you like cool tools then you should also try wikEd :-) Cacycle 23:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For fixing the Lupin's anti-vandal tool and putting efforts into stopping vandalism on Wikipedia, I award you this barnstar. Keep up the good work!--PrestonH^{(Review Me!) • (Sign Here!)} 23:27, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :-) Cacycle 23:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded! (Or thirded, or whatever ...) Philip Trueman 10:04, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Faurecia

A tag has been placed on Faurecia, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think that you can assert the notability of the subject, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. A ecis^Brievenbus 00:39, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see my response on Talk:Faurecia. Cacycle 00:45, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chemical Structures

I fixed the chemical structures which you told me were all wrong. Contrary to what you said, not all my tryptamine structures were wrong, I only counted about 10 or 11 out of the maybe 40 tryptamine pictures that I uploaded, and they were all missing the same double bond. I also appreciate the bold warning on Image:BOHD-3d-sticks.png which sounded like an ultimatum... "This structure is wrong, please do not use it!" Are you happy now? If you had checked the rest of my talk page, someone had already alerted me to the issue... Thanks. Sbrools ^{(talk . contribs)} 02:16, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, don't take it personally :-) I appreciate your restless work, keep on with it. Cacycle 02:26, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Methodist Ladies' College, Perth

Hi, I am just curious as to why you reverted my changes to Methodist Ladies' College, Perth. My changes involved removing POV, adding referenced information, and adding references to exisiting information. In my opinion this has improved the article. I have reverted your revert. I welcome your opinions and/or advice on these changes. Loopla 10:05, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that was a mistake, I had an Anti Vandal Tool session yesterday. Cacycle 16:12, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Java

I think I have localized the problem to User:Navou/Revert.js however I'm not good at the actual coding. I had copied all the user scripts over rather than transcluding so that if someone changed the master, mine would be unaffected. This has now had unintended consequences. I thought about reinstalling the recommended way, but I honestly don't know where to start. Could you take a look at this one? Any assistance you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance, Navou 02:35, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please check the respective tool description pages for installation instructions. Specifically, you do not have to copy any long code pages to subpages (like User:Navou/popups.js). Simply replace "User:Navou/popups.js" with the "User:Lupin/popups.js", the maintained official version, on your monobook.js page and delete that subpage. Cacycle 02:58, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

...for your help maintaining the recent changes script! Lupin|talk|popups 21:49, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome :-) Actually, I felt slightly guilty because I was messing with your code... Cacycle 01:53, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stanisław Burzyński

I know that having an article listed in both a category and its parent category is allowed (though discouraged), but it does clutter up the category page, which is my concern. I would suggest that maybe it would be better to have the pseudoscientific nature of Stanisław Burzyński's work explained more prominently in the article itself, perhaps including the addition of a "see also" section that links to pseudoscience, which is how many other articles do it. Does that sound okay to you? If so, I'd be happy to make those changes myself, or to have you do it (or to take it to the talk page of the article if you want more people involved). --Sapphic 19:56, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sapphic, my reasoning was that Category:Alternative medicine is not a logical subcategory of Category:Pseudoscience, it is merely a cross reference into another category tree. Therefore I would like to keep both categories in this article. Cacycle 20:56, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I follow your distinction, unless you're talking about the "list vs. topic" competing interpretations of categories. In any event, the point is at least temporarily on hold, as there is some disagreement and an ongoing debate as to whether Category:Alternative medicine should even be a "cross reference" to Category:Pseudoscience, as you put it. Maybe this is the same point you're making, although I've been spending more time recently discussing categorization with people who want to use them for their label-like properties so that's my mindset in dealing with these issues at the moment. I'm going to continue cleaning up the pseudoscience category (since only a small fraction of my changes have provoked any complaints) but won't be making any further changes to articles related to alternative medicine for the time being, because the ratio of complaints there is much higher and seem to be for completely different reasons. Thanks for your input on this matter, and if you wanted to contribute your views to any of the other discussions it would probably be helpful. Cheers, --Sapphic 21:16, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About Simple aromatic ring

Congratulations for revamping the PNG images in the table there! I see little point in substituting with SVGs now. I'll concentrate on deprecated JPEG and GIFs, and only really low quality PNGs, if there is any. Keep on the good job. — isilanes (talk|contribs) 12:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Cacycle 13:07, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lupin Anti Vandal Tool request

Can you fix the checkbox thing on Lupin's Ant-Vandal Tool to make it look more visible? I'm unable to rv/rollback vandalism because of this the checkbox thing. Please see the discussion here. Thank you in advance!--PrestonH^{(Review Me!) • (Sign Here!)} 21:27, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Lupin hasn't edit in a couple of days so I'm bringing this request to your talk page.

Please update (Shift-Reload), I have reverted it to the lastr good version and will try to fix it. Cacycle 23:32, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's fixed, please update (Shift-Reload). IE requires a tbody element. Cacycle 23:49, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also, may I make another request? The tool is working sluggishly because every time scroll down with a list of suspected edits it takes a few seconds for it scroll down each time and it nearly crash my browser. THere is also an error message on this tool about regexp *{10,}. Can you remove it and help make the tool less sluggish? Thank's in advance!--PrestonH^{(Review Me!) • (Sign Here!)} 04:45, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The processing is a time consuming process, there is probably not much we can do about it. You might want to get a faster computer or switch to Firefox. The regexp has already been fixed days ago, you have to clear your browser cache and reload the badwords list as described on top of that page. Cacycle 13:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Modified version of wikEd

Do you think you could make a modified version of wikEd that only highlights <ref, </ref>, and everything in between those two tags, and nothing else? I would find it to be a very useful script. Thank you. (messedrocker • talk) 02:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about cycling through "standard", "hide ref tags", and "hide non-ref text" using the existing ref toggle button . Might take a while though. Cacycle 02:32, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, but what if I don't want any of the other glitter that wikEd comes with? (messedrocker • talk) 02:39, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Then you have a problem ;-) It would be possible to dissect it out, but you always need at least a few buttons to manage formatted content as opposed to standard plain text. What's wrong with the glitter - is it buttons that you don't need, slow execution or loading times, small screen resolution... I could add a few toolbar-hiding options. Cacycle 02:47, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ion exchange

I read your corrections of the article ion exchange. Sorry to argue, but complex formation is not a primary theory of ion exchange. It simply does not explain the most typical ion exchange reactions. For example, there are no complexes in the exchange system hydrogen - sodium - sulphonic resin. This exchange is a purely physical phenomenon. There is no complex formation in zeolites. Many more examples can be mentioned. Thus, I reduced number of references to complexes in the article trying to preserve your contribution in other senses. I also rearranged paragraphs to do the article more organised. If you do not agree, I am open for discussion.Y2000 18:05, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead, it was just a quick edit to clean up the worst... I have just wikified and polished your edit a bit. Cacycle 18:32, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Furan

Somebody converted your broad one line drawing of several furan structures into a two line version, and by the copy past procedure the quality suffered. Is it possible for you to create a two line version from original data, although the drawing is from 2005? Thanks --Stone 12:34, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have fixed the image size in the template, it was a problem of rescaling the image. I still have the original files and will sometimes generate high-res versions. Cacycle 12:54, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anti vandal tool problems (portuguese version)

Hi Cacycle. I saw your contributions in Anti vandal tool code. I updated portuguese version and badwords filter doesn't work anymore. Test code is here and works well with english version badwords list but doesn't work with this simple example. It freezes the browser. Complete list is here but I think I got to convert some expressions according to anti vandal tool last version. I would appreciate any help. Mosca2 09:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does it work with the complete list and what happens if you add a phrase in backslashes to the test list. Cacycle 12:46, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Same problem with this example. I made a test with anti vandal tool original code in english changing only these lines:

 badwordsUrl:          'Usu%E1rio:Mosca/antivandaltool/badwords',
 filterPage:           'Wikipedia:Software/Anti-vandal_tool/Filtro_de_mudan%C3%A7as_recentes',

But have the same problem.

Notes:

I didn't forgot to purge cache of badwords list [1]
Tested on Firefox 2.0.0.4 / Windows XP SP2
If I remove this edit from the code, the browser doesn't freeze, keeps updating empty "feeds/lines":

(0) updating...

(1) updating...

(2) updating...

Mosca2 08:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another weird thing: complete list works as I said previously. Parcial list doesn't. Mosca2 09:19, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My guess is that the you need forward (/test/) (or not slashed) as well as backward slashed (\test\) entries in the same list, please could you check that out. If that solves the problems I will fix the code. Cacycle 15:37, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It works! Mosca2 18:27, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you fix it? I hope we don't need to adopt that solution to all words in blacklist. That would be a nightmare. Mosca2 07:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A single backslash entry for the whole list should do it :-) I am quite busy, please give me a few weeks to make any lower-priority script changes. Cacycle 12:59, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. No pressure. Anyway the previous version of Anti vandal tool still works even with minor problems. Mosca2 05:59, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A lobby of editors are trying to provoke me for a edit war.

They are removing cited articles http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pranava_Veda&diff=next&oldid=143660034

I tried to put the same at Veda but they took off the same. Now I created a separate page. They are taking that off too. Kindly help me I am a new user here and I do not know what to doBalanceRestored 08:38, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After a quick look at those article histories and discusions I suggest that you relax and follow your unblock restrictions in order to prevent an indefinite block. Cacycle 12:55, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:EditTool

A template you created, Template:EditTool, has been marked for deletion as a deprecated and orphaned template. If, after 14 days, there has been no objection, the template will be deleted. If you wish to object to its deletion, please list your objection here and feel free to remove the {{deprecated}} tag from the template. If you feel the deletion is appropriate, no further action is necessary. Thanks for your attention. --MZMcBride 18:04, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Extension!

Hello!

Don't you want make a Firefox extension from WikiEd? I Think it is a very useful thing. Thnaks for answer! PEDA from hungarian wiki (my answer/discussion page). --212.108.245.140 00:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

==FNORD==

Hi! This is Icarus!, being non-Wiki (I'm not logged in...), saying thanx for the work on the Discordianism page! Keep it up!24.176.20.60 16:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Safari bug

He Cacycle, when testing wikEdDiff I noticed my diff's didn't contain any 'v'-chars. Tracked the problem to diff.js doing replace(/[\t\v\u00a0\u2028\u2029]+/g, ' ') Safari's regexp does not support \v and instead matches it to 'v'. I reported the issue to Apple as well, but thought you might wanna know. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I will replace it with the Unicode equivalent. Cacycle 20:32, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done, please update by bypassing your browser cache (Shift-Reload?). Cacycle 23:43, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for improving the Feline facial pheromone article. I learned something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.212.250 (talk) 00:24, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I have now added the chemical structures. Cacycle 03:58, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week

WikiProject Pharmacology is currently organizing a new Collaboration of the Week program, designed to bring drug and medication related articles up to featured status. We're currently soliciting nominations and/or voting on nominations for the first WP:RxCOTW, to begin on September 5, 2007. Please stop by the Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week page to participate! Thanks! Dr. Cash 17:47, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cacycle Diff color key?

Is there any existing color key that explain the meaning of the various colors used by the WikEDdiff implementation?? Circeus 18:57, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The colors are moved blocks, the text has the same color as the original position indicator. Cacycle 23:54, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week

Aspirin has been selected as this week's Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week! Please help us bring this article up to featured standards during the week. The goal is to nominate this at WP:FAC on September 10, 2007.

Also, please visitWP:RxCOTW to support other articles for the next COTW. Articles that have been nominated thus far include Doxorubicin, Paracetamol (in the lead with 4 support votes so far), Muscle relaxant, Ethanol, and Bufotenin.

In other news:

Bupropion has been promoted to featured status on August 31, 2007.

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology main page has been updated and overhauled, to make it easier to find things, as well as to highlight other goals and announcements for the project.

Garrondo is asking for individuals to help review Therapies for multiple sclerosis, as he is considering nominating this article for GA status.

Fvasconcellos notes that discussion is ongoing regarding the current wording of MEDMOS on including dosage information in drug articles. All input is welcome.

Dr. Cash 00:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Polyketide

Thanks for catching my mistake and putting polyketide back into the polyketide antibiotics category. I didn't mean to remove that one. --Ed (Edgar181) 20:04, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Psychedelics, Dissociatives and Deliriants

Hello again. I noticed that a) you edit/are interested in articles related to hallucinogens, and b) you've contributed to the ongoing discussion on the WikiProject Psychedelics, Dissociatives and Deliriants project page. If you're interested, please feel free to join the project! (by the way, I responded to your comment about the See also sections on my talk page, just in case you missed it :)) ~ Danelo 21:27, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

'See also' section

Me and another editor had some difficulties at the Romanianization page because of the definition at 'See also' section. I just couldn't believe it is defined like that while most 'See also'-s on Wikipedia could easily be deleted based on that definition. Would you mind clarifying what is this section about? I mean is there a definition we can really use? Squash Racket 15:10, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. Just seen there is debate goin' on about this at the 'Guide to layout'. And also if you could advise us something on that article as a third party. What would you include and what would you delete? See also article's talk page.
I could use that info at other articles too. Squash Racket 15:13, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will probably propose something similar to: "The See also section is an important navigational aid. Links should point the reader to closely related related articles. Links should be followed by a short explanation or comment. The See also section should not be an indiscriminate repetition of the links from the article." Cacycle 15:42, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Pharmacology Update

Here's a brief update in some of the recent developments of WikiProject Pharmacology!

Aspirin has just completed its two week run as the first Collaboration of the Week! Many thanks to those editors that contributed; the article got a lot of good work accomplished, and in particular, much work was done in fixing up the history section. It's still not quite "done" yet (is a wikipedia article really ever done?), but after two weeks I think it's more important to push onwards with the development of the new collaboration of the week program. I will be fixing up Aspirin in the next few days and possibly nominating it for either GA or FA status.

Muscle relaxant has been selected as the new Collaboration of the week until October 2, 2007! This article is currently rated as a "stub", so it's got quite a bit of work cut out for collaborators! Admittedly, featured status could be a long way off,... but still attainable! At the least, maybe we could at least get it up to meeting the Good article criteria? Please stop by the article and help improve it.

Resveratrol, having recently achieved GA status on August 16, 2007, is now making a run for featured status. This is quite a fascinating compound. If you can, please stop by its discussion page and leave comments in support of it.

Please remember that Wikipedia is not a forum for discussing or dispensing medical advice amongst users. Specifically, talk pages of articles should only be used to discuss improving the actual article in question. To help alleviate this situation, the template {{talkheader}} may be added to the top of talk pages, reminding users of the purpose of such pages. Additionally, unsigned comments and comments by anonymous users that are inappropriate may be removed from talk pages without being considered vandalism.

There was an interesting article on ZDNet last week about Hewlett Packard licensing its patented microneedle technology used in common inkjet printers to be used in transdermal patches to deliver a time-controlled release of drugs to patients. This information could be added to articles such as route of administration or drug delivery.

You are receiving this message because you are listed as one of the participants of WikiProject Pharmacology.

Dr. Cash 05:02, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Beta-carbolines

Any special reason you might have reverted my edits on beta-carbolines?

WriterHound 02:36, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, it had reverted all your contributions instead of just your last edit. I have reinstated the pre-revert version and removed the single link by hand - it had nothing to do with the topic and does not look like a reliable source. Cacycle 14:34, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Translations

How do the translation links work on your user page? I like to translate some articles, but Google translate, although it's really good, isn't really suited for translating Wikipedia articles for putting them into a new language.

Thanks!

WriterHound 02:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

These links are part of the navigation box for the editor extension wikEd (check it out!). Cacycle 14:37, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Imidazole chemical structure.png

In the comment of the versions' table of this image it is written, that this image is from you. If so, could it be that the structure is numbered incorrectly? I found another numbering (clockwise) on pages about IUPAC nomenclature: [2], [3]. I'm no prof, but it seems that you've drawn the 3H-isomer rather than the 1H-isomer, haven't you?

—Markus Prokott 07:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whitespace

What do you think of Bugzilla:11498? — Omegatron 02:56, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Need the high-resolution Photoshop file of two moving spirals scroll pump

As you can imagine I need the high-resolution Photoshop file of two moving spirals scroll pump,for my exam. Thanx in advance Miladin Markovic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.143.221.51 (talk) 14:08, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will try to locate that file, please register a Wikipedia username, add your email to your profile, and allow emails sent to your email via the Wikipedia user interface. Thanks, Cacycle 16:26, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent it to you - please reply here if you did not receive it or have problems. Cacycle 03:05, 5 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

g-force

Why is it that you believe the word "force" in "g-force" should be capitalized? Source? Robert K S 20:36, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It should be capitalized like every other noun only if it starts a sentence (or in title of an article). The "g" is a prefix, the main noun starts with "force". Cacycle 20:42, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I could not find a general Wikipedia guideline, but I think it is similar to other prefixes such as greek letters (alpha-Mannosidase, beta-Hydroxybutyric acid) and numbers (1,1,1-Trichloroethane). All such articles must have a redirect from the all-lowercase version (which is the case for the examples as well as the g-force article). Cacycle 21:07, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, interesting perspective. I didn't consider g- to be a prefix a la alpha- and beta- in the examples you provide, but I don't know enough about it to rebut this perspective. I think whatever the standard usage is for the term "g-force" in other textbooks etc. should trump any guideline inferred from the usage in other articles, though. Robert K S 21:51, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Mytalk

Please don't redirect anything to Special:Mytalk, that's a magic word page that means different things to different Users. Corvus cornix 03:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is on a test page in my userspace and I need it to figure out the IP of a live mirror. Сасусlе 03:18, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Everybody who clicks on it will see something different. Corvus cornix 19:37, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's the point ;-)

The idea was to get the IP address of a live mirror of Wikipedia that blocks access to Special:Mypage. Unfortunately, redirects to Special pages do not work. Anyway, it was on User:Cacycle/test, a test page in my own userspace, so you should not care about it or flag it for speedy deletion. Сасусlе 23:01, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hello

hello. i am a new wikipediaen here >iam a member at arabic wikipedia < can you help me. --Osamahw 15:27, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]