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What POV means

An adjective is not POV when the subsequent text amply justifies it. This is clearly the case with Thomas Wharton Jones in the T.H. Huxley article. Macdonald-ross (talk) 07:51, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not saying that he was not remarkable, but I think it is for the readers of the article, and not for its authors, to decide whether this adjective is justified. - Shinryuu (talk) 08:08, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Core promoter

I just saw your note as I was away from WP. I'd deleted the article as an outcome of the ANI, the user had been copying content from within WP and outside WP without paraphrasing or attribution, some of it directly lifted from external sources. Most of the content in the articles were placed in multiple locations so it was quite difficult to figure out what was original and what was copied etc. I can email you the content if you wish to check it for copyvio and for the attribution trail (as a lot of this is CC-BY content and needs attribution, but the user did not provide that). Once you do that I can restore the article without the copyvio parts and add the attribution trail for you to work on. cheers. —SpacemanSpiff 06:48, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back. It would be great if you could mail me the article, my address is shinryuu at gmx dot net. I'll try to sift through the mess, Google is my friend ;-) --Shinryuu (talk) 12:26, 6 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: I'm currently on vacation but will address these issues as soon as I'm back. Thanks for the info! Shinryuu (talk) 15:26, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Early 35 kDa protein

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		Thanks for responding to my {{clarify}} tags over at ibrutinib. The lead is a lot more readable to a lay person now. Your efforts are appreciated. –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:05, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Class III transposons

Hello. I strongly apologise to bother you, but if you do not mind, I would like to ask a question regarding the article Transposable element. I believe it should include some information on the so-called Class III TEs (see: Pierre Capy et al., Dynamics and Evolution of Transposable Elements, 1998).

E.g. some papers refer to MITEs as Class III: Multigenome analysis implicates miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in metabolic diversification in eudicots.
Another example may be Foldback (FB) elements, see e.g.: The transposable elements of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatin: a genomics perspective.
John Baez (2017) described Class III TEs as a grab-bag consisting of transposons that don't clearly fit into the other two categories, and added: Examples include the "Foldback" elements in fruit flies, the "Tu" elements in sea urchins, and "MITEs", or "miniature inverted repeat transposable elements", which are found mainly in plants and fungi.

If you find some time, could you briefly describe Class III TEs, please? Since you are an expert in the field of biology and an experienced Wikipedia user, I decided to rely on your knowledge here. Thank you very much. Kind regards, --Pinoczet (talk) 03:20, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Pino, thanks for the kind words! I took a quick look at the papers you posted here and also at the discussion on your talk page, and it seems to me that class III transposons are not very clearly defined; different research groups seem to use the term differently. Since I am not an expert on transposons, I am afraid I cannot contribute much more than has already been said. If no widely accepted definition exists, I suggest we mention this in the article and cite the papers that use the term as references. What do you think? Unfortunately I am rather busy at the moment and might get around to taking a closer look at the matter no earlier than November. --Shinryuu (talk) 21:47, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the reply, I appreciate it. Yes, I agree with you. Perhaps, at least for now, two or three sentences would be sufficient? It seems reasonable to just define class III TEs and give the examples (Foldbacks, TU elements, MITEs), I believe. I must admit I have difficulty with the correct wording of this paragraph so that it is acceptable according to Wikipedia standards. If you find some time to add it, e.g. at the end of the Classification section, I will be very grateful. What are your thoughts? PS. Regarding further edits on the subject, it may even be possible to create a separate article in the future, thanks to the efforts of TobyBrann who is an expert in the field of transposons. Kind regards, --Pinoczet (talk) 00:45, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I hope you are doing well. It has been a while, and I wanted to ask if you hit on any idea? Thank you. Kind regards, --Pinoczet (talk) 23:30, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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	I am a relative of Alexander Dounce and we have long wondered who authored the Alexander Dounce wikipedia page. It is very well done and accurate. Thank you for your excellent contribution to our family history. RNA12091909 (talk) 13:27, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, that is very kind of you. I am a biologist/biochemist myself and wrote that article when I was a PhD student working in the lab. Douncers were among the tools we used, so I wondered where that name came from and who invented them but found nothing on Wikipedia. With spare time between experiments and access to our campus library, I did some literature research myself and wrote the article. I am happy that you like it!

Since you are a relative of Alexander Dounce, may I ask if you have a good photo of him that you could upload to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons? The one that I added to the article is fairly low-res, but it was the only one I could find.

Thank you and best wishes, Shinryuu (talk) 14:59, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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