User talk:Ciar/2008 archive

THANK YOU!

Hi Ciar! Thanks for resizing my pic! (I had thought the minimizing fairies came to help, LOL!) I am not very good at this stuff yet, just stumbling around getting my bearings ... I will look up the things you suggest, thanks! and thanks again for making my page pretty! hugs, MimiBelle —Preceding unsigned comment added by MimiBelle (talk • contribs) 06:56, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

OOPS

oops i didnt sign it right, I am trying again, i hope this works MimiBelle (talk) 07:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

question

Ciar,

thanks again for fixing my image.

you say:

Play around and change the settings (right/left/center or different px values) and see what it does!! Mostly when I'm adding images to articles I use the same format Willow has used above (look at he code :o))!

where are the settings found? I just took the image name from wikipedia commons, and put it in double bracket into my page, but i dont know where settings are located.

also, how do i see the code?

I'm VERY new at this, lol!

thanks,MimiBelle (talk) 07:14, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

MORE I dont know what to do to indent my replies ... but the good news is that i figured out how to add another image (Alma-Tadema) and make it the right size, wow, fun! thanks for your wonderful instructions! I also figured out how to add the little frame and the caption to the new image I added, but I couldn't seem to add the frame and caption to the Bougeureau, can you tell me what i need to do differently? much thanks! MimiBelle (talk) 03:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I FIGURED IT OUT! I just forgot to add "thumb", now it works, YAY! MimiBelle (talk) 04:01, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

THANKS

for showing me

how this works!!!

I never did html code before but i think i am understanding now how to read it in the edit pages!

i saw your page on immunology and cellular biology, my daughter is in rotations and she is interested in research, i bet she has read it but i will send it to her. I am interested in the quirkier side, like Dr. Bruce Lipton, a cellular biologist and epigenetics scientist.

THANKS AGAIN! MimiBelle (talk) 21:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

PS thanks for giving me the welcome info, that is lots of help! hmmmm, now i cant remember the page i saw, but it was impressive, and somehow i knew that it was yours. MimiBelle (talk) 21:47, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Vandal

Blocked, they were contributing nothing useful. Tim Vickers (talk) 19:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Rotavirus

Hi Ciar, Would you have time to re-visit the Rotavirus FAC. I don't really know how these things work, but Sandy might be waiting for a response from you before coming to a decision. I'm turning into a nervous wreck. Best wishes. Graham. --GrahamColm^Talk 16:54, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Help with citing

Thanks for your help. That made things way easier. --Saritamackita (talk) 22:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Canine Distemper and Canine Parvovirus

Hey, I see you are into viruses! I like them too!! (you know what I mean). I have been trying to work today on Canine Distemper and although I believe I've improved it some, it and Canine Parvovirus still need a lot of work. These are highly important dog viruses and really would deserve an expert in the field (as I see you are... :) )

Anyway, just a thought...if you have time. take care and good luck with your non-wiki work as well. --Saritamackita (talk) 07:45, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

More Help With Citing?

Hey, sorry to bother you again, but you've been so helpful!! Anyway, I was wondering if you knew of a quick way to site books off of the google search. Thanks mucho mucho. Saritamackita (talk) 17:59, 17 March 2008 (UTC) awesome!! thanks!

oh, and I'd also like to say that the specifics on the viruses Canine Distemper and Canine Parvovirus would definitely be the most appreciated. I only studied foreign languages in college, and although I like science I don't feel like I have the expertise needed to talk about that subject matter. take care! Saritamackita (talk) 21:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Herpes simplex review

Ciar, glad to help. I just regret that I lack the expertise to assess the balance of the article - there is so much literature that I think this type of subject matter is the hardest to get polished. Luckily WikiProject Viruses appears to have a goodly collection of qualified editors. Happy editing - Peripitus (Talk) 11:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Vidarabine

Although no longer used, do you think I should post a short history of its use leading up to the Acyclovir era or it's moot? Anything else in herpes or neonatal herpes you' like to see? If you need references, I have about 200 mostly on neonatal HSV that I accumulated researching a paper. Those were just the ones I saved. Let me know.pikipiki (talk) 10:44, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Seroconversion, triggers & more!

Dear Ciar,

I have read the Herpes Simplex page on Wikipedia, and had some very specific questions with some of the stated facts. Sadly, there is no direct reference to the particular statements that I am referring to in the article, so I can’t check it up myself. The statements are:

Antibodies that develop following an initial infection with that type of HSV prevents reinfection with the same herpes type - a person with a history of a cold sore caused by HSV-1 cannot contract a herpes whitlow or genital infection caused by HSV-1.

If an oral HSV-1 infection is contracted first, seroconversion will have occurred after 6 weeks to provide protective antibodies against a future genital HSV-1 infection.

I have checked other websites and documents, just to double check this information and I haven’t found any direct discussions on the matter. Actually, there are not many discussions on cases where the two individuals are already seropositive for HSV-1. I wish only to verify the validity of these statements, because some articles have made me question these statements (see below).

I am myself a biology student in university and find the two statements above knowledgeable, but I have read a lot on the case of autoinfection; where one infects himself on another part of the body (see http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1118961). In the article, the individual has been seropositive for 60 years, and has the antibodies for the virus, how can it be possible to infect other parts of the same body? This type of autoinfection is mentioned commonly (on other websites) when considering herpes whitlow or ocular herpes. It is also mentioned in the wikipedia page, but only covers the topic during the primary infection. It is also mentioned in the French version of this Wikipedia topic, but with one reference, I do not trust it completely. If you could clear things up for me, considering your expertise, I would greatly appreciate it.

Furthermore, one question comes to mind while reading the triggers; can one seropositive individual (either having a visible cold sore or by asymptomatic shedding) reactivate the virus in another seropositive individual through direct contact?

Thank you for your precious time.

Sincerely,

Dragan22 (talk) 22:55, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I've already posted this somewhere possibly in the article but I've done so much writing I don't remember where. Autoinoculation usually takes place during primary infection. Typically a young child with an oral herpes infection would give himself a herpetic whitlow while sucking his thumb. After seroconversion, an immunocompetent person will not get another infection of whatever type (1 or 2) in another site. pikipiki (talk) 10:51, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your prompt reply to my post on Talk:B cell. I have posted my reply there Talk:B cell#B-1 cell v/s naive cell. Well, I wasn't knowing you had something "important other than Wikipedia projects to handle", so you may ignore my pointing out to you about secondary immune response (Talk:B cell#Secondary immune response). If and when you find time, please do something about the fact that there's no template for cell biology, in general, and needless to say, it's a very important and vast subject in biology. Firstly, I don't know how to make a template, and more so don't really know what subtopics require to be added under the specialty of cell biology.

Bye. Wish you a good day.

Ketan Panchal, MBBS (talk) 07:28, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

re: Gene/Protein stub bot

Indeed, though it wasn't as if any coding was required, just getting my finger... ahem, around to doing it. :) But it's nice to have one's efforts noticed! Alai (talk) 16:00, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Preformed v performed

Just wanted to let you know the bot correction of "preformed" on the degranulation page was inaccurate - preformed, in that case, meant formed beforehand and wasn't a typo. I don't know if this may come up on other pages, but you may need to keep a look out. ~ Ciar ~ _{(Talk to me!)} 19:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

D'oh! Sorry about that. I have been keeping an eye out for that usage, but obviously not a close enough one. I've added the degranulation case to my bot's exception list so it won't happen again. Thanks, CmdrObot (talk) 19:45, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Citations

Do you have any idea how to import citations from Bibtex to wiki? I do it manually now and it's a temendous pain. I have 250 references in Bibtex that I can zap into word, but in Wiki I usually just copy another citation and then manually paste all the fields individually. There has to be a better way. thanks pikipiki (talk) 12:02, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I just reread my talk page and checked out the other citation manager by diberri. It's a dream! Of course I figure that out when I'm just about done editing the references (consolidating dupes, adding URLs,polishing syntax, etc.) I did most of it with srcf convertor. Better than manually. What more can we do to win the wiki olympic gold editing medal? Anyway, thanks for the advice. pikipiki (talk) 11:07, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Archaea

Thanks for your comments in the FAC. I've made some changes that I hope will deal with your concerns. Tim Vickers (talk) 20:10, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Polyclonal B cell response

Hello!

I'd nominated this article for FA immediately after it got promoted to the GA-status. Needless to say, there are many issues with it. JFW suggested that I contact DO11.10 and you if you could look into it and make some improvements. This is where the comments are.

Thanks in advance.

PS: I think I'd communicated with you some time in the past; though I don't remember the context. Of course, that's not to mean that I expect you to remember ;-)

—KetanPanchal^taLK 12:47, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Post-PS: Yes, now I remember. I think that was on the talk page of B cell, where we were discussing the B1 and B2 cells. —KetanPanchal^taLK 12:49, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Herpes simplex

Hi Ciar. Please see Talk:Herpes_simplex#Copyedit_Complete. Happy editing! Livitup (talk) 19:52, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Survey request

Hi,
I need your help. I am working on a research project at Boston College, studying creation of medical information on Wikipedia. You are being contacted, because you have been identified as an important contributor to one or more articles.

Would you will be willing to answer a few questions about your experience? We've done considerable background research, but we would also like to gather the insight of the actual editors. Details about the project can be found at the user page of the project leader, geraldckane. Survey questions can be found at geraldckane/medsurvey. Your privacy and confidentiality will be strictly protected!

The questions should only take a few minutes. I hope you will be willing to complete the survey, as we do value your insight. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Professor Kane if you have any questions.

Thank You, BCeagle0312 (talk) 18:14, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

AfD list

Hi there, thanks for your comments on proteostasis, I was wondering if you wanted to help out with other deletion discussions. If you were interested you could watchlist Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Science and maybe Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Medicine. All the best Tim Vickers (talk) 05:57, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

is this correct ?

men | T@lk 22:20, 24 July 2008 (UTC): I am wondering right now if this is right how i explained it Basophil activation. Is the IgE already bound on the FCreceptor when the allergen binds to the IgE or binds the IgE the allergen first and then attach to the Fc receptor .......... hmmm i think i have to draw a new picture what do you think ?

men | T@lk 22:59, 24 July 2008 (UTC): ok, i edited the article because i think i was wrong, but i would like to know if i was realy wrong. here are the two oportunities:

• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Basophil_activation.JPG
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Degranulationright.JPG

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