Janet Brindley

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{{help me}} the Buteyko method article has several WP:ALLEGED words, WP:CLAIM words and WP:WEASEL statements. It will be very tedious to have to go through these one by one. Is that the accepted procedure?

When you say go through them "one by one", do you mean make each single change in a separately saved edit? If so, no you do not need to do that. Just perform your copyedit of the article and leave a good, descriptive edit summary—maybe something like: "copyedit: mostly to remove words and statements that fall under [[WP:ALLEGED]], [[WP:CLAIM]] and [[WP:WEASEL]]". If you simply meant do you have to go through the entire article removing/fixing/tweaking each problem, well yes, how else could it get done? Bots are fine at reverting obvious vandalism, making repetitive changes for repetitive situations. They are utterly useless at making nuanced editorial judgment calls.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:06, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Name change

I have used my own name as user name and have been advised that it may cause conflict of interest, how can I change it please.

You can go to Wikipedia:Changing username and request for a change of name there. A bureaucrat will do it. See Special:ListUsers to see if your proposed username is already taken. However changing your name in this way will keep a record of your previous name, so if you do not want anyone to see your real name just create a new account.

Janet, I can understand a need for anonymity, and your username change helps in that regard, but I think you are misunderstanding things. You HAVE a COI, and the name change doesn't change that fact. You are an expert practitioner and teacher of the Buteyko method. Fine. Your input on the article's talk page will be welcomed, but be careful about your COI status. It does not give you any greater rights here than any other editor, and if you assert that your special knowledge gives you more rights, you'll get a negative reaction. So....just work patiently, neutrally, and provide good RS. Discuss and convince, using policy-based arguments, but don't start advocating for the method. I'm not saying you've done that, but others in your position have done so, so I'm just sharing so you can learn from others' experience. Good luck. -- Brangifer (talk) 06:08, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks I am new to all this and I did misunderstand what Yobol meant. Yesterday I read the COI section and advantages and disadvantages to keeping your real name. As a result of the possibility of harrassment (having read through past talk comments) I will stay with a nickname. From a research scientist point of view I think the article has a way to go before it has a neutral tone.Jarc 07:06, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

References

Can you tell me what the symbols ^ and ab or abcd or nothing before a reference mean. I am looking at the references for the 'Buteyko Method article' Jarc 14:31, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

• Those symbols are actually links to the article content supported by the footnote. When you see the ^ symbol by itself, you can click on that symbol and the link will take you to the article content. The ^ symbol, followed by ab or abcd, indicates that the specific footnote is used to support multiple statements within the article. When you click on one of the letters (a, b, c or d), each link will direct you to the content support by the footnote. You can find more information here: Wikipedia:Inline_citation#Reference_Section_and_Cite.php. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 15:49, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

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