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pilates

Well, I'll see what I can do. I know some pilates teachers (and will see one next month) and have taken a few sessions. That's all. I haven't heard of Stott Pilates. Kdammers (talk) 02:56, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Yakut familiars

I am interested in the edit that you made to the Yekyua article today (9 Nov. 2008), placing Yakut familiars as part of Alternative Medicine. I understand that shaman have a role in their societies as healers; however how does the existence of their familiars relate to "theories on the nature of health and illness"? Would not the Wikiproject banner for Alternative Medicine be more usefully placed on an article that actually discusses "theories on the nature of health and illness"? --Bejnar (talk) 03:05, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. If the article talked about the health providing function of familiars in Yakut society, I could see tagging it under Alternative Medicine. It doesn't. There is no indication of such use of familiars by the Yakut. You said that tagging it can't hurt; but it can in a couple of ways. People seeking Alternative Medicine articles can become frustrated when a listed article has nothing to do with Alternative Medicine. It therefore dilutes the meaning of the banner, and hence dilutes the resources of the project. --Bejnar (talk) 03:32, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

The familiars are presumably used by the shaman so they have something to do with healing? If it isn't mentioned in the article and it should be, it may be because it's a stub and incomplete. Wikipedia is not complete- that's why we aren't used as a source for our own articles. I'll fix it- you see this is why having the banner there is useful.:) Sticky Parkin 03:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Shamans have other roles than just healing. My reading on Siberian shamans has not indicated any role for shaman familiars in the shaman's healer role. At such time as that evidence comes to light (assuming there is any), then it would be appropriate to add it to the article and add the article to the Wikiproject. At this point your basis for adding the article to the Wikiproject is mere supposition. The real question is whether projected relevance is adequate in place of actual relevance in including an article under a Wikiproject. Tom Lehrer is often quoted for his statement "When correctly viewed, everything is lewd." In general, focusing on core articles in projects is more likely to produce useful content, rather than diluting the focus. --Bejnar (talk) 03:48, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Issue with PromoProductions

I just wasnt to tell you I have nothing to do with this. [[1]] all I wanted was my account back and would refrain from any unconstructive edits. Other editors don't want me to press my issue on the admin noticeboard so they have protected in and keep trying to block me. Thanks 71.196.85.253 (talk) 16:34, 9 November 2008 (UTC) Just to be clear I've been a lurker here for about a year and PromoProductions is my first account 71.57.155.159 (talk) 16:45, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Marathon training

Could you possibly give me a copy of this article? (you said in the AfD that you would do if someone asked.) I'll transwiki it to Wikibooks as suggested. How would I go about that? Sticky Parkin 13:26, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I've restored it to User:Sticky Parkin/Marathon training. Stifle (talk) 15:46, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm currently training for a full-length triathlon (which includes a marathon). Could you write an article on triathlon training (currently it just redirects to "triathlon") when you are done with "marathon training"?  :)

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Transwiki and Wikipedia:Transwiki log.

The Transhumanist 01:09, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I can see why this article was deleted in the past as it reads like a how-to guide User:Sticky_Parkin/Marathon_training, but I do think the subject could be covered more on this wiki in an appropriate way, probably within the 'marathon' article. Blimey, I've never heard of a triathlon with that length of run etc. in it:) It's enough for me to be trying to do a marathon next year, but the weather has put me off training I have to admit. :) Sticky Parkin 13:02, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

A description of the training rather than a step-by-step guide would probably be OK. Training links could be included in the external links section.

See full distance triathlon (Ironman). There are also the Double and Triple Ironman. And in just running, there are 100-mile endurance runs. In my opinion, all of these are exercises in pain endurance. Now that I'm up to 10+ miles per day, weather doesn't deter me much, though safety comes first - no swimming in ice cold lakes, and no cycling on ice- or snow-covered streets. It would take 2 feet of snow to force me to take my running workouts indoors, or I might just don a 40-pound pack and hike through it instead.

The Wikibook link can also be included in the see also or external links section. There's a special box template for that.

The Transhumanist 22:52, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't want the likelihood of niggling injuries that perhaps is entailed in that intensity of running- that would only mean you have to stop for a while to mend anyway- or do you manage to avoid injuries mainly? I'm trying to clean up the running category, but tomorrow I should be back on form properly to look at our new project.:) Thanks for the change of title- it seems somehow more focused I think. Do you think this article Eco-running should go? I couldn't think where to merge that one. There are some seriously :) non-notable races and things in the category. Sticky Parkin 02:29, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, you manage to avoid injuries - once your body is used to this level of activity, and by practicing preventive sports medicine and nutrition (for example strengthening your bones and joints - and the rest of your tissues for that matter - as much as is feasible by optimizing your body's collegen production with optimal vitamin C intake, etc.). With respect to exercise, consistency is the key - that is, do your training milage regularly without fail, increasing your output slowly over time (whether in speed, distance, or weight carried), cutting back whenever the symptoms of overtraining show up. In addition to this approach, cross-training is extremely effective at preventing injuries and the effects of overtraining. Triathlon training and training for the other "athlons" (except the biathlon) are the ultimate cross-training activities.

• Aquathlon
• Duathlon
• Quadrathlon
• Pentathlon
• Modern pentathlon (though I don't know how pistol shooting helps the others - perhaps in improving hand-eye coordination or coordination in general?)
• Decathlon

See also: Weight training, which can be added to any workout regimine for cross-training effectiveness.

Note that optimum health, whether you are exercising or not, is impossible without an optimal nutrition program. Just like drug effects, nutrient effects are dose dependent, and the state-of-the-art in experimental nutrition science (with respect to what doses to take of what and why) is decades ahead of regulatory agencies' and general practitioners' standards. Certain life extension nutrition programs are probably the most effective, since they attempt to optimize health in all areas to optimize one's life expectancy. "Youth" is nearly synonymous with "health", and so a key health-optimizing strategy is to remain as young as possible as long as possible. You do that by slowing down the processes of aging (yes, there are more than one) and degenerative diseases (cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's etc.) as much as you can.

There's irony here, a Catch-22 in the scientific (and bureaucratic) approach to anti-aging (health optimization) research. If you do as the establishment recommends and wait for a successful anti-aging experiment to be completed before you risk trying it, you'll be dead before the experiment is over, because the test subjects will have outlived you. So logically and strategically, the only way to beat the current life expectancy as supported by currently approved methods is with educated guessing in the selection of experimental methods. That is, to be a "test subject". The trick is to pick the right experiments. Whose educated guesses can you trust?

Have you taken your antioxidants today?  :) Linus Pauling made a compelling argument for taking large doses (13 to 20g per day) of vitamin C (even more when you've got a cold or the flu), with baking soda to reduce the side-effects from its acidity (indigestion, inflammation, etc.). See his book How to Live Longer and Feel Better (in my opinion one of the best nutrition books ever written). He was both a genius and a hero (he got above-ground nuclear bomb testing banned and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for that in addition to receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing modern chemistry). He was not prone to wild claims or devious thinking - throughout his life he endeavored to improve the common welfare of mankind and he stated his reasoning supporting his hypotheses very clearly. Decades ahead of his time in almost everything he did, he's definitely worth reading.

By the way, Linus Pauling's patent for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease expires January 11, 2011. You'll never guess what's in it - 3 nutrients you can buy at any health food store. See the General Applications section. Three ingredients which work together, from the selection provided in the patent are vitamin C, Lysine, and nicotinic acid (vitamin B3). In his book (mentioned above) Pauling states that the ratio should be 8:1:1, and recommended 8 grams of C, 1 gram of Lysine, and 1 gram of B3.

Eco-running is notable enough to keep - it gets sufficient Google hits. What it needs is a good reference or two from metropolitan newspapers or widely distributed magazines. Or from a couple mainstream ("reliable source") websites.

The Transhumanist 04:21, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

wikiproject health

I'm trying to make this project active again and I'm doing a fair bit to make us be able to rate articles etc. Here is a userbox you can add if you wish Wikipedia:WikiProject_Health/Userbox. Do you know of a way we can let people know about the project to bring in people who would like to be members if they knew about it? I suppose there's the little 'adverts' the top of wiki sometimes displays. Sticky Parkin 19:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the userbox - I've added it to my userpage.

There are a great many ways to advertise a WikiProject and attract new members, but first it is important to establish the direction the WikiProject is going to take. It would be awkward to have lots of members with nothing for them to do.

I feel that rating articles is unnecessary overhead and that it is more productive for editors to actually work on articles.

Have you personally surveyed (browsed) Wikipedia's health coverage? (Not talking about insurance here).  :) What problems did you notice? (It helps to jot them down in another window as you spot them).

A good place to start is with the subject's access pages: indexes, tables of contents (including outlines and lists), and glossaries. Here's a starting point for you:

Health is also covered on Wikipedia's main contents pages:

Articles are only useful if you can find them, so providing decent browsing tools (refrence pages, etc.) is a must because the search box only lets you look for topics you already know about. Reference aids like those mentioned above help map out a subject so that you know what's there and how it all fits together.

What role should WikiProject Health take in developing and maintaining these?

After you've browsed the subject, please answer these questions: Did you notice any gaping holes? Is there anything particularly important missing from Wikipedia's coverage of health?

By the way, there's a related WikiProject. In your opinion, what differentiates WikiProject:Health from WikiProject Medicine?

What should the relationship be between these two WikiProjects?

And this brings us to innovation, from an encyclopedic point of view...

Is there anything special that Wikipedia can provide to help its readers in the overall topic of health? What do other encyclopedias have that we don't have? What do health books have that we don't have? What would be most useful to someone trying to get healthy? And for staying healthy? Can our readers find all the informational resources they need here on Wikipedia? What's missing?

I'm very interested in health and health issues, but I won't be generally available to assist until the current project I'm working on is completed (we're creating country outlines for the geography branch of Wikipedia's outline of knowledge. One outline for every country of the world.). So I will be tied up for awhile (several more months at least). But I plan on shifting over to health when I'm done there.

I look forward to your reply and to your answers to the questions above.

Sincerely,

The Transhumanist 01:05, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Oooooh, thanks for your reply. I've been out for the night so this is the simple version for the moment:-

"By the way, there's a related WikiProject. In your opinion, what differentiates WikiProject:Health from WikiProject Medicine?" -TT

Wikiproject Medicine goes into more obscure and scientific detail such as more detail about diseases, obscure parts of the body etc, wikiproject health would cover more general, simple and approachable articles for the layman imho, such as diet and exercise. Some of the medicine articles are really dry. But I'll have to do a bit at a time as at the moment I've got gripped by Wikipedia:WikiProject Running and Category:Running :) I thought there'd be a 'wikiproject health and fitness' or something, but there's not lol :) Sticky Parkin 02:58, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Your wish is my command. WikiProject Health is now WikiProject Health and fitness, to match the subject titles in the main contents pages:

I like your comparison. Medicine is a subtopic of Health, and Health is much broader in scope.

I'm into running (and cycling and swimming), and look forward to seeing what you accomplish in that subject area.

I've started expanding Wikipedia:WikiProject Health and fitness, tying in those things that fall within its scope. Feel free to join in.

The Transhumanist 22:52, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Haven Institute Merge Tag

The Wong and McKeen page has now been deleted. The "merge" tag is still on the Haven Institute page. Can I remove this tag? Or do you want to do it? William Meyer (talk) 03:40, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I just removed it. What are you going to work on next? Hope you stick around.:) My first article was deleted too. Sticky Parkin 03:55, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt reply, and for your encouragement. I'm not sure what I will work on next ... I see lots of pages that need tweaks, and I'll concentrate on that for a while. William Meyer (talk) 05:30, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Want power?

See this: Wikipedia:Linky tutorial

The Transhumanist 05:26, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Heya

(leaves a catnip mouse for the Scirlin) :D.. Thanks for your questions on my ArbCom candidate page. I've tried to answer them fully and honestly. Not so sure I'm one of your fave ArbCom candidates any further.. but had to let you know my honest thoughts on the situation. Oh, and if you want to forward me a list of the arbcom cases you figure would be useful for courtesy blanking, my email is open. SirFozzie (talk) 17:15, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Here's a thought...

If you were to help me on the country outlines project, it may help to complete it faster, and once it is done that would free me up to focus on the Health and Health-related WikiProjects. Until then, my hands are basically tied.

What do you say?

True, it's kind of a roundabout approach, but if we can build up Wikipedia's outline of knowledge to critical mass (that is, to the point that it attracts users and developers/maintainers), it would become the perfect showcase for every major subject, including health.

See the outline's top-level page: Portal:Contents/Lists of basic topics.

If the page title seems odd, it's because we're kind of in the midst of a name-change, which won't be complete for another 2 or 3 months. You know, red tape.  :)

My guess/hope is that the addition of the country outlines will establish Wikipedia's outline of knowledge as a regular stop for users, and demonstrate the effectiveness of this tool to editors working on other subjects.

Toward that end, I'm keeping a very close eye on traffic counts. I've got several strategies in mind to boost these as we add more and more country outlines to the whole outline collection in article space.

Of course, after geography, the next subject I plan on tackling, on the outline of knowledge and in general, is health.

The Transhumanist 23:32, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Bennet Wong and Jock McKeen

Could you take another look at them? I am quite skeptical of the notability, and the amount of promotional material is amazingly great. Do you think they are editable, or AfD? I am reluctant to go directly to G11. DGG (talk) 03:55, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Who' you calling Lessie?

What am I, a dyslexic dog or something? LessHeard vanU (talk) 13:01, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

I has a wiki

[2] is my new wiki, it's a spin-off from Wikipedia. Check it out.--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 12:25, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Barnie

		The Barnstar Of Glowy Warmth
		For always being in such bubbly, warm character and-OH GOD MY SKIN! ARRRRRGHHHH! AIEEEEEEEE!

--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 16:57, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

First you have to

Name the boxen you can't get up. I'm not psychic ;)--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 17:41, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

A quick note

You seem a bit, erm, annoyed by the Giano "sock" situation. But I think it's fair to say that if I realised who was running the account, it must have been pretty obvious as I'm not the sharpest at such things. Though I wish for the life of me I could remember how it was so obvious - may have been Giano mentioning the alternate account in a similar way to Bishonen's language when referring to Bishzilla, but I really can't remember GTD 02:34, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

BlackWood666

http://www.occultforums.com/showthread.php?t=29987 that is what you're dealing with.Rev. Michael S. Margolin (talk) 04:48, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey!!!

Why mention me here?[3] What does TFMWNCB have to do with this fiasco? I really don't engage in anything resembling deceptive sockpuppetry, and I've certainly never been blocked for socking (except twice, by admin error). I have exactly one alternate account whose name is virtually identical to mine, and the only reason he got blocked is that the admin thought it was someone impersonating me. Very bad example.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 06:04, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Would you like to be in Tales of WikiNation! (A format which they have no excuse to delete!)

WikiNation is Returning and i am giving you a position. Make up what you want!Darkside2000 (talk) 13:30, 24 November 2008 (UTC) P.s Editor510 is the New Wikigod of the page!!!!!!

Diet aid

I was wondering if you think this is supposed to be a Category, or what? It looks like one, but perhaps it would be a rigmarole to change it to be one. Could it be a list, only it contains links to other lists? Sticky Parkin 17:59, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

• It's a dicdef and a huge list of slightly-related topics. It's not even a list or category. Stifle (talk) 19:50, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Sacrosanct?

I know tempers are high, and that both sides of the discussion feel that the Committee isn't acting as they should. However, the anger in your most recent comment is a bit disconcerting. I can certainly understand how emotions run high. I've had to step away from the keyboard and rein in my own several times. But such anger is counterproductive and only serves to polarize the people on opposite sides of the discussion. ^S._D.D.J.Jameson 20:37, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

• While I disagree with you on the need to muzzle Giano (the civility policy as it's written currently is so nebulous as to be nearly worthless), the need for clarity is certainly there. Perhaps a list of administrators who have either never dealt with Giano previously, or who have had mostly positive interactions with him, could be developed. However, when administrators who are clearly not unbiased take Arbitration Enforcement upon themselves, I see it as a problem, whoever is the recipient of the action. The root of the problem, as I see it, is the nebulous civility policy. If that's made clearer and less draconian, I feel a lot of these problems would go away. Anger in itself is not the same as incivility. Unfortunately, every time Giano gets really angry, it seems people want to string him up. (Please accept this in the spirit it is intended. I am just interested in a genuine give-and-take between the two of us, who are clearly on opposite sides in this matter.) ^S._D.D.J.Jameson 20:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

For the record, your attacks on Giano's article writing are seriously wrong-headed. ^S._D.D.J.Jameson 16:22, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

• Seriously? You feel "targeted"? I was simply engaging with someone who disagreed with me in an attempt to gather different perspectives. Sorry you felt "targeted." ^S._D.D.J.Jameson 18:36, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Apology?

Making a simple (and completely unemotional) post that your statement about Giano's article contributions was wrong-headed was a sidenote to our earlier conversation. As to apologies, my "apology" was for how you took what was written, not for what was actually written. I wrote nothing that was untrue or in any way hurtful. I'm just sorry that you took it in a way that it was not intended. Attacking a user's contributions, when those contributions aren't as you describe them is wrong-headed. I'm just sorry you took offense to my pointing that out. I had felt our earlier conversation would let you know I wasn't attempting to antagonize you. I was very apparently wrong about how you would perceive it. ^S._D.D.J.Jameson 19:06, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

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