User talk:Doc James
Note: Mostly over at MDWiki.org
Asthma and other top-importance articles
[edit]Hi there! I know you're mostly active on other projects at the moment, but I wonder if you're interested to help with a push to get all of our top-importance articles back up-to-date? I see you've contributed to quite a few important GAs and FAs, and was wondering if you'd be keen to give them a once-over, to ensure they still align with modern clinical guidelines + review papers. I just put a note on asthma, but there might be more to come. If you know of other people that you can pass the torch to, I'd be keen to hear as well. I'm starting with old GAs/FAs, partially because they tend to be translated so much. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 13:52, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- Am mostly working over at MDWiki and none English languages of WP these days. Though still have some tech projects on EN WP. Yah a bunch of GAs and FAs potentially need updating as COVID becomes less of a concern.
- We now have the ability to pull in climate graphs from OWID and visualize them here if your interested.[1] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:28, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- Great to see that owid project progress. Will definitely have a look! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:57, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- Just letting you know that I've opened the good article reassessment. Hope you'll find some time to contribute anyway or could ping someone who might take over maintenance. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 07:15, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
- Great to see that owid project progress. Will definitely have a look! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:57, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
Please look in or ask another
[edit]...to look in at the Alendronic acid article, which we just finished editing, to move two cases where, rather than use <ref> markup, the editor had just plunked the partial but decipherable citation into the appearing article text. This suggests to us some inexperienced editing, which may have deeper ramifications (and so corrections needed) than just this matter of form and style. Otherwise, hope you are well, and thank you for your continued service. Signed, a former registered STEM/medical editor, now retired (enough, here in any case). ~2025-39435-56 (talk) 02:02, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
- Over at MDWiki:Main Page mostly these days if your interested in joining. Though am doing a fair bit around interactive content. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:01, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
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Do you receive inter-wiki notifications ?
[edit]It's not that your participation was expected after that notification, not even in English. It is only that I am curious to know if notifications work from one wiki to another. Dominic Mayers (talk) 21:31, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- The do work, but my user name is Doc James, rather than James Heilman. The later is a redirect to Doc James and thus I did not see the notification. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:17, 14 December 2025 (UTC)