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Fields citation:
- Howley, Peter M.; Knipe, David M.; Enquist, Lynn W. (2023-09-25). Fields Virology: Fundamentals. Philadelphia: LWW. ISBN 978-1-9751-1251-6.
- ^ Howley, Knipe & Enquist 2023. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFHowleyKnipeEnquist2023 (help)
- ^ Howley, Peter M.; Knipe, David M.; Enquist, Lynn W. (2023-09-25). Fields Virology: Fundamentals. Philadelphia: LWW. ISBN 978-1-9751-1251-6.
Bladder cancer
[edit]Hi Graham Beards. I've just finished a first pass at overhauling bladder cancer, and am hoping to bring it to FAC soon. Any chance you could spare some time to look it over? Any feedback is appreciated. Ajpolino (talk) 22:05, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Yes of course. Graham Beards (talk) 07:51, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for your help
[edit]Hello,
I wanted to thank you again for your help on the Virgo interferometer, which has finally been promoted to FA. Your interventions really helped making this a reality! So, thank you, and I wish you happy holidays. Let me know if you are ever in need of a review. Thuiop (talk) 08:36, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you and congratulations. Graham Beards (talk) 09:16, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
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Is this source okay to use?
[edit]I have been working on the "1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak" article, and I was wondering if this source would be acceptable on an FA-level article? Specifically the PDF that is linked. Velayinosu (talk) 03:36, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
- I think it depends on what content it is used to validate. WP:MEDRS is more exacting than WP:V. Graham Beards (talk) 12:16, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
If you want to look at the article and leave suggestions for improvement on the talk page then you can. Velayinosu (talk) 04:09, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
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Why Revert My Edit on Bacteria?
[edit]I did cite a source. There is nothing to discuss in the talk page. Jako96 (talk) 18:24, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, where is the source? Could you show me the diff. Graham Beards (talk) 07:13, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- See: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bacteria&diff=prev&oldid=1287807834 Jako96 (talk) 12:46, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- How does this proposal support the addition of "(monophyletic?)" to the TaxoBox? Graham Beards (talk) 14:08, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- See page 3: "Thus, despite the partially low phylogenetic resolution, the taxonomically preferable solution for bacterial kingdoms seems to be to accept the subdivision apparent in the study by Battistuzzi and Hedges [30], but to refine it according to more recent results [37, 52]. This reasoning suggests the proposal of Bacillati, Fusobacteriati, Pseudomonadati and Thermotogati." Jako96 (talk) 14:19, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- This doesn't answer my question. How does this proposal support the addition of "(monophyletic?)" to the TaxoBox? Graham Beards (talk) 14:54, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- See the whole paragraph: "Intriguingly, recent phylogenomic studies [37, 39, 49–52] juxtapose the groups ‘Terrabacteria’ and Gracilicutes, the latter being very similar to ‘Hydrobacteria’. Moreover, these studies indicate an isolated position of some of the bacterial phyla not included in either ‘Terrabacteria’ or ‘Hydrobacteria’ by Battistuzzi and Hedges [30]. The study by Coleman et al. [37] differs from the much earlier analysis by including Aquificota in Gracilicutes and by including Deinococcota not in ‘Terrabacteria’ but in a clade also comprising Synergistota and Thermotogota. The topologies presented in other studies examining the diderm–monoderm transition differed in part [53, 54], but this may be due to the use of fewer genes and different rooting approaches. Thus, despite the partially low phylogenetic resolution, the taxonomically preferable solution for bacterial kingdoms seems to be to accept the subdivision apparent in the study by Battistuzzi and Hedges [30], but to refine it according to more recent results [37, 52]. This reasoning suggests the proposal of Bacillati, Fusobacteriati, Pseudomonadati and Thermotogati." They say phylogenetic analyses' results varied and "Thus, despite the partially low phylogenetic resolution, the taxonomically preferable solution for bacterial kingdoms seems to be to accept the subdivision apparent in the study by Battistuzzi and Hedges [30], but to refine it according to more recent results [37, 52].". Jako96 (talk) 15:00, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- This does not support the the addition of "(monophyletic?)" to the TaxoBox, which is WP:OR and is not allowed. Graham Beards (talk) 15:04, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Okay. Jako96 (talk) 15:26, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- This does not support the the addition of "(monophyletic?)" to the TaxoBox, which is WP:OR and is not allowed. Graham Beards (talk) 15:04, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- See the whole paragraph: "Intriguingly, recent phylogenomic studies [37, 39, 49–52] juxtapose the groups ‘Terrabacteria’ and Gracilicutes, the latter being very similar to ‘Hydrobacteria’. Moreover, these studies indicate an isolated position of some of the bacterial phyla not included in either ‘Terrabacteria’ or ‘Hydrobacteria’ by Battistuzzi and Hedges [30]. The study by Coleman et al. [37] differs from the much earlier analysis by including Aquificota in Gracilicutes and by including Deinococcota not in ‘Terrabacteria’ but in a clade also comprising Synergistota and Thermotogota. The topologies presented in other studies examining the diderm–monoderm transition differed in part [53, 54], but this may be due to the use of fewer genes and different rooting approaches. Thus, despite the partially low phylogenetic resolution, the taxonomically preferable solution for bacterial kingdoms seems to be to accept the subdivision apparent in the study by Battistuzzi and Hedges [30], but to refine it according to more recent results [37, 52]. This reasoning suggests the proposal of Bacillati, Fusobacteriati, Pseudomonadati and Thermotogati." They say phylogenetic analyses' results varied and "Thus, despite the partially low phylogenetic resolution, the taxonomically preferable solution for bacterial kingdoms seems to be to accept the subdivision apparent in the study by Battistuzzi and Hedges [30], but to refine it according to more recent results [37, 52].". Jako96 (talk) 15:00, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- This doesn't answer my question. How does this proposal support the addition of "(monophyletic?)" to the TaxoBox? Graham Beards (talk) 14:54, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- See page 3: "Thus, despite the partially low phylogenetic resolution, the taxonomically preferable solution for bacterial kingdoms seems to be to accept the subdivision apparent in the study by Battistuzzi and Hedges [30], but to refine it according to more recent results [37, 52]. This reasoning suggests the proposal of Bacillati, Fusobacteriati, Pseudomonadati and Thermotogati." Jako96 (talk) 14:19, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- How does this proposal support the addition of "(monophyletic?)" to the TaxoBox? Graham Beards (talk) 14:08, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- See: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bacteria&diff=prev&oldid=1287807834 Jako96 (talk) 12:46, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Birmingham
[edit]What has the octagon got to do with local goverment? Murgatroyd49 (talk) 12:33, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, the photograph I added is current (as can be seen by the inclusion of the Octagon), I took it last week. The other photograph, which your seem to prefer, is twenty years old. If you think there is redundancy here, perhaps you should remove the older one, which is no longer accurate - the trees have gone. Graham Beards (talk) 13:02, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
- The point being, that despite the age of the earlier photo, it is relevant to the section. As far as I can see the Octagon is not relevant to a section on the governance of Birmingham. It is certainly not necessary to have two images depicting more or less the same thing. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 13:56, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
- In that case, I suggest we remove the outdated image. Graham Beards (talk) 14:03, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
- The point being, that despite the age of the earlier photo, it is relevant to the section. As far as I can see the Octagon is not relevant to a section on the governance of Birmingham. It is certainly not necessary to have two images depicting more or less the same thing. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 13:56, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
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FA review of Nihilism
[edit]Hello Graham Beards, thanks for your FA reviews of Mind and Epistemology a while back. I was wondering whether you might also be interested in reviewing the article Nihilism since the nomination hasn't attracted enough attention so far, see Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Nihilism/archive1. Thanks for taking a look and please feel under no obligation if now is not a good time. Phlsph7 (talk) 12:49, 6 September 2025 (UTC)
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Good morning.
The page history here is a bit of a mess. You uploaded over someone else's image with what appears to be your own picture. But it still says that he created it.
And now someone on Commons has apparently stolen your upload and claimed it as his own: File:Peter the Great tomb.jpg.
Would you mind officially providing a source and license to the upload you created?
That way we can separate it from the earlier upload. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 14:58, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, it is a mess. I can't find the diff I uploaded it. Can you see it? Graham Beards (talk) 16:06, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- I ran a history split and kept you as the uploader. I copied it to Commons since it's in use. Would you mind adding yourself as the author? It's here: c:File:Peter the Great tomb.jpg. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 21:23, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks, I have done as you requested. Graham Beards (talk) 06:23, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
- I ran a history split and kept you as the uploader. I copied it to Commons since it's in use. Would you mind adding yourself as the author? It's here: c:File:Peter the Great tomb.jpg. Magog the Ogre (t • c) 21:23, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
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Heyndrickxia Coagulans
[edit]Hi Graham Beards. Thank you for taking the time to look over Heyndrickxia coagulans. I wanted to reach out about the Taxonomic History section. Unfortunately, large parts of this section are plagiarized from the article cited below. I am working on removing the plagiarized information and was wonder if you could help me with precisely what was wrong with the edit I made on October 14th so that I can continue improving the Heyndrickxia coagulans article.
García G, Soto J, Díaz A, Barreto J, Soto C, Pérez AB, Boffill S, Gutiérrez Á, Cano Rd (2024-12-13). "Clinical and In Vitro Safety of Heyndrickxia coagulans AO 1167B: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial". Microorganisms. 12 (12): 2584. doi:10.3390/microorganisms12122584. ISSN 2076-2607. PMC 11677179. PMID 39770785. Mem78578 (talk) 18:25, 28 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hello, the edit you made on October 14 was reverted by software called ClueBot [1], which seems to be a "false positive" and should have been reported. I cannot see the "large parts of this section" that have been plagiarised. All I see this one phrase, "has been approved for veterinary purposes as GRAS by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Centre for Veterinary Medicine, as well as by the European Union, and is listed by AAFCO for use as a direct-fed microbial in livestock production", which by far not the worst case of plagiarism I have seen here, but more of a lack of attribution. Having said that, your edit was ot an improvement. See this phrase for example, "Hammer discovered a bacteria that he named Bacillus Coagulans. First the singular of "bateria" is "bacterium" and its name should be Bacillus coagulans. Graham Beards (talk) 12:36, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
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