User talk:Sandbody

Feel free to discuss any edits or articles I may have made here - it's on my watchlist.

Mandaeanism

Go for it on Mandaeanism! Sabians may also be of interest. - Mustafaa 23:51, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I am. I'm probably going to have to do some documentary research and look through some old xeroxed articles before I decide what I want to go in. Also, why don't we have pictures of the Mandaeans baptizing? There's plenty of pictures; I saw a lot of them in divinity school.Sandbody 16:06, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Heroin

Hi Sandbody. Your recent contributions at Talk:Heroin were a little bit aggressive. I'd like to suggest (in the friendliest manner possible) that you review the wikiquette guidelines. -- FP 06:40, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

Wilco. We sometimes can't help that the fields in which we have expertise are the ones in which we're passionate. I felt - perhaps incorrectly - that I made it clear that I don't disagree that illegal rather than pharmaceutical manufacture of heroin increases the adverse effects from heroin, or even that current "drug war" policies are completely out of touch. To look at it again, I realize that the end question of my message seems a little bit more rhetorical and less like an actual question, which it was. What communications skills/guidelines do you feel I should keep in mind in this forum? Sandbody 07:32, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. I see you had a valid point; you just came across a little intense. I suggest you review the wikiquette guidelines, and remember to be concise and to-the-point in talk page discussion. (I don't want to seem like a bossy school teacher, just a fellow wikipedian giving some friendly advice!) -- FP 07:59, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Ketorolac bottles.jpg

Aloha! Whilst editing, I came across an article using Image:Ketorolac bottles.jpg, which you uploaded. Unfortunately, Wikipedia requires that all images used in articles be either released under a free license or contain a fair-use rationale. If you're still around, could you edit the image to include a copyright tag usable in wikipedia ({{GFDL}} etc). See WP:ICT for the full selection. In addition, images need to have information on their source, so that the license can be verified. Could you edit the image to include where you found the image, or if you created it yourself, a statement to that effect? If neither of these tasks is performed, the image may soon be removed from Wikipedia - though you're welcome to repost it later with the relevant information. GeeJo _{(t) (c)} • 05:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week

WikiProject Pharmacology is currently organizing a new Collaboration of the Week program, designed to bring drug and medication related articles up to featured status. We're currently soliciting nominations and/or voting on nominations for the first WP:RxCOTW, to begin on September 5, 2007. Please stop by the Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week page to participate! Thanks! Dr. Cash 17:54, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week

Aspirin has been selected as this week's Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week! Please help us bring this article up to featured standards during the week. The goal is to nominate this at WP:FAC on September 10, 2007.

Also, please visitWP:RxCOTW to support other articles for the next COTW. Articles that have been nominated thus far include Doxorubicin, Paracetamol (in the lead with 4 support votes so far), Muscle relaxant, Ethanol, and Bufotenin.

In other news:

• Bupropion has been promoted to featured status on August 31, 2007.

• The Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology main page has been updated and overhauled, to make it easier to find things, as well as to highlight other goals and announcements for the project.

• Garrondo is asking for individuals to help review Therapies for multiple sclerosis, as he is considering nominating this article for GA status.

• Fvasconcellos notes that discussion is ongoing regarding the current wording of MEDMOS on including dosage information in drug articles. All input is welcome.

Dr. Cash 00:52, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Pharmacology Update

Here's a brief update in some of the recent developments of WikiProject Pharmacology!

• Aspirin has just completed its two week run as the first Collaboration of the Week! Many thanks to those editors that contributed; the article got a lot of good work accomplished, and in particular, much work was done in fixing up the history section. It's still not quite "done" yet (is a wikipedia article really ever done?), but after two weeks I think it's more important to push onwards with the development of the new collaboration of the week program. I will be fixing up Aspirin in the next few days and possibly nominating it for either GA or FA status.

• Muscle relaxant has been selected as the new Collaboration of the week until October 2, 2007! This article is currently rated as a "stub", so it's got quite a bit of work cut out for collaborators! Admittedly, featured status could be a long way off,... but still attainable! At the least, maybe we could at least get it up to meeting the Good article criteria? Please stop by the article and help improve it.

• Resveratrol, having recently achieved GA status on August 16, 2007, is now making a run for featured status. This is quite a fascinating compound. If you can, please stop by its discussion page and leave comments in support of it.

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• There was an interesting article on ZDNet last week about Hewlett Packard licensing its patented microneedle technology used in common inkjet printers to be used in transdermal patches to deliver a time-controlled release of drugs to patients. This information could be added to articles such as route of administration or drug delivery.

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Dr. Cash 04:54, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Pharmacology Update

Here are a few updates in the realm of WikiProject Pharmacology:

• The Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week has been changed to Collaboration of the Month, based on current participation levels. It is also more likely that articles collaborated on for one month are more likely to achieve featured quality than articles worked on for only a week or two.

• The current Collaboration of the Month for November is Receptor antagonist. Please take a look at that article and contribute to it if you get a chance. Ideally, the article should adhere to the featured article criteria.

• Therapies for multiple sclerosis is currently a featured article candidate. If you are familiar with the featured article criteria, please visit WP:FAC and review the article.

• Anabolic steroid is the wikiproject's newest Featured Article, having been promoted on October 8, 2007.

• Theobromine was delisted as a Good Article. The Peer review and GA reassessment discussions provide suggestions on improvement. Muscle relaxant was recently reviewed for Good Article status, but not promoted. Please see the full review full review here for details.

Dr. Cash 22:17, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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