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:Thanks for the heads-up! Let's discuss it at the acupuncture talk page. Cheers, --[[User:Mallexikon|Mallexikon]] ([[User talk:Mallexikon#top|talk]]) 07:45, 17 June 2013 (UTC) |
:Thanks for the heads-up! Let's discuss it at the acupuncture talk page. Cheers, --[[User:Mallexikon|Mallexikon]] ([[User talk:Mallexikon#top|talk]]) 07:45, 17 June 2013 (UTC) |
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::Yes like I've already said, the consensus seems to be against the inclusion of '''recommendations/medical claims''', but not the other parts. See [[Talk:Acupuncture#Acupuncture_usage_in_the_US_military_and_other_military_forces]] -[[User:A1candidate|A1candidate]] ([[User talk:A1candidate|talk]]) 08:01, 17 June 2013 (UTC) |
::Yes like I've already said, the consensus seems to be against the inclusion of '''recommendations/medical claims''', but not the other parts. See [[Talk:Acupuncture#Acupuncture_usage_in_the_US_military_and_other_military_forces]] -[[User:A1candidate|A1candidate]] ([[User talk:A1candidate|talk]]) 08:01, 17 June 2013 (UTC) |
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Hi Mallexicon! If you have time, would you have a look at [[Acupuncture]] and the most recent stuff on talk? Changes in lede are being made that don't follow sources. (I see there's been some stuff going on at another TCM-related article as well, involving some of the same editors.) regards, [[User:Middle 8|Middle 8]] ([[User talk:Middle 8|talk]]) 22:13, 30 October 2013 (UTC) |
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Etiquette violation report; NRS and WP:BURDEN
You have repeatedly called me a "vandal", and have not responded to my reply at talk before your third revert of my removing NRS using WP:BURDEN. This is discussed at ettiquette violations here[1]. If you continue to ignore WP:BURDEN and revert my edits, I will report to the RS violation alerts, and you will be in violation of 3RR and get banned. What I wrote at talk TCM should have ben adequate to work together cooperatively to find verfieable RS so others can check the sources, which is the core of what Wikipedia is. PPdd (talk) 22:40, 20 February 2011 (UTC)
From Wikipedia:Verifiability#Non-English_sources –
“When citing such a source without quoting it, the original and its translation should be provided if requested by other editors: this can be added to a footnote or the talk page.”
It is best in a footnote, since it will be hard for average future non-editor users to find in the talk page archives, if they even know what a talk page or its archive is.
tcm
I reorganized sections in theoretical superstructure, but did not change content. I put the meridian and elements/phases sections before the organ system section because the latter referred to the former. I also added plain English to the section headers, retaining the Chinese language versions. PPdd (talk) 17:24, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
Request at AN/I
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Contras and War Crimes
I would be happy to cite sources. I have also scanned some relevant pages and can email them to you. Page 19 alludes to kidnapping civilians, torturing civilians, indiscriminately attacking civilians and civilian houses, and kidnapping children specifically. Page 21 cites the sad story of San José de la Mula. There you have a citation involving targeting health care clinics and health care workers for assassination, kidnapping civilians, evidence of torture, executing captured civilians, seizing civilian property, and burning a civilian's house. Right underneath you have on pages 21-22 another sad story involving several more kidnappings, murders, and a rape. I scanned the story on page 24-25 just to capture the ineffable horror of many of the attacks, including the examples of the infants with their throats slit. I could go on: the bound Americas Watch report on Human Rights in Nicaragua in 1986 included 36 pages detailing "violations of the laws of war" by the contras. There are 25 more pages in my unbound 1985-1986 Human Rights in Nicaragua Report. Neither source is meant to be an exhaustive catalogue. I won't even get into the specifics detailed by the CIIR. My eyes glaze over after so many consecutive stories of murder, torture, rape, and pillage.MarkB2 Chat 02:06, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
- Page numbers. Like those people are going to actually check my sources. That would require them to read something informative! I added the page numbers. Thanks for the little edit you did on the page. It looks a little more cohesive now. MarkB2 Chat 09:12, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
feedback request
I'm hoping to improve a couple of articles about alternative/traditional healthcare that could use some of the neutrality and cooperative discussion I've seen you display on the TCM article. If you have time, please take a look at 'yoga as exercise or alternative medicine' [2], and 'maharishi ayurveda' [3]. This last one has a discussion about 'pseudoscience' and I'd appreciate your perspective on the use of that infobox, as experienced wiki editor who is familiar with tradition medicine. I'm just an observer of that discussion. I haven't stepped into the fray. Octopet (talk) 18:10, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Octopet! Sorry for replying so late (I was on a short vacation). Regarding your articles - I don't know much about Ayurvedan medicine or yoga, but just by glancing over the articles I had the impression that a more sceptical tone would be adequate. I don't support using the pseudoscience infobox, though. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 02:59, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Acupuncture
Excellent fact checking and revisions. Note that I have replaced some information you removed, but I will attempt to find better sources and summaries (probably based on Celestial Lancets). The section on blood (which isn't real blood, it's a magical equivalent) is relevant since at least one version of acupuncture appears to manipulate blood and qi but I've hid it for now until I can hammer together something better. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 13:14, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
- Alright, and thanks for letting me know! --Mallexikon (talk) 01:56, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
- Still excellent edits, good work. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 17:01, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
- ...and thanks for being so patient with my clumsy citations! --Mallexikon (talk) 02:02, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
- Most of my changes are relatively arbitrary, but they harmonize the citations. I dislike using the url parameter in the {{cite book}} template 'cause it links to the title instead of the page. Also, I don't like using highlights in cite book links either, I prefer a simple page reference. Not a big deal, not like there's any guidance, it just makes sense to me. The only other suggestion I might make is to be sure to use the .com rather than .hk domain name for google books (it's world-wide, mine defaults to .ca but I try to correct it when I remember). Also, to link directly to a page without retaining the search string at the end, cut out all of the url after the &p, add "g=PA##" where ## is the page number - i.e. if you want page 27 of a book with a url of books.google.ca/books?id=W2WlcaQB0aMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, cut out the underlined part, replace it with "g=PA27" and hit enter. You get http://books.google.ca/books?id=W2WlcaQB0aMC&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false, which should always link directly to page 27. Clear as mud. Throw it between square brackets add your page number and it'll show up in the citation template as 27. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 00:48, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- Nice one :) I'll definetely try it. --Mallexikon (talk) 03:22, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- Most of my changes are relatively arbitrary, but they harmonize the citations. I dislike using the url parameter in the {{cite book}} template 'cause it links to the title instead of the page. Also, I don't like using highlights in cite book links either, I prefer a simple page reference. Not a big deal, not like there's any guidance, it just makes sense to me. The only other suggestion I might make is to be sure to use the .com rather than .hk domain name for google books (it's world-wide, mine defaults to .ca but I try to correct it when I remember). Also, to link directly to a page without retaining the search string at the end, cut out all of the url after the &p, add "g=PA##" where ## is the page number - i.e. if you want page 27 of a book with a url of books.google.ca/books?id=W2WlcaQB0aMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, cut out the underlined part, replace it with "g=PA27" and hit enter. You get http://books.google.ca/books?id=W2WlcaQB0aMC&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false, which should always link directly to page 27. Clear as mud. Throw it between square brackets add your page number and it'll show up in the citation template as 27. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 00:48, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- ...and thanks for being so patient with my clumsy citations! --Mallexikon (talk) 02:02, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
- Still excellent edits, good work. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 17:01, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Undid edit to acupuncture
Hi,
Just a note letting you know I undid your removal of the brief definition of qi. Two reasons:
- WP:LINK states that we shouldn't make readers unnecessarily chase links; if a brief definition works, we should use it. Though "energy" isn't strictly speaking what qi is explained to be, lacking evidence of existence and no real comparison to energy as science explains it, lacking a better definition it's the best I could come up with. If you've got a better short definition, please feel free to improve it.
- As the same bullet says at the end - not all readers can click on the link. In particular, printed versions lack that ability, and we are supposed to always write with readers of printed versions in mind. That's the main reason I replaced it.
Thanks, WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 13:59, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
- Well, I hoped by removing the brief definition we could avoid a lenghty discussion about what exactly a brief definition of qi should be (given the complexity of the subject), but you're definetely right: a wikilink plus a short explanation is more reader-friendly. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 09:02, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
Welcome to WP:MED
And thank you for keeping referencing requirements high :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 10:13, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
- ... well let's see what the etanercept PR people come up with next time :) Cheers, Mallexikon (talk) 11:03, 27 December 2011 (UTC)
Discussion
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The Flowers of War contribution
I am curious, is it you who wrote the plot in the The Flowers of War article? AnonymousAnimus (talk) 20:55, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, that's me. Like it? Don't like it? Mallexikon (talk) 01:53, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
I wanted to thank you for doing such a bang-up job. I created the article, and it was a huge relief to see - not only that it was articulately written, but that after I saw the movie, I found that everything was spot on. Plus, it's only a bonus that I found out that you are a fellow atheist. Cheers! AnonymousAnimus (talk) 02:35, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
- Wow, thank you. That's probably the nicest compliment I got on WP ever. Let me return it by congratulating you to the very good article you created and to the diligent maintenance. Do you happen to somehow be involved in screenwriting? Mallexikon (talk) 04:13, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much, I am ever flattered. It's funny that you ask that because I am a screenwriter. For years now, in fact, I have been writing for an indistinguishable screen that's in my head. AnonymousAnimus (talk) 16:47, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
- ... always a pleasure to meet someone in search of the Blue Flower. Happy hunting! Mallexikon (talk) 05:39, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
DRN
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Acupuncture talk page section
Any chance you can move the substantive inquiry about meridians from this edit to a new section? The POV and Lede sections are already quite long due to unnecessary tangents (many due to me), and it's getting to be a pain in the ass to preview and edit them. Normally I'd do it myself but it's your substantive inquiry linked to another comment that's not substance-based. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 15:16, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, sure. Actually thought about it myself, too. --Mallexikon (talk) 02:24, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
History of acupuncture
Hi, Mallexikon,
I am Dr.Fan, an acupuncture researcher and practitioner. I have edited some where at Acupuncture page. I am new, sorry for the direct-edit manner, which may cause you or other editors busy at looking for the places I edited. I actually don't know where I could start to the talk with you. I just put something here.If it is not proper, give me guidance of putting talk words.
Thanks!
For the history of modern stage of acupuncture,one of important things is adding the Dr.Chen Dan'an the first person in acupuncture, who was the the origin of most acupuncturists today. He established the first acupuncture school in China in 1920s, and was the first Academician in acupuncture/Chinese medicine in China Science Academy (1950s) and was the first president of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the oldest accredited University in Chinese medicine in China.
Arthur Fan, e-mail:ArthurFan@ChineseMedicineDoctor.US — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arthur Fan (talk • contribs) 01:16, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Arthur! Welcome to wikipedia. Here's an article I think you should read: Wikipedia:Verifiability. In a nutshell, you should provide a reliable source for everything you write; otherwise, what you wrote can be challenged and deleted. And since there is always a lot of debate going on at the acupuncture article, most unsourced material will be challenged and deleted. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 01:53, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for your work on acupuncture
Not the easiest page to work on... --Mindjuicer (talk) 22:57, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
- No. :) But what a bucket full of experience! BTW, thanks for keeping your cool. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 01:07, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
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Problem with red refs
While trying to rescue two refs at TCM, I discovered a possible source. You introduced them here, but not the complete refs. Were they included in a previous version?
The content is this (the first two are missing right now and need to be rescued):
- Several review articles discussing the effectiveness of acupuncture have concluded that its effects may be due to [[placebo]].<ref name="Ernst2006"/><ref name="Cochrane back 2005"/><ref name="Madsen2009"/>
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- Yes, my mistake. I copied the material from the acupuncture article and didn't pay attention to get the complete refs. Thanks for fixing it! Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 08:41, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Contras Assessment
Hello Mallexikon!, First I would like to say I rated the article as a C class. Some tips as to getting the Contras article to a MILHIST B or GA status.
- Citations are needed throughout the paper. Many places are marked.
- Move the photos so the ending isn't one big block of text.
- Add photos if possible as they always help an article.
- It looks to be but make sure the paper is stable and no repetitive drastic edits.
Now getting the citations in and making sure every paragraph has at least one citation can get the article to B in MILHIST. The guidelines are here.
- Alright, thanks! --Mallexikon (talk) 05:47, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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Goddard & Taoism
Hi Mallexikon. How does a German-speaking person end up in Shanghai? Intriguing. I read your edit to the Zen article, and completed the source. The connection between Taoism and Zen is indeed often mentioned, but as far as I can see, especially by modern interpreters. I've tried to figure this out before, but found very little literature on it. I've added a comment on the Zen Talk Page on it; would you like to read & comment on it? Greetings, Joshua Jonathan (talk) 06:55, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Tao and modern
Pinyin may be more modern then Wade-Giles. However, as established on the talk page and with google ngrams, Taoism is still the most current modern name of the religion. OttomanJackson (talk) 17:46, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, you're right :) But how long will the Wade-Giles romanization still represent the most common term? 5 years? 10? Might as well change to the Pinyin form now already, no? --Mallexikon (talk) 01:03, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
- I understand your point of view. However, putting (modernly: Daoism) after Taoism implies that Daoism is the most common modern English usage, which is incorrect. Oxford still only gives Taoism. Pinyin is not always most common (Peking Duck, Kung Fu, etc...) so calling Daoism the modern spelling of Taoism is incorrect. OttomanJackson (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
- Well, as I explained on the Taoism talk page already - it's far from incorrect to emphasize that Pinyin is the more modern romanization. It's not the most common one (yet). But much more modern. Fact. You can check the dates yourself. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 03:09, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
- I understand your point of view. However, putting (modernly: Daoism) after Taoism implies that Daoism is the most common modern English usage, which is incorrect. Oxford still only gives Taoism. Pinyin is not always most common (Peking Duck, Kung Fu, etc...) so calling Daoism the modern spelling of Taoism is incorrect. OttomanJackson (talk) 02:49, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
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Gould
You seem to be putting words into Gould's mouth. I'm not sure whether this is your misunderstanding of punctuated equilibria or you are simply citing other authors who (perhaps deliberately?) misunderstood the theory. Either way, you look to be adding unwelcome bias to the article. 121a0012 (talk) 05:18, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
- I'll respond to this at the article's discussion page. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 06:02, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
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Our discussion on Talk:Acupuncture
I have left you a reply to your last message. I notice from your user page that you are native Chinese speaker who lives in China. I respect your efforts in trying to keep the sourcing and neutrality in the article up to standards, but you seem to me to have the stance of a sceptic. Have you had acupuncture treatments? If so, for what condition? How many different acupuncturists have you tried? What was your experience with this? I have found that the results of the treatment can range from very good to poor (no improvement, or even left feeling irritable and with headache) depending on the skill of the therapist (which includes diagnosis, treatment plan, needle placement, needle selection, etc). - 17:28, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Stillwaterising! I wish I was a native Chinese speaker (would have saved me a lot of trouble learning that language), but unfortunately I'm not. As to what my personal experiences with acupuncture efficacy look like - they interestingly correspond quite accurately with the picture that emerges from the research. And I have to say I'm not impressed. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 01:53, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
- Ah yes, level one is having an only a beginner's level knowledge. It does say that you are a native German speaker. I've been born and raised in the US. I haven't been able to travel as much as I would have liked due to my health condition that showed up in early childhood and started impairing my ability to study around age 19 and so I didn't finish my degree in engineering. (I later got a 2 year degree in electronics) and when Robert Becker's books (Body Electric and Cross Currents) came out I read both of them several times and was fascinated in the idea of becoming a biomedical researcher. My original plan was to get a degree in Electrical Engineering with a Bio-medical option. I highly recommend the book Cross Currents, as it sums up most (but not all) of the ideas in Body Electric with a new subtitle of "The Promise of Electromedicine, the Perils of Electropollution". His research would be considered a primary source, however he was a genius. He even did an experiment where he amputated the front limb of a group of rats and implanted a galvanic batter with a 1 MegaOhm resistor into stump and had partial regrowth of the limb on some of the animals, with the most being a rat that regrew most of limb with all the bones and even cartledge fingers!
- His research into finding meridians with a "cookie-cutter" electrode (yes, a kitchen cookie/pizza cutter with a wire attached) running along established acupuncture meridians and finding confirmation on the milli and microvolt ranges that they do exist. This is preliminary research, however I'm pleased that he inspired other researchers to continue his work. My advice, keep an open mind. I'm an intelligent person who firmly believes in science and has (in my unfortunately short) professional career focused on electric signals and data acquisition in a research environment. Due to multiple car accidents and some other condition (most likely Lyme's disease) I've been searching for non-surgical options to help control pain and repair the damage. I can say that the pain relieving effects from acupuncture have ranged from none to profound. Typically they were in the slight range. I remember one session from a highly skilled professional (not student) acupuncturist who gave me a dry needle and moxibustion session that gave the feeling of being hit with a high dose of morphine! I've had that experience also from a skilled deep tissue massage therapist. The "drug" effect is likely from my own endorphin system, but I think there's a bio-energetic component to it as well.
- My motivation to learn about this, including reading books like Anatomy Trains, is out of a true interest to learn everything I can about the anatomy of the skeletal/muscular system as a way of learning how to help heal myself. I also have multiple conditions of neuropathic pain (including trigeminal neuralgia, and recognize the ingenious and complex design of the nervous system. I have talked with several western doctors, and they admit they only have a gross understanding of how the nervous system works. For example, I have a spot near my temple where if i press into it with my fingernail (stimulate it) I have a sharp sensation between my shoulder blades on the same side. Current neurological theories such as dermatomes do not explain why this could occur. I can't explain why it occurs either, however I do know that our nerves are more like a matrix than like the branches of a tree as was first thought through dissection. Anyway, I'm not sure what your skill level or interest level is in medicine. I encourage you to join WP:Medicine if you are interested. Cheers. -- Stillwaterising (talk) 05:32, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
- Ok! Thanks for sharing. --Mallexikon (talk) 06:11, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
Reverting
[4] After adding that edit, I started a discussion on it on the talk page. Why didn't you attempt to discuss it first before reverting? The material couldn't have stayed a day or so longer to see what others think about it first? Cla68 (talk) 04:30, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
- Very sorry. I totally overlooked the discussion you started, and I'll explain why I object to your changes to the lede there on the discussion page. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 05:47, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
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- Thanks! However, I didn't really create that article. I just tweaked and then moved it. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 08:04, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
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Don't you think it has some use within the article, after all its a straight forward diagram indicating the basic concepts of the faith? --Andrew 14:54, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
- It definitely has, but I think the contents needs to be stripped to the minimum... I noticed that it says at one point that Dao should be obtained by not acting on impulses... I think that's not always correct, given the emphasis Zhuangzi puts on spontaneous action...? --Mallexikon (talk) 13:57, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Acupuncture
Hi Mallexikon. I've reverted your edits becausre there was no consensus for its removal, see Talk:Acupuncture#Acupuncture_usage_in_the_US_military_and_other_military_forces.
Please join me at Talk:Acupuncture#Recent_edit for discussion. -A1candidate (talk) 06:24, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads-up! Let's discuss it at the acupuncture talk page. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 07:45, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
- Yes like I've already said, the consensus seems to be against the inclusion of recommendations/medical claims, but not the other parts. See Talk:Acupuncture#Acupuncture_usage_in_the_US_military_and_other_military_forces -A1candidate (talk) 08:01, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Mallexicon! If you have time, would you have a look at Acupuncture and the most recent stuff on talk? Changes in lede are being made that don't follow sources. (I see there's been some stuff going on at another TCM-related article as well, involving some of the same editors.) regards, Middle 8 (talk) 22:13, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
According to the source, the implication was the domino could extend to resource rich countries.--Boba Fett TBH (talk) 07:11, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- I understand. The problem is, the source doesn't say it explicitly, and thus an allegation like this would constitute synthesis. --Mallexikon (talk) 07:40, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
But I'm fine with everything you deleted. I could use it for something else.--Boba Fett TBH (talk) 07:24, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- Glad you're not upset. Sorry for spoiling so much of your hard work. --Mallexikon (talk) 07:40, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
I apologize for the excess. I just have a lot of information. Don't know what to do with it.--Boba Fett TBH (talk) 07:32, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- No worries :) it's good to be bold. --Mallexikon (talk) 07:40, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
I also feel as though I need to show everything in great detail as a way of deterring certain whitewashers from deleting it. You kind of have to hit them over the head with it for them to accept it...sort of.--Boba Fett TBH (talk) 08:16, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- I know. This article used to be quite hotly debated. But don't worry. Your material all seems to be reliably (and transparently) sourced. To remove it, somebody would have to come up with some really good arguments. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 08:46, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
This is what I'm talking about.--Boba Fett TBH (talk) 07:54, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Apparently even your edits went too far for him.--Boba Fett TBH (talk) 08:24, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
- Don't worry. We'll sort it out at the article's talk page. --Mallexikon (talk) 05:54, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
I did about 90% of this neglected page. Any advice? Should I change some things?--Boba Fett TBH (talk) 17:13, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- So sorry, man, I'll probably be too busy these days... Maybe next week. Cheers, --Mallexikon (talk) 05:54, 16 September 2013 (UTC)