User talk:Drgnu23

Hi there. Just dropping you a note to let you know that you can't just copy and paste text from other websites into Wikipedia articles unless you are the original author and copyright holder, or the copyright holder releases the content under the GFDL license. See Wikipedia:Copyrights for more information. —Stormie 04:04, Jul 22, 2004 (UTC)

I understand the copyright limitations but I AM the writer of the page and the originator except where there are notations.

I think that the 12 and 12 are under fair use for this type of project. There is no way to paraphrase those. There is an agreement with AA (Alcoholics anonymous) 6that anytime we (SLAA) uses the 12 Steps we will reprint the AA 12 steps in smaller print on the same page. I'm not sure what problems this may cause OR if this might be better dealt with as an external link. Indeed I hope to make it easier for those who need information to find it .. not just by linking to a web page(s) as reference but by using that base material and making it more generally applicable. I am the author of any NON-COPYRIGHT material on the website slaact.org and am (if you do a whois) the owner of ourexchange.net -- the host organization.

The web text was being altered to reflect the general rather than the addict audience as you pulled them. (changes from I or our to 'the addict' .. to allow people an understanding of the process.

I do thank you for your input .

DrGnu

E*sequiturs link notification: No other way to reach you: Feel free to remove this

Dear Wikipedian:

This e-mail to let you know that I'm linking to your polydactyly hand x-ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Polydactyly_01_Rhand_AP.jpg) in my upcoming experimental e-book, "e*sequiturs" (http://www.esequiturs.com; launch late Fall 2008). Of course, you will be appropriately cited in the webliography.

I'm writing to thank you for posting this important work, and to convey my hopes that you will keep it posted FOREVER (and NEVER change the URL).

Thank you again for posting this important work.

Sincerely, David St.-Lascaux dstlascaux@gmail.com Dstlascaux (talk) 22:22, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi there,

If you are the original author, then feel free to replace my copyright warning version with your version of the articles.

My personal suggestion would be to merge all of the info into the SLAA article, rather than having separate articles for 12 Steps and 12 Traditions, English SLAA 12 Steps and Englisn SLAA 12 Traditions (I'm sure you also noticed the typo in the name of that last one). Also, Italian versions should be on the Italian Wikipedia ([1]). You can create interwiki links by putting a link like [[it:Dodici Passi]] at the bottom of the 12 Steps article - it will show up in the "Other Languages" box on the left of the page.

Please, keep up the altering of the text for the general audience.. that was going to be my other suggestion but it sounds like you're already on top of it. ;-)

—Stormie 23:50, Jul 22, 2004 (UTC)

Podiatry

Greetings! Actually, all I did to that article was fix a typo... from the page history, it looks like the only other contributor to that section of the page was yourself. I'm afraid I don't know about the podiatric boards... perhaps you could leave a message on the Talk page of that article that it should be expanded by someone who knows more about it? If you want to ask the collective brain of Wikipedia, you might try the Wikipedia:Reference Desk. (Side note: you can use four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comment to sign with your username and a timestamp.) Mindspillage 17:37, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Page layout and WikiProjects

Hi there! Thanks for your additions of health-related topics. Regarding Surgical technique, you may be interested to know that there are so-called WikiProjects that have similar aims as yours (e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Clinical medicine). These projects help coordinate work and allow interested parties to discuss (among many other things) page layout and formatting. Please confine those sorts of instructions to WikiProject pages, rather than adding them to the articles. Thanks! --Diberri | Talk 00:49, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)

12 Steps and 12 Traditions, etc.

The pages 12 Steps and 12 Traditions, English SLAA 12 Steps and Englisn SLAA 12 Traditions have been removed from Wikipedia:Copyright problems, but are still flagged up with the {{copyvio}} template. I am curious to know whether you have any intention to develop them as articles; I think they would benefit from having more context than the last versions before the {{copyvio}} was added. Thanks. --rbrwr^± 12:50, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Podiatry

Hi DRGnu

I am not sure of the politics yet of Wikipedia, but the vandalism that occurs does occur on a variety of sites here - check out Islam for one. I'll keep my eye open for the podiatry topic. It still needs some work. I'm not sure there is any appropriate action for anyone else to take with an unlogged in user. Everyone else still must stay aware and clean up after them.

I have contributed here periodically for a few years without being logged in. I plan to participate in a variety of areas and not medicine alone. I'll clean up things were I can and try to contribute constructively.

PunkPod 00:49, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Your polydactyly X-rays.

I've prepared the following, as per your request. They're ready to be used in the article, at your discretion.

Left hand

Left foot

Right foot

Right hand

grendel|khan 05:36, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)

DrGnu: Fascinating pictures. Could you perhaps give a bit more information on them, and so extend the article a bit? I wonder: Could the patient move the extra middle finger well and independently of the other fingers? Does the extra finger make tasks requiring dexterity easier or harder? Did the patient (a 10-year old boy, I think, you wrote) suffer from any complications or from a feeling of "being odd"? If this is really as common as the article states (1 in 500 births) how comes I never met somebody with six fingers? Are they typically surgically removed? Thanks. Simon A. 11:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Seconded. This is an intrigueing medical subject. --Ifrit 21:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Gangrene

The page was mostly copied from another site on the Internet, articles on Wikipedia have to be licensed under the GFDL they can't include information copied from copyright sources. There was no choice but to revert the article. I explained this on the talk page. Edward 21:13, 2004 Dec 30 (UTC)

It is being re-written as we speakDrGnu 16:08, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Pic of the Day

Hi DrGnu,

Just to let you know that your X-ray of polydactyly is coming up for Picture of the Day on 20th Jan. You might like to check Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 20, 2005 to be sure that the accompanying caption is OK. - Solipsist 10:30, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Leg

Hi! Have you noticed how extremely poor is the article "leg"? Because that's the topic that you are expert in, you can "beef it up" a little bit. I suggest that you write something about anatomy, physiology, patology...actually I'm just finding out how vast this article could become. You can also replace the picture. The Community would be grateful. --Eleassar777 12:42, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Medical record

There is a suggestion to merge Medical record, that you have previously contributed to, with Medical records. There is a big difference between what makes up an individual clinical record (history, examination, investigations, correspondence) and all the administrative/legal aspects (keeping, disclosing vs confidentiality, auditing of records). Merging may may create an article that is too long, but separately the names are too cofusingly similar. There is also some comments about moving the details of examination to Physical examination. Please click on here if you would like to contribute to this discussion. David Ruben^talk 23:47, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Regarding 04_Jan_2003_(10).jpg

Could you please let me know what is the disease affecting the foot shown in the picture?

Dwaipayanc

Polydactyly suggestion

Hi,

What great photos at polydactyly. Thanks for contributing them.

To satisfy the obvious curiosity, I wondered if you could add a section to the article discussing the usability of the extra digits. Questions I'd love to see addressed, if you have the time:

• How often an extra finger is 100% usable
• How often an extra thumb is 100% usable
• When not at 100%, is this usually because of the lack of the development of musculature, or lack of joints in the bone, or some other issue?
• How many surgical procedures are performed yearly removing digits from polydactyls?
• Does an extra toe often interfere with running or sports participation?

Thanks for illuminating such an interesting subject. Tempshill 18:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Drgnu, I also have a question with regards to polydactyls, are the extra fingers, if functional, as easy to remove in later life as they are after birth? Thanks for your input in this interesting topic. Jackpot Den 12:51, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

The difficulty with removing fingers and toes is a question of functionality. In these radiographs one would have to remove a central ray and reduce the bone in the wrist (a huge undertaking) since the finger (central, probably the 3rd from the thumb) is fully functional and fully innervated. Often toes and fingers are flaps of skin on the lateral hand surfaces and can be removed just after birth or soon thereafter with minor alterations to the skin surface. When they are, as these digits, fully attached and innervated, it requires a good deal of re-engineering of bone and skin to make them functional. DrGnu 14:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Bunions

Are there excersies that can improve bunions? Could regular mobilisation of the joint prevent or cure bunions? 128.84.178.102 13:33, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Medical Free/OpenSource software

I'm trying to gather as much information on Free/OpenSource software. I'm trying to start a Wiki. For now it is called Medgpl but i think it will change. The project is now only on one page (two if you count the discussion). You are welcome to contribute if you want.

Delaroyas 22:50, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Dermatology

Do you have any interest in dermatology? If so, I am always looking for more help ;) Regardless, thank you for your work on wikipedia! ---kilbad (talk) 19:19, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Underinsured

Please take a look. -MBHiii (talk) 17:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

File:Plantarkeratosis-01.jpg

Hi, can you tell which type of palmoplantar keratodermas is this, if you can please replay to my talk page, thank you MaenK.A._Talk 15:00, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Requesting a permission to use Polydactyly 01 Rhand AP.jpg

Dear Drgnu23,

I would like to get your permission to use the photo in a local school book I am working on. The photo is an example I would like to use to show students that Polydactyly is a cause by mutation. If possible, I wonder if you have a higher res of this photo and email to me at simplelife06@gmail.com.

Thank you very much.

Regards, Joue Huey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.54.219.19 (talk) 02:34, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Dupuytrens-01.jpg

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Please claim your upload(s): File:Dupuytrens-01.jpg

Hi, This image was seemingly uploaded prior to current image polices, Thank you.

However, as part of ongoing efforts to ensure all media on English Wikipedia is correctly licensed and attributed it would be appreciated if you were able to confirm, that it was your own work, by marking it as {{own}}, amending the {{information}} added by a third party, and by changing the license to an appropriate "self" variant. You can also add |claimed=yes to the {{Media by uploader}} or {{Presumed self}} tag(s) if present to indicate that you've acknowledged the image, and license shown (and updated the {{information}} where appropriate).

IF you have other uploads, please consider "claiming" them in a similar manner, You can find a list of files you have created here.

This will assist those reviewing the many many "free" images on commons that have not yet been transferred to Commons. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 18:40, 17 March 2018 (UTC)