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Contents
- 1 Seasons
- 2 Happy Saturnalia
- 3 Greetings and Salutations
- 4 Best wishes
- 5 Happy Holidays
- 6 Austral season's greetings
- 7 Xmas
- 8 Seasonal Greetings
- 9 Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
- 10 A barnstar for you!
- 11 Venezuela
- 12 Note to self: best post of the day
- 13 Some baklava for you!
- 14 Tutelage
- 15 The Man
- 16 PMID 27042904
- 17 FYI
Seasons
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Gothic Seasons Greetings | ![]() |
Wishing you all the best for x-mass and miss you as always. Thought what happened to you this year was shocking, but not surprising, and I notice, frankly, that karma has come around. Keep on fighting the good fight my dear. Ceoil (talk) 19:12, 16 December 2018 (UTC) |
Happy Saturnalia
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Happy Saturnalia | |
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and troll-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:07, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
Greetings and Salutations
- To SandyGeorgia:
- Hello!
- Congratulations!
- You have been included in my first, and possibly only, Very Early Christmas List!
- As an earnest fellow believer in Santa Claus, and possibly in Our Redeemer Liveth as well, you may wonder how you got on this list.
- I have no idea!
- That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
- Unless I tracked down the connection in our user talk archives, in which case you know who you are!
- Or not.
- All the best for you and yours this Christmas 2018 and New Year 2019!
- – Athaenara jingles all the way 02:17, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
Best wishes
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Season's Greetings | |
Wishing everybody a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Adoration of the Shepherds (Cariani) is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod (talk) 10:26, 23 December 2018 (UTC) |
Happy Holidays
Season's greetings! | |
I hope this holiday season is festive and fulfilling and filled with love and kindness, and that 2019 will be safe, successful and rewarding...keep hope alive....Modernist (talk) 12:48, 24 December 2018 (UTC) |
Austral season's greetings
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Austral season's greetings |
Tuck into this! We've made about three of these in the last few days for various festivities. Supermarkets are stuffed with cheap berries. Season's greetings! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:16, 24 December 2018 (UTC) |
Xmas
Seasonal Greetings
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019! |
Hello SandyGeorgia, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019. Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages. |
Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
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The 2018 Cure Award |
In 2018 you were one of the top ~250 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs. |
Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 17:41, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
You deserve this by now. I've not spoken to a single editor who deserves this more than you. Your work on 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis has been a massive contribution to this project. ―Matthew J. Long -Talk-☖ 22:31, 9 February 2019 (UTC) |
- Oh, Matthew ... how ever so kind of you. Thank you so much! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:02, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
- It's nothing compared to the work you do! I think I just saw 20 edits from you fly by on my watchlist. Seriously some good work right there. ―Matthew J. Long -Talk-☖ 03:07, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
- Be careful about counting my edits ... they are usually trivialities, and I often take three edits to accomplish what I should in one! Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:09, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
- It's nothing compared to the work you do! I think I just saw 20 edits from you fly by on my watchlist. Seriously some good work right there. ―Matthew J. Long -Talk-☖ 03:07, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
Venezuela
I have noticed the comment you made at the "Current events noticeboard" RFC, pointing that many users are not familiar with the background of the Venezuelan crisis and how does that have an effect over the edits. Something you can do to mitigate the problem would be to add a FAQ at the talk page (we have Template:FAQ for doing so), with the common questions and misunderstandings and the required explanations. It will not solve the problem of POV pushers (who are usually well aware of the other point of view and simply ignore it), but it will solve the problem of well-intentioned editors who simply did not understand well what was going on. Cambalachero (talk) 13:08, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
- Cambalachero, that is a great idea-- if only I had time. I am quite busy this week, but next week, I will try to start a sandbox page where we can begin to rough out something. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:07, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
Note to self: best post of the day
No wait, the month, no wait, the year ... just happened across this and laughed out loud, since it describes everything this month! @ZiaLater:. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:55, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
Some baklava for you!
Thank you for your constant striving for reliable sourcing of medical articles on the Wiki, keep it up, proud of you Mchan12345 (talk) 22:27, 2 March 2019 (UTC) |
- Thank you, Mchan12345; that is most kind of you, and I love Baklava! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 08:43, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
Tutelage
Re: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Proposed_editing_restriction
I was 'stuck' with "tutelage" as a fancy word for "guardianship", not knowing it also means "instruction" (not quite, but, in english, synonims are all "not quite"). I've learned something new, today, for which I wish to thank you. 79.43.127.98 (talk) 08:11, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
- Piacere ! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 08:40, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
The Man
Happy memories; one of the ones who had "it"; in terms of talent. I have to admit his last stands, here and on WR, were truly heroic. And boy could he write a TFA blurb. Ceoil (talk) 23:11, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
- Ceoil, what made you think of him today? Pending 1 April ... we did used to have quite a good time in here, didn't we?!?!? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:24, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
- I want to be just like TFMWNCB when I grow up. I well remember the 1 April blurb; I think it took about 6 weeks to put my jaw back in place. Reason I though of him was from listening to a Stewart Lee routine. Have a fondness for the sardonic. Ceoil (talk) 23:55, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
- Don't grow up-- it's a trap! Darn, Ceoil, you are going to make me cry for remembering him :( SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:02, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- My best memory of him was when he was knee deep on AN/I, "discussing" with a series of newly minted admins, all now long gone, and battling for his life with people who had no idea of his content work here, and he asked rhetorically "can I have my socks back please". Of course there were no socks, but Ye Gods. Ceoil (talk) 00:24, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- Can you imagine today's crop trying to cope with him? :) And now I'll start missing the Yo-man, too ! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:31, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- To which we could add Outriggr, George, Moni, Filiocht, Rurfisch, Yannismarou, Maria, and countless other fine people (Yo-man still pops up occasionally, bty; usually when you least expect him). I sometimes get bothered that its all for nothing and nobody cares, but then again get hopeful that there is a cumulative influence; for example your work on establishing FAC criteria has had a longer effect than you might have imagined. Ceoil (talk) 00:42, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- I don't think so, Ceoil ... every time I peek in there, I see stuff being promoted that shouldn't even pass GA. So, I stopped peeking. I guess you remember the last time I saw Yo-man? He was jovially adding his typical inline commentary about my sucky prose at dementia with Lewy bodies, when a now-banned jerk reverted him and pretended to tell him off. Ha. Someone trying to tell off Yo Man. Seriously. So, I seem to spend my days now editing around people who would have a hard time sorting out where to find the men's room, rather than the likes of Yo Man, Outriggr, you, or our porcine friend. Mr. Lewy went nowhere after that ... SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:54, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- The two people I miss especially from FAC are Eric and Tony. Precisely because they had balls and were unafraid to oppose. That stuff comes with a cost however, as we all know. Anyways, "Someone trying to tell off Yo Man" is a brave someone indeed. He also tends to haunt articles on 15th century oil paintings, leaving that wiki community, ie me, rather quaking in my boots. "Arch" the nice word; god bless him, but sometimes I think he would make Larry David blush! Sepreatly, I am still flummoxed that Lewy hasnt been put up. Its especially good, and would be a fine example of a medical FA. Wot? Ceoil (talk) 01:18, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- They killed the desire. And every exquisitely chosen word from Tony at Tourette's was killed years ago by bureaucrats, so why bother. The way the medical people treated YoMan got under my skin. Are you still writing beautiful stuff? We want to come visit you two some day ! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:36, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- Obviously the general manner that Yo-Man was treated there been deemed intolerable by the community, and that particular editor, Jydog, and his editing style and tone, and is now non-gracias. Killed the desire indeed. I have to admit I found that talk page rather intimidating; it got real dark there real fast, a point at which I though....no thanks. Ceoil (talk) 02:00, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- Jytdog had a thing that hovered over his editing around me. He reinstated blatantly inaccurate text about prostate cancer after I corrected it, and he knew I knew that the MED project had furthered information that affected men's lives. Because all they care about any more is making videos, with no concern for writing entire articles. He tried to pull COI on me because of my husband's cancer, which was just ridiculous. And those articles are still a mess. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:44, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- The two people I miss especially from FAC are Eric and Tony. Precisely because they had balls and were unafraid to oppose. That stuff comes with a cost however, as we all know. Anyways, "Someone trying to tell off Yo Man" is a brave someone indeed. He also tends to haunt articles on 15th century oil paintings, leaving that wiki community, ie me, rather quaking in my boots. "Arch" the nice word; god bless him, but sometimes I think he would make Larry David blush! Sepreatly, I am still flummoxed that Lewy hasnt been put up. Its especially good, and would be a fine example of a medical FA. Wot? Ceoil (talk) 01:18, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- My best memory of him was when he was knee deep on AN/I, "discussing" with a series of newly minted admins, all now long gone, and battling for his life with people who had no idea of his content work here, and he asked rhetorically "can I have my socks back please". Of course there were no socks, but Ye Gods. Ceoil (talk) 00:24, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
- Don't grow up-- it's a trap! Darn, Ceoil, you are going to make me cry for remembering him :( SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:02, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
PMID 27042904
Hi Sandy, I noticed early last year you tagged a number of neuro articles requesting they be updated with this PMID. Could you tell me the general gist of what you were getting at? Also, it seems like the impact factor of that journal is 0.782 if I am looking it up correctly. I enjoy sandwiches (talk) 17:44, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- I enjoy sandwiches ... if I recall correctly (I may not :), the issue is that we have only one article, which discusses only one type, when there are many different types of frontotemporal dementias. That one journal may have a low impact factor, but I believe this is explained in several other places. Hope this helps; don't hesitate to ask for clarification if my memory is faulty. I quit editing that suite of articles because of a hostile environment there. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:57, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you, appreciate the quick reply. I enjoy sandwiches (talk) 20:29, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
FYI
I just saw you mentioned my tocayo Oscar in here, just a quick FYI to put an space and a dot to find the correct Oscar (_.), cheers and thanks for your amazing job this past few months, --Oscar_. (talk) 21:10, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- Ack ... no sabia! Que susto. Ok, got it ... Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:30, 24 March 2019 (UTC)