User talk:SandyGeorgia - Wikipedia

Here is a template listing Featured articles (and notification dates and details) for which a Featured article review is needed.

According to the FAR instructions, after waiting five to seven days to see if anyone engages to address the issues, anyone can bring an article to FAR, subject to a) no more than one nomination every two weeks; and b) no more than four nominations on the page at one time, unless permission for more is given by a FAR coordinator.

Since Wikipedia has certainly hundreds (and possibly thousands) of outdated Featured articles, please add this template to your talk page, and nominate articles as you feel comfortable and as they become eligible. Also, if you notify any talk pages of FAs that have fallen below standards, please add the article to this template. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:55, 28 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi Sandy, I know you are not part of the Venezuelan project anymore, but I just wanted to invite to just keep an eye on 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Venezuela and its related talk, as it is a health related issue and you know better of both worlds. Any advice in wiki guidelines and health could come handful. The page is updated quickly but is being filled in an unprofessional way. Again do not feel forced, but be welcome to act in any way that is confortable to you. --MaoGo (talk) 12:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi, MaoGo; it is so good to hear from you, and I hope you and yours are well. I will think about whether I feel able to look at that article, but I expect it will infuriate and sadden me too much, as Venezuela will be a complete calamity of death, doubly attributed to the regime in China, and it may be hard for me to read about that much death and suffering and react calmly. All of Wikipedia's Coronovirus articles are in trouble because of the increased editing activity, all of them cause me to have to unwatch daily so I don't pop a cork, and I imagine the Venezuela article will be the most disturbing yet. I will go over there eventually if I feel I can look in there without exploding in frustration. Que estes bien, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:37, 23 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

I understand completely. In these times of crisis, health comes first. Stay safe, cuídate.--MaoGo (talk) 18:59, 23 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Some users in French Wikipedia were concerned that my username was associated with Chinese politics. I hope my new name does not bring problems with Proust haters. As we interact often enough, I wanted to let you know. Best regards.--ReyHahn (talk) 17:09, 29 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

I wanted to come here personally and say thank you. I am still a bit beaten down by all of this, so your response really did encourage me. Did you ever run afoul of Jytdog personally? Or is that an invasive question? Don't answer if I have overstepped! It has no impact on my genuine gratitude. Again, thank you. Jenhawk777 (talk) 22:19, 3 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Jen (is it ok to call you that?). I'm glad that you are feeling some relief, and am sorry you had to have such experiences. On the up side, I would say that 14 years ago, I had a seriously nasty experience with a (later desysopped) abusive admin, and it formed my identity as a Wikipedia editor. I have seen very few editors on Wikipedia with that ability to be that nasty, and that brutalized other editors with such nonchalance. That experience made me determined to try to never treat others like that, to speak up for those who are abused, and to most of all, be patient, as the wheels turn very slowly in here. As to my experiences with Jytdog, I think the less said, the better ... even if an editor is site banned, there is a very good probability that they will still be among us and we will still have to deal with the fallout in our daily editing. In some cases, they will always still be with us. This is an arbcase with many moving pieces, and rest assured that the arbs will do all they can to uphold policy and promote a collegial editing environment. But remember also that this is the internet, and not all things are within our, or the arbs, control. Sometimes on Wikipedia you just have to accept that there's a lot of scary stuff in here. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:19, 3 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Just bumbling through to reiterate my thanks for your support at my recent FAC. Even got brave and nommed it for TFA on May 18th. Please stay safe & well everyone. Shearonink (talk) 00:16, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi there. I've seen your posts across various pages grieving the loss of focus on producing high-quality articles among the medicine and molecular biology folks; I completely agree, and would love to help reverse that trend. To that end, if you have advice/criticism for me as you see me bumbling through Chagas disease, et al. I'm all ears (or, eyes, I suppose). I should have a bit more time than usual over the next few weeks, so I'm hoping to finish up the update at Chagas disease, and help out at Dengue fever if it's still needed. My interests are primarily in microbiology, metabolism, and cell biology (probably in that order) so if there's anywhere else you feel I could be useful, just point the way.

On an unrelated note, I just saw the note at the top of this page about pings. I'm sure I've been the guilty pinger a few times at Talk:Chagas disease, a page you're almost certainly watching. My apologies. I'll be more aware going forward. Also I was tickled to see a quote from Tim on your user page. I've had the good fortune to know Tim in real life, and seeing the work he did here was the impetus for me to get involved in editing. Small world. Anyway, I hope all is well on your end. Happy editing. Ajpolino (talk) 23:07, 4 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Ajpolino: you are helping reverse the trend; the work happening over at Chagas disease is quite impressive, and I've only had to peek in every few days or so and make sure citations are consistent. I'm confident the article will be able to keep its star, and you and SpicyMilkBoy will be able to claim the save, and move on to restoring other FAs. That cheers me so. Don't worry too much about the pings; I am getting better at figuring out how to live with arthritic fingers, but you can tell by the number of typos which computer or device I'm on, and what kind of day I'm having. Sometimes my typing is dreadful and I feel for anyone who is trying to post after or around me. Oh, how I miss Tim! And any friend of Tim is a friend of mine. That post on my userpage remains the funniest reminder of him to this day, and helps keep my husband in line, too! Please do send him my greetings … we did such good work in his day. Take care, stay well, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:00, 5 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine/Evidence. Please add your evidence by April 21, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Medicine/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 20:33, 7 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

I think that is all the notifications corrected. Thanks for notifying me about this. I think this deserves a   Self-trout. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 20:58, 7 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Dreamy Jazz:, pulling out one of my favorite sayings: "If that's the worst that happens here, we're in good shape"! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:00, 7 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi Sandy. I wonder why you deleted almost the whole article on Amylophagia? For example the "management" paragraph had citations. Do you think "management" (which is also a poor choice of title for the paragprah) of Amylophagia is offtopic to amylophagia? I have decided try to reword some off the article as "it is often observed in black pregnant women" comes off as prejudiced and insensitive. It is not a fact that necessarily holds up the test of time, so it would better to refer to it as past tense, "it has been observed", as it may not still be the case in the future. It's alaso phenomenon that occurs worldwide and only in America is where this focus on black people come in, so I thought that should be made more clear. Also is it even relevant? I dont know, something about that sentence just rubbed me the wrong way. I'm not even black, so I risk coming off as a social justice warrior, but it definitely reads unprofessional. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThisUsernameAvailable? (talk • contribs) 09:13, 11 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

(talk page watcher) ThisUsernameAvailable?, This is the article as SandyGeorgia left it, which says nothing whatsoever about "black pregnant women". You may want to actually check the article history before you start attacking people as "prejudiced and insensitive". ‑ Iridescent 09:22, 11 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

(talk page watcher) Iridescent Hi Iridescent, I was merely keen to discuss the edit I've made to the article when I wrote about that. I did not mean accuse anyone of anything. Sorry if it came off that way. What I meant was that the statement was prejudiced and insensitive, not Sandy, nor did I think that it was her that wrote that. But I'll admit that I didn't realize it was not in the page until the last person that edited from just an IP. When I checked the history I must've read the pregnant part and autofilled "black" because that's how I first saw it when I stumbled upon the page. The only thing that was specifically directed at Sandy was why she deleted so much content on that page that actually had citations under the motivation removing "off-topic and things without references". — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThisUsernameAvailable? (talk • contribs) 09:57, April 11, 2020 (UTC)

@ThisUsernameAvailable?: welcome to Wikipedia; you can sign your posts by entering four tildes ( ~~~~ ) after them. It you look at this edit, you will see who added the word "black". If you look at this source (which is linked in Further reading at the bottom of the article) you will see that it allegedly does more commonly affect African American women in the rural south. I would not have added the "black" content because the source listed is not a secondary review. The same source will explain to you why I removed most of the off-topic content when I last edited the article five years ago (and unwatched it). Amylophagia "is a particular expression of the more general phenomenon of pica". On Wikipedia, we use Wikilinks to other articles to avoid duplicating information that more correctly belongs elsewhere. There are times when content is duplicated, but this is not one of them, because there are (or were at the time) no secondary reliable sources discussing this one aspect of pica in isolation. You will see that Pica (disorder) is linked in amylophagia. The content I deleted was a) offtopic because it duplicated what was already covered at Pica, and b) not cited to WP:MEDRS-compliant sources. At the time I last edited the article, five years ago, there were no sources for expanding the article other than stating what it is, as a definition of the term, since the sources that discuss it are discussing Pica in general, of which amylophagia is one type, found in black rural Southern women. The source listed in Further reading is only a case report, and can't really be used for expanding the article, as we use secondary reviews for most medical content. If you are interested in expanding the topic, you will need to locate secondary reviews that cover amylophagia itself, not pica disorder. If you have any other article questions, those are better discussed on article talk, but I no longer have the article watchlisted and don't really have time now to help you edit it. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:09, 11 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

PS, there are so many different manifestations of the pica eating disorder, that it would make little practical sense to duplicate Management of the disorder across each manifestation. That would be akin to duplicating the entire Management of Tourette syndrome across the articles coprolalia, echolalia, palilalia, etcetera ... SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:37, 11 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Don't worry if you don't see me around. Estoy harta. Yomangani^talk 22:41, 11 April 2020 (UTC)Reply