User talk:JVinocur

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I prefer to keep conversations intact, so if you start a conversation here, please watch my talk page (or specifically ask that I reply on your talk page). If you see that I have started a conversation on your talk page, you can assume that I will be watching for the near future. Of course, if you are concerned I may have missed your comment, feel free to bring it to my attention by mentioning it here.

JVinocur is away on vacation in (real life is way too busy) and may not respond swiftly to queries.

Pupillary reflex

Excellent work in Pupillary reflex! -AED 17:54, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot

Moved to /SuggestBot.

Philly top image

I've replaced the main image with the gentle crop of your daytime skyline pic. Hopefully there won't be any objection to it. Looking forward to browsing the rest of your collection, much appreciated! --Pastricide! ^{Non-absorbing} 22:32, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Photography

Thanks very much for User:JVinocur/Images. I have already added several of them to Claes Oldenburg, National Constitution Center, Boathouse Row, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia City Hall and Curse of Billy Penn.Spikebrennan 19:22, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! I love uploading photos; it feels like a much greater contribution than the same amount of time put into writing new text. And if I go out to take new photos, I get some exercise out of it as well! -- JVinocur 22:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice pic of the new CHOP facade, which is so much nicer than the old dingy brown. I shouldn't even point this out, but none of the new bright color highlights show in the photo. I realize most of them are behind the glass, but they are attractively visible in the morning walking up from the Univ City station. Not photographable? alteripse 21:40, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm glad you mention it. You remind me that I purposefully underexposed that shot to keep the sky from being completely washed out, and then forgot to compensate in post-processing. I just took a stab at fixing it, let me know if you like the CHOP page better now. Or maybe I overdid it? The glass really does have a greenish tinge, so perhaps it's okay...and maybe I can try for a morning shot one of these days (that was an afternoon when I just happened to have my camera). -- JVinocur 22:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Better, thanks. alteripse 23:52, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great work on the photos, keep it up. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 21:50, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'm moving away soon, so there won't be too many more of Philly, but I'll upload anything else that looks promising. -- JVinocur 22:47, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice picture of Keith Urban at Live 8. I Noticed it because it happens to display my name quite prominatley on the scrolling message bar above it. Made me pretty excited when I saw it and it is now my desktop picture. All your pictures of Philly are great, thanks for making the city look good. -- onechordwonder

I'm glad you like it, and thanks for the kind words. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 20:13, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to know if I can use your Philly photos for an upcoming book about "green" cities? Thanks in advance! -Ken 1/31/07 In particular, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Philadelphia_skyline-daytime-crop1.jpg -- if okay with you, will credit you by name in the book. Please email k150 at yahoo.com

Certainly; that image is released under a Creative Commons license that permits reuse with attribution. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 19:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Image:Future I-376 Corridor.jpg

Other half of conversation at User talk:Jgera5#Image:Future I-376 Corridor.jpg.

Well, I didn't realize how bad the shot was until after I was home. I probably need to use my parents digital camera instead of my brother's the next time I have the chance. I tried touching it up, too, but that's how the image came out. If you live near 60 with one of these signs, feel free to take another pic. Thanks. Jgera5 00:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

KMS

Regarding Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Clinical medicine#Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome feedback request.

Great article! Tweaked a bit per the manual of style WP:MOS. Thanks for the contribution and look forward to more! Cheers -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 05:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK!

Regarding the 16 May 2006 version of Template:Did you know.

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Kasabach-Merritt syndrome, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 21:58, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

Regarding Talk:Optic radiation#Merge.

I merged Optic radiations to Optic radiation in case you would like to review it. Cheers! -AED 06:07, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, looks good. I just tweaked the formatting a tiny bit. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 15:29, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User: ParelelUni - Talk Page

Regarding my ongoing attempt to engage User:ParalelUni in conversation; my half of the conversation is available only via history (see [1], [2], [3], [4]) as each comment is deleted without reply.

It only seems appropriate that I should be able to edit my talk page however I see fit as long as it does not involve any offensive or inappropriate material. It does directly involve my user afterall.

If I am not allowed to ever edit my own talk page, then please just delete my user. I am not interested in being a member of any site that does not allow an individual to edit the pages that are directly related to their user. It is just utter nonsense.Spikey 07:33, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for replying. I'm sorry you're feeling frustrated by this, and do not intend to drive you away from the Wikipedia. Judging by your work on St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine, I suspect you have to potential to be a valuable contributor to our collective endeavor. However, this is a social endeavor, and for it to succeed, users have to work together, obeying certain standards of behavior. You can read more about this at Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines#Working with others.

Regarding the issue at hand, no, you really shouldn't just delete questions you don't want to reply to, even if they're on your own talk page (see Wikipedia:Removing warnings#Can I do whatever I want to my own user talk page?). You've made a habit of deleting discussion, questions, and warnings, both on your own talk page and elsewhere, without good cause (and without even an edit summary for justification). I hope that reading some of the articles linked to above will help you understand how this behavior is not in the best interest of the project as a whole. I also hope that this small disagreement does not become a reason for you to quit Wikipedia in a huff...we'd much rather you make the effort to participate in a more useful way. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 22:48, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Boathouse Row

Regarding Boathouse Row, Image:P6130100.JPG (taken and uploaded by MBob) and Image:12.BoathouseRow2-R.KennedyG.jpg (uploaded by NoseNuggets).

Thanks for all of the help on the picture I took of Boathouse Row, seeing as how that was my first picture uploaded onto Wikipedia and it was not of the best quality to begin with I really appreciate all of the work you did formatting the picture to make it look so much better. MBob 02:22, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem at all. I had hoped to get a shot like that, but never found the opportunity. A few quick words of advice, if I may? (1) Consider uploading images to Commons whenever licensing permits, to make them more widely available. (2) Don't worry about the cropping and polishing much, since that's easy for you or others to do as a revision. (3) But do remember to name your photos well on the upload form, since that's the one thing that's a little harder to change later. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 02:35, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The photo I uploaded is a current photo of Boathouse Row at dusk, and reflects the current lighting system in use, as per the gophila.com web site and Rusty Kennedy photo. The older photo that was put back in the re-edit was prior to the change in 2005. I was merely updating the item in question. Also, "Kelly Drive" was pointed out as "formerly known as East River Drive" before the name change much in the same way "Martin Luther King Drive" was known as "West River Drive" before 2005. NoseNuggets 12:00 AM June 15 2006

Okay, please Stay Cool. There are several separate issues at play here:

Which image do we prefer? Certainly the image you uploaded is much prettier, and would be a lovely addition to the Wikipedia.
Can we use an unfree image whenver we want? No. Even though we like the pretty image, it is copyrighted by someone else, and does not meet the criteria for fair use. So either you have to (a) contact the copyright owner and get it released under a free license, (b) take a similar photo yourself, or (c) use some other available photo. For the time being, I think only (c) is an option -- but if you can do (a) or (b), that would be great.
What level of detail belongs in the text of the article? All the comments you added (about the old name of Kelly Drive, his relation to Princess Grace, etc) are absolutely true. However, they really do not have any relevance to an article about Boathouse Row -- and we already link to article where those facts are easily available for anyone curious. So I think it's best to avoid duplicating them and cluttering up the Boathouse Row article.

I hope you'll discuss further rather than simply revert my edits again. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 12:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In response to the photo, A) No comment. B) I can't do one because I don't have a digital camera that isn't a toy. My mom won one in a contest, but foolishly gave it to my brother. She said that they have more opportunities to take pictures with their kids. Can you say "lame cheapskate comment?" C) I cannot find another picture with the current look. The current photo on the page is severly outdated and was taken before the LEDs were installed.

As for the detail on the text: The address is important. Before 1984, no one knew where Kelly Drive was. It was East River Drive. End of story.

I do not want any more editing wars on this subject, please. We either accept the picture as is or drop the outdated photo no questions asked. NoseNuggets 12:17 AM US EDT June 20 2006

Well, inability to find/take a substitute picture does not make it valid fair use. Keep in mind that it is illegal to use a copyrighted image outside of certain clearly defined cases, and as far as I can tell this doesn't meet the criteria -- no matter how nice the photo is. (Incidentally, MBob just took the photo this month, so it is with the new LEDs. I guess they just weren't using the colors that night.)

And as for the Kelly Drive naming...I don't understand why you think that is relevant to this article. Anyone who isn't familiar with the term Kelly Drive can follow the link to a page where it is explained. I absolutely think that the previous name belongs somewhere in the Wikipedia, but it has only tangential relevance to this page. The wonderful think about a wiki is that information like that can be put where it belongs, but still be accessible to the interested reader simply by clicking a link. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 23:56, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your move request: Images can't be moved. You have to re-upload them. —Nightst a llion (?) 12:29, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Bariatric Surgery vs Bariatrics

Regarding the conversation at User talk:Wouterstomp#Thanks for the Welcome.

I think there's no doubt the sections should be split into separate topics, and I noticed too that they were recently merged, which was a mistake. However, in order to split them, it will require a rewrite of a whole new section on bariatric medicine, which gets short shrift on the current page. As a bariatric surgeon, I'm less than a strong believer in the alternative field, and probably not knowledgeable enough to write more than a basic starter page. I'm also very new at editing, and not sure how to go about splitting the pages. Topnife 15:49, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, User talk:Wouterstomp#Thanks for the Welcome is a strange place for this conversation, but it started there, so might as well finish it there. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 21:24, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lets talk

In response to my use of {{test4-n}} at User talk:68.90.48.86#Warnings.

So you've figured out I am a proxy eh? Well come to think of it, based on my edits what do you think my interests are, my POV's, and do you suspect me of being someone else? plus what places you think I have some familarity with? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.90.48.86 (talk • contribs)

I think you are a vandal, and don't care otherwise. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 23:20, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cornell

I have just started WikiProject Cornell University, an attempt to thoroughly cover topics related to Cornell. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. Thanks! —mercuryboard^talk 05:22, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I don't have much time to contribute, but I can at least come hang out a bit. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 09:22, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stalker

Regarding my use of {{wr0}} through {{wr3}} on User talk:ParalelUni (see [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]).

Look. I don't know what your problem is, nor do I care, but stop stalking me. You keep watching my user talk page, reverting it, leaving comments. Enough. Go away and leave me alone. Freak. Spike 03:04, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(1) Relax, dude. (2) I barely care what you do, except that I noticed you trying to get another user in trouble, and was curious if you had improved your own behavior enough for such activity...I'm impressed you think that reading a page called "noticeboard" qualifies as stalking, though. (3) The same Wikipedia rules apply to you as everyone else. You can't delete warnings left on your talk page. Especially not if you're going to report other users for receiving the identical warning! — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 09:32, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting discussion

...at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(Medicine-related_articles)#Suggestion.--Steven Fruitsmaak | Talk 09:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Gel electrophoresis apparatus.JPG

Dear Jeffrey, currently I am writing my Diploma thesis about simulation of electrophoresis. it would be great If I could use the image with the gel electorphoresis setup. Do you mind? Best, Lutz —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.94.163.69 (talk • contribs)

Well, the image is available under the licenses mentioned on the image description page. You may wish to read more about these licenses (for example, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/). — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 02:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My Bot

Please see this reguarding the subsuting Betacommand 13:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Regarding my edit fixing a misdirected userbox.

I dunno how you found it, but thanks anyway for fixing my "google" userbox :-) Cheers! EyeMD 11:30, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem -- I was glancing at your user page for whatever reason, and that userbox was visibly broken. I figured it would be easier to fix it than to leave you a note so you'd fix it yourself. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 19:19, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Invite

You are invited to participate in WikiProject Philadelphia, a project dedicated to developing and improving articles about Philadelphia. We are currently discussing prospects for the project. Your input would be greatly appreciated!

--evrik 18:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aw, thanks! I'll come check it out. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 06:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Philly meetup

Hi! There will be a Wikipedia Meetup in Philadelphia on 4 November. If you're interested in coming, RSVP by editing Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia 2 to reflect the likelihood of your being able to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to ask CComMack's. Hopefully, we'll all see you (and each other) on the 4th! --evrik 18:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, I don't even live in Philly any more, so my participation will have to remain virtual. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 06:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

C'est la vie! --evrik ^(talk) 05:47, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cardiac Arrythmias

Regarding a reversion I made to Cardiac arrhythmia and the corresponding comment...

I tried to change "the ventricles of the heart experiences" to "the ventricles of the heart experience," but it seems you didn't like the grammatical change of making the singular verb agree with the plural subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.242.9.187 (talk • contribs)

Oh whoops, I see now! I was looking at the raw wiki markup, and I read "[[left ventricle|ventricles]]" as singular instead of plural. Thanks for trying to improve the Wikipedia, and sorry for the mistaken warning. FYI, please create a username and the use it to sign your posts on talk pages. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 02:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Pennsylvania

Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:

Contact us on IRC at #wikimedia-pa
Join our mailing list
Visit our blog at http://wmfpa.blogspot.com

Thanks and I hope you join up! Cbrown1023 talk 03:37, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Odd editing behaviour at Babesia article

Hi. I note that you have made some substantive contributions to the Babesiosis article. The related Babesia page has been heavily edited by a temporary account (‘Nmunabi’) who apparently has knowledge of the subject. (I am not an expert in this area.) Yet he/she destroyed all the wikilinks and all the inline references. I don’t understand why. I reconstructed the references before realizing quite what had happened. So my question to you is, were this guy’s edits useful, or vandalism? What was he up to?

Appreciate your insight at Talk:Babesia. Earthlyreason (talk) 06:09, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree (rather belatedly) with User:Arcadian. — JVinocur (talk • contribs) 02:41, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
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Proposed deletion of David Lawrence (composer)

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