User talk:Patrickjsquires

Welcome to Wikipedia and Wikiproject Medicine

Hello, Patrickjsquires, and please let me offer you a belated welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Quick introduction to Wikipedia
How to write a great article
Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia, an essay from PLOS Computational Biology
Identifying reliable sources for medicine-related articles (general advice)
Wikipedia's Manual of Style for medicine-related articles (general style guide)
A few tricks to help you format references are at WP:MEDHOW

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Again, welcome! Jytdog (talk) 17:25, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Notices 1[edit]

Hello, I'm Helpsome. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more external links you added, because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Helpsome (talk) 17:11, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Helpsome (talk) 17:30, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Patrickjsquires, you are invited to the Teahouse![edit]

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Replaceable fair use File:Stretta Therapy.jpg[edit]

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Replaceable fair use File:Stretta Catheter.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Stretta Catheter.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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November 2015[edit]

Hello, I'm I dream of horses. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Stretta procedure with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. I dream of horses If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{Ping|I dream of horses}} to your message. ^{(talk to me) (My edits)} @ 15:20, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WP:COI[edit]

Wondering what your relationship is to the procedure / manufacturer in question? Thanks Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:27, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have no conflicts of interest with the manufacturer Mederi Therapeutics. Additionally I have co-authored a 10-year patient reported outcomes trial regarding the Stretta procedure. I am also familiar with the nearly 100 published clinical trials on the technology. Patrickjsquires (talk) 19:53, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Experts in Wikipedia[edit]

Hi Patrick. Based on this comment you appear to be an expert in this procedure. We haven't met before, so let me say hi first - so hi. I work on conflict of interest issues and edit mostly articles related to health. It is really great to have experts on board. Editing in Wikipedia is really different from writing in the scientific literature, or any other context, really. Please have a look at our essay for experts, WP:EXPERT. If there is any thing I can do to help you get oriented more here, please let me know. Best regards Jytdog (talk) 17:25, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]