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Hi Karen! Hope you’re doing well and resting, etc. I just wanted to let you know two things: Cheers! Pyrrhus (talk) 18:39, 16 May 2019 (EDT)
 * 1) I started a first draft of an Admin guide at MEpedia:Admin guide.  Feel free to review, correct or add to as appropriate!
 * 2) With a recent developer change, moving a page now moves any redirects pointing to that page as well!  No more need to worry about double redirects after a move!
 * User:Pyrrhus Thanks for letting me know. The Admin guide looks good. Where you wrote "(is this right?)," I believe it is correct. Loving that redirects are automatic now! Hope all is well with you, Kmdenmark (talk) 18:56, 16 May 2019 (EDT)

Separate Site Notices
Hi Karen! I realized that we can have separate site notices at the top of the screen for logged-in users and for non-logged-in users. This will be helpful if we want to distribute an urgent message to all contributors, but not have it be seen by the public. To do this, could you please: I hope this makes sense. Please let me know if you have any questions! Pyrrhus (talk) 18:17, 26 April 2019 (EDT)
 * 1) Copy the contents of user:Pyrrhus/Anonnotice to MediaWiki:Anonnotice (this will be the site notice for the public)
 * 2) Copy the contents of user:Pyrrhus/Sitenotice to MediaWiki:Sitenotice (this is where admins can place a notice to all contributors)
 * Thanks for letting me know. I need a lot of hand holding with programming. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Kmdenmark (talk) 13:17, 27 April 2019 (EDT)

thanks!
Thanks Karen for fixing all my double redirects! I was meaning to get to them, but you beat me to it! Pyrrhus (talk) 21:44, 23 April 2019 (EDT)
 * No problem, Pyrrhus! Happy to help. Kmdenmark (talk) 15:27, 24 April 2019 (EDT)

ReplaceText extension
I'm considering asking for the ReplaceText extension to be added - which would be restricted to only certain editors (like yourself). What it would do is when a page was renamed, it would allow you to search for all links to that page and replace them with the new page name. You could also use this for replacing category names or fixing common spelling mistakes. Using it would involve putting in the actual code for what you want to replace, eg Category:Old Cat being replaced with Category:New cat. It would do this across ALL pages, so there's the chance of it going wrong  I wondered your thoughts on this and whether you would be likely to use it. 08:33, 17 April 2019 (EDT)
 * I'm not Karen, but I did just rename a category. It wasn't fun to go through all pages in the category to manually update the category name.  If we will be renaming categories in the future, which I suspect we might, this extension will come in very handy.  It might even be safer than trying to do the renaming manually.  My 1.5 cents. :)
 * Pyrrhus (talk) 21:19, 17 April 2019 (EDT)
 * Notjusttired and Pyrrhus - That tool would be very helpful! I wholeheartedly support it being added. I already can think of ways I could use it. Thank you Kmdenmark (talk) 17:49, 18 April 2019 (EDT)
 * Great, I'll ask for it, I've already asked for a few things through User:JaimeS notjusttired (talk) 18:09, 18 April 2019 (EDT)
 * Thumbs up!
 * Special:ReplaceText is now installed and both bureaucrats and admins like yourself should have access. notjusttired (talk) 19:44, June 3, 2019 (EDT)
 * User:Notjusttired Great! I think I stumbled on it while revising a page yesterday! Kmdenmark (talk) 10:51, June 4, 2019 (EDT)
 * Suggestions for using ReplaceText. 1) Replace   with    (there may not be any), and 2)  with   , (but without the nowiki bits) - example Histamine Reference 1. This should add citation needed to the relevant pages, and bits that look referenced but aren't.

notjusttired (talk) 19:10, June 6, 2019 (EDT)

Tasks
Hi Karen! I was wondering if you could help us out with a few easy admin fixes. They're not urgent, but it sure would be nice to get them fixed: Thank you so much for all your help! Pyrrhus (talk) 22:57, 12 April 2019 (EDT)
 * 1) The "New User Message" that is left on the talk pages of new users was accidentally placed in the wrong page.  We have moved it to the correct location in Template:Welcome.  If you could delete the old page at MediaWiki:Newusermessage-template it would be much appreciated.  (As long as the old page still exists, the server will inappropriately parse the "New User Message".)
 * 2) The Category:MEpedia guidelines has evolved to include all MEpedia documentation, so I renamed it to Category:MEpedia documentation.  There are 3 protected pages that need their category updated from Category:MEpedia guidelines to Category:MEpedia documentation:
 * 3) MEpedia:Copyrights
 * 4) MEpedia:General_disclaimer
 * 5) MEpedia:About
 * 6) The first sentence in the Contents page says "See a condensed version of this page."  This links to Contents (condensed), which was an outdated relic from the time when the Contents page was the main page, and some people found it too long to read.  Now that we have a 'new' main page, we don't need the condensed version, which was terribly outdated anyway.  If you could remove that first sentence from the Contents page, it would be much appreciated. (Contents (condensed) is now a redirect to Contents.)
 * 7) We have a new version of the sidebar links on the lefthand side of the screen.  This new version includes new links and separates out links intended for the public and links intended for contributors.  All that now needs to be done is to copy-and-paste the contents of User:Pyrrhus/MediaWikiSidebar into MediaWiki:Sidebar.  If you could do this copy-and-paste it would be much appreciated!  (I have saved the current contents of MediaWiki:Sidebar in User:Pyrrhus/OldMediaWikiSidebar just in case something goes wrong and we need to revert back.)


 * Pyrrhus - Made the changes you requested. Let me know if you would like additional changes. Thanks for all your hard work to improve the site. Kmdenmark (talk) 13:46, 15 April 2019 (EDT)
 * Wow, thanks Karen! You just made my Monday, I’m thrilled.  I obviously need to get out more.  ;)
 * Pyrrhus (talk) 16:34, 15 April 2019 (EDT)

Hi. It looks like you are busy added some much needed categories. There's now a page outline for categories that identifies wanted pages and stubs that need expanding - MEpedia_article_outlines. If need categories can be added to existing categories that will make them easier to find and easier to browse the larger categories - eg new category Category:Neurological disorders can now be found easily from Category:Diagnoses.

The Contents page contains the main categories but anything not suitable as a subcategory of those can be requested to be added (I've asked for the new Ethics category to be added).

notjusttired (talk) 09:19, 25 March 2019 (EDT)


 * Looks good. I believe it will be very helpful. Thank you. Kmdenmark (talk)

Admin fixes
Hi Karen! I was wondering if you could help with the following two admin fixes:
 * 1) Can you make Template:Welcome protected so that only admins can change it? (I noticed a potential problem where new users might accidentally alter the New User Message.)
 * 2) Can you update the lefthand sidebar to include a link to the Guidelines?  All you have to do is copy the contents of MediaWiki talk:Sidebar to MediaWiki:Sidebar.
 * Did it (hopefully), Pyrrhus! Let me know if it's correct. Again, thank you for all your work. Each improvement helps so much. Kmdenmark (talk) 13:26, 26 April 2019 (EDT)
 * Perfect! Thanks!
 * Pyrrhus (talk) 14:48, 26 April 2019 (EDT)

Hi, I know you're working a lot on pages in the Outbreaks category at the moment... I have the book Postviral Fatigue Syndrome: The Saga of Royal Free disease by Melvin Ramsay and it's got a whole chapter on outbreaks. I think it's worth buying or I can scan in the relevant pages for you if you'd like? I'm working on other categories on MEpedia so I don't see myself getting round to doing the outbreaks pages any time soon. --Samsara (talk) 04:30, 18 October 2016 (PDT)
 * Thank you so much for the offer. I would love the scanned pages, but only if it's not too much for you. I've been trying to find contemporaneous articles for the outbreaks but they are often too old to be online (or in another language). I figured that eventually I would try inter-library loans to get more resources to fill in more detail. Take your time about doing it. There are plenty of other topics that I can write about in the meantime. Kmdenmark (talk) 14:13, 18 October 2016 (PDT)
 * I will get the scans for you done over Christmas as I'll have lots of free time then! --Samsara (talk) 07:28, 1 December 2016 (PST)
 * Thank you! No hurries, no worries!

Hi Kmdenmark,

I see a page that needs a MOVE, but I am not sure how to do it. I checked out the information and I am not getting it. Another User found that Rich Carlson should be Rich Carson. The name in the page was changed but of course the actual page needs to be moved from Rich Carlson to Rich Carson.

Thanks!--MEcfsFMS (talk) 09:48, 11 August 2018 (EDT)


 * Hi MEcfsFMS, The move button was turned off to everyone but admins. So if you ever want a page moved, just flag me, Ollie, Jamie or Jen. I went to the misspelled Rich Carson page and changed the "redirect" instruction to "marked for deletion." Ollie checks the list of articles flagged for deletion and deletes them at one sitting. Add this category to any page you want deleted - Category:Articles for deletion and it will be looked at by Ollie.


 * I'm glad you are back on MEpedia.  Kmdenmark (talk) 16:27, 11 August 2018 (EDT)

Hi Kmdenmark,

So, I uploaded several files I created because I couldn't get the colors, sizing, and text correct. I finally did get it right but now there are several files out there to delete. I can't figure out where all the uploaded files are. lol Anyway, just don't delete this one: Fibromyalgia Comorbids and Overlapping Conditions.JPG

I think there will be five for you to delete. They all pretty much look the same but I can't remember their exact names but they are all like, Fibro comorbids and variations of that. I think I started around 4 PM? with the first upload.

Thanks again!--MEcfsFMS (talk) 00:46, 20 August 2018 (EDT)

Thanks, Km, I keep forgetting I need to run deletes by Ollie. Appreciate your getting back to me.--MEcfsFMS (talk) 11:16, 20 August 2018 (EDT)

Hey. I've just found a typo in a reference give added to several pages. I thought I had best left you know - I've corrected the original study page plus Carmine Pariante and Alice Russell but not any others. The problem is that author Matthew Hopopf - his last name is actually Hotopf - the authorlink is correct just not the last name.

This reference will also change in 2019 when a volume, issue number and page numbers are avaliable, so I had been linking to the source instead.

Thanks for your work on related pages today.

Njt

notjusttired (talk) 14:37, 19 December 2018 (EST)


 * Thanks for letting me know. Will look at it now. Hope all is well. Kmdenmark (talk) 19 December 2018 (EDT)

Handling misspelled names
Hi and thanks for catching those misspelled names! The help is much appreciated. I'm wondering if there's a reason you prefer to delete the misspelled pages rather than leave them as redirects to the correct names. That's generally the practice for dealing with common misspellings on Wikipedia, for instance, in case a reader makes the same mistake, or another editor does--that way, the person or the link will automatically be directed to the correct page. E.g. right now deleting Zach Shan would leave three broken links, which we can and should fix (I'll take care of it!), but leaving the redirect up ensures that if anyone making the same mistake in the future, the link will still send readers to the correct entry. Does that sounqd ok to you? Thanks much. Canele (talk) 20:03, 16 January 2019 (EST)

Michael Beadsworth
Csn the Mike Beadsworth page be the main one, with Michael Beadsworth the redirect? Professionally he uses the name Mike far more. Njt notjusttired (talk) 13:58, 23 January 2019 (EST)

Sure, sounds good. Kmdenmark (talk) 17:57, 23 January 2019 (EST)

CS1 Error Uses authors parameter
I see there is a CS1 Error for a PDF IOM Report I entered. I saw the authors come up when I entered the citation but it did not seem to "load" the name in the author field as a blue link. But, I did not pay much attention. So, I just updated and then of course changed all the appropriate pages with this same iformation. https://www.me-pedia.org/index.php?title=Category:CS1_maint:_Uses_authors_parameter&action=edit&redlink=1

Now, what I am trying to figure out is will the citation not take Authors on a PDF or is there some other reason? What would be the best fix? I tried putting in this link for the citation on the SEID page using this website: http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2015/ME-CFS.aspx but it did not fix the issue.

I will fix all the pages but I just need to know what you think is the best fix for this. Maybe it is temporary and authors just are not loading on citations right now?--MEandCFS (talk) 15:25, 29 January 2019 (EST)

I had made the changes for these pages under See also heading for the SEID criteria citation.--MEandCFS (talk) 15:28, 29 January 2019 (EST)


 * My apologies, MEandCFS, I have no background in programming, so I don't know what or why anything on MEpedia works. LOL.  I usually just play around with it like you did until I get the desired results. Kmdenmark (talk) 20:09, 29 January 2019 (EST)

Categories for UK politicians
Hi. Can you avoid removing politicians from the categories for political parties? This is crucial information for advocacy and not held elsewhere. Labour/Co-op members are considered members of both parties so need to be in more than one category. Keeping them as categories allows someone to look for UK adbocates, then use the subcategories to find just politicians for political parties or fod which committee they are on - one committee is investigating the PACE trial Parties cover both MPs and the unelected House of Lords.

Also please don't mark redirects for deletion - they are there to help from the correctly spelled page - searching the incorrect name means MEpedia then find the correct page name too. notjusttired (talk) 13:06, 7 February 2019 (EST)

New Category Page
Hello,

I think we need a new Category Page called "Mental Health" for pages like Munchausen syndrome by proxy and the yet to be created page Mental health which at this time is a red link.

I don't know how to create category pages and you might want to name the category page something else.

Thanks for your help.--76.18.68.198 10:55, 14 February 2019 (EST)


 * Good idea. Let me research what wikipedia calls their mental health categories Kmdenmark (talk) 11:57, 14 February 2019 (EST)

Category for 'Intimidation of PACE' critics page
Hello,

I know I can't figure out a category for this page. Intimidation of PACE critics

Can you? lol Tag, your it!--MEandCFS (talk) 09:12, 21 February 2019 (EST)

Categories for Books
Hi,

I am not certain if the word "Genre" should be used for all the books genres already created. I saw there was "Memoir" and "Genre" fiction so I set up "Genre psychology" but, perhaps the latter only need to be "Fiction" or "Psychology" or "Memoir" should be "Genre memoir". I think genre is a good idea as I would like to find books under "History" quickly.

Then, of course, a genre would have to be set up for all the book pages out there and the new genre category linked to the "Books" category. ahem...I know I don't care to do that project. : )

But, I figure I would bring it to your attention that we should at least make a decision on how to set up the genre page we have, by the word Genre attached or not.

Hope what I just wrote makes sense.--77.111.245.220 17:16, 22 February 2019 (EST)


 * I am thinking Genre needs to be included. For instance, Osler's Web and Thirty Years of Disdain both have "History" and they ended up here. https://www.me-pedia.org/wiki/Category:History
 * Perhaps they should be on the "History" category page, but without "Genre history" we can't create a subgroup for the category "Books".--77.111.245.220 18:46, 22 February 2019 (EST)


 * I agree. I think it works better to have a descriptor in the category that denotes books, such as, Category:Genre psychology or Category:Psychology books. 'Psychology' and 'History' are too broad a topic to stand alone. Please feel free to make whatever changes you think improves the site. If later you don't like it or someone thinks of something better, we can easily change it again. My best, Kmdenmark (talk) 19:05, 22 February 2019 (EST)

User Paulitasofia1 uploading images without licenses, citations on images make no sense
Paulitasofia1 keeps uploading images without licenses and the citations used on the images make no sense. They go to a generic PET page on Science Direct.

I did contact this user before when they uploaded to the POTS page without a license and gave an example on how to do so.http://208.97.133.164/wiki/User_talk:Paulitasofia1

Also, one image with a citation is from a page with copyrights; I have removed it from the PET page and marked the upload for deletion. http://208.97.133.164/wiki/File:FDG.png

The second, third, and fourth images with citations #2,4, and 5 are all generic Science Direct pages and did not, as far as I can see, come from this study.

The user will either need to be blocked or blocked from uploading images. Also, can we stop images from being uploaded unless a license is selected? And, I don't think we should be able to select the option on image license of "Not Certain" or whatever that option is.

I don't see how we can keep these images up. Most may be from Wikimedia but now we have to go back and properly cite and license them.

Image number six has been properly cited as I found the correct full text but I will have to put a license on it when I find it.--MEandCFS (talk) 11:39, 27 February 2019 (EST)


 * Let me see if I can find out what to do. Thanks for letting me know. My best, Kmdenmark (talk) 15:24, 28 February 2019 (EST)


 * While we wait for an admin to take action:
 * 1)you can leave a brief explanation on the article's talk page for that article saying "image removed - no license" or "awaiting permission for use of image." You don't have to fix it yourself. (I'm wondering if s/he doesn't know to check his/her messages on his/her user page.)
 * 2)you can tag the page
 * 3) both :)