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All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident'
-inaccuratelyquotingArthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
This user is currently busy as a bee and is going to be on Wikipedia in off-and-on doses.
I try to do the right thing. If I make a mistake, please let me know.
This user is a true Wikipedian and allows everyone in the universe to completely rewrite every edit they have written on Wikipedia. Likewise, this user reserves the right to completely rewrite edits by every user on Wikipedia.
This editor is a Veteran Editor IV and is entitled to display this Gold Editor Star.
I am a paediatric neurologist and neurodevelopmental specialist and the founder of the Institute of NeuroDevelopment where help parents raise awesome kids irrespective of neurodevelopmental challenges. I am based in Kolkata, India. I am also the Deputy Editor in Chief of the ILAE Wikipedia Project, (an unpaid post but ILAE does provide a certain compensation to my organisation to make up for the time spent from my working hours in the organisation). I also run a Wikipedia Medical Editing Internship and groom people to edit Wikipedia. I am also a Board member of Wikimedia Medicine. I contribute primarily to medical articles on English Wikipedia. I am also a new page reviewer and try to help out. I am also a Wikidata enthusiast and try to contribute to this centralised repository.
I first started editing Wikipedia as an unregistered user. Eventually I created this user account named Diptanshu.D and started editing using this account. I edited under this name for 9 years, following which I changed it to Diptanshu Das to reflect my "real life" identity.
I am here, wishing to contribute to the open knowledge-base for all. Wikipedia provides me the scope of Collaborative learning. Lets help to make the world a better place to live. Let knowledge know no boundaries.
I use Wikipedia for reference. When I find a scope of improvement in the article that I am looking up, I generally try to fill the gaps.
I 'check' Wikipedia for possible errors and discrepancies.
I look up the individual articles in a given category, make edits to the articles as required, add main article for the given category, assign the category to respective WikiProject(s), assign uncategorised articles to suitable categories and reassign categories as required.
Looking up and improving references is a key aspect of my contribution.
I tend to provide efforts in making them inline if they are not.
I fix citation errors and duplicate references and use {{cite journal}} and {{cite book}} templates where they have not been applied.
I also provide DOI, PMID and PMC for journal references or ISBN and online links for book references where they are lacking.
I often leave suggestions on an article talk page with things to do and mentioning resources to utilise.
I try to provide links to important related pages through See also, Further reading, by modifying templates or through External links.
While going through cetain articles, I often come across some gaps or discrepancies and make appropriate improvements to the article.
I read translated version of corresponding other language Wikipedia articles and try to enrich the English Wikipedia wherever I find a scope.
I copy public domain text directly into Wikipedia including the proper mention of the source and licensing applicable.
I add and check wikilinks, remove duplicates, provide disambiguation and redirect them wherever necessary.
I often create pages or redirect them if there is a seeming void or requirement and often make big edits to articles within my expertise.
Rather than trying to improve a B or C class article to GA or FA class, I prefer to improve the stubs, start class and Class C articles (which are generally in a requirement of significant improvement)
Sometime I cleanup pages to meet Wikipedia standards.
I add maintenance tags where they are supposedly required.
I add tags for Categories, Wikiprojects or templates to articles as applicable.
My contributions have more association with WP:MED and related WikiProjects and often involve edits requiring expert knowledge and opinion. I contribute to Wikipedia whenever I have scope but my involvement varies due to my busy schedule.
I had been member of the Editorial board of WikiJournal of Medicine where I served administrative functions in addition to my contributions to the journal or attempts to popularize it.
In 2013 you were one of the top 300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you so much for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date medical information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do!
In 2015 you were one of the top 300 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, and we would love to collaborate further.
Thank you for all the great work you are doing promoting Wikipedia and medicine. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:37, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your work with AWB. Please keep up the good work! Magioladitis (talk) 18:18, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
The 2017 Cure Award
In 2017 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. Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:00, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar
For completing over 100 reviews during the 2018 June Backlog Drive, please accept this Special Edition Barnstar. Thank you for helping out at New Page Patrol and keep up the good work. Cheers! — Insertcleverphrasehere(or here) 01:59, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
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