J. Ash Bowie

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Psychology article

I just caught your last edit to Psychology (haven't looked back at others), and though a small edit, I thought it was excellent. I'd encourage you to continue boldly editing the article. Places in the article give the reader the impression that behaviorism is still ascendant (decades outdated!). Parts of the article need to be rewritten. Some content and some omissions ("Observation in natural settings" section, "Survey questionnaires" section) seem to indicate that a lot of the writing was done by people who have only a popular (30 years outdated) grasp of the subject matter. -DoctorW 17:35, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement. All in all, the psychology article isn't very good...I'd give it a C+. For such a core topic, it should really shine. So, bold editing does seem to be the way to go... :) —Ash(talk) 02:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I think there are more important parts of the article to work on other than the research-practitioner gap issue. I think its a subtopic of clinical psychology and it could be delt with there. But its also a philosophy of science/psychology issue. For a main article I like to see the sort of content and quality as included in a good university level psychology text book. Maybe it should be written more for a general public audience. ----Action potential ^{t c} 05:59, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

History of psychotherapy

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Copy and paste moves

Please note that moving an article by copying and pasting it, as you did to Body of light is prohibited. See WP:MOVE for how to move an article. In any case, Wikipedia has its own rules on capitalization, and we don't follow the silly practice in occultism of Capitalizing Every Important Word. IPSOS (talk) 16:08, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

You object to having it be capitalized, although the term is repeatedly capitalized in the literature? It is a specific name for something, and Wikipedians do care about accuracy and respecting the source. However, if you want to waste your time switching it back to it's prior inaccurate state, go ahead. —Ash(talk) 16:15, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

It has to be switched back due to the fact that you copied and pasted. Please read WP:MOVE which explains precisely why this is prohibited. It causes a violation of the GFDL because it loses the edit history of the article and makes it look like you wrote the whole thing. Please don't ever move a page that way again. IPSOS (talk) 16:18, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and when you refer to "the literature" does all literature on the topic capitalize it that way? I don't think so. Occult texts are well known for overcapitalizing. IPSOS (talk) 16:20, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I appreciate the move rules. Thanks for pointing it out.

Regarding the name, yes, Crowley always capitalized it...it was used as a proper name, not just a description—it was the Body of Light, not a body of light. Believe me, I don't care nearly enough to fight about it...if you feel passionately about it, use whichever name you want. —Ash(talk) 16:54, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, the term is in much wider use than Crowley. The article needs to be globalized anyway. IPSOS (talk) 17:01, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. —Ash(talk) 18:44, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Can you please describe some (or all) of your images you put here?

Can you please describe some (or all) of your images you put on this page? The reason why is that I don't really know where you took the images. I try to be as nice as I can, but, I don't know... Thanks! -Goodshoped35110s^{My Talk!}_{My Contribs!}05:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Well, they were all taken at the location of the article...the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. —Ash(talk) 04:19, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Ash,

I am a clinical psychologist working on a project to improve imterpersonal communication within the Wikipedia Community. Would you please E-mail me if you would be interested in helping with such a project.

Regards,

Michael David (talk) 22:18, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Survey request

Hi,
I need your help. I am working on a research project at Boston College, studying creation of medical information on Wikipedia. You are being contacted, because you have been identified as an important contributor to one or more articles.

Would you will be willing to answer a few questions about your experience? We've done considerable background research, but we would also like to gather the insight of the actual editors. Details about the project can be found at the user page of the project leader, geraldckane. Survey questions can be found at geraldckane/medsurvey. Your privacy and confidentiality will be strictly protected!

The questions should only take a few minutes. I hope you will be willing to complete the survey, as we do value your insight. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Professor Kane if you have any questions.

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sidebar for psychology

Could you please have a look at this. Template_talk:Psychology_sidebar#Subtitles_for_sidebar_for_main_areas_of_psychology We're still waiting on a RfC for the section on whether "basic science" / "applied science" is appropriate for the side bar compared with "research" / "applied" or some other format. I have problem with this because there are many areas of psychology that don't fit under the first one. ----Action potential ^{discuss contribs} 10:42, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Tony Lema

Thanks for all the pages you created, and the work you've done on articles related to A.C. "Tony" Lema. Great work. I've done quite a bit of edits throughout the whole listings, and have seen some of your travels. Thanks, Aleister Wilson (talk) 14:02, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

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Clinical psychology

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Thanks. I appreciate your move. I didn't notice the tag for some reason. I'll address it soon... —Ash(talk) 03:42, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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