User talk:AnnQoLAge

Hi I did put square brackets round references to my works and the underlined web links to my published papers and books, following Wiki instructions. Can anyone make them live again so it is not deleted as I have failed for ages? thanks A AnnQoLAge (talk) 21:00, 26 July 2018 (UTC)Hi Kleukse how do I reply to you only? So thanks for your offer of help so please dont delete my page as it is referenced so I don't understand the message it will be deleted in 7 days as has no references. I made them live too in my sandbox before publishing - can you make them live again for me please and publish? Please sdave again to Sandbox rather than delete. I followed Wiki instructions with the valid references there. Why don't they seem to show then? Thanks Ann

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Proposed deletion of Ann Patricia Bowling

The article Ann Patricia Bowling has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Kleuske (talk) 20:19, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

If you want, I can move that page to draft space, so you can work on it, without the likes of me, meddling... Kleuske (talk) 20:22, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

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Are you notable?

I am willing to help you format your article, if you will explain here why you think you meet our notability criteria. See WP:N and WP:PROF. -Arch dude (talk) 21:30, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

This appears to be related to this help desk question.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:52, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

@Arch dude: @Vchimpanzee: please also refer to WP:PROF conversation here. It seems like the case for notability is on a good track. -Furicorn (talk) 02:36, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

July 2018

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, but it appears you have written or added to an article about yourself, at Draft:Ann Patricia Bowling. Creating an autobiography is strongly discouraged – see our guideline on writing autobiographies. If you create such an article, it may be deleted. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later (see Wikipedians with articles). If you wish to add to an existing article about yourself, please propose the changes on its talk page. Please understand that this is an encyclopedia and not a personal web space or social networking site. If your article has already been deleted, please see: Why was the page I created deleted?, and if you feel the deletion was an error, please discuss it with the deleting administrator. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 21:54, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi yes it is just a brief bio like those of my academic colleagues following the same style. I have got a copy in my sandbox using WIKI inserts to cit/auto/insert my references now. Well I am an internationally recognised academic research specialist on quality of life and ageing but how do I convince you. You could jusdt put my name into Google4 and see. I would never write a long article about myself for Wiki - as said this is just a short academic bio like those of my colleagues on the site. Advice welcome. What category should I use for upload then and I'll move the copy in my Sandbox with the citations inserted auto? Thank you A AnnQoLAge (talk) 22:15, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

AfC notification: User:AnnQoLAge/sandbox has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:AnnQoLAge/sandbox. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 07:49, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

A PS to above where you wanted citatio links to National Press articles about my work this is an article in the national press, the Times, about my research on cognitive decline, written by Chris Smyth, Health Editor

December 2 2016, 12:01am, The Times

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/voluntary-work-keeps-your-brain-sharper-xkhfkg667

The above is in Wiki text OK? Thanks Ann And this in non Wiki text in case I still haven't got it right:

This is an article in the national press, the Times, about my research on cognitive decline, written by Chris Smyth, Health Editor

December 2 2016, 12:01am, The Times

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/voluntary-work-keeps-your-brain-sharper-xkhfkg667

A AnnQoLAge (talk) 13:03, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Dear Furicorn please see my Sandbox at the end for the replies from BMA and from RCP FPH but oddly they inserted before the end references again but hope you can see all OK. Thanks again. BW A AnnQoLAge (talk) 21:54, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Dear Furicorn I can't find your new page now but if needed later after review, if you open this link to my journal paper on quality of life, at the bottom of the page are metrics which state it was referenced in one policy report – which is the policy report I gave you = the 2015 report of the Chief Medical Officer.  This is just in case you later want a link to verify a policy report reference to my research on quality of life further.

https://jech.bmj.com/content/65/3/273

Statistics from Altmetric.com

See more details

Referenced in 1 policy sources

133 readers on Mendeley

Thanks A AnnQoLAge (talk) 17:59, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Headshot copyright situation and some questions

Hi there, it's me again. I went ahead and moved your bio into the main article space, I just got tired of waiting for someone else to review it. I wanted to put up a picture of you if that's all right, and I was wondering if you could figure out with your institution what the licensing situation is of the photo on your staff bio page? Specifically, I want to know if it's ok with them (or you if you both own the copyright) to upload the photo with a creative commons by-sa license? Additionally,I was filling out {{Infobox academic}} and was able to fill out some information, but I was hoping you could help out where possible with some of the blanks. Please add to the blank entries below if you feel willing or able (also feel free to correct entries if I got some wrong):

1. honorific_prefix = Professor
2. name = Ann Patricia Bowling
3. honorific_suffix =Professor
4. birth_name = it is the same
5. birth_date = 1951 05 07
6. birth_place = England, UK
7. region = Surrey
8. nationality = British, Irish
9. citizenship = dual British and Irish
10. residence = London, England, UK
11. other_names = none
12. occupation = Research professor
13. period = university professor since 1995 in London then Southampton University
14. known_for = Research on quality of life for older people
15. title =Professor
16. boards = International Journal of Aging and Human Development )previously), Health Expectations and Aging Research Journals (formerly)
17. spouse = none
18. children = none
19. parents = deceased
20. relatives = no immediate reltives
21. awards = British Medical Association#BMA Medical Book Awards - Highly Commended on Basis of Medicine 1998, 2015; Fellowship of Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians (2006)
22. website =
23. education =
24. alma_mater =
25. thesis_title =
26. thesis_url =
27. thesis_year =
28. school_tradition =
29. doctoral_advisor =
30. academic_advisors =
31. influences =
32. era =
33. discipline = Sociologist, Public Health
34. sub_discipline = Social Gerontology
35. workplaces =
36. doctoral_students =
37. notable_students =
38. main_interests =
39. notable_works =
40. notable_ideas =
41. influenced =
42. signature =

-Furicorn (talk) 01:42, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

I did some asking around, and the best way for us to be able to use your faculty headshot on wikipedia is to have either the photographer or the head of the university use the interactive release generator at this page [1]. If they follow the steps, it will generate an email that they can then copy and paste into an email, and then send to the email address the process indicates. -Furicorn (talk) 07:01, 5 October 2018 (UTC), International Journal of Ageing and Human Development (formerly)

1. spouse =
2. children =
3. parents =
4. relatives =
5. awards = British Medical Association#BMA Medical Book Awards - Highly Commended on Basis of Medicine 1998, 2015
6. website = my weblink wont paste in to wikki so can you help me get it to paste please as this is manual htpps:\\www.southampton.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/staff//ann bowling.page
7. education =
8. alma_mater =
9. thesis_title = Delegation in General Practice
10. thesis_url = none as predated urls
11. thesis_year = 1981
12. school_tradition = Sociology and Anthropology
13. doctoral_advisor = Professor Roy Mapes
14. academic_advisors = Professor Roy Mapes
15. influences = shall I give publications to my work here as no policy references this early
16. era = 1977 - 1980
17. discipline = Sociologist, Public Health Sociology
18. sub_discipline = Social Gerontology Soial gerontology
19. workplaces = University of Southampton
20. doctoral_students = none
21. notable_students = none
22. main_interests = Ageing, qualityy of life, inequalities in access to health care
23. notable_works = Numerous please see list and cv on staff page
24. notable_ideas = Broadening the concept and measurement of quality of life in older age
25. influenced = Policy thinking on well-being so please insert the references

I provided with citations in report Scottish \Gov and Eng. Chief Medical officer Report on well being

1. signature = Please advise what I do here and how to copy in file with electronic signature thanks

-Furicorn (talk) 01:42, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Dear Furicon Thank you so much again, have been away this week. I supplied the photo to Southampton, it is not their's, so you do not need their permission to use it but tell me how to upload my jpg of it please and how to insert electronic signature file as requested at the end of your questions, and websites (university of southampton my staff page as Wikki won't paste it?). I will answer each question below at the side of each - some are too intrusive like relatives names but I don't have any close relatives anyway (and I do not like having to state whether I have a spouse or children, do I have to?).your advice welcome again please.Thanks.

I did some asking around, and the best way for us to be able to use your faculty headshot on wikipedia is to have either the photographer or the head of the university use the interactive release generator at this page [1]. If they follow the steps, it will generate an email that they can then copy and paste into an email, and then send to the email address the process indicates. -Furicorn (talk) 07:01, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

They do not have copyright I can provide it.

AAnnQoLAge (talk) 21:18, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

PS Not sure what to do about this message

This article's lead section may be too long for the length of the article. Please help by moving some material from it into the body of the article. Please read the layout guide and lead section guidelines to ensure the section will still be inclusive of all essential details. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (October 2018) A AnnQoLAge (talk) 21:24, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

PPS Furicorn I missed education it is Lowestoft Grammar School; Universities of London and Wales.

If parents are needed they were John James Bowling (1920-99) and Margaret Ellen Bowling nee Towey 1927-85

I await for advice on photo and signature etc uploads, and sorry answers were split above, and thank you again BW A AnnQoLAge (talk) 22:46, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

@AnnQoLAge: Thank you for all your responses, of course you don't need to answer anything that you feel is too intrusive. I did not intend to pressure you to answer any questions you don't feel comfortable answering, so my apologies if it came across that way. I just listed all the possible information points the template could handle. I've already gone ahead and updated the page except with the information about your parents - I can add that if you want me to, but only if you want me to because it's absolutely optional.

With regards to your photo, that's great to hear that it's yours! Can you give the Upload Wizard a shot? You just need to upload it from your computer and follow the steps (make sure to select "This is my own work"). -Furicorn (talk) 00:41, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Also, don't worry about the header on your page about the too long intro. It's just a style complaint that someone else may fix down the line. -Furicorn (talk) 00:53, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks again Furicorn, and sorry, I thought the answers were 'compulsory' for wikki. I uploaded the photo and clicked my own work. Ann Bowling 2010 head and shoulders Gt Georges UoLME06654-1.jpg

To use the file in a wiki, copy this text into a page:

To link to it in HTML, copy this URL:

Can my own electronic signature be optional rather than the public seeing it please? Or does it mean I insert the Wikki signature?

Many thanks again fo all your amazing work and help.

Thanks Ann

Here is my Wikki signature for the question above 86.159.159.116 (talk) 09:32, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

PS Thanks I had a look at entry. Thank you so much, just one tiny correction My board membership as associate Editor of International Journal of Aging and Human Development was also former in case it continues to show as current. So please can (formerly) be inserted after it also, thanks. I had a go and failed. AAnnQoLAge (talk) 09:40, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Dear Furicorn I just re-uploaded the photo (as 1st photo I uploaded had my ID in the label) this time without my ID and it is labelled Ann Bowling head and shoulders for websites. I don't know how to delete the 1st one but this 2nd upload is the one to link with. I didn't state any catagories. Thank you again.

Thanks for uploading! You can now use these files on wikis, or link to them on the web. Ann Bowling head shoulders for websites.jpg To use the file in a wiki, copy this text into a page: A AnnQoLAge (talk) 10:06, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading, I found the photo and added it to the page, and tried to make all the changes you mentioned. The signature is optional, sorry for any confusion about that. Pretty much all the fields were optional, I think I did a bad job communicating this. So again, I hope you did not share information you were uncomfortable doing so. Also there were some items that didn't behave the way I expected them to based on the template documentation, so I adjusted them (birth location and residence). Take a look and see if the information looks good, and if there's anything that on second thought, you'd rather not share. -Furicorn (talk) 02:37, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Furicorn, you've been brilliant all through, just my lack of experience here to blame. Thank you. AAnnQoLAge (talk) 22:20, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

I have checked it and a huge thank you again, you've written that brilliantly - just 2 corrections to make can you take out the two references to 'statistics' under Work please:'Bowling's main work has focused on research and policy regarding quality of life in older age, and statistical methods in public health. She authored widely cited textbooks on statistical and research methods in public health...' Instead of the 1st 'statistical' please insert 'research' instead, and just delete the 2nd 'statistical and'. I am not a statistician and my books on methods were just research methods. Thanks - do let me know if I make sense. AAnnQoLAge (talk) 22:34, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

PPS Dear Furicorn Just spotted an error which is all my fault - Under the brief 'Years active' entry I misinterpreted the question, so it needs correcting from 1995 to present to to 1978 to present as 1978 was when I started as an active, employed researcher. Apologies.

To correct Years active 1995 to present to years active 1978 to present.

OK? Thanks A AnnQoLAge (talk) 22:45, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

@AnnQoLAge: Ok, should be all corrected now. -Furicorn (talk) 23:12, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Dear Furicorn That was so quick thank you. Sorry but I see a minor correction is needed where you put: 'Bowling was a member of editorial board and is now the Associate Editor at International Journal of Aging and Human Development....' Can you change the sentence please just to 'Bowling has been a member of various editorial boards 'including formerly' Associate Editor (can you change at to of here too please) International Journal of Aging and Human Development....' i.e. I am not currently a member of these (plural). Thanks. (I also see the 1st few sentences state citations are needed. Is that still an issue to leave for the reviewer to question?) Finally, please can you make the book Measuring health a cap H making it Measuring Health under Work line 2 word 1 please? Ditto under Honours, middle of line 1, a cap H for measuring health to make Measuring Health, so it is consistent with the caps for the book Research Methods in Health. It is OK in lower case under Selected works as they are all consistently lower case after the 1st word of the titles. So sorry to ask you to do these. Thanks A AnnQoLAge (talk) 23:35, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Furicorn and editor for all speedy corrections and all your amazing writing. BW AAnnQoLAge (talk) 15:20, 12 October 2018 (UTC) AAnnQoLAge (talk) 15:21, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

PS Dear Furicorn Two corrections needed are: 1) I am no longer an associate editor so this still needs changing: 'Bowling was a member of editorial board and is now the Associate Editor at International Journal of Aging and Human Development.' To (and correct to plural as here: 'Bowling has been a member of academic journal editorial boards, and formerly Associate Editor of International Journal of Aging and Human Development.' And 2) please can health (line 2 Honours) be corrected to cap. H at '== Honours ==

In July 2006, Bowling was elected Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. Measuring health ' To read as '== Honours == In July 2006, Bowling was elected Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. Measuring Health Please advise if/how I can do the corrections. Thanks for all A AnnQoLAge (talk) 15:31, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Should be done. -Furicorn (talk) 13:23, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Dear Furicorn Brilliant and thank you for your time yet again. Best wishes AAnnQoLAge (talk) 16:24, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Dear Furicorn, Seasons Greetings. There is a long, distracting message from someone at the top of my Wikki page (thank you for creating) asking for a shorter introduction 'This article's lead section may be too long for the length of the article. Please help by moving some material from it into the body of the article. Please read the layout guide and lead section guidelines to ensure the section will still be inclusive of all essential details. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (October 2018) I wonder if the message can be deleted and whether the intro really is too long as it seems short enough to me, thanks again, best wishes Ann AnnQoLAge (talk) 14:07, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Ann, happy holidays! I wouldn't worry about the message, your article is in no danger of deletion, it's just a housekeeping notice that was added in October 2018 that hasn't received a lot of commentary. That being said, the intro is a touch long given the length of the article body, so I moved a few things into the Work section. If your main complaint is that the message is distracting, I hope you won't consider it unfair if I leave it to another editor to deal with this problem more thoroughly. I may yet find the motivation to rework it, but if it's not a notice that would put the article in danger of deletion, I don't want to make any promises. -Furicorn (talk) 14:59, 25 December 2018 (U

Thanks Furicorn and Happy New Year. That's great and of course, you have done more than enough and I am really grateful. Best wishes Ann AnnQoLAge (talk) 20:58, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with... I am the author and it is not good practice to edit one's own page about oneself, and I wasn't very good with the format anyway. I added the below request for this help to Talk but I think it disappeared: - can you advise please, thank you Ann

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Ann_Patricia_Bowling

At the sub-title Books I need to insert ‘(selected)’ as below. And at end of Books I need to insert a recent 3rd book as below: Books (selected) [edit]

· Bowling, Ann (2017). Measuring health: a review of subjective health, well-being and quality of life measurement scales (4th ed.). London: Open Univ Press. ISBN 978-0335261949. OCLC 951645229.

· Bowling, Ann (2014). Research methods in health: Investigating health and health services (4th ed.). Milton Keynes. ISBN 9780335262755. OCLC 887254158.

· Bowling, Ann (2023). Research methods in health: Investigating health and health services (5th ed.). Maidenhead Open Univ Press McGraw Hill.ISBC-13 9780335250929 ISBN10 9780335250929 eISBN 9780335250936

At the end of my Wikepedia page at External links three of my four links need updating:

please delete these 2nd and 3rd links:

· Older People’s Quality of Life Questionnaire (OPQOL) summed scoring and reverse coding

· OPQOL-BRIEF questionnaire Links accessed 17 June 2018 and insert instead: · https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/instruments/older-people-s-quality-of-life Link accessed 1 February 2024. · https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/instruments/older-people-s-quality-of-life-brief-version Link accessed 1 February 2024

The 1st link is correct and should remain as: Ann Patricia Bowling publications indexed by Google Scholar The last link web location has changed and needs updating to:

The definition and measurement of well-being and quality of life in mental health promotion and outcomesRetrieved 1 February 2024. AnnQoLAge (talk) 16:49, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I notice you have already placed an edit request for the same content at the article's talk. I have added a request template to your request to alert uninvolved users to your query, so please keep an eye on that page for further updates. If you want more help, change the {{help me-helped}} back into a {{help me}}, stop by the Teahouse, or Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 16:59, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. It is a duplicate as it disappeared when I tried to view it. Apologies, Ann 2A00:23C5:3F19:9601:5479:DDDF:6282:B5DE (talk) 17:07, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Help me!

Please can anyone help with minor updates to my page please:https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Ann_Patricia_Bowling

At the sub-title Books I need to insert ‘(selected)’ as below. And at end of Books I need to insert a recent 3rd book as below:

Books (selected) [edit]

· Bowling, Ann (2017). Measuring health: a review of subjective health, well-being and quality of life measurement scales (4th ed.). London: Open Univ Press. ISBN 978-0335261949. OCLC 951645229.

· Bowling, Ann (2014). Research methods in health: Investigating health and health services (4th ed.). Milton Keynes. ISBN 9780335262755. OCLC 887254158.

· Bowling, Ann (2023). Research methods in health: Investigating health and health services (5th ed.). Maidenhead Open Univ Press McGraw Hill.ISBC-13 9780335250929 ISBN10 9780335250929 eISBN 9780335250936

At the end of my Wikepedia page at External links three of my four links need updating:

please delete these 2nd and 3rd links:

· Older People’s Quality of Life Questionnaire (OPQOL) summed scoring and reverse coding

· OPQOL-BRIEF questionnaire Links accessed 17 June 2018 and insert instead: · https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/instruments/older-people-s-quality-of-life Link accessed 1 February 2024. · https://eprovide.mapi-trust.org/instruments/older-people-s-quality-of-life-brief-version Link accessed 1 February 2024

The 1st link is correct and should remain as: Ann Patricia Bowling publications indexed by Google Scholar The last link web location has changed and needs updating to:

"Chief Medical Officer annual report 2013: public mental health" The definition and measurement of well-being and quality of life in mental health promotion and outcomeshttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/chief-medical-officer-cmo-annual-report-public-mental-healthRetrieved 1 February 2024.

Please help me with...

AnnQoLAge (talk) 17:12, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

I just checked and the edit request is still definitely on the article's talk page. Primefac (talk) 18:52, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks what shall I do please? AnnQoLAge (talk) 20:34, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Check back at that talk page, or add it to your watchlist, to know when someone has replied. Primefac (talk) 07:31, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Will try to refind it amid the 5 year old Talks cluttering it up and add it to watchlist thanks Ann 2A00:23C5:3F19:9601:7C0F:C45D:D2C3:30E2 (talk) 14:59, 2 February 2024 (UTC)