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Help Project newsletter : Issue 6
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Injection Fraction recap
Reo, I must confess and yet regret to inform you that some material I sent to you previously entitled "Injection Fraction" has been redacted by Wikipedia. I am a dedicated Wiki editor and am saddened to say I lost several hundred edits under this redaction. Essentially they argued that no one had ever attempted to describe a mathematically simple inverse relationship to Ejection Fraction. I had no earthly idea that this page would run as many years as it did on Wikipedia. I remain thankful for the encouragement from like minded travelers along the way. I was finally tackled by an alert and very annoying physician from the UK (JFW). See my home page "Blocked". Is Injection Fraction anything more than a mirror image of previously published material? Is inversion of someone else's work subject to license? If so this is a downhill slippery slope that Wikipedia is uniquely positioned to absorb. How can I contribute license to IF lock, stock and barrel to Wikipedia? My granddaughter thinks my battles with Wiki remain hilarious and that I should someday apologize to JFW. I'm thinking I should be offering an olive branch to somebody. What do you think Reo?
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