User:David notMD

This user helped get "Biotin" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 4 March 2021.
This user helped get "Brown-tail moth" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 20 March 2018.
This user helped get "Egg allergy" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 5 December 2017.
This user helped get "Folate" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 26 October 2019.
This user helped get "I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 20 February 2018.
This user helped get "Luna moth" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 12 September 2018.
This user helped get "Milk allergy" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 14 March 2018.
This user helped get "Niacin" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 30 August 2020.
This user helped get "Red yeast rice" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 9 September 2019.
This user helped get "Riboflavin" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 28 December 2021.
This user helped get "Sesame allergy" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 18 September 2022.
This user helped get "Vitamin B12" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 17 May 2020.
This user helped get "Vitamin C" listed at Did You Know on the main page on 10 January 2018.
This user helped "Biotin" become a good article on 17 February 2021.
This user helped "Brown-tail moth" become a good article on 25 July 2018.
This user helped "Egg allergy" become a good article on 12 November 2017.
This user helped "Fish allergy" become a good article on 8 December 2020.
This user helped "Folate" become a good article on 7 October 2019.
This user helped "Luna moth" become a good article on 17 August 2018.
This user helped "Milk allergy" become a good article on 15 February 2018.
This user helped "Niacin" become a good article on 8 August 2020.
This user helped "Pantothenic acid" become a good article on 3 July 2020.
This user helped "Red yeast rice" become a good article on 15 August 2019.
This user helped "Riboflavin" become a good article on 9 December 2021.
This user helped "Sesame allergy" become a good article on 6 September 2022.
This user helped "Shellfish allergy" become a good article on 4 May 2021.
This user helped "Thiamine" become a good article on 5 December 2022.
This user helped "Vitamin A" become a good article on 22 March 2022.
This user helped "Vitamin B12" become a good article on 24 April 2020.
This user helped "Vitamin B6" become a good article on 23 September 2021.
This user helped "Vitamin C" become a good article on 27 November 2017.
This user helped "Vitamin K" become a good article on 26 October 2020.
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Symbols across top indicate articles I have raised to Good Article status and subsequent "Did You Know" postings on the main page. David notMD is my nom de plume on various forums and chats. I chose it because I was arguing with someone whose forum name was David MD. Signed up with Wikipedia in January 2006 and am currently between 50,000 and 55,000 edits. Quantity does not equate to quality, but the number does mean that I am approaching top 2,000 English Wikipedia accounts for most edits.

Many, many years ago I earned a doctorate in nutritional biochemistry. My career had been in industry as opposed to academia or government - primarily R&D for medical foods, functional foods and dietary supplements. Many of my entries have been corrections, additions and subtractions to entries on dietary supplement ingredients, also vitamins, nutritionally essential minerals, and nutrients in general. And various food allergies. One long-term goal is to raise all vitamin articles to GA status. Currently at 11 out of 13. Remaining are vitamins D and E.

AS OF 1/1/19 I AM RETIRED. For 2004-2018 I was self-employed as a science consultant to companies in the dietary supplement, performance nutrition and functional food industries. I did not receive payments from clients for making changes to Wikipedia entries. NO PAID EDITING. None of my clients were aware of my Wikipedia activities, and none ever asked me to create or edit Wikipedia entries. My intentions will continue to be to avoid conflict of interest (COI) and maintain a neutral point of view. For articles with more of a potential for COI given my past work, I will still identify that information on the Talk pages of the articles in question.

I have self-diagnosed as having ASD (meaning Attention Surplus Disorder, not Autism spectrum disorder). Useful after making a Good Article Nomination, but otherwise a life-distorting affliction.

Articles created: Fish allergy, Shellfish allergy and Sesame allergy. All subsequently raised to Good article status. Sixteen other articles raised to GA (see green circles). As of 2024, working on revising Vitamin C prior to nominated for consideration as a Featured article.

I am also a Teahouse host and new editor Mentor.

Barnstars and other awards shown on my Talk page.

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This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years.
This user attends or attended
MIT.
PhDThis user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Nutritional Biochemistry.
This user has published a book.
This editor won the Half Million Award for bringing Vitamin B12 to Good Article status.
This editor won the Half Million Award for bringing Vitamin C to Good Article status.
This editor won the Half Million Award for bringing Folate to Good Article status.
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