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| Hi. I'd like to bring your attention to a new learning project in Wikiversity. As you have been involved with the discussion on the[REDACTED] Parkinson's disease page I felt you might be interested in looking at the project and perhaps even contributing material to it. Please see my Talk page, http://en.wikiversity.org/User_talk:Droflet#The_Science_Behind_Parkinson.27s_learning_project , the subpage, http://en.wikiversity.org/User_talk:Droflet/ProjectDescription or the project itself , http://en.wikiversity.org/Portal:The_Science_Behind_Parkinson%27s . It would be great if you could bring the project to the attention of others who might be interested in helping us develop it. Thanks. | |||
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| *]-lacks any references, and implies these drugs can help.] 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *]-don't let your children go there ] 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC) This has been rewritten since ] (Dr Becker-Weidman) and his 6 socks were indef banned. ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 16:45, 11 November 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *]-more unsourced POV edits ] 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *]-more of the same ] 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
| *]-Actually not completely off the wall, but some parts are bad. ] 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
| * Er, ] and ] could both use more work, and talk about endangering lives... especially the former. ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 18:54, 12 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
| * I'd also add ] to the list... I did a lot of work cleaning it up and it's not so bad anymore (it actually references the serious harms and deaths associated with ephedra supplements in a way that goes beyond referring to the FDA as jackbooted thugs, now). But much of the same material is duplicated in ], which I haven't been as successful with, and which I fear gives an erroneous impression as to the safety record of ephedra-containing dietary supplements. ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 19:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
| * Arguably, ], though that's probably not actually ''dangerous'', just ridiculously oversold. ] <sup>]</sup> 00:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
| * ]. Anti-vaxers are really dangerous. -- <i><b><font color="004000">]</font></b></i> / <b><font color="990099" size="1">]</font></b> 08:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC) | |||
| * ]. A dangerous scam. -- <i><b><font color="004000">]</font></b></i> / <b><font color="990099" size="1">]</font></b> 08:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC) | |||
| * ]. Advocates nonsense. -- <i><b><font color="004000">]</font></b></i> / <b><font color="990099" size="1">]</font></b> 08:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC) | |||
| * ]. Advocates nonsense and repeated run ins with the FTC. -- <i><b><font color="004000">]</font></b></i> / <b><font color="990099" size="1">]</font></b> 08:27, 20 November 2007 (UTC) | |||
| * ], ], ]. ]. I would treat ] as the main hub for many of them though. Its a subject that seems to be the main pseudoscientific umbrella that is used by most of them to give the false impression of scientific appearance. Its incredibly widespread and extremely misleading to the less scientifically literate. Here is a good source; . ] (]) 05:33, 26 November 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :anyone who wants to work on this complex of article, I'll be glad to help. Time we got to the pseudo-psychology. ''']''' (]) 21:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * ]. I just put in some references, but there is a lot more that can be done. That someone would think that coral calcium can be used as a panacea for all types of cancer when in fact excess calcium can, in some cases, be detrimental to certain cancer treatments means that we should be very careful how the claims of the coral calcium fanatics are treated. ] (]) 21:38, 12 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| :::Do you now understand the motive for asking those questions? The concensus system has failed the article in question as the editors are all from a geographically and culturally-select minority (when compared to the article's intended audience) and they are overruling a (seemingly) lone representative and the interests of the rest of the English-speaking world that they stand for. Tactics include racist slurs, intimidation on personal pages, and deliberately lethargic administrators who show partiality to a select few and condone the aforementioned behaviour. I don't know where you from or anything about you, and you don't know where I'm from or anything about me. And, to be honest, it bears absolutely no relevance at all to our ability to be able to work together to help fix an article that is seriously biased. All I know is that you have shown considerable ability to be neutral and apply logic, facts, Misplaced Pages policy, and common sense to help achieve a good level of neutrality in other articles, which are crucial attributes to have in an editor where national bias has become a problem. | |||
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| It is more accurate and helpful to describe the Victoria Cross as being similar to the MOH, and also to point out that it is the highest award for valour not only of Commonwealth nations, but specifically of the United Kingdom. It seems like only one person is changing my edits; is this not the case? Also, HOW is the style unusual or difficult to understand. If you tell me, I can change it to be more easily understood. | |||
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| Your highly-personal and grossly rude heading of "Are you just naturally rude?" seriously needs addressing. It was simply uncalled for - all I did was change your edit. My edit was regarding depression in the context of pre-dementia Alzheimer's, and was absolutely nothing to do with what you describe as "Alternative medicine nutjobs"! I simply corrected a mistake on the page. Please attend to my response to your comment, or I will report your behaviour. --] (]) 01:44, 14 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| My edits were copy edits to improve readability of the article. I hope you weren't implying anything to the contrary? Let's take one example of your bulk revert which I think resulted in a worse article. My edit: | |||
| :Homeopaths say that ] in water, sugar or alcohol, with shaking between each dilution, removes any negative effects of the remedy while retaining its qualities. | |||
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| :According to homeopaths, ], with shaking between each dilution, removes any negative effects of the remedy while the qualities of the substance are retained by the diluent (water, sugar, or alcohol). | |||
| Would you mind explaining to me why your edit is to be preferred? I'll copy this to the talkpage. So perhaps you'd like to explain there. ] (]) 04:30, 15 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::Regarding otherwise justified revert, did you really mean to restore the following bit of text which I had removed: "This last study in the words of a medical review ''has been highly criticized for being methodologically flawed on many levels.52-61 Of particular concern, the researchers eliminated 102 of 110 homeopathic trials and based their conclusions on only the 8 largest high-quality trials without clearly identifying the criteria by which these trials were selected or the identity of these trials. Odds ratios calculated before the exclusions (on all 110 trials) do not support their ultimate conclusion that homeopathic interventions are no better than placebo''."? Whether the idea expressed in the paragraph belongs in the article is one thing, but either way, in its current form the quote needs attribution and citation, which is why I removed it. ] ] 21:04, 15 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Parkinson's science learning project in Wikiversity
Hi. I'd like to bring your attention to a new learning project in Wikiversity. As you have been involved with the discussion on the[REDACTED] Parkinson's disease page I felt you might be interested in looking at the project and perhaps even contributing material to it. Please see my Talk page, http://en.wikiversity.org/User_talk:Droflet#The_Science_Behind_Parkinson.27s_learning_project , the subpage, http://en.wikiversity.org/User_talk:Droflet/ProjectDescription or the project itself , http://en.wikiversity.org/Portal:The_Science_Behind_Parkinson%27s . It would be great if you could bring the project to the attention of others who might be interested in helping us develop it. Thanks.
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The Pulse (WP:MED newsletter) June 2014
The first edition of The Pulse has been released. The Pulse will be a regular newsletter documenting the goings-on at WPMED, including ongoing collaborations, discussions, articles, and each edition will have a special focus. That newsletter is here.
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BMJ offering 25 free accounts to Misplaced Pages medical editors
Neat news: BMJ is offering 25 free, full-access accounts to their prestigious medical journal through The Misplaced Pages Library and Wiki Project Med Foundation (like we did with Cochrane). Please sign up this week: Misplaced Pages:BMJ --Cheers, Ocaasi via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:14, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you, member of the "rational skepticism meatpuppet team", for quality articles such as Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, for contributions to Evolution and Minoan eruption, for "being calm (relatively) at the centre of one almighty shitstorm...whhoooaaa", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
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Medical Translation Newsletter
Wikiproject Medicine; Translation Taskforce
Medical Translation Newsletter
Issue 1, June/July 2014
by CFCF, Doc James
This is the first of a series of newsletters for Wikiproject Medicine's Translation Task Force. Our goal is to make all the medical knowledge on Misplaced Pages available to the world, in the language of your choice.
note: you will not receive future editions of this newsletter unless you *sign up*; you received this version because you identify as a member of WikiProject MedicineSpotlight - Simplified article translation
Wikiproject Medicine started translating simplified articles in February 2014. We now have 45 simplified articles ready for translation, of which the first on African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness has been translated into 46 out of ~100 languages. This list does not include the 33 additional articles that are available in both full and simple versions.
Our goal is to eventually translate 1,000 simplified articles. This includes:
- WHO's list of Essential Medicines
- Neglected tropical diseases
- Key diseases for medical subspecialties like: oncology, emergency medicine (list), anatomy, internal medicine, surgery, etc.
We are looking for subject area leads to both create articles and recruit further editors. We need people with basic medical knowledge who are willing to help out. This includes to write, translate and especially integrate medical articles.
What's happening?
- IEG grant
I've (CFCF) taken on the role of community organizer for this project, and will be working with this until December. The goals and timeline can be found here, and are focused on getting the project on a firm footing and to enable me to work near full-time over the summer, and part-time during the rest of the year. This means I will be available for questions and ideas, and you can best reach me by mail or on my talk page.
- Wikimania 2014
For those going to London in a month's time (or those already nearby) there will be at least one event for all medical editors, on Thursday August 7th. See the event page, which also summarizes medicine-related presentations in the main conference. Please pass the word on to your local medical editors.
- Integration progress
There has previously been some resistance against translation into certain languages with strong Misplaced Pages presence, such as Dutch, Polish, and Swedish.
What was found is that thre is hardly any negative opinion about the the project itself; and any such critique has focused on the ways that articles have being integrated. For an article to be usefully translated into a target-Wiki it needs to be properly Wiki-linked, carry proper citations and use the formatting of the chosen target language as well as being properly proof-read. Certain large Wikis such as the Polish and Dutch Wikis have strong traditions of medical content, with their own editorial system, own templates and different ideas about what constitutes a good medical article. For example, there are not MEDRS (Polish,German,Romanian,Persian) guidelines present on other Wikis, and some Wikis have a stronger background of country-specific content.
- Swedish
Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: patient info, for professionals. The same can be said for English, but has really given us all the more reason to try and create an unbiased and 💕 of medical content. We want Misplaced Pages to act as an alternative to commercial sources, and preferably a really good one at that.
Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May. - Dutch
Dutch translation carries with it special difficulties, in part due to the premises in which the Dutch Misplaced Pages is built upon. There is great respect for what previous editors have created, and deleting or replacing old content can be frowned upon. In spite of this there are success stories: Anafylaxie. - Polish
Translation and integration into Polish also comes with its own unique set of challenges. The Polish Misplaced Pages has long been independent and works very hard to create high quality contentfor Polish audience. Previous translation trouble has lead to use of unique templates with unique formatting, not least among citations. Add to this that the Polish Misplaced Pages does not allow template redirects and a large body of work is required for each article.
(This is somewhat alleviated by a commissioned Template bot - to be released). - List of articles for integration - Arabic
The Arabic Misplaced Pages community has been informed of the efforts to integrate content through both the general talk-page as well as through one of the major Arabic Misplaced Pages facebook-groups: مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي, something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.
- Integration guides
Integration is the next step after any translation. Despite this it is by no means trivial, and it comes with its own hardships and challenges. Previously each new integrator has needed to dive into the fray with little help from previous integrations. Therefore we are creating guides for specific Wikis that make integration simple and straightforward, with guides for specific languages, and for integrating on small Wikis.
Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here
News in short
- To come
- Medical editor census - Medical editors on different Wikis have been without proper means of communication. A preliminary list of projects is available here.
- Proofreading drives
- Further reading
- Translators Without Borders
- Healthcare information for all by 2015, a global campaign
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Women in Red World Contest
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!