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More fun and games: Jmh649 [Doc James] moved it on 3rd April. Kwamikagami moved it back ten minutes later. Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:33, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yippee, move warring!
- Inappropriate ironic observation removed by editor JFW | T@lk 09:45, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
We've discussed this. Size is hyphenated when it's part of the name and not actually the size of the tumor. Just too misleading otherwise. — kwami (talk) 09:49, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- Sigh, not really a move war. I moved it once and have no intention to move it again. I remember a discussion a while back where we said we would not be hyphenating all these terms as this is not what we do in real life. Let me see if I can find it again...Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 13:21, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- Okay here is the previous discussion 1 and 2. There does not appear to be consensus for these moves. There where complaints here which was why I moved a couple back. I say we go with the ICD which does not use hyphens [1]. But really I cannot be bothered much further. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:57, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- We discussed this, and we agreed to follow the practice of high-quality reliable sources (e.g., the ICD) rather than the grammar rule book. In this specific instance, the reliable sources are divided—in favor of non-hyphenation, but still significantly divided—and other reasons will need to be considered.
- I recommend that the decision be left to the regular content editors at that article (that is, to Axl and FeatherPluma, not Doc James or Kwami—or me, for that matter). And as a means of reducing complaints, I suggest that Kwami adopt a personal policy of never reverting any page moves on medicine-related articles without first discussing it on that article's talk page. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:25, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- While I support "small cell carcinoma", per ICD-9, I definitely don't support "non small cell carcinoma", which I don't see listed one way or the other. "Non-small" would seem to make much more sense to me, as "non" isn't a word. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:13, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- We need some consistency here. Should we hyphenate 'small', but not 'large'? We have broad agreement that these things should be hyphenated. As an encyclopedia, we should care enough for precision to hyphenate everything, but certainly here hyphens are critical for a general audience, even if those in the field are so familiar with the terms they don't need them. — kwami (talk) 19:19, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- The reason I got involved was the person who wrote this article Large-cell lung carcinoma with rhabdoid phenotype complained about all the hyphens here. He tried to revert once [2] but was reverted by Kwam. Discussion ensued. It appear to me that consensus was again the hyphen I therefore removed it here [3] as I assumed Kwan understood the consensus just wasn't willing to fix them. I agree WAID that the decision should be left to the main editor of the article. But what about the articles that do not have main editors? And if the main editors try is the project going to support them in their efforts?Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:40, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- There is no ownership of articles on WP. And it would be odd to have Large-cell lung carcinoma but Large cell lung carcinoma with rhabdoid phenotype. The same reasoning for one applies to the other. Even if we agree not to follow the MOS (or medical journals that hyphenate) on medical articles in general, many of us agree these should be an exception, due to the ease of misreading them otherwise. — kwami (talk) 20:30, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- Nevertheless, an active WikiProject is entitled to form a consensus on issues concerning articles within its scope. The Manual of Style contains excellent guidance on general style, and I would expect editors to have very good reasons if they wanted to make local exceptions to MOS. This happens already for some aspects of medical articles and WP:MOSMED is accepted as part of the MOS. The regular editors here are intelligent and rational, and if several of them are indicating that there are good reasons not to have hyphens, then it would be better to make a case, rather than immediately revert. That is collaborative editing, and you would benefit from considering that first, Kwami. I would not want see a repeat of the debacle at Mexican–American War where after megabytes of text, the MOS (guidance) had to give way to COMMONNAME (policy). --RexxS (talk) 21:43, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- There is no ownership of articles on WP. And it would be odd to have Large-cell lung carcinoma but Large cell lung carcinoma with rhabdoid phenotype. The same reasoning for one applies to the other. Even if we agree not to follow the MOS (or medical journals that hyphenate) on medical articles in general, many of us agree these should be an exception, due to the ease of misreading them otherwise. — kwami (talk) 20:30, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- The reason I got involved was the person who wrote this article Large-cell lung carcinoma with rhabdoid phenotype complained about all the hyphens here. He tried to revert once [2] but was reverted by Kwam. Discussion ensued. It appear to me that consensus was again the hyphen I therefore removed it here [3] as I assumed Kwan understood the consensus just wasn't willing to fix them. I agree WAID that the decision should be left to the main editor of the article. But what about the articles that do not have main editors? And if the main editors try is the project going to support them in their efforts?Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:40, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
- Different articles are not required to match each other. And it looks like this is being discussed at WP:AN as well. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:34, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
"We have broad agreement that these things should be hyphenated."
— Kwamikagami
I strongly disagree. In the specific case of "small cell" vs "small-cell", opinion was divided, without consensus. Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:34, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- By looking at the comments I see 6 people expressing opinions against the hyphens and 2 expressing opinions for them. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 10:42, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- I am also against the hyphenation ---My Core Competency is Competency (talk) 13:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Hello everyone: I have been one of the biggest complainers about the "hyphenation situation", and I am the above-mentioned individual who wrote nearly all of the article on large cell lung carcinoma with rhabdoid phenotype, which was originally NON-hyphenated, but is now hyphenated. I put a LOT of time and effort into this article, and I'd argue it's at least as good a reference on this topic as you can find ANYWHERE. When I wrote it, I read and/or cited nearly EVERY English reference available on the subject, and I don't believe A SINGLE ONE of them had the hyphenated form. I also reviewed and cited nearly all of the references available in English on combined small cell lung carcinoma when I wrote that one, and don't recall any significant number of them having hyphenated forms. That article is an excellent resource as well, IMO. I've admitted many times that it's quite obvious that Kwami has a TON of expertise in languages, and I respect that greatly. That being said, I also RESPECTFULLY OBJECT IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS to hyphenating the name of ANY form of lung cancer pathological variant EXCEPT "non-small cell carcinoma" and "epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma", because the generally accepted WORLDWIDE standard on lung tumor classification is the 2004 World Health Organization system, which does NOT use the hyphens. I never thought there was clear consensus for the hyphens on ANY, although some "votes" were closer than others. Personally, I think the WHO standard should also be considered in this as well, but leave the "weight" of the consideration to you folks who have been around a LOT longer than me.
- Very best regards:
- Cliff L. Knickerbocker, MS (talk) 03:52, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
- I am also against the hyphenation ---My Core Competency is Competency (talk) 13:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- By looking at the comments I see 6 people expressing opinions against the hyphens and 2 expressing opinions for them. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 10:42, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Help: historical psycho-pharmaceutical knowledge needed
Hello,
This is not related to this wiki project but I am seeking some help in deciphering some notes from an old psychiatric case book. There's an entry for a man in 1956 who had had a leucotomy some years previously and who was restless and agitated one night. They gave him a drug the details of which were: 1 cc M.H.A. I.M.
So I guess it's one cc of a drug given intramuscularly. Does anyone have any idea what it could be? Possibly a barbituate? It may or may not be a trade-name. If it is a tradename it will be a European/UK one. Thanks. FiachraByrne (talk) 13:51, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- It's possible that someone here will know the answer, but if not, you might try Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science. WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:36, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Only thing I can hack out of Google is Monohydroxy Alverine - some info at http://www.e-journals.in/PDF/V8N1/201-211.pdf which indicates that alverine seems to be used as a muscle relaxant, and the citrate as an antispasmodic. HTH, --RexxS (talk) 17:25, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the advice WhatamIdoing, I'll post there in a few days if no-one here can figure it out for me.
- Thanks for looking that up for me RexxS - that's one I didn't find myself. Unfortunately, I don't think that it's a likely candidate. It's got to be a hypnotic - that's the effect they were looking for and got. I guess it could be a typo or something as it's not one I've seen before and I can't think of any barbituate that went by a trade name in which those three letters would figure. Thanks again. FiachraByrne (talk) 02:25, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, it's a tough one. A barbiturate that might fit the bill (partially) is methohexital (as Acid, rather than sodium salt?), but our article gives its patent date as 1959. --RexxS (talk) 18:17, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks again RexxS. As you indicate the date seems wrong but it's the strongest candidate yet. I've come across another reference to the drug in typed correspondence. There it is listed as M.HA with the same reference to giving 1 cc intramuscularly. It's not a major point, but it would be nice to know. Thanks again for your efforts it is much appreciated. FiachraByrne (talk) 01:14, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, it's a tough one. A barbiturate that might fit the bill (partially) is methohexital (as Acid, rather than sodium salt?), but our article gives its patent date as 1959. --RexxS (talk) 18:17, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
- Only thing I can hack out of Google is Monohydroxy Alverine - some info at http://www.e-journals.in/PDF/V8N1/201-211.pdf which indicates that alverine seems to be used as a muscle relaxant, and the citrate as an antispasmodic. HTH, --RexxS (talk) 17:25, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
Megalocytivirus
Any virus geeks here? A new editor Fish nerd (talk · contribs) has asked for help at WP:FEEDBACK with Megalocytivirus. The editor has been given some general style advice, but I think it would be helpful if someone who knows a thing or two about viruses would please look it over and encourage this new editor with ideas for expansion and improvement. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:32, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Graham is our resident virologist. This should pop up on his Watchlist soon :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 21:13, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- It just popped up :-) These iridovirues infect, I seem to recall, bream and lampeye, and other genera in this virus family infect insects (and frogs, I think). They are not of medical importance, but the are important viruses. I will say hello to our new editor and offer my help and advice. Graham. Graham Colm (talk) 21:35, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. It looks like a really good start, so I hope that this editor decides he likes Wikipedia and sticks around. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- When I saw this section's title, I thought that it was a misspelling of "Cytomegalovirus". The naming organization could have been more helpful. Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:39, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
New study on reliability of articles about the top 20 drugs
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pharmacology. Regards, HaeB (talk) 18:57, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
Andrew Wakefield, retraction of articles, and worth of "review articles"
An interesting article that deals with other studies that have cited Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent "research", questions about the retraction of such articles, and about the worth of "review articles" (subjective opinions):
- "Searching for truth in published research", By Stephen Strauss, CBC News, Apr 7, 2011
- There is a description of Strauss at the top of this article.
Brangifer (talk) 16:45, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
Should MeshIDs be updated to 2011
I was taking a look at the info boxes used in many of our disease articles and noticed that Template:Infobox disease is still using 2010, while Template:Interventions infobox is using 2007 when accessing the NIH database. As these templates transcluded onto thousands of articles, I thought it best to bring it up here. Is there a reason not to default to 2011. Kindly Calmer Waters 00:03, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Nominated Danger triangle of the face for AfD
Yeah... Just wanted to let WikiProject Medicine know that Danger triangle of the face was nominated for AfD. Hello71 (talk) 00:54, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Weston Price sources
Editors working on Weston Price need help with medical sourcing issues. Please discuss at Talk:Weston Price. Colin°Talk 07:43, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Scar ACE Inhibitor treatment
I hate to ask it, but could I get some eyes and votes on the validity of adding ACE Inhibitor treatment to the Scar page? I fear it's a wall of ranting text, but I've tried to summarize at the bottom where I ask for some votes. Rknight (talk) 18:51, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
Can someone help me with a debate that might need to go to WP:3O ? (one word, HOURS of debate)
Hello all,
Prior to possibly going to WP:3O..
I am hoping to get some help/advice from editors or admins that can direct me to the proper way of handling some struggles I'm having regarding the progress of a few articles I'm working on, in particular, "vasectomy".
I want to try and keep this short as I know everyone is busy!
I've recently (March/April) come back to the article and added a lot of content (I've been editing the article on and off for nearly 2 years).
I've been meet with constant opposition and resistance by a single individual forcing a virtual halt of the article's progress, at least as relates to my efforts because this user insists on taking the original text and either adding/taking away/changing it in a way that makes it either Unreliable, Wrong or Biased to his POV. The content edits, believe it or not are, in some cases only one-word changes, but the changes affect a different perception of the definition in re.
Any reliable editor can look in to the history of this article, and make their own assessment of what is going on, but sadly it's become a war of protecting the article from edits that:
- Are incorrect or misleading.
- Supports a bias toward a PVPS POV.
- Leaves readers confused and possibly reliant on bad information.
Hoping for input by other editors, possibly experts in the medical area(s): I feel that I cannot move forward until I can get some third-opinion input.
Following is a link to the current revision of vasectomy by me "Dijcks". http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vasectomy&oldid=423276870
Following is a link to the version the other editor wants in place "Giancoli". http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vasectomy&oldid=423121873
The point of debate is the word "sometimes" in the lead of the article. It's hard to believe but this one point of contention as led to hours of debate. There are copious amounts of messages and "talk" regarding this, but I think if someone who is in a position here to urge one or the other edit-states, we may just be able to move on. It is important to note that in this context, the word "sometimes" is misleading and may cause a great deal of confusion to a researcher, or potential patient. There is ALWAYS some method of tying or sealing of the vas, in a vasectomy procedure, although there is one method/technique where one side of the vas is not sealed. This method is not seeing mainstream use by virtue of limited data, and this editor's POV is coming in to play.
There are other issues with this editor's editorial bias, but the aforementioned is the most important one (I have tried hard to work with him)..
A good amount of this article's content has been added by me either recently or over time going back to 2009. Many editors take pride in the work they do here and I'm truly willing and happy to collaborate. All I really want to see is a combined effort of similar minds that will bring this article up, and hopefully as stated, it will reach WP:GA.
I may need similar help with the article, Post vasectomy pain syndrome as well.
It's gotten to the point that this is all I'm doing, is fielding this continued debate. Would someone be willing to come in and help a bit? Thank you in advance, Dijcks HotTub Pool 22:11, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
- It looks like Moonriddengirl and Rknight have joined the talk page discussion. The talk page is not a model of calm discussion, and the article is now under full protection. From my skim, Giancoli objects to conclusions about the relative safety of a class of vasectomy procedures being drawn from (exceeding?) a Cochrane review, and the claim that there's such a thing as a "traditional" procedure style.
- It looks to me like Moonriddengirl has the dispute well in hand, but if you have read http://www2.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab004112.html then it might be good to put the page on your watchlist, just in case a fourth or fifth opinion is needed. WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:31, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Drugbox/Chembox merger vs. two infoboxes
Could an uninvolved admin close the discussion at Template talk:Drugbox#Drugbox/Chembox merger vs. two infoboxes? I think the outcome is pretty clear, but I'd prefer it the formal way – this question (or similar ones) has been brought up quite often, and never led to anything. We really should start doing things this time. Thanks, ἀνυπόδητος (talk) 14:35, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
This article contains some medical claims and criticism directed against the NEJM. Perhaps some knowledgeable editors here could have a look at it, as it seems rather unbalanced and POV. Thanks! --Crusio (talk) 10:09, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
- It looks like Doc James had a go at this. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to have it on a few more watchlists. Also, it's pretty short, so if anyone has an interest in expanding it , perhaps with a {{Main}} section to Tea tree oil, that might be desirable. WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:18, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Defining rape in the lead of the Rape article
Opinions are needed on the following discussion: Rewrite of the lead making the term difficult to define. I reverted James500's edits because the lead was already extensively worked out on the talk page, and James500's rewrite made the definition confusing and sloppy; not to mention...it defines rape first and foremost as the name of a statutory crime in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and other countries...and he added text that clearly needed sources. Further, his tagging of various statements (with the tags "dubious"/"where?"/"who?"/etc.) are uncalled for. All it takes is tagging a section with one large tag. And when a statement says "In America," it is pretty clear where..."where" is. Flyer22 (talk) 00:56, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
- I suggested a merge of rape and sexual assault as the medical literature anyway uses the terms somewhat interchangeably. Expecially WRT epidemiology a lot of research are not very precise on the definitions. I do not know about the legal literature. We could than spend the first part of the article trying to get our heads around how these terms are defined / used.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:29, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
- I don't think that these should be merged. Sticking your hand inside a woman's shirt may be "sexual assault", but it is never "rape". Both the social and the legal literature show far more understanding of the variety of attacks than the medical coding system bothers with. WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:22, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
- The Oxford English Dictionary says "sexual assault n. the action or an act of forcing an unconsenting person to engage in sexual activity; a rape; (Law) a crime involving forced sexual contact, variously defined as inclusive or exclusive of rape." [5] And "a. Originally and chiefly: the act or crime, committed by a man, of forcing a woman to have sexual intercourse with him against her will, esp. by means of threats or violence. In later use more generally: the act of forced, non-consenting, or illegal sexual intercourse with another person; sexual violation or assault.The precise legal definition of rape has varied over time and between legal systems. Historically, rape was considered to be the act of a man forcing a woman other than his wife to have intercourse against her will, but recently the definition has broadened. Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in the United Kingdom the crime of rape includes the penile penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person of either sex, where consent to the act has not been given. This includes marital rape: in 1992 the House of Lords, in its judicial capacity, decided that the previous understanding (i.e. that a wife had given an irrevocable consent to intercourse) was no longer part of the law. Sexual penetration of a child under the age of 13 also constitutes rape irrespective of whether consent is obtained. In the United States the precise criminal definition of rape varies from state to state."[6]
- So well originally restricted to sexual intercourse it is currently more broadly used. Will bring this to the talk page though. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:18, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
- That "variously defined as inclusive or exclusive of rape" bit shows why the terms are not necessarily the same thing, though. Rape is a type of sexual assault, yes. But not every sexual assault is rape. That's the point WhatamIdoing was making. Most definitions and legal systems generally still stick to "intercourse" for defining rape, including the Oxford source you cited above.
- So well originally restricted to sexual intercourse it is currently more broadly used. Will bring this to the talk page though. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:18, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Endocrinology of reproduction et al.
Endocrinology of reproduction (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Could someone please look at the edits of User:Lshanahan? They appear to promote a "novel theory" of aging, and link http://agingresearch.wisc.edu/ extensively. I'm a layman, so they may be fine, but the user's editing history here is fairly short. Thanks. --CliffC (talk) 04:39, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
RSN on history of medicine
There are some questions about the discovery of viruses and other questions related to History of medicine and multiple other articles at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Extraordinary_claims_based_on_not-so-extraordinary_sources. An editor believes that viruses and bacteria were first described in the Middle Ages. If anyone knows of some reputable sources on these points, it might be helpful. WhatamIdoing (talk) 14:51, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
- If this goes the same way as the numerous contributions of Jagged 85 (talk · contribs) (see previous Arbcom exchanges) we've got a lot of work ahead of us. JFW | T@lk 15:35, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Source request
Would someone with access to the Journal of the American Psychological Association mind helping me out? The article is here http://apa.sagepub.com/content/57/6/1504.extract . I'd like to use any quotes it has about Suzanne Segal's experience regarding depersonalization disorder. Thanks very much. Ocaasi c 17:00, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
- One paragraph discussing Segal, on page 1507:
Yobol (talk) 17:16, 15 April 2011 (UTC)"More recently, Suzanne Segal (discussed by the authors on pp. 142–146) has written of her personal experiences with depersonalization, which led her Buddhist teachers to validate her loss of self as reflecting a high level of spiritual enlightenment. Allegedly, she eventually recovered memories of childhood abuse. Once again, I would wonder if this illustrates the phenomenology of a possible dissociative disorder, rather than simply depersonalization. The authors write of patients whose chronic depersonalization had an acute onset, at a specific moment. In some cases this moment might represent a “switch” from one enduringly dominant alter to another (as occurs in some patients with dissociative identity disorder). The authors ask a key question: “How does an individual, over time, create a predictable, cohesive sense of self?” (p. 173). Imagine the challenge this presents to severely dissociative patients. I told my first patient who had dissociative identity disorder that our goal was to integrate her various “people,” as she called them. She retorted that this absurd idea struck her as equivalent to telling all the children in a classroom to become one person."
Rhabdo time once again
I've been chipping away at rhabdomyolysis in the last few weeks, with some delays due to dreadful writer's block and loads of night shifts. It has now been significantly expanded, and I am planning to submit it for FAC at some point in the next few weeks. Before doing so, I thought I would submit it for peer review once again, so others can expose the errors that I have made (I have a blind spot for my own spelling errors) and suggest additions that might strengthen the article. Please offer your feedback here. Thank you! JFW | T@lk 18:11, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
Medical student outreach
Am working on a pilot project to promote Wikipedia at 4 medical schools across Canada (UBC, U of T, McMaster, Queens). I plan to combination this with a article writing competition / scholarship ($1000) with appropriate press releases / advertising. Am currently in discussion with UBC. Will need a group of medical editors to help determine the winner. This is being worked on as part of Wikimedia Canada with discussion taking place here. Organization is in its early stages. Comments / involvement appreciated. --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:07, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
How to initially define rape has now been moved to the Laws regarding rape article. I have an issue with the lead not defining rape as "sexual intercourse/sexual activity without consent" first and then going into the state/jurisdiction stuff, as well as with how the lead is formatted in general (my view that it is messy and needs cleanup). Needless to say, opinions are needed. Flyer22 (talk) 23:32, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
- Note: The full discussion about it is higher than the above linked discussion. Flyer22 (talk) 23:37, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
- This is not really a medical issue but a legal one. JFW | T@lk 23:38, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
- Rape is a part of WikiProject Medicine, which is why editors here have gotten into issues regarding that article before...through this talk page. I suppose Laws regarding rape has more to do with law, though, and so I will also post this to WikiProject Law. But WikiProject Law is not as active as this project. Flyer22 (talk) 23:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Rape#Definition of rape / sexual assault
I know, I know...yet another discussion about rape at this talk page. But opinions are needed. A proper move/merge discussion would be best, though, to bring in the wider Wikipedia community on this. The discussion is about whether or not the articles should be merged/whether or not the Rape article should exist. Flyer22 (talk) 02:04, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
- You've posted not more than a few hours after your previous thread. Please continue on existing threads. Further new threads on this topic will be removed per WP:TALK. JFW | T@lk 13:44, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
- It's not the same issue. That's why I posted it as a different topic. I see Doc James has combined the sections, for your benefit no doubt, but I'm really not seeing the problem here...other than your possible feeling that rape issues don't belong at WikiProject Medicine (which I wholly disagree with). For goodness sakes, that article's talk page is tagged as part of this project, and it's clear why (seeing as rape is a medical/health) issue. Maybe the laws discussion didn't belong here, but this one does and is a separate issue than the one I posted right before this one. But oh well. Any future alert of discussions I post here about rape will be long after these sections are no longer on this talk page...and therefore will not be in violation of any WP:TALK guideline you cite. Flyer22 (talk) 19:26, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Student project that isn't named very well, and covers content all over the place
Hello, I think the article Nitrogen Flow through Metabolism is a student project, but it seems like the article isn't a very well defined topic and could really use some additional input on how it should be named/advice on if it should be moved somewhere. If anyone could provide help that would be great! I am not sufficiently steeped in this kind of biology to make a good call, Sadads (talk) 13:01, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
- It seems to cover the same principles as nitrogen cycle. JFW | T@lk 13:48, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
request for feedback
Hello, I am part of a team involved with the WikiProject United States Public Policy. My team and I would appreciate your comments and suggestions on our article Benefits for United States veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jgrandfield (talk • contribs) 00:29, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
MIM to OMIM?
Was just having a look at the Mendelian Inheritance in Man, sprucing it up a bit, and wondered whether it should be moved to "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man" [8] since the latter is much more widely used in recent years. I have started a discussion there, in case anyone would like to comment. It's certainly notable since, arguably, Victor McKusick won his Lasker award for this activity. -- Scray (talk) 05:43, 19 April 2011 (UTC)