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| *]-lacks any references, and implies these drugs can help.] 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *]-same as above ] 00:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
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| *]-ridiculous ] 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) | |||
| **This one has been stable in reasonable shape for awhile now. ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 19:22, 3 July 2008 (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) | |||
| **Working on this one. ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 19:22, 3 July 2008 (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) | |||
| :try Eisner in ''The death of psychotherapy'', Chapter 3 "Cathartic Therapies:From Primal to ''est''". A little out of date but .... ] <sup><small>]</small></sup> 22:20, 16 March 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) | |||
| **This is pretty much fixed, at least until the next SPA... ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 19:22, 3 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * ]. An article about a company that purveys ''sugars'', calling them health products ('']s''). <font color="#0000b0">]</font><sup><font color="#b00000">]</font></sup> 02:39, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::I tried on this, & only very partially succeeded. ''']''' (]) 19:34, 2 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * ] and ]. You've got to be kidding. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 14:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * ] I'm sorry, but this just cracked me up. I need to read the references, but my side hurts. Juvenile, I am. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 06:07, 18 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * ]{{ndash}} After hearing radio commercials dozens of times for supplements, I had to do something. - ]] 03:04, 22 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
| * ]. Some ] medicine/religion attempting to hide it's snake-oil medicine by using religion. Intelligent design used the same method, and it didn't work there. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 06:30, 24 September 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| Hi there, I've been mulling over your comments on Elonka's talkpage. I'd think that while you see her comments as supporting disruptive editors, Elonka sees it as trying to persuade and encourage people who do not follow our policies and guidelines into being more productive members of the community. Coaching "difficult" editors is indeed tricky, you need to both encourage their actions that are positive and discourage the negative. Elonka and yourself differ in how much encouragement you think is needed. This probably comes from the length of time you've spent dealing with some of the most acrimonious areas in the project - you'd prefer to simply see the back of these people as quickly as possible. Instead Elonka seems (to me) to be trying to treat all editors absolutely equally and to not give a free pass to either side in debates. This lack of content-driven decisions and absolute focus on the behavioral policies can either be seen as a strength (admins are not supposed to decide on content) or as a weakness that can be exploited by editors intent on violating the content policies. These two opposing points of view on the merits of this approach are the reason why Elonka's actions are surrounded by so much drama at present. ] (]) 19:44, 7 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :I agree, but I think there's a limit to her approach. Her support of ] went on a bit too long for my taste, as the most apparent example of failure of an excessive-AGF policy. Yes, you are correct, I'd prefer that these individuals just let the door hit them in the rear end as they are tossed out of the project on their tush. But I just don't think there should be even handed treatment between the two POV's. One side should be shown the door if they can't use NPOV correctly. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 20:09, 7 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::A difficult situation, well described by Tim. Keeping polite when dealing with persistent ] is difficult and possibly even counter-productive, but always desirable. Elonka is right to draw it to your attention, and you're to be thanked for continuing to deal with persistent attempts to water down or evade core policies. Guess the struggle will continue. . . ], ] 20:29, 7 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::I don't agree that "she treats all editors absolutely equally." She often gives lots of leeway to abusive editors (e.g., Jagz) while coming down harder on constructive editors. I'm convinced she ''intends'' to work for the good of Misplaced Pages, but that doesn't mean her approach ''does'' work for the good of Misplaced Pages. Her methods and logic often leave me totally puzzled. ] (]) 02:22, 8 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::: was a block of a science editor. Why should I give good faith to an admin that makes no sense? I reported her block ]. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 20:13, 8 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::::QED. Levine2112 gets ], as does ]; NJGW gets a block with no warning. ''Technically'' the block is justified, but this is one of those cases where the intent of policy -- avoiding edit wars and creating a constructive environment -- is not served by applying the letter of the law. ] (]) 00:44, 9 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :Tim, I think the problem is not just people having different "points of view on the merits of her approach;" it's that she's trying to transport an approach, which for all I know may have been very effective in areas of ethnic strife, into areas where it is not appropriate, not useful, and almost certainly guaranteed to erode the quality of the encyclopedia. | |||
| :With ethnic strife, there are different points of view that have to be accommodated somehow, and probably reliable sources backing up those different points of view, and the task of editors is to reach a compromise that presents all points of view in a neutral fashion. But in areas where science and fringe theories intersect, to treat the editors who are trying to accurately represent expert opinion as given in reliable sources as just another viewpoint, just another vested interest, just another political group that needs to be forced to compromise in the interest of harmony, is to disregard the fundamental goal of the project: to produce a serious, high-quality reference work. I've been watching fringe-type articles for several months, and wherever I'm familiar with the literature on the topic, it's very easy to tell who is accurately representing reliable third party sources and who is bent on introducing dubious material into the encyclopedia, or keeping criticism of fringe theories out, by citing unreliable sources or by misrepresenting reliable sources. The latter group are the people Elonka invariably champions and encourages, and who rush to her defense whenever questions are raised about her actions. I don't doubt that Elonka means to help the encyclopedia, and that she may actually be "trying to treat all editors positively equally" but people who are following core policies and people who are not, should not be treated equally. Content does matter. ] (]) 18:14, 9 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| I do realize, I hope it works (: ——''']'''</span> ] Ψ ]<span style="color:#ffffff;">——</span> 00:44, 11 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| Erm, its cool. I dont mind, I dont know i was a vandal or something, I was just correcting obamas religion, since he was muslim, but converted to becoming a christian. So yeah. Anyways, I dont mind. ^^ ] 13:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == '08 US Election (12 October 2008)--Update == | |||
| According to we have the following good news: | |||
| *Obama/Biden: 320 Electoral Votes | |||
| *McCain/Palin: 158 Electoral Votes | |||
| *Undecided states: 60 Electoral Votes | |||
| Obama/Biden continue to keep a major lead in ], the US's curious method by which states vote for the president, and citizens only vote for them indirectly. What's interesting is that Obama has small leads in the traditional ] states of ], ] and ]. Traditional ] states are staying solidly for Obama. If this holds through the election, it could indicate a shift that demographics has been indicating for years. Virginia and North Carolina are becoming major research centers, attracting more liberal and progressive voters. Colorado, like much of the rest of the southwestern US, ], ], and ] (which is solidly in McCain's camp because he is from the state, but has been trending Democratic over the past few elections) is becoming a Democratic stronghold. Republicans can now only count on five or six states in the ], but not ], and a few states in the] and a few in the ], especially those states heavily influenced or controlled by the ]. | |||
| Overall, Obama/Biden are leading by 49.8 to 43 in an average of all national polls (se | |||
| According to , the Senate Breakdown (remember, only about 1/3 of seats are up for election every year) should be: | |||
| *Democrats: 54 | |||
| *Republicans: 40 | |||
| *Independents (both of whom sit with the Democratic caucus): 2 | |||
| *Undecided: 4 (2 are traditionally Democratic states, ] and ], 2 are traditional Republican states, ] and ]. I do not know what to make of Alaska leaning towards a Democratic senator, given the incumbent Republican, ] has been around a long time). | |||
| Interestingly, both Obama and Biden will need to be replaced in the ]. Usually, the Governor of the state in which those seats are held choose the replacement until the next election (again usually). Obama is from ], the governor is a Democrat, so will be replaced by a Democrat. Biden is from ], one of the most solidly Democratic states, and the Democratic candidate for governor is leading by a huge margin, so expect a Democratic replacement there. | |||
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| Some of you have mentioned that the ], that is that white voter lie to pollsters about whom they'll vote, especially if that candidate is ] so as to not appear racist to the pollster. The effect probably was more prevalent in the 1980's than it is now. Black candidates seem to meet or beat the pollster estimates in recent elections. And frankly, Obama may be settling the nerves of voters in the US who are now frightened of the economy. Wars, terrorism, crime and other key issues have fallen way behind the economy. And traditionally, voters trust Democrats with the economy (though I'm not convinced that either party has looked past partisan fighting to actually making the right moves on the economy, other than creating corporate welfare). I've archived previous comments to these polls ]. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 15:03, 13 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| :I'm not sure about the Bradley effect, but I do think that history tells us that in states where Republicans control the logistical and voter-registration machinery, a slim Democratic lead in polls may not translate into a higher number of votes being counted for the Democratic candidate. It would be remarkable if Virginia and/or North Carolina went for Obama, despite the demographic trends you alluded to.<p>It will be interesting to see what the McCain campaign does. Right now, McCain clearly has a little angel sitting on one shoulder and a little devil on the other, both whispering in his ears, and he's taking turns obeying one and then the other. You can tell that they were keeping the really ugly stuff in reserve, officially denying that they'd make an issue of it, but then about a week ago things were desperate enough that McCain gave in to the dark side. Hence the McCain-Palin rallies have started to look uncomfortably like the crowd scenes from '']'', or at least like an angry mob being incited to burn witches at the stake.<p>I think that being a fomentor of naked, often frankly racist hatred doesn't fit with McCain's self-image - he was clearly increasingly uncomfortable until this weekend he stepped in, to his credit, to mention that Obama is not an Arab (cue chorus of boos). Now the little angel on the other shoulder has won out temporarily, and they've cut back on the "palling around with terrorists" line and focused more on the economy and things that, you know, might actually affect people's lives. The problem is that it's got to be incredibly frustrating for his campaign staff to deal with such a lack of discipline and with a constantly changing strategy and set of talking points. I was encouraged to see McCain step back from the abyss and allow his fundamental decency to see the light of day, but next week all bets could once again be off. ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 18:02, 13 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| ::It's clear that McCain/Palin are in trouble. Palin did nothing more than secure the right wing vote. But Republican women are just not interested. And Democrats and independents, male or female, are done with the McCain/Palin ticket. Whether they vote for Obama is probably a bit relevant, but not worrisome. Trends just aren't breaking for Republicans, and despite Republican control over some voter mechanisms in some states, I think that even those miscreants cannot overcome 5-10% deficits. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 19:03, 13 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| :::It is a bit frightening to find oneself in agreement with ], though (). ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 19:20, 13 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I was with him through "Fire his campaign." and then we diverged company after that. The most glaringly obvious flaw of that editorial (glaringly obvious flaws are common to Kristol op-eds, which is at least as important as politics in explaining why the other columnists were so annoyed at his hiring) is that he ascribes every problem McCain is having to his campaign, to external circumstances, to the media, to Democrats, and on and on - but nothing appears to be McCain's fault personally. | |||
| *Swedish<br>Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: , . 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.<br>Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May. | |||
| ::::McCain has been a mediocre guy, a mediocre politician and a mediocre candidate from the beginning. He graduated barely above last in his class at Annapolis, and I suspect he might not have graduated at all if his father and grandfather weren't widely respected admirals. His record of accomplishment in the Senate, which he points out vaguely as an exemplar of experience, centrist conservatism and maverick diligence, is actually a record of very few concrete achievements. | |||
| *Dutch<br>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: '']''. | |||
| *Polish<br>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.<br> (''This is somewhat alleviated by a commissioned - to be released''). - '']'' | |||
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| ::::When you have a candidate with a limited record formed over a long career running against a candidate with a limited record formed over a brief career, the election comes down to which candidate has a compelling message and a connection with voters. You can't get either one from campaign staff or weak but shrill attack ads, and the Democrats finally came up with a candidate who has both. ]] 20:00, 13 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| 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. | |||
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| :::::The outline of the story does have tragic elements. In 2000, Bush ran the most disgraceful, despicable campaign in recent memory to destroy McCain in the South Carolina primary. McCain made a calculated decision to swallow his pride and faithfully endorse Bush nonetheless. Now it's McCain's turn, and his support for Bush should be paying dividends, but instead he's anchored to a President who is radioactively unpopular, and whom he's probably always despised on a personal level. All he can do is try to deny Bush 3 times before the rooster crows.<p>To listen to them now, you'd think that the Republicans had spent the last 8 years warning us what an unfit leader Bush was, and how disastrous his policies have been. Bill Kristol is a prime example. Then again, Bush deserves no better (and probably much worse) than to end his Presidency being spit upon by his own party in a cynical attempt to rewrite history. ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 21:29, 13 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::As opposed to the hated Bill Clinton, who was loved by his party. I'm not sure about the "better angels" sitting on McCains shoulder, but he has all of the attributes of a very weak leader. Strong leaders listen to ideas, incorporate them as their own, then lead the group forward. McCain seems unsure of himself, and listens to the loudest voice, and jumps at it. He would make a miserable president. ] <small><sup>] ]</sup></small> 21:44, 13 October 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 wikipedia 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
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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
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Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here
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Women in Red World Contest
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