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I wonder why in Greece experts contend in the games and non-experts award the prizes.
— Anacharsis of Scythia (c. 590 BCE)
Hello, I am Zad68
, but please feel free to call me Zach. I am a volunteer Wikipedia editor just like you are (or could be!). I am particularly interested in medical topics, and I am an active member of Wikipedia's Medicine Wikiproject. I also like to edit or review articles in the natural sciences, and occasionally attend to the odd biography, especially if the person relates to an article I am working on.
I think the good article review process is one of the most important initiatives on Wikipedia. I have messed around with developing a bot using the account ZadBot, and plan to develop a bot to provide tools to automate the more tedious parts of doing reviews of WP:MED-scope articles in particular.
If you have any questions about things like sourcing for medical articles, the GA process, or just getting started with Wikipedia, please drop me a note on my User Talk page and I'll try to help!
Quick reference for some of my common edit summary abbreviations edit
- r = reply
- c = comment
- c/e = copyedit
Zad68's Rules of Content edit
- The best defense against bad content is good content. In fact it's probably the only defense.
- The Wikipedia Catch-22: You'll do your best content work on articles for subjects you know little about and don't particularly care about. But then, of course, you won't be particularly motivated to work on such articles.
- Any edit that adds biomedical information and explicitly points out it's based on a "scientific study published in peer-reviewed journal" probably needs to be reverted per WP:MEDRS.
- You don't have to respect the subject of the article you're working on, but you do have to respect the sources.
- This is why I find In popular culture sections problematic.
- This is just one reason why we should almost never be citing primary sources for scientific information.
Focus edit
I found this essay and the accompanying slide show to be very influential in the choices I make of articles I'd like to do significant development work on. Wikipedia has a lot of articles, but overall the most important articles (as determined by the number of views) do not get as much development attention as they deserve. At over 12 years old, en.WP has over 4 million articles; just about all the articles that are on what might be considered core encyclopedic topics have already been started, but most are still not yet at GA quality. Editors should be motivated to work on the articles for these core topics, and I hope efforts like the Million Award will be effective in doing so.
A Cochrane a day edit
The Cochrane Library is a very well-respected publisher and repository of high-quality secondary sources of medical evidence. Wikipedia has partnered with them to provide free access to the full texts of their articles, and as of September 2013[update] is still handing out free accounts to editors active in developing WP:MEDICINE-content—see WP:COCHRANE to apply for your own free account! I got an account and to make sure Wikipedia benefits from it, I am trying to do a Cochrane a day: whatever other content work I might be doing, each weekday I will pull a Cochrane article and update something with it. An article will benefit, I'll learn something new, and maybe I'll get ideas for future content work. Should be fun!
- 16 September: Tiotropium is better than ipratropium for COPD
- 17 September: Subcutaneous sterile water injection doesn't help reduce childbirth labor pains
- 18 September: Insulin detemir and insulin glargine are equally effective for diabetes mellitus type 2
- 19 September: An updated review shows that there is still no good evidence to suggest that oxygen helps someone having a heart attack, and in fact may make things worse
- 20 September: Electronic mosquito repeller devices do not work to repel mosquitoes and reduce the spread of malaria
- 23 September: Adding radiation therapy after chemotherapy yields better results for those with early stage Hodgkin's lymphoma
- 24 September: Personal invitations and educational materials are effective at increasing the uptake of screening for cervical cancer
- 25 September: There is insufficient evidence to come to any kind of conclusion about what effect lycopene might have on prostate cancer
- 26 September: In type-2 diabetics with periodontal disease, treating the disease can result in an improvement in blood sugar levels
- 27 September: Inhaled antibiotics help fight lung infection in those with cystic fibrosis, but with some drawbacks
- 30 September: Celiac plexus blocks are a safe and effective way to deal with abdominal pain for those with inoperable pancreatic cancer
- 1 October: Caffeine is a bronchodilator, and so using it may interfere with the results of a lung function test for asthma
- 2 October: Combination hormonal contraceptives help reduce symptoms of severe PMS (known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder)
- 3 October: Corticosteroids increase the risk of mortality in those with traumatic brain injury, and so are not recommended to be given routinely
- 4 October: Sexual dysfunction is common in those with chronic kidney disease; PDE5 inhibitors (things like Viagra) and zinc show potential for helping men with these problems
- 7 October: Dopamine agonists are effective to help manage restless legs syndrome
- 8 October: Aspirin is often prescribed to women for the purpose of increasing chances of fertilization by IVF, but there's no evidence to show it works
- 9 October: There is no good evidence to show that Chinese herbs are safe or effective for treating diabetic neuropathy
- 10 October: Mycophenolate mofetil is a relatively safe treatment for lupus nephritis
- 14 October: Transdermal fentanyl patches are effective for those with moderate to severe cancer pain
- 10 October 2014: Topical corticosteroids for treating phimosis in boys: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD008973.pub2
OK I have to admit these are good... edit
- Even changed "BFV" to "CFV"
Stuff to do edit
- Lyme disease - To GA
- Earthworm - To GA
- Review recent changes in the WP:MED Queue
- Fix {{cite book}} editor field to handle where it's filled in like "4th ed." to not render as "4th ed.ed."
- Foreign language Wikis - WP:MED article assessments
- Create BLP for Charles Snowdon
What's going on at WP:MEDICINE edit
Did you know
- 04 Jun 2024 – List of individual body parts (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Gobonobo (t · c); see discussion
- 28 May 2024 – Paul Parkman (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Thriley (t · c); see discussion
- 24 May 2024 – I Am Human (film) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TheSandDoctor (t · c); see discussion
- 19 May 2024 – Guardian Cap (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Soulbust (t · c); see discussion
- 09 May 2024 – Adnan al-Bursh (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Makeandtoss (t · c); see discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Laura Veale (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Storye book (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 03 Jun 2024 – Nano-ayurvedic medicine (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Headbomb (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 03 Jun 2024 – K. S. Narayan Reddy (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Daask (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 02 Jun 2024 – Alphonse Crespo (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JFHJr (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 31 May 2024 – Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2024 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Crossroads (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 31 May 2024 – DXN (brand) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LearnologyX (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 30 May 2024 – Rising Medical Solutions (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by BoraVoro (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
- 22 May 2024 – Omid Mehrpour (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by GSS (t · c); see discussion (8 participants; relisted)
- 19 May 2024 – Vibratome (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Beland (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
- 03 May 2024 – Larkana Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Larkana (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Saqib (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
- 31 May 2024 – Muhammad Saleem (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ltbdl (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 07 Jun 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
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Categories for discussion
- 30 May 2024 – Category:People on the autism spectrum (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by MikutoH (t · c); see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 28 May 2024 – Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Australia deaths (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Maranello10 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 06 Jun 2024 – Xi variant (talk · edit · hist) →SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant was RfDed by 48JCL (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Jun 2024 – Under the influence of alcohol (talk · edit · hist) →Alcohol intoxication was RfDed by Mondtaler (t · c); see discussion
- 31 May 2024 – Nu variant (talk · edit · hist) →SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant was RfDed by 48JCL (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Apr 2024 – Kuru (disease (talk · edit · hist) →Kuru (disease) was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 17 May 2024 – John Rolph (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 05 Jun 2024 – Biological determinism (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
- 24 Apr 2024 – Exhaustion disorder (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Draken Bowser (t · c); start discussion
- 16 Apr 2024 – Alexander Langmuir (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by BluePenguin18 (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Mar 2024 – Adrenal crisis (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Mar 2024 – Hepatic hydrothorax (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Aeschylus (t · c); start discussion
Featured article reviews
Requests for comments
- 02 Jun 2024 – Circumcision (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Prcc27 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 04 Jun 2024 – Sexual and gender-based violence in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Sexual violence in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel by TRCRF22 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 May 2024 – TOPS System (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Total posterior spine system by Alpha3031 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 May 2024 – Three-dimensional electrical capacitance tomography (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Electrical capacitance volume tomography by Marashdeh (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2024 – Template:Autism spectrum (talk · edit · hist) move request to Template:Autism by Digressivo (t · c) was moved to Template:Autism (talk · edit · hist) by Steel1943 (t · c) on 01 Jun 2024; see discussion
- 25 May 2024 – Ketone bodies (talk · edit · hist) move request to Ketone body by Tobiasi0 (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 05 Jun 2024 – Hematochezia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to blood in stool by Tobiasi0 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jun 2024 – Precision cut lung slices (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Precision cut tissue slices by Beland (t · c); see discussion
- 31 May 2024 – Stomach reduction surgery (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bariatric surgery by Boghog (t · c); see discussion
- 29 May 2024 – Human Chimerism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Human chimera by Jlwoodwa (t · c); see discussion
- 29 May 2024 – Drugs and sexual performance (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Sex and drugs by 1233 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 May 2024 – The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness by Samoasambia (t · c); see discussion
- 18 May 2024 – Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Multiple system atrophy by Fayenatic london (t · c); see discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Asperger syndrome (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Autism spectrum by COArSe D1RTxxx (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – Respiratory quotient (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Respiratory exchange ratio by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Apr 2024 – Chromosome theory of cancer (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Chromosome instability by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be split
- 22 Apr 2024 – State health agency (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by GobsPint (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Apr 2024 – Health department (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by GobsPint (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Mar 2024 – United Network for Organ Sharing (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 45.26.61.142 (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Jan 2024 – Anisakis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Nov 2023 – Mycoplasma (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 May 2023 – Health advocacy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Felix QW (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Mar 2023 – Range of motion (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Urbourbo (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Oct 2022 – Soft diet (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AngusWOOF (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jan 2022 – Arthur Neve (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Breamk (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Dec 2021 – Care UK (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Djm-leighpark (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for creation
- 06 Jun 2024 – Draft:Diagnostikare (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by S0091 (t · c)
- 05 Jun 2024 – Draft:Haileyesus Getahun (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by RasDestaDamtew (t · c)
- 04 Jun 2024 – Draft:The Fibrolamellar Registry (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 1979HondaMoped (t · c)
- 04 Jun 2024 – Draft:James B. Potash (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Archiemcdewitt (t · c)
- 01 Jun 2024 – Draft:Personalized mRNA cancer vaccine therapy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by The Anome (t · c)
- 31 May 2024 – Draft:Household poisons (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by GrayStorm (t · c)
- 29 May 2024 – Draft:Acquired hand deformity (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by G.J.ThomThom (t · c)
- 28 May 2024 – Draft:Ven-A-Care (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Coffeeandkittens25 (t · c)
- 27 May 2024 – Draft:Darien Sutton (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Wikipedian339 (t · c)
- 27 May 2024 – Draft:Carly-Jay Metcalfe (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Binjamin Chicken (t · c)
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