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editPer user Verbal request I am reposting the reason of my recent edit. This is highlighted in the edit summary itself whereas it is stated "EMFT is accronym for electromagnetic field therapy or electromagnetic therapy". It should redirect to the appropriate accronym. --CyclePat (talk) 01:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
- Could you provide a reference please? Is EMFT alt med or real med (a summary ref would be nice). If EMFT is notable, maybe we could write an article specifically about this and add it to the disambiguation page. Verbal chat 09:22, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
- Yes I can provide a reference. I can actually provide a few references for this accronym, but my understanding is that it may not be necessary for Wikipedia dissambiguation pages or redirects. But, please take a look at Bioelectric Medicine] which uses the accronym. Here is another one I found on a commercial website for the Theramag device for EMFT and sports medicine.[1]. Here is a patent[2] which also defines the term. Here is a science journal which references it as "Novel electromagnetic force transducer (EMFT)" [3], which pretty much means the same thing. Furthermore the first reference I gave explains the difference between Electro therapy (ET) and EMFT. Please note that I believe this should remain a redirect because EMFT, as I've stated, is an accronym which means "Electro-Magnetic Field Therapy". Whether it's alt. or reg. medicine, should be discussed in the main article. But please note that I believe it can mean both, but most likely references EMFT as in what you understand or consider "alternative therapy". Unfortunatelly, since there is no Electromagnetic therapy article, the closest article, is now Electromagnetic therapy (alternative medicine), which makes it difficult to explain within the article. --CyclePat (talk) 20:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- Those show it refers to either, and should therefore go to the disambiguation. Thanks, Verbal chat 20:23, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- Well... dissambiguation page... or "maybe eventually an article" either way.... It should go to Electromagnetic therapy. Which should hopefully explain what it means. --CyclePat (talk) 20:31, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- The merge/move discussion you started was closed as a "no" to your move suggestion. The disambiguation is quite nice as it allows users to choose which of the meanings they are interested in. They can even look at both. Rather than write an article there, why not improve the two existing articles before adding more? Verbal chat 20:34, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- Please note that when I say I believe it can mean both... I mean EMFT vs. EMFT (alt. med.). Not electrotherapy. It is clearly discussed in the first reference that electrotherapy is abreviated as ET, and is different than EMFT. My view still stands that is should be explained. Hence, we are making a mystake if we redirect to the dysambiguation page of Electromagnetic therapy and on that page we don't explain the difference - in particular, given the current status, when electrotherapy (which, I will reserve for a later argument on whether it belong there or not) is on that same page and can be confused as EMFT when in fact is is not (in this case). I believe this means, in the mean time, we should have it point directly to the Electromagnetic therapy (alternative medicine) article which is better set up to explain this. Also, I personally pref that we do this. However, nothing is stopping us from developping the Electromagnetic therapy dissambugation to explain this (let me try it right now!). --CyclePat (talk) 20:51, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- The merge/move discussion you started was closed as a "no" to your move suggestion. The disambiguation is quite nice as it allows users to choose which of the meanings they are interested in. They can even look at both. Rather than write an article there, why not improve the two existing articles before adding more? Verbal chat 20:34, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- Well... dissambiguation page... or "maybe eventually an article" either way.... It should go to Electromagnetic therapy. Which should hopefully explain what it means. --CyclePat (talk) 20:31, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- Those show it refers to either, and should therefore go to the disambiguation. Thanks, Verbal chat 20:23, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
- Yes I can provide a reference. I can actually provide a few references for this accronym, but my understanding is that it may not be necessary for Wikipedia dissambiguation pages or redirects. But, please take a look at Bioelectric Medicine] which uses the accronym. Here is another one I found on a commercial website for the Theramag device for EMFT and sports medicine.[1]. Here is a patent[2] which also defines the term. Here is a science journal which references it as "Novel electromagnetic force transducer (EMFT)" [3], which pretty much means the same thing. Furthermore the first reference I gave explains the difference between Electro therapy (ET) and EMFT. Please note that I believe this should remain a redirect because EMFT, as I've stated, is an accronym which means "Electro-Magnetic Field Therapy". Whether it's alt. or reg. medicine, should be discussed in the main article. But please note that I believe it can mean both, but most likely references EMFT as in what you understand or consider "alternative therapy". Unfortunatelly, since there is no Electromagnetic therapy article, the closest article, is now Electromagnetic therapy (alternative medicine), which makes it difficult to explain within the article. --CyclePat (talk) 20:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)