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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 abbreviationsEdit
- r = reply
- c = comment
- c/e = copyedit
Zad68's Rules of ContentEdit
- 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.
FocusEdit
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 dayEdit
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 doEdit
- 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:MEDICINEEdit
Articles for deletion
- 09 Nov 2018 – Early Check research study (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kashmiri (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 05 Nov 2018 – Jonathan Herald (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Barkeep49 (t · c) was closed as delete by TheSandDoctor (t · c) on 12 Nov 2018; see discussion (8 participants)
Proposed deletions
- 15 Nov 2018 – William K. McBride (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by KidAd (t · c): just delete this
- 09 Nov 2018 – CHILL (consortium) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by StraussInTheHouse (t · c) was deproded by Explicit (t · c) on 17 Nov 2018
Categories for discussion
- 14 Nov 2018 – Category:Emergency medicine organisations (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Oculi (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Nov 2018 – Category:Transplant organisations (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Oculi (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Oct 2018 – Category:Neural networks (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ethanpet113 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Nov 2018 – Category:Medical and health organisations based in Swaziland (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BrownHairedGirl (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 14 Nov 2018 – Emotional disabilities (talk · edit · hist) →Mental disorder was RfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c)
- 14 Nov 2018 – Emotional disability (talk · edit · hist) →Emotional and behavioral disorders was RfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c)
- 05 Nov 2018 – J Endocrinol (journal) (talk · edit · hist) →Journal of Endocrinology was RfDed by Headbomb (t · c)
Good article nominees
- 09 Nov 2018 – Christian Medical College, Ludhiana (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by The Herald (t · c); start discussion
- 21 Oct 2018 – Jennie Smillie Robertson (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Originalmess (t · c); start discussion
- 17 Oct 2018 – Short QT syndrome (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PeaBrainC (t · c); start discussion
- 11 Aug 2018 – Lafargue Clinic (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Etzedek24 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Jun 2018 – Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PeaBrainC (t · c); start discussion
Requests for comments
- 26 Oct 2018 – Trypophobia (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Flyer22 Reborn (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2018 – Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Riffstilde (t · c); see discussion
Peer reviews
- 01 Nov 2018 – Transfusion dependent anemia (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Munchkaa (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Oct 2018 – Carlos F Barbas III (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Freyr71 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2018 – Corneal button (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Mncmt (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2018 – Semantic amnesia (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Orchid2018 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2018 – Cerebellar degeneration (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Stephanie021299 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Oct 2018 – Phacolytic glaucoma (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Eliashelou (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Oct 2018 – French Civil Protection (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Kvasyrr (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Oct 2018 – Allostatic load (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Ranamourtada (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Feb 2016 – Crisis Text Line (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Jaredwolf74 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 04 Nov 2018 – Breathing circuit (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Flooded with them hundreds (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Nov 2018 – 2018 Kivu Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus outbreak (talk · edit · hist) move request by Kintetsubuffalo (t · c) was closed; see discussion
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