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Archive 1

A barnstar for you!

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	Great to see you here in an official capacity! Happy to support in anyway I can. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:04, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia from the Medicine Wikiproject!

Welcome to Wikipedia and Wikiproject Medicine

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We're a group of editors who strive to improve the quality of medical articles here on Wikipedia. One of our members has noticed that you are interested in editing medical articles; it's great to have a new interested editor on board. In your wiki-voyages, a few things that may be relevant to editing Wikipedia articles are:

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Feel free to drop a note on my talk page if you have any problems. I wish you all the best on your wiki voyages! Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 21:51, 21 November 2014 (UTC) Let me know if I can be of any assistance to you. If you like I can speak to you about the work that I'm doing as a Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration. Sydney Poore/FloNight♥♥♥♥ 22:09, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Excellent comment on the Project Medicine talk page

I appreciate your comment to the Project Medicine talk page about somehow bringing wikipedia med articles to the level of journal publishing. Unfortunately, it is true that most of the active editors do not regularly assess references related to the articles they are reviewing. Instead, it seems to me, other editors primary go through the existing med articles flagging them for not meeting the MEDRS guidelines. My impression is that there are very few active editors who have the skill to read journal articles and reinterpret them, and then get the info into a WP med article. As a matter of fact, I don't remember ever seeing even one edit summary that has described the insertion of such a reference. Of couse such improvements exist-I make them myself. I just don't see other editors doing it. Then we have the problem of an editor referencing original research-but there are ways around that.

Go here to see the types of edits that are being done, in realtime, to articles in Project Medicine. I just reviewed these edits and found no MEDRS references added to any of the articles. A lot of editors revert vandalism (very important) or copyedit. Best Regards,

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Bio

Your bio was fixed some considerable time ago. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 19:08, 10 October 2015 (UTC).

Agreed, after some considerable time (as you noted). Thanks for checking. soupvector (talk) 20:09, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

He's also editing his own biography without so much as a sniffle from the Wikipedia insiders. We protect our own, it seems. - 2601:42:C100:9D83:1966:D8A0:E91:4026 (talk) 02:15, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

(assuming that you're referring to me) I simply made an easily-verifiable change regarding my title, and added a more reliable source for my membership in ASCI. I thought this would be uncontroversial, but I acknowledge that I probably should've just suggested the edits. If there are any concerns about the content, please revert. I have been tempted to make other changes, because aspects of my work that I consider notable are not mentioned, but I recognize the obvious COI and will suggest edits here in future, rather than making them myself - thanks for catching my attention on this point. soupvector (talk) 02:34, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Really, when changes are simple and factual, of course you can edit the article: as long as possible CoI is declared, it's absolutely fine. But you're right about the risk of sniping. I loved your WikiConference talk on Wikipedia vs Professional writing, by the way. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:26, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks Chiswick Chap for your thoughtful note! I am particularly happy to hear you enjoyed that talk - I wish I had more discretionary time to edit. — soupvector (talk) 20:46, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Human skull

Human skull

Hello there,

I'm getting the feeling I should run Featured Picture Candidates by you, first, for your once-over, before nominating them. :)

Do you think you could "Support" this one, at Featured Picture Candidates, if I were to nominate it there?

If it does not meet your standards somehow, please, let me know, beforehand, and I won't, and I'll try to find something else to run by you, instead.

Thank you for your time,

— Cirt (talk) 17:21, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Let me know your thoughts on this image, please? — Cirt (talk) 17:31, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

It's a nice image, simpler than the others (thus less susceptible to error). The labels are in Latin, which is odd - not even doctors (in the USA, at least) use the Latin "os" or Latin spellings, in general. English labels might be better. If you like, I could edit this. Since I'm new to the process I've just been commenting rather than !voting. soupvector (talk) 17:40, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

What about this one instead (assuming the caption or title would indicate that it's the bones that are labeled)? soupvector (talk) 17:43, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Yes, that's a fine image. Is that something that you can agree would be valuable to have as a Featured Picture on Wikipedia? — Cirt (talk) 17:48, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

I know next to nothing about Featured Image criteria, but I don't see a problem with it. soupvector (talk) 17:54, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

extra innings

Does that mean you would "Support", or just ignore it and not comment at all? — Cirt (talk) 18:02, 13 October 2015 (UTC) I'm feeling pressured by your line of questioning - especially this last one. I'm not sure if the Guideline really applies to this situation, so this is not an accusation, but what you're doing feels to me like WP:Canvassing. I was just trying to help. soupvector (talk) 19:16, 13 October 2015 (UTC) NO I am NOT canvassing. You commented at two (2) of the last Featured Picture nominations I made, with helpful, valid points, that did ultimately result in the failure of those nominations. I am just trying to prevent failure, a 3rd time. I am, therefore, trying to preemptively seek your advice on your expertise on medical images, before nominating a medical image, again. Does that make sense that I want to avoid a 3rd failure, Soupvector ? — Cirt (talk) 20:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC) Up until those last couple of questions, I had no problem with what you're doing and I did not express any concern. Re-read your message that prompted my citation of "canvassing" and ask yourself whether you were trying to line up a vote and not just get feedback. I'm just saying how it felt to me - your intent is entirely in your head. We can let this drop, I think. soupvector (talk) 21:08, 13 October 2015 (UTC) You're right, you were reading into something that was not there in my head, okay? — Cirt (talk) 21:12, 13 October 2015 (UTC) Yes - okay. I thought it was important for you to understand how that behavior can be perceived. It can cause real trouble. soupvector (talk) 21:20, 13 October 2015 (UTC) My intent. My intent was to avoid wasting my time on a fruitless venture nominating a third (3rd) failed Featured Picture candidate due to (certainly valid and helpful) comments from yourself. Okay? — Cirt (talk) 21:22, 13 October 2015 (UTC) Your success rate is not my concern (slow down if you're getting frustrated). I'm commenting for the benefit of WP. Lining up support prior to a !vote is canvassing. Period. — soupvector 21:24, 13 October 2015 (UTC) I apologize if I've confused you. I was not trying to line up support. I was trying to make sure there was an absence of a possibility you could find some fault and comment about the fault and thus avoid me having to waste my time. Okay? — Cirt (talk) 21:25, 13 October 2015 (UTC) Notice about 10 lines up, where I said "I don't see a problem with it"? Why wasn't that sufficient? Why did you then ask, Does that mean you would "Support", or just ignore it and not comment at all? If you weren't trying to line up support, then what were you doing? I'd already indicated that I had no objection. Please let this go. — soupvector 21:32, 13 October 2015 (UTC) Notice about 10 lines up, where I said "If it does not meet your standards somehow, please, let me know, beforehand, and I won't, and I'll try to find something else to run by you, instead." Once again, you are correct, I should not have used the word "support", but I was trying to gauge if the image met your standards. Okay? — Cirt (talk) 21:33, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Entamoeba histolytica life cycle - asking for your expertise

Asking for your expertise on another medical related image.

This one is a Featured Picture on Commons, at File:Entamoeba histolytica life cycle-en.svg.

It is used on Wikipedia articles: Entamoeba histolytica, Parasitism, and Amoebiasis.

Can you please look it over and see if you can find any fault in it?

Does this meet your standards?

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 21:48, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

This is a very nice diagram, with two minor problems that relate to the inner curve (from the step where the Trophozoites divide): for one thing, there are no arrows to indicate which way that curve is flowing (minor problem, as one can guess, but we should not have to guess - and the color gradient on the curve doesn't help that much); secondly, the invasion step ("Trophozoites invade the intestinal mucosa") is pointing to the ascending colon, whereas the "migrate" step (2 steps prior) is pointing to the descending colon - which is confusing since stool passes from the ascending colon to the descending colon, not the other way around. To fix the latter, I think one would need to reverse much of the figure. — soupvector 21:58, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Great! Thank you! Glad I'm asking for your expertise, thanks very much! — Cirt (talk) 22:01, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Avian flu vaccine development by reverse genetics technique

Asking for your expertise on another medical related image.

This one is a Featured Picture on Commons, at File:ReverseGeneticsFlu.svg.

It is used on Wikipedia articles: Vaccine, Influenza vaccine, Influenza research, and Reverse genetics.

Can you please look it over and see if you can find any fault in it?

Does this meet your standards?

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 22:06, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Nice figure, no objections. (I'm going offline for awhile) — soupvector 22:19, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Great, thank you very much! — Cirt (talk) 22:21, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thank you, Soupvector, for acting professional and polite with me despite my frustrations over a miscommunication which was likely an error in wording and phraseology on my part. Once again, I'm sorry about the confusion and I'm glad you're still willing to provide me with quite helpful advice on medical related images. Thank you very much! :) — Cirt (talk) 22:23, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Created article - Moveable Feast

Soupvector,

I saw on your userpage you wrote:

"Moveable Feast (I would wiki-link if there were a page for this Baltimore charity)."

So I was inspired and went ahead and researched and wrote and created a new article at -- Moveable Feast.

So now you can wiki-link, if you wish, at your userpage.

Thanks for your inspiration to create an article on this nonprofit,

— Cirt (talk) 03:27, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

That's a great addition! I've added a popular culture reference that I thought might be interesting. — soupvector (talk) 07:58, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you! I came across a lot more secondary sources, but I thought this was a good start for an article. :) — Cirt (talk) 08:01, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Are the Obstacles Academic?

That was a most excellent talk you gave at WikiConference USA 2015. Do you have a transcription you would be willing to upload so it can be easily referenced as a user essay during Wikipedia discussions? Alternatively, would you have any objection to me transcribing your talk and uploading that. You would, of course, be completely free to copyedit and otherwise change it as you see fit. Regards. --Epipelagic (talk) 05:25, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

I don't have a transcript, sorry. Does YouTube offer closed captioning, which might serve as a first draft (the uploader might have to request this)? I appreciate your interest but wonder whether this talk was organized well enough to use that way. If you decide to start an essay I'd be happy to contribute. — soupvector (talk) 06:03, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Good! I'll transcribe it then. --Epipelagic (talk) 07:01, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Thank you for improving my page. JerrySa1 (talk) 21:19, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

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I am humbled by and grateful for your leadership of WP in medicine worldwide - thanks for all you do! — soupvector (talk) 23:08, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

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		Best wishes for joy and prosperity. soupvector Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 14:13, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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Many thanks! Peace to you. — soupvector (talk) 16:32, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Aneurism/Osmosis review video

Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Osmosis should you have the time I would appreciate a review of the Aneurism/Aortic dissection video, I thank you for any help,--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 17:47, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Done. — soupvector (talk) 04:02, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 09:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Sexuality after spinal cord injury

Hey, I replied to your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sexuality after spinal cord injury/archive1, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts if you get time. Thank you again for the input! delldot ∇. 06:30, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Saw your talk

Hey, just wanted to tell you I saw your talk at WikiConference USA on Youtube, and it was really good. One of the points you brought up is a need to create a simple way to submit image to Commons. I've recently applied for a grant to create this type of process at meta:Grants:IEG/Health images for all. I was primarily aiming at organizations, but if you think there is a will among individual academics to donate images I am willing to help set up the page for that as well. If all goes well I will likely start drafting the site in a little over a week, and have a first iteration of the page ready in July/August. I'd be very happy to get some of your input on what is needed, and if you are willing to put me in touch with anyone who wishes to donate images don't hesitate to mail me. Are you coming to Wikimania by the way? Best, Carl Fredrik 💌 📧 04:37, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your supportive response to that talk! If there were a process I could run through and demonstrate for colleagues, I think it would be an easy sell (and I'd be happy to do a dog-and-pony show). If that process won't be simplified for awhile, I'll be happy to send some images and colleagues your way to do some submissions as a demonstration project. I will not, unfortunately, be able to attend WikiMania; I have a scientific meeting at the same time in Belgium. — soupvector (talk) 19:48, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Apologies - it wasn't clear to me that "Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions" is a formal name; it looked, rather, like a miscategorization using a poorly-capitalized name. I'll undo the category move now. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 18:38, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the rapid response! — soupvector (talk) 18:57, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Any time. Happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:06, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Apitherapy

Hi, Stuart Ray! You should know, please. Russia has some priority. In 1941, prof. Nikolay Artemov monograph "Bee venom, its physiological properties and therapeutic use" was published by the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1957, the USSR Ministry of Health sanctioned use of bee venom to treat certain ailments. It was the Instruction for Bee Sting Venom Apitherapy. N. M. Artemov (with Prof. G. P. Zaytsev from 2nd MSMI) is the author of The Instruction. See also Apitherapy (in Russian) in Great Russian Encyclopedia, and Bee Venom (in Russian) in Soviet Big Medical Encyclopedia. In Russia apitherapy has state support, see - http://pravo.gov.ru - This is the "Official Internet Portal of Legal Information" - Article of the law 4.5. Prof. Vasily Krylov is the chief apitherapist of Russia. Anyone who knows Russian will be able to confirm all this. Thank you for your interest. --Мит Сколов (talk) 06:37, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Better discussed on that page. — soupvector (talk) 20:28, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

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Thank you for this greeting, and all of the positive things you do on & off WP to share knowledge with everyone! Happy holidays! — soupvector (talk) 01:39, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your edit and clarity to HIV#Spread within the body! Much appreciated Waddie96 (talk) 15:42, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

My pleasure - it's an important but complex topic! — soupvector (talk) 16:00, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

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Cerebral folate deficiency

Good morning, Soupvector! I've started a discussion on Talk:Cerebral folate deficiency. I did not fully understand why the proposed choroid plexus disruption mechanism should be dubious. I'll try to read up. I had read two of your cited papers earlier, I will read the third one. --CopperKettle 03:34, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Photos of the Arbutus Oak

Stuart,

I have added the full resolution copies of the Arbutus Oak photos to the Commons. Here's a handy gallery, below. Feel free to integrate them into Wikipedia! I popped one of them into the article's infobox.

Arbutus Oak

• 
  Wide-angle photo of the Arbutus Oak, a historic tree in Baltimore County, Maryland.
• 
  A plaque describing the Arbutus Oak, a historic tree
• 
  The sign for the historic Arbutus Oak tree
• 
  Closeup shot of the sign for the historic Arbutus Oak tree
• 
  Square aspect ratio of the Arbutus Oak, a historic tree in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Photos of the historic Arbutus Oak and surrounds.

Eplack (talk) 20:56, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Well done Eplack - these are great and the info box looks fantastic! I'd be tempted to add your gallery to the page, until the text is more fleshed out. Nice work. — soupvector (talk) 00:36, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Love

	Respect for you
	Thank you for your suggestion, keep helping me I am wrong. Rasel Faruk (talk) 09:57, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

It is my pleasure to welcome you as a Wikipedia editor, and will be happy to help you edit according to the norms of this unfamiliar place. Please don't get discouraged, it is not easy for anyone at first! — soupvector (talk) 10:20, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you

...for your thank you regarding the gout article! There's a few issues with it I think which need attention. Could I ask you for your opinion when I get round to suggesting changes? Thanks Fortnum (talk) 17:48, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Absolutely happy to work with you on content! — soupvector (talk) 21:03, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

thank you for your input on article

have added this review to the treatment section[2] please revert should you find basis to do so, thank you again--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:54, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

I have added a systematic review with a similar message, and (again) removed the image of ribavirin since that seems like too much emphasis for a drug not approved for this indication. Without large RCTs, experience with HEV (and HBV) is cautionary - any maneuver can look like it works when you have a nonzero spontaneous (untreated) rate of resolution. — soupvector (talk) 13:14, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

have also added[3] with review, as above should you be of a different opinion please revert, thank you again--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:49, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

discussion of article seems better located at article talk page. — soupvector (talk) 14:01, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

not a medical advice

erm... Inserting one's own finger in own rectum isn't considered a "medical advice". As explained in the post itself, the medication has already been prescribed by a specialist. —usernamekiran(talk) 16:38, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Administration of medication, tom-ay-to, tom-ah-to. Wishing you well. — soupvector (talk) 19:07, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

yeah. All i can say is, difference in opinions. See you around :) —usernamekiran(talk) 20:48, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Dengue fever

Hi soupvector,

I see you have edited Wikipedia:VideoWiki/Dengue fever but this hasn't actually published your changes. File:Wikipedia-VideoWiki-Dengue fever.webm hasn't had changes to it since July. Could you publish your changes please. When you do, it looks like VideoWiki will make the upload to Commons with your Commons account. Can you visit the file description page on Commons and let me know if the page has been added to your watchlist (the little star is filled in). -- Colin°^Talk 13:46, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

It says the upload is in progress. I'll be curious to see the updated version appear in Commons, and (as you suggest) whether it will be watchlisted for me automagically. — soupvector (talk) 14:29, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Update: the video did appear on Commons, but it did not watchlist it for me (I added it to my watchlist manually after seeing that the video file had updated). A feature for them to add, if possible. — soupvector (talk) 14:45, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. It is indeed very concerning that it doesn't watchlist the video on Commons. -- Colin°^Talk 16:38, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

2018–19 Kivu Ebola epidemic

due to your assistance on HEV, I would appreciate any feedback on the above article. I, of course, realize your a busy individual, thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 18:54, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Thx, I'll take a look ASAP. — soupvector (talk) 05:05, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

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Three C-class articles

Dear Soup,

I hope you're doing well and staying busy since Stockholm. I was thinking about leaning into three articles over the next couple of months that are c-class and related. antibiotic, antiseptic, and antimicrobial. Also considering if we should look at hygiene and disinfectant (which is low priority to all other articles but should be high priority to WPMED). Take a peek at the page view analysis. You can see what happened when the antibacterial page was renamed to antibiotic. At first, I just wanted to move some c-class articles to b-class but then I asked myself, if a WASH worker in a developing nation was information seeking, could they find it easily on wikipedia? I don't think so. Could we better name, structure, and linkk these articles to advance the SDGs? Appreciate your input to help me develop some priorities and point me to best resources. Leaving a link for Doc James for input too. Thanks. Ian Furst (talk) 16:28, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - October 2020

Issue 5—October 2020

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Greetings! This month celebrates our second (I think) new medicine FA in 2020, a handful of newly reviewed GAs, and of course another month without major on-wiki disaster. The newsletter's featured section is off again, but please continue to drop comments and ideas at the newsletter talk page. Here is what's new this month:

Newly recognized content

Complete blood count nom. Spicy, his first FA! Beulah Ream Allen nom. SusunW, reviewed by Esculenta Antibiotic sensitivity testing nom. Tom (LT), reviewed by Larry Hockett and Spicy Marie Wittman nom. Pi.1415926535, reviewed by The Most Comfortable Chair Injector pen nom. Berchanhimez, reviewed by Tom (LT)

Nominated for review

Parkinson's disease now a featured article removal candidate. Discussion here Anatomical terms of location nom. Tom (LT), under review by ArnabSaha Endell Street Military Hospital nom. G. Moore and Dormskirk, under review by Amitchell125 Horace Smithy nom. Larry Hockett Charles Bingham Penrose nom. Larry Hockett Louise Boursier nom. Doug Coldwell Ulcerative colitis nom. Rytyho usa, under review by Tom (LT) Transmission of COVID-19 nom. Investigatory Seminal vesicles nom. Tom (LT) Vitamin K nom. David notMD Intravenous therapy nom. Berchanhimez Intramuscular injection nom. Berchanhimez Homeopathy nom. Aircorn

News from around the site

• An ongoing drive at WP:Good article nominations seeks interested editors to help review the ~600 current GA nominations. The oldest unreviewed medicine-related GAN was nominated 1.5 months ago.
• An open contributor copyright investigation involves edits to many medicine pages that need to be checked for copyright infringement. Interested editors might skim User:Moneytrees/Money's guide to CCI, and jump right in.
• An update to the appearance of various WMF sites (including this one) will be developed and rolled out slowly over the next year. For details see the WMF blog post and the page on MediaWiki where individual features are being mocked up and discussed.

Discussions of interest

• A discussion over wording at WP:PAID that centers on the extent to which folks that volunteer for an organization have an editing conflict of interest.
• Editors could use more eyes to help sort through a number of data-rich templates at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine#DONTHIDE_-_estrogen_template_problems.

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WP:MED Newsletter - November 2020

Issue 6—November 2020

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Greetings. This month marks the return of the project's long-dormant collaboration of the month! With some luck and effort, perhaps we can keep it going. I hope you're all finding ways to remain sane during another tumultuous month. Ready or not, here is what's happening around the project:

Newly recognized content

Seminal vesicles nom. Tom (LT), reviewed by Berchanhimez Endell Street Military Hospital nom. G. Moore and Dormskirk, reviewed by Amitchell125 Horace Smithy nom. Larry Hockett, reviewed by Ajpolino UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh nom. Andrew nyr, reviewed by HickoryOughtShirt?4 Intravenous therapy nom. Berchanhimez, reviewed by Tom (LT) Vitamin K nom. David notMD, reviewed by Tom (LT) Homeopathy nom. Aircorn, review by Berchanhimez

Nominated for review

Parkinson's disease now a featured article removal candidate. Discussion here Alzheimer's disease Notice of impending featured article review is at the talk page. Anatomical terms of location nom. Tom (LT), under review by ArnabSaha and Aircorn Charles Bingham Penrose nom. Larry Hockett Louise Boursier nom. Doug Coldwell Intramuscular injection nom. Berchanhimez Blood culture nom. Spicy Late onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia nom. Maxim Masiutin

News from around the site

• The WP:MED Collaboration of the Month returns for a trial run. We'll concentrate our efforts for November on Tonsillitis. Please help improve that article, and head to the planning page to nominate articles for future collaboration.
• An open contributor copyright investigation involves edits to ~50 medicine pages that need to be checked for copyright infringement. I've left some short instructions here for the uninitiated. Every little bit helps.

Discussions of interest

• Ongoing discussions consider redesigning the GA/FA icons and moving them to a more prominent place in articles.

For a list of ongoing discussions in WP:MED-tagged articles, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Discussions
Also, a reminder to see Article Alerts for a list of medicine-related AfDs, CfDs, merge discussions, and more!

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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - December 2020

Issue 7—December 2020

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Hello. I hope this newsletter finds you well. For those struggling to focus on writing articles during these tumultuous times, you are not alone. For those stuck at home with more time and energy to dedicate to the encyclopedia, all the more power to you. There is – as always – lots to do. Here is what's happening around the project:

Newly recognized content

Intramuscular injection nom. Berchanhimez, reviewed by Bibeyjj

Nominated for review

Buruli ulcer nom. Ajpolino Anatomical terms of location nom. Tom (LT), under review by ArnabSaha and Aircorn Charles Bingham Penrose nom. Larry Hockett Louise Boursier nom. Doug Coldwell Blood culture nom. Spicy Late onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia nom. Maxim Masiutin Friedreich's ataxia nom. Akrasia25 Fish allergy nom. David notMD, under review by Bibeyjj Kivu Ebola epidemic nom. Ozzie10aaaa UPMC Presbyterian nom. Andrew nyr Crown (anatomy) nom. Bibeyjj Alzheimer's disease Notice of impending featured article review at talk. Management of multiple sclerosis Notice of impending FAR at talk. Major depressive disorder Notice of impending FAR at talk.

News from around the site

• As you can see, the medicine GA queue is full-to-bursting, with the oldest medicine nomination waiting over three months for review. Please help review when you have time, so your colleagues can move on to their next projects.
• The WP:MED Collaboration of the Month was Tonsillitis, attracting edits from 11 medicine editors! December's collaboration will be Dexamethasone. Head to Talk:Dexamethasone to coordinate our efforts.
• Thanks to the medicine editors who helped out, Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Walidou47 is now closed. If you see other medicine-related backlogs that you'd like announced in the newsletter, please post them here.

Discussions of interest

• There is a large, ongoing discussion regarding the status of subject-specific notability criteria.
• The Community Wishlist Survey is live until December 7th.

For a list of ongoing discussions in WP:MED-tagged articles, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Discussions
Also, a reminder to see Article Alerts for a list of medicine-related AfDs, CfDs, merge discussions, and more!

A WP:MED editor pulls yet another unsourced stub from the pile, thrilled by its immense potential.

Backlog of the month
This month I'm trying out a new element of the newsletter – a backlog of the month. The WikiProject Medicine template is on the talk page of 44,944 articles, of which 18,111 have some kind of maintenance tag on them, indicating problems large or small. Each month, I'll highlight some small task to get you out of your normal editing focus and chip away at the project's massive maintenance backlogs. I'll aim for tasks that can be worked on in small chunks, perhaps on days when you can't focus on big problems, or have 15 minutes to burn at your computer.

The first backlog of the month will be the 410 medicine articles that cite no sources. These tend to be lower-traffic topics. Some just need verification that the topic actually exists, along with a quick reference. Others are best redirected to more substantial pages, or even brought to AfD. Feel free to scroll through the list for topics that interest you, or just start at the top. This feature will last as long as folks are interested enough to engage with it. If you see backlogs that would be a good fit, post them here. Thanks all, and happy referencing!

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Thank you for being here!

I wanted to say thank you for taking the time to provide your expert contributions to articles covered by Wikipedia:WikiProject COVID-19. I can imagine the frustration reading what us amateurs have to say but your help is crucial and very much appreciated. I hope you are safe and well. -- {{u|Gtoffoletto}}  ^talk 09:37, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

I wish I could spend more time here on WP, and deeply appreciate the efforts of all who are doing so much to make WP a valuable resource in these challenging times. It's also very healthy for those who consider themselves experts to argue from evidence rather than authority (one of my lessons from working on WP content). Thanks for all you're doing, and please don't hesitate to ping me if I can be of assistance. — soupvector (talk) 12:27, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Will do! -- {{u|Gtoffoletto}}  ^talk 19:09, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

A small request

@Soupvector:, Sorry to ping you again. I was thinking of using File:Ribosome mRNA translation en.svg for modRNA. Can it be used. If yes, what should be the caption and under which section it can be placed. I am planning to add an image to DYK if available. Thank you — Amkgp 💬 17:38, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

That image does represent translation from mRNA, so I think it's a reasonable illustration. — soupvector (talk) 17:43, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Soupvector, What caption can I put so that its both correct and understandable by an average reader. — Amkgp 💬 17:57, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Suggested caption: "A ribosome (depicted in green) creates a protein (depicted here as a string of beads representing amino acids) encoded in an mRNA (depicted as a ribbon of nucleosides) that may be modified to reduce inflammation in the cell." Does that help? — soupvector (talk) 18:07, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Soupvector, Yes for the article. I am thinking of using " A ribosome mRNA translation inside a cell from where the modRNA is derived" - short for DYK image only. What do you say? — Amkgp 💬 18:12, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

That doesn't parse for me, because this doesn't depict the process for making modRNA, it illustrates the way mRNA (including modRNA) can generate protein. How about, "A ribosome translates mRNA (modified to reduce inflammation, i.e. modRNA) into the encoded protein"? — soupvector (talk) 18:18, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Soupvector, I agree with your words. Thank you — Amkgp 💬 18:33, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Medicine Barnstar
		For helping out in editing modRNA and guiding during the DYK review — Amkgp 💬 18:48, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - January 2021

Issue 8—January 2021

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

2020 is behind us at last. Off Wikipedia, the year has been trying. On Wikipedia, I hope you've found the time you spent here fulfilling and diverting. I've taken the opportunity to place a few end-of-year statistics for reflection below. If you think of any data that would be useful to find (or begin gathering) to gauge the project's success, please let me know. With that, here is what's happening around the project:

Newly recognized content

Buruli ulcer nom. Ajpolino, my first successful FAC Anatomical terms of location nom. Tom (LT), reviewed by ArnabSaha and Aircorn Fish allergy nom. David notMD, reviewed by Bibeyjj Blood culture nom. Spicy, reviewed by Graham Beards Epidural administration nom. Berchanhimez, reviewed by Bibeyjj Charles Bingham Penrose nom. Larry Hockett, reviewed by Esculenta

Nominated for review

Louise Boursier nom. Doug Coldwell Late onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia nom. Maxim Masiutin Friedreich's ataxia nom. Akrasia25 Kivu Ebola epidemic nom. Ozzie10aaaa UPMC Presbyterian nom. Andrew nyr Crown (anatomy) nom. Bibeyjj, under review by MeegsC Alzheimer's disease Notice of impending featured article review at talk. Management of multiple sclerosis Notice of impending FAR at talk. Major depressive disorder Notice of impending FAR at talk.

Year in Review
With 2020 now in the rear view mirror, a few numbers to give a sense of where our project is at: In 2020 we added a record number of medicine articles (i.e. articles with the WP:MED tag on their talk pages), starting the year with 41,243 and ending with 45,247. The ~4,000 new articles is well above the norm, presumably due to new covid-related articles. In terms of reviewed content, we added three featured articles (Dementia with Lewy bodies, Complete blood count, and Buruli ulcer), and lost three to the ravages of time, leaving our total at 66. We also added 42 newly reviewed good articles from 23 different nominators, bringing our total to 296. See a full list of reviewed content from 2020 here. Outside of reviewed content our contributions are more challenging to measure. I'm sure much our time was spent making small improvements, guiding new editors, removing junk from articles, and dealing with the raging global pandemic (on and off the site). I am interested in ways we can quantify and assess our project's progress going forward, so if anyone has ideas for other data we could find or collect, do let me know.

Other notes

• The WMF's Community Wishlist Survey has ended. Results are posted here.
• If you missed it, consider reading folks' thoughts on helping new editors at this recent WT:MED discussion.
• After a quieter month at the Collaboration of the Month (Dexamethasone), we'll be taking this month off. The COTM will return in February. Propose and vote on nominations here.
• Thanks to all who helped deal with last month's backlog, medicine articles that cite no sources. 28 down, 382 to go. We'll pick a new backlog next month. In the meantime, for any interested, I've posted an updated list of articles that lack sources here.

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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - February 2021

Issue 9—February 2021

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Happy February everyone. I hope the new year is starting to look better than the last one did. As always, if you have any ideas to improve the newsletter, please post them at the talkpage. Otherwise, here is what's happening around the project:

Newly recognized content

Late onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia nom. Maxim Masiutin, reviewed by Vaticidalprophet UPMC Presbyterian nom. Andrew nyr, reviewed by HickoryOughtShirt?4

Nominated for review

Louise Boursier nom. Doug Coldwell Friedreich's ataxia nom. Akrasia25 Kivu Ebola epidemic nom. Ozzie10aaaa Biotin nom. David notMD, under review by HaEr48 Lurie Children's Hospital nom. Andrew nyr, under review by HickoryOughtShirt?4 Urinothorax nom. Steve M. Imprinted brain hypothesis nom. Vaticidalprophet Management of multiple sclerosis Currently a FA removal candidate. Alzheimer's disease Notice of impending featured article review at talk. Major depressive disorder Notice of impending FAR at talk. Influenza Notice of impending FAR at talk. Menstrual cycle Notice of impending FAR at talk.

News from around the site

• Another discussion has closed, with consensus supporting continued use of the phrase "committed suicide" in articles.
• The Medicine Collaboration of the Month for February is Cirrhosis. Head to Talk:Cirrhosis to coordinate our efforts. You can nominate future collaborations at WP:MCOTM.
• This month's target maintenance backlog is "articles that need more wikilinks". Just 65 medicine pages have {{Underlinked}} on them, so hopefully we can clean them all up this month.
• Flyer22 Frozen, longtime and prolific editor on medicine and television/film topics, has died. You can read a brief reflection on her Wikipedia work here, and leave condolences at her talk page.

Discussions of interest

• Continued discussion on the role of subject-specific notability guidelines at Wikipedia talk:Notability.
• An ongoing effort to trim talk page banners has brought us a discussion regarding whether {{English variant notice}}s should be converted to editnotices.
• An ongoing discussion at WT:MED considers spinning out parts of the infobox for medicines/drugs into other templates.

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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - March 2021

Issue 10—March 2021

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Here is what's happening around the project:

Newly recognized content

17q12 microdeletion syndrome nom. Vaticidalprophet, reviewed by Bibeyjj Urinothorax nom. Steve M., reviewed by Bibeyjj Lurie Children's Hospital nom. Andrew nyr, reviewed by HickoryOughtShirt?4 Biotin nom. David notMD, reviewed by HaEr48 Imprinted brain hypothesis nom. Vaticidalprophet, reviewed by Lee Vilenski

Nominated for review

Friedreich's ataxia nom. Akrasia25 Kivu Ebola epidemic nom. Ozzie10aaaa, under review by Casliber Diaphragmatic rupture nom. Steve M. Mihran Kassabian nom. Larry Hockett Sophie Jamal nom. Vaticidalprophet Menstrual cycle Undergoing FAR, contribute at talk. Alzheimer's disease Notice of impending FAR at talk. Major depressive disorder Notice of impending FAR at talk. Acute myeloid leukemia Notice of impending FAR at talk. Influenza Notice of impending FAR at talk. Autism Notice of impending FAR at talk.

News from around the site

• There is an ongoing drive to review good article nominations through the month of March. Pick up a review if you have time. Instructions here.
• The Medicine Collaboration of the Month is on temporary (perhaps) hiatus. You can still nominate future candidates at WP:MCOTM.
• This month's target maintenance backlog is "articles with a dead link". Each typically takes around a minute to fix, so please hit one or two when you have a moment.
• The desktop site's default "Vector" skin is being gradually modernized. Details here. Opt-in at Preferences>Skin preferences to begin getting used to the new look.

Discussions of interest

• A large discussion is reconsidering deprecating the aliases for some citation template parameters.
• Please look over edit-protected medicine pages to consider whether some could have protection levels safely lowered.

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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - April 2021

Issue 11—April 2021

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Here is what's happening around the project:

Newly recognized content

Influenza removed from the featured article review list thanks largely to Velayinosu's work. Friedreich's ataxia nom. Akrasia25, reviewed by Ajpolino Kivu Ebola epidemic nom. Ozzie10aaaa, reviewed by Casliber

Nominated for review

Mihran Kassabian nom. Larry Hockett Sophie Jamal nom. Vaticidalprophet Northwestern Memorial Hospital nom. Andrew nyr XXYY syndrome nom. Vaticidalprophet CT scan nom. Iflaq Tetrasomy Xnom. Vaticidalprophet Menstrual cycle Undergoing FAR, contribute at talk. Upcoming FARs: Alzheimer's disease, Major depressive disorder, Acute myeloid leukemia, Autism. Contribute to discussions at their talk pages.

News from around the site

• As part of the Talk pages project, the reply and new discussion tools have been released as beta features. You can enable them at Special:Preferences.
• This month's maintenance backlog is articles marked as too technical. Please help clarify these pages for non-specialists.
• Longtime medicine editor, administrator, and tech-wiz RexxS has retired – hopefully temporarily – following an arbitration case. Among other things, RexxS has long advocated improving Wikipedia's accessibility for readers with disabilities. You can help in that regard by reminding yourself of the contents of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility and learning to write alt text for images.

Discussions of interest

• Template:Authority control is getting a redesign. Contribute to the discussion here.
• A large discussion is reconsidering deprecating the aliases for some citation template parameters.
• Please look over edit-protected medicine pages to consider whether some could have protection levels safely lowered.

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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - June 2021

Issue 12—June 2021

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

No newsletter last month means a double issue this month. Enjoy:

Newly recognized content

Menstrual cycle saved at FAR thanks to the efforts of Graham Beards and others. Tetrasomy X nom. Vaticidalprophet, reviewed by JackFromReedsburg XYYY syndrome nom. Vaticidalprophet, reviewed by MeegsC CT scan nom. Iflaq, reviewed by Bibeyjj Imprinted brain hypothesis nom. Vaticidalprophet, reviewed by Lee Vilenski Diaphragmatic rupture nom. Aeschylus, reviewed by Bibeyjj Pentasomy X nom. Vaticidalprophet, reviewed by Bibeyjj Shellfish allergy nom. David notMD, reviewed by CommanderWaterford Sophie Jamal nom. Vaticidalprophet, reviewed by Premeditated Chaos Mihran Kassabian nom. Larry Hockett, reviewed by Amitchell125 Northwestern Memorial Hospital nom. Andrew nyr, reviewed by Sammi Brie

Nominated for review

Trisomy X nom. Vaticidalprophet, under review by Epicgenius Hepatic hydrothorax nom. Aeschylus Tetrasomy X and Deep vein thrombosis are both listed for peer review to prepare for FAC. Please contribute. Upcoming FARs: Alzheimer's disease, Major depressive disorder, Acute myeloid leukemia, Autism. Contribute to discussions at their talk pages.

News from around the site

• The Medicine collaboration of the month is back with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Please head to its talk page to coordinate improvements.

Discussions of interest

• The redesign of the {{Authority control}} template continues. Contribute here.
• Please consider looking over edit-protected medicine pages to consider whether some could have protection levels safely lowered.

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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - July 2021

Issue 12—June 2021

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Newly recognized content

Trisomy X nom. Vaticidalprophet, reviewed by Epicgenius

Nominated for review

Trisomy X nom. Vaticidalprophet CYP4F2 nom. Maxim Masiutin Hepatic hydrothorax nom. Aeschylus Vitamin B6 nom. David notMD Transmission of COVID-19 nom. Almaty Deep vein thrombosis is listed for peer review to prepare for FAC. Please contribute. Alzheimer's disease is at featured article review.

News from around the site

• Lung cancer will feature on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on August 4th. Anything you can do to improve/update the article before then would be a big help to the many readers likely to see the page on that date.
• The Books namespace will be deprecated and its contents deleted. All books have been moved to subpages of Wikipedia:Books/archive so that they can be undeleted upon request after the namespace is gone. There are around two dozen medicine-related books (14 tagged with WP:MED). If you wish to keep any, you are welcome to move it to your userspace.

Discussions of interest

• An ongoing discussion at WP:MEDRS considers the first few sentences of the MEDRS lead.

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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - August 2021

Issue 12—August 2021

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Newly recognized content

Nothing this month Please help review articles when you have time.

Nominated for review

Trisomy X nom. Vaticidalprophet Hepatic hydrothorax nom. Aeschylus Vitamin B6 nom. David notMD Transmission of COVID-19 nom. Almaty, under review by Aircorn Atul Gawande nom. BennyOnTheLoose C. Edmund Kells nom. Larry Hockett Clarence Lushbaugh nom. Tpdwkouaa, under review by Larry Hockett Slipping rib syndrome nom. TheRibinator Charles Lester Leonard nom. Larry Hockett, under review by Dracophyllum Subglottic stenosis nom. aeschylus Deep vein thrombosis is listed for peer review to prepare for FAC. Please contribute. Alzheimer's disease is a featured article removal candidate.

News from around the site

• We have a bit of a backlog of good article nominations. Please help improve these articles by reviewing one if you have time. Instructions here.
• WP:URFA/2020 is reviewing and updating FAs that were promoted long ago. Several medicine-related FAs are on the list. Noting current work below. Feel free to jump in and help wherever you're interested:
  • Acute myeloid leukemia (promoted in 2006) is getting a thorough update led by Tom (LT) and Spicy. Help is welcome.
  • Influenza (promoted in 2006) was updated by Velayinosu and is awaiting review.
  • Lung cancer (promoted in 2007) was updated by Axl, Graham Beards, and JenOttawa in preparation for a now-aborted run as WP:TFA.
  • Autism (2007 promotion) and Major depressive disorder (2008 promotion) have requests for featured article reviews on their talk pages.
  • I believe the oldest unreviewed medicine-related FAs are Michael Woodruff (2006 promotion), Bacteria (2006 promotion), and Coeliac disease (2008 promotion). These are likely to receive some attention soon.

Discussions of interest

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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - September 2021

Issue 15—September 2021

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Newly recognized content

Charles Lester Leonard nom. Larry Hockett, reviewed by Dracophyllum Clarence Lushbaugh nom. Tpdwkouaa, reviewed by Larry Hockett Elmer Ernest Southard nom. EricEnfermero, reviewed by Khazar2

Nominated for review

Trisomy X nom. Vaticidalprophet Atul Gawande nom. BennyOnTheLoose C. Edmund Kells nom. Larry Hockett, under review by AryKun Slipping rib syndrome nom. TheRibinator Body image disturbance nom. Srobodao84 Vitamin B6 nom. David notMD Deep vein thrombosis is listed for peer review to prepare for FAC. Please contribute. Body image disturbance is listed for peer review. Please contribute.

News from around the site

• Vaticidalprophet, our reigning expert on chromosomal disorders, has retired (temporarily, we hope)

Discussions of interest

• A discussion considers merging the functionality of {{find medical sources}} into {{Talk header}} with a manually applied parameter.

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WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - September 2021

Issue 15—September 2021

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Newly recognized content

Charles Lester Leonard nom. Larry Hockett, reviewed by Dracophyllum Clarence Lushbaugh nom. Tpdwkouaa, reviewed by Larry Hockett Elmer Ernest Southard nom. EricEnfermero, reviewed by Khazar2

Nominated for review

Trisomy X nom. Vaticidalprophet Atul Gawande nom. BennyOnTheLoose C. Edmund Kells nom. Larry Hockett, under review by AryKun Slipping rib syndrome nom. TheRibinator Body image disturbance nom. Srobodao84 Vitamin B6 nom. David notMD Deep vein thrombosis is listed for peer review to prepare for FAC. Please contribute. Body image disturbance is listed for peer review. Please contribute.

News from around the site

• Vaticidalprophet, our reigning expert on chromosomal disorders, has retired (temporarily, we hope)

Discussions of interest

• A discussion considers merging the functionality of {{find medical sources}} into {{Talk header}} with a manually applied parameter.

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Adrian Sandra Dobs moved to draftspace

Thank you for the article you recently created, Adrian Sandra Dobs; however it is not yet suitable to remain published because it lacks references. Especially since it describes a living person, it needs citations from reliable, and ideally independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Thanks again! Innisfree987 (talk) 19:41, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Adrian Sandra Dobs (October 30)

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• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Adrian Sandra Dobs and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you now believe the draft cannot meet Wikipedia's standards or do not wish to progress it further, you may request deletion. Please go to Draft:Adrian Sandra Dobs, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window, add "{{Db-g7}}" at the top of the draft text and click the blue "publish changes" button to save this edit.
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• If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Theroadislong (talk) 07:58, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Adrian Sandra Dobs has been accepted

Adrian Sandra Dobs, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

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Invitation to take part in a survey about medical topics on Wikipedia

Dear fellow editor,

I am Piotr Konieczny, a sociologist of new media at Hanyang University (and User:Piotrus on Wikipedia). I would like to better understand Wikipedia's volunteers who edit medical topics, many associated with the WikiProject Medicine, and known to create some of the highest quality content on Wikipedia. I hope that the lessons I can learn from you that I will present to the academic audience will benefit both the WikiProject Medicine (improving your understanding of yourself and helping to promote it and attract new volunteers) and the wider world of medical volunteering and academia. Open access copy of the resulting research will be made available at WikiProject's Medicine upon the completion of the project.

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Hanyang University
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Rockefeller University help?

Hello, Soupvector! I work at Rockefeller University and I am looking to add an update to the university's Wikipedia article. I made a request at Talk:Rockefeller University that essentially turns a list of discoveries into a narrative and adds sources. Since you have edited the article previously I thought I'd reach out to see if you could review my request. I will not edit the article myself because of my conflict of interest. Thanks! KFenzRockefeller (talk) 19:26, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - August 2022

Issue 18—August 2022

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Back (for now) by popular demand, it's the WP:MED Newsletter! Pardon the 9-month hiatus. This month features a catch-up list of promoted GAs since the last newsletter, and some calls to action for those looking to add to their todo lists. I hope this finds you well. Enjoy.

Newly recognized content

Since last newsletter (Nov. 1, 2021) Osteogenesis imperfecta nom. Psiĥedelisto, reviewed by Vaticidalprophet Tietze syndrome nom. TheRibinator, reviewed by Sennalen Coughs and sneezes spread diseases nom. AFreshStart, reviewed by No Great Shaker William Heath Byford nom. Delqa, reviewed by Ajpolino Henri Coutard nom. DanCherek, reviewed by Amitchell125 Riboflavin nom. David notMD, reviewed by Mertbiol Vitamin A nom. David notMD, reviewed by Hughesdarren

Nominated for review

Thiamine nom. David notMD Sesame allergy nom. David notMD

WP:MED News

• Since last newsletter, frightfully few medicine articles have passed through our main content review processes, Good Article and Featured Article. While we can agree there's more to editing than chasing bronze stars and green blobs, it would be nice to see the catalog of "Good" and "Featured" medicine articles growing rather than just aging. If you're interested in taking on a project but would like some light guidance or a helping hand, feel free to post your plans at WT:MED and you may find others willing to join.
• An ongoing effort seeks to review/update our oldest featured articles. Major depressive disorder, Lung cancer, and Schizophrenia are next on the chopping block (so to speak). If you're interested in helping to update any, please post at WT:MED or at those articles' talk pages. If you're new to the FA process, I'd encourage you to enlist the help of someone(s) who has been through the process before, as they can help clarify expectations and save you time.
• Got a minute? Running low on inspiration/motivation and need a simple task? Check out the 247 medicine articles tagged as citing no sources!

News from around the site

• The Reading/Web team has rolled out a new skin called "Vector 2022" that will soon become the default. Opt-in in your Preferences to try it out. As with any visual update, it'll take some getting used to. If you hate it, don't panic; once it becomes default you'll still be able to opt-out in your Preferences.
• The folks who brought us the nifty "Reply" button have now rolled out a "Subscribe" button to be notified of comments in a particular thread. I believe it's turned on for everyone now. Try it on a busy talk page (e.g. WT:MED).
• Voting is open for the community nominees to the WMF Board of Trustees, until September 6th.

Newsletter ideas, comments, and criticisms welcome here.

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Ajpolino (talk) 21:28, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter - October 2022

Issue 19—October 2022

WikiProject Medicine Newsletter

Hello all. A short newsletter reflecting a quiet month in recognized content. If there's other types of content you'd like to see in the newsletter feel free to post suggestions here. Otherwise, here's your update for the month:

Newly recognized content

Sesame allergy nom. David notMD, reviewed by Nolabob

Nominated for review

Thiamine nom. David notMD, under review by Mertbiol Blood donation in India nom. Blood donation in India, under review by Larry Hockett COVID-19 pandemic nom. Ozzie10aaaa Cold medicine nom. That Coptic Guy

WP:MED News

• No news, which may be good news. Happy editing.

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Ajpolino (talk) 03:32, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

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