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Welcome!

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Kallimachus! I am Madhero88 and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!

MaenK.A.Talk 07:34, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cardiology task force

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Thank you for joining Cardiology task force, a collaborative effort to make the project more comprehensive and allot of improvment needed for many articles. Below are some ongoing tasks for you to take part in, or you can add a task to do. Another great place to check out is Category:Cardiovascular system stubs. Personal message (optional) MaenK.A.Talk 07:36, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


--MaenK.A.Talk 07:36, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Medicine Collaboration of the Month

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Thank you for your support of the Medicine Collaboration of the Month.
The currrent collaboration is Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
We welcome your help!


Craig Hicks (talk) 18:15, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dermatology

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Any interest in dermatology? If so, we are always looking for more help at the Dermatology task force, and particularly with the Bolognia push. There are still a lot of articles and redirects to be made. If you are interested I can send you the login information? ---kilbad (talk) 12:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Request for attention - Christopher Busby

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Hi. I noticed your interest in radiology/oncology. Perhaps you can help me with the above BLP. See [1]. Even referring this to another, more appropriate, editor would be greatly appreciated. Yakushima (talk) 14:22, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Articles

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If you could get me any of the following articles, I would greatly appreciate it!

  • Harris SS, Kushon D, Benedetto E., Pathologic grooming behavior: facial dermatillomania., Cutis. 2011 Jan;87(1):14-8.
  • This is a case report, probably not a good source.
    • Harris SS, Kushon D, Benedetto E (2011). "Pathologic grooming behavior: facial dermatillomania". Cutis. 87 (1): 14–8. PMID 21323095. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Odlaug BL, Grant JE. Pathologic skin picking. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2010 Sep;36(5):296-303.
  • This is a review article, 2010, recent, probably a good source, correct citation format:
  • Grant JE, Odlaug BL. Update on pathological skin picking. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2009 Aug;11(4):283-8.
  • This is a case report and a review-- use selectively, take care not to report on unvalidated case reports:
    • Grant JE, Odlaug BL (2009). "Update on pathological skin picking". Curr Psychiatry Rep. 11 (4): 283–8. PMID 19635236. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  • Lochner C, Simeon D, Niehaus DJ, Stein DJ., Trichotillomania and skin-picking: a phenomenological comparison., Depress Anxiety. 2002;15(2):83-6.
  • This is old (2002), not a review, not likely a good source:
    • Lochner C, Simeon D, Niehaus DJ, Stein DJ (2002). "Trichotillomania and skin-picking: a phenomenological comparison". Depress Anxiety. 15 (2): 83–6. PMID 11891999.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Wilhelm S, Keuthen NJ, Deckersbach T, Engelhard IM, Forker AE, Baer L, O'Sullivan RL, Jenike MA. Self-injurious skin picking: clinical characteristics and comorbidity. J Clin Psychiatry. 1999 Jul;60(7):454-9.
  • This is old (1990), not a review, not likely a good source, use these kinds of sources carefully:
    • Wilhelm S, Keuthen NJ, Deckersbach T; et al. (1999). "Self-injurious skin picking: clinical characteristics and comorbidity". J Clin Psychiatry. 60 (7): 454–9. PMID 10453800. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
This is a recent review, Singer knows his stuff thoroughly and is well respected, should probably consult this source:
These should certainly be consulted, particularly the two that have free full text available:
I'll copy this over to article talk, which is where work should continue. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:45, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your help! Remember (talk) 12:01, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again

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Thank you so much for sending me the articles. I greatly appreciate it. Hopefully, I will get the article up to good status soon. Remember (talk) 12:45, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Medicine

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Hi

I'm contacting you because, as a participant at Wikiproject Medicine, you may be interested in a new multinational non-profit organization we're forming at m:Wikimedia Medicine. Even if you don't want to be actively involved, any ideas you may have about our structure and aims would be very welcome on the project's talk page.

Our purpose is to help improve the range and quality of free online medical content, and we'll be working with like-minded organizations, such as the World Health Organization, professional and scholarly societies, medical schools, governments and NGOs - including Translators Without Borders.

Hope to see you there! --Anthonyhcole (talk) 08:22, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia Library now offering accounts from Cochrane Collaboration (sign up!)

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The Wikipedia Library gets Wikipedia editors free access to reliable sources that are behind paywalls. Because you are signed on as a medical editor, I thought you'd want to know about our most recent donation from Cochrane Collaboration.

  • Cochrane Collaboration is an independent medical nonprofit organization that conducts systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials of health-care interventions, which it then publishes in the Cochrane Library.
  • Cochrane has generously agreed to give free, full-access accounts to 100 medical editors. Individual access would otherwise cost between $300 and $800 per account.
  • If you are still active as a medical editor, come and sign up :)

Cheers, Ocaasi t | c 20:14, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Pulse (WP:MED newsletter) June 2014

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The first edition of The Pulse has been released. The Pulse will be a regular newsletter documenting the goings-on at WPMED, including ongoing collaborations, discussions, articles, and each edition will have a special focus. That newsletter is here.

The newsletter has been sent to the talk pages of WP:MED members bearing the {{User WPMed}} template. To opt-out, please leave a message here or simply remove your name from the mailing list. Because this is the first issue, we are still finding out feet. Things like the layout and content may change in subsequent editions. Please let us know what you think, and if you have any ideas for the future, by leaving a message here.

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:24, 5 June 2014 (UTC) on behalf of WikiProject Medicine.[reply]

BMJ offering 25 free accounts to Wikipedia medical editors

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Neat news: BMJ is offering 25 free, full-access accounts to their prestigious medical journal through The Wikipedia Library and Wiki Project Med Foundation (like we did with Cochrane). Please sign up this week: Wikipedia:BMJ --Cheers, Ocaasi via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:14, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Medical Translation Newsletter

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Wikiproject Medicine; Translation Taskforce

Medical Translation Newsletter
Issue 1, June/July 2014
by CFCF, Doc James

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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 Wikipedia 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 Medicine

Spotlight - 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:

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
CFCF - "IEG beneficiary" and editor of this newsletter.

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 Wikipedia 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 free encyclopedia of medical content. We want Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia facebook-groups: مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي, something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.
Integration guides

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.

Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here [4]

News in short


To come
  • Medical editor census - Medical editors on different Wikis have been without proper means of communication. A preliminary list of projects is available here.
  • Proofreading drives

Further reading



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If you are receiving this newsletter without having signed up, it is because you have signed up as a member of the Translation Taskforce, or Wiki Project Med on meta. 22:33, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

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