Every week, a Medicine Collaboration of the Week will be selected using this page. The article may or may not yet exist. The topics may either relate to medical basic sciences (anatomy, biochemistry, and so on), or clinical medicine (illnesses, surgical procedures, and so on). The aim is to have a featured-standard article by the end of the period through widespread cooperative editing. This collaboration is part of the WikiProject Medicine project.

The current Medicine Collaboration of the Week is Abdominal aortic aneurysm. The previous collaboration was Swine flu.

The project aims to fill gaps in Wikipedia, to give users a focus and to give us all something to be proud of. Any registered user can nominate and vote on articles (see Voting below). This collaboration uses approval voting. You do not have to be involved in the field of medicine to participate; the opinion of laypeople is valued both for article suggestions and to help ensure that articles are not too technical. New articles will be selected every Wednesday (see the record of previous collaborations). This collaboration is still new; rules may change or be bent as we find our footing.

For individuals wishing to notify others of articles being created or for which they seeking collaborators, or ask for completed pages to be peer-reviewed, please see the project's talk page.

Contents 1 Voting 1.1 List of past and present maintainers 2 Nominations 3 Nominations for the next MCOTW 3.1 Placebo 3.2 Developmental milestonesChild development stages 3.3 ADHD 3.4 Anatomy 3.5 Migraine 3.6 Chest pain 3.7 Full Genome Sequencing 3.8 Hypertension 3.9 Mental retardation 3.10 Bipolar disorder 3.11 Breast cancer 3.12 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 3.13 Alcohol and cancer 3.14 Physician 4 Participants 5 Tools

[edit] Voting

Please vote in favor of as many candidates as you like; oppose votes have no effect (approval voting is used). Any registered user may vote for an article, provided that account's first edit occurred before the nomination. You do not have to have any special knowledge of medicine to nominate or vote for an article. To vote for an article, simply edit the appropriate section and add # ~~~~. If you believe that a topic does not fall within the scope of this project, please mention your objections in the "Comments" section. Every second Sunday, the article currently with the most votes will be selected to be the new collaboration, although collaborations may be extended from time to time (for instance, during featured article candidacy). In the case of a tie, the article nominated first will be selected. Articles not selected must receive at least two votes per week to remain in consideration. If a nomination fails to achieve sufficient votes, it may be renominated after at least two weeks. You may wish to see the archive of successful nominations.

[edit] List of past and present maintainers

1. Knowledge Seeker, founder, July 2005
2. NCurse, June 2006 to present
3. JFW, August 2007 to present

[edit] Nominations

Nominations may be made at any time. Nominators must be registered users. To make a nomination, follow the following steps:

1. Edit the list of nominations and paste the following text at the bottom: {{subst:MCOTWnew|article name|~~~~~|your reason for nominating|~~~~}}.
2. Change the text accordingly (for example, {{subst:MCOTWnew|Histiocytosis X|~~~~~|August 2, 2005|It has an "X" in its name.|~~~~}}).
3. Please add {{MCOTWnom}} to the top of the article's talk page.

[edit] Nominations for the next MCOTW

[edit] Placebo

Nominated at 18:02, 4 March 2008 (UTC).

This article is a rambling, out-of-date treatise that can and should give clearer information about--for example--the placebo effect in response treatments as diverse as high quality evidence-based medicine to medical quackery, why placebo controls are necessary for a quality study, and the known and suspected mechanisms involved.

Support

1. — Scientizzle 18:02, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
2. — Enviropearson (talk) 03:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
3. LeeVJ (talk) 22:30, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments.

• This has also been proposed at the Pharmacology project. If chosen, it might be nice for both projects to coordinate its development. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:32, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
• This article is within the scope of Medicine(B Class), Psychology(Start Class), Philosophy(B Class), Rational Skepticism(B Class), Alternative Medicine(B Class) and Philosophy(Start Class). This is a great opportunity for cross-disciplinary collaboration. -Enviropearson (talk) 03:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
• I think it is pointless if one WikiProject starts working on this without the input of the others. If elected, I would suggest posting messages on the other WikiProjects' talk pages to engage their members. JFW | T@lk 11:45, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

On reflection of this I have come up with a proposal for Queued articles on the discussion page, LeeVJ (talk) 00:21, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Developmental milestonesChild development stages

Nominated at 16:07, 5 July 2008 (UTC).

This important topic in pediatrics is just a stub. Support

1. —KetanPanchal^taLK 16:07, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
2. JFW | T@lk 07:04, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• I found out that the topic was being dealt with by a list (rather than an article with a complicated name: Child development stages. It's a well compiled list, and I'm not sure if needs urgent attention. Still, I urge others to go through the article and decide if it requires any improvement. I have also proposed that developmental milestones be merged with this article. —KetanPanchal^taLK 16:31, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ADHD

Nominated at 17:26, 16 September 2008 (UTC).

This article is of a very controversial nature. Is an important topic due to how common it is. However it doesn't currently provide a good overview of the evidence.

Support

1. Doc James (talk) 17:26, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
2. JFW | T@lk 16:46, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
3. 92.5.155.82 (talk) 10:51, 29 September 2008 (UTC) I'd agree with this, more eyes would be helpful.
4. Jeyradan (talk) 16:23, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
5. Sifaka ^talk 02:15, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
6. cyclosarin (talk) 10:13, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
7. Nja²⁴⁷ 21:12, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
8. Unionhawk ^Talk 00:01, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
9. Abce2|Aww nuts!Wribbit!(Sign here) 21:50, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
10. RobinHood70 (talk) 18:00, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
11. Hordaland (talk) 14:35, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
12. --Literaturegeek | T@1k? 00:36, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
13. Hyperion35 (talk) 05:33, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
14. Commit charge18:12, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
15. scuro (talk) 01:38, 6 October 2009 (UTC) There has been a thaw, and we have agreed that the article can be chosen after the ADHD Arbitration Amendment has been closed.
16. Regards, --—Cyclonenim | Chat  15:13, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Comments.

• This is not where content disputes should be re-hashed.
• Comment There currently is an Arbitration case involving this article (see here). I think we should wait for that to settle down before we go ahead and add large amounts of information. Renaissancee (talk) 23:06, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
• Will this be for only the main article or also the nine subarticles that are split off?--scuro (talk) 13:42, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps you'd list them here? - Hordaland (talk) 14:35, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

• I don't understand how your question answers my question.--scuro (talk) 03:29, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

My 'question' was intended to ask you to flesh out your question. Not everyone has at her/his fingertips what those 9 are.

I know very little about the MCOTW process and cannot answer your question. - Hordaland (talk) 16:01, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

(outdent) In response to Hordaland's request, here is an alphabetized list of sub-articles I was able to find by doing a search for "main article" in the ADHD article, including the horizontal list at the bottom - feel free to edit this list to add any others that may have been missed due to the limitations of that search.

• ADHD coaching
• ADHD predominantly inattentive
• Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder controversies
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder management
• Diet and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• History of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• List of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder organizations
• Low arousal theory
• Neurodiversity
• Social construct theory of ADHD

--RobinHood70 (talk) 18:37, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

I need positive evidence that this article is safe for MCOTW. JFW | T@lk 23:35, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

I've moved the entire discussion to the talk page. If you want to snipe at another editor, please let me suggest finding a nice brick wall somewhere. ;-)

If that won't do, then you can try the talk page. I've left the above notes here because of the potentially handy links to related articles. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:08, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Anatomy

Nominated at 23:01, 25 September 2008 (UTC).

Scouring 0.7 release candidate, this was one of two articles that caught my attention that deserved attention. A top importance article - C-class! Was a former GAN. This a fairly short overview type article so shouldn't be too tricky to get into shape!.plenty of images and easy references should be available.(C- class)(60,000 hits)(top)

Support

1. LeeVJ (talk) 23:01, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
2. JFW | T@lk 23:21, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Comments.

[edit] Migraine

Nominated at 23:01, 25 September 2008 (UTC).

Scouring 0.7 release candidate, this was one of two articles that caught my attention that deserved attention. A meaty article 100+ refs already, but doesn't seem to have had a collaboration of the week applied to it before...(B-class)(115,000)(mid)(todo)

Support

1. LeeVJ (talk) 23:01, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
2. JFW | T@lk 23:21, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
3. Kpjas (talk) 19:40, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Comments.

• Definitely. JFW | T@lk 23:21, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chest pain

Nominated at 09:35, 30 September 2008 (UTC).

Based on page view statistics I obtained from MedlinePlus, this subject scores quite poorly. Symptoms in general are imho less developed compared to conditions. Perhaps this could become an example of a good symptom article.

Support

1. Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:35, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
2. Kpjas (talk) 19:40, 1 November 2008 (UTC) - challenging
3. JFW | T@lk 19:40, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Comments

[edit] Full Genome Sequencing

Nominated at 19:56, 23 February 2009 (UTC).

February 23, 2009

Support

1. This technology will be commercialized by the end of the year and will be a tremendously powerful new technology for our entire civilization. It is a major component of Kurzweil's Singularity and is an integral component of the genetic revolution. The entire future of medicine, such as the rapidly emerging field of Predictive Medicine, will be based upon this new technology that will change the paradigm of medicine from being reactionary to being proactive against disease.
2. Support NCurse _work 15:46, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Comments.

[edit] Hypertension

This article is rambling and difficult to read as it now exists. It seems to me that if you didn't already know the information presented in the article, it would be tough to learn it from there. Hypertension is extremely common; I suspect that this page gets a lot of views and has the potential to have a big impact. It ought to be a shining example of what a medical wikipedia page can be. Wawot1 (talk) 23:59, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Support

1. Wawot1 (talk) 23:59, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
2. JFW | T@lk 09:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Comments.

[edit] Mental retardation

An important article, I think -- I disagree with the "mid-importance" rating it has been given. It's a touchy subject for a variety of reasons, and really should be an example of our best work. It's currently not terrible, but not particularly great. The Japanese article is apparently featured, so perhaps some Japanese-speaking editors can work from there. 98.218.124.185 (talk)

Support

1. 98.218.124.185 (talk)
2. JFW | T@lk 09:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Comment

• Issues about rating should not be raised here. I also don't think we should be dependent on the content of the Japanese article. JFW | T@lk 09:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Bipolar disorder

Very important, high-profile topic currently at B class with the potential to be made into a GA, or perhaps FA, with enough effort and community collaboration. According to WikiProject Medicine's popular pages, bipolar disorder is the 17th most viewed website with 372920 views, or 12430 views per day. I therefore see it as of vital importance that this topic reaches a good status, and given that we have some psychiatrists involved in the project, it might be worth a shot getting them to lead us through the renovation of the topic. Regards, --—Cyclonenim | Chat  07:24, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Support

1. Regards, --—Cyclonenim | Chat  07:24, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
2. JFW | T@lk 09:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Comments

[edit] Breast cancer

This top importance article is currently of mediocre B quality. The community's assistance would be invaluable. Axl ¤ [Talk] 17:22, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Support

1. Axl ¤ [Talk] 17:24, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
2. WS (talk) 17:38, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
3. JFW | T@lk 01:36, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Nominated at 17:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC).

This article has historically been through a significant number of disputes and could use a collaboration of those with a better medical understanding of the condition, from all sides of the larger medical debate, to judge it for weight and accuracy.

Support

1. RobinHood70 (talk) 17:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
2. Sam Weller (talk) 19:06, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Comments

• Does this refer only to the main article or also the numerous subarticles that were once split off? JFW | T@lk 19:07, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I was thinking only of the main article, but I would imagine the sub-articles would benefit from a body of editors as well. Merging some of them back into the main article might also be appropriate, though I know that's been debated in the past and ultimately nothing was done. --RobinHood70 (talk) 19:27, 3 August 2009 (UTC) (Edited: 20:01, 3 August 2009 (UTC))

Merging some subarticles might be OK, as CFS is not overlong. A way of ensuring that the remaining subarticles are accurately summarized is needed. Sam Weller (talk) 19:06, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Alcohol and cancer

Nominated at 00:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC).

Article is a mess, particularly with overuse of direct quotes. I have removed the worst of the direct quoting but it is still a mess. A week's worth of work and I think that we could get the article up to a B class article. It has been a mess for over 2 years now.

Support

1. Literaturegeek | T@1k? 00:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Comments.

[edit] Physician

Nominated at 14:09, 14 September 2009 (UTC).

rated of top importance but currently only as B quality; gets lots of vandalism but not a lot of real work, and could do with a few more physicians making contributions

Support

1. DavidB 14:09, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments

[edit] Participants

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[edit] Tools

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