Hello, fellow Wikimedians!
I am Messedrocker -- you may know me from Wikipedia or Wikinews. I would like to introduce myself to the mailing list, and simultaneously tell you about my proposed project: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Medical_dictionary_wiki -- please read the whole thing before you criticise. I hope it's not bad form for my first post to be a shameless spamvertisement, but that's what Meta told me to do.
Sincerely, Messedrocker
I am Messedrocker -- you may know me from Wikipedia or Wikinews. I would like to introduce myself to the mailing list, and simultaneously tell you about my proposed project: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Medical_dictionary_wiki -- please read the whole thing before you criticise. I hope it's not bad form for my first post to be a shameless spamvertisement, but that's what Meta told me to do.
Firstly, you might be interested in the (not very active) medical wiki mailing list at http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedical-l
Secondly, with the exception of the unwiki suggestion that all pages should be protected from editing, wouldn't your project duplicate Wiktionary? There's already a category for medical terms at http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Medicine
Angela.
Thank you, Angela, for responding to my question.
Call it what you wish, but really it's more of a medical assistant with more specific information, such as how to handle it and how to identify it. As for the unwikiness, that's really for liability purposes -- imagine if an article was vandalized to say cyanide cures cancer. The idea of the draft versions is to facilitate article improvement while keeping the "secure" version free of vandalism. I really wish we wouldn't have to, but vandalism on a medical wiki could be life threatening.
Maybe years after the advent of this wiki, when vandalism is reverted within a second, we can allow open-editing of the main space page. However, it would take years for the wiki to have such a level of activity.
And Nathan, thank you for responding to my proposal, too.
Yes, it would be indeed mandatory to use completely verifiable sources. WebMD, for example, would be a great reference. The difference between a medical wiki and Wikipedia is particularly the details -- Wikipedia would serve to go into specific details (and we could link to them as a supplement), while this wiki simply serves to say what the disease is, how to determine it, and how to treat it. What we could also do on this medical wiki that wouldn't probably do well on Wikipedia is start a dichotomous key. There are many things we could do, and they would be more welcome on a wiki dedicated to such a topic.
Thank you for your interest in the topic.
Messedrocker
On 6/17/06, Angela beesley@gmail.com wrote:
I am Messedrocker -- you may know me from Wikipedia or Wikinews. I would like to introduce myself to the mailing list, and simultaneously tell
you
about my proposed project: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Medical_dictionary_wiki -- please read
the
whole thing before you criticise. I hope it's not bad form for my first
post
to be a shameless spamvertisement, but that's what Meta told me to do.
Firstly, you might be interested in the (not very active) medical wiki mailing list at http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedical-l
Secondly, with the exception of the unwiki suggestion that all pages should be protected from editing, wouldn't your project duplicate Wiktionary? There's already a category for medical terms at http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Medicine
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James Hare wrote:
Hello, fellow Wikimedians!
I am Messedrocker -- you may know me from Wikipedia or Wikinews. I would like to introduce myself to the mailing list, and simultaneously tell you about my proposed project: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Medical_dictionary_wiki -- please read the whole thing before you criticise. I hope it's not bad form for my first post to be a shameless spamvertisement, but that's what Meta told me to do.
Sincerely, Messedrocker _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Hi Messedrocker, Your proposal is certainly interesting. My only question is what would the project provide that could not be achieved by say a portal on Wikipedia? I am guessing that it is madatory that the information comes from verifiable sources in the scientific community and not just some Joe down the street who wants to give the recipe for his grandma's concoction to cure the flu to the world for free. Cheers, Nathan (Cartman02au)
James Hare wrote:
Hello, fellow Wikimedians!
I am Messedrocker -- you may know me from Wikipedia or Wikinews. I would like to introduce myself to the mailing list, and simultaneously tell you about my proposed project: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Medical_dictionary_wiki -- please read the whole thing before you criticise. I hope it's not bad form for my first post to be a shameless spamvertisement, but that's what Meta told me to do.
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