[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research

[David Goodman]

The guideline is at:

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:MED#Drugs]
"Do not include dose and titration information except when they are
notable or necessary for the discussion in the article. Wikipedia is
not an instruction manual or textbook and should not include
instructions, advice (legal, medical or otherwise) or "how-to"s; see
WP:NOT#HOWTO."

as for proposing to remove it, we'd need to start another discussion.
The most recent was:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine/Archive_10#Drug_Information_in_Wikipedia
(with extensive comments by Kevin Clauson)

see also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Pharmacology/Archive_2#Clauson_study

Earlier discussions are at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(medicine-related_articles)/Archive_2#Dosages_of_Drugs
 and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(medicine-related_articles)/Archive_2#Drugs:_Do_not_include_detailed_dosage_and_titration_information.

there's a lot of reading. Personally, I call it IMNAP-paranoia

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 12:45 AM,  <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 5/23/2009 9:02:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> dgoodmanny at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> information on standard dosage,
>> information that we have made the policy decision to omit.
>> I think this a particularly stupid decision.>>
>
> -------------------
>
> Would you be willing to post here a direct link to where this is in policy?
>  And also link to where you propose that we remove it.  I agree with your
> opinion that standard dosage is not "advice".
>
> Will J
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