JaySeaAre

Welcome, colleague. If you can, it would be very nice if you could add to the library science articles--just pick one, most of them need work -- or pick a notable librarian or library that we don't have an article for. Best wishes, and ask for any help you need. DGG 06:48, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Clifford Lynch

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Note about NPOV

Hi JaySeaAre, I saw that many of your edits at Functional Medicine were reverted, and I think much of the reversions were justifiable. Some of your edits seem to come from a misunderstanding of Wikipedia's Neutral point of view Policy. Many people hear "NPOV" and think "this article should represent every viewpoint in similar proportions, and avoid any criticism of the subject." However, on Wikipedia, NPOV is about summarizing the major viewpoints as described in reliable sources, with similar weight to their coverage in reliable sources. For Functional Medicine, it seems most reliable sources talk about how it focuses on unproven and disproven methods and its relationship to pseudoscience and alternative medicine. Your edits seem to soften that language and weigh the viewpoint of "official" Functional Medicine authorities higher than its coverage in reliable sources would justify. In doing so, some edits start to come off as promoting functional medicine.

I hope this message is helpful, since NPOV seems to be commonly misunderstood. If there are viewpoints in reliable sources that aren't covered, it would probably be best to discuss them at Talk:Functional medicine to avoid getting into an edit war. Politanvm ^talk 13:16, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind reply. I am not trained in medicine, so as a layperson, this is an oddly worded Wikipedia entry that doesn't define what Functional Medicine is, but attacks what seems to be a growling field in mainstream medicine.

The WebMD peer reviewed articles about Functional Medicine I added were all reverted.

At the most basic, the page could at mention or link to the Institute for Functional Medicine. It's the sanctioning body that certifies licensed M.D.s, D.O.s, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and BSN Nurses.

I've not participated in the Talk page, just because I've never done it before, so I'm open to that, but before I do; am I totally off base for thinking a link to IFM would be beneficial to the article?

Kind regards. JaySeaAre (talk) 13:35, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

I'm also not a medical expert, but there is a specific guideline for reliable medicine sources (WP:MEDRS). My general understanding of the guideline is that secondary sources (review articles, books written by experts, national/international expert bodies) should be used over primary ones (studies themselves). I didn't closely read all the studies you added, but if there are any you feel meet the MEDRS guideline, I would share that on the Talk page. If it doesn't get engagement there, the reliable source noticeboard (WP:RSN) would get more opinions - but you should have an ironclad reasoning to go there, otherwise people will just assume you haven't read WP:MEDRS.

For the IFM, it is reasonable to talk about it in the article (especially since Institute for Functional Medicine redirects to it). One issue right now is that IFM is discussed in the lead section, but not in the body of the article. The lead section is supposed to summarize what's in an article, rather than introduce new information (WP:LEAD). The other issue is that the article has no reliable sources talking about it. It would be acceptable for limited information to be cited directly from the IFM (see WP:ABOUTSELF), but the bulk of it should be attributed to secondary independent reliable sources. Otherwise, it seems like we're just promoting this organization.

Best, Politanvm ^talk 14:44, 29 March 2022 (UTC)