Wikipedia:Peer review/Narcotics Anonymous/archive1

Narcotics Anonymous
This is an influencial 12-step organization that helps people recover from drug addiction. What does the article need? (There are a few short sections with in them, and I know those need more info.) Should it be reorganized? Is the tone encyclopedic? Are the images appropriate? Should the article be split up? Thanks, Sarah crane 15:39, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


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 * Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at WP:LEAD. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.
 * Yeah, I'm waiting untill all sections are of proper length before taking on the lead (the hardest part!) Sarah crane 16:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * There are a few sections that are too short and that should be either expanded or merged.
 * True dat. Working on it. Sarah crane 16:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Per WP:MOS, headings generally do not start with the word "The". For example,  ==The Biography==  would be changed to  ==Biography== .
 * In this case, I think "The nature of addiction" is a better heading than "Nature of addiction". I'm more split on "The development of N.A. literature", but I think it reads better with "the". Any humans have opinions on this? Sarah crane 16:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Please alphabetize the categories and interlanguage links.
 * Done. Sarah crane 16:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Per WP:WIAFA, this article's table of contents (ToC) maybe too long- consider shrinking it down by merging short sections or using a proper system of daughter pages as per WP:SS.
 * I'm considering it, but I'm not sure how. Any humans want to chime in with suggestions for this? Or is the TOC okay as it is? Sarah crane 16:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * By the way, thanks for the feedback. Andy t 15:59, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem! Sarah crane 16:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Greetings; I'm new here and am sure to aggravate you as I stumble through the protocols of wikipedia. This is a post I posted to discussion(?): FORMATS

The last paragraph in the section "Formats" cites the Basic Text inaccurately with:

"The message of Narcotics Anonymous is hope: that there is another way to live. The one promise of N.A. is that "an addict, any addict, can stop using, lose the desire to use, and learn a new way of life" (Basic Text)."

More accurately it is: "The message of Narcotics Anonymous is that, "an addict, any addict, can stop using drugs, lose the desire to use, and find a new way to live. Our message is hope and the promise of freedom from active addiction." (Basic Text, Tradition Five) Pedantpedia (talk) 14:04, 30 July 2008 (UTC) pediapendant Pedantpedia (talk) 14:10, 30 July 2008 (UTC)