Wikipedia talk:WikiProject AIDS

Japan's tainted blood scandal
I've been searching for an article on this on Wikipedia and haven't found anything so far. If there isn't such an article, I'd like to create one. Any suggestions for what to call it? Exploding Boy 19:50, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

....anyone? Anyone? Exploding Boy 02:23, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 18:05, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:HighBeam
HighBeam describes a limited opportunity for Wikipedia editors to have access to HighBeam Research. —Wavelength (talk) 16:25, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

International AIDS Conference
Is anyone here going to be at the International AIDS Conference in DC, XIX International AIDS Conference, 2012, 22-27 July? I will be there and would love to meet up with others to collect media and support WikiProject AIDS.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)   17:17, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

AIDS versus Aids
When this wikiproject was founded in 2005 it was called WikiProject Aids. "Aids" is the preferred rendering of the term by the BBC. Almost all other sources render the word in all capital letters as "AIDS". I just renamed the project and the templates from Aids to AIDS and I propose that the term be consistently called AIDS. Here are some supporting uses of the word as AIDS: For all these reasons I changed the name wherever I saw it. I assert that this is non-controversial.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)   18:10, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * In almost all places on Wikipedia the word is already written as AIDS - see AIDS and HIV/AIDS.
 * The World Health Organization uses the term AIDS - see here
 * The Unites States Centers for Disease Control use AIDS - see here. By this precedent, so does practically all media originating from the United States.
 * The National AIDS Control Organization is the largest government in organization in India which has policies on AIDS, and they produce a huge amount of English-language content. All of it uses the term AIDS - see here
 * Many UK-based organizations other than the BBC use the term AIDS - see here.

HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean
I’m interested in substantially editing the existing article HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. The current entry is in need of improvement in many areas. As the second-most affected region in the world, the Caribbean needs an article that fully details its HIV/AIDS crisis. In comparison to the HIV/AIDS in Africa article, this article has very little information and no real references. I hope to add sections on the history of the disease in the region, some of the factors that have perpetuated its spread, groups that have been severely affected, examples of how the disease has affected Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Cuba, as well as some of the current responses for prevention and treatment being carried out by different countries. In these subsections, I hope to explore in detail the relation of HIV/AIDS to poverty, youth, gender, tourism, and homosexuality in the Caribbean. I plan on using sources such as the International Journal on STD & AIDS, The West Indian Medical Journal, Health Policy and Planning, the UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, and Science. I would greatly appreciate any feedback or suggestions that WikiProject AIDS has, as I hope to make the HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean article as strong as possible. Twoods158 (talk) 05:44, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Article expansion: HIV/AIDS in Malawi
As part of an intensive course study at Rice University, I intend to expand the existing HIV/AIDS in Malawi article to give readers a multi-dimensional perspective on the social, cultural, political, and economic effects of HIV/AIDS in Malawi. Wikipedia currently has several articles relating to this topic, including Malawi and Healthcare in Malawi, but these articles do not contain in-depth analyses of the epidemic, even though HIV/AIDS is the number one cause of death in Malawi. In addition, Wikipedia has dozens of articles addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS on various nations, and most of these articles address the topic more thoroughly than the existing HIV/AIDS in Malawi article, even though HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Malawi are among the highest in the world. I plan to expand this article by describing the scope of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Malawi (drawing a distinction between urban and rural settings); beliefs about the risk of contracting HIV among people living in rural Malawi; the impact of local beliefs on prevention and treatment strategies; how existing sexual networks influence the spread of HIV in Malawi; the societal impact of HIV/AIDS on men, women, and children; the impact of HIV/AIDS on the Malawian economy; and the effectiveness, both in terms of cost and scope, of various domestic and international interventions. I have listed some of the sources I intend to use below:


 * Barden-O’Fallon, Janine L., Joseph Degraft-Johnson, Thomas Bisika, Sara Sulzbach, Aimee Benson, and Amy O. Tsui. “Factors Associated with HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Risk Perception in Rural Malawi.” AIDS and Behavior 8.2 (2004): 131-40. Print.
 * Bemelmans, Marielle, et al. “Providing Universal Access to Antiretroviral Therapy in Thyolo, Malawi through Task Shifting and Decentralization of HIV/AIDS Care.” Tropical Medicine & International Health 15.12 (2010): 1413-420. Print.
 * Crampin, Amelia C., et al. “The Long-term Impact of HIV and Orphanhood on the Mortality and Physical Well-being of Children in Rural Malawi.” AIDS 17.3 (2003): 389-97. Print.
 * Cuddington, John T., and John D. Hancock. “Assessing the Impact of AIDS on the Growth Path of the Malawian Economy.” Journal of Development Economics 43.2 (1994): 363-68. Print.
 * Ghosh, Jayati, and Ezekiel Kalipeni. “Women in Chinsapo, Malawi: Vulnerability and Risk to HIV/AIDS.” Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS 2.3 (2005): 320-32. Print.
 * Helleringer, Stéphane, and Hans-Peter Kohler. “Sexual Network Structure and the Spread of HIV in Africa: Evidence from Likoma Island, Malawi.” AIDS 21.17 (2007): 2323-332. Print.

Do you have any advice regarding this article expansion? I welcome your comments and suggestions. Thanks!

Jak8 (talk) 20:45, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Changing name to HIV/AIDS or just HIV?
Today the medical and scientific community talks mostly about HIV or HIV/AIDs. Probably not that important but would moving project to WikiProject HIV/AIDS be controversial? Lepidoptera (talk)

Robert Rochelle
Members of this WikiProject may be interested in Robert Rochelle's article. The relevant information could probably be added to Ned McWherter's article and other places. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 00:10, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Vaginal ring for HIV prevention
Some interesting research on the use of vaginal rings for HIV prevention has been appearing over the last year:

We should have some coverage on this, either in the vaginal ring article, or elsewhere. -- The Anome (talk) 11:47, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

AIDS/HIV published sources
I just went through this list and sorted through the sources discussing AIDS and HIV. I hope these can help expand some articles. (I would add them in myself but my screen time is very limited; I have a traumatic brain injury) Sbbarker19 (talk) 19:06, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Can I send invitations to new members for your project?
Hi, I have been working on recommending new members for your project for a while, and have sent some lists to who helped invite those recommended editors. I wonder if you mind me sending invitations directly to save time and efforts of yours? Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 19:47, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey, sorry for not having got back to you on my Talk: page; I'm busy at work atm and spending most of my evening editing time on Wiki Loves the Olympics 2018 for the moment. Please do feel free to invite on our behalf, or I would expect that I'll take a look in the next few days. Thank you again! — OwenBlacker (talk; please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 00:30, 25 February 2018 (UTC)

Gita Ramjee expansion
Hi Wikipedians. Was hoping there might be an editor/contributor who’d be able to help me expand the article on Ugandan-South African HIV researcher Gita Ramjee who recently died due to covid-19. The article has been nominated to be included on the home page as a recent death, but needs some TLC. Is there anyone here who’d be able to include a bit more detail on her research? Might be possible to include some JSTOR sources at the moment too. Thank you! --Elinor.Dashwood (talk) 09:17, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Updating HIV/AIDS in India article
Hello everyone! HIV/AIDS in India article has old data and needs to be updated to the newest estimates. I have found several official Government of India (National Aids control organization) documents with estimation numbers from 2017 : http://naco.gov.in/surveillance-epidemiology-0 There are several documents and I will be editing the page in upcoming weeks. Any help with the sections, copy editing and adding data will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!-Crazydaemon1 (talk) 21:04, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS‎
The article Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS‎ has recently undergone a fairly substantial expansion and there is a content dispute brewing. It would be helpful to bring in some outside voices, if anyone is so inclined. --Slugger O&#39;Toole (talk) 23:59, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Living With AIDS film
Hello, I recently created a draft for the 1987 film Living With AIDS. It is an early film documenting the life and death of a young AIDS patient. Any help with the article would be appreciated. Thank you, Thriley (talk) 15:16, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

"Bugchasing" article
The bugchasing article was largely written before the advent, and since late 2020, wide availability, of PrEP and effective HAART HIV meds which reduce viral load to undetectable levels, which more or less completely eliminate the risk of transmitting HIV. (see and here for some cites regarding this)

Given this risk reduction, is "bugchasing" still actually a thing? If not, I suspect this article's content is now largely of historical interest, and most of the content should be moved to the past tense.-- The Anome (talk) 15:52, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

28: Stories of AIDS in Africa
I just completely re did the article on this book, in case anyone wants to take a look, I'm sure it's due for a reassessment now. CT55555 (talk) 01:39, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Charles Ortleb
I just came across a draft for Charles Ortleb. Ortleb was an important figure in promoting early AIDS misinformation. He continues to promote bizarre theories to this day. The draft is currently a mess, but would be a good long term project. Thriley (talk) 04:10, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Name change and closing an article
I hope this finds you well! I am posting to ask about possibly closing the article "Female Prostitution During the HIV/AIDS Crisis in the United States" and moving it to a subsection of "Women and HIV/AIDS". I would also like to suggest a name change of both, "Female Prostitution During the HIV/AIDS Crisis in the United States" becoming "Women in the Sex-trade during the HIV/AIDS Crisis in the United States". The usage of the word female here is incorrect and exclusionary, the term prostitution is being used in a way that is outdated. I am also hoping to continue working to update the content in my sandbox. The article "Women and HIV/AIDS" is only writing about women in the United States so naming it "Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States" would be more accurate.

Thank you so much for your help and please take care,

FTEFC Forcedtoeditforclass (talk) 23:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Help needed editing Canadian AIDS org articles
I'm currently working on Canadian AIDS organizations, and I'm wondering if anyone could help edit and/or peer review some of the articles?

The first one is the Canadian AIDS Society, which needs editing and/or copywriting. I've completed about 90% of it and provided excellent citations. It has been flagged for style and tone, so I went through it a few times to see what I did wrong. In my opinion, it's factual, informative, clear, and organized, covering various aspects such as its history, structure, funding, notable programs, and campaigns. The language used is neutral and objective.

Can someone please help? I'm about to give up.

@OwenBlacker @Bluerasberry Accuracy-searcher (talk) 19:05, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I wrote you offering to meet by video chat. If that works then let's schedule it; if you prefer I can continue with comments on the talk page. Thanks.  Bluerasberry   (talk)  19:22, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @OwenBlacker I've never done a video chat before. If you could walk me through it, we can proceed with that option. Otherwise, we could continue communicating through comments. Accuracy-searcher (talk) 19:29, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Bluerasberry, My apologies for the confusion. I mistakenly responded to Owen instead of you. I've accepted your invitation. Looking forward to our discussion. Accuracy-searcher (talk) 21:17, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Bluerasberry, Is there anything specific I should prepare before our video chat? Accuracy-searcher (talk) 21:23, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No, just the video chat itself! We can look at and talk through the feedback you got to your revisions. Sometimes it is easier and quicker to have a voice chat that to type out explanations. Also I just wanted to say hello from meta:Wikimedia LGBT+, where Owen and I are both coordinators.  Bluerasberry   (talk)  21:31, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Bluerasberry: Got it, looking forward to our video chat! Thanks for the clarification. Great to connect with you both. Accuracy-searcher (talk) 21:51, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Barnstar?
Contributing to AIDS related articles seems like it would be met with a lot of discouraging vandalism and flaming since it's such a controversial topic. I think it might be a nice way to encourage people who are helping with such articles by having a barnstar to award to them. I'm not really good at that sort of thing though. Maybe someone else would care to make a WikiProject AIDS Barnstar? I would really appreciate it.SigurdsSister (talk) 00:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

visual aids
Is the request for Visual AIDS still pending? Saturniapavonia (talk) 06:59, 30 May 2024 (UTC)