Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anatomy/Open Tasks/Archive 2

Brain

 * Coordinator --Tom (LT) (talk) 01:58, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Goal: improve and rationalise structure of brain-related articles
 * Intended duration: Three months (to October 2015)
 * Details
 * Have a look at the structure of articles relating to the anatomy and development of the human brain. Includes:
 * Outline of the human brain
 * Lobes of the brain, List of regions in the human brain, Poles of cerebral hemispheres ,  Lateralization of brain function
 * Cephalic disorder
 * Cerebral cortex
 * Aging brain
 * Human brain, Evolution of the brain
 * Brain development timelines, Mouse brain development timeline, Macaque brain development timeline, Human brain development timeline
 * Neural development, Neural development in humans

History of anatomy template

 * Create and update a 'history of anatomy' template with books and anatomists as they are discovered. --Tom (LT) (talk) 04:07, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Coordinator --Tom (LT) (talk) 04:07, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Goal: create and update said template
 * Intended duration: Three months (to October 2015)
 * Details
 * Determine selection criteria -- most likely notable anatomists and anatomical works
 * Add to template

Stub trawling
We have a defined number of stubs (2,500ish), which has been stable over many months. Many stubs require attention and it would be useful to do a census to see what attention is needed. Category:Anatomy stubs contains all articles marked with a 'stub' template, but that is not necessarily the same as the articles marked as 'stub' class in our project
 * Coordinator --Tom (LT) (talk) 04:05, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Goal: census of all stubs
 * Intended duration: Six months (to October 2015)
 * Details
 * Have a look around to assess the situation
 * Consider if a bot could automate some repetitive tasks (1 -- removing the stub template from articles that are now start class; 2 -- ensuring all stubs in the Category are in the project, and all in the project are part of the category)
 * Work through the articles to 1 reevaluate them, 2 check if any could potentially be merged, 3 do general copyediting and other fixes (eg to imaging, language, titles), 4 include in navboxes if currently not.

Cleanup templates
Many anatomy templates have not received significant attention in many years. Consequently they are often poorly organised, hard to read for lay readers, confusingly titled, or not matching current articles. This drive is related to discussions at Template talk:Medicine navs--Tom (LT) (talk) 06:01, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Coordinator --Tom (LT) (talk) 06:01, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Goal: cleaning up templates relating to anatomy. In particular:
 * ✅ Removing colours, simplifying titles & removing identifiers (now present in wikidata)
 * ✅ Rewording or expanding abbreviations so that lay readers can understand
 * ✅ Checking redlinks to ensure that they are not hoaxes
 * ✅ Restructuring or renaming infoboxes to reflect contents
 * ✅Ensuring contents are logically grouped
 * ✅ 'Wikifying' boxes so that they are easier for future users to edit
 * Intended duration: Three months (to April 2015)

Articles

 * Not neuroanatomy
 * 1) Accessory digestive glands title unclear to a lay reader (and me, too). --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:09, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * How about "Anatomy of liver and pancreas", or just "Liver and pancreas"? --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 12:53, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * The problem is that this also includes the biliary tree. What about a rename to "Digestive glands"? These are, after all, the main glands involved in digestion, as opposed to structures through which food merely transits. --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:38, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I guess that's better, but only if it doesn't lead to confusion on whether to include the salivary. I suggested Liver and pancreas for simplicity but I can see how the term can unnecessarily exclude the biliary tree. --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 01:47, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Arteries of head and neck large numbers of abbreviated terms, redlinks, synonyms and other organisation and content issues. --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:41, 21 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Neuroanatomy
 * 1) Auditory and vestibular anatomy needs some general attention and sorting of contents. --Tom (LT) (talk) 05:39, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Spinal cord needs cleanup, and illustrative of how 'shorthand notes' have crept into templates --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:04, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 09:26, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Why the "mostly", ? If it is because of the notes, I think they should be removed, they introduce unnecessary errors in the groups (i.e. cuneatus and gracilis under touch when they also transmit proprioception). --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 13:47, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Rostral basal ganglia and associated structures incomprehensible. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:28, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Cerebral cortex title. --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:13, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) Compound structures of skull unlikey to be understood by lay readers and contains key links like Base of skull --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:00, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) Cranial fibrous joints cleanup and red links. --Tom (LT) (talk) 05:14, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) Cerebellum has a structure that is quite difficult to understand. --Tom (LT) (talk) 02:15, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) Cerebral cortex I suspect lacks some easily findable articles on basic structures, is very heavy, and difficult to read.--Tom (LT) (talk) 04:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) Foramina of skull Also in need of wikification. --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:10, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) Consider association fibers and commissural fibers into Cerebral cortex --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:43, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Perhaps cortex could be turned into a simple index template, with just links to separate "Frontal lobe", "Parietal lobe", etc navboxes to make it less large. Either way, splitting off these two pathways templates from the rest of the anatomy seems pretty arbitrary to me. PizzaMan (♨♨) 01:35, 14 January 2015 (UTC)


 * Done


 * 1) Add: All the anatomical templates listing lymph nodes in different parts of the body could be merged into a single template (or two, upper and lower body), instead of the current situation of 5 or 6. --Tom (LT) (talk) 06:07, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree. While lymphatic anatomy is a very complex subject to me, the infoboxes are small enough to warrant a merge.PizzaMan (♨♨) 12:45, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Update: created Lymphatic system anatomy in anticipation of a merge. --Tom (LT) (talk) 05:50, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Proposed here:  --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:30, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Good action, sir. I am using the proposed new Lymphatic system anatomy (merged lymphatics) for other pilots: rm bg colors, refine spelling & list styles.
 * Good idea. In fact you will find most of the templates here: Template:List of anatomy templates are now pilots :P. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:04, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Issue: two current rowheaders "lumbar and paraaortic:" and "preaortic:" are bad. They either should be in the colored rowheader (b/c they do not actually introduce a subdivision), or they must be split into an extra row (with colored rowheader).
 * Issue: Using internal &lt;br/> to start a new row is unclear. What does that mean? Why the new row? Cannot a #-list do the job? Anyway, this styling is too bad to stay (because it is unclear what it conveys). -DePiep (talk) 11:39, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks DePiep. There is a lot of custom formatting in many of the templates. I am doing my best to remove the most obvious examples (colour, br, new line sets, italicising level 3 headings, ...). Also agree with what you say about the headings. We shall try our best to standardise the headings. If there is a problem with an individual template, add it to the cleanup list above. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:04, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't take it as a burden, I only hope we all want them looking the same, over time. I learned these ideas in the 36 MEDnavs of course. -DePiep (talk) 02:28, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Arteries of upper limbs, Arteries of lower limbs, Veins of the upper extremity and Veins of the lower extremity inconsistently named. --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:24, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Relevant links to categories and templates here: ('lower') and  ('upper'). Categories do not match templates. --Tom (LT) (talk) 06:39, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Moved to 'upper/lower limb' for consistency, but titled 'human arm/human leg' for readers.--Tom (LT) (talk) 23:29, 12 January 2015 (UTC)\


 * 1) Consider Embryology of endocrine system to 'development' with other similarly-named templates. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:44, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 2) * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 02:16, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) Endocrine system anatomy general cleanup (titles, displayed forms, ...). --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:41, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 10:02, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Development of digestive system strange arrangement. A more typical arrangement for development would be foregut/midgut/hindgut/cavities and /other. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:25, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ by Tom (LT) --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 10:02, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Arteries of abdomen involves a large number of subdivisions. --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:44, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 10:02, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Lower respiratory system anatomy should reflect current articles. --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:14, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:05, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Muscles of head can be used as a point for discussion -- remove colours? GA? TA to wikidata? Do we need appended notes (eg nervous supply)? --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:16, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ I left a comment on Template talk:Muscles of head about the notes on nervous supply. --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 13:47, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Medulla undecipherable for majority of users. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:36, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 03:10, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Muscles of neck revising strange classification scheme. --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:05, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 13:47, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Development of mammalian circulatory system --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:27, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 09:26, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Human systems and organs contents still sorted by TA number... unhelpful. --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:38, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 03:21, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Human cell types derived primarily from mesoderm wikify --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:19, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ --Tom (LT) (talk) 09:26, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Lymphatic trunks and ducts cleanup
 * 2) Breast anatomy title not reflective of contents. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:31, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ – I removed the group about hormone receptors—apart from not belonging to an anatomy template, the articles in there didn't have the nav transcluded in them. --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 05:57, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Mouth anatomy structure. --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:32, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 03:45, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Somatosensory system strange layout. --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 13:47, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 03:45, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Development of integument contains 'breast' which most readers would expect in Development of urinary and reproductive systems which is itself in dire need of cleanup. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:35, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:39, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Chest trauma doesn't really below anywhere. --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:21, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:39, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Abdominopelvic cavity in general needs a cleanup (colours, title, organisation). --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:11, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ (And duplicated) --Tom (LT) (talk) 03:45, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Abdominopelvic cavity unclear scope. Ligaments only? --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:36, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Template:Abdominopelvic cavity isn't about the abdominopelvic cavity in general. Can we give it a better name? PizzaMan (♨♨) 00:10, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Can I suggest "Peritoneum anatomy" for the template's name, and "Anatomy of peritoneum" for its title? --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 10:02, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I worry whether that is too broad and invites the entire peritoneal anatomy (including structures) to be described. What about 'Mesenteric anatomy' (name) and 'Anatomy of mesentery' (title)?--Tom (LT) (talk) 22:38, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Peritoneum and mesentery can be interchangeable, but mesentery is rather an ambiguous term as it's also the name for the pertioneal fold related to the jejuno-ileum. I prefer "peritoneum" in this case. --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 01:47, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * You have a point. My question is what title can we use that won't invite the whole anatomy of the peritoneum (organs etc.) to also be included? --Tom (LT) (talk) 19:36, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Maybe an alternative would be 'Peritoneal folds', but if Abdominopelvic cavity didn't end up filled with abdominopelvic organs then I guess we're fine. We can always clarify the scope of the template in the documentation. --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 20:37, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 03:45, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Great, nothing to object to the new title :). Sorry for not replacing it myself. --Tilifa Ocaufa (talk) 06:03, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Auditory and vestibular anatomy --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:06, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Bones of torso --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:58, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) Because these templates relate to the anatomy of the structure, and not disease/treatment etc, consider renaming to "Anatomy of..." for specificity and future editors. --Tom (LT) (talk) 01:34, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) * Nervous system
 * 5) * Meninges
 * 6) * Cerebral cortex
 * 7) * Association fibers
 * 8) * Commissural fibers and septum7
 * 9) * Lateral ventricles
 * 10) * Rostral basal ganglia and associated structures
 * 11) * Diencephalon
 * 12) * Mesencephalon
 * 13) * Fourth ventricle
 * 14) * Pons
 * 15) * Cerebellum
 * 16) * Medulla
 * 17) * Spinal cord
 * ❌ Qui bono. --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:00, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Consider merging Skin appendage navs and Integument navs as 'anatomy' and 'treatment' sections have significant overlap. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:14, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ Put in the too hard basket. --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:00, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Papez circuit rename to modern Medial limbic circuit? --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:07, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) * have proposed Medial limbic circuit be renamed back to Papez circuit. --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:21, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 3) **✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:04, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) Orbital bones could be merged, as could Muscles of orbit (also lacking a navbox). --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:51, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * merge proposed. --Tom (LT) (talk) 03:45, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:04, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Accessory organs of the eye. --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:52, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * merge proposed. --Tom (LT) (talk) 03:45, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) **✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:04, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Template:Cranium should be renamed to Template:Neurocranium - PizzaMan (♨♨) 14:09, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:04, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Template:Joints of torso should be renamed to Template:Joints of torso and pelvis - PizzaMan (♨♨) 14:09, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:04, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Development of bones, joints, and muscles majority is 'ossification' articles derived from GA 1918 and since merged into primary articles. Consider removing 'ossification' articles? --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:49, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Arteries and veins needs cleanup of layout. --Tom (LT) (talk) 05:05, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Bones of skeleton needs to be wikified, and also needs to be linked. --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:06, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:17, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) General templates missing an embedded navbox: Human systems and organs, Human regional anatomy --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:50, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Development of urinary and reproductive systems --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:15, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Human cell types derived primarily from mesoderm in dire need of cleanup. --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:22, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 07:01, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Reconciling Lymphatic trunks and ducts and Lymphatic system anatomy --Tom (LT) (talk) 22:42, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:30, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Cranial nerves needs a general cleanup. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:59, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:30, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:30, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Cranial nerves needs a general cleanup. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:59, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:30, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

External link maintenance
Checking the state of various anatomy external links, and make it up-to-date. There are many external links which used repeatedly among anatomy articles (e.g. link to Gray's Anatomy text. For other example, see Category:Anatomy external link templates). These links were mainly made about 6 years ago or so. So some links are broken today.
 * Coordinator --Was a bee (talk) 20:22, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Goal: making major anatomy external links work
 * Intended duration: Some months
 * Details
 * List and progress here: Category talk:Anatomy external link templates