Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Health and fitness/Archive 1

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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 17:53, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Notice of List articles
Page(s) related to this project have been created and/or added to one of the Contents subpages (not by me). This note is to let you know, so that experts in the field can expand them and check them for accuracy, and so that they can be added to any watchlists/tasklists, and have any appropriate project banners added, etc. Thanks. --Quiddity 19:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * List of basic health topics
 * List of basic exercise topics
 * List of basic health science topics

Vital articles
Any editor with a broad knowledge of health is invited to take a look at Vital articles and offer suggestions on how to improve the list of 1000 vital Wikipedia articles, as well as on the process of choosing them. It suffers from a severe lack of attention and POV editing. &mdash; goethean &#2384; 02:08, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Rename proposal for the lists of basic topics
This project's subject has a page in the set of Lists of basic topics.

See the proposal at the Village pump to change the names of all those pages.

The Transhumanist 10:03, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Request for Comment: Men who have sex with men
See debate at Talk:Men who have sex with men regarding people inside and outside the MSM demographic. Are transmen and women MSM? Are rape victims in prison? Hyacinth (talk) 22:20, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Health by country
There is a need for 'Health in Foo articles, where Foo is a country, to give an overview of a countries health. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 09:37, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi all
Sorry I haven't been too responsive to efforts to revive. I am interested!

Wanted to at least let you know, we've been busy on some related subjects in Oregon. Look at Category:Public health in Oregon, and specifically the sub-category on controlled substances, if you're interested. -Pete (talk) 22:29, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Coordinators' working group
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Health benefits of the Açaí berry
In case anyone pays attention here, I felt this article was prudent to create given all the attention the topic has gotten in the media lately. There's plenty of reference material out there, I think, so whoever is interested, your help is appreciated.  Equazcion •✗/C • 09:33, 4 Mar 2009 (UTC)

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Urban legends about illegal drugs
Is Talk:Urban legends about illegal drugs within the scope of this project? WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:07, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Image FYI
Just an FYI, I don't know what level of coverage Wiki has on exercises and such, but in browsing a great Flickr source for free images (I was looking for sports stuff) I came across this album. Dunno if any of them would be helpful, but there are some Commons-license-able HQ images there if they can be. Staxringold talkcontribs 18:46, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Overall benefit
I've tried to put Dance and health into suitable categories. It seems to me though that people split up physical and mental fitness into two separate categories and the concept that things like tai chi, dance, or martial arts could have overall psychological as well as physical health aspects doesn't seem to fit in well anywhere. Am I missing something out here? isn't there any concept of overall benefit anywhere? Dmcq (talk) 10:25, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Picture
can be used as the main image for this article and for the entire health and medicine categories and related articles ? (a template needs to be made for the latter) 81.241.110.18 (talk) 10:51, 12 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Editors considering this will want to see the objections raised at WT:MED (will eventually be moved to WT:WikiProject Medicine/Archive 15). WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:50, 18 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Note that the png has now been replaced with an svg, and the discussion at Archive 15 was about the version with four individual icons, now replaced by a red star of life and a modified caduceus. --Slashme (talk) 18:30, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Reboot
I stumbled on the project page from one of the weightlifting articles. I've started doing some work on the To Do tasks Thedarxide (talk) 14:24, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Swimming pool sanitation
I've just added the article Swimming pool sanitation to this WikiProject; it needs a lot of work and, I believe, a great deal of uncited information contained within it is not encyclopedic and some of it is not even correct. For example, I think it makes no sense to lead off with a detailed discussion of specific pool equipment -- although a shorter version of that probably should be somewhere else in the article. I'd like to invite anyone here to take a look at the article and try their hand at editing it. I am declining to be bold in my edits because I have a potential conflict in that its subject matter is of interest to a client of my employer. For example, they have pointed out to me that chlorine is not mentioned until the second half, although chlorine systems are very common. I tend to agree, but I've done only a small amount of work on the article and want to see if anyone else might be interested in the article or, if you would, offer advice and feedback on edits I may make further. Thanks in advance, NMS Bill (talk) 16:47, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

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3O Requested at Kundalini Yoga page - Idiosyncratic Warnings
Hi guys. Thanks for all your great work. It's really appreciated.

Sorry to bring this to your doorstep, but I have an ongoing dispute situation with a user Atmapuri over the content presented at the top of the Kundalini Yoga page. Needless to say we got carried away and the page is now blocked until Feb 3rd. My main gripe with this editor is that is an edit warrior - he has done so in his past, and he has no concept of editing towards consensus or how references and editing work. He has reverted numerous edits to his same exact edits, while I have tried to shape and improve the page, its relevance and legitimacy.

The big issue for now is that the editor in question is determined to link "kundalini yoga" with "kundalini syndrome". Bad enough that he wants to keep this reference up top, but it's also a complete error in linking the two together. "kundalini syndrome" refers to kundalini energy, and not to the yoga form. Check the page yourself. Additionally, his reference material is primary source and opinion based. Even the "kundliani syndrome" page as a whole is marked as unprofessional (needing professional validation). Basically, he is giving this form of yoga a bad name, while referencing and citing material that is tenuous at best. And when I have added in material to refute this, or offer an alternative view, he has straight up deleted my references and citations, while commenting "If you want to change something add your own text and reference." Needless to say, it's been difficult.

My request is, can you give a third party review of this and establish that, on the grounds that "Kundalini Syndrome" refers to a spiritual energy source that can be "spontaneously generated", or "awoken" through any number of spiritual practices, it therefore has no definitive linking with any one style of Yoga. And as such, I propose that:
 * A) Kundalini Yoga is not linked to "Kundalini Syndrome" in word or reference.
 * B) Since Kundalini Syndrome itself in a non-professional term with dubious scientific value or validation, that it not be considered a valid reference source (internally).
 * C) That Kundalini Syndrome is only speaking about Kundalini energy, and not directly with the Yoga form by the same name.
 * D) And finally, strike all references to "Kundalini Syndrome" from the Kundalini Yoga pages under the fact that it is misleading, negative and erroneous.

Thanks for your attention to this matter, it will be really helpful to have a 3rd party review from a knowledgeable source.--Fatehji (talk) 21:46, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * As for (D), Wikipedia has absolutely no objection to including "negative" information.
 * If there is a source that directly associates the syndrome with the yoga, then WP:DUE probably requires the syndrome article to mention the yoga form, and the yoga article to mention the syndrome. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Please help with a 3O at this page: Talk Discussion. I don't understand if people do or don't read carefully before writing, but as it has already been stated: Kundalini Yoga itself is NOT directly associated with Kundalini Syndrome (It just shares the same first name - ask Obama if he's related to Osama?). But seriously... There are no sources that support that connection directly. Please review and share your opinion so consensus can be reached.--Fatehji (talk) 03:00, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

CrossFit
The CrossFit article has been a battleground for years. At one point, it was deleted. Recently, admins had to step in after copyright violations and a meat puppet campaign. The current page is flagged as reading like an ad and lacking neutrality. What's needed now are neutral editors with some subject matter expertise. Please help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qwertman (talk • contribs) 14:57, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Could someone give it another look? After a deal of good work by User:Lambtron, it's drifting back toward the promotional. It's not a territory I know enough about to deal with properly, but I can spot (for instance) the weasel wording in critics "claiming" while an expert who supports CrossFit "states" and "notes". Gordonofcartoon (talk) 14:49, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid the area of health and fitness seems a bit moribund but I just had a look there and I fully agree, it is an ad. I changed the inline references to citations at the end and now itis obvious it is mainly derived from CrossFit articles. Dmcq (talk) 18:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Missing medicine topics
I've updated my list of missing medicine topics in case you might find it interesting - Skysmith (talk) 13:28, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to improve medical articles related to developing countries
Google's private foundation has offered to provide support to several non-English Wikipedias. (See this announcement.) Forty medicine- or health-related articles, some of particular interest to developing countries, have been identified as targets. The English-language articles will be translated, and we'd like to give the translators some good articles.

I think that it would be particularly helpful if some of these articles were expanded to make them more global/more obviously applicable to non-English-speaking countries. For example, recreational drug use contains prevalence information for Ireland and the US, but no other countries.

If you are interested in helping with this, please consider adding WikiProject Medicine/Google Project to your watchlist, improving these articles, and/or contributing advice at the talk page. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:10, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

merging Category:Medical fiction to Category:Medicine and health in fiction
I'm not sure if the WikiProject covers this, well, FYI

the merging of the above has been proposed, see

Categories_for_discussion/Log/2010_May_22

70.29.210.155 (talk) 04:45, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Anti-Inflammation Diet
Could someone more familiar with articles on diet and nutrition help with reviewing the article on Anti-Inflammation Diet? It seems to have some sections that are encyclopedic and some reasonable refs added here and there; but a large chunk of the article seems to flip between being more suited for use in either marketing material or in a magazine/journal. --12.193.27.158 (talk) 23:03, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Google Translation Project
WP:WikiProject Medicine/Google Project has recently identified several underdeveloped articles that they would like to see improved:


 * Vitamin E
 * Triphala
 * Withania Somnifera
 * Asana (yoga), and
 * Ayurveda.

If you're interested, please jump in. Even ten minutes' effort can help a lot, and this project multiplies your efforts out to several Wikipedias around the world. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:53, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Health and fitness articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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Citation templates now support more identifiers
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The full list of supported identifiers is given here (with dummy values):



Obviously not all citations needs all parameters, but this streamlines the most popular ones and gives both better metadata and better appearances when printed. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 02:54, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Another idea for a fat tax
I can't connect the dots of a fat tax where the tax is attached to fat food. It raises the cost of the product, but without the connection to the decision of whether to buy or not buy. An alternative is to tax the taxpayer based on their wieght compared to the ideal weight for a person's height. That requires an annual height/weight certificate attached to the individual tax return. The higher above the ideal weight, the higher the tax/lower the credit. The lower below the weight, the lower the tax higher the credit. The connection between the cost of the annual tax payment and what to eat is stronger than the cost of the product and what to eat is. The revenue should be funneled into federally supported health programs, including "fat camp" for those without the ability to control their decisions that affect health. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerryocrow (talk • contribs) 05:39, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Health disasters by year categories proposed
I propose to make categories for health disasters by year eg Category 2011 health disasters; an alternative would be Category:Health disasters in 2011. This is the only category of disaster which does not have a “by year” category. An alternative name could be “Health accidents and incidents” but “Health disasters” seems to be accepted as the overall category. To be subcategorised by century eg 21st-century health disasters. Initially to be for 2000 to 2012; there seem to be enough incidents or disasters to populate every year!

The category should include Epidemics, Pandemics, Flu outbreaks, Faulty or contaminated equipment, food or medicines etc. Also animal outbreaks like swine fly, foot and mouth outbreaks and pet food contamination. Also perhaps incidents of toxic metal/chemical poisoning and radiation poisoning. Possibly the categories Category:2000s medical outbreaks and Category:2010s medical outbreaks could be renamed to Category:2000s health disasters etc to be a subcategory by decade? PS: I will put this on several Wikiproject pages, so could you add comments to my talk page please. Hugo999 (talk) 01:23, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Proposal to change a section title
There's a proposal to adjust one of the main section titles used in "Wikipedia's contents", which will affect the order in which the section titles are presented. See Portal talk:Contents. The Transhumanist 02:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Heads up on health articles for countries

 * 1) Health in Afghanistan
 * 2) Health in Algeria
 * 3) Health in Angola
 * 4) Health in Antigua and Barbuda
 * 5) Health in Argentina
 * 6) Health in Australia
 * 7) Health in Austria
 * 8) Health in Bangladesh
 * 9) Health in Belarus
 * 10) Health in Belgium
 * 11) Health in Benin
 * 12) Health in Bhutan
 * 13) Health in Bolivia
 * 14) Health in Botswana
 * 15) Health in Brazil
 * 16) Health in Bulgaria
 * 17) Health in Burkina Faso
 * 18) Health in Burma
 * 19) Health in Burundi
 * 20) Health in C%C3%B4te d%27Ivoire
 * 21) Health in Cambodia
 * 22) Health in Cameroon
 * 23) Health in Canada
 * 24) Health in Cape Verde
 * 25) Health in Chad
 * 26) Health in Chile
 * 27) Health in China
 * 28) Health in Colombia
 * 29) Health in Comoros
 * 30) Health in Costa Rica
 * 31) Health in Croatia
 * 32) Health in Cuba
 * 33) Health in Denmark
 * 34) Health in Djibouti
 * 35) Health in Ecuador
 * 36) Health in Egypt
 * 37) Health in England
 * 38) Health in Equatorial Guinea
 * 39) Health in Eritrea
 * 40) Health in Estonia
 * 41) Health in Ethiopia
 * 42) Health in Europe
 * 43) Health in Finland
 * 44) Health in France
 * 45) Health in Gabon
 * 46) Health in Georgia (country)
 * 47) Health in Germany
 * 48) Health in Ghana
 * 49) Health in Greece
 * 50) Health in Guyana
 * 51) Health in Haiti
 * 52) Health in Hong Kong
 * 53) Health in Hungary
 * 54) Health in Iceland
 * 55) Health in India
 * 56) Health in Indonesia
 * 57) Health in Iran
 * 58) Health in Iraq
 * 59) Health in Israel
 * 60) Health in Italy
 * 61) Health in Japan
 * 62) Health in Jordan
 * 63) Health in Kazakhstan
 * 64) Health in Kenya
 * 65) Health in Kyrgyzstan
 * 66) Health in Laos
 * 67) Health in Libya
 * 68) Health in Malawi
 * 69) Health in Malaysia
 * 70) Health in Mali
 * 71) Health in Mauritania
 * 72) Health in Mexico
 * 73) Health in Moldova
 * 74) Health in Morocco
 * 75) Health in Namibia
 * 76) Health in Nepal
 * 77) Health in New Zealand
 * 78) Health in Niger
 * 79) Health in Nigeria
 * 80) Health in North Korea
 * 81) Health in Northern Ireland
 * 82) Health in Norway
 * 83) Health in Oman
 * 84) Health in Pakistan
 * 85) Health in Panama
 * 86) Health in Paraguay
 * 87) Health in Poland
 * 88) Health in Portugal
 * 89) Health in Romania
 * 90) Health in Russia
 * 91) Health in Saudi Arabia
 * 92) Health in Scotland
 * 93) Health in Senegal
 * 94) Health in Serbia
 * 95) Health in Sierra Leone
 * 96) Health in Singapore
 * 97) Health in Slovenia
 * 98) Health in Somalia
 * 99) Health in South Africa
 * 100) Health in South Korea
 * 101) Health in Spain
 * 102) Health in Sri Lanka
 * 103) Health in Sri Lanka
 * 104) Health in Sudan
 * 105) Health in Sweden
 * 106) Health in Switzerland
 * 107) Health in Syria
 * 108) Health in Taiwan
 * 109) Health in Tajikistan
 * 110) Health in Tanzania
 * 111) Health in Thailand
 * 112) Health in Tokelau
 * 113) Health in Trinidad and Tobago
 * 114) Health in Turkey
 * 115) Health in Turkmenistan
 * 116) Health in Uganda
 * 117) Health in Ukraine
 * 118) Health in Uzbekistan
 * 119) Health in Venezuela
 * 120) Health in Vietnam
 * 121) Health in Wales
 * 122) Health in Yemen
 * 123) Health in Zimbabwe
 * 124) Health in the Central African Republic
 * 125) Health in the Czech Republic
 * 126) Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * 127) Health in the Netherlands
 * 128) Health in the Philippines
 * 129) Health in the Republic of Ireland
 * 130) Health in the United Arab Emirates
 * 131) Health in the United Kingdom
 * 132) Health in the United States

That's about a third of the countries of the world. Some of the countries that don't have a "Health in" article have a redirect to "Health care in", which is not the same subject. Even the United States does not have a "Health in" article. The Transhumanist 22:21, 7 March 2011 (UTC)


 * 1) Health in Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands
 * 2) Health in Akrotiri and Dhekelia
 * 3) Health in Albania
 * 4) Health in American Samoa
 * 5) Health in Andorra
 * 6) Health in Anguilla
 * 7) Health in Aruba
 * 8) Health in Ascension Island
 * 9) Health in Bahrain
 * 10) Health in Barbados
 * 11) Health in Belize
 * 12) Health in Bermuda
 * 13) Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 14) Health in Brunei
 * 15) Health in Christmas Island
 * 16) Health in Dominica
 * 17) Health in East Timor
 * 18) Health in Easter Island
 * 19) Health in El Salvador
 * 20) Health in Fiji
 * 21) Health in French Polynesia
 * 22) Health in Gibraltar
 * 23) Health in Greenland
 * 24) Health in Grenada
 * 25) Health in Guam
 * 26) Health in Guatemala
 * 27) Health in Guernsey
 * 28) Health in Guinea-Bissau
 * 29) Health in Guinea
 * 30) Health in Hawaii
 * 31) Health in Honduras
 * 32) Health in Jamaica
 * 33) Health in Jersey
 * 34) Health in Kiribati
 * 35) Health in Kosovo
 * 36) Health in Kuwait
 * 37) Health in Latvia
 * 38) Health in Lebanon
 * 39) Health in Lesotho
 * 40) Health in Liberia
 * 41) Health in Liechtenstein
 * 42) Health in Lithuania
 * 43) Health in Luxembourg
 * 44) Health in Macedonia
 * 45) Health in Madagascar
 * 46) Health in Maldives
 * 47) Health in Malta
 * 48) Health in Mauritius
 * 49) Health in Mayotte
 * 50) Health in Monaco
 * 51) Health in Mongolia
 * 52) Health in Montenegro
 * 53) Health in Montserrat
 * 54) Health in Mozambique
 * 55) Health in Nauru
 * 56) Health in New Caledonia
 * 57) Health in Nicaragua
 * 58) Health in Niue
 * 59) Health in Norfolk Island
 * 60) Health in Palau
 * 61) Health in Palestine
 * 62) Health in Papua New Guinea
 * 63) Health in Peru
 * 64) Health in Puerto Rico
 * 65) Health in Puntland
 * 66) Health in Qatar
 * 67) Health in Rwanda
 * 68) Health in S%C3%A3o Tom%C3%A9 and Pr%C3%ADncipe
 * 69) Health in Saint Barth%C3%A9lemy
 * 70) Health in Saint Helena
 * 71) Health in Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * 72) Health in Saint Lucia
 * 73) Health in Saint Martin
 * 74) Health in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
 * 75) Health in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * 76) Health in Samoa
 * 77) Health in San Marino
 * 78) Health in Saskatchewan
 * 79) Health in Seychelles
 * 80) Health in Slovakia
 * 81) Health in Somaliland
 * 82) Health in Suriname
 * 83) Health in Svalbard
 * 84) Health in Swaziland
 * 85) Health in the Bahamas
 * 86) Health in the British Virgin Islands
 * 87) Health in the Cayman Islands
 * 88) Health in the Chatham Islands
 * 89) Health in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
 * 90) Health in the Cook Islands
 * 91) Health in the District of Columbia
 * 92) Health in the Dominican Republic
 * 93) Health in the Falkland Islands
 * 94) Health in the Faroe Islands
 * 95) Health in the Federated States of Micronesia
 * 96) Health in the Gambia
 * 97) Health in the Isle of Man
 * 98) Health in the Loyalty Islands
 * 99) Health in the Marshall Islands
 * 100) Health in the Netherlands Antilles
 * 101) Health in the Northern Mariana Islands
 * 102) Health in the Pitcairn Islands
 * 103) Health in the Republic of the Congo
 * 104) Health in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * 105) Health in the Solomon Islands
 * 106) Health in the Turks and Caicos Islands
 * 107) Health in the United States Virgin Islands
 * 108) Health in Tibet
 * 109) Health in Togo
 * 110) Health in Tonga
 * 111) Health in Tunisia
 * 112) Health in Tuvalu
 * 113) Health in Uruguay
 * 114) Health in Vanuatu
 * 115) Health in Vatican City
 * 116) Health in Wake Island
 * 117) Health in Wallis and Futuna
 * 118) Health in Western Sahara
 * 119) Health in Zambia

The Transhumanist 23:30, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow very interesting - thank you for bring this up - can see we have much work...perhaps we could work (set up a drive) one by one - as i believe if we get the country projects involved we could get this moving one at a time.Moxy (talk) 00:02, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I moved some of the articles which now exist up; it is possible there are others, that are named 'Healthcare in X' or 'Health care in X'. I understand Transhumanist's point that health is not the same as healthcare, but I think the terms are used interchangeably enough when talking about national level health indicators that it is *not* worth creating a 'health in X' and a 'Health care in X' for every country of the world. I'd be happy if we standardized on 'health in X' but it seems like a lot of work and redirects may be just as sufficient vs a mass renaming. Also see Health systems by country for an (incomplete) list that still needs work. --Karl.brown (talk) 16:57, 27 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Updated the list with more health in X articles that I found. Note that there are some additional blue links in the above but for now they are all redirects to small health sections within the main country articles that I linked up. So there is still a need to create full pages for all of those countries. --Karl.brown (talk) 05:04, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Proposal for Social Determinants of Health in Poverty
I am a new user of Wikipedia, and am contributing an article about health outcomes and healthcare for a class at Rice University, where I am a pre-med student. Through my studies in the class “Poverty, Gender, and Human Development” and Rice University, and my many previous learning experiences with medicine, healthcare, and the social safety net, I have gained knowledge about differential health outcomes within poor populations. Therefore, I plan to create a new article entitled Social Determinants of Health in Poverty, and make this a part of [WP:Health and Fitness as well as other Wikiprojects.

This article should contribute to the expansion of understanding of differences in health outcomes between the general population and impoverished populations, as well as within impoverished populations, contributing a vital aspect to understanding and analyzing health outcomes. I have compiled an extensive list of credible resources from academic journals, books, and non-profit organization reports, and plan on using this information to build a credible entry. However, I will face difficulty in compiling all this information into an extensive but concise presentation that distinguishes impoverished populations and the differences between them precisely. Therefore, I would appreciate feedback throughout the development and writing of my article, as I have limited Wikipedia entry experience.

This article should contribute to this Wikiproject because it provides better understanding the determinants of health in various populations, and contributes to a social understanding of the determining factors of health. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to use this article to best contribute to this Wikiproject.

lbockhorn (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:37, 9 March 2012 (UTC).


 * Wikipedia has a strict WP:original research policy which means in effect we should be summarizing things that are already discussed in the literature, so one would really need to get something that provides a reasonable basis by already doing most of the distinguishing you are talking about rather than setting that up from scratch yourself. I would have thought there probably is something like that about, UN health programmes or something like that probably has criteria I'd have thought. This is a bit in opposition to what one might want to do to mark out one's own paper in an outside article but it is what Wikipedia is about as an encyclopaedia which is being in effect a little dull in just summarizing what other people have noted. Dmcq (talk) 21:18, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I would suggest, edit Social determinants of health instead, it needs work; or take a look at Global health and health equity as well.--Karl.brown (talk) 17:01, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

The distinguishing I seek is clearly set up in a very formal, organized, and detailed manner in World Health Organization's Social Determinants Conceptual Framework laid out in World Health Organization’s Social Determinants Council's report "Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Closing the Gap in a Generation- Health equity through action and the social determinants of health", specifically targeted towards poverty. This document serves not only as a basis for understanding and expanding on the topic, but also shows that there are grounds for separating impoverished communities and the specific determinants of health they face. I was interested in separating these two articles because I feel like this contributes to the public's understanding of how different sub-populations can have different factors that distinctly serve to impact their lives greatly. I feel like separating this article contributes in a unique way to understanding the plight of the impoverished. I see your points, but this is the basis on which I decided to distinguish my article. Thank you for your suggestions, and my page Social determinants of health in poverty is up. Lbockhorn (talk) 04:42, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Announcement
Hi all,

Consumer Reports is seeking a Wikipedian in Residence -- a paid position to facilitate ties between Wikipedia and a health initiative it is planning. This will be for a 3-month period (with possible 3-month extension) starting in April, based in their offices in Yonkers, New York. If anyone here is interested, please submit an application at your earliest convenience! It comes with a $4000/month stipend, with some relocation funding available if needed. (Also, there are free daily shuttles between their offices and NYC.)

https://jobs-consumers.icims.com/jobs/2103/job

(This position is partially supported by a grant from the Wikimedia Foundation; some additional details are available in the grant proposal submitted to WMF.) Please feel free to ping me with any questions or comments. -Pete (talk) 19:32, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Feedback requested on suggested revision of Universal healthcare article
Hello, I have made a proposal for some edits to the universal healthcare article here Talk:Universal_health_care and would be interested in feedback from other editors.

In addition, I'm also considering simplifying or removing some of the country-specific examples in the articles below, and placing them in a new list Health financing by country or Universal coverage by country or similar (see Health systems by country), because for now there are, for example, descriptions of the Canadian system as socialized medicine, single-payer health care, two-tier healthcare, and national health insurance and the result is 4 different descriptions of the financing of the Canadian system (in addition to the description here: Health care in Canada, rather than a single consensus view.

Combining the country-specific stuff on health financing into a single overview list will help (with links out to detailed country descriptions), so that there is one place people can go, and hence try to keep the generic articles focused on the terminology, with short examples from countries, but not long country-specific sections. If you think some of that would be useful within the text of the articles, we could even transclude summaries from elsewhere.

I think the articles below are all useful as stand-alone articles, but I also think the wiki would benefit from a single place where people could go to read up on health financing by country, which would be linked to all of the below. Finally, I would suggest we move all of the US-specific debates in the below articles to here Health_care_reform_debate_in_the_United_States which has been set aside for that purpose. --Karl.brown (talk) 17:35, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * National_health_insurance
 * Socialized_medicine
 * Single-payer_health_care
 * Two-tier_health_care

Wikipedia:HighBeam
HighBeam describes a limited opportunity for Wikipedia editors to have access to HighBeam Research. —Wavelength (talk) 22:48, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Self-published references used in this project
Hi, Some time ago I started a discussion on Wikipedia_talk:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard and it eventually resulted in List of self-publishing companies. It seems that some of those publishers are used in this project, e.g. Vantage Press on Paleolithic diet, etc. I am sure there are others. I am asking a few projects to help turn the tide against the invasion of Wikipedia by self-published sources by:


 * Adding more items to List of self-publishing companies and Wikipedia talk:List of self-publishing companies
 * Looking for the use of these sources within project pages and dealing with them, as appropriate, e.g. by checking facts, deleting unsubstantiated items, or getting better sources, etc.

Eventually we will write a bot that checks these and leaves messages about them, and suggestions on that on Talk:List_of_self-publishing_companies will also be appreciated. Thanks. History2007 (talk) 21:31, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Sawdust vs. wood dust
As the effects are health related, I thought that you all might be interested in the sawdust and wood dust articles, and the debate at Talk:Sawdust. --Bejnar (talk) 17:25, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Globalization proposal
Hi WikiProject Health and fitness Members, A few of us are trying to get a WikiProject Globalization up and running. Members of this project would work together to improve the quality of articles on Wikipedia on Globalization, global issues and related topics. If you're interested in globalization, please come by and check out our proposal. We'd appreciate any feedback about our ideas, and of course your support if you were interested in lending it. Thanks, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 11:27, 26 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Related - The article Globalization has undergone major re-structuring. WikiProject Health and fitness members are invited to review and comment on the article and add relevant missing information or sections in which your project may have an interest.  Also, you may be interested in reviewing the updated WikiProject Council/Proposals/Globalization proposal for a new WikiProject.  Regards, Meclee (talk) 14:45, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Article on Cortisol and Alcohol- no mention of chronic or acute stressors as co-contributor, nimh link
I happened to be looking into this and I found that maybe a more balanced presentation could be made if some mention of life stress factors as a source of elevated cortisol levels and implications were included. A quick search found NIH research on this.

This is the wiki page I looked at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_and_cortisol

and this is the first NIMH (2009) research abstract I glanced at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/research-shows-how-chronic-stress-may-be-linked-to-physical-and-mental-ailments.shtml

Alcohol abuse can be accompanied by life altering stress, and I think likely is one of the most significant factors in relapse or drinking to excess. It's a correlation versus causation kind of thing, imo.

Both sustained physical and emotional stressors are prone to cause what is documented in the NIMH link, which is an actual adaptation by the body. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markadamsor (talk • contribs) 05:50, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Primary health care
The Primary health care article has recently seen a spate of edits by new users. Many of the contributions appear valid but some are poorly executed. I thought I would bring this to the attention of this WikiProject. - Shiftchange (talk) 08:37, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi I just created an article
The article is here. And I was hoping people could help me expand it because it is a stub right now. I believe this article can become a g.a. in the very least because of the popularity of this app. For example, the number of review in the app store are 314801 Ratings, while something like Google Earth has 440890 Ratings. So it has the same order of magnitude number of reviews as Google Earth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quacod (talk • contribs) 03:53, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Health
the content and naming of health department and list of health ministries is being discussed. See the discussions at talk:health department -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 03:20, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_March_22#Category:Healthcare_policy_in_the_United_States
You are invited to join the discussion at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_March_22. Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 14:43, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Powerball.jpg
File:Powerball.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 02:03, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

VAC Health Identification Card.jpg
image:VAC Health Identification Card.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:52, 29 July 2013 (UTC)

Missing topics page
I have updated Missing topics about Medicine - Skysmith (talk) 10:59, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for this. I am not sure what to do in response or how to put this into a queue of tasks.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   13:13, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * It is one of my set of pages about missing topics so you just might link to it - Skysmith (talk) 06:51, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see you at WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles now. Thanks for making me aware of this. I will think about what I can do.  Blue Rasberry    (talk)   13:22, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Help with a new page
Hello,

I am new to adding pages on wikipedia and I was referred to this page by another wiki user, she told me you guys might be able to help. I published a page already (not realizing that I could first make it a draft), and I received feedback from one reviewer so I made some changes. I asked that reviewer if there are any other changes he recommends but I didn't get a reply. I was hoping someone from this group could review my page and let me know if it needs to be changed at all, to avoid possible deletion.

If anyone could help that would be great. The page is here.

Thanks, --M.Renae (talk) 13:14, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

COTPA No Smoking sign 1.jpg
image:COTPA No Smoking sign 1.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.129.3 (talk) 04:50, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

New Page
Hi! I am a part of Rice University taking a course that is involved with the education program of Wikipedia. I am very interested in the topic of health and its relationship with social factors. I plan to create a new article that would be titled Social determinants of health in Mexico and would love all your help. I posted a sample outline of the new page in my sandbox on my userpage and I'd appreciate the feedback. I'd like some advice on some useful sources that could go with the topic as well as how to appropriately talk about the issue accordingly with relation to health and fitness. Thanks! Cristell24 (talk) 03:06, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Can you provide a link to your article? Thanks in avance, XOttawahitech (talk) 19:10, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

Regarding the absence of a very well known info on SEXUAL DESIRE on wikipedia
This question is related to sexual desire of males. In the article SEXUAL DESIRE i could not find a very well known fact. It is generally seen that in sexually active active males, the time gap between the ejaculations affects their sexual desire. For example, if a man masturbates or ejaculates regularly(say once a day or once every two days or twice a day) and suddenly stops it, his sexual desire(or what we call libido) increases..It is also observed that the orgasm after a period of abstinence are also intense and getting and erection in a short term abstinence period is quicker..Why does this happen..? And why does wikipedia not mention i under the factors affecting sexual desire ..? I know that males are made to release their sperms once in a while. But why could i not find a reason or mention of it on wikipedia. .. Please give a scientifically proven reason for your answer....many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ed beerman (talk • contribs) 16:45, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Oil cleansing method
Asking here because I'm not sure where else this is appropriate. I've nominated the oil cleansing method article for deletion. The discussion may be found here. I would appreciate your input on the issue! - Sweet Nightmares  21:04, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Human body
Hi, there has been significant restructuring of the human body, human physiology and human anatomy articles over at WP:Anatomy, making the Human body article the main, offering opportunities for future expansion once significant information is available.

The Human body article current has a underdeveloped Society and culture section Human body, that would do very well with some help from this Wikiproject. Is there interest from here in expanding this section? If so please help out, and engage in the talk page of the article! CFCF (talk) 11:49, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Human height
Hi there. Just seeking input at Talk:Human_height. Cheers.--Gibson Flying V (talk) 02:15, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Infant Mattress Tests to Assess Adequate Safe Firmness
Dear health experts: Here's an old Afc submission that has been abandoned an will soon be deleted as a stale draft. Is this a notable topic, and should it be kept and improved instead? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 11:59, 16 March 2014 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Symbol wait.svg|15px|link=|alt=]] Edited: I've made some minor fixes.  Anon 126   (talk - contribs) 23:09, 16 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks,, that will delay deletion for six months. Is it ready to be accepted, or does it need more work?  &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 23:55, 19 March 2014 (UTC)


 * @Anne Delong: [[Image:Symbol unlikely.svg|16px|link=|alt=]] Unlikely. I only made very minor (capitalization and spacing) fixes.  Anon 126   (talk - contribs) 01:03, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jonathan Bernor
Dear athletics experts: I'm not sure if the above old abandoned Afc submission comes under this project or not. There seem to be some claims to notability as a powerlifter. The article needs trimming for NPOV, but I am willing to do this if the subject is a notable one. This is the closest Wikiproject I could find to report it. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 21:59, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Health and Fitness At Wikimania 2014
Are you looking to recruit more contributors to your project? We are offering to design and print physical paper leaflets to be distributed at Wikimania 2014 for all projects that apply. For more information, click the link below. Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 13:41, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet for Wikiproject Health and Fitness at Wikimania 2014
Please note: This is an updated version of a previous post that I made.

Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____

• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost The deadline for submissions is 1st July 2014 For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to: Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 14:41, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

European Sleep Apnea Database deletion discussion
European Sleep Apnea Database is undergoing a deletion discussion, AFD page at Articles for deletion/European Sleep Apnea Database. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:49, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
 * European Sleep Apnea Database

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Beachbody
Hello Wikiproject, was wondering if anyone could take a look at Beachbody. The article recently saw the addition of content that seems promotional in nature and it is my instinct to cut a lot of the stuff that describes their various programs, etc. The article has, in the past, seen some aggressive editing to add promotional content. I don't think the article is on many people's watchlists. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:19, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Article Request
Hello Wikiproject: I am a copywriter for a healthcare company. We are a national franchisor that provides accessibility and mobility solutions, such as stair lifts, wheelchair lifts, elevators, auto lifts, etc. We are a resource for products and services for those aging in place and those with mobility challenges and disabilities.

I have put in a request for an article to be written about our company here. Could a Wikipedia expert check out the request and the company, and work on creating an article?

Ledavenport (talk) 13:33, 16 June 2014 (UTC)Ledavenport
 * Hello ! Thanks for posting on the requested articles page. Since Wikipedia is a community of volunteers, I anticipate that no one will make this article based on the historical precedent of most articles in that list being in queue for years.
 * I also regret to say that there is no recommended channel for your organization to get an article made, except to have your staff or volunteers encouraged by your staff to join the Wikimedia community as volunteers, contribute to articles in your field of expertise but which are not promotional, and when the time comes, make some decision about an article on your company. If you have staff who wish to do this please say hello at WikiProject Medicine, where the community might be better equipped to support you than here at the Health and fitness project. There are just more people dealing with these sorts of relationship there. Thanks.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  13:48, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Proposed merger of Superfruit into Superfood
I have proposed the merger of Superfruit into an article in your project's scope, Superfood. Discussion is centralized at Talk:Superfood. Thanks for your time. 0x0077BE ( talk ·  contrib ) 20:48, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

New WikiProject proposal
Hello. I've created a proposal to start WikiProject Women's health. If you have any thoughts about this proposal, feel free to join the discussion. Kaldari (talk) 22:37, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

Quint Studer RfC
Hi there. I'm seeking input on a Request for Comment I've started on the Quint Studer article. I thought editors here might be interested since Studer has worked in the healthcare field for many years and is most well-known for his healthcare consulting group, the Studer Group. The RfC specifically focuses on Studer's career and whether a draft I'm proposing could work as a replacement for that section. Quick disclosure: I have proposed the draft as a paid consultant to the Studer Group, so I do have a COI, which should be taken into account. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 15:47, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Chin-up and Pull-up
The naming of Chin-up and the existence of Pull-up (exercise) is under discussion, see Talk:Chin-up -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 06:12, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Template:Public health
Template:Public health needs some TLC and general improvement. Please help. Bazj (talk) 20:42, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

Ancestral health
I've created a stubby new article titled Ancestral health. Michael Hardy (talk) 19:52, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Category:Movember has been nominated for discussion
Category:Movember, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect (talk) 04:13, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Splitting List of US health information exchanges from main article
I've proposed splitting into a stand-alone list. Comments, especially from anyone interested in health informatics or health IT, would be much appreciated. I'm also seeking input from WP:MED and, as the new article would be country-specific, WP:USA. —Shelley V. Adams ‹blame credit › 14:14, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

RfC on Masturbation
There is currently an RfC on whether or not to include a reference to NoFap in Masturbation. Interested editors can join the discussion here. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Assessment requested
Please help assess the new article on the Gokhale Method.--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 09:16, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Category:Constituents of tobacco smoke has been nominated for discussion
Category:Constituents of tobacco smoke, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Bosley John Bosley (talk) 23:31, 21 July 2017 (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 was willing to help invite those recommended editors. I wonder if you mind me sending invitations directly for WikiProject Health and fitness on your behalf to save time and efforts of yours? Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 17:53, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, I haven’t heard anything back from any member in the project yet. But based on the feedback from other projects, it seems to be a welcomed idea. If I don’t hear any objection, I’d help send a small number of invitations to selective editors with care. Bobo.03 (talk) 18:27, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Smoking Cessation and related pages
Should Tobacco harm reduction be included as a page listed along with electronic cigarettes, Nicorette et al on the Smoking cessation page?Mrphilip (talk) 04:44, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

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If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:40, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

RfC at WikiProject Hospitals
A request for comments at WikiProject Hospitals might interest members of this WikiProject. I'm seeking comment to see if it is possible to make the rules clearer for how hospital reputation, rankings, ratings, and awards are handled on Wikipedia. What should the established standard be for how ratings and rankings are included on hospital Wikipedia articles? Read the ongoing discussion at WikiProject Hospitals. ClevelandClinicES (talk) 13:06, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Intermittent fasting reviewing
I have just updated Intermittent fasting with up-to-date info and reviews. The changes are substantial and I was told this is a hot topic, so it would be very helpful if someone knowledgeable on the topic could review it :-) Thank you very much in advance! --Signimu (talk) 00:52, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Request move
So far there is not much participation in the discussion whether or not to move Health care to Healthcare. Feel free to join if you wish. Marcocapelle (talk) 10:52, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

America's Health Insurance Plans edit requests
Hi all, I've been hired by America's Health Insurance Plans to request some updates to its article. I'm also hoping to help address the flag on the article. My requests are on the article's talk page. If anyone here is up for taking a look and offering feedback, I'd appreciate it tremendously. I've had some difficulty getting a response to my requests. Thank you! Mary Gaulke (talk) 04:18, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
 * – Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

HAES NPOV dispute:
Would like to see some outsiders chime in on this. Harizotoh9 (talk) 02:36, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Talk:Health_at_Every_Size

Nomination of Portal:Yoga for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Yoga is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Yoga until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 09:08, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Health for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Health is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Health until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America1000 12:06, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

Request for comment on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act article
There is a request for comment on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act article. If you are interested, please participate at. —  Newslinger  talk   06:02, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Rain Chua
Hello fitness experts. The above draft about a fitness trainer is at WP:AFC. It needs a lot of work, and appears to have been submitted by the subject, but someone here may wish to check it for notability.&mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 07:50, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Dbaza's Diabetes Education for Kids
Some input, whatever it may be, would be apprecitated.4meter4 (talk) 16:11, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Seeking additional feedback for history of Mayo Clinic
Hello! It's Audrey at Mayo Clinic. On behalf of my employer, I am working to update Mayo Clinic. I have worked with two other editors who offered great feedback to develop and improve the History section of the article. WikiProject Health and fitness members might care to review my request. I have also reached out to other WikiProjects to notify editors of the request.

Thanks! Audrey at Mayo Clinic (talk) 11:43, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Draft: Pop Physique
Hello Wikipedians,

I just created an article draft on Pop Physique, and would love to get some eyes on it. I'm confident that it meets notability, but I'm not sure if it needs any improvements to structure and info before it gets published.

RockTheBlock (talk) 21:26, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Ways to improve the WikiProject
Hi there! I am a health nut and I have been doing CrossFit for a little over three years now and have learned a lot from the people at the gym about health and overall fitness. There are so many dynamics to this topic and it is a very unique journey from person to person. Everyone's body composition is different so health and fitness vary in that aspect. Some ways to improve this article include starting by adding more content on the physical pages rather than just the links. Sources also need to be added to the bottom of the page. The primary strength is the organization and clear article links.Mpatel416 (talk) 05:36, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Orangetheory Fitness Edit
I would like to add to the article, the different heart rate zones and their meanings. There are five heart rate zones used in the Orangetheory workout; gray, blue, green, orange, and red.

Gray zone: 50-60 percent of your maximum heart-rate. This is the most comfortable zone. Blue zone: 61-70 percent of your maximum heart-rate. This is your warm-up period. Green zone: 71-83 percent of your maximum heart-rate. This is your comfortable and doable fat burning zone. You should stay in this zone for 25 to 35 minutes of your workout. Orange zone: 84-91 percent of your maximum heart-rate. This is your uncomfortable zone, which creates EPOC. You should stay in this zone for 12 to 20 minutes of your workout. Red zone: 92-100 percent of your maximum heart-rate. This is where you empty your tank. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atrimlett (talk • contribs) 23:33, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

NHI and SHI
Hello, I'm writing an article about the SHI model which is briefly treated in the National health insurance. Even if they've some features in common I think there's a difference which should lead to a separation.

As I can read in references (online and in the page) NHI is more used when there's a single government body to provide part of the payment (like in South Korea or in Taiwan) while SHI is more used where there's a system of social insurance, which may be not a part of a government system (like in the Netherlands).

Do you have any suggestion? Thanks. --Sciking (talk) 19:22, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Cleavage (breasts)
There are some parts in the article that deal with exercises. Not having a lot of fitness orientation, I can't put that part in order on my own. Seriously need some help. Aditya (talk • contribs) 13:51, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Sharecare article updates
Hello editors, SCbhaynes here. I am an employee of Sharecare and a representative on Wikipedia for the brand. I posted a request recently on the article's Talk page to pursue editor assistance with adjusting the number of employees noted in the current article's infobox. You can see my full request on the Sharecare talk page. I take the site's guidelines seriously -- especially for editors with a paid conflict of interest like myself -- and know that I can't edit the article directly in keeping with that. Since my request remains unanswered so far, I thought this WikiProject could be a place to reach out in case there are any interested editors here who would care to assist. Also, I am new to the community, so please let me know if this is an acceptable method for a conflict of interest editor like me to collaborate with the community of volunteer editors. Any questions or feedback that editors may have are greatly appreciated, as I'm eager to be a positive contributor here. Thanks in advance for any consideration! SCbhaynes (talk) 22:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi editors, SCbhaynes here again. My initial request to update the number of employees on the article has been handled. I'm back again though, with a follow-up request in hopes of updating the article's list of subsidiaries. I will continue to avoid direct edits to the Sharecare article, due to my conflict of interest. If there are any interested editors here, please see my full request at the Sharecare Talk page. Thanks again for any thoughts or help you can offer! SCbhaynes (talk) 22:10, 2 December 2020 (UTC)


 * NEW REQUEST: PROPOSED SECTION DRAFT - Blue Zones Project and Community Well-Being Index
 * Hi editors. SCbhaynes from Sharecare, here again to notify of another new request for interested editors to review at the Sharecare Talk page. I proposed a drafted section to incorporate content about Sharecare's Blue Zones Project and Community Well-Being Index, including sources. My hope is to gain assistance with these changes to the current Sharecare article, as I have a conflict of interest and will not edit the article myself. Thanks again! SCbhaynes (talk) 00:40, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Saturated fat
There is a current discussion about saturated fat consumption and its association with disease. It might be relevant for users in this WikiProject who are interested in the topic. Link to the talk-page Psychologist Guy (talk) 21:22, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Your feedback appreciated at Talk:Anti-aging cream
It has been proposed that Anti-aging supplements be merged into Anti-aging cream. Your feedback would be appreciated at Talk:Anti-aging cream. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 00:33, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

America's Health Insurance Plans COI edit requests
Hi! I've posted some COI edit requests at Talk:America's Health Insurance Plans. Sharing in case anyone here is interested in taking a look. Thank you for any help or feedback! Mary Gaulke (talk) 00:11, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Reliable sources for bodybuilding articles?
Do we have a list of reliable sources for weight lifting and bodybuilding articles. Most of the articles in these areas are disasterous mixes of just plain unsourced WP:OR and references to unreliable sources. I'm not familiar enough with the subject are to know which sources are considered reliable.

Right now, I'm looking at Overhead press. My guess is that neither bodybuilding.com or mensjournal.com would be considered reliable and healthline.com looks more reasonable? -- RoySmith (talk) 13:34, 25 September 2021 (UTC)


 * @RoySmith WP:BMI --Isabela31 (talk) 21:49, 11 November 2021 (UTC)