Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine/About the newsletter/Archive 1

2 sentences to fix, please
"In the future, this newsletter will be reporting on WPMF some activities and collaborations that affect the English-language WPMED. A concurrent newsletter, the stethoscope will be released documenting the activities at WPMF."


 * 1) "will be reporting on WPMF some activities" is missing something, no?
 * 2) needs a comma after 'stethoscope', I think.

--Hordaland (talk) 16:14, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for pointing these out. --LT910001 (talk) 01:51, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Precedent
A medical newsletter was attempted and went defunct after the first issue. See the precedent at WikiProject Med/Newsletter/1.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  13:19, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Another precedent is the WikiProject Military History newsletter, The Bugle. The Signpost is the general English Wikipedia newsletter.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  13:26, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Nature of publication
I imagine this publication mostly to be a recap of what was discussed in WikiProject talk pages and to be compiled as discussions enter the archives. If someone wants to do more than that, like write essays or take interviews, then that would be great, but for my own part I think I could keep this sustained only with a base of summarizing recent discussions and anything else would just be an enhancement on that dependable minimum.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  13:26, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Yep, I am happy to act for the moment as editor of the 'focus' part. As I've written in the article, there are a lot of topics that should be covered. I will try and get different editors to write different editions. The topic, editing style, whether we need this section, and me as 'editor' are of course topics open to discussion.--LT910001 (talk) 22:25, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Pictures
I say we alternate each month with a different picture of an AED. I have uploaded these two. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 08:06, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I like the idea a lot but LT910001 wants to check consensus for the name of this, and I had the AED diagram only because of the AED-themed title for the publication. I would be interested in having an AED of the month anyway if possible.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  18:31, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Formatting
It is not trivial to format a newsletter to look like a newsletter rather than a Wikipedia article, and I do not quickly know how the formatting is done for The Bugle or The Signpost. I would like to eventually make this newsletter look nice but for now content is my concern.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  13:26, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

I've made some more changes:--LT910001 (talk) 11:02, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I have also removed the lead image and the TOC so that the newsletter isn't too long. --LT910001 (talk) 21:42, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I've grouped the content so that section 1 relates to activities here and section 2 relates to activities off-wiki.--LT910001 (talk) 11:02, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I've reformatted the level 3 headings so that they're in-text headings, to decrease the visual length of the newsletter. --LT910001 (talk) 11:02, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Date of publication
I propose to make this a monthly newsletter starting in June.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  13:26, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * We may in fact be able to release this newsletter at the end of this month (May) -- the focus section I have added may encourage editors to comment on what they expect in future editions. --LT910001 (talk) 22:25, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm catching up after traveling last week and taking yesterday as a holiday. I can get something more specific about Cochrane in the next few days if that is helpful. Sydney Poore/FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 19:23, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Name of publication
A previous newsletter was called The Stethoscope: A Wiki Project Med Foundation Review. I do not like this name because the name is hard to spell and I do not like the model of the stethoscoped, and proposed alternative names on the talk page. I propose using the name The Revival because it is exciting and because I found a cool image to use for a logo. Thoughts? Other proposals?  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  13:19, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * An interesting choice! At any rate, I suggest we move the namespace to WikiProject_Medicine/Newsletter so that it's affiliated with the project --LT910001 (talk) 22:25, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I've made this move so that it's in our namespace, and have invited editors to comment. --LT910001 (talk) 03:43, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Another relatively Medicine-themed name could be The Pacemaker or The Pulse (keeping one's finger on what's happening in WPMED) --LT910001 (talk) 03:39, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I would support either of those choices. Pending other comments anyone could change the name to either of those options at any time. I think I like Pacemaker better, and if no one objects I like keeping the heartshock logo with the name Pacemaker.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  18:25, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
 * What about The Galenian? SW3 5DL (talk) 03:28, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I prefer The Pulse over The Revival but The Pacemaker is also fine. Sydney Poore/FloNight&#9829;&#9829;&#9829;&#9829; 19:23, 27 May 2014 (UTC)
 * There seems to be consensus (I include users who suggested changes @ WPMED) for "The Pulse", so I've made the change. --LT910001 (talk) 22:22, 27 May 2014 (UTC)