Talk:Human growth hormone
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Content was integrated into growth hormone. For a variety of reasons explained near the end of growth hormone treatment, "human growth hormone" is no longer the preferred name in a physiological or medical context.Alteripse 23:29, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
Why use the term "nonsense?" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.12.201.88 (talk • contribs).
- Because much of the "information" you can find about things "labeled" HGH on the net is nonsense: lies, misinformation, fraud, ignorant misunderstandings, etc. We had an article spelling out the details until another editor who defends health fraud and dishonesty as just another respectable POV forced its removal. alteripse 23:48, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
- The word "nonsense" is not NPOV, see Wikipedia:NPOV#Pseudoscience. I changed the phrase from "nonsense promulgated by the internet" to "lacking approval by the medical community" to conform with policy in the way the policy page suggested. The editor that removed details from another page did not act properly according to the policy, the controversy should be explained, not hidden. hateless 18:49, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- Fraud is an objectively definable and supportable term; so is nonsense. Many of the HGH "information" and products meet all criteria to be described as such. Accuracy is the preferred POV of an encyclopedia; go elsewhere if you want to write from a different POV. alteripse 23:11, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- You need to calm down, alteripse. Nonsense is not an objective term, "making sense" is an individual feat and thus subjective. Fraud has an objective measure, and that's why its kept. And on a personal level, I would agree with you that it all qualifies as garbage, but I know my opinions have nothing to do with this encyclopedia. Let me note that one man's "accuracy" is another man's "subjective opinion". It leads to edit wars, it does not work for a collaborative encyclopedia. And please don't tell me to go elsewhere when you're the one who disagrees with one of the three core principals of Wikipedia. hateless 05:46, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
- Fraud is an objectively definable and supportable term; so is nonsense. Many of the HGH "information" and products meet all criteria to be described as such. Accuracy is the preferred POV of an encyclopedia; go elsewhere if you want to write from a different POV. alteripse 23:11, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- The word "nonsense" is not NPOV, see Wikipedia:NPOV#Pseudoscience. I changed the phrase from "nonsense promulgated by the internet" to "lacking approval by the medical community" to conform with policy in the way the policy page suggested. The editor that removed details from another page did not act properly according to the policy, the controversy should be explained, not hidden. hateless 18:49, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
