Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology/Collaboration of the Week

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The Pharmacology Collaboration of the Month is a project of WikiProject Pharmacology in an effort to improve drug-related articles on wikipedia. Articles may be selected every week or every two weeks, depending on the article and the present situation, to be collaborated on by editors. The article may or may not yet exist. The topics should include anything related to Pharmacology; it could either be an article about a specific drug, or an article about a drug process, drug design, or a particular class of drugs. The aim is to have a featured-standard article by the end of the period through widespread cooperative editing.

	The current Pharmacology Collaboration of the Month is Theobromine.
	The previous collaboration was Melatonin.

The project aims to fill gaps in Wikipedia, to give users a focus and to give us all something to be proud of. Any registered user can nominate and vote on articles (see Voting below). This collaboration uses approval voting. You do not have to be a professional in the field of pharmacology or medicine to participate; the opinion of laypeople is valued both for article suggestions and to help ensure that articles are not too technical. New articles will be selected every Wednesday (see the record of previous collaborations). This collaboration is still new; rules may change or be bent as we find our footing.

[edit] Voting

Please vote in favor of as many candidates as you like; oppose votes have no effect (approval voting is used). Any registered user may vote for an article, provided that account's first edit occurred before the nomination. You do not have to have any special knowledge of pharmacology or medicine to nominate or vote for an article.

To vote for an article, simply edit the appropriate section by adding # ~~~~, and increment the votes= counter in {{RxCOTW}}.

If you believe that a topic does not fall within the scope of this project, please mention your objections in the "Comments" section. Every Wednesday, the article currently with the most votes will be selected to be the new collaboration, although collaborations may be extended from time to time (for instance, during featured article candidacy). In the case of a tie, the article nominated first will be selected. Articles not selected must receive at least two votes per week to remain in consideration. If a nomination fails to achieve sufficient votes, it may be renominated after at least two weeks. You may wish to see the archive of successful nominations.

[edit] List of past and present maintainers

1. Dr. Cash, founder, August 2007

[edit] Nominations

Nominations may be made at any time. Nominators must be registered users. To make a nomination, follow the following steps:

===[[Article]]===
{{RxCOTW|start=June 10, 2008|votes=1}}

; Support:
# ~~~~

; Comments:
* (put your reason for nomination) ~~~~

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{{RxCOTWnom}}{{to do}}

The next RxCOTM will be chosen on November 30, 2007.

[edit] Nominations for the next RxCOTM

[edit] Warfarin

4 votes. Nominated February 19, 2008; needs at least 5 votes by March 18, 2008 Overdue

Support

1. JFW | T@lk 08:45, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
2. Medos ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
3. — Scientizzle 20:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
4. CrazyChemGuy (talk) 20:37, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• This fascinating drug has a fantastic history and is one of the most temperamental drugs. It has saved lives, prevented strokes, and killed by drug errors and haemorrhage. The article is already in a reasonable shape, and I think it might become GA or FA with a little help from its friends. JFW | T@lk 08:45, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sex and drugs

3 votes. Nominated February 19, 2008; needs at least 4 votes by March 11, 2008 Overdue

Support

1. — Scientizzle 20:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
2. — This could be an interesting topic, and could be quite popular among editors. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
3. — I promise I won't do any original research if this article is chosen. CrazyChemGuy (talk) 01:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• I was surprised there was even an article on this...it's been around since June 2006, and has had {{expert}} stuck on it since its inception. Perhaps we can make this into a proper article on the sexual side effects of commonly-used drugs? — Scientizzle 20:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
• It needs renaming to something like "medication and sexual behaviour". "Sex" may also refer to male/female differences (surely a topic that could do with an article, although it is badly understudied). Also, it needs renaming to avoid the suggestion that rock 'n' roll plays a role :-) JFW | T@lk 20:51, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Medication and sexual behaviour or Sexual side effects of medication seem reasonable. — Scientizzle 21:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Placebo

2 votes. Nominated March 4, 2008; needs at least 3 votes by March 18, 2008 Overdue

Support

1. — Scientizzle 17:58, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
2. — This is an important article on an important pharmacology topic. Dr. Cash (talk) 18:36, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• This article is a rambling, out-of-date treatise that can and should give clearer information about--for example--the placebo effect in response treatments as diverse as high quality evidence-based medicine to medical quackery, why placebo controls are necessary for a quality study, and the known and suspected mechanisms involved. — Scientizzle 17:58, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
• This has also been proposed at WPMED. If chosen, it might be nice for both projects to coordinate its development. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:32, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barbiturate

1 vote. Nominated June 2, 2008; needs at least 2 votes by June 9, 2008

Support

1. — Scientizzle 23:47, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
2. JFW | T@lk 00:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Comments

• This article is high-importance, but lacks sources, reads poorly, and is littered with WP:OR. — Scientizzle 23:47, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
• Of current medical interest (e.g. thiopental), as well as a large historical angle wrt anticonvulsant and analgesic use.

[edit] Related topics in other collaborations

Nuclear magnetic resonance are nominated for the Science collaboration of the week.

[edit] Participants

Any participant of WikiProject Pharmacology is welcome to participate. Additionally, we welcome other contributors who may have an interest in the topic being collaborated on. Please add your name to the list on the main WikiProject Pharmacology page.

[edit] Tools

• Record of previous nominations
• Successful nominations
• Expired nominations
• Category:RxCOTW candidates

{{CurrentRxCOTW}} is the banner for the current collaboration. You may wish to place it on your user or talk page.

{{RxCOTWnom}} is placed on the talk pages of articles currently being considered for RxCOTW. It places articles in Category:RxCOTW candidates.

{{RxCOTWprev}} is placed on the talk pages of articles that were previous RxCOTWs. It should always be substituted.

{{RxCOTWnew}} sets up new nominations. It should always be substituted.