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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- KenWalker | Talk 06:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
The following was recently removed from the page:
I am personally friends with Patch, and we had a discussion about the utility of Wikipedia in which he voiced his frustration that, when he tried to respond to comments on the page about him, the stuff kept getting deleted. The guy doesn't use email and he's rather computer-tarded. Nonetheless, it's Wikipedia policy to only include info that can be externally cited, so his comments cannot thus be included until they can be cited. Next time I see him I'll let him know that he ought to post this comment on his main web site in order that it can be cited here and stay up. In the meantime, please leave his comment here on the talk page so that it can eventually be restored. Thanks. -- Cajolingwilhelm 04:44, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
So just who in the heck is this David Oaks, and where does he get off saying 'President Bush wants to test all Americans for "mental illness"? How does he know this? Has President Bush ever suggested such a thing? Sounds kindof Orwellian--and very un-Bush-like. I suspect David Oaks is totally fabricating this, pulling kook conspiracy theories out of his @ss.
And then we've got Adams' response: "volunteering to screen President Bush, 'He needs a lot of help. I'll see him for free.'" Ha ha. Real funny! Does this sort of thing belong in an encyclopedia entry?!? I suspect it was included here as a deliberate, cheap swipe at the president.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Freedom_Initiative
[NOTE: Original hostile quotes from blog not quite WP:RS that do not name Adams as the target removed as libel; thus response below.]
I don't think the article should be marked, because it doesn't make any statement regarding Patch's honesty or suitability/skills as a doctor, it just talks about known facts. If there are indeed opposed views about his work, they should be mentioned, quoting sources, and end of story. People, please try to slowly and carefully read and understand what a NPOV is.
OK this article has my interest. Apparently Hunter "Patch" Adams also is credited in the new documentary on military brats-- "Brats: Our Journey Home". So I'd like to see a photo somewhere to see who this guy is. Also does he appear in the Brats documentary or did he help out in some other way?
Sean7phil 17:05, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Where did he recieve his training. I thought someone told me he never finished a residency. -- Gbleem 14:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
From numerous websites, he only completed his internship (first year) of his pediatric residency at Georgetown University. Does he have a license to practice medicine? If you only do a year of residency I don't think he could have been board certified in anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.214.17.5 ( talk) 18:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
He would be able to practice as a general practitioner without completing residency training once he had finished his internship. Cajolingwilhelm ( talk) 04:38, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
This article seems to say more about the Institute than its own article does. Should these articles be merged, or should the Institute-related information in this article be reduced and added to the main article? Ashley { talkback} 01:05, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
This sentence --
-- needs a rewrite (which I'll leave for someone familiar with the subject matter).
I know what it means to say, but grammatically, the phrase "They married" seems to say that "They" are "Patch, Linda, and friends". As a physician he may be unorthodox, but I don't think the marriage laws allow for the union of Patch and Linda and an unspecified number of friends ....
Karl gregory jones ( talk) 03:52, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
The Joy to the World link appears to be defunct. 68.229.185.85 ( talk) 08:04, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Please refrain from adding youtube videos as sources. They will be deleted per WP:RS. Dlabtot ( talk) 07:28, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Not reliable? Why not? The videos I provided are of actual interviews that Adams gave, so why are they not reliable? Bibbly Bob ( talk) 22:19, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
It would be nice if this article included a brief explanation of how he got the nickname "Patch" Alsd2 ( talk) 14:40, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Is it appropriate to put a box on this talk page about the fact that the Nostalgia Critic references, and even apparently shows part of this exact article on his ipod during his episode on Patch Adams? He shows what appears to be the "early career" paragraph at 21:00 here
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/34253-patch-adams
-- Dudeman5685 ( talk) 15:40, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Since this insight is framed in terms of the 1960s, I'm curious how it was received. I ask, because if one studies the literature of the counterculture of the 1960s, one will inevitably come to the conclusion that this statement represents the core, fundamental insight often associated with psychedelics. In preparation for a new article on this subject, I've briefly touched upon this idea here, which is why I'm looking for a source for the above as it would aid both this article and the article I have in development. Thanks. Viriditas ( talk) 00:50, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
The fact is that admissions to the "prestige" universities, before 1970 were a joke and depended on social status. So, what what were the requirements in the late 1960s when Adams got admitted to the Commonwealth of Virginia Medical School? No BA required? Heck, my fellow students at Johns Hopkins in the late 1970s would have gotten apoplectic to know this. (I am not a physician and never planned to be one.) There needs to be am explanation of why CVU med school took a student with not undergrad degree in the article. This is not an attack on the subject of this article, but many would-be medical students might find this admission "interesting" and would want to know why. 138.51.38.133 ( talk) 22:38, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
It needs to be included in this article that Adams is a public of supporter of the abortion of unborn children and the killing of the the elderly: https://inquisition.ca/en/philo/artic/patch_adams.htm The current article is a false unless this is included. Patch is not all that funny when he wants to kill human beings for convenience. 138.51.38.133 ( talk) 00:09, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page. |
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The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- KenWalker | Talk 06:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
The following was recently removed from the page:
I am personally friends with Patch, and we had a discussion about the utility of Wikipedia in which he voiced his frustration that, when he tried to respond to comments on the page about him, the stuff kept getting deleted. The guy doesn't use email and he's rather computer-tarded. Nonetheless, it's Wikipedia policy to only include info that can be externally cited, so his comments cannot thus be included until they can be cited. Next time I see him I'll let him know that he ought to post this comment on his main web site in order that it can be cited here and stay up. In the meantime, please leave his comment here on the talk page so that it can eventually be restored. Thanks. -- Cajolingwilhelm 04:44, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
So just who in the heck is this David Oaks, and where does he get off saying 'President Bush wants to test all Americans for "mental illness"? How does he know this? Has President Bush ever suggested such a thing? Sounds kindof Orwellian--and very un-Bush-like. I suspect David Oaks is totally fabricating this, pulling kook conspiracy theories out of his @ss.
And then we've got Adams' response: "volunteering to screen President Bush, 'He needs a lot of help. I'll see him for free.'" Ha ha. Real funny! Does this sort of thing belong in an encyclopedia entry?!? I suspect it was included here as a deliberate, cheap swipe at the president.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Freedom_Initiative
[NOTE: Original hostile quotes from blog not quite WP:RS that do not name Adams as the target removed as libel; thus response below.]
I don't think the article should be marked, because it doesn't make any statement regarding Patch's honesty or suitability/skills as a doctor, it just talks about known facts. If there are indeed opposed views about his work, they should be mentioned, quoting sources, and end of story. People, please try to slowly and carefully read and understand what a NPOV is.
OK this article has my interest. Apparently Hunter "Patch" Adams also is credited in the new documentary on military brats-- "Brats: Our Journey Home". So I'd like to see a photo somewhere to see who this guy is. Also does he appear in the Brats documentary or did he help out in some other way?
Sean7phil 17:05, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Where did he recieve his training. I thought someone told me he never finished a residency. -- Gbleem 14:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
From numerous websites, he only completed his internship (first year) of his pediatric residency at Georgetown University. Does he have a license to practice medicine? If you only do a year of residency I don't think he could have been board certified in anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.214.17.5 ( talk) 18:03, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
He would be able to practice as a general practitioner without completing residency training once he had finished his internship. Cajolingwilhelm ( talk) 04:38, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
This article seems to say more about the Institute than its own article does. Should these articles be merged, or should the Institute-related information in this article be reduced and added to the main article? Ashley { talkback} 01:05, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
This sentence --
-- needs a rewrite (which I'll leave for someone familiar with the subject matter).
I know what it means to say, but grammatically, the phrase "They married" seems to say that "They" are "Patch, Linda, and friends". As a physician he may be unorthodox, but I don't think the marriage laws allow for the union of Patch and Linda and an unspecified number of friends ....
Karl gregory jones ( talk) 03:52, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
The Joy to the World link appears to be defunct. 68.229.185.85 ( talk) 08:04, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Please refrain from adding youtube videos as sources. They will be deleted per WP:RS. Dlabtot ( talk) 07:28, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Not reliable? Why not? The videos I provided are of actual interviews that Adams gave, so why are they not reliable? Bibbly Bob ( talk) 22:19, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
It would be nice if this article included a brief explanation of how he got the nickname "Patch" Alsd2 ( talk) 14:40, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Is it appropriate to put a box on this talk page about the fact that the Nostalgia Critic references, and even apparently shows part of this exact article on his ipod during his episode on Patch Adams? He shows what appears to be the "early career" paragraph at 21:00 here
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/34253-patch-adams
-- Dudeman5685 ( talk) 15:40, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
Since this insight is framed in terms of the 1960s, I'm curious how it was received. I ask, because if one studies the literature of the counterculture of the 1960s, one will inevitably come to the conclusion that this statement represents the core, fundamental insight often associated with psychedelics. In preparation for a new article on this subject, I've briefly touched upon this idea here, which is why I'm looking for a source for the above as it would aid both this article and the article I have in development. Thanks. Viriditas ( talk) 00:50, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
The fact is that admissions to the "prestige" universities, before 1970 were a joke and depended on social status. So, what what were the requirements in the late 1960s when Adams got admitted to the Commonwealth of Virginia Medical School? No BA required? Heck, my fellow students at Johns Hopkins in the late 1970s would have gotten apoplectic to know this. (I am not a physician and never planned to be one.) There needs to be am explanation of why CVU med school took a student with not undergrad degree in the article. This is not an attack on the subject of this article, but many would-be medical students might find this admission "interesting" and would want to know why. 138.51.38.133 ( talk) 22:38, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
It needs to be included in this article that Adams is a public of supporter of the abortion of unborn children and the killing of the the elderly: https://inquisition.ca/en/philo/artic/patch_adams.htm The current article is a false unless this is included. Patch is not all that funny when he wants to kill human beings for convenience. 138.51.38.133 ( talk) 00:09, 13 January 2024 (UTC)