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The lead paragraph states approxiamately 70% of cases are symptomatic however the source for that information says Approximately 70% of all polio infections in children are asymptomatic I could not find information on the number of cases in general that are asymptomatic. Could someone please revert this Watch Atlas791 ( talk) 00:54, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
Is it just me? It seems extremely odd that there isn't a section in the article documenting the ongoing attempts to eradicate the virus (or did I just miss it?). With a fair wind, Polio will be relegated to the history section in the next few years. New funding for the ongoing attempt announced by UNICEF a month ago: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2023/10/one-billion-health-security-financing-eib-european-commission Rafflesgluft ( talk) 08:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
I am reviewing this article as part of WP:URFA/2020, an initiative to review Wikipedia's oldest articles. Upon quickly skimming this article, I noticed some concerns which I have outlined below:
Is anyone interested in fixing up this article? Z1720 ( talk) 02:30, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
@ Robertpedley: I am very busy in real life so I only took a skim, but here are some thoughts:
I hope work continues on this. Z1720 ( talk) 15:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
I'll add another review since Hog Farm pinged me here. In short, I'm sure this article has good bones from its original FA work, but articles naturally deteriorate over time, and this one needs some renovations to bring it back up to the FA criteria. The two big things (with a non-exhaustive list of examples):
These would require some moderately heavy lifting. Once addressed, there are some smaller prose issues that should be ironed out to make the article shine. But that can wait until we have structure and sources we like. Happy to help with this where possible, but realistically I won't have the bandwidth to take the lead on this or do more than a section or two for a while. In the meantime, if there's any way I can be useful, just let me know. Best, Ajpolino ( talk) 02:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
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Reporting errors |
The lead paragraph states approxiamately 70% of cases are symptomatic however the source for that information says Approximately 70% of all polio infections in children are asymptomatic I could not find information on the number of cases in general that are asymptomatic. Could someone please revert this Watch Atlas791 ( talk) 00:54, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
Is it just me? It seems extremely odd that there isn't a section in the article documenting the ongoing attempts to eradicate the virus (or did I just miss it?). With a fair wind, Polio will be relegated to the history section in the next few years. New funding for the ongoing attempt announced by UNICEF a month ago: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2023/10/one-billion-health-security-financing-eib-european-commission Rafflesgluft ( talk) 08:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
I am reviewing this article as part of WP:URFA/2020, an initiative to review Wikipedia's oldest articles. Upon quickly skimming this article, I noticed some concerns which I have outlined below:
Is anyone interested in fixing up this article? Z1720 ( talk) 02:30, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
@ Robertpedley: I am very busy in real life so I only took a skim, but here are some thoughts:
I hope work continues on this. Z1720 ( talk) 15:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
I'll add another review since Hog Farm pinged me here. In short, I'm sure this article has good bones from its original FA work, but articles naturally deteriorate over time, and this one needs some renovations to bring it back up to the FA criteria. The two big things (with a non-exhaustive list of examples):
These would require some moderately heavy lifting. Once addressed, there are some smaller prose issues that should be ironed out to make the article shine. But that can wait until we have structure and sources we like. Happy to help with this where possible, but realistically I won't have the bandwidth to take the lead on this or do more than a section or two for a while. In the meantime, if there's any way I can be useful, just let me know. Best, Ajpolino ( talk) 02:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)