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Per [1] is "Alternative medicine" a better heading than "Alternative and pseudo‑medicine"? According to WP [2], they are pretty much the same thing. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 10:10, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that the COVID-19 link in the Conspiracies section goes to Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic but the wording shows as "COVID-19 pandemic" - that could be misread as implying that the pandemic itself is the conspiracy, rather than that there are conspiracy theories about the pandemic. Everything else in that section is wording more clearly eg anti-vaccine, HIV/AIDS denialism What about a change of wording to
- Amousey (they/them pronouns) (talk) 10:01, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
I object to the addition of Chemtrail conspiracy theory to this template. Chemtrails are not a form of medicine or medical treatment. Gråbergs Gråa Sång rightfully removed this more than a year ago. - MrX 🖋 00:39, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Related discussion, for the interested. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 17:03, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
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This sidebar paints osteopathy as a pseudoscience and alternative medicine. The entire "This article is part of a series on Alternative medicine" sidebar should be removed as it talks about osteopathy in the same light as other fringe medicine and conspiracy theories that are not substantiated in science. Osteopathic physicians (DOs) are recognized by the same medical boards that recognize allopathic physicians (MDs). Furthermore, there are numerous peer reviewed articles detailing the benefit of OMT (osteopathic manipulative treatment) over placebo AS WELL AS over traditional western medicine. By having this here Wikipedia is promoting the continued marginalization of osteopathic physicians. OMT is also covered my medicare, medicaid and all other major insurance companies because they know that it works, decreases healthcare costs, and they recognize the need for OMT in our healthcare system. It is not an "alternative medicine" or a "pseudoscience" anymore more than allopathic medicine. Please feel free to email me directly at drfischer@manaomana.org if you have any questions/concerns about this edit request and thank you so much for removing this misinformation from your site. DrJacobFischer ( talk) 22:50, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
The list of quackeries seems to be in alphabetical order, but Biological terrain assessment is between Homeopathy and Hydrotherapy. It should be up between Bates method and Black salve, yes?
Also now that I have looked closer, there are a couple of others out of order. So should the list be kept in alphabetical order or is there some other sorting pattern that I'm not seeing? - Wikkiwonkk ( talk) 02:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
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Alternative medicine Template‑class | |||||||
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Per [1] is "Alternative medicine" a better heading than "Alternative and pseudo‑medicine"? According to WP [2], they are pretty much the same thing. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 10:10, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that the COVID-19 link in the Conspiracies section goes to Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic but the wording shows as "COVID-19 pandemic" - that could be misread as implying that the pandemic itself is the conspiracy, rather than that there are conspiracy theories about the pandemic. Everything else in that section is wording more clearly eg anti-vaccine, HIV/AIDS denialism What about a change of wording to
- Amousey (they/them pronouns) (talk) 10:01, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
I object to the addition of Chemtrail conspiracy theory to this template. Chemtrails are not a form of medicine or medical treatment. Gråbergs Gråa Sång rightfully removed this more than a year ago. - MrX 🖋 00:39, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Related discussion, for the interested. Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 17:03, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
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This sidebar paints osteopathy as a pseudoscience and alternative medicine. The entire "This article is part of a series on Alternative medicine" sidebar should be removed as it talks about osteopathy in the same light as other fringe medicine and conspiracy theories that are not substantiated in science. Osteopathic physicians (DOs) are recognized by the same medical boards that recognize allopathic physicians (MDs). Furthermore, there are numerous peer reviewed articles detailing the benefit of OMT (osteopathic manipulative treatment) over placebo AS WELL AS over traditional western medicine. By having this here Wikipedia is promoting the continued marginalization of osteopathic physicians. OMT is also covered my medicare, medicaid and all other major insurance companies because they know that it works, decreases healthcare costs, and they recognize the need for OMT in our healthcare system. It is not an "alternative medicine" or a "pseudoscience" anymore more than allopathic medicine. Please feel free to email me directly at drfischer@manaomana.org if you have any questions/concerns about this edit request and thank you so much for removing this misinformation from your site. DrJacobFischer ( talk) 22:50, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
The list of quackeries seems to be in alphabetical order, but Biological terrain assessment is between Homeopathy and Hydrotherapy. It should be up between Bates method and Black salve, yes?
Also now that I have looked closer, there are a couple of others out of order. So should the list be kept in alphabetical order or is there some other sorting pattern that I'm not seeing? - Wikkiwonkk ( talk) 02:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)