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I'm not sure of the history of this template, so I don't want to upset anyone who worked hard on it, but a few things seem really problematic to me. The classifications seem a bit inexact.
What do people think? The template is only as good as the articles which exist to fill it and there coverage of this topic on Wikipedia right now is really thin. Abridged 23:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
(moved from my talkpage to here) Sorry, I've been the only one working on it for a while, so I didn't actually realise there was anyone else to talk to about it.
Basically, the changes I made were:
Swapped Materia Medica for more relevant Homeopathic Materia Medica. Materia Medica is only secondarily homeopathy-related. Per a merge and cleanup, removed Materia Medica Pura Removed Herbalism as not strongly related to homeopathy. A little category name tweaking for appearance reasons. Vanished user talk 23:35, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Abridged 23:38, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Anthroposophy and Traditional medicine - first only distantly related, second doesn't even mention homeopathy. I wonder if we should add allopathy, as the term was coined by Hahnemann, even if it's now more of a generalised alternative medicine slur against conventional. Vanished user talk 23:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
OK, so I moved bach and isopathy to "related" and left "allopathy" there. I don't have a strong opinon on that (other than wincing when I see the term --look at my userboxes if you don't understand :=) . I like the reorder you with the homeopaths. This looks much better now. Abridged 00:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Should we add Robin Murphy and Anthony Campbell? Vanished user talk 01:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Made a few minor appearance changes, fixed some bugs. Vanished user talk 16:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Luc De Schepper added. He is one of the most prominent modern homeopaths, has written the now standard beginning text and an advanced text. Abridged talk 20:21, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Could the editor who keeps adding him to the template please describe why he is notable enough to be one of a handful of homeopaths mentioned? He doesn't have any major publications and doesn't seem to have made a salient contribution. I might not know his work well enough to know his contribution, but I'll keep reverting until someone edits his biopage to show more notability. Abridged talk 22:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Alternative medicine Template‑class | |||||||
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I'm not sure of the history of this template, so I don't want to upset anyone who worked hard on it, but a few things seem really problematic to me. The classifications seem a bit inexact.
What do people think? The template is only as good as the articles which exist to fill it and there coverage of this topic on Wikipedia right now is really thin. Abridged 23:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
(moved from my talkpage to here) Sorry, I've been the only one working on it for a while, so I didn't actually realise there was anyone else to talk to about it.
Basically, the changes I made were:
Swapped Materia Medica for more relevant Homeopathic Materia Medica. Materia Medica is only secondarily homeopathy-related. Per a merge and cleanup, removed Materia Medica Pura Removed Herbalism as not strongly related to homeopathy. A little category name tweaking for appearance reasons. Vanished user talk 23:35, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Abridged 23:38, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
Anthroposophy and Traditional medicine - first only distantly related, second doesn't even mention homeopathy. I wonder if we should add allopathy, as the term was coined by Hahnemann, even if it's now more of a generalised alternative medicine slur against conventional. Vanished user talk 23:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
OK, so I moved bach and isopathy to "related" and left "allopathy" there. I don't have a strong opinon on that (other than wincing when I see the term --look at my userboxes if you don't understand :=) . I like the reorder you with the homeopaths. This looks much better now. Abridged 00:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Should we add Robin Murphy and Anthony Campbell? Vanished user talk 01:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Made a few minor appearance changes, fixed some bugs. Vanished user talk 16:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Luc De Schepper added. He is one of the most prominent modern homeopaths, has written the now standard beginning text and an advanced text. Abridged talk 20:21, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Could the editor who keeps adding him to the template please describe why he is notable enough to be one of a handful of homeopaths mentioned? He doesn't have any major publications and doesn't seem to have made a salient contribution. I might not know his work well enough to know his contribution, but I'll keep reverting until someone edits his biopage to show more notability. Abridged talk 22:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)