Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dentistry
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[edit] Dental amalgam controversy
Any dentists or toothy-interested persons might want to have a look at dental amalgam controversy and it's talk page. I'm having a discussion with User:Dr. Imbeau that might be of interest (Talk:Dental amalgam controversy#Critics). · j e r s y k o talk · 00:20, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 'Palmer notation' vs 'Palmer notation method'
User:Dozenist asked if I could help out by checking if any of his list of dental stubs had a cross-over into wider medical practice - most of terms I had never heard of. However I did learn that the system I had always seen in UK used by GPs, ENTs and Dentists in communicating between themselves not only was not the only system, but that it had a name. Unfortunately Palmer notation article did not yet exist, so having done some research, I created it. Then checking the "what links here", it became apparent that wikipedia articles use two attempts to link to this topic: the various teeth articles use Palmer notation whilst the various numbering-method articles use Palmer Notation Method. Before I adjust Palmer Notation Method links to Palmer notation, could a dentist please advise which is the more correct of the two terms (PS 'Palmer Notation Method' breaches wikipedia article naming as it would need to be 'Palmer notation method') :-) Yours David Ruben Talk 02:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- My morphology textbook, which is called Wheeler's Dental Anatomy, Physiology, and Occlusion, uses the term "Palmer notation system." It also says it is referred to "less commonly as the Zsigmondy/Palmer notation system." - Dozenist talk 02:43, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- I note the other relevant articles are named Dental notation and FDI World Dental Federation notation, neither of which qualify their topic's title as being a "system" David Ruben Talk 22:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Shortcut
I note the wikiproject announces its shortcut as being WP:DENT, which probably explains why I struggled to find the thing. Any objection to having alternative/additional shortcut of WP:DENTISTRY ? :-) David Ruben Talk 22:47, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Project directory
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 00:15, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Problem assessing articles
I assessed some articles, and they still are listed as unassessed (as well as what I assessed them). Anyone know what the problem could be? RobJ1981 22:19, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Periodontitis vs Periodontal disease
Interesting discussing about terminology on Talk:Periodontal disease.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:17, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 18:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Front Page
Pulpectomy. Wow. I didn't know anybody else was interested in dentistry.Dr-G - Illigetimi nil carborundum est. 17:06, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
- Neat. I like the illustration. Did you write that article, Dozenist? I couldn't determine who the primary author was from the history. · j e r s y k o talk · 17:10, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
I like the icons in your wiki project page, but clicking on them takes you to the information about the png picture. is there a way of making the icons clickable links?Bouncingmolar 11:38, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
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- No idea. Root canal, maybe? · j e r s y k o talk · 13:30, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Relevant FTC
Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Teeth, fyi. Honest assessments requested. · j e r s y k o talk · 02:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Interdental plate
Interdental plate has been created & needs expanding. Hopefully you guys will be able to spruce it up. Just so you know. It needs assessing too... Thanks, Spawn Man 07:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lentulo spiral
Please post on the Talk:Lentulo spiral page to protect it from speedy deletion. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 13:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dental Wikipedians
I was wondering what you guys thought of trying to recruit more dentists into this project. Rather than making a new template and have to insert it everywhere, do you think it's a good idea to alter the existing Wikiproject Dentistry template to say something line "Join us if you want to help out"...this way we can have more than just a handful of people on this. DRosenbach (Talk | Contribs) 12:04, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
- Anything we can do to recruite more dentists, the better. Are you talking about the article rating template? - Dozenist talk 15:47, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Tooth article name
In case anyone is interested, there is a conversation about what to do with the information in the tooth article, as most of it refers to the human teeth. Should the content be moved out to an article called, human teeth (or some variant of that), or should there be a new article called, teeth in animals (or some variant of that). The discussion is taking place here. - Dozenist talk 15:47, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- I find it hard to believe that there's not a naming convention or Manual of Style guideline out there somewhere that addresses this type of issue. If there's not, this needs to be discussed at one of those talk pages so that a community consensus can be reached on this issue, as this type of thing would affect quite a few articles, methinks. · j e r s y k o talk · 16:37, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
