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Kasmith (talk · contribs) / IL-2 receptor IL-2 receptor

Too detailed

Why does this article have to be so detailed? I mean, if anyone need to know the receptor affinity they will not look it up on wikipedia (since wikipedia is not a trusted source in scentific matters). Would be better to just describe it's role in a physiological context. /80.217.232.217 18:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

@ "Too detailed": Six years on wikipedia has gained a lot of trustworthyness in the scientific community. Not as a proper reference in an academic document but for gaining a first impression regarding a new or unfamiliar topic. The level or detail is good as long as it is backed up with trustworthy references, like scientific papers.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.17.160 (talk • contribs) 12:15, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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Proposed merge with IL2RA

This page is about the same gene as IL2RA, the pages should be merged. AstarothCY (talk) 16:51, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you think that, I'm curious to know what you think we should do with IL2RB? CV9933 (talk) 18:53, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, I think that helps me clarify what my concern is with this page, which is the gene/locus information in the sidebar. As would be my preference, those identifiers would need to be removed entirely from this article as they are already present in the corresponding article for each subunit (and those articles are linked to in the article already). As an example, the article for another dimeric protein, LFA-1, does not contain any such identifiers, though that article is also problematic as it does not properly link to the appropriate subunit-specific articles (which do exist). Would it make sense to then keep this article but simply remove the gene identifiers? AstarothCY (talk) 07:04, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for sharing your views. The article sidebar has three info-boxes containing very handy links which allow the reader to quickly reference further information. Although the three info-boxes located together, cause you some concern, for me that configuration gives a better clue to what this article is about. The lede sentence contains a link to a protein trimer which helps further in understanding the structure of this protein. I don't doubt the validity of your concerns though, we have many articles tagged as too technical so there is always a requirement for us to make these aricles as accessible as possible. CV9933 (talk) 12:03, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]