Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Maths, science, and technology

The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:

Talk:Race Differences in Intelligence (book)

NOTE: This RfC was initiated by a sock of a blocked user. See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#An_RfC_initiated_by_a_sock_of_a_blocked_user. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:01, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Kozyrev mirror

The pseudo-scientific "Kozyrev mirror" has no relation to the scientist Nikolai Kozyrev. However, this subject has been quite extensively presented in mass media (newspaper articles and TV documentaries in Russia, so it deserves a place in Wikipedia with due criticism. But not as re-direct to Nikolai_Aleksandrovich_Kozyrev. One of my recent versions in the history of this article can be taken as a reasonable stub. Sergei Gutnikov (talk) 02:39, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Duloxetine

I propose adding "In France Prescrire has stating that duloxetine is potentially more harmful than beneficial due to its greater side effects and there being better agents available. Thus it has lists it in its 2014 list of drugs to avoid." I see adding a major non USA and independent opinion to be positive.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:38, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Sunburn

A sunburnt female that was partially protected by a bathing suit.

Should this be our lead image?

Support

There are other versions with nipples and vagina pixelated / covered. I think this image shows more of the effect of sun on the entire body than the current image. So if nudity is the issue I could revert to a censored version

Not a big fan of pixelation. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 07:30, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Alcohol flush reaction

An Asian man with an alcohol flush reaction.

This image does not display the condition in question very well. Thus I propose its removal. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:28, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Cold fusion

There are at least two parts to this RFC. If other questions are proposed, they can be added. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:46, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Violet (color)

:For reference: version without the change vs version with the change PaleAqua (talk) 21:15, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Deepak Chopra

Should we move criticism of Dr Chopra up the lede? Right now it's in the second half of the final para. Balaenoptera musculus (talk) 11:20, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Talk:Iatrogenesis

===Difference between iatrogenesis and medical harm?

Blacksun1942 as you pointed out, the article on medical harm said that it included more harms than iatrogenic illness. However, I removed that statement as it was unsourced. Something that comes to mind is medical debt, which is a fairly new concept as only recently have people been able to get huge lines of credit in some places for health care which they cannot afford. However, I am not sure whether that cannot be termed "iatrogenesis", as it seems to be a problem originating from the doctor or a side effect of treatment.

What do you have in mind as the difference between iatrogenesis and medical harm? What material belongs in one article but not the other? Where do these articles not overlap?

I recognize that I have no source saying that the two are the same, but any source describing either of these terms seems to talk about the same concepts. The articles seem to have a lot of overlapping content, and perhaps it could overlap entirely. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:39, 6 June 2014 (UTC)