Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Pathology task force

The overall goal of the pathology task force is to make Wikipedia the most comprehensive pathology resource for the public. Specific goals of the task force are:

• Refine sections of existing medicine articles pertaining to mechanisms of disease
• Ensure that articles created on pathology topics are thoroughly referenced and include up-to-date links to the most recent literature
• Explain the use of evidence-based medicine in pathology
• Maintain consistency per WP:MEDMOS on pathology articles
• Produce pathology-themed featured articles based on the above
• Strenghten the articles related to forensics
• Increase the number of images attached to articles - making use of freely available images from places like:
  • Wikicommons - see: Wikicommons Main Page, KGH, Nephron
  • Pathology Wikibook and its more advanced German version

All Wikipedians are welcome to join! You need no medical expertise or specific pathology expertise in order to contribute to this task force.

Experimental pathology preferred to Investigative pathology

Clinical pathology preferred to Laboratory medicine

Clinical chemistry preferred to Chemical pathology

Anatomical pathology preferred to Anatomic pathology

Improving the quality of the "core" pages listed on the template {{pathology}} (see below) is a top priority for the project. Note that some of the "tools" pages (e.g. electron microscopy) are well-developed but lack coverage of the topic in the context of pathology

See especially:

• Pathology
• Molecular pathology
• Cytopathology

• pap smear
• pap stain

• Forensic pathology
• Clinical pathology
• Clinical chemistry
• Transfusion medicine
• Medical microbiology
• Dental pathology
• Coroner (given that, in most countries outside the US, the coroner is entirely a medical position filled by a pathologist)

Also see Category:Pathology stubs and Category:Pathology articles needing expert attention.

• Autopsy
• Intratubular germ cell neoplasia
• Spermatocytic seminoma

WikiProject Medicine assessment statistics Medicine articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total   FA 7 14 19 23 63   FL 2 3 9 14   FM 74 74   GA 30 47 112 183 1 373 B 57 427 1,316 1,735 31 3,566 C 5 414 3,174 7,666 172 11,431 Start 135 4,594 17,893 1 383 23,006 Stub 1,603 9,959 501 12,063 List 23 271 575 15 884 Category 10,714 10,714 Disambig 172 172 File 479 479 Portal 540 540 Project 168 168 Redirect 455 836 5,904 7,195 Template 1,687 1,687 NA 15 15 Draft 4 285 289 Assessed 99 1,062 11,547 38,883 20,039 1,103 72,733 Unassessed 1 1 87 89 Total 99 1,062 11,548 38,884 20,039 1,190 72,822 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 244,582 Ω = 4.84 worklist • log • category

Pathology task force assessment statistics Pathology articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total   FA 1 1 1 3   FL 1 1   GA 1 1 B 3 7 29 12 15 66 C 2 11 34 48 51 146 Start 2 13 57 84 132 288 Stub 1 15 62 60 138 List 1 1 1 1 4 Category 217 217 Redirect 3 5 16 24 Template 8 8 NA 1 1 Assessed 7 34 142 212 243 259 897 Unassessed 1 1 Total 7 34 142 212 243 260 898 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 3,052 Ω = 4.75 worklist • log • category

More stats are found here.

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• Cholangiocarcinoma

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{{pathology-stub}} - Marks stub articles related to pathology subspecialties, tools, and techniques, as well as gross pathology and histopathology - related entities.

{{pathology}} - Yields the "blue box" for major pages:

The template for marking an article as part of the Pathology task force is part of the WikiProject Medicine banner, {{WPMED}}. It can be inserted into an article's talkpage with:

{{WPMED |class= |importance= |pathology=yes |pathology-imp= }}

The first "importance" parameter is the subject's importance to the overall field of medicine, according to the guidelines here. The importance of a subject to the field of pathology should be listed with the "pathology-imp" parameter.