Category talk:Blood Fractions
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[edit] Need for an authoritative Blood Fraction Guide
Notice what you get if you search Google for Blood Fractions. There is an obvious need for a website that presents blood fractions in a definitive, unbiased way. To serve an inquiring public we must become number one on the Search engines.
[edit] Glossary Term Categorizations
We need to determine the best possible use of categories in the context of this wiki. Please review:
[edit] Housekeeping Issues for Wikipedes
Editorializing
1 : to express an opinion in the form of an editorial 2 : to introduce opinion into the reporting of facts 3 : to express an opinion (as on a controversial issue)
- We should avoid editorializing within the main document? It is in keeping with the wiki process to discuss such issues off page (in this discussion area) and make changes onpage. However, be brave be bold; if you want to change a word, a sentence or a paragraph---just do it. It someone else, including the person who wrote the original version, thinks your change lacks merit they will change it back or write something else. Just don't be reckless. Remember to leave an edit summary giving the reason for the change.
NOTE: The edit by Jstrong did not belong on this page and so I have moved it to the Summary section under Interferon and Interleukin.--DavidAmpleford 22 August 2005 21:04 (CDT)
- Must we pitch our idea in the form of an editorial comment before making a change? Absolutely not. We must learn to have strength born of convictionto make changes when we feel our addition will enhance the document. While we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings we do have a common mission to build the best knowledgebase known to man. Let's agree to put the mission ahead of ourselves. Let's give one another permission to bravely cut, paste, re-write and change at will. If we feel ours or someone else's version was better either change it back or come to this forum and say so in front of everyone. That leads us to the next issue.
Editorialize in Public
- Since we are collaborating [1 : to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor] it would be good to make editorial comments or suggestions here in the discussion area for all to see and for all to comment on. The strength of Wiki is that it allows free and open sharing. It is really a compilation of what we know and research...It is the very definition of Wiki = What I Know Is. The forum setting (Noblood.org) tends to create a behind the scenes editorial process where things are decided then served to readers. The Wiki setting demands an open dialog where anyone can join the creation process. It takes courage and commitment to work in the open. It also takes trust in our fellow collaborators. Let's agree to NOT campaign behind the scenes to protect our creation. If we feel strongly about something and want to pitch our case let's do it in the open.
NOTE: The edit by Jstrong did not belong on this page and so I have moved it to the Summary section under Interferon and Interleukin.--DavidAmpleford 22 August 2005 21:04 (CDT)
[edit] Intended Audience?
If the intended audience is people working in bloodless medicine, then the guide is fine as it is. It is an excellent reference. If the intended audience is lay people, then some terms need to be defined, such as "bovine," "coagulopathy," and "topical agent." I don't even know if "coagulopathy" is included in non-medical dictionaries, but having to read anything with dictionary in hand can be a pain.Ecrum 7 July 2005 09:42 (CDT)
- I agree with this observation. We do want to make the Guide as user friendly to the layperson as possible. The question, then, is: Do we leave in those words which are understood by professionals, but add a definition for the non-professionals? For instance, do we say something like "coagulopathy (a problem with blood clotting)"? DavidAmpleford 7 July 2005 18:37 (CDT)
- In our Fractions Guide, we are seeking to provide two introductory definitions. The first can be a brief layperson-friendly explanation followed with a 'professional' comprehensive version. LarryEitel 9 July 2005 13:57 (CDT)
