SAS Wikipedia Pharmacology Project

[rocknroll714]

I'm a prominent member of the Wikipedia community (user:Rocknroll714) and I contribute to their pharmacology articles almost on a daily basis. Unfortunately, there are relatively few of us working and we need more help. Many of the articles have incomplete and sometimes even false information. So! I'm wondering if anyone here with at least basic pharmacology knowledge wants to help contribute to the articles, notably drug articles such as the phenelzine article which I recently rewrote:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenelzine

Any contributions would be highly appreciated. If you do edit something, please post in this thread so we can give you credit. You'll get mad props from me! Also remember, Wikipedia is one of the major sources of information on the web. Anything you contribute will very likely potentially be read by millions of people and will make a difference, I promise you that :P

Some examples of stuff that needs work:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranylcypromine (compared to the phenelzine article this one is horrible)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isocarboxazid (omg my eyes are burning)

And so forth.. see the antidepressant table at the bottom of these pages for more links. Also see the anxiolytic page and bottom category. Links:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Antidepressants
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiolytic
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Anxiolytics

[Drew]

I think this is a great idea. I'm going to sticky this thread if you don't mind.

[rocknroll714]

Originally Posted by Drew

I think this is a great idea. I'm going to sticky this thread if you don't mind.

Ohh don't mind if you do! Thank you very much. I hope people see the thread up here though.. but then again they didn't seem to notice it very much otherwise anyway

[Medline]

My psychopharmacology knowledge is ok, but I am not a english native speaker, so I would have a hard time writing/editing these wikipedia articles.

[rocknroll714]

Originally Posted by Medline

My psychopharmacology knowledge is ok, but I am not a english native speaker, so I would have a hard time writing/editing these wikipedia articles.

No kidding?? I've known you for I don't know how long on these boards and I never had a clue. Your English always seemed fine to me. If you're willing to contribute I would have absolutely no problem going over your changes and fixing any language/grammar mistakes.

[IllusionalFate]

I've been planning to add references to the entire Phenelzine page, so this will remind me to get on that. I'll probably have it done in a few days if it hasn't already been done by then.

Btw, excellent job writing that page rocknroll.

[Medline]

No kidding?? I've known you for I don't know how long on these boards and I never had a clue. Your English always seemed fine to me. If you're willing to contribute I would have absolutely no problem going over your changes and fixing any language/grammar mistakes.

At the moment I have much work, but I think about it. By the way: Before posting I often use an online dictionary (dict.cc) or let google correct the english word I'm not sure how to write, therefor my postings are quite error free.

[rocknroll714]

Originally Posted by IllusionalFate

I've been planning to add references to the entire Phenelzine page, so this will remind me to get on that. I'll probably have it done in a few days if it hasn't already been done by then.

Btw, excellent job writing that page rocknroll.

Awesome, and thank you :D

Originally Posted by Medline

At the moment I have much work, but I think about it. By the way: Before posting I often use an online dictionary (dict.cc) or let google correct the english word I'm not sure how to write, therefor my postings are quite error free. ;)

Ah I see, no problem.

[rocknroll714]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ro...pressant_table
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Dopaminergics
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ro...14/mirtazapine

Three new major additions of mine that are for the most part complete. Still need to merge in the dopaminergics template and mirtazapine article. Also need to reformat the references in the mirtazapine article before I do so. It's gonna be a major pain merging them.

[MissMay1977]

Loverboy- I am not sure if you are getting compensated for your articles or input, but may I suggest you start networking to get a job or career so you can be compensated for your greatness. :-) That goes for all the smarty pants :-)

[rocknroll714]

Originally Posted by MissMay1977

Loverboy- I am not sure if you are getting compensated for your articles or input, but may I suggest you start networking to get a job or career so you can be compensated for your greatness. :-) That goes for all the smarty pants :-)

Thank you :D

Working on this now:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Serotonergics

Also see this:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ro...714/affinities

[rocknroll714]

Finished the serotonergics template:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Serotonergics

"I've got blisters on my fingers!"

Hehehe.

[rocknroll714]

Finished the mirtazapine article, fully rewritten:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirtazapine

That's my finest article yet. 67 references!

[rocknroll714]

If anybody is sick of adding references manually, you can use this tool instead:

• http://toolserver.org/~diberri/cgi-b...ller/index.cgi

Enjoy ;)

[Drew]

Originally Posted by rocknroll714

If anybody is sick of adding references manually, you can use this tool instead:

• http://toolserver.org/~diberri/cgi-bin/templatefiller/index.cgi

Enjoy

That's really slick! Thanks for sharing it.

[rocknroll714]

Originally Posted by Drew

That's really slick! Thanks for sharing it. :)

You're welcome :)

[rocknroll714]

Finished this:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:GABAAergics

And working on this:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Adrenergics

[jim_morrison]

Hey Rocknroll, Kudos for the great work, It was intresting to read about the Mirtazapine-5HT2c receptor antagonist - Dopamine link, I wasn't aware of that before reading your article! I found the binding affinitys table useful aswell.

A bit of topic, but I've been reading some articles at Hedweb latly, I found them to be pretty interesting too.

[rocknroll714]

Originally Posted by jim_morrison

Hey Rocknroll, Kudos for the great work, It was intresting to read about the Mirtazapine-5HT2c receptor antagonist - Dopamine link, I wasn't aware of that before reading your article! I found the binding affinitys table useful aswell.

A bit of topic, but I've been reading some articles at Hedweb latly, I found them to be pretty interesting too.

Thanks! Hedweb and BLTC in general is a great network. David Pearce is a genius ;)

[jim_morrison]

Originally Posted by rocknroll714

Thanks! Hedweb and BLTC in general is a great network. David Pearce is a genius

Agreed! I'm reading the Hedonistic Imperative at the moment, interesting stuff.

Btw heres an article on mirtazapine i think you might be interested in if you havn't already came across it.
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/2030e2.htm