Those who advocate this, though well meaning, go way beyond our scope. This is a matter for professional journals, not an unauthoritative reader-edited encyclopedia
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I'm sure you noticed that this 2008 study >> > >> > http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050095 >> > >> > criticises media reports for citing studies and >> experts with financial ties >> > to manufacturers, without disclosing these ties to the >> reader. >> > >> > If it's improper for the media to withhold this >> information, it's equally >> > improper for us to withhold it in our articles. It's a >> question of correct >> > attribution: "According to a 2007 randomised, >> double-blind, placebo- >> > controlled trial funded by company X, involving 50 >> patients, their product >> > Y ..." >> > >> > I don't think our medical sources guideline addresses >> this point at >> > present, i.e. that we should name funding sources in >> our attribution. So >> > that is an area we could do some work on. At least it >> will be clear to >> > the reader who paid for what. >> > >> I think that would make an important difference to our >> coverage. It >> would not only inform the reader that the sources we're >> relying on >> have a financial interest in the outcome. It would also >> alert the >> editors who push to rely on those sources that additional >> disinterested sources may be needed too. > > > If anyone's interested, this is currently being discussed here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)#Funding_of_cited_research > > A. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
