Talk:Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

Miami Project to Cure Paralysis was a Natural sciences good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
February 6, 2011	Good article nominee	Not listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 28, 2011.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis completed a clinical trial to test whether hypothermia (cooling) within the first few hours of a traumatic spinal cord or brain injury makes a difference in the severity of injury?

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Notability

Very cleverly named and obvious attempts at grassroots activism, but why should this one particular research project have a Wikipedia page? JFW | T@lk 17:41, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

On Notability: The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is the world's largest research center dedicated to spinal cord injury. They occupy an entire building on the University of Miami Medical School campus with over 30 different faculty laboratories. User:Exaltation 6 August 2007

Sources

Non self-published sources are a "must" in this case. Specially since it is nominated for GA. In addition in most cases they will have to be in accordance to WP:MEDRS, and right now they are not.--Garrondo (talk) 11:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Would prefer to see some of the Project's research output directly referenced. Grounds for a fail in my view. JFW | T@lk 11:55, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Even the citations of their (primary) research is not enough for a section like "Discoveries". I would say that reviews of their scientific work, either in media or as reviewed in secondary scientific works would be required to be included in such a section. Anything else would be simply a shop-list of published works.--Garrondo (talk) 12:45, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the statements are careful to describe what the researcher are doing rather than what is the scientific fact that has been established. Hence, WP:MEDRS is not as applicable as it would be if I were sourcing an article about paralysis and the scientific debates surrounding its causes and cures. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 20:59, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My main problems are with the discoveries section: Saying: The center was the first to show conclusive evidence of chronic demyelination after spinal cord injury in humans it is clear a science claim that I feel cannot be self-referenced. Section is full of similar examples.--Garrondo (talk) 07:46, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Miami Project to Cure Paralysis/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 16:09, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article has issues regarding plagiarism. Examples:

Page: "The project discovered that the adult nervous system has a remarkable capacity to accept and integrate transplants of neuronal cell lines, and it demonstrated that embryonic neurons can reconnect to muscle and restore its function in animals. "
Source: "Discovered that the adult nervous system has a remarkable capacity to accept and integrate transplants of neuronal cell lines. Demonstrated that embryonic neurons can reconnect to muscle and restore its function in animals."
Page: "conducted the first studies establishing benefits of circuit resistance exercise training on attributes of fitness and lipid disorders in persons with both paraplegia and tetraplegia."
Source: "Undertook first studies establishing benefits of circuit resistance exercise training on attributes of fitness and lipid disorders in persons with both paraplegia and tetraplegia."

Quick-failed. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 16:09, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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