Wikipedia:Featured article review/Parkinson's disease/archive1

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The article was delisted by Nikkimaria via FACBot (talk) 9:33, 17 October 2020 (UTC) [1].

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Parkinson's disease

Notified: :Doc James, Anthonyhcole, Jfdwolff, WPMED, WP Psych, WP Disability

Review section

Parkinson's disease is one of dozens of medical FAs that have fallen out of compliance, mostly because their main authors are no longer editing, and no one has carefully kept the FAs up to snuff. Parkinson's was promoted in 2011, and its main editor has not edited since 2013. Almost all of the sources used in the article date to Garrondo's editing, and there has been almost no attempt to keep the article updated, although it averages about 5,000 pageviews daily (one of the highest for the Medicine project). There has been no response to updates needed since February. Problems are throughout but are particularly noticeable in the Research section, which contains numerous statements about current research that are dated; if these items were significant, they would be mentioned in secondary reviews by now. (That section should also be considerably trimmed, and has become a dumping ground.) Other problems that are easily noticeable is content in the lead that is out of sync with or not present in the body of the article. For example, 117,400 global deaths, life expectancy. Subtypes are not mentioned. Parkinson's research has advanced considerably since this article was written, but the article has stagnated. It is also highly cited to the NINDS rather than relying on the underlying more authoritative literature. Page numbers or section headings are needed on lengthy journal articles. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:38, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

• Move to FARC needs some serious updating, no one has (yet) stepped up. (t · c) buidhe 06:36, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
• Hold on, PainProf has just indicated they may be willing and able to help with improvements.SandyGeorgia (Talk) 10:05, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
  • Update, PainProf has started working, so I will join the effort (soon) and try to encourage others to help. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:19, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

@PainProf:, I am not going to be able to take the lead on this; I have more on my plate than I can handle, and other medical editors don't seem to have stepped up or taken an interest. Could we get your opinion on where the article stands after the work you've done? I am concerned that you and I alone are not enough to salvage the star here. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

I need to look at this in more depth, I have to submit a big grant this week but will look over it again at the weekend PainProf (talk) 11:54, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

PainProf, any update? Nikkimaria (talk) 18:56, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Let’s Move to FARC; there has been no other interest from the Medicine Project. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:03, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

FARC section

Issues raised in the review section include sourcing and comprehensiveness. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:50, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

• Delist, reluctantly. No one is willing or able to update the article; sadly, but we have been here long enough and there has been no improvement. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:14, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
• Delist Tagged as needing additional medical references, requiring reliable medical sources, unsourced statements and in need of updating. DrKay (talk) 14:53, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
• Closing note: This removal candidate has been delisted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please leave the {{featured article review}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:33, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

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