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Which version to go with at the Empathy article?

We need some opinions about which version of the Empathy article we should go with -- the current version or the version seen at User:Benteziegen/sandbox. Of course, we don't have to go with either version and could develop the article in another way. But the current one is the current one. Discussion is at Talk:Empathy#Theory and empirical section. The Empathy article deals with a number of medical/health topics, and neuroscience matters, ranging from autism, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, psychopathy, and so on. I also contacted WP:Med about weighing in. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:28, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!

A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.

– Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

A possible Science/STEM User Group

There's a discussion about a possible User Group for STEM over at Meta:Talk:STEM_Wiki_User_Group. The idea would be to help coordinate, collaborate and network cross-subject, cross-wiki and cross-language to share experience and resources that may be valuable to the relevant wikiprojects. Current discussion includes preferred scope and structure. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 03:04, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

need feedback

Please chime in at Talk:Hearing#Add new section. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:02, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Are Spinal neuron and Spinal interneuron distinct?

I would do a proposed merge, but it looks like neither article has gotten much editing traffic in the past year. Is there some subtle difference between these two classes of neuron, or are they two names for the same thing? ―Thanks, Vahurzpu (talk) 02:00, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Interneurons are a subset of neurons, so all interneurons are also neurons, but not all neurons are interneurons. So they are distinct. But that doesn't mean that these pages couldn't be merged. Looking just now at spinal neuron, it's kind of embarrassing. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:29, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Portal MfD

FYI: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Neuroscience. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:27, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Digital media use and mental health FA nom

Hello! I was wondering if any members of the WikiProject could kindly take a look at the review for this article that I nominated. It has a neuroscience section out of interest. With many kind thanks --[E.3][chat2][me] 13:51, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Selfish brain theory

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but this looks rather wacky to me. Perhaps somebody here can have a look? It has been at AFD in 2011, but criteria have become more stringent, I feel, so another AfD may be called for. --Randykitty (talk) 16:49, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Don't anthropomorphize neural homeostasis mechanisms; they hate that. More seriously, the article looks essay-like with a lot of synthesis and few sources outside Peters' group using this concept. This chapter might be secondary, but I haven't dug deep. I am dubious about notability. One alternative might be to redirect/smerge to Achim Peters, which has a summary of the theory. --{{u|Mark viking}} {Talk} 21:10, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Yikes, what a lousy article! It's also badly written and formatted, in addition to being promotional and POV. I'd support just making it a redirect to the Peters page (which can be done without going through an AfD). --Tryptofish (talk) 22:32, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Redirecting is indeed a good idea, I think. I'll be BOLD and go ahed, let's see whether it stands. Meanwhile, the Achim Peters artyicle can use some attention, too... --Randykitty (talk) 15:27, 14 September 2019 (UTC)