Talk:Glossary

The Lingo Extension would allow this glossary to be used as tooltips for the rest of the site. This would mean awkward words / phrases could go here and would not need their own page, eg diurnial fluctuations just means fluctuating during the day. -- The Terminology page is in the correct format, so these pages need merging. The Lingo extension has been requested.

Do we merge Abbreviations into it too? Also I don't think there is much point keeping journal names as in Abbreviations - we don't normally refer to journals with abbreviations, and are creating pages for key journals that can be linked to instead, eg The Lancet. Thoughts? notjusttired (talk) 19:57, 15 April 2019 (EDT)


 * User:Notjusttired I made a first attempt to convert the first two terms in the Glossary page into Terminology style. You may have a better idea how to do this.  I think it's a great idea to merge Glossary, Terminology, and Abbreviations into one page.  As for journal abbreviations, there are only a few abbreviations I can think of that are commonly used, e.g. BMJ, PLOS, NEJM.  Hope this helps.
 * Pyrrhus (talk) 20:05, October 23, 2019 (EDT)

Split?
The glossary now contains many terms that are only relevant to either ME or CFS, but not to both. Would it not be more effective to have separate glossaries? Guido den Broeder (talk) 21:43, September 11, 2019 (EDT)
 * No. Users are unlikely to browse the glossary. It underlines words on pages where they are found so the user can get an expansion. It is a site-wide not a glossary for ME, so terms used in other illnesses or general research and medical terms will be here, and possibly slightly unusual or complex words for the average user eg iatrogenic, hypoglycaemia, p-values, biochemistry terms. The main idea of the glossary is to improve readability and to avoid having hundreds of stubs containing a 1-2 line explanation. notjusttired (talk) 10:51, September 16, 2019 (EDT)
 * So why again are nearly all the links blue? Is this not a page for readers? It's in mainspace. By the way, you're not adressing my point. Guido den Broeder (talk) 11:08, September 16, 2019 (EDT)
 * User:JaimeS User:Kmdenmark User:Sisyphus User:Pyrrhus I forgot this content was not merged with the Terminology (the tool tips popups page). Should I move the content not about ME/CFS out (as Guido suggested) - and put it on Terminology - although anything on that page cannot include links to other pages. Terminology pop-ups only appear when words aren't linked to another page, and many of these will be. Particularly the IOM report link, terms like somatic. The alternative would be to title the page as Glossary of ME, CFS and science terms or similar. notjusttired (talk) 12:35, September 17, 2019 (EDT)
 * That's not what I suggested, thanks. Guido den Broeder (talk) 13:47, September 17, 2019 (EDT)