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== Second JAMA study, by NIH, in 2024. == | |||
== Short description == | |||
This content is thoroughly verifiable. But it's been removed twice. @], again, how is it not comparable or better than other content in the article? Do you dispute that it's ]? That NIH-performed research is of above-par caliber? | |||
@] "Anomalous health incidents" does not give any more information than the title, and I don't see any problem in my preferred version. ] (]) 15:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
:But this is what they were. ] (]) 15:47, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
::And what I wrote is what it is, with the added benefit of disambiguation, a primary purpose for short descriptions. When an average reader searches and sees the short description "Anomalous health incidents", they're not going to know that it was a former name or anything about the syndrome other than the fact that it is related to health (duh). Being a former name is not a criterion for short descriptions, and I don't see why it should be. ] (]) 16:04, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Did you read the article, not all the incidents were over seas (for a start). ] (]) 16:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
A 2024 analysis of MRIs of US diplomatic and related personnel reporting Havana syndrome symptoms funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in JAMA reported "lower intranetwork connectivity in the ], a larger corpus callosum, and diffusion MRI differences at (''P'' < .05) ] in the ], ] (p=.006(right), .04(left)), ], ], and ]."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chan |first1=Leighton |last2=Hallett |first2=Mark |last3=Zalewski |first3=Chris K. |last4=Brewer |first4=Carmen C. |last5=Zampieri |first5=Cris |last6=Hoa |first6=Michael |last7=Lippa |first7=Sara M. |last8=Fitzgibbon |first8=Edmond |last9=French |first9=Louis M. |last10=Moses |first10=Anita D. |last11=van der Merwe |first11=André J. |last12=Pierpaoli |first12=Carlo |last13=Turtzo |first13=L. Christine |last14=Yonter |first14=Simge |last15=Shahim |first15=Pashtun |date=2 April 2024 |title=Clinical, Biomarker, and Research Tests Among US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents |url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816533 |journal=JAMA |volume=331 |issue=13 |pages=1109–1121 |doi=10.1001/jama.2024.2413 |issn=0098-7484}}</ref><ref name="artichokes">{{cite news |url=https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/109232 |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="JAMA2">{{Cite journal |last1=Pierpaoli |first1=Carlo |last2=Nayak |first2=Amritha |last3=Hafiz |first3=Rakibul |last4=Irfanoglu |first4=M. Okan |last5=Chen |first5=Gang |last6=Taylor |first6=Paul |last7=Hallett |first7=Mark |last8=Hoa |first8=Michael |last9=Pham |first9=Dzung |last10=Chou |first10=Yi-Yu |last11=Moses |first11=Anita D. |last12=van der Merwe |first12=André J. |last13=Lippa |first13=Sara M. |last14=Brewer |first14=Carmen C. |last15=Zalewski |first15=Chris K. |date=2024-04-02 |title=Neuroimaging Findings in US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents |url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816532 |journal=JAMA |language=en |volume=331 |issue=13 |pages=1122–1134 |doi=10.1001/jama.2024.2424 |issn=0098-7484 |pmc=10949155 |pmid=38497822}}</ref> These were deemed not statistically significant after ] adjustment for multiple comparisons.<ref name="JAMA2" /> | |||
:Your suggestion is problematic for the reason that families of officials have also claimed symptoms. Also, people in the United States, including at the White House, have claimed symptoms. ] (]) 16:07, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
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::Ah. Well, wouldn't adding a "mostly" solve that? ] (]) 16:17, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
] (]) 01:21, 3 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
:@] ] (]) 01:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
::This is primary research. In general we need ] for ]. It is particularly unfortunate it was presented in a way which did not do justice to the finding (which is: there was no brain injury); this something that using a good ] source would avoid. There might be a case that medpagetoday could exceptionally be used, but it is a very weak source. ] (]) 03:19, 3 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Yes, as they are only symptoms, we do not know its even real. ] (]) 13:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::One of the sources is primary. So has underlying primary research, but as you later acknowledge, it's not entirely primary. Two of the sources are secondary. @], again, how is it not comparable or better than other content in the article? Do you dispute that it's ]? That NIH-performed research is of above-par caliber? What makes medpagetoday insufficient? You removed the content twice, so either you do or don't think medpagetoday insufficient. Which is it? ] (]) 19:01, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
::An illness is the occurrence of a set of symptoms. ] (]) 13:36, 14 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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::::medpagetoday is a weak source, and I am not convinced it should be used. If other parts of this article are poorly-sourced, that is no reason to make it even ''worse''. You could help be fixing other other poor parts. ] (]) 19:10, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | ||
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:::::You're not answering my questions. For example, Your saying medpagetoday is a weak source doesn't make it one. ] (]) 19:14, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | ||
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::::How about you try improving the content instead of ]? You seem to disagree with medpagetoday's findings. Add contrasting findings. ] (]) 19:11, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | ||
:::::I think: wait for reliable sources. If you want more views abour medpagetoday's reliability for ] try ]. ] (]) 19:22, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Having symptoms IS being ill. Thinking that you have symptoms while you don't is still being ill. The current SD does not take a side on this point either, and I don't see why we have to include this facet in a summarizing and distinguishing short description.{{pb}}Pinging @] for a fresh pair of eyes. ] (]) 13:45, 14 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::I think: Follow policy. ] (]) 19:24, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Even if the illness is entirely psychological in character and brought about by a straightforward stress response that still constitutes illness. The question is not whether people who claim Havana Syndrome are sick - it's what they're sick with. ] (]) 12:41, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::I'm in agreement with Bon Courage. We would need solid secondary MEDRS-sourcing. Additionally, the proposed text was not written in encyclopedic style. ] (]) 09:27, 5 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Citing ''Bartholomew & Raloh, 2023'', {{tq|MPI is a collective stress reaction that is based on a belief and is commonly found in normal populations}} and {{tq|anyone can exhibit psychogenic symptoms and they are as real as any other symptoms}}. Basically, every theory mentioned on this article (including crickets, RF effects, MPI) treats it as "real", except for the "feigning for insurance" theory – and the general consensus seems to be that this theory is highly unlikely. ] (]) 14:52, 14 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::So do you think we should change it to illness, or keep it as symptoms? ] (]) 11:02, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Currently, it is a "medical condition", followed by a mention of main symptoms in the next sentence, which looks fine to me. I don't think any other term from ] is needed, "medical condition" and "syndrome" seem to be the most fitting. ] (]) 12:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Medical condition seems fine given the uncertainties surrounding this diagnosis. ] (]) 12:24, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::@] We're talking about the ], not the first sentence. ] (]) 12:38, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*The NIH-backed study, published in JAMA, is noteworthy and covered by plenty of reliable secondary sources . The study was recently halted due to the CIA allegedly coercing subjects into participating in it , a subject that is excepted by ] (see "Medical ethics" section of ]). Depending on how the study is covered, it shouldn't violate ] and normal editing can proceed. ] (]) 20:53, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
So what new short description is being suggested? ] (]) 12:29, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:Added information of these studies, which were widely reported in the national news, to this page, with links to AP and NPR accounts as well as NIH telebriefing transcript. Surprised to have not seen here already. ] (]) 20:07, 19 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::Unfortunately your additions failed ]. We need reliable sources (specifically ] in this case) to support content. ] (]) 03:06, 20 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::Yet more false, and misleading claims from Bon courage. ] is not part of WP:V. The additions did not fail WP:V. ] (]) 04:36, 23 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::] requires that a reliable source be provided, and ] gives guidance on what are reliable sources for ]. So yeah. This is basic. ] (]) 04:38, 23 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::Your claims were false and misleading. Your talk page / edit history is full of evidence of you "wasting other people's time and energy for them, and gaming the system, which is obstructing the improvement and development of articles." Furthermore, much of this is . Clearly you wish ] does what you say but it doesn't have that role. ] (]) 04:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::::Rather than going troll, why not consider the question. Changes in the human brain are ]. If in doubt, ask at any noticeboard. If and when appropriate ] sources show up, they will be useful for coverage. There's no hurry and this is no biggie. ] (]) 05:50, 23 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::What is trolling in my comment? You are edit warring and making up policy to enforce ] the page and removing content contrary to the RFC you claim supports your revert. ] (]) 07:09, 24 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
This page is primarily regarding the *history* of an issue of US national security covered by the media. MEDRS doesn't require keeping secret what is's about. What the collection of symptoms the media is reporting on ''is'' is encyclopedic. ] (]) 04:31, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Right now its | |||
== Publication dates == | |||
A, "Medical symptoms of unknown origin, reported primarily by overseas government workers" | |||
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10913303/ reflects the correct 2023 publication date. Note: | |||
As far as I can tell the alternative are | |||
https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/03/14/preview-pmc-improvements/: "A streamlined citation display that more clearly indicates the date an article was first made available in print or electronic format, based on data provided to PMC. Other dates — such as submission, acceptance, and issue dates — can be viewed under the Article Notes section, which can be found under the article’s authors." | |||
B, "Illness reported primarily by overseas government workers" | |||
So change to 2024 reverted. ] (]) 19:23, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
C, "Medical condition of unknown origin, reported primarily by overseas government workers" ( think) | |||
:Use the PUBMED dates for the version of record. They appear on the landing page. If we were to do otherwise many citations on Misplaced Pages would need to change. Also saying a review was "published in August 2022 by Asadi-Pooya AA" is wrong. that guy is not a publisher, but an author. ]. ] (]) 19:25, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Or | |||
::"Epub 2023 Dec 25" - PUBMED. ] (]) 19:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Yeah, don't cherry-pick that; use the date for the version of record in the metadata. You can use a tool like to produce citations in the correct format if you're struggling to do it manually. ] (]) 19:31, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
] '''] Response:''' Declining at this time, as there has not been thorough discussion of the dispute yet as required per the instructions. If and when that changes, provided other editors have not joined the dispute, you are welcome to re-file. Otherwise, you are welcome to pursue other forms of ]. ] (]) 20:10, 4 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I'm gonna support the version favoured by Bon Courage, also because I'd argue that "explored the scientific literature on Havana syndrome" is not allowed under ], we've already said its a review article, and linked the concept. ] (]) 09:23, 5 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
D, "medical condition, reported primarily by overseas government workers" (which may be what is meant) | |||
::Indeed and apart from the verbosity it is completely standard to date publications as the publisher has. Journal articles have many dates (e.g. submission, acceptance, early access, publication) and it standard practice always to use the date the publisher puts on an item as its version-of-record primary date. GOK why there is apparently some need to deviate from that practice in this case. ] (]) 11:27, 5 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
::We should replace "proposing" with, something better indicating what would be done in a '''review''' if we're removing "explored the scientific literature", yes? ] (]) 20:40, 5 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
:As documented above, PUBMED has decided that "the date an article was first made available in print or electronic format" is the important date, and in this case, I tried to keep the article doing using data provided from the publisher to PMC. Do we have a policy that says the nominal issue date or some other date is more important? AFAIK, these dates are getting more out of sync lately, so it hasn't been an issue. No one has pointed to such a policy. ] (]) 20:03, 5 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
No longer appropriate for ], as more than 2 editors now involved. If no consensus is reached, try ], or one of the other ] options." ] (]) 23:49, 5 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
:<s>Agreed.</s> Weird. I tried to undo the revert on 3O right after I made it when I saw that - contrary to the edit summary - others were providing opinions here- but my edit didn't save, it seems. ] (]) 02:41, 6 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Correction: 2)No one else has mentioned anything about what makes which date proper. 2)There was extensive discussion; as noted https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Misplaced Pages:Third_opinion&diff=prev&oldid=1249415960#Active_disagreements, there had been "Disagreement about proper dates in article and citation, and policy (section above)." AND "Mutual edit warring warnings" and disagreements had brought things to a standstill. A 3O should have been and should be provided, as I see it, ]. I asked "Do we have a policy that says the nominal issue date or some other date is more important?" - no one has replied. Yet. The review was made available in 2023. Not 2024. In addition to the reasons already given well above: Misplaced Pages’s verifiability policy emphasizes citing reliable sources, including online publications. Also, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00207640231208374 only has the 2023 date: "First published online December 25, 2023. " also only has the 2023 date. It provides the following citation, by default: {{quote|Bartholomew RE, Baloh RW. "Havana Syndrome": A post mortem. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2024 Mar;70(2):402-405. doi: 10.1177/00207640231208374. Epub 2023 Dec 25. PMID: 38146090; PMCID: PMC10913303.}} (it and PubMed offer both dates) ] (]) 04:31, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Which is the preferred option? ] (]) 12:35, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::As I found @] has discussed "this kind of discrepancy between formal (or print) and factual (or online) publication date" perhaps they can chime in? ] (]) 05:58, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I'm not going to relitigate a 3O request from over a month ago, especially not when there are clearly more than two editors involved at this time. As I said at the time, other forms of ] are available if you don't feel this discussion is satsifactory. ] (]) 07:38, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Fake Data == | |||
:C ] (]) 12:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Why is it necessary to put the unknown nature in the short description? ] (]) 12:57, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Because it is idiopathic, I won't oppose D though (brevity is a virtue). ] (]) 12:59, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::I don't get it. It's necessary to put the unknown nature in the short description because it has an unknown nature? Why do you support D but oppose B? ] (]) 13:23, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Because it is widely associated with radiofrequency weapons, but that is only a proposed cause of this idiopathic condition. I oppose B because it contains the word "illness". ] (]) 13:59, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::What's wrong with the word "illness"? It's much more concise and means the same thing as "medical condition". If anything, the latter only makes it sound a bit more real. ] (]) 14:35, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Is a broken arm an illness? ] (]) 14:59, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::It's not, which is yet another reason we should use "illness" as this does not involve broken arms. ] (]) 15:06, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::Which is why we can't, as an injury caused by a weapon is not an illness, it is an injury. ] (]) 15:11, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::Non-physical "injuries" are still illnesses. ] (]) 15:33, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::Sources? such as this https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/35463644.pdf talks about psychiatric injuries https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/explanatory-material/magistrates-court/item/fines-and-financial-orders/compensation/2-suggested-starting-points-for-physical-and-mental-injuries/ https://www.gordondeansolicitors.co.uk/emotional-distress/ No not all non physical injuries are illnesses. With that I will not respond to you again until you provide an RS supporting your contention. ] (]) 15:41, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::{{outdent|11}} Your sources only state that non-physical injuries are injuries. In fact, one of the sources you've provided includes mental illness inflictions under non-physical injuries and calls it "Disabling mental illness".{{pb}}My source is any competent dictionary. Merriam-Webster for example defines "illness" as "an unhealthy condition of body or mind", which this falls under. ] (]) 16:02, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::You're obviously not going to find consensus for that particular word, so it is time to start looking at the thesaurus. I'll start: How about 'affliction'? ] (]) 16:07, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::I'd support affliction! <small>Just to be clear, I think this is simply about preference, and I prefer C (or D).</small> ] (]) 16:09, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::I'd support either "illness" or "affliction" over all other options listed for conciseness. ] (]) 16:30, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* I'd prefer we go back to "Anomalous health incidents". Short and accurate, and it's enough to disambiguate from similarly named topics (of which there are none, AFAIK). ] (] / ]) 16:12, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:Strong oppose. SDs are supposed to also offer a {{tq|concise explanation of the scope of the page}}, which that fails to do. ] (]) 16:30, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:The part "reported primarily by overseas government workers" needs to indicate the "U.S. government" (remember ]). ] (]) 16:19, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Agreed. Hopefully we all agree on changing "government" to "US government". ] (]) 16:30, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
The repeated use of ]<nowiki/>esized "precise" large numbers gives misleading indications of precision. (An almost textbook propaganda technique.) "976" does not appear in either cited source. Seems to be SYNTH : Approximately 1000 - about two dozen is approximately 976. This fabricated/false precision is seen in the unfounded claims in the current article: "Foreign involvement was ruled out in 976 cases of the 1,000 reviewed" and multiple other places. In the sources, two of the quantities (~1,000 & ~24) are clearly identified as approximate, and the third doesn't appear at all in the sources, but appear over and over and over: 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 24 (=1000-976), 976, 976. Wow. Flagged as failed verification. ] (]) 08:02, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
== New section summarizing explanations that have been speculated? == | |||
:"In about two dozen cases, the agency cannot rule out foreign involvement, including many of the cases that originated at the U.S. Embassy in Havana beginning in 2016." the figure 976 appears to be an attempt to say the same thing, without violating copyright. But maybe change it "in the vast majority of cases". ] (]) 10:42, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
::"in the vast majority of cases" - OK. ] (]) 11:06, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Major rework needed to fairly represent major POVs in reliable sources, in light of new facts. == | |||
Kudos for all editors that have worked on this article in the past ... lots of good information & sourcing. However, it appears to be lacking a key section: a summary list of the explanations for Havana Syndrome that have been hypothesized over the years. For comparison, the MH 370 article has the section ]. | |||
We now have detailed, specific, incriminating evidence of state actor involvement ( – September 1, 2024 interview – and note: the video interview of the journalist ] presenting the situation is key - not just the printed article), so article content based on out-of-date sources (earlier reporting that didn't and couldn't take into account newer, stronger evidence) needs to be revisited to reflect the new picture. The journalist's reputation is strongly bolstered by his acclaimed journalism connecting the FSB to high-profile ] poisoning assassinations sufficiently well-documented to result in international arrest warrants, as well as his colleagues and affiliations. See ], e.g.: | |||
Some speculated/hypothesized explanations for Havana Syndrome (from the article's existing sources) include: | |||
* Stress (of working overseas, under surveillance); PTSD | |||
* EM attack from hostile adversary (microwaves, etc) | |||
* Crickets | |||
* Toxins or pesticides | |||
* Psychogenic (hysteria, psychosomatic, etc). | |||
<small>Among the core findings of the yearlong collaboration of ], ] and ] were that senior members of the unit received awards and political promotions for work related to the development of ]; and that members of the unit have been ] to places around the world just before or at the time of reported incidents.</small> | |||
Providing such a section would be very useful to readers. The tricky part would be not duplicating all the detailed text already in the other sections (esp the Research/Study section). So maybe the best approach would be to keep the proposed new "speculated/hypothesized explanations" section terse and leave the details (as-is) in other sections. | |||
He reports ~50 members of ] were found to have arrived undercover and then been present for 7-8 Havana incidents. | |||
Thoughts? ] (]) 23:15, 19 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Compensation for developing a nonlethal acoustic weapon went to the GRU unit's founding commanding officer's son who was spotted when an apparent attack occurred. | |||
] (]) 11:00, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I'm starting to add the new section (proposed above). The goal is to keep it terse: just a summary. All pre-existing content & cites int eh article are not changed. The "Criticism of media coverage" section was merged into the new "Speculated causes" section initially. I'm trying to decide if that is best or not. If anyone has any suggestions please post a note here. ] (]) 19:29, 22 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
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:Is it, this is a media source, not a scientific one. ] (]) 11:07, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | ||
:Also I seem to recall it is nothing new, this information has been discussed here before. ] (]) 11:09, 13 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Some major shortcomings: | |||
:::Thanks for taking the time to review the changes and making some additional improvements. I'm not sure I understand how the psychogenic section is now organized though ...it now it looks like there's five various types of psychogenic causes such as financial incentives. that's not quite right... those five subsections are just aspects of the the single psychogenic cause. ] (]) 20:48, 23 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I see no mention of anything related to ]. Until I brought it up here. | |||
::::Maybe "non-physical" is better? 22:14, 23 March 2024 (UTC) ] (]) 22:14, 23 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::What do you think of the latest mods to the section (to make header statements prior to the sub-sections)? ] (]) 22:26, 23 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Current sections are still not quite sensible... the way I see it, "Psychogenic" is a single cause. The subsections (media, etc) are simply details about _why_ the Psychogenic cause was not (and is not still?) widely publicized by the CIA & State dept. | |||
:::::I'll make an edit to the section headers & levels (no content or text change) to show what I'm talking about, and you can check it out. ] (]) 23:27, 23 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::I made the change to the section depth. I also added a transition sentence so the nature of the four subsections under Psychogenic section is clearer to readers, viz: ''Commentators have suggested several reasons why the psychogenic hypothesis was not widely embraced in the early years of Havana Syndrome, including political motivations, financial incentives, and media sensationalism.'' ] (]) 23:34, 23 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Looking good! ] (]) 04:02, 24 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::What does financial incentives have to do with psychogenic medical effects? Motives for faking an illness are not related to psychogenic illness. This whole section on psychogenic needs to be redone. If you want a section on people faking illness for personal gain, you need a high quality source, which probably doesn't exist. ] (]) 03:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::The content there seems in line with their citations -- which seem fine as sources to back up the claims, especially the book on the subject. I did not write the financial part, but it seems accurate to me. And regarding your question re. what are the financial incentives: certainly lawyers who have taken on clients suing governments have an incentive to NOT admit their clients' injuries were not from attacks. ] (]) 20:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::The problem is there is a section called psychogenic causes which is not about psychogenic causes. A section on psychogenic causes has subsections "Politics and Cold War", "Financial Incentives", and "Professional Reluctance", and "Media Reports". If there should be a section on such topics and the possible reasons for why assessments may have been biased, it should be a different topic and also more balanced. ] (]) 20:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::For example, maybe in a section on "Allegations of Bias, Wrongdoing, and Cover Ups", or something like that, it would be appropriate to include allegations that people are lying, allegations that the government suppressed a line of research, etc. The section on possible causes should be about the possible causes. ] (]) 20:30, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Nothing on | |||
== Bias on this page == | |||
:<sub>He reports ~50 members of ] were found to have arrived undercover and then been present for 7-8 Havana incidents.</sub> | |||
There is clear evidence of bias on this page, towards the idea that psychogenic factors caused this Syndrome, and away from the extensive studies that have demonstrated the plausibility of electromagnetic (pulsed radiofrequency) and acoustic (ultrasound) energy as causes of some cases. The findings of the 2020 NASEM report are misportrayed, and the work of the IC Experts Panel is largely ignored (https://media.salon.com/pdf/22-cv-674%20Final%20Response%20Package.pdf). The many flaws of the 2024 NIH publications in JAMA are also ignored (https://jamanetwork-com.laneproxy.stanford.edu/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816534). Psychosocial factors cannot explain the subset of cases with acute onset audio-vestibular signs and symptoms and strong location-dependence. ] (]) 01:26, 24 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
:<sub>Compensation for developing a nonlethal acoustic weapon went to the GRU unit's founding commanding officer's son who was spotted when an apparent attack occurred.</sub> | |||
:What reliable ] sources on this are we missing. Your stanford link does not work. ] (]) 04:56, 24 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
:This is notable and verifiably historic major political activity. ] (]) 09:50, 30 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I have no dog in this fight, and I'm coming to this article fresh (a week ago). I've read thru summaries of nearly all the sources, and I think they are all fairly represented in this article. In particular, ''all'' sources that suggest EM/Sound attacks are included in the article, ''in several places'' ("Location" section; "Causes" section; and "Chronology of Studies" section). | |||
*The CNN piece describes the research as flawed and inconclusive, and ends with {{tq| There was longstanding speculation about a new kind of weapon as the cause of these illnesses, but the US intelligence community said last year that it cannot link any cases to a foreign adversary, ruling it unlikely that the unexplained illness was the result of a targeted campaign by an enemy of the US.}} We'd want to be careful with breaking-news stuff about a medical issue like this that has gotten a lot of academic coverage, but even beyond that, I don't think we can use a random clip from an interview by a non-expert, especially it's in the context of a more in-depth article that describes how the study was flawed due to the CIA compelling people to participate. --] (]) 21:21, 3 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:The impression I get from reading the sources is that the early studies (2017 to 2022) were a bit limited; but as the years have gone by, larger and more thorough (and more dispassionate) studies have shown no evidence of hostile powers attacks. In particular: the sources say there is no known EM/sonic attack that could ONLY produce H.S. symptoms. In my assessment, the article, as it stands to day, is not biased. | |||
:If you suggest that EM/Sonic should be more prominently mentioned in the article, it would be best to produce a WP:MEDRS source from ''after'' mid 2022 that endorses EM/Sonic causes (and is not from the Miami or UPenn Drs that have conflicts of interest). ] (]) 14:39, 24 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
::In any case, this phrase seems to be copy-pasted multiple times: "Some commentators have suggested that the psychogenic hypothesis was downplayed". Some cleanup is needed here. ] (]) 09:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Pretty much all of the parts discussing what commentators have said should probably go. Commentators are generally not reliable sources. Any meaningful contribution to the attempts to explain HS should be better cited, and better supported. ] (]) 01:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::On most issues, you can find commentators saying just about anything. ] (]) 01:48, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::And often commentators are politically motivated. ] (]) 01:49, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Psychosocial factors can do a lot of things. ] (]) 18:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Can you respond to the discussion on "New section summarizing explanations that have been speculated?" ] (]) 20:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::No. ] (]) 20:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::You reverted my change with the comment that we should talk about it, and now you refuse to talk about it? ] (]) 20:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::We can talk about it here. You are blanking a large amount of reliably sourced content claiming bias - discuss it here in the bias section. ] (]) 20:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::The discussion about the edit and the section is already ongoing there. I would need to just duplicate what I've already written. And it's not all about bias either. ] (]) 21:01, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::I've read what you said there but it seems consensus is against your proposed changes anyway given the entire discussion above is about improving the section rather than blanking it. ] (]) 21:03, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Nobody has responded to my dispute. The section is title Speculative Causes, but is primarily dedicated to allegations of wrongdoing by pundits. The subsection on Psychogenic causes is way longer than the subsection on the other proposed explanation, and is mostly not about a psychogenic cause, but instead about conspiracy theories that the psychogenic cause was suppressed. It's also poorly written. | |||
::::::::It would be better to dedicate this section just to the proposed causes, and if you want a section about allegations of wrongdoing or bias, it should probably be separate and balanced. ] (]) 21:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::It would seem maybe the section was created specifically as a place to add specific content, in the various subsections under psychogenic illness. But it was done in a very inappropriate way, and is not easily fixable in its current form. I am open to the content remaining if it is to be rewritten in a more sensible way. ] (]) 21:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::How was it inappropriate? These are all speculative causes as there has not been a clear physical medical cause established. ] (]) 21:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::The allegations of a government conspiracy, allegations that victims were lying, PTSD, etc., are all not psychogenic causes. Furthermore, the allegations in this section are mostly coming from random non-expert pundits. And the section is dramatically unbalanced. ] (]) 21:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::Copied and pasted from the talk thread on the section. | |||
:::::::::::The problem is there is a section called psychogenic causes which is not about psychogenic causes. A section on psychogenic causes has subsections "Politics and Cold War", "Financial Incentives", and "Professional Reluctance", and "Media Reports". If there should be a section on such topics and the possible reasons for why assessments may have been biased, it should be a different topic and also more balanced. | |||
:::::::::::For example, maybe in a section on "Allegations of Bias, Wrongdoing, and Cover Ups", or something like that, it would be appropriate to include allegations that people are lying, allegations that the government suppressed a line of research, etc. The section on possible causes should be about the possible causes. ] (]) 21:31, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::No one is obliged to ] to your specifications. Certainly not within a few hours. That is not a reason to blank well-sourced content from the article. ] (]) 21:18, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::It's mostly not very well sourced. Most of the claims in the section are based on opinion pieces by non-experts. Most of the subsections to the Psychogenic section begin with, "Some commentators have suggested that the psychogenic hypothesis was downplayed ...". And there is an obvious misunderstanding of what psychogenic illness is, as it seems to be conflated with all kinds of other issues like stress and PTSD. Other parts are about allegations of government conspiracies to suppress research. There are many glaring problems with this section. ] (]) 21:26, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::I removed the sections on financial incentives (arguably too many pundits, but I am willing to compromise) and the cold war section as it is already covered in the first two paragraphs. The rest content wise is good, could use a rewrite but the substantive information is well-sourced. Hope this helps address your concerns. ] (]) 21:38, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::It's an improvement. If we want to include allegations by pundits that the causes were downplayed, it would be more balanced to include allegations of the same nature for the Attacks by Hostile Powers section. It has been widely suggested by commentators, for example, that there was a reluctance to be forced to respond to an attack by a foreign power. It probably doesn't make sense however to promulgate speculations of this nature on Misplaced Pages at all. | |||
::::::::::::Psychogenic illness, and stress PTSD should also be listed as separate causes. The effects of stress and PTSD manifest as physical effects, rather than just psychological effects/delusions. ] (]) 21:58, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Indeed the quote, in context, shows the IC research is flawed and inconclusive. The CNN piece also reports IC staff were told not to discuss their symptoms with their own families. Neurologist-and chief medical reporter ] is a non-expert? CIA physician but he's a non-expert? ] isn't an acclaimed, professional, expert journalist? Absolutely, the NIH research was flawed; according to participants, they were ordered to participate, and an NIH investigation confirmed people were coerced. Journalists, especially MDs who are also journalists, are qualified to evaluate IC reporting on IC activity, including when it involves disabled IC agents. Death is a medical issue, but do we only use reviews in academic medical journals as sources when documenting war atrocities? Of course not. ] (]) 08:10, 4 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Bias and the some. This what happens when no qualified person is ever contacted to diagnose a common issue caused by retrofitting air-conditioning systems without benefit of a qualified engineer. See for example: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258400137_Noise_and_Health_-_Effects_of_Low_Frequency_Noise_and_Vibrations_Environmental_and_Occupational_Perspectives <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 19:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
::Leighton Chan, MD, chief, rehabilitation medicine and acting chief scientific officer, NIH Clinical Center, and lead author on one of the papers: “While we did not identify significant differences in participants with AHIs, it’s important to acknowledge that these symptoms are very real, cause significant disruption in the lives of those affected and can be quite prolonged, disabling and difficult to treat.” ... “A lack of evidence for an MRI-detectable difference between individuals with AHIs and controls does not exclude that an adverse event impacting the brain occurred at the time of the AHI,” | |||
::But we must ignore that he says these things? I think not. Though, he is claiming that p=.006 is ''not'' 'significant' and ''not'' evidence of a difference, without explaining the 'justifying' adjustments well. ] (]) 08:21, 4 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
==Symptoms in the Infobox== | |||
== ] == | |||
Given that this is a controversial diagnosis, it seems to be a violation of MEDRS to list the (vague) symptoms in the infobox, where we put noncontroversial information. One editor reverted my deletion claiming that since this is potentially not even a disease MEDRS doesn't apply. That is some twisted logic that is very common in pseudomedicine. As soon as you list symptoms, you are making a medical claim and MEDRS applies.] (]) 21:55, 1 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
==Chronology of investigation== | |||
] is commonly used in civilian communications. ] from two or more transmitters, or just reflections from buildings, can give rise to large changes in intensity over small areas. There is also this: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26556835/] which mentions something similar in the 1970s. (]) ] (]) 14:39, 24 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
=== 2024 === | |||
====The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence unclassified report ==== | |||
On December 06, 2024, in an Unclassified House congressional inquiry U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, the chairman of the House intelligence subcommittee said, "appears increasingly likely that a foreign adversary is behind some" cases of what officials refer to as "anomalous health incidents" and “The Intelligence Community has attempted to thwart the Subcommittee’s investigative efforts to uncover the truth at every turn.” <ref>{{cite news |last1=Wales |first1=Matt |title= Foreign adversary was likely behind Havana Syndrome, House Intelligence leaders say |url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-intelligence-report-questioned-house-committee-60-minutes/|access-date=September 7, 2024 |work=] |date=December 6, 2024}}</ref>The interim report said there is evidence the intelligence community, tried to create “a politically palatable conclusion,” “impede investigative efforts that would uncover this effort,” and “withheld valuable information.” The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, disputed those claims, saying, thier investigation “was among the most comprehensive in our history, bringing to bear the full operational, analytic, and technical capabilities and those of our partners.” <ref>{{cite news |last1=Tores |first1=Nora |title= Foreign adversary’ is likely behind some Havana Syndrome incidents, House report says |url= https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article296637594.html |access-date=December 6, 2024 |work=] |date=December 6, 2024}}</ref> | |||
:Yes, and all that information about EM radiation was considered by the various studies that focused on H.S. And the results of those H.S. studies are already mentioned in this article. ] (]) 14:45, 24 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
I think mentioning of the somewhat no finished report by the House intelligence subcommittee should be mentioned. ] (]) 16:01, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Adding the new investigative report? == | |||
:Not so sure about that. The US house of representatives seems less expert than other sources. This would be ]. ] (]) 16:03, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
I am not an editor, nor do I have any experience editing or adding articles. Nevertheless, this article seems pertinent to this case, it may even have cracked it wide open. | |||
::Its the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the matter is a national security issue. They also have access to classified information not available to the public. Who else would be an expert on an alleged national security threat if not the members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence? ] (]) 16:14, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::THe people who advise them? ] (]) 16:31, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::This portion of the article features investigative work by media organizations such as 'The Insider' and '60 Minutes'. Why object to a report released by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence? The journalists at 'The Insider' and '60 Minutes' are less experienced in these matters than the members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. ] (]) 16:54, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Journalists are considered to be reliable sources on Misplaced Pages - their profession is built around determining credibility of sources and relaying information. That is not the basis of the political profession. ] (]) 17:11, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::So that means that the sources which include journalists reporting on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence report can themselves be cited? Also, the section includes a statement issued by Marko Rubio as a source. I would agree if the source was a rank and file member of congress making an offhand remark, but the source is a report from a bipartisan committee whose purpose is oversight of the intelligence community. Using the standard you have set, then you wouldnt be able to cite the 2012 U.S. Senate report on CIA torture, or any report from any lawmaking body. ] (]) 17:25, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::No, kindly do not put words in my mouth. ] (]) 17:27, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::I am not trying to offend, and I apologize if I have done so. I am just trying to understand why this is not a valid source? The original response said the source was inappropriate as it was less expert than other sources, but the section features statements by individual politicians like Marco Rubio. ] (]) 17:30, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::Please also recall that the inclusion of the 60 minutes material ''and the specifics of how to include it'' was deeply controversial at the time as many editors believed that this article should avoid using journalists to discuss causes of an illness per ]. A group of politicians would be even less appropriate to discuss the causes of an illness than journalists are. ] (]) 17:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::Frankly the idea that the CIA is suppressing witnesses on behalf of Russia is an extraordinary claim that requires extraordinary sources. ] (]) 17:42, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::The information in the report is related how the Intelligence Community has attempted to obfuscate the investigation into Havana Syndrome, and can be used in a manner so as not to imply any authority in a biomedical sense. Seeing as the subsection is titled 'Chronology of investigation' and features intelligence community reports as sources, it would be appropriate to include reports by bodies who are tasked with oversight of those agencies. Also, the section features sources such as a statement from Marco Rubio, as well as a 2021 statement from the chairs of the Senate Intelligence Committee. ] (]) 17:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::I would caution against speculating as to why the CIA may be obstructing investigations. There are a number of reasons why they may be doing so, which subsequent investigation may or may not reveal. Regardless, the source comes not just from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, but the Central Intelligence Agency Subcommittee. ] (]) 18:22, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::I'm saying that including the claim that the intelligence community of the USA is covering up the cause of Havana Syndrome is a conspiracist claim and requires extraordinary sources. American politicians grandstanding is not that. ] (]) 11:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::That the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is making such an accusation is obviously worthy of mention in the article, and is reported by credible secondary sources. Your belief that it’s political grandstanding is not relevant. ] (]) 22:57, 7 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::If you were to apply the same standard to the CIA usage of enhanced interrogation techniques, then the 2012 senate torture report wouldn't be included as a source. This is a report from the committee tasked with oversight of the Intelligence Community, which is probably one of the most credible sources on intelligence outside of the agencies themselves. ] (]) 16:20, 9 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::But why specifically are journalists more reliable when they have less information to work with than the permanent committee? As others have pointed out, the committee has access to confidential materials that ordinary journalists wouldn't have. | |||
::::::And to your second point, perhaps politicians in general are not in the business of investigating and determining the credibility of sources, but committee members '''are.''' That's what a committee does. House reports are cited all over wikipedia as reliable sources. The House report on the JFK assassination has its own article. How can you call them, in general, unreliable? ] (]) 19:41, 18 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::The US house of representatives in 1976 was a very different body from the US house of representatives today. ] (]) 19:46, 18 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Well, yes, the House does get new membership every two years. But it sounds like you're implying something else that would fall under ]. ] (]) 19:56, 18 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Reliability is subject-specific. If a group of people is notorious for clinging to crazy stupid ideas about science, whatever they collect on a scientific subject can be considered garbage. | |||
:::::::There are two possibilities: other, better sources agree with what those people believe - then we should use those better sources. Or they do not - then we should not propagate the loonies' claims. --] (]) 08:40, 19 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
==== Whistleblower Report Submitted to Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Alleging CIA/ODNI Interference ==== | |||
Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on Americans, at home and abroad (theins.press) | |||
A Salon article published on September 16th 2024 detailed a report obtained via a FOIA request which suggests that the CIA along with the ODNI have been attempting to muddy the waters in regards to the causes of Havana Syndrome/AHIs. | |||
If anyone wants to pick it up, please be my guest. If not, in a few days, I might add this somewhere, after I read some rules and howto on editing. | |||
The following is a direct quote from the cited report, '“The CIA, with apparent assistance of elements of the DNI — notably the National Intelligence Council and the National Counter Intelligence and Security Center . . . is engaged in the active suppression of witnesses, and actions which may constitute obstruction of justice and witness tampering as define in federal statute,” it states in the released documents.'<ref>{{cite news | last1=Karem | first1=Brian | title= “Active suppression of witnesses”: CIA lied about "Havana Syndrome," whistleblower documents reveal|url=https://www.salon.com/2024/09/16/active-suppression-of-witnesses-cia-lied-about-havana-syndrome-whistleblower-documents-reveal |access-date=September 16, 2024 |work=] |date=December 6, 2024}}/</ref> ] (]) 16:55, 6 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Thanks | |||
P.s: I think 60 minutes also has a documentary, recently released, about this ] (]) 01:30, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Absolutely undue inclusion. ] (]) 11:14, 7 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:This is now widely reported: | |||
::Could you explain why? At the very least, I believe it should be included as a response/reaction to the 2023 IC assessment. ] (]) 16:27, 9 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:https://theins.ru/en/politics/270425 | |||
::I have no axe to grind with the article and if anything agree with your apparent stance that this supposed syndrome is psychosomatic, but I still find your arguments against including this ridiculous and your editing ]. Absurd the claim may be, and we should not state it as proven fact, but we have reliable sources attesting that it's being made at the highest levels of Federal government and this alone makes it notable. ] (]) 07:02, 12 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNRpw6DWN0M | |||
:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-culprit-investigation-new-evidence-60-minutes-transcript/ | |||
:https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/havana-syndrome-evidence-investigation-russia-60-minutes ] (]) 01:43, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:This is a ] article. None of these are ]-quality sources. ] (]) 05:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I don't really think so. Clearly not all of the material in this article is biomedical information about the supposed disease, and discussions about Russia's GRU Unit 29155 would be included in that. ] (]) 05:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Is it really a WP:MEDRS article though? Or is it an espionage article? — ] <sup>(])</sup> 06:31, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Agree. An entire article cannot be “MEDRS”. MEDRS only relates to ]. Other pieces of information such as the “espionage” part of the story are not covered by MEDRS and regular sourcing is sufficient. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 09:03, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Object to inclusion. This is just weak newsy junk. Would need some decent/respectable ] coverage to be due, especially given the fringe/science aspect to this stuff. ] (]) 09:22, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::The passage you keep reverting includes several reliable sources (all present in ]) | |||
:::::Here is one more. | |||
:::::https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68706317.amp | |||
:::::your opinion does not give you the right to revert all other editors as you please. | |||
:::::I’ll let you self revert @]. Then we can add the BBC source if you need more. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 09:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Is CBS not a respectable perennial source? What's fringe about it? <span style="font-family:Century;">— ]<small><sup> (])</sup></small></span> 09:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Reliability is not the issues, NPOV is. What makes this stuff due? Show me some ] coverage, not just primary reportage. ] (]) 10:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Yes it is a MEDRS article as it talks about medical conditions. ] (]) 10:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::And a ] one too. When RS says this "syndrome" probably doesn't exist we really should not be giving rolling coverage to whatever latest credulous clickbait silliness is in the news. It's like reporting Bigfoot sightings. Misplaced Pages needs to be a bit better than that. ] (]) 11:07, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::] don't exist and yet I was greeted with them on the DYK section when I opened up the homepage. Are they or ] not more fringe than the credible Havana information I added? <span style="font-family:Century;">— ]<small><sup> (])</sup></small></span> 03:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Its clear that Ray Cats aren't real in the article and in the DYK (which was an april fools DYK) ] (]) 18:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::The investigation in question is not ]. ] (]) 16:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Oppose inclusion of this 60 minutes information. Very sensational, and not a great source. In light of the history of the syndrome (where there's lots of concrete medical studies) this sort of speculative ramblings by a for-profit media organization doesn't belong in the article. ] (]) 11:13, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::The first mention of this joint investigation on the page used as the source (for some reason it was completely rewritten and removed by @]), which is known for its investigations of various Russian government's operations (see ] as the prime example). If that is still not sufficient (the presence of the source in WP:RSP being taken as one and only mark of credibility for a media outlet), a link to can be used – although I have no subscription to it, so I can't check what is written inside. ] (]) 11:35, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Err, that's the piece the opens "He was tall, certainly taller than Joy’s neighbors ...". Can we have some serious suggestions for sources please? ] (]) 11:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::The Insider has worked with Bellingcat, which has been cited as valuable by the United States Intelligence Community. You are an absolute nobody to call it 'unserious', and you had no problem with absolutely worthless sources like 'GeopoliticalEconomy'. ] (]) 22:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::It was because we both submitted our edits simultaneously causing that weird edit conflict prompt, and I went with the more detailed of the two. <span style="font-family:Century;">— ]<small><sup> (])</sup></small></span> 22:06, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Agreed sensational. However, given that it is speculation as an attack by hostile power that appears to be gathering widespread attention and has also , is that worthy of some mention in the wiki article? | |||
::The passage already in the article: "However, the most recent and detailed studies, published in 2023 and 2024, have not found any evidence of such hostile attacks, and have not discovered any electromagnetic energy that could produce symptoms consistent with symptoms of Havana syndrome." still stands to balance the claims from this latest investigation out well, I think. ] (]) 11:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::It would be worth coverage if some high-quality source takes a overview and analyses the coverage in a ] manner. But mostly what we have is ]. Let's wait; in a few months or year some decent sourcing may emerge, ] (]) 11:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:'''Support''' including this. It's significant enough of a development that both the ] and the ] have responded. Both of these facts have been reported by ]. Misplaced Pages need not describe these the claims as true or false, only quote the relevant claims and responses. ] (]) 16:10, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Should this website be added to the external links section from the report? ] (]) 17:55, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
'''Support''' covering this investigation in the article. Misplaced Pages should be based on ] sources. Nothing else. This investigation was conducted by several high profile investigative journalists (such as ] from ]) who are specialised in Russian investigations. It has been widely reported by ] sources of the highest quality (all in the ] perennial list): | |||
* Russian military intelligence unit may be linked to 'Havana syndrome', Insider reports - '''Reuters''' | |||
* Havana syndrome: Report links mystery illness to Russian intelligence unit - '''BBC''' | |||
* ‘Havana syndrome’ linked to Russian unit, media investigation suggests - '''The Guardian''' | |||
* Havana Syndrome investigation links Russia to mysterious brain injuries - '''The Telegraph''' | |||
* Havana Syndrome linked to Russian military agency GRU, investigation indicates - '''Politico''' | |||
* etc. etc. | |||
It is so significant that the Russian Government has officially responded: | |||
* "Kremlin dismisses report Russia behind 'Havana Syndrome'" '''Reuters''' | |||
This is an extremely significant development. Not including this in the article and pretending it never happened makes our coverage of the topic woefully incomplete. Obviously no conclusive statement and no biomedical claim should be made in accordance with ]. We should just say that this investigation exists and what their conclusion is ("Russian involvement is likely"). <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 15:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:It's just news churn. Where are the decent ] sources you claim exist? ] (]) 16:02, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::All the sources linked above are ] and of high quality being all ] outlets. The ] sources here are CBS, The Insider (= ]) and Der Spiegel who also are of high quality. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 16:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Their just re-reporting the news, with none of the in-depth analysis, expertise, commentary and synthesis that characterize secondary sources. ] in other words.{{pb}}More generally, it's evident this article has descended again into being a fringe of FRINGE POV, with a tonne of primary sourcing spliced together by editors here. I have raised a query at ] and put some tags in. Let's see if some heavy cutting can get this article back to some encyclopedic and due. ] (]) 16:25, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::First of all I think you might be interpreting ] incorrectly. Those sources are all secondary in this context. Secondarily, those reliable outlets do not publish anything without "in-depth analysis, expertise, commentary and synthesis". That is what serious reliable outlets such as the BBC, The Guardian, Reuters etc. do before publishing an article and within their coverage. And that's what Misplaced Pages is built on. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 16:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Yes, and that "analysis" is "According to", 3 media outlets, dismissed by Russia and which the US intelligence community has said is unlikely. In essence "this story exists, we can't verot any of it". ] (]) 16:40, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::All those sources believe the report to be credible enough to report on it. That is significant. And even the Kremlin has considered it substantial enough to immediately reply to it officially. That is highly significant. Also: neither Russia nor the US intelligence community are ] sources on this topic. So we should be extremely careful in blindly following their statements. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 16:52, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::No, they think its newsworthy enough, why is ]. ] (]) 16:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::At this point the page history looks like an edit war between @] and everyone else, because some sources are not sources enough. While I agree that all those Guardian, Politico, Reuters and the like's retellings of the investigation are on the same level of "sourceness" as the investigation itself (published originally in 60 Minutes, The Insider and Der Spiegel), I disagree that they are primary sources. In the context of the article (Havana syndrome) they are all secondary, because they do not make an initial report on the event – they are an aftermath analysis and an investigation of it. ] (]) 17:08, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Secondary sources on Misplaced Pages are described in ]. They are not not secondary because of editor say-so. We would really need some authoritative, quality overview of this. Not just news churn. ] (]) 17:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::What you're asking for is beyond what the policy requires. We would need an "authoritative, quality overview" to assert that the claims are true or false. We do not need such a source to simply quote the claim, evidence, and responses by the Director of National Intelligence and Russian Government. ] (]) 19:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Lets look at this another way, If Havana Syndrome is real, and IF RS say it is real...this (to me) is the heart of this issue, for this report to be not ] Havana Syndrome has to be accept as a single, identifiable medical complaint. As (as far as I know) this is not the case, and it has not been proven to be real, thus accusing anyone of it is saying it is real by the back door, which is why I say this fails, MEDERS, as these are not medical sources making (in effect) an indirect medical diagnosis (as if it is not real, buy definition Russia did not do it). ] (]) 17:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* '''Support''' Surprised this is being debated. Misplaced Pages doesn’t decide what is important or true, we merely report on what reliable sources state. Multiple reliable sources have reported on this issue. To not include their commentary is itself biased. ] (]) 17:38, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:: Yes, agree, but let's not sensationalize it to read as if the ''60 Minutes'' report is conclusive proof and now represents the mainstream POV on the topic. ] (]) 18:21, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Certainly... no one was arguing for that. ] (]) 18:32, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::So what is the suggested text? ] (]) 18:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* '''Support''' inclusion. Suggested text: | |||
:In April 2024, '']'', '']'' and '']'' published a joint investigation which alleges that the Russian ] is connected to cases of Havana syndrome.<ref name="Dobrokhotov">{{Cite web |first1=Roman |last1=Dobrokhotov |first2=Christo |last2=Grozev |first3=Michael |last3=Weiss |date=31 March 2024 |title=Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on U.S. officials and their families |url=https://theins.ru/en/politics/270425 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=] |language=}}</ref> Among the core findings were that senior members of the unit received awards and political promotions for work related to the development of "non-lethal acoustic weapons"; and that members of the unit have been geolocated to places around the world just before or at the time of reported incidents.<ref name="Dobrokhotov" /> <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </small> | |||
'''Highly conditional weak support''' I think it is likely due mentioning a claim was made. But I think any claims must be clearly identified as to source, treated as what they are: claims made by a media company, not medical consensus and, this is the most critical part *must not exceed due coverage* - this is already more ] than I am comfortable with for one rather unconvincing claim. Please remember that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The claim that Russia created some invisible energy weapon that seems to defy how rf frequencies affect bodied is most certainly extraordinary - as such it is imperative we do not treat these claims as definitive or even especially evidentiary.] (]) 00:45, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:The hyperbole isn't necessary. There is nothing extraordinary about invisible EM radiation, and experts such as James Lin, have claimed that rf frequencies could produce the effects that the victims experienced. | |||
:Assuming reported accounts are reli- | |||
:able, the microwave auditory effect | |||
:provides a scientific explanation for the | |||
:Havana Syndrome , . Pulsed mi- | |||
:crowaves can create an acoustic wave | |||
:inside the head , , . It is plausible | |||
:that the loud buzzing, burst of sound, | |||
:or pressure waves could have been co- | |||
:vertly delivered using a beam of high- | |||
:power pulsed microwave radiation rather | |||
:than blasting the subjects with conven- | |||
:tional sonic sources. Microwave hearing | |||
:doesn’t go through the ear; it goes di- | |||
:rectly from the brain tissue to the cochlea. | |||
:Absorption of short pulses of microwave | |||
:energy by brain tissues creates a rapid | |||
:expansion of brain matter and launches | |||
:an acoustic wave of pressure (sound | |||
:wave) that travels inside the head to | |||
:the inner ear cochlea , . The short | |||
:high-power microwave pulses do not | |||
:generate noticeable amounts of heat in | |||
:the brain tissues." | |||
:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9557212 | |||
:https://en.wikipedia.org/Microwave_auditory_effect ] (]) 03:03, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::... "The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, | |||
::Engineering, and Medicine released its | |||
::report examining the plausible causes | |||
::of the described illnesses and makes the | |||
::point that “among the mechanisms the | |||
::study committee considered, the most | |||
::plausible mechanism to explain these | |||
::cases, especially in individuals with dis- | |||
::tinct early symptoms, appears to be di- | |||
::rected, pulsed RF (microwave) energy.” | |||
::https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9557212 ] (]) 03:21, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::"As early as 2018, some scientists, including physicist Peter Zimmerman, bioengineers Kenneth R. Foster, and Andrei G. Pakhomov, and UCLA neurologist Robert Baloh, said that the microwave hypothesis was implausible; Baloh called the National Academies conclusion "science fiction"." ] (]) 10:25, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::The source above by ] is more up to date (Nov, 2021), published by the ] and written by Professor Emeritus James C. Lin at the University of Illinois Chicago and Life Fellow at the ] <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 10:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::When someone is called "professor" without a field, always google what they are professing in, because it is highly likely that the field is omitted because they are actually not qualified for the statements they are making. And indeed: Lin is an electrical engineer and not qualified for medical subjects. The physicist-bioengineer-neurologist team is preferable. --] (]) 11:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Did you read his bio before writing this? He is "Head for the Bioengineering Department" at the University of Illinois. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37278769800 His research is in "Biomedical instrumentation", "Electromagnetic Engineering for Biology and Medicine" and "Bioelectromagnetics". https://ece.uic.edu/profiles/james-lin-phd/ So he is precisely a "physicist-bioengineer-neurologist" and extremely qualified to comment on this subject. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 11:31, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Not to mention his publication topics are especially related to the topic. | |||
:::::::"'''Publication Topics''' | |||
:::::::Power Density,Acoustic Waves,Auditory System,Brain Tissue,High-power Microwave,Inner Ear,Microwave Energy,Microwave Pulses,Peak Power Density,Perception Threshold,Pulse Width,Sound Pressure,Acoustic Pulse,Acoustic Stimuli,Auditory Nerve,Auditory Response,Average Power Density,Background Radiation,Battery Charging,Bone Conduction,Brain Injury,Bursts Of Pulses,Central Auditory System,Cochlea,Computer Simulations" | |||
:::::::https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37278769800 ] (]) 00:31, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Your portrayal is factually incorrect and biased. It's not your role to decide what scientific assessments are preferable and twist the narrative towards your preference. This is an encyclopedia. ] (]) 19:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Lin is a highly qualified expert on the subject. Editors from the fringe noticeboard should ensure they read the sources before commenting here. This will otherwise look like ] . ] (]) 08:36, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Experts say all kinds of novel things and are sometimes wrong. Misplaced Pages has sourcing standards for pronouncements in the realm of ]: see ]. Editors need to abide by them, otherwise the appearance of ] is a risk. ] (]) 08:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Just say you want this to be real and not US Federal Employees getting too hangover or high in cocaine. ] (]) 09:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Even Kenneth R. Foster who you cite as having ruled out microwaves has since published commentary espousing the opinion that directed energy is plausible and introduces a new hypothesis based on IR lasers. | |||
::::"We conclude that acoustic waves induced in the brain at the “reasonable upper limit” exposures described by Dagro et al. are likely to fall short of thresholds for damaging the brain, although they conceivably could produce unpleasant audiovestibular disturbances and/or auditory responses, depending on the RF pulse duration and repetition rate. In any event, the capabilities of high-powered microwave sources remain shrouded in classified research programs and thresholds for adverse effects are poorly defined." | |||
::::https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.788613/full | |||
::::This preliminary analysis suggests that, in principle, high peak power IR lasers can induce auditory/vestibular responses in humans via thermoelastic sound generation when directed against the head. Developing a practical non-lethal weapon would require adapting the laser and associated hardware for portable use, and adjusting the beam characteristics, power output, and wavelength to produce objectionable responses while minimizing, as far as possible, the likelihood of eye damage to the subjects. Unlike the case of high peak power microwave generators used in classified weapons programs, high peak power pulsed lasers are commercially available (but potentially are very hazardous to an untrained user) and TA sound generation in the head from pulsed IR radiation would be relatively easy to study. If reasonable suspicion exists that some individuals were exposed to such radiation, they should be examined for possible retinal injury. Non-lethal weapons of this sort are hypothetical, but seem more feasible than analogous weapons using pulsed microwaves and would potentially be of interest to governments around the world which have already made considerable investments in laser weapons." | |||
::::https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1118762/full ] (]) 04:01, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Even if we accept this, it is not a large enough part of the article to go in the lede and is not significant enough to be mentioned more than once. ] (]) 11:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:"If we accept this"? There is overwhelming support. We clearly have consensus to include this in the article. If you oppose it write a full oppose comment and lets see if others agree and the consensus changes but please stop reverting the article as you did , and . Multiple editors have already inserted and edited that text and it is extremely basic and factual. I will restore the mention in the body but not in the lead for the moment. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 11:38, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Inclusion is not equivalent to endorsement. Please keep in mind I support including mention of this report. I don't support undue mention and I don't support treating it as anything more than a claim or accusation. The evidence offered in that document included things like the presence of a member of that espionage unit in a locale ''seven years prior to the first reported incident''. The entire report is highly circumstantial. The question of how we weigh Lin's academic opinion compared to others is a separate matter that should be governed per ] ] (]) 11:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::You mean seven years prior to what was previously the first reported incident, as they now report a previously unreported incident. ] (]) 12:17, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::It's indeed not up to us to decide what is correct or not, so let's just lay out all reported evidence and let readers decide for themselves. No need to present anything as conclusive. I personally think this article right now relies too heavily on ], even though it is well-documented that medical conditions such as post-concussive syndrome can hardly be diagnosed with modern brain scans. The new findings suggest there is a pattern of Russian secret service presence in some of the reported incident locations, and that all of those that suffered were U.S. government workers who worked on Russian dossiers / members of their household. Russian / Soviet secret services have previously been implicated in innovative poisonings such as with nerve agents, cyanide gas, and polonium. Yet, what kind of weapon could cause 'anomalous health incidents' is undetermined. It would anyway not be something revolutionary as such weapon would be less destructive than poison or a handgun. ] (]) 12:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Meanwhile, responding to the new reports, the Pentagon has confirmed that there was another 'anomalous health incident' at the 2023 NATO summit.<ref>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-defense-official-had-havana-syndrome-symptoms-during-a-2023-nato-summit-the-pentagon-confirms</ref> ] (]) 12:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::It's not actually to us to {{tq|lay out all reported evidence}} rather it is up to us to report what is ] about an issue to ensure a reliably sourced and neutral article. I would also caution you that some of your comments about other, non-Havana Syndrome, things that may have been done by either Russia or the Soviet Union and the problems with diagnosis of other, non Havana Syndrome, conditions borders on ]. ] (]) 12:09, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Totally agree with @]. There is an ongoing debate at all levels on this topic (scientific/diplomatic/intelligence). There are some prevailing theories but nothing is settled yet. We must be very cautious and precise in saying who claims what exactly and with due ]. Nothing seems definitive at the moment. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::That does not appear to be Simonm223's stance when he's simply deleting any mention of the new findings. ] (]) 12:14, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Please review the edit log. I have not deleted any "new findings" - the only thing I deleted was a long section of unsourced conspiracy theory regarding covert replacement of embassy staff. I also adjusted some wording to be more neutral. In general I would prefer, if at all possible, to have a light touch here. However I do think there is an evident scientific consensus, based on what is known about the interaction between the human body and RF frequency radiation, that microwave weapons are highly unlikely. Treating it otherwise would require extraordinary evidence governed by ]. ] (]) 12:17, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::You are focusing on one possible hypothesis on what kind of weapon it could have been even though nobody is conclusive about that. The new documents also mentions it could have been ultrasound for example. This remains a mystery even for them. ] (]) 12:24, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::{{tq|This remains a mystery even to them,}} is precisely why we should cleave to ] - journalists can propose all kinds of wild suggestions and be mystified by them. We should stick to neurologists, physicists, epidemiologists and the like. ] (]) 12:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::Misplaced Pages is not just a medical encyclopedia. If there are widely reported security service operations going on that remain part mystery it can still be covered. I also suggest you read about the actual new evidence because it goes way further than just 'wild suggestions'. ] (]) | |||
:::::::::::I did, in fact, read it before I posted a single thing on this page. I found it highly circumstantial, derived from weak correlation, and of low evidentiary value. Wherever possible an encyclopedia should prefer academic sources over media sources. ] (]) 12:41, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::Circumstantial evidence can still be evidence. And there's also a proposed clear pattern of the victims all working on Russian dossiers. There are no academic sources on Russian secret service operations, just on attempts to find traces of brain damage which was already known to be a very difficult task when it comes to concussion-like damage. I think we should be similarly careful not to dismiss a murder when a body hasn't been found and no autopsy could be conducted, for example. ] (]) 12:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Agree. The science (in RS) is pretty settled. That various politicians & pundits are getting excited is not very important. It would be like saying "ooh, politicians have lots of views on climate change; we must respectfully record them!" ] (]) 12:19, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::Science isn't settled here, and the new findings are not by politicians. ] (]) 12:26, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::Can you provide a source for the claim that "microwave weapons are highly unlikely" and that it is settled scientific consensus? The sources above seem to directly contradict that claim and come from authoritative sources (e.g. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9759429) <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:23, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::Microwave weapons are an area of active research in the field of ] (see for example this U.S. Navy page ) so I'm not sure what "settled science" we are referring to here. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:28, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::The question is not whether microwave weapons exist but whether they operate in a way consistent with the reported symptoms of Havana Syndrome. Like, if somebody said, "he was shot with a gun and that's why he died of cancer" I'd be suspicious of the claim that a gunshot caused cancer. That doesn't mean guns don't exist. ] (]) 12:30, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::Sure but it definitely doesn't appear to be settled science that Havana Syndrome like symptoms are confirmed not to be related to microwave weapons. Or do you have a sufficiently high level source claiming that and are able to prove that it is "settled science"? The source I linked above explicitly states the contrary {{tq|The results presented in Tables 1 and 2 showed that high-power microwave pulse exposure can generate substantial acoustic pressures in the brain that may not only produce sound sensations but also have implications for neuropathological consequences such as traumatic brain injury.}} and concludes: {{tq|Assuming the reported symptoms and accounts are consistent, the microwave auditory effect provides a scientific explanation for Havana Syndrome.}} https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9759429 <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::The issue is that, per many JAMA and CDC sources, there was no evidence of traumatic brain injury. ] (]) 12:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::There is also no evidence that these people suffered instead from psychogenic illness, mass hysteria, etc.; conditions that won't show up on modern brain scans either.] (]) 13:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::That's a different point though. I don't believe anyone has claimed that it is impossible for microwave weapons to cause injuries and similar symptoms as those described. The fact that some studies (e.g. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2816533) have not been able to find statistically significant symptoms is another issue. And that is not definitive proof of anything and not settled science per ] (] is the most obvious potential red flag for those studies). Those studies are ] and the research is still ongoing. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 13:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::All the more reason to be careful not to give too much credence to low-quality sources such as journalistic reports built upon speculation and coincidence. ] (]) 13:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::That it's just 'coincidence' is just your opinion, others see clear patterns and a motive. ] (]) 13:25, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::Yes we need to be very careful about what we say and not say. If anything we should remove most medical claims from this page (e.g. the JAMA studies) as they are not ] sources but based on ] exploratory studies. Everything is still being researched here. No definitive medical claims can be made until we have WP:MEDRS sources which we currently do not have (Or do we?). On the contrary: the 60 minutes report as far as it relates to non biomedical claims ] can and should be included. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 15:45, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::Indeed, and it is troubling how these scientific studies are being misrepresented by editors seeking to use Misplaced Pages to promote their favorite theory. | |||
::::::::::::::The scientific results should be presented as is, without third party conclusions by non-experts inserted. The results should be presented including both what the findings were and what the limitations of the study were. And the research articles themselves should be cited rather than news articles that also misrepresented the results and put a spin on them. ] (]) 19:41, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::There was no expectation that damage correlated with the effects of a hypothetical weapon based on pulsed RF energy would show up in the MRI scans. A study was done to see if it were. Indeed, neurological conditions are often very difficult to detect through an MRI, especially new ones that are poorly understood. For example, early Parkinson's disease is difficult to predict accurately from an MRI. Furthermore, with so few subjects, the studies were very under-powered. There is a great deal of misrepresentation of scientific studies going on in this article and throughout the media. It would be preferable for Misplaced Pages to do better. | |||
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:::::::::::::::Challenges in the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease''' | |||
:::::::::::::::"Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, and its prevalence has been projected to double over the next generation. Nonetheless, an accurate diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease remains challenging, and identifying the earliest stages of the disease is a major unmet need. Recent developments include the validation of modified clinical diagnostic criteria, the introduction and testing of research criteria for prodromal Parkinson’s disease, and the identification of genetic subtypes and a growing number of genetic variants associated with Parkinson’s disease risk. There has also been significant progress in the development of diagnostic biomarkers, of which genetic and imaging tests are already part of routine work-up protocols in clinical practice, while novel tissue and fluid markers are under investigation. Parkinson’s disease is evolving from a clinical to a biomarker-supported diagnostic entity, in which an earlier identification is possible, different subtypes with diverse prognosis are recognized and novel disease-modifying treatments are in development." | |||
:::::::::::::::https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8185633/ | |||
:::::::::::::::'''Reproducible brain-wide association studies require thousands of individuals''' | |||
:::::::::::::::"Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has transformed our understanding of the human brain through well-replicated mapping of abilities to specific structures (for example, lesion studies) and functions1,2,3 (for example, task functional MRI (fMRI)). Mental health research and care have yet to realize similar advances from MRI. A primary challenge has been replicating associations between inter-individual differences in brain structure or function and complex cognitive or mental health phenotypes (brain-wide association studies (BWAS)). Such BWAS have typically relied on sample sizes appropriate for classical brain mapping4 (the median neuroimaging study sample size is about 25), but potentially too small for capturing reproducible brain–behavioural phenotype associations5,6. Here we used three of the largest neuroimaging datasets currently available—with a total sample size of around 50,000 individuals—to quantify BWAS effect sizes and reproducibility as a function of sample size. BWAS associations were smaller than previously thought, resulting in statistically underpowered studies, inflated effect sizes and replication failures at typical sample sizes. As sample sizes grew into the thousands, replication rates began to improve and effect size inflation decreased. More robust BWAS effects were detected for functional MRI (versus structural), cognitive tests (versus mental health questionnaires) and multivariate methods (versus univariate). Smaller than expected brain–phenotype associations and variability across population subsamples can explain widespread BWAS replication failures. In contrast to non-BWAS approaches with larger effects (for example, lesions, interventions and within-person), BWAS reproducibility requires samples with thousands of individuals." | |||
:::::::::::::::https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04492-9 ] (]) 20:12, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Please read ] it is a summery of important parts of OUR article, one line is not important (nor is one paragraph). Also even if everyone agree that WE should say this, they have not all agreed to how we should say it (and the only suggested text is not the one that was added), nor where it was placed (after all this is only a media report, so at best we would have one line, there and nowhere else. So yes we clearly need an RFC, laying out the text that the proposer wants to add. ] (]) 13:38, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*I am concerned by an increasing edit war on this page () A reminder, Misplaced Pages does not decide what is true or false. Misplaced Pages does not decide what is important or not important. Misplaced Pages merely reports on what reliable sources on a topic claim. Multiple reliable sources have brought up this report. It doesn’t matter if one disagrees with it. Such information must be added to the page else this is a clear violation and example of editorial bias. This is not a MEDRS article and this claim should not be used to remove content one personally disagrees with. Claims should always state who made the claim, especially for a topic like this one where the facts are classified or unknown. ] (]) 15:04, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Comment on content not users, please. ] (]) 15:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Thanks for the heads up. Removed specific mention of users in my above post. ] (]) 15:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Again I'd also ask you to please review the edit summary of the page. I have not, in fact, engaged in edit warring. In fact the only piece I've put more than one revert on I did so ''by reverting myself'' in light of talk-page discussion. Please be more careful not just with specific names but with characterization of edits. My concern on the article talk page for ], ], ], ] and ] has been linked to ''very careful editing'' of the source and general recommendations of caution. ] (]) 15:30, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::No offense intended. I should not have named specific names. However, after looking at the edit history of this page, the outlines of a general edit war are appearing. I do see a potential argument to be made for WP:RECENTISM and WP:NOTNEWS. However, I do believe that this is WP:DUE through the abundance of RS that cover this story. I do not believe WP:FRINGE applies here, and WP:MEDRS definitely does not apply here as described in much better detail in prior posts. ] (]) 15:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Most of the sources are merely expressing that the original claim was made. I've never opposed a mention of the report. I've simply been concerned that it doesn't get bloated beyond, "journalists made claims." ] (]) 15:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Oh, I definitely agree with you there. There should simply be one or two mentions of this report in the relevant locations within this page that start with, “A March 2024 report by…” followed by “claimed that…”. ] (]) 15:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Yeah, I don't actually have any objection to that. ] (]) 15:58, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::We clearly have consensus on this. The article currently includes a similar sentence: "{{tq|In March 2024, a joint investigation by 60 Minutes, The Insider and Der Spiegel claimed that the Russians had perpetrated the attacks through state agency GRU Unit 29155 using ].}}" I would close this discussion at this point and let everyone edit the article normally. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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== 2024 "NIC Report" - should be 2023 == | |||
@] please can you clarify the reason behind your deletion of the investigative report from the Chronological section ? Given the clear consensus for its inclusion in the article, I'm concerned about your decision to delete it from a segment focusing exclusively on 2024 events without any discussion. ] (]) 10:28, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Because we do not need it twice, it already is in the article. ] (]) 10:33, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Whuich (by the way) I have already stated above, we need only 1 mention of this (at best). ] (]) 10:34, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::The chronological section is problematic in general. But I agree with @] it would make sense to have it there also. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Why? ] (]) 12:17, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::At least 1 user has said that a mention of this us undue, at least one other has said that giving them too much coverage is undue (and maybe a couple). So make a case as to why this needs mentioning more than once] (]) 12:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Instead of talking about what others think, please provide a rationale of your '''own''', as to '''why''' it is undue in that section. I may agree that the Chronological section isn't necessary, but once we have it, with a section on 2024, I fail to see why would we omit this very widely reported investigation. ] (]) 16:42, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::I did, its ] to mention it more than once. As I have said many times, and not that being reported is not a guarantee of inlcudsion, you have to say what this needs saying more than once, the ] is on you to make your case. ] (]) 16:47, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::'''Support adding it to the chronology'''. As long as a chronology section exists it should be mentioned there as well or it wouldn't make any sense to have it mentioned in the causes and not in the chronology. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:53, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::'''Support adding.''' ] (]) 18:29, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
=== Discussion closure attempt === | |||
Most discussions should not be 'closed' at all. They certainly should not be closed by someone involved in the discussion with a closure box restating their opinion, as was . - ] (]) 14:25, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:More than a week had passed since the discussion was active and I don't see a single "oppose" in the discussion above so I applied ]. Everyone seems to agree that the report should be included. My assessment of the result of the discussion above is {{tq|The 60 Minutes investigation '''should be covered in the article'''. It is not a ] compliant source so it may not be used to support any biomedical claim ]. The source should be given appropriate ] without giving it excessive coverage.}}. Do you disagree with it? <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 14:56, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I disagree with out of process discussion closures, yes. That is why I reverted. ] (]) 15:48, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Agreed, we're invited to "ignore all rules", but certainly not in cases where process matters. ] (]) 16:01, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::] specifically indicates to ignore "process" if it will just result in wasted editor time: {{tq|use common sense and don't follow the process all the way to the end, just for procedural sake. But if there are any doubts, do not terminate the process prematurely.}}. Do you actually disagree with my summary as indicated above? Or is this just about "process" (which should be ignored per ]) <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 19:28, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Closing old discussions (and then arguing about it) that have gone inactive and have been superseded by other discussions will also just result in wasted editor time. I also disagree that your closure summarized the discussion, or that ] is relevant here. ] (]) 19:36, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Agreed, again. ] (]) 19:47, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::No problem. What is wrong in my summary? Or we can just request a formal closure. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 09:51, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
=== Further edit warring === | |||
@], your recent reversion of the ''60 minutes'' report , contradicts the established consensus here, and is your fourth revert relating to the content . Moreover, your wholesale revert of my edits also went against consensus on a small change to the lead sentence discussed below , and the title of the ''Causes'' section also discussed below . Editors here supporting inclusion of the ''60 minutes'' investigative report linking GRU Unit 29155 to Havana Syndrome include @] (OP), myself, @], @], @], @], @], @], @], @], @], @], @] ("conditional weak support") and @], with further support in discussions below and on RSN from @], @] and @], @], @] and @]. From what I can see, those opposed include only you, @], @], @], @], @] (who seemed to adjust to the majority at times), and @] (on RSN), who do not make a majority by any stretch. ] (]) 09:44, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Agreeing we can say something, (assuming we all do), is not the same as a agreeing to a specific text. Try and RFC asking to add a specific text. ] (]) 10:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::We've addressed this previously . ] requires that issues are discussed properly, and I've asked you to clearly state your reason for deletions. Can you identify what exactly is problematic with the text, such as portraying claims as facts? ] (]) 11:00, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::I have more than once, but I shall do so again (once and once only). Read ]. It should not be in the lede, it is one report. We can't say it is a fact it is an opinion (from one report). We do not need it in the body more than once (it is one report). Read ], the onus is on those waiting to add something "The responsibility for achieving consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content.". So suggest a text (one mention, not in the lede) ] (]) 11:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::The report was neither in the lead nor repeated in the body when it was reverted today. LegalSmeagolian's removal of the ''report'' from a section titled ''reports'' does not appear to violate WP:UNDUE. I see no need for an RFC. ] (]) 11:24, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::You asked me about my reverts, I can't answer for anyone else's actions. You need to ask them, not me. ] (]) 11:33, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::I didn't ask you about your past reverts. I asked you to state your objections to the text. ] (]) 11:41, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::"Ive asked you to clearly state your reason for deletions", I took that to mean my deletions as I can't answer for why anyone else deleted it (obviously). ] (]) 11:47, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:For what it's worth, my support only really goes as far as including it for chronology's sake due to official responses it garnered (To spare my notifications box I think I'll be exiting this conversation now. Take care, all. Keep it chill). ] (]) 12:58, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Not edit warring, and those who are opposed have made it clear that you are failing to properly conduct a RFC about how to incorporate the new article into the page. ] (]) 15:21, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Why do they need to have a RfC on that? That doesn't seem constructive, it seems obstructive. It seems like a backdoor way to get what you want even though consensus is against you. ] (]) 16:23, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Given that the editor is trying to incorporate ] material into this page, ] applies, and since the ''60 Minutes'' piece completely contradicts the scientific community on the fact that the cause of this "condition" was likely mass psychosis - heck the NIH, which was cited in review study as the basis for the claim under the causes section that "oh but uh one guy cited the NIH who thought RF weapons could cause the symptoms" also said that there are . ] (]) 16:46, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::The solution to fringe pushing isn't a RfC, never has and never will be. Fringe pushing is a behavioral issue, not a content issue. ] (]) 16:51, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Agree an RfC is not needed here and asking for it is obstructive given the consensus we have already established. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 09:54, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I don't understand why you don't edit the section the way you want. It's hard to form an RfC if we don't understand your objection. You ''say'' you disagree with how to "incorporate", but your actions are to delete the entire thing. If we saw your alternative text, we could easily have an RfC: choose this or that diff. But right now, your only proposal is to completely delete the 60 Minutes report. So an RfC would have to be along those binary lines: should the article have text (''any'' text) about the 60 minutes report. I don't think anybody here believes the 60 minutes report should be entirely deleted. The problem is your lack of providing alternative text. It does look like obstruction. -- ]] 16:45, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Sure I will reincorporate the material in a way that presents it less conclusively. ] (]) 16:56, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::@], I agree with your sentiment about FRINGE above and know you were making a good-faith attempt here, but I'd suggest not restoring the 60 minutes content in any form right now. The page was put under protection for two weeks so people would stop edit warring and get consensus on the talk page first for how that content would be added if at all per ] policy. That pretty clearly wasn't done, so adding anything back now without getting it hashed out on the talk page first is just going to cause more issues. | |||
::::Comments like GreenC's comments like {{tq|It does look like obstruction}} are pretty clearly ] and best ignored when the ] is squarely on those wanting to include the content to get consensus for it. It's better to stick to expectations of getting consensus here for something, especially right after page protection expired. Right after protection expires isn't the time for the B part of ]. If the content keeps getting readded in this manner, it might be best to ask for page protection again. ] (]) 22:07, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::I agree with you and won't be offended if you revert to my previous version - I think the current framing is ok but share ] concerns about if it even should be in the article at all (I am fine with it in the chronology section in its current form, but have concerns that any inclusion does further spread misinformation about russian brainwave whatevers). Reverting is up to you! Cheers. ] (]) 23:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::I thought that the 60 Minutes report was previously agreed to be WP:NOTBMI and thus should be re-added to the page? Am I missing something? It feels like nothing has changed from two weeks ago. ] (]) 23:43, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::There is a crucial difference between agreeing to some mention in principle, and agreeing on specific wording. ] (]) 23:53, 21 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Its a difference without distinction when the editor failed to engage in any discussion on wording. The real reason here is purely behavioural and may require further administrator action. ] (]) 00:01, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::No, avoiding the ] is not a distinction without difference. Also, You should check the article, the editor in question has made a proposal. And finally, ] - this is not the place threaten folks with administrator action. ] (]) 00:08, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::The proposal was made after four reverts, which was cause for concern, hence my post. I should hope this doesn't require further administrator action. Please don't misrepresent this warning as a personal attack. ] (]) 00:46, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::Has there been previous administrator action? The last time there was admin action the protected page did NOT include the 60 minutes report. ] (]) 00:49, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::Because you removed it. Thanks for now engaging in discussion and attempting to adapt the text instead of removing it. ] (]) 00:52, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::I don't believe I was the last person to removed it before it got page protected... in fact I have already requested additional page protection as it seems a flurry of edits have been made as soon as page protection expired, before any discussion. ] (]) 00:55, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::It appears that your attempt to use page protection to gain an advantage in a content dispute has been rejected on those grounds. That is not a legitimate reason to seek page protection, please do not try to game the system like that again... Thank you. ] (]) 01:00, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::Was not trying to "gain an advantage during a content dispute..." if you actually bothered to looked at the edits to the, you can see that I rewrote the disputed content. Additionally, ]. Stop acting so paternalistic. ] (]) 01:09, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::Your request was rejected on the grounds that it was a content dispute and did not belong there... I was not me who rejected it. Using something like request for page protection to deal with a content dispute instead of actual disruption is generally frowned upon, whether such poo-pooing is paternalistic or not. ] (]) 01:21, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::I know you didn't reject it? ] (]) 01:29, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::Then what is the issue? ] (]) 01:34, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::::You are misrepresenting my motives??? That is the issue! Oh my lord. ] (]) 01:36, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::::The effect of gained advantage is the same regardless of motives. That is gaming the system, even if only in effect not intent. ] (]) 01:38, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::::::"Gaming the system means '''deliberately misusing Misplaced Pages policy or process for personal advantage''' at the expense of other editors or the Misplaced Pages community." ] literally requires intent. ] (]) 01:41, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::::::"See ] - "The fact that the disruption occurs in good faith does not change the fact that it is harmful to Misplaced Pages."" ] (]) 15:22, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::Again, you are welcome to take this up at ANI or the dispute resolution noticeboard. ] (]) 00:40, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::If you attempt to relegislate consensus with an RFC, I most certainly will. See ]. ] (]) 00:51, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::Please see ]... ] (]) 00:53, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::TITFORTAT doesn't seem to apply in this context. ] (]) 00:57, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::Threatening to take action if someone opens a good faith RFC is ] and ]... ] (]) 01:04, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::: FailedMusician doesn't seem to have been talking about "if someone opens a good faith RFC." ] (]) 01:25, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::Yes, because they are not assuming good faith. ] (]) 01:26, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::It looks like its you who isn't assuming good faith not FailedMusician. A clear example would be you claiming that there was disruption here when there was a content dispute, that is failing to assume good faith. ] (]) 01:30, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::Immediately reinstating content that was removed prior to a full page protection as soon as the page protection is removed, without any additional discussion, is disruptive. ] (]) 01:34, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::Its not, thats actually what normally happens. You were told when you brought this to page protection that it was not disruption but a content dispute, so you know thats not true. ] (]) 01:35, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::::I am allowed to have a difference of opinion than an admin. ] (]) 01:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::::And having that difference of opinion means you are allowed to refuse to assume good faith why? Why do you get mad when people make assumptions about your behavior when you're making even larger assumptions about other people's behavior? ] (]) 01:40, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::::::I have never not assumed good faith in this instance. See ] - "The fact that the disruption occurs in good faith does not change the fact that it is harmful to Misplaced Pages." | |||
:::::::::::::::::::::Editors can be editing in good faith and still be disruptive. Adding ] content without any discussion of the phrasing of that content is disruptive. I don't think we will see eye to eye on this and this conversation is not productive. ] (]) 01:47, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::::::Above you were arguing that your conduct was not disruptive because it was good faith... Now you say that its disruption regardless of whether or not their is good faith. You have assumed bad faith of both FailedMusician and myself in this very conversation, looking across the page you assume bad faith a half dozen more times. This is a pattern of disruption, if the pattern of disruption does not stop it will likely be stopped. ] (]) 15:20, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Thanks. Just to keep things even-handed in terms of ] policy, I've removed mention of the report. Diffs exist now obviously if someone wants to refer to that in discussion. | |||
::::::Just a reminder for all that the page protection was time to propose content and get consensus for something. Without consensus for content on that subject and being obviously under dispute for some time, it's probably best to propose specific content on this talk page and getting consensus on that first (e.g., the D part of ]) rather than directly editing the article first. If someone is having trouble with talk page formatting, you can use the , etc. to propose content along with references on a talk page. ] (]) 14:27, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
'''We already reached substantial consensus''' that the 60 minutes report should be included (see above) and we also have established that ] sources (see ]) believe the use of ] is one of the most likely causes. So nothing in the 60 minutes report is "fringe" at the current level of knowledge we have on this "syndrome". I see editors participating here that have not participated in the previous discussions and probably are unaware of that consensus. Please review them and stop edit warring. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 10:01, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:But not how, so suggest how. ] (]) 14:34, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Yeah MEDRS sources from like multiple years ago... you are (I believe in good faith) pushing a fringe viewpoint. ] (]) 13:20, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Agreed that we have consensus to include and those who disagree with inclusion need to change their acts from obstructive to constructive. If you disagree with what other people have included either propose a wording you could live with or go somewhere else. ] (]) 15:24, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::We do not have consensus on what to say only to say something, this is why I never agree to blank cheques. Per Onus, it is down to those who want to include it to suggest a text. As so far none has been agreed upon (or even where). ] (]) 15:34, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Do we really need to ask for more PP? ] (]) 14:34, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Odd sentence in summar == | |||
Whenever I red a sentence like this it is always a tell - this article is biased to convince people no foreign actor is involved. | |||
“Some studies indicated that foreign actors were not responsible for most cases.” | |||
“Numerous studies and investigations have been unable to determine a cause” would be a much more descriptive sentence. ] (]) 12:54, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Agreed. I removed this sentence, as the intelligence report and associated studies are covered in the third paragraph. ] (]) 23:54, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Pesticides == | |||
I read the Dalhousie study that proposed pesticides as a cause. I'm curious why that was removed per ] - I reverted but am open to discussion if there's subsequent information I'm not privy to. ] (]) 13:00, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Sorry which study? We would need ] for any suggestion of causal health effects of a particular type, and also so far as I can see none of these sources support the "Some scientists have suggested ..." idea, which is OR. And why add scribd.com sources to Misplaced Pages? ] (]) 13:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Geez I didn't see the URL. I'll see if I can dig up the dal study again. Will self-revert in the meantime. ] (]) 13:55, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::I found this URL via Archive.org - it looks like the original was pulled down subsequent to me reading it. | |||
::: ] (]) 15:11, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Was that ever published in a journal? Looks like only preprints exist. ] (]) 15:22, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::I had thought it was. But it may be I was mistaken as I can now only find preprints. ] (]) 15:25, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== ] == | |||
Half of this article is a violation of ] and should be deleted as no appropriate sources exist yet given the early research on this topic. We cannot make any biomedical claims ] by sourcing it to newspapers and ] sources/studies. | |||
For example by @] reintroduces some of those claims. All of the sources in those paragraphs are not ] compliant: | |||
* "In March 2024, the National Institutes of Health published two medical studies evaluating people reporting Havana syndrome symptoms, and found no evidence of brain injury, irregular blood biomarkers, or vocational impairment." this is ] and and are newspapers reporting on ] studies | |||
* "But according to David Relman, these findings do not exclude that a weapon could have injured the government workers, as "the most sophisticated brain scans can miss a subtle brain injury, especially if the brain has had time to heal"." this is ] and is a newspaper reporting on a ] source | |||
What should we do? Thoughts? <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 19:33, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Reintroduced is a slightly pointed way of saying I followed ] - I understand primary sources aren't ideal but they're a heck of a lot better than unscientific journalistic speculation and spooky stories about magic guns that don't leave any wounds. ] (]) 19:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Nobody speaks about 'magic guns'. But I think you'll find that regular guns can already cause damage that don't leave visible wounds. For example, if you fire a weapon next to your ears you can get severe permanent ] and ], both of which are well-documented medical conditions even though they don't show up on modern brain scans. ] (]) 20:20, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Ok but it is pretty clear these Havana Syndrome "sufferers" are not having weapons fired next to their ears. ] (]) 20:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Indeed, though the prevalent theory suggest that they were still close-proximity attacks (if it was long distance I would agree that it reaches the realm of science fiction). ] (]) 20:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Still reaches the realm of science fiction now, unless you are suggesting Russian operatives somehow put a bunch of heads into a microwave oven. ] (]) 20:36, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Not necessarily so if a certain weapon can exist in theory, just like how not every hypothesis in ] is immediately dismissed as science fiction for example. Also, don't forget the possibility of ]. ] (]) 20:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Unless you have reliable sources backing up those claims they do not merit inclusion. ] (]) 20:52, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Seconded. Especially when some users wish to interpret them in a way contrary to their findings. ] (]) 19:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I would also ask whether review articles exist - because without those we may want to consider taking this to AfD as impossible to make neutral. Without the biomedical end this becomes a repository of conspiracy theories. ] (]) 19:45, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:The reversion by ] accurately depicts what this disputed medical condition is. Applying strict medical source rules to this article will hinder encyclopedians trying to cover the full story, which isn't just medical but also about international politics and what people are saying. We should use the full range of reliable sources, including government reports and expert opinions, to give a full picture, including new any developments, medical or otherwise. The latest report from 60 Minutes, The Insider and Der Spiegel show that the top US government agencies are deeply conflicted about this medical condition is and what causes it. ] (]) 23:04, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::For such ] claims we can't rely on single ] studies. Those are also just exploratory studies! What if they missed damage to the brain because they selected the wrong cases? Or what if the damage is not to the brain but to the ears? Or it is not visible through an MRI? Or after too much time? The list goes on of potential problems. That is why ] exists. Until the science is settled in a '''medical review''' we cannot make biomedical claims ]. We can say that the cause of the symptoms in unknown and that it is being investigated and that it is currently still unclear if the condition is cased by a mass hallucination and that some scientists have proposed that theory (as reported by ]). Nothing more than that though. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:25, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
IMHO, The major issue here is SHOULD this article fall under MEDRS rules? Making that determination '''assumes''' the symptoms are physical and caused by weapon attacks, as opposed to possibly being the reframing of (real and imaginary) illness caused by other factors, as the MPI hypothesis asserts. As the US gov't investigating agencies have found no evidence of the former, including the report issued by the gov'ts NIH report, I see no reason to make the MEDRS assumption here. ] (]) 19:56, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Lots of medical and neurological conditions exist that are well documented even when they do not show up on modern brain scans, and these are also found to have their own Misplaced Pages articles. But this page does not have to limit itself to describing a medical condition; it should, in my opinion, also discuss the allegations and the controversies that are widely discussed in politics and the media. ] (]) 20:13, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Whatever standard we apply to https://en.wikipedia.org/Multiple_chemical_sensitivity should apply here. ] (]) 20:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::It has a tag for too many primary sources, needs improvement. Lol. ] (]) 20:37, 2 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Yes, as it discusses medial complaints. ] (]) 10:08, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::I think what it comes down to is that we're in a "perfect is the enemy of good" situation here. If consensus arises that this article must fully comply with ] then we will be stubifying it at best. Now I'm not *entirely* against that. What I am against is a selective argument that political / espionage concerns can source to newsmedia while the specifically medical angle must require a higher standard of source. If the consensus at talk is that we should allow newsmedia speculation about Russia having secret guns that defy the known laws of physics then we need to include the primary source medical information that does exist to ensure neutrality and avoid this becoming a repository of ] science. ] (]) 12:30, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Of course! ] applies to the entire encyclopaedia but '''only for ] '''claims and not for ]. We can't choose to apply it on a per article basis. It is a question of what each specific claim is within every article on the encyclopaedia. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:28, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Needs updates on scientific assessments on the plausibility of directed energy attacks == | |||
Some updates are warranted to better reflect the current scientific assessments on the plausibility of directed energy. Currently, for example, in the section "2018 Jama Report", there is the following text, | |||
"As early as 2018, some scientists, including physicist Peter Zimmerman, bioengineers '''Kenneth R. Foster''', and Andrei G. Pakhomov, and UCLA neurologist Robert Baloh, '''said that the microwave hypothesis was implausible'''; Baloh called the National Academies conclusion "science fiction"." | |||
It seems this is based on a comment Kenneth made in a 2018 Washington Post article. However, he has since then changed his position. He published two commentary articles, one in 2021 in response to the publication by , and one in 2023 proposing IR radiation as an alternative hypothesis. | |||
Kenneth concludes in 2021, | |||
"We conclude that acoustic waves induced in the brain at the “reasonable upper limit” exposures described by Dagro et al. are likely to fall short of thresholds for damaging the brain, although they conceivably could produce unpleasant audiovestibular disturbances and/or auditory responses, depending on the RF pulse duration and repetition rate. In any event, the capabilities of high-powered microwave sources remain shrouded in classified research programs and thresholds for adverse effects are poorly defined." | |||
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.788613/full | |||
And in 2023, | |||
"This preliminary analysis suggests that, in principle, high peak power IR lasers can induce auditory/vestibular responses in humans via thermoelastic sound generation when directed against the head. Developing a practical non-lethal weapon would require adapting the laser and associated hardware for portable use, and adjusting the beam characteristics, power output, and wavelength to produce objectionable responses while minimizing, as far as possible, the likelihood of eye damage to the subjects. Unlike the case of high peak power microwave generators used in classified weapons programs, high peak power pulsed lasers are commercially available (but potentially are very hazardous to an untrained user) and TA sound generation in the head from pulsed IR radiation would be relatively easy to study. If reasonable suspicion exists that some individuals were exposed to such radiation, they should be examined for possible retinal injury. Non-lethal weapons of this sort are hypothetical, but seem more feasible than analogous weapons using pulsed microwaves and would potentially be of interest to governments around the world which have already made considerable investments in laser weapons." | |||
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1118762/full | |||
This is quite significant, as his past and now defunct comments were quite influential to the development of the overall narrative pushed on the page in its current form.] (]) 04:22, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:We would need good ], not commentary pieces in dodgy or non-pertinent journals. ] (]) 05:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Certainly the comments from Kenneth Foster in the Washing Post shouldn't be included if you can't include his later comments. As is, the page misrepresents the position of this particular expert. ] (]) 05:21, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::The page is stuffed full of crap, yes. Anything insufficiency sourced needs the chop. ] (]) 05:23, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Maybe, but that's probably not going to happen. Kenneth is one of the foremost experts on the topic that has weighed in. Frontiers in Public Health is not particularly dodgy. It has a pretty high impact factor. ] (]) 05:33, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::It's going to happen. All Frontiers journals are a ], but in any case ] still applies; ] is just a 'comment'. ] (]) 05:45, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Do you have a recommendation how to address the current problem that would pass? Ideally nearly the entire article would be rewritten. But as it is, something should be done to at least minimize the impact of the misleading information currently in the article. Perhaps someone else can recommend a sensible change that others would allow to get through? ] (]) 06:01, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::It needs around an 80% reduction I think. Removing badly sourced content is probably the first step, as it then is not meant to be replaced without consensus. Ironically, one of the steps needed now it to get ]ION to stop IP users reflex-reverting the cruft. ] (]) 06:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::That's way too much when considering that the subject matter isn't just a medical condition; it's also about ongoing investigations, legal issues, allegations, mass media attention, politics etc. which leaves room for plenty of non-biomedical information (just like on ]). Unless we separate it into two articles. ] (]) 08:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::The problem is not just the medical aspect, it's that this article is mostly a credulous parade of primary sources, when it is meant to be based on good secondary ones and <u>summarising accepted knowledge</u> about the topic. ] (]) 08:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::Not true. Most of the references on this page are secondary sources. The specific secondary sources needed and how they're balanced depends on the claims and how they are made. ] (]) 09:07, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::There's an awful lot of ]. ] (]) 09:32, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::Before removing content referencing reliable sources, you should first establish consensus that this topic is strictly biomedical and requires medical sources only. ] (]) 10:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::Undue weight is being given to the 60 minutes report currently - it strikes of ] ] (]) 11:33, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::I want to point out that ''60 Minutes'' is one of the three participants in the investigation who released the report, along with ''The Insider'' and ''Der Spiegel''. From what I see from the edits history and the discussion on the talk page, several editors lean towards a view that only the publications of ''60 Minutes'' (CBS News) exist, which, in turn, leads them to think that the report consists only (or mostly) of interviews of the victims and experts who officially worked on this case before. That is incorrect, which is evident if you read the report in ''The Insider'', which states information important for "a long-term, historical view" of this subject (i.e, not WP:RECENTISM). | |||
::::::::::::::As for the WP:PRIMARYNEWS, the report contains both the primary and the secondary source parts, so even if we ignore ], I don't see what's wrong with citing them. | |||
::::::::::::::Disclaimer: this comment is only about a report by ''60 Minutes'', ''The Insider'' and ''Der Spiegel''. Other parts of the article indeed require the reevaluation of cited sources. ] (]) 12:31, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::Agree with @]. Not all of the content is medical. But we should remove badly sourced ]. Also in this case the statements by Foster appear obsolete and misleading and I agree it should be removed. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::This article needs to be held to a single standard. If we decide that ] is that standard then, no, the ''whole article must be held to that standard.'' ] (]) 12:35, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::I haven't seen any convincing reason provided here for making WP:MEDRS the de facto sourcing guideline for this article, especially since many cases are classified, and few studies have accessed them. Without public access to case details, I don't see how independent scientists could write review article on those studies. This entire discussion about MEDRS is just baffling and belies a misunderstanding of the scientific method. ] (]) 16:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::Yet media outlets can access it? That is an explanation as to why we can't use media sources for claims about this, they have even less expertise and information. ] (]) 17:10, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::Some media outlets have accessed certain cases through confidential sources, and the claims made by these outlets are included in our article with proper attribution. Therefore, there's no need for MEDRS in this context. ] (]) 17:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::There is absolutely a requirement for MEDRS. If these came from "confidential sources" we have no way of assessing their reliability. ] (]) 17:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::::extraordinary claims require extraordinary sources, not just "some bloke I can't name told me so"".] (]) 18:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::::MEDRS guidelines, which favor review articles by independent researchers with data access, are not fully met in this context since only two medical reports had case data access, and their findings haven't been independently verified due to lack of shared data. Consequently, we're relying on those two primary sources and the news coverage about them, and various news reports about non-medical aspects of the subject. Until MEDRS-compliant articles are available, we should carefully attribute all claims and maintain fair representation of all viewpoints. ] (]) 18:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::::] medical studies should not be included and certainly should not be used to make definitive biomedical claims ] of any kind. All we can say is that "the research is ongoing" and what some of the hypotheses are. But nothing more than that at this point and nothing definitive. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:50, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::::::By the same logic we should exclude any propositions of the ''cause of the condition'' coming from non-medical sources. Which means no 2024 investigative report details. It's simply undue speculation to suggest there is a causal link between Russian ''assassins'' and a few American diplomats in high-stress jobs getting sick. ] (]) 18:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::::::Disagree. Its very due, as an allegation, given the number of reliable sources that reported on it. ] (]) 19:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::::::::This is, again, trying to cite BMI to journalists. They are not reliable for it. ] (]) 19:07, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Number of cases == | |||
The German news-website ] states that about 1,500 cases where reviewed (), why does the article talk about exactly 1,000 cases? Is there a more precise number? ] (]) 11:17, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Given no one even knows what it is, no, there are numerous claims that people were affected by it. ] (]) 11:24, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Time to Stubify? == | |||
We have a pretty significant problem with a purported medical condition for which ] compliant sources appear not to exist. As a result there's been a lot of pressure to include the science-fictional speculation of journalists who want this to be a James Bond story. I am increasingly of the feeling that the best course of action would be to cut this article down to the bare minimum - note that claims exist and that at this time there is no known medical cause. Call it a day and leave out all the hand-wringing over whether the Russians secretly have weapon technologies entirely unknown to the rest of the world. ] (]) 13:42, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::It's not 'entirely unknown to the rest of the world', weapons developments are often secretive in many countries (including nuclear, biological, etc.), and when it comes to direct-energy weapons the Russian leadership announced themselves in 2012 that they were trying to develop this.] (]) 19:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I agree. there has been enough timer now for more than media speculation, as to a probable course. Either it existed (and therefore MEDRS applies), and experts can say what it was. Or is it still an unspecified condition (but MEDRS still applies) as doctors are still looking? Or it did not exist, and thus random speculation is OK. But I think we need an RFC. ] (]) 13:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::OK so how do we structure the RFC? ] (]) 13:58, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:This is highlighting one of the common problems we run into in medical topics where even though MEDRS is very clear, the spirit of ] is often forgotten. If anything, these are the types of topics where more care is needed to stick to MEDRS. The short of that is we really aren't supposed to use primary medical sources or news sources that report on them. Looking through some of the edits and talk page comments, it does look like there's been misunderstandings about MEDRS and a rework of the article needed. That said, it's probably better to work on each section piece by piece for sourcing issues. It could be some secondary sources have commented on older sources. ] (]) 15:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Given disputes as to the scope and inclusion criteria of this article should we Stubify? and start from scratch? | |||
Is one possible. ] (]) 14:00, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I'm not sure that something that broad won't just leave us in exactly the same position. I think we need to clarify whether this article needs to comply strictly to ] as a starting place. If it does, then stubifying will likely be necessary. ] (]) 14:05, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Not really, as once we have reduced it to about a line or two, we can then discuss scope and inclusion criteria, what is the page about, the allegation, the diagnosis or what? We need to really first decide what the article is about. ] (]) 14:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
But OK | |||
Try | |||
Is this article about the alleged medical condition or accusations of an alleged attack? | |||
Is that specific enough? ] (]) 14:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:My preferred language would be "Should the article about the alleged condition adhere strictly to ] sourcing requirements?" ] (]) 14:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Then go for it, I can't tell you what you think or want. ] (]) 14:35, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::I don't want a malformed RFC - I do actually want your feedback. ] (]) 15:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::RfCs are generally better suited for individual content to discuss. MEDRS already applies to medical content, so a broad RfC like that wouldn't really do anything. Any assertions about causes are going to fall under MEDRS, so it's probably better to draft content on that first focusing on just MEDRS sources, see if it gets traction, launch an RfC if needed, etc. and let that lead how the other sections are handled. In short, it's probably better to focus on drafting up text for discussion that would be the center of an RfC if one was done. ] (]) 15:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Oppose.''' As Misplaced Pages editors, it's not our place to determine if Havana Syndrome is real or a James Bond story. The article should reflect the breadth of viewpoints found in reliable sources, providing a balanced depiction of the subject. This encompasses a range of perspectives, covering both widely accepted medical opinions and significant political narratives, like the alleged Russian involvement. Restricting our sources solely to medical journal reviews would narrow the scope unduly, omitting crucial aspects of the discourse, particularly the latest investigate reports. ] (]) 17:45, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Based on feedback from ] and here I've thrown together a rough approximation of a version of this page that does not depend on newsmedia coverage and, instead, focuses on government reports and medical publications. This is far from perfect but I think it works as a first draft. ] (]) 17:47, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Your draft seems to rely heavily on sources that, for this topic, are primary. We can't solely depend on US government sources because there's significant disagreement among top US agencies about the nature and causes of Havana Syndrome, as highlighted by recent investigative report from Insider, Spiegel, and 60 Minutes, and all the reliable sources that covered it. ] (]) 17:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Draft is missing some of the timeline. ] (]) 18:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::The draft excluded parts of the timeline that depended wholly upon newsmedia. And, per exhaustive discussion, Insider, Sipegel, 60 Minutes, NYT, Buzzfeed, Washington Post, The Hill, et. al. ''do not constitute secondary sources from a ] perspective.'' ] (]) 18:06, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::This is incorrect on several levels. | |||
::::::# Not all statements need ] but only ] | |||
::::::# There is nothing wrong with "news media". Most of the sources you cited are ] and included in the list of perennial sources ] | |||
:::::: <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::* '''Oppose''' per @]. This article should follow the sources and cover all aspects of this story: medical, diplomatic, intelligence, political, etc. When dealing with medical aspects it should be aware that biomedical claims ] must be sourced according to ]. At this point the only medical aspects that can be sourced appropriately appear to be the fact that some people are reporting some symptoms. It is unclear what the source of those symptoms is at the moment. | |||
:: <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:07, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::I'm sorry but I'm beginning to get frustrated with ] regarding the spurious notion that we can have an article that requires one standard of proof for science and ''a lower standard of proof'' for speculative fiction produced by journalists with unclear sources. ] (]) 18:09, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::The investigative journalists do not focus on the science behind possible attacks and brain damage, but on a correlation between the movement of a well-known notorious Russian secret service unit and reported Havana syndrome cases. They also found a pattern among the victims all working against the interest of Russian foreign policy. Also, if you know the track record of the investigative journalists, you'd know about where the majority of their sources come from (hint: everything in Russia is for sale).] (]) 19:58, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::That is exactly how it works. Medical claims require a different standard of proof than all other claims on Misplaced Pages. See ] <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::But those other claims should be framed as speculative fiction at minimum, and are potentially not ]. ] (]) 18:22, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Other claims should be framed as ] frame them. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:47, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::If you want to do an RFC, you may try to establish a consensus for your view that journalists are making speculative fiction, and that only non-existent MEDRS may be used to cover this subject, limiting the scope of our article. ] (]) 18:25, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* For the love of all that's Holy, let's not do a re-run of the car-crash RfC about MEDRS sourcing at lab leak. MEDRS applies to ], and not to ]: that is a firm Project-wide consensus we should not be trying to run-around. A better question would be about how appropriate news reportage is absent secondary sources, and/or whether having a mega-length "chronology" section (of primary/news reports, mainly) is due. ] (]) 18:11, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:That's a horrible RFC. Yikes! Was unaware. I hate the idea of maintaining different evidentiary standards for something like this in a single article. ] (]) 18:15, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::] helps to address this. When answering fringe claims, a source as good as what is being answered is needed (not ] level necessarily), specifically so that science isn't held to a higher standard than fringey story telling. ] (]) 18:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Reminder of ] == | |||
Just want to remind all editors to refresh themselves on ]; @] I was not as you suggest by the reversion on your talk page, rather I have very real concerns about edit warring on this article coming from you. | |||
Reinstating removed content is a reversion. You did so twice in 24 hours, in addition to reverting two other edits: | |||
Reinstating removed content: | |||
, | |||
Other edits/reversions: | |||
, | |||
Rather than address this at ] I think it would be more productive for ALL editors here to refresh themselves on the 3RR. Cheers. ] (]) 18:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Concur. The cycle should ideally be ] rather than Bold-revert-revert-revert furthermore everybody should be careful that ] is a bright-line but edit-warring does not ''require'' three reverts in 24 hours to be established. ] (]) 18:26, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Please all slow down. I think everybody should familiarise themselves better with ] and when it does and does not apply before editing further. Some comments in the discussions above by some of the editors in this thread show some pretty egregious misunderstandings that will cause them to potentially complicate editing this article even further. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:34, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Not sure why you are thinking that both can't be true - familiarize and understand 3RR and MEDRS. ] (]) 18:46, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Sure. I just think the reversions wouldn't be happening if ] was better understood by all. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::{{U|Gtoffoletto}} please advise under what logic ''causal claims of specific weapons'' are not BMI????? ] (]) 19:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::@] what "causal claims of specific weapons" are you referring to exactly? <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 19:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::"Non-lethal acoustic weapons" - come on let's not be coy. ] (]) 19:22, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::For Misplaced Pages to say or imply that X thing causes Y biomedical effect, whether X is a drug, a prayer, or an 'acoustic weapon', MEDRS sourcing is required. This should be beyond obvious. ] (]) 20:08, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::Misplaced Pages will say no such thing. It will be covered as a claim attributed to reliable sources. No MEDRS is required for such attributed claims, and there are no MEDRS available anyway, so this discussion is moot. ] (]) 20:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::Adding 'Person X says' in front of a biomedical claim does not absolve one from following MEDRS policy. If we can't source it to the proper standard we have to leave it out. If no MEDRS are available, again, we leave it out, using lower quality sources isn't an option. ] (]) 20:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::Indeed, this is the kind of ] which has got users blocked in the past. ] (]) 21:05, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::You may post an RFC to determine what you consider to be lower quality sources. In the absence of review articles in medical journals, I support the inclusion of controversial claims attributed to regular reliable news sources. ] (]) 22:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::We need to abide by ]. If there are no decent sources to contextualize fringe claims, they need to be omitted. ] (]) 22:40, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::This is ]. It is an hypothesis just like the hypothesis that this could be caused by massive psychogenic effects. | |||
:::::::::::::We cover both because they are prominent within ]. | |||
:::::::::::::No biomedical claim should be made as no appropriate sources are available yet per ] <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 11:59, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Unprofessional CBS/60 Minutes report has re-ignited controversy == | |||
For most of the history of this article, a majority of editors made it to read like Havana Syndrome was definitely due to Cuban or Russian ray guns. They believed the MPI hypothesis was nuts, and the skeptical POV as reported in only a minority of media should be kept to a minimum. There were even comments about skeptical Wiki editors sticking to UFO, flat-earth, and bigfoot articles, and staying off "this MEDRS article". The release of the reports by the US government intelligence agencies pretty much ended the controversy that had this article mired in edit battles for years, and the tone of the page reversed itself back to allowing appropriate space for the MPI hypothesis. Then came the newest 60 Minutes report. It seems to have caused a reversal again, including removal of info on the just released NIH reports countering the earlier medical reports (see separate section below on that). | |||
The problem is that I believe the CBS claims have been given too much credence. I urge editors to read the rebuttal to that biased episode, and add it appropriately to the article: . ] (]) 21:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:We're not going to give any preference for the MPI hypothesis unless the reliable sources do so, which they do not. All claims should be attributed and neutrality maintained. ] (]) 22:35, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I think it's clear that there is not a clear consensus to give such preference of place to the CBS story as has been forced in. ] (]) 23:18, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:"the just released NIH reports countering the earlier medical reports (see separate section below on that)." | |||
:You're misrepresenting the NIH studies. ] (]) 23:06, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::My concern is, no matter which rules the community decides should apply, the core important qualitative property of the article is that it should be accurate. We have in its current state, people editing the article either intentionally misleading readers to advance their view, or who are either ignorant of the scientific literature or scientifically illiterate. ] (]) 23:33, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::The best way to do this would be to stubify... ] (]) ] (]) 23:56, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::You recently made a change from "Some scientists" to "Most scientists", claiming it better portrays the scientific consensus. But it seems all of the supporting sources for that claim trace back to one small team of scientists. It isn't at all clear this is a consensus, and rather looks more like a minority scientific opinion to me. Even if it were a consensus, "Most scientists have suggested" is poor language as of course most scientists have not studied or weighed in on the matter. The article should not mislead or seek to spin information towards a single POV. A psychogenic cause for most cases, is just one hypothesis, while the true causes are yet to be scientifically verified. ] (]) 05:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Totally agree. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Agree too. ] (]) 21:32, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:The rebuttal you linked, is hyperbolic, childish, fallacious, and overall highly manipulative and misleading, in the context of this current discussion, for example, it states: | |||
:"Based on the assessments by the intelligence community and the results of the National Institutes of Health studies, Havana Syndrome is dead.", | |||
:which objectively false information. ] (]) 23:45, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I mean it is not false but it is hyperbolic. There is no evidence that Havana Syndrome is the result of any kind of weapon. ] (]) 23:56, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::It is objectively false. The NIH studies were never expected to be highly likely to find biomarkers of Havana syndrome, even if there was damage, and they did not conclude there was no damage. They were also under powered as they mention in their limitations sections. Finding biomarkers was a long shot, that failed, and only a first start. Biomarkers for neurodengeration or neurological damage can take years of research and higher powered studies to find. And the IC assessment was that it is "unlikely", with overall low confidence. | |||
:::The rebuttal is highly fringe, and highly misleading. ] (]) 00:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::I would say the 60 minutes piece is equally fringe and misleading. We should not be republishing their claims which don't have any detailed medical research backing them up. ] (]) 00:06, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::The 60 minutes piece however reveals a lot of new information. What that information implies, and how strongly, is up for debate. ] (]) 00:12, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::And since as an encyclopedia Misplaced Pages deals in <u>knowledge</u> and not "information" the source is of little use. We need good ] sourcing analysing the novel proposals it makes, ] (]) 04:59, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Both the “Russian” and the “psychogenic” hypotheses are nothing more than that at this point. | |||
:::::::Neither is confirmed. Both are pure speculation as far as we are concerned as no ] source has conclusively determined if this “syndrome” even really exists. | |||
:::::::We should include both hypotheses as they are prominent among ] while ensuring that no medical claim is made (see ]). | |||
:::::::We shouldn’t prefer one or the other hypothesis at this stage. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:10, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Then you should support stubifying. ] (]) 21:11, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*CBS/60 Minutes are perfect sources on this subject per ]. ] (]) 16:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:Not when those sources are implying that extraordinary technology is being used to cause these symptoms, which lack any ] support. ] (]) 18:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
I think there is going to have to be a small section linking to another Wiki page for alternative explanations, it appears this page is bias towards one theory. Whether or not this report is "James Bond," there are other explanations and some in the medical perfession have reversed their opinion (as stated on this page). Also, the 60 Minutes report collaborates other news stories about targeting of specific groups of agents mainly assigned to Russian counterintelligence and the lead investigator for the Pentahon, Greg Edgreen seems to collaborate other news stories. Lastly, as to whether this 60 minutes (I'm not talking about medical explanations) is bad source, name me one news organization who hasn't corrected or retracted many stories? I think a link on this page to a new wiki page for intelligence and alternative explanations is needed because there will be a constant WP:WAR on this wiki. | |||
] (]) 18:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC) ] (]) 18:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Misplaced Pages generally does not do articles on 'alternative explanations', see ]. Besides, all the same content policies would apply just the same at another article title. ] (]) 19:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::If this one is about a medical condition it should not be about the origins/story surrounding the medical condition: see ] versus ]. ] (]) 19:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::COVID-19 is a huge topic, multiple articles are needed due to length concerns. I don't think that is needed here. At any rate the time to think about a split would be after all the redundant primary sourced stuff gets cleaned up. And if consensus turns out to be for stubifying the article, we obviously will not need a split. ] (]) 19:15, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::It does amuse me that the response to all the media-notable conspiracism surrounding COVID-19 was just to gate it off from the actual medical science in a separate article. That shoudn't necessarily become a standard. ] (]) 19:18, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::I think your point about spinning off an alternatives page for medical is fair, but the gatekeeping and warring here has taken new heights. I would '''support''' a page for origins focused on intelligence, history, specific intelligence agent groups affected and their experiences, location, links to Russia, etc. after this page gets cleaned up. Intelligence is not an exact science (you’ll be surprised what ends up on the President’s desk when it comes to intelligence) would be difficult to add here because this page has largely taken the focus of medical explanations and feels largely like a medical journal (which is fine).] (]) 20:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
===An attempt to summarize the actual scientific consensus=== | |||
As far as my reading of the papers we have as sources go the actual scientific consensus, such as it is, is that there is no positive evidence to support a known weapon-type but most researchers feel hampered because of governmental secrecy surrounding novel weapon systems. The intelligence community seems to be, publicly, discounting that there is a novel weapon as the source of this condition but nobody actually ''trusts'' the US intelligence community to be truthful so this is not a significant data-point for scientists working on this. All of this means that there is a great deal of uncertainty. All that seems known for sure is that there is no ''evidence'' of neurological injuries among the affected population at levels that differ significantly from control populations. An absence of evidence is not, of course, evidence in and of itself. The material in the recent investigative report is of no validity, scientifically. As I've said many times before, it provides nothing that rises to the level of evidence. But again an absence of evidence is not evidence. The argument favoring weapons is largely that the population in question are people who would be likely targets for weapons. The argument favoring the psychogenic hypothesis is effectively ] - we don't need to invoke the Russians to explain this situation. While I pretty openly cleave in a specific direction, as you would expect from a materialist who frequents the Fringe theory noticeboard, I'm also quite aware that neither of these are appropriate bases for discussing the causes of a medical condition. | |||
I keep circling back to "we don't know enough to create a neutral article and should probably stubify this" but I know that's a deeply unpopular position. So two questions: | |||
# excluding what journalists think will sell, and based on the best quality research we have, am I misinterpreting anything here? | |||
# assuming my interpretation is reasonable above do we have any better solution than either stubification or just throwing in a bunch of speculation as to causes? ] (]) 12:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I would just add that there could also be a combination of different causes. The hypothesis that psychogenic illness is responsible for some or most cases is not incompatible with the hypothesis that some were victims of an attack and other possible causes. ] (]) 16:37, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Is that reflected in the literature or is that speculation? ] (]) 18:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Spoiler: It is speculation. ] (]) 21:12, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I'm not convinced that the scientific community has studied the issue well enough for there to be any real consensus other than that there isn't a consensus to speak of. ] (]) 21:26, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Then we should stub this. ] (]) 21:38, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::At first I disagreed with this but it is clear that @] and @] seem hellbent on adding ] information that is the result of sensational journalism and is not ] so maybe stubifying is best. ] (]) 22:26, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Please do not cast aspirations against other editors on this article talk page. ] (]) 00:51, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::How is that casting aspirations? You and Gtoffoletto are insistent that content that makes a medical claim that lacks medical backing be added to the article, that can be seen by the very edits you have been making. ] (]) 01:05, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Your critique of journalists' motivations is inappropriate here and undermines your argument. To answer your first question, your assertion of no neurological injury evidence and dismissal of the weapon theory through Occam's Razor indicates a misinterpretation of sources. As some scientists have explained, there is possibility that some incidents may have been caused by a weapon, while others could stem from the hysteria that the Soviet and later Russian spies intended to induce with such a weapon. If you don't have any respect for the journalists of the sources Misplaced Pages usually considers reliable, such as those who published the investigative report about those experiments, then there is really no point in these discussions. As for your second question, the idea of drastically trimming the article of content and sources doesn't seem to solve any substantive issue; other than to cater to a skewed interpretation that the evidence unequivocally favours one hypothesis, which contradicts Misplaced Pages's commitment to neutrality. ] (]) 22:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::"the soviet" - what????? And yes the vast majority of evidence supports that there were no hostile adverse actions using scifi space lasers. ] (]) 22:23, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::If you are asking that, it's clear you haven't read the latest investigative report , and nor are you familiar with Relman's analysis of recent NIH studies purportedly showing no evidence of neurological injuries . Your reference to "space lasers" suggests you've also missed the MEDRS-compliant review article that discusses different types of weapons . ] (]) 22:36, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Yeah I am not clicking a .ru link... ] (]) 23:23, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::I have read the latest investigative report. I found it deeply unconvincing. ] (]) 14:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::And as for the Relman comments, "neither those reports, nor the two new studies, rule out the possibility that some individuals have been attacked and injured" is entirely dissimilar from "we have evidence some individuals have been attacked and injured." As I've said repeatedly, '''absence of evidence is not evidence'''. Relman has drawn attention to an absence of evidence. This is why we should be stubbing this article rather than filling it with speculation. The scientific consensus is "we don't know." The science fictional consensus preferred by sensationalist media is inappropriate for inclusion. ] (]) 14:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Can you provide a specific example of an edit where it has been definitively stated, either in the talk page discussions or within the article itself, that the cause of all or even specific cases was a weapon? I haven't seen anything like that. Conversely, I've seen many instances where you've confidently asserted the non-involvement of weapons , despite sources saying it is a possibility. Misplaced Pages's guidelines strictly prohibit the introduction of personal viewpoints into editing, as outlined in ]. ] (]) 12:08, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::You say sci-fi space lasers, but the it was the National Academy of Science Engineering and Medicine that concluded that pulsed microwave energy a likely explanation for some of the cases. | |||
:::"Second, after considering the information available to it and a set of possible mechanisms, the committee felt that many of the distinctive and acute signs, symptoms, and observations reported by DOS employees are consistent with the effects of directed, pulsed radio frequency (RF) energy. Studies published in the open literature more than a half century ago and over the subsequent decades by Western and Soviet sources provide circumstantial support for this possible mechanism. Other mechanisms may play reinforcing or additive effects, producing some of the nonspecific, chronic signs and symptoms, such as persistent postural-perceptual dizziness, a functional vestibular disorder, and psychological conditions." | |||
:::https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/25889/chapter/1#x | |||
:::The effect that was hypothesized to have been a cause has been known about by scientists since the 60's. And multiple independent scientists who are experts in the relevant fields (e.g., , and ) have weighed in saying a weapon based on this effect that could produce the symptoms of victims is plausible. ] (]) 04:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::The report you cited is from 2020 and further research has debunked this. Plus isn't the whole claim now from the non-mass psychosis camp GRU acoustic weapons? ] (]) 04:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Further research has not debunked this although one would easily get the false impression that were the case from reading various news articles that misrepresented the studies. ] (]) 04:27, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Interesting there is a source which considers how Occam's razor applies to Havana Syndrome: | |||
::* {{cite journal | last=Danek | first=Adrian | last2=Rainer | first2=Thomas | last3=Della Sala | first3=Sergio | title=Ockham’s razor, not a barber’s weapon but a writer’s tool | journal=Brain | volume=145 | issue=6 | date=2022-06-30 | issn=0006-8950 | doi=10.1093/brain/awac159 | pages=1870–1873}} | |||
::] (]) 22:38, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::OK this I want to read... ] (]) 14:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::OK, that was a fun piece. I'm not sure we can really effectively use it in the context of this article but thank you for sharing a delightful article. ] (]) 14:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Can someone explain what the debate here is? The NY Times reported on two major studies ... why was that removed from the article? The list of major studies alrady exists in this article, and that chronological list is very encyclopedic. I read the above comments here in Talk page, and I cannot understand the objection to including those two reports (as referenced by NY Times and MANY other major media outlets. ] (]) 01:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Please read this Talk page where the relevant ]s are discussed multiple times; ] sources are required for ]. The article is in a hellish mess yes - let's not worsen it. ] (]) 01:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::So let me get this straight... The original JAMA studies and discussions of those in the media '''are '''MEDRS, but the subsequent NIH studies -- also reported on in the same media because they countered the original studies -- are '''not '''MEDRS? What am I misunderstanding? ] (]) 01:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::"because they countered the original studies" | |||
:::This isn't true. You seem to have gotten the false impression from those news articles, which is indicative of the problem in basing encyclopedic knowledge on early phase medical science on ordinary news reports. Anyone who delves deeper into almost any scientific topic knows that news articles routinely misrepresent scientific results. ] (]) 04:45, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::For reference, here are the comments from the NIH about the MRI study. | |||
:::“While we did not identify significant differences in participants with AHIs, it’s important to acknowledge that these symptoms are very real, cause significant disruption in the lives of those affected and can be quite prolonged, disabling and difficult to treat.” | |||
:::“A lack of evidence for an MRI-detectable difference between individuals with AHIs and controls does not exclude that an adverse event impacting the brain occurred at the time of the AHI,” said Carlo Pierpaoli, M.D., Ph.D., senior investigator and chief of the Laboratory on Quantitative Medical Imaging at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, part of NIH, and lead author on the neuroimaging paper. “'''It is possible that individuals with an AHI may be experiencing the results of an event that led to their symptoms, but the injury did not produce the long-term neuroimaging changes that are typically observed after severe trauma or stroke. We hope these results will alleviate concerns about AHI being associated with severe neurodegenerative changes in the brain.'''” | |||
:::https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-studies-find-severe-symptoms-havana-syndrome-no-evidence-mri-detectable-brain-injury-or-biological-abnormalities | |||
:::The short summary of the takeaway of the MRI study, quoting from the paper itself, is this: | |||
:::"...These findings suggest that the origin of the symptoms of participants with AHIs may not be linked to an MRI-identifiable injury to the brain...This study has several limitations. First, the sample size of the control population was small, and not all control participants were matched vocationally to the participants with AHIs..." | |||
:::https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816532?guestAccessKey=585c4d36-d78f-4f5c-90ec-06daf860fb3a&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=031824 | |||
:::] (]) 05:28, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*There is no any scientific consensus on this subject. There is nothing to summarize. ] (]) 16:22, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:So we should stubify the article as it deals with a medical condition, and create a seperate article regarding the media narrative. Or at least stubify the causes section to only include medrs. ] (]) 16:32, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::No, because the "syndrome" here does not mean any actual (scientifically proven) medical condition, but rather a common name of the subject. This is the reason WP:MEDRS is not applicable to this page as a whole. ] (]) 16:36, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Yes... In fact, as I recall, the original name of this article was "Sonic attacks in Cuba" because Trump and the US gov't claimed publicly that they "knew" the Cubans had done just that before any medical studies were even performed. Then when it became apparent that "sonic weapons" could not do the (claimed) organic damage, the gov't backed off that claim, and other types of weapons were proposed. So the article became "Health attacks in Cuba." THEN when scientists pushed back on THAT as well, the article became just "Anomalous health incidents." See a pattern folks? But the press dubbed it "Havana Syndrome," and thus we have the current name for the article. To me this indicates that the term Havana Syndrome is actually meaningless medically. It is a catch-all description for AHI - anomalous symptoms and illnesses that can be due to a wide variety of unrelated things - including normal sickness and reframing of such ailments due to the belief one is under attack. (Ask any "]" about this! Many times these delusional people have vandalized this article with their personal claims of being attacked by such weaponry for decades, and their belief that Havana Syndrome proves their case. It is actually very sad.) Thus IMHO (as well as in the opinion of some scientists mentioned in the article), HS is not a specific medical "disease" needing MEDRS rules. (BTW, the name chain is from memory as I know of no way to discover old article titles! I'd love to know if there is a way.) ] (]) 03:11, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== NIH reports deleted? == | |||
Why was all the info about the March 2024 NIH reports funded by the US gov't (and published in JAMA) deleted from this article? This is historically important info as it has the US reversing itself on previous claims made regarding claimed injuries to diplomats. ] (]) 22:04, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:The information was removed due to a misinterpretation of Misplaced Pages's medical sourcing guidelines as they relate to this topic. I support restoring the content, citing any of the credible sources mentioned below, with clear attribution of all claims to these sources. | |||
:https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/us/politics/havana-syndrome-brain-studies-nih.html | |||
:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/18/no-evidence-of-brain-injury-in-people-suffering-havana-syndrome-us-study | |||
:https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-study-finds-no-brain-injuries-among-havana-syndrome-patients | |||
:https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/18/1239087164/nih-studies-no-pattern-harm-havana-syndrome-patients-brains | |||
:https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/18/health/havana-syndrome-studies/index.html | |||
:https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/03/18/nih-havana-syndrome-mri-scans/ | |||
:https://apnews.com/article/havana-syndrome-diplomat-health-brain-ea64e5c59d57e44a19aab40ac1b91e0d | |||
:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/18/havana-syndrome-study-government-officials | |||
:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-study-finds-no-evidence-havana-syndrome-brain-injury-2024-03-18/ ] (]) 22:31, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::{{tq|This is historically important info}} ← have you got a source saying that? ] (]) 22:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::The editor expressed their view on the historical significance of the NIH study, a perspective I share. This viewpoint doesn't require a source for our discussion since it wasn't suggested to be directly included in the article. ] (]) 22:40, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Okay. I apply ] to that then. ] (]) 22:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::@] Please note that talk page guidelines prohibit the behaviour you're displaying here. The editor didn't propose adding their personal opinion to the article in relation to the historically importance of the NIH study, and your comments here lack a policy-based rationale for including or excluding the content in question, much like in discussions above. Continued actions of this nature, and any further veiled threats , will result in an immediate escalation to an administrator noticeboard. ] (]) 23:00, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::This is ] so personal views have no place here, unless to inform article content. In which case they need to be evidenced. Evidence that something was "historically significant" would be coverage from a history RS, or a statement in RS to that effect. ] (]) 23:05, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::It is clear that @] expressed an opinion on the NIH study's historical significance to support its inclusion in the article. Yet, you have not offered your opinion on the matter or the sources I've provided above. ] (]) 23:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::I don't think my opinion matters that much; let's just follow the ]s. For anything in the realm of biomedicine we need ], and these sources are ]. They may however have other uses. ] (]) 23:15, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::Are you arguing that we can't include any attributed claims relating to the widely reported NIH study from the reliable sources? ] (]) 23:28, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::None of the list you posted above are 'the reliable sources' as far as ] is concerned. ] (]) 23:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::Just so that I understand your argument, for the wording of an RFC, are you saying that news sources, even when there are ten of them, can't be used for attributed claims? ] (]) 23:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::Not about biomedical information, no. This is pretty basic sourcing stuff. I would suggest you seek clarification about this at ] or ] before wasting community time with an RFC. ] (]) 00:48, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::Given the lack of consensus among editors on distinguishing between biomedical information and the inclusion of news sources for the subject's political aspects, an RFC could determine the article's content scope and sourcing standards. Indeed we can post the RFC to WP:RSN to draw in more editors. ] (]) 08:34, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::] requires ] sources. Always. | |||
::::::::::::::Since we are talking about ] medical studies it is unlikely that they could be used to support any kind of statement on Misplaced Pages. | |||
::::::::::::::As far as the encyclopedia is concerned they are useless as they are not reliable. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::If you include political comments made by non-experts in news reports that are associated with the potential causes, you could just as well include comments made that the IC's recent conclusion that a foreign adversary attack is unlikely may have been influenced by ulterior motivates. | |||
::::::::::::::I think neither speculation that the psychogenic hypothesis was downplayed, nor speculation that the attack hypothesis was downplayed are worthy of encyclopedic knowledge. Other speculations coming from news commentators, such as financial incentives, etc, aren't worthy of including either. Political drama playing out in the news media is polarized, highly speculative, and generally very unreliable. ] (]) 05:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::If this information isn't notable, then neither is 40% of what is on the page right now. The exact same type of RS is being used. So let's put it in or start cutting all the other dodgy brain studies. ] (]) 22:46, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Yup. ] (]) 23:06, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Great, so it seems there is a consensus here to reinstate the content. ] (]) 23:15, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::No, the consensus can only be to "start cutting all the other dodgy brain studies". ] (]) 23:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Okay, your opinion has been noted. ] (]) 23:25, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::We should cut all ] unless sourced with ] and only keep ] <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::It should be reinstated without being misrepresented. ] (]) 23:26, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Agreed. ] (]) 08:23, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:"This is historically important info as it has the US reversing itself on previous claims made regarding claimed injuries to diplomats." | |||
:Again you're misrepresenting the NIH studies. ] (]) 23:08, 3 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Can someone who opposes inclusion of the 2024 NIH reports (as reported by major RS such as NY Times, BBC, etc) explain the opposition? I read the comments above and I don't grasp the opposition. Are the opposers suggesting that the entire ''"Chronology of investigations, studies... "'' section should be deleted? That section seems exceedingly encyclopedic, because H.S. is an evolving situation, and new data is coming out every few months. A chronology of the history seems very encyclopedic. Or is the opposition based on the fact that ALL data from the article related to politics and espionage should be deleted (leaving only medical info)? Even if that were the appproach: the NIH studies were 100% medical. Or is the opposition related to the fact that NIH studies are primary sources? But they were noted by many major media sources. ] (]) 01:22, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:All these are unreliable sources. Primary research reported on by new organisations is notoriously poor. We have really good sources on this, so why is the barrel being scraped? ] (]) 01:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Why do you say the NIH reports from JAMA are unreliable? Or are you saying the NY Times is unreliable? What about other studies in years 2018 to 2023 (listed in the Studies section) ... do you have the same opinion of those prior studies? Do you propose removing the entire "Studies" section? When you say "we have really good sources" which specific sources are you considering? I ask all these questions because your point seems a bit irrational, no offense. ] (]) 01:36, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::It's primary research, so unverified. Primary research is often wrong; read ] if you want some background. The NYT is an unreliable sourcer for health content (like all newspapers). This is well established consensus on Misplaced Pages, for very good reasons. To be clear all the primary research should go: the article needs a major haircut. ] (]) 07:27, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::The US gov't sponsored the early JAMA reports finding supposed evidence of energy weapon attacks, and it and the media used this result to claim attacks had occurred. And of course this was widely (and sensationally) covered in the media. How is this NOT acceptable to report on here? And then the US gov't sponsored another set of studies - also published in JAMA - which largely contradicted the early JAMA reports. And the media also reported this. And this information also should not be in this article? ] (]) 03:25, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Because as you can see the primary studies are often contradictory/unreliable. Which one is right? We wait for the matter to be settled through the process of science. That's what Reviews are made for @]. Those reports are unreliable for ] <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 14:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::So then, you are advocating removing refs to the JAMA reports in the section "Chronology of investigations, studies, reports, and analysis"? ] (]) 01:32, 16 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Quality sources == | |||
This is a ] in an '']'' journal; a strong ]: | |||
*{{cite journal |vauthors=Asadi-Pooya AA |title=Havana syndrome: a scoping review of the existing literature |journal=Rev Environ Health |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=655–661 |date=December 2023 |pmid=35962646 |doi=10.1515/reveh-2021-0182 |type=Review}} | |||
It gives a round-up of the literature base and runs through the various hypotheses. | |||
Here is another (same quality) review{{snd}}which we already cite{{snd}} but very recent: | |||
*{{cite journal |vauthors=Bartholomew RE, Baloh RW |title="Havana Syndrome": A post mortem |journal=Int J Soc Psychiatry |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=402–405 |date=March 2024 |pmid=38146090 |pmc=10913303 |doi=10.1177/00207640231208374 |type=Review}} | |||
This concludes HS is just "moral panic".{{pb}}I think, at least for ], all the primary/old non-] sources can be removed from the article, and these can do all the heavy lifting for those aspects. We would follow the usual approach of saying "Review X said this, review Y said that", ] (]) 05:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:The Asadi-Pooya review looks pretty solid. The Bartholomew article is a "Brief Report", which is apparently supposed to provide a "brief account of innovative work in the field" , and it reads somewhat more like a commentary piece rather than a review article, so I'd be less inclined to give that a lot of weight. Don't currently have a view on to what extent other sources should be removed from the article. ] (]) 06:49, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::It's categorized by the publisher/Pubmed as a "review" and the journal is solid. Using unreliable sources is bad. Using them when reliable sources are available is double bad. ] (]) 06:56, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::: they group Brief Reports together with editorials, it seems to me it may not quite be on the same level as a typical review article, and it doesn't look like a typical one. It's probably usable, I just wouldn't give it a lot of weight. I think you're right that in parts the sourcing on this article isn't great, although there are questions about what does and doesn't count as Biomedical Information, and some of these reports by eg. NASEM and the CIA seem like they should be included. ] (]) 07:11, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Perhaps not a <u>lot</u> of weight. This is the kind of discussion we should be having, weighing high quality sources. When the article is re-based on those it may be an idea to consider the weaker ones. ] (]) 07:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Agree the second source doesn’t look at the “same level as a typical review article” like the first one. I also wouldn't give it a lot of weight and wouldn’t make any final conclusions based off of it. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 05:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Before removing any sources from the article, editors need to establish a consensus on which claims are biomedical and require a higher standard of medical sourcing, and which can be considered as non-biomedical information (WP:NOTBMI), thus allowing the use of standard news sources. Discussions both here and on the fringe noticeboard indicate a consensus that as long as they are correctly attributed, MEDRS may not apply as a restriction of the article's scope. ''Asadi-Pooya'' concludes only that Havana syndrome as a neurological disorder with unknown causes, acknowledging the study's own limitations, and calling for further investigation. ] (]) 08:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::And that is the current state of knowledge, based on a comprehensive literature review in a peer-reviewed ] in a reputable journal. We can't swap in editors' takes on the matter. This is Misplaced Pages 101. ] (]) 08:26, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::That is the current state of knowledge in medicine, but the article subject isn't limited to medical aspects, so I would oppose deleting other content and their supporting sources. ] (]) 09:14, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Of course. For content that doesn't have a biomedical aspect different sourcing standard apply. But the basis should still be secondary. Is there any actual ] on this? To best achieve NPOV, the ] need to be the article foundation. ] (]) 09:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::When the top MEDRS, like the one you provided above acknowledges its own limitations, then MEDRS isn't better than regular RS. ] (]) 09:23, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I wonder whether to an extent a solution to this is to have a section which sticks to more ] compliant sources, which we present as focusing on the more "medical" side of things, and then have a number of these other non-MEDRS sources, those that aren't outright excluded, in another section(s) which we present as more focused on the social, political and event focused side of things. So then we can include this other pertinent information, but not present it as being medical content. | |||
::That would be tricky to do. But to give something more concrete, I wouldn't mind if we deleted most of the "Possible causes of Havana syndrome" section, moved some parts of it to chronology, and then just used that section for MEDRS compliant content. ] (]) 08:48, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::The challenge lies in differentiating the parts of this subject that are clearly biomedical, such as symptoms and treatments, from those that are not, such as the cause. If the alleged cause of some cases was a weapon, as reported by some sources like the recent investigative report by The Insider, then that isn't strictly biomedical. The review article above acknowledging its own limitations in respect to agencies not sharing data, so there may never be MEDRS with definitive conclusions on this topic. ] (]) 09:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::If you state or imply something "caused" a biomedical effect, that's ] (to state the obvious). But I don't see what the issue is anyway; we have a recent strong ] giving a comprehensive survey of the various hypotheses. ] (]) 09:29, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Right, if they say it happened they are saying the syndrome is real, that is a medical diagnosis. ] (]) 09:35, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Death is considered a biomedical condition. Should your view of WP:BMI then apply to all "Death" sections on the WP? A death can be caused by a bullet. Does that mean an article such as the ] should rely only on WP:MEDRS? That sounds like a rather ] way of interpreting the guidelines. | |||
:::::Those parts of the article that trully discuss the biomedical information (symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, etc) are WP:BMI and should use WP:MEDRS, no one on this talk page seems to disagree with that. But the logic that "if part of the article discusses WP:BMI, then all of the article is WP:BMI" is faulty. This article clearly describes a complex subject, which has biomedical, diplomatic and political sides to it. The word "Syndrome" in its colloquial name is not a reason to strictly reduce the whole discussion/encyclopedic description of a discussion to a biomedical aspect. | |||
:::::Maybe a good idea would be to rework/reword this article to be an article about an event. That looks like a better alternative to this never-ending debate of WP:BMI/WP:NOTBMI and whether the syndrome exists, doesn't exist or is not a medical condition. And it is definitely never-ending because there is no reason to expect that we can get several papers from WP:MEDRS reaching a consensus and a definitive result in the foreseeable future. ] (]) 11:32, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::That is entirely irrelevant to this discussion. Please remember ]. ] (]) 11:33, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::How does a comment on the applicability of WP:BMI/WP:MEDRS and the potential rework of the article fall under WP:NOTFORUM? ] (]) 12:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Nobody has died of Havana Syndrome. Your speculation of whether death should be treated per ] broadly is not apropos to anything on this article. ] (]) 12:50, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::I was not saying that someone has. As for the broad implementation of WP:BMI, then that is exactly what I tried to say in relation to the comment by @], to which I replied to. I am surprised there is a need to explain the reason for indentation in front of the talk page messages. ] (]) 12:58, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::And I'm surprised I have to explain that bringing up matters entirely unrelated to article content on an article talk page is ] territory. Yet here we are. So let's just close this unproductive line of discussion. ] (]) 13:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::{{tq|Does that mean an article such as the Assassination of John F. Kennedy should rely only on WP:MEDRS?}} ← it is a common misconception that ] (like ]) applies at the article level. It applies to content in any article which is ] (same as ] applies to any content anywhere about living people). Obviously within the realm of ] different claims can have different sourcing (read MEDRS, and pay attention to the spinning plate). A claim that blowing your brains out with a gun is fatal does not require strong sourcing; a claim that drug X can prevent colon cancer would require super-strength MEDRS sourcing. ] in fact applies everywhere. Any claim about energy weapons and their effects would require strong sourcing. ] (]) 13:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Great job. | |||
:“In conclusion, Havana syndrome is a nonspecific neurological illness with an unidentified causative factor(s), an acute phase of auditory-vestibular symptoms and a chronic phase of nonspecific neurobehavioral symptoms. This syndrome should be considered and investigated as a health concern, and not as a political issue.” | |||
:from the Asadi-Pooya AA (December 2023) review seems pretty solid as a starting point for the medical section of the article. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 12:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I disagree. This is the proper place to start the medical section of the article: | |||
::"Using advanced imaging techniques and in-depth clinical assessments, a research team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found no significant evidence of MRI-detectable brain injury, nor differences in most clinical measures compared to controls, among a group of federal employees who experienced anomalous health incidents (AHIs)." | |||
::From NIH ] (]) 21:07, 4 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::As already discussed ad nauseam: that’s from a ] study and can’t be used for ] according to ]. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 04:59, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::The JAMA, JASON and NASEM studies are of the exact same quality. Do you support cutting them from the article? ] (]) 01:18, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::It depends on if they're primary or secondary sources. The NASEM one is a review, not a primary study, but the JAMA one is a primary study. Maybe we can include some primary studies according to ], I'm not sure, but starting the medical section with a primary study would definitely be a no go according to ] ] (]) 05:06, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Yes I agree with your reading of MEDRS, but this article is also FRINGE and PARITY comes into play. The idea that HS is even a single thing is predicated on dodgy fMRI PRIMARY studies. So once you let the sketchy claim in the door in violation of MEDRS, you can't then change the standards to keep legitimate SECONDARY domain expert RS refutations of that claim off the page. ] (]) 15:49, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Since let's hear what others think. @]@]@]@], and others of course, invited to comment below. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 20:39, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
'''Are the two reviews of the same quality? And are they both reviews?''' | |||
* '''No, Not a proper review''', I believe @], @] (please confirm below) and me have already expressed our views that the second source reads more like an editorial/commentary rather than a proper review and that it should be given less ]. I don't believe it can be placed on the same level as the Asadi-Pooya AA (December 2023) review. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 20:39, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* The 2024 Bartholomew review should be given less weight than the other review for reasons I mentioned above. But it should still be included, I think, given the paucity of MEDRS sources we have on this. I'd prefer it if anything that is particularly clearly an opinion was attributed to the authors in some way eg. Bartholomew and Baloh wrote that... --] (]) 22:47, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Use both reviews.''' Relatively equal weighting. The Bartholomew review may be shorter but it is also more recent and I don't think it should be under-weighted. ] (]) 14:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:3 months of difference is nothing for reviews. They are contemporary. The fact they reach such different conclusions despite being contemporary is problematic. Since most seem to agree ''Bartholomew et al'' is not a proper review we should be even more cautious and give it proper ]. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 17:41, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*''Bartholomew et al'' is usable, but as I and others have noted, it does not resemble a proper review article, let alone a systematic one. Although more recent than the ''Asadi-Pooya'' review article, we cannot rely on ''Bartholomew et al'' to represent a scientific consensus in support of the MPI hypothesis, despite the authors' intentions. Establishing such a consensus requires multiple review articles that convey more definitive conclusions. ] (]) 21:37, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:Yet you base the claim that the brain RF wave acause can solely be supported by one article, the Asadi-Pooya article. Just so my vote gets counted, I '''support''' the inclusion of both articles, on the condition that the Asadi-Pooya is properly noted to be old and overall debunked by new evidence. ] (]) 13:18, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*Both are good sources per MEDRS. Also, some people might be mistaken about the "governmental agencies". Please check ]: ''Statements and information from reputable major medical and scientific bodies may be valuable encyclopedic sources. These bodies include the U.S. National Academies, the British National Health Service, the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization.'' "Statements and information". Meaning that something like would be a good sources. ] (]) 00:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:That's a press release about a primary study (NIH does a lot of press releases like that for studies it does or funds), that MEDRS section is talking more about things like "Guidelines and position statements". A press release like this isn't anything like an official position of the NIH, or official guidance from the NIH. Whether we'd include that study would be according to the guidance at ] ] (]) 04:50, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::Yeah, a press release is worse even as a source than the primary source itself. ] (]) 04:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::Unlike the cited primary studies, this is obviously a ], and it is issued by NIH as an organization, even as a news report. Hence, I believe it satisfies the letter of WP:MEDRS. I agree it is less reliable than an official CDC guideline, for example. ] (]) 11:28, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::Please focus the discussion about the NIH studies in the section above ]. It seems unlikely that there will be consensus to include them in the 'Possible Causes' section until they are covered by review articles. For now, we should focus on discussing specific edits, including whether Relman's quote can be incorporated in accordance with ]. This aligns with the ongoing RFC below, which addresses scenarios like {{tq|when the primary source is widely reported in major media}}. ] (]) 12:16, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Also remember that something like ] is a perfectly legitimate medical diagnosis/condition. If this is "merely" a psychiatry problem (no brain damage found), it does not disprove the existence of the "syndrome" as the actual ], at least in theory. ] (]) 00:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Now, citing this NIH report, it says: ''Forty-one percent of participants in the AHI group, from nearly every geographic area, met the criteria for functional neurological disorders (FNDs), a group of common neurological movement disorders caused by an abnormality in how the brain functions, or had significant somatic symptoms. FNDs can be associated with depression and anxiety, and high stress. Most of the AHI group with FND met specific criteria to enable the diagnosis of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness, also known as PPPD.'' OK. This is one of several possible explanations to be mentioned on the page. ] (]) 00:19, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*Both are good sources. There is too much cherry picking going on here in Talk. There is no policy that says you can go "this reads to me like blah-blah-blah". We don't do vibe checks. If it's a relevant expert in the field published in RS it's MEDRS and SECONDARY.] (]) 01:26, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:That's not how ] works though. From the "nutshell": {{tq|Ideal sources for biomedical material include literature reviews or systematic reviews in reliable, third-party, published secondary sources (such as reputable medical journals), recognised standard textbooks by experts in a field, or medical guidelines and position statements from national or international expert bodies.}}. We don't include whatever "experts" say if it is ] as their opinions are not reliable. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 17:47, 13 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::We don't get to demote a source because we think it, in your words, "reads more like an editorial/commentary". That's your judgement, but not POLICY. Baloh is in RS. It's a review. He's an expert. It counts as MEDRS. ] (]) 16:01, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::Of course we can demote sources. That's the role of editors here. And several editors have challenged that it is a review. They journal itself does not seem to label it as such. The only mention of a "review" is the one line in the methodology section written by the author saying "Method: A review of the literature." That's it. No other details are offered. That is unacceptable and not how reviews work. If you compare to the other source you can see it clearly presents its methodology in detail including study selection method, sources list, guidelines for inclusion etc. Also: it is labeled as a Review in the title and is published on a Journal that focuses exclusively on review articles. The differences are quite evident. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 17:53, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::Let's rephrase: the argument for why to demote this source is insufficient as it mostly hinges on artifacts of the article's brevity. I don't find that a compelling reason to treat it as non-RS. I will concur that, ideally, secondary sources ahould be conducted by people who didn't execute the primary sources but, with only two reviews to draw from, I fear that the impact to neutrality would be far greater excluding this source than if we were to include it. ] (]) 18:22, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::This definitely goes beyond the "article's brevity". This is simply not a review and the journal does not call it as such. The authors mostly cite their own studies and simply appear to support their own conclusions without discussing other viewpoints. Also: they include significantly less sources than the other review despite being published later (32 sources cited in the first review vs. 20 sources cited in this article). Why did they discard the other evidence? They didn't provide any reasoning for it since no methodology is indicated. Those are major red flags that force us to conclude that this article is of lower quality per ]. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 19:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* '''No. Very weak yes.''' (tl;dr: '''''Asadi-Pooya, 2022'' should get more ] than ''Bartholomew & Baloh, 2023''''') The ''Asadi-Pooya, 2022'' report is indeed a neutral review article that summarizes the existing research, with careful formulation of the parts that are not part of an established consensus by the scientific community. ''Bartholomew & Baloh, 2023'' is different: its general tone is polemic and it obviously works towards reinforcing its' authors previous claims/opinions (from their previous publications) – for one, the "Aims" section from the publication already contains the expected conclusion. The two also differ in the choice of articles for the review: the ''Asadi-Pooya'' "Methods" section clearly describes why the studies were chosen (basically, all existing medical studies which were relevant and were found based on searched words). In comparison, the ''Bartholomew & Baloh'' review's choice of sources is unclear and unexhaustive. Their review generally follows a formula "Cite a single claim from a source and then debunk it with another single claim" with the debunking claim sometimes coming from the authors, and not another source (even when the claim lies outside the area of expertise for Bartholomew, i.e. medical sociology, and Baloh, i.e. neurology). In addition to studies it also cites a combination of press statements, media publications and a single authors' personal communication source, which are mostly used by the authors to {{tq|address common misperceptions about MPI}} – and that part of the publication is not a review of primary medical sources at all. | |||
: While parts of ''B&B, 2023'' do fit the ] for being a ], it also contains the authors' personal opinion and theorisation on the subject which should be carefully cited taking in account ] and the authors' area of expertise. So I think that ''Bartholomew & Baloh, 2023'' can be used on the article, but it should be given much less ] than ''Asadi-Pooya, 2022''. ] (]) 12:25, 14 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::100% agree, great rundown. I think your "very weak yes" equals my view when I say "Not a proper review". The conclusion is the same: "it should be given much less WP:WEIGHT than Asadi-Pooya, 2022". Maybe you should clear that up so as to make it explicit where you stand to someone reading this quickly. I think we have a pretty strong consensus at this point. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 10:46, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::: Added in bold in front.] (]) 11:39, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::There is no strong consensus here. TinyClayMan is literally tone policing. We don't get to do that. ] (]) 16:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::TinyClayMan correctly checked the sources cited by the paper. And found them lacking. Which is pretty clear if one compares it to the other proper review. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 19:21, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::The Asadi-Pooya article relies on sources that have since been debunked/superceded, such as the NIH report saying it was likely RF wave weapons, which they have rolled back on saying there is no damage to syndrome "sufferers" brains, and goes against the consensus of the entire intelligence community. ] (]) 13:15, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== All mentions of 60 Minutes report deleted from page == | |||
As of this post, all mention of the 2024 '']'', '']'' and '']'' report has been removed from this page. Some editors argue that the report is "junk," that this is a MEDRS article, and some have resorted to attacks against editors suggesting they believe in UFOs, bigfoot, and want this to be a "James Bond article." As I have previously stated, it is not the job of Wikipedians to determine what is true or false. Our job is to simply restate what reliable sources state on a topic. '']'', '']'' and '']'' are reliable sources so WP:FRINGE does not apply here as some suggest. A that was previously removed should be re-added. One possible wording is below: | |||
"On March 31, 2024, a joint investigation by '']'', '']'' and '']'' claimed that their investigators had uncovered evidence that the Russian government as directed by ] had perpetrated the attacks for the purpose of retribution against specific individuals through state agency ] using ]." | |||
No claim is made here that the report is true or false. We are merely reporting what RS on the topic have stated. To ignore adding this in the article would be editorial misconduct and biased through omitting information based on the personal beliefs of editors about what is/is not worthy of inclusion. This topic has created significant media attention from reliable sources and to not include it in this article, again, shows a disregard for Misplaced Pages policy on reliable sources. This article is not solely a MEDRS article and claiming MEDRS should not be used to remove any content from a non-journal article if such content is widely reported from reliable sources. Again, the article is not taking a position on this claim, but we must include a mention of this claim. ] (]) 00:27, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:This article should only include studies & results produced by professional scientists & physicians; OR reliable media sources reporting on studies by professionals. BUT when a media source (CBS, Insider etc) do their own investigation, that does not rise to the level needed by this article. Those particular media, in particular, are very sensational (60 minutes has made MANY mistakes over the years they've had to retract). ] (]) 01:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::The report was covered by a very wide array of reliable sources, including the BBC, CNN, CBS, DW, Le Monde, WashPo, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, etc. There were also an official responses from the US and Russian governments, raising it to the level of ]. ] (]) 01:12, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::But not ] so I have moved it to the chronology section. ] (]) 01:15, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I have reinstated the content as there was already a firm consensus in the discussion above ] to include it in the article. ] (]) 01:06, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I have moved it to the chronology section as it is more appropriate there. ] (]) 01:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I think that we should definitely be conservative in how we report this, but I think removing this entirely from the article is an overly broad application of ], as this strongly relates to history and current affairs, and in a number of ways does not match what is described as biomedical information in ]. I probably wouldn't put this under the "possible causes" section though, and I would use wording even more conservative than what you have suggested, eg. I wouldn't say "the attacks". I would try to objectively as possible describe what the investigation said, and try the best to avoid anything claiming causation or making biomedical claims. Which may entail excluding parts of what the investigation said ] (]) 01:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Exactly. There is a firm consensus for inclusion in the discussions above. Editors @] and @] do not have consensus for their removal of this content. Ping @]. ] (]) 01:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::There is obviously not a consensus. And including content because there is no consensus for <u>ex</u>clusion, is you did, is an inversion of what should happen. Maybe start a RfC is you're so keen on this? But in general this article needs to slim down a lot, not bulk up with junk. ] (]) 01:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Yeah I wouldn't mind a formal RfC with pinging a larger community then just us Havana-heads in here. ] (]) 01:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Editors in favour of inclusion in ]: Endwise, Redxiv, Gtoffoletto, Thornfield Hall, Chase1635321, TinyClayMan, Running dog59, Edittlealittle, BootsED, LuckyLouie, GreenC, Machinarium and DolyaIskrina. Even Simonm223 and Slatersteven agreed to inclusion. Yet you remove it citing ]? ] (]) 02:05, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Oh come on, @] expressed highly conditional support that it would not be included in the way it is currently being proposed to be included, and @] did not express support for inclusion, was completely neutral erring on the side of not inclusion "I have already stated above, we need only 1 mention of this ('''''at best''''')." (emphasis added). ] (]) 02:15, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::The consensus to include the 60 minutes investigation in the article should be abundantly clear. Anyone entirely removing it is clearly doing so against consensus at this point and should stop. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 05:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::I thought it was due mention but should have been treated as a notable fringe view. I have been very consistent about this. If it is not presented as fringe it should be excluded. ] (]) 11:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::I actually think a sentence or two might be due, sourced to the BBC which has a secondary-ish take which we would need to align to (i.e. "Media reports further fuel the view that US diplomats may have been targeted with sonic weapons"). Media reports have fuelled a view, yup. That's a good independent take. ] (]) 12:23, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::That would be satisfactory; I don't want to see causal claims coming from that report. ] (]) 12:35, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::It should definitely be removed from the causes section but I understand wanting to include it in the chronology section. However I am not sure you have the consensus you claim for inclusion, as it seems multiple edits, aka @], myself, @], and a few others disagree with at least how it is being included. ] (]) 01:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::The entire chronology section needs to be replaced by a couple of succint, well-sourced paragraphs. It it mostly poorly sourced and an excuse for an unencyclopedic dumping ground of undigested content. ] (]) 01:28, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::That's interesting because ] removed it from the Chronological section yesterday, saying it is already in the Causes section you removed it from. There is in fact a majority in favour of including the content in the article, and moving the it to the Chronological section after I reinstated it to the Causes section, based on the argument that it needs MEDRS, makes no sense. No sources in the Causes section are MEDRS. Both of you are edit warring. ] (]) 01:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::And you are too, heavily, while completely mis-stating policy, ] (]) 01:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::I contest that any edit warring is occuring on my or your end. ] (]) 01:37, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Bon courage, you just made a couple of to the page claiming original research or primary sources. ] (]) 01:55, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Yes. We don't want original research or undue primary sourcing, surely. ] (]) 02:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::The content you deleted was not OR or primary sources. For instance, one was a secondary source from Politico describing US intelligence agencies reporting on H.S. to members of Congress. This does not fall under OR or primary sources. ] (]) 02:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::The 2019 ''JAMA'' report and commentary should also have not have been deleted. They are part of the narrative of events. Calling NYtimes "unreliable" is just ridiculous. ] (]) 02:14, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::So is this not a medical condition article, its a narrative of an event article? So you would be in favor of splitting the article, correct? ] (]) 02:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::Legal, again, this is not solely a MEDRS article. MEDRS should not be used to deny including widely-reported RS on a topic that is not solely a biomedical article. It is not up to Wikipedians to determine the truth, we merely report on what RS have stated about a topic. Much of this topic is surrounded by politics and competing claims by governments. Look at the categories this page is listed under. Ex: "<u>B-Class Russian, Soviet and CIS military history articles</u>," and "<u>B-Class North American military history articles</u>." Countless news organizations have reported on this recent report from RS. To not include ''any mention'' of it "because MEDRS" is editorial bias. ] (]) 02:19, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::There is no such thing as a 'MEDRS article'. Please search this page for the phrase 'common misconception'. It is not MEDRS which is at issue for much of this, it is NPOV. Articles need to be based on secondary sources. ] (]) 02:23, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::Then we should split the article between the reported "medical condition" and the events surrounding it, with the non medical stuff going in the events article. ] (]) 02:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::Using Politico as a source for 'Politico reported ...' is primary sourcing; it's just ] reportage. ] (]) 02:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::Primary does not mean "bad." Secondary does not mean "good." Articles will often have a mix of both. Removing primary sources just because they are primary is itself not a valid reason, especially considering that most of the sources you are removing are both RS and making points which you have previously stated you personally disagree with. ] (]) 02:27, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::The basis of the article must be secondary sourcing. Primary sources are useful for adding stuff once that foundation has been laid. The problem with this article is that the foundation is primary sourcing, seemingly added in a sort of rolling scrap book way. If something has not garnered attention in secondary sourcing, how is ] demonstrated? ] (]) 02:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::My concern is that some editors are seemingly using primary source and MEDRS arguments to remove information that they have stated multiple times they personally disagree with. They have also made unilateral edits to the page ignoring the consensus of other editors, engaged in edit warring, and are now seemingly stating that no RfC is necessary to resolve this issue. If I am mistaken please inform me. ] (]) 02:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::Who? ] (]) 02:40, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::'''Secondary good.'''] ] (]) 02:38, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::I'm going to exit this conversation now that I see we are resorting to insulting other people's intelligence. ] (]) 02:40, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::I am calling myself a caveman, if that wasn't clear. My ape brain only can compute secondary sources as good (they are, primary sources should be avoided). Also Neanderthals were highly intelligent. ] (]) 02:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::That is actually true. Neanderthals were highly intelligent! ] (]) 03:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::We are not edit warring - Slatersteven did remove it from the "Chronological section yesterday, saying it is already in the Causes section" as they were correct, it was duplicated information. It is my belief they removed the wrong duplicate as the sources do not indicate or provide actual medical evidence for a medical cause, so it would be better in the chronological section (if in the article at all). You are welcome to make a report at the edit warring noticeboard, however I think dispute resolution noticeboard would be a better place for this, or opening up a request for comment, especially in light of ]. ] (]) 01:36, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:So I ask again, can we have a suggested text, posted here so we can comment on it before it is added? ] (]) 12:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::"On March 31 an investigative report was issued collaboratively by ], ] and ]. This report added further fuel the view that US diplomats may have been targeted with sonic weapons." (citation to the three plus the BBC article discussed above). ] (]) 13:55, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::I do not think this makes the fringyness of this clear enough. ] (]) 14:10, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Try 2: | |||
::::""On March 31 an investigative report was issued collaboratively by 60 Minutes, Spiegel and Insider. This report added further fuel the view that US diplomats may have been targeted with sonic weapons but provided no evidence of the existence of such weapons." (citation to the three plus the BBC article discussed above) ] (]) 14:14, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Did they provide any medical evidence that anyone suffered medically proven harm? ] (]) 14:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::It provides Relman's 2022 claims. ] (]) 14:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::And selectively quoted in a way that should make anyone with basic media literacy put up the {{dubious}} tag. ] (]) 14:48, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Specifically "What we found was '''we thought''' clear evidence of an injury to the auditory and vestibular system of the brain." Emphasis mine. Note past-tense. ] (]) 14:50, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::So no, not really so what we have is enough for "In March 31 an investigative report was issued collaboratively by 60 Minutes, Spiegel and Insider. reported that Russia had agents in those countries around the time of the alleged attacks" ] (]) 14:53, 5 April 2024 (UTC)." | |||
::::::::::How about "On March 31 an investigative report was issued collaboratively by 60 Minutes, Spiegel and Insider. It claimed that Russia had agents in various countries around the time of some alleged attacks." ] (]) 15:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::That works. ] (]) 15:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::Not with the ]. Russia likely has agents in pretty much all countries all the time. (Which makes the Russia-did-it reasoning pretty silly and the inclusion pretty ].) --] (]) 15:30, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::True, and it can be said of the USA (thus, is a forum issue), its very flimsy "evidence" but in effect, this is what they are saying, and other does seem to be some consensus for some kind of inclusion. ] (]) 15:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::Yes but included with proper phrasing and with a NPOV lens. ] (]) 15:58, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::Thats always inherent in include. ] (]) 16:03, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::Please go ahead and propose an improved copy. ] (]) 16:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::Given that you've been such a stick in the mud about it I would prefer you did it, then we will know that you won't object to it. ] (]) 16:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::That is, being honest, my best effort for the phrase. If my proposed text requires additional workshopping I would like to see what others think would improve it. ] (]) 16:23, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::::I support the proposed text (if at any point I suggested I didn't I apologize), its a good start to build a paragraph off of. ] (]) 16:27, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::*'''Opppose''': Misplaced Pages editors should not be putting forward their own arguments, like {{tq|Russia likely has agents in pretty much all countries all the time}}, to delete widely reported details of the investigative report, without referencing significant viewpoints from reliable sources. This kind of tomfoolery is why the article is locked and should remain locked. | |||
:::::::::::::] (]) 21:38, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::Any major power with an intelligence service has agents in most countries or at least some kind of information system in those countries, ]. ] (]) 21:59, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::Which is why the "Russia has agents" reasoning is extremely stupid. You will not find any Misplaced Pages rule that forces editors to include every bit from every reliable source. We have to choose what to include, and not including stupid stuff is a good criterion not forbidden by ]. Anybody in favor of including stupid stuff should read ]. --] (]) 14:10, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::Or maybe people who can't edit the topic dispassionately need to stay away from it? ] (]) 15:16, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::The issue here is that the investigative report has produced a lot of smoke with effective no fire. Its claims are basically: thatcthe journalists believe Relford's 2022 claims and thwre were Russians in some areas of some countries where alleged attacks occur. It's a notable source for sparking controversy but of no evidentiary value. I'm trying to ensure the reference doesn't give it undue weight. ] (]) 15:34, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::We cover both smoke and fire on wikipedia, they're actually equally worthy of inclusion. We aren't conducting original research so the evidentiary value is meaningless to us, why would you bring it up? ] (]) 15:38, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::::::::For reasons of assessing ]] (]) 15:46, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::::I wasn't aware that evidentiary value was used when assessing due weight, it isn't mentioned on the linked page. Perhaps you meant to link a different one? ] (]) 15:51, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::::::::I think it's noteworthy that 60 Minutes, Der Spiegel and The Insider all agree on the Russia theory (or at least they agree that it's plausible enough to warrant a report). I think it's still noteworthy even if it's wrong. | |||
::::::::::::::::::This isn't a medical journal; it's an encyclopedia. If governments and medical associations say one thing while major trustworthy media outlets say something else, that disagreement is itself notable and deserves coverage in this article. Even if the 60 Minutes report is dead wrong, it's still useful to be aware that they made that report in the first place, as it teaches us something about 60 Minutes. | |||
::::::::::::::::::This isn't some fringe website. It's a collaborative report with multiple major trustworthy media organizations. We shouldn't ignore it. ] (]) 22:29, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Time for RfC(s)? == | |||
It seems like there are a couple of issues that need to be resolved, and outside help could be beneficial: | |||
# Should the article include information on political/social/economic aspects of H.S? If not (i.e. if article should be constrained to pure medicine) should a second article be created for the political/social/economic aspects? | |||
# Is information provided by primary medical sources acceptable for this article? (i.e. should article ''only'' rely on secondary reviews/surveys)? (Of course, any primary source must be used as provided in ]: ''".... Any text that relies on primary sources should usually have minimal weight, only describe conclusions made by the source, and describe these findings so clearly that any editor can check the sourcing without the need for specialist knowledge. Primary sources should never be cited in support of a conclusion that is not clearly made by the authors .... "'' ) | |||
# Should the article include historical information such as a chronology of older medical studies & speculations, some of which have perhaps been superseded? | |||
# Should 2024 NIH/JAMA reports (possibly including references thereto from major RS media) be included in the article? | |||
# Should the 2024 60 Minutes/Insider report be included in the article? | |||
Five <s>Four</s> RfCs may be a lot, but maybe we could have one RfC with a few queries in it? ] (]) 01:56, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I think if the rfc was focused on #1, it would also resolve #3, #4 and #5. The main objection being used is that this is a MEDRS article and thus all non-medical journal sources should be removed. ] (]) 02:00, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Yes, it is tempting to only pose 1 or 2 questions in the RfC, but posing a few fine-grained questions may promote good discussion and lead to a higher-level "stubify" or "exclude non medical" conclusion. ] (]) 02:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:That's five potential RfCs. I vote '''stubify''' this article as the "medical condition" article and create a new "claims surrounding Havana Syndrome" article that can have all the pseudoscience theories and report on them accurately. ] (]) 02:01, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Again, I reject the notion that the '']'', '']'' and '']'' report is "pseudoscience." Disagreeing with something does not make it pseudoscience, especially if it comes from RS. I do not believe splitting the article is necessary in this regard. ] (]) 02:08, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::The underlying claims in the ''60 Minutes'' report do not have any grounded medical backing. ] (]) 02:10, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::No need to have the debate in this section of Talk page: this section is only asking if an RfC would be useful. ] (]) 02:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Fair, '''I agree that it would be.''' ] (]) 02:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::I don't think an RfC would be useful. The problem here is something else. ] (]) 02:18, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Bold to claim consensus without an RfC. I think the more users that look at this, the better. ] (]) 02:22, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::@FailedMusician: I don't understand what you are saying. Why wouldn't 3rd party input via RfC help? ] (]) 02:23, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Because there was already a firm consensus for inclusion of the Insider investigation. I posted a discussion to RSN. ] (]) 02:49, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::That really is not the right form to answer these questions. ] (]) 02:52, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::No, it's been quite disruptive. ] (]) 02:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::No need to "vote" here in this section of the Talk page ... this section is simply asking if an RfC would help. In the RfC, if we have one, stubify can be proposed as an option. ] (]) 02:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:I think for #2 this is actually a proposal to modify core ]s, ] and ], so would need to be held elsewhere. ] (]) 02:06, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I'll edit the text above to clarify that any primary sources would be used only as MEDRS permits: ''".... Any text that relies on primary sources should usually have minimal weight, only describe conclusions made by the source, and describe these findings so clearly that any editor can check the sourcing without the need for specialist knowledge. Primary sources should never be cited in support of a conclusion that is not clearly made by the authors (see WP:Synthesis). "'' ] (]) 02:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::More fundamentally, "primary sources should generally not be used for medical content". There are exceptional cases where they may be justified, but this isn't one of them. ] (]) 02:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Your opinions on the application of MEDRS to this article can be voiced in the RfC ... this section of the Talk page is simply asking if we should have an RfC. ] (]) 02:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::The danger is ]. If an RfC is trying to override policy, it needs to be a bigger deal than something on an article Talk page. ] (]) 02:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::You've made it clear that you, personally, have concluded that the exceptions listed in MEDRS do not apply to this article. You've said that over and over. And you can say it again in an RfC. But other editors may suggest that the exceptions DO apply to this article (e.g. because H.S. is a new and evolving syndrome). Personally, I don't have an opinion on the matter. But an RfC will get input from a wider variety of editors. ] (]) 02:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::What 'exceptions listed'? So far as I'm aware the only attempt to 'list' such exceptions is in ] in the 'rare cases' for primary sourcing section. ] (]) 02:41, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::Add one to the number of times you've stated your conclusions as to how MEDRS's "primary source" rules apply to this article. In the RfC, other editors may suggest that MEDRS permits primary sources in some medical articles (e.g. new and evolving syndromes) that DO NOT YET HAVE many secondary sources. That discussion belongs in the RfC, not here. If the RfC consensus is that primary sources are ''not'' permitted in this article, the RfC will be very useful in helping us decide (1) should we do a "stubify" action; and (2) should we create a second history/politics/espionage H.S. article. Your attempts to bypass an RfC are puzzling. ] (]) 03:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::I don't think @] is suggesting bypassing an RfC, just choosing a different forum than this talk page. ] (]) 03:10, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::If we're going to propose waiving MEDRS, at least ] and the village pump will need to be notified. ] (]) 03:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::{{tq|that DO NOT YET HAVE many secondary sources}} ← Err, we do have several strong recent secondary sources. See the 'Quality sources' section on this very Talk page. MEDRS does not in any case 'permit' primary sources for 'new and evolving syndromes'. That is just made up. ] (]) 03:22, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::So, if the RfC comes to the conclusion that this is not a MEDRS article, will you claim WP:LOCALCON about why this ruling shouldn't stand? ] (]) 02:32, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::There is no such thing as a 'MEDRS article'. ] (]) 02:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::A RfC that "comes to the conclusion that this is not a MEDRS article" would be ignored per WP:LOCALCON. ] (]) 03:37, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:We already have strong consensus in the discussions above for some of those points. E.g. inclusion of the 60 minutes investigation has overwhelming support ]. Editors ignoring that consensus are being disruptive at this point. | |||
:Questions 2/3/4 are already answered by well established policies such as ] so an RfC would be useless. | |||
:Question 1 is obvious in my view. We should clearly cover the topic comprehensively following all available ] <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 05:37, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::as pointed out support for inclusion does not mean "support for this text". That is what the RFC would do, someone suggests a text to add, and we then say yay or nay. ] (]) 11:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::The onus is then on those removing the text to change it. ] (]) 15:18, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Per ] "The responsibility for achieving consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content", so in fact you have that totally the wrong way round. ] (]) 15:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Also another reason is the discussion about the 60 minutes (et all) investigation is split over two or three threads, an RFC might make it easier to follow. ] (]) 16:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* is a removal of long-standing content from the page. So, yes, please start an RfC if someone strongly feels about it. ] (]) 16:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:The ] (which is policy) is on those wanting to restore the content to get consensus for it, not . That was mentioned by Slatersteven just above your post, so no one should have been blanket restoring disputed content at this point. | |||
*:There are clear issues in the content including in terms of MEDRS and weighting articulated already, so if you feel strongly about it, craft specific content on the talk page to address the specific issues so it can get consensus. Blanket restorations make it nearly impossible to focus on specific content, so my suggestion would be to focus on specific sections at a time on talk since a large amount of material had to be removed because of problems with it. If there are issues with the MEDRS-focused content added in that diff you gave, then mention them here too, but from what I've seen mentioned on this talk page, there's nothing undue or otherwise at issue in the new content that would warrant removal yet. ] (]) 16:53, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::There was never consensus that the article had MEDRS issues. A few editors claimed there was, then proceded to delete massive parts of the article despite no talk page consensus. Now, somehow, the people who are attempting to preserve the page's content need to prove why the page should be restored as it was? This makes no sense. ] (]) 16:59, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::BootsED, please reread what was mentioned about policy. You (and others wanting it) need to get consensus for the content. You can't just declare there was no consensus to remove it as a way of avoiding that. Those of us who have been watching moreso from the noticeboards can't help when even that basic procedure isn't be followed here. | |||
*:::Even if it weren't for that policy, we're dealing with medical content and comments in the remove section that overlap with the ] of those medical statements. Normally when MEDRS issues come up like that, the content is removed, discussed, and often either retailored, left out, or recontextualized in terms of better sources. Instead of having issues with how MEDRS is typically applied across the encyclopedia, I suggest bringing up specific content like I advised My very best wishes above. If there's something that truly isn't needing due weight from medical sources, then that can be worked on a piece at a time like I suggested above. ] (]) 17:14, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::KoA, I really don't understand what you're saying here. Are you suggesting that Misplaced Pages policy is that a few editors may delete massive amounts of content on a page, then claim WP:ONUS and make others prove to them why the content should be restored? This is not how Misplaced Pages works. The content was on this page was a very long time. A few editors removed it without consensus claiming violations of Misplaced Pages policy that have been heavily debated on this page. This page does not solely deal with medical information. MEDRS sourcing requirements do not apply to everything on this page, and MEDRS should not be used to remove information that has nothing to do with MEDRS. This is my concern. ] (]) 17:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:RfC is needed here. Debate has changed from "should we include the 60 Minutes interview" to "should we delete massive, long-standing parts of the page based on a few editors' interpretation of Misplaced Pages policy." WP:ONUS does not fall upon people attempting to protect the page from mass deletions. The burden of proof falls upon the few individuals who are pushing to massively cut long-standing content from the page then claim WP:ONUS. ] (]) 16:56, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Yes, but this page should be reverted to a stable version prior to starting the RfC. This is definitely not the version we have at this moment. ] (]) 17:01, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::I would suggest the page as it was at its last edit on April 2, 2024. It's relatively recent enough and slightly before the most recent turbulence with the page. ] (]) 17:14, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Perhaps timezones are an issue, but that would seem to be in the middle of the first few warring edits. ] (]) 17:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::It might be an idea to remove the text in question, but undoing all the other work is just disruptive. Remember reverting editors take ownership of the article they change to. ] (]) 17:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Which text, as I see a lot of reverts. ] (]) 17:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Why are you asking me? You are meant to know what you are doing. Why have you de-tagged the article and removed the MEDRS reviews that replace the (previous) 'causes' section? This has nothing to do tje the RfC and has just FRINGEified the article again. ] (]) 17:32, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::To make sure I am reverting to last stable version and not my preferred version. Its called being even-handed, no one wins with this revert. Then we work to fix it by only inserting non controvershal material for now. ] (]) 17:35, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::Editors should edit to improve the article. ] (]) 17:44, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::and this is not about me, and ]. ] (]) 17:48, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== last stable version == | |||
I have reverted to what I think is thge last stable version, bedffero all teh edit warring. Now can we not add stuff untill we have some kind of conseneus for it? Or will we have to also ask for PP? ] (]) 17:18, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:This is just highly disruptive. You've removed the MEDRS reviews, removed all the tagging, and have inserted a load of badly-sourced cruft. Why have you personally elected to take ownership of such a bad article? ] (]) 17:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::So when was the last stable version, before the first contested edit? As there is a hell of a lot of back-and-forth edits over the last few days. ] (]) 17:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::It's an arbitrary choice, as there is no 'stable version'. There is a particular matter in question for the RfC (the CBS stuff), but you have just erased a lot of other work as well. Why have you deleted MEDRS sources and put back unreliable sources? It looks like the worst kind of FRINGE POV pushing. Why ave you removed all the tags in the artile? ] (]) 17:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::I can tell things are getting heated when people on both sides of an argument make multiple spelling mistakes! But to back up bon (strange, I know!), I do think the page as it was at the end of April 2nd was very good. There are some grammar fixes and better sources that were used that bon and Legal did make positive contributions towards on this page. I just disagree to the extent to which they took them in the most recent edits and deletions. ] (]) 17:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::So feel free to pick that as your last stable version, but as far as I can see there were also a lot of reverts after the edit I chose. I suspect (I could be wrong) your choice might also be contested. ] (]) 17:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::You seem to be saying you don't know or care what your revert did. Could you please look again as this is causing a huge problem. You are POV-pushing badly sourced content. ] (]) 17:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::No I am saying I might be wrong, as there has been so much reverting here. I am saying that if others disagree I will not revert them, but they need to be sure that what they are reverting to is the last stable version. But as far as I can tell this was the last stable version, before all the edit warring (which is the version we are supposed to revert to). ] (]) 17:38, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::Fair enough, Slatersteven! ] (]) 17:44, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::This is the I believe should be restored. A lot of the badly sourced content Bon removed is not in here, but it still retains high-quality sources dealing with aspects of Havana Syndrome that were in contention. ] (]) 17:38, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::A version in the middle of disputed editing is obviously unacceptable. I'm not sure why we would want to find some stable version to revert to at all, though. Blanket reverts are usually not a good idea. ] (]) 17:44, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::::IS the full diff ] so no, not the last stable version, and efforts are already being made to re-add non contentious content, hopefully we can work together. ] (]) 17:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
This is indeed disruptive, deleting disputed neutrality tags and choosing a version that clearly favours one point of view and calling it "stable version". Almost a gimmick action.] (]) 17:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
PP now asked for, and for an uninvolved admin to decide when the last stable version was. ] (]) 17:59, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Not sure we can find a stable version. We might need to simply re-add content from the current version. ] (]) 18:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:What level PP? ECF I assume? ] (]) 18:18, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::All of that will be up to them. ] (]) 18:19, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Thanks! ] (]) 18:23, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::This seems like a sensible compromise. ] (]) 19:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:*I've fully protected ] for two weeks at the latest version, based on . If anyone believes the wrong version was protected please file an edit request. After scanning the talk page above, it appears there have been lots of reverts and not much discussion of the rationale for the reverts. ] (]) 20:05, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Request for comment: Scope and sourcing == | |||
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{{rfc|sci|pol|rfcid=E57E8CC}} | |||
Three related questions: | |||
a) Can this article include non-medical information about Havana Syndrome (provided the information is properly sourced)? Examples of non-medical information include politics, economics, relationship to cold war, espionage, directed energy weapons, statements by foreign governments, conflict-of-interest allegations, and historical chronology of hypotheses & research. Example of non-medical information: Financial compensation from ''Havana Act'' <ref name=BarnesOct8>{{cite news |first1=Julian E. |last1=Barnes |first2=David E. |last2=Sanger |first3=Katie |last3=Rogers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/havana-syndrome-biden-law.html |title=Biden Signs Legislation to Compensate Victims of Mysterious 'Havana Syndrome' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018154415/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/havana-syndrome-biden-law.html |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=October 8, 2021}}</ref> and <ref name="Collins Bill">{{Cite web|date=May 25, 2021|title=S.1828 - HAVANA Act of 2021|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text?r=3&s=1|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=June 25, 2021|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625134327/https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1828/text?r=3&s=1|url-status=live}}</ref>. | |||
b) Can this article include USA government reports, studies and statements from the executive branch, US Congress, CIA, Department of Defense, State department, National Institutes of Health, etc. (provided they are reported on by major media)? Specifically, is it okay if some sources are ''not'' from medical or scientific journals? Examples of government reports: <ref name="JASON2021">{{cite web |title=An Analysis of Data and Hypotheses Related to the Embassy Incidents |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/JASON-Study-Revised_10-February-2022-Redacted_V1.1.pdf |website=state.gov |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=October 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014084219/https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/JASON-Study-Revised_10-February-2022-Redacted_V1.1.pdf |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |language=en-US |date=February 10, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> and <ref>"Most ‘Havana Syndrome’ Cases Unlikely Caused by Foreign Power, C.I.A. Says" Julian Barnes 20 Jan 2022, ''NY Times'' https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/us/politics/havana-syndrome-cia-report.html"</ref>. | |||
c) For medical information in this article: does ] prohibit the use of primary medical sources in this article? Opposing view: Havana Syndrome is relatively new and evolving so it is okay to use primary medical sources in some situations (for example, when the primary source is widely reported in major media; or when the primary source is reporting a significant new result; or when there are no secondary sources yet available that have reviewed and summarized the primary source). Examples of recent widely-reported primary sources that have not been assessed by a secondary source: <ref name="PierPal">Pierpaoli C., Nayak A., Hafiz R., et al. . JAMA. Published online March 18, 2024. {{doi|10.1001/jama.2024.2424}}.</ref> and <ref name="jama1">{{Cite journal |last1=Chan |first1=Leighton |last2=Hallett |first2=Mark |last3=Zalewski |first3=Chris K. |last4=Brewer |first4=Carmen C. |last5=Zampieri |first5=Cris |last6=Hoa |first6=Michael |last7=Lippa |first7=Sara M. |last8=Fitzgibbon |first8=Edmond |last9=French |first9=Louis M. |last10=Moses |first10=Anita D. |last11=van der Merwe |first11=André J. |last12=Pierpaoli |first12=Carlo |last13=Turtzo |first13=L. Christine |last14=Yonter |first14=Simge |last15=Shahim |first15=Pashtun |date=2024-03-18 |title=Clinical, Biomarker, and Research Tests Among US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents |url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816533 |journal=JAMA |language=en |doi=10.1001/jama.2024.2413 |pmid=38497797 |issn=0098-7484}}</ref> | |||
] (]) 21:52, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* '''a) and b) YES, c) NO''' Havana syndrome definitely should not be subject to medical topic area guidelines, because this article is not primarily about a well-defined medical condition. AFAIK we don’t apply these guidelines to articles like ] or ], so why here? ] (]) 23:29, 5 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Yes''', '''yes''', and '''no''' – I agree with RadioactiveBoulevardier in full. --] (]) 00:44, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:The two leading hypotheses for the cause of Havana Syndrome are (a) psychogenic; and (b) hostile nations using directed EM energy weapons. Perhaps someday - 10 or 20 years in the future - there will be a medical conclusion reached that H.S. was psychogenic in nature, and at that time, the "directed EM energy weapons" hypothesis will be considered Fringe science. | |||
*:But, as editors, we cannot jump to those kind of conclusions. Here in this RfC, we have to treat it as a medical condition, simply because many scientists are saying it is. Hence ] applies, and that leads us to the questions posed above at the top of RfC. ] (]) 23:26, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Yes''', '''depends''', and '''YES''' WP:MEDRS: "Biomedical information must be based on reliable, third-party published secondary sources, and must accurately reflect current knowledge. This guideline supports the general sourcing policy with specific attention to what is appropriate for medical content in '''any''' Misplaced Pages article." The fact that HS is new and poorly defined is MORE reason to observe MEDRS, not less. ] (]) 00:54, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:@DolyaIskrina: Could you clarify your thoughts on item (c): what about other material (non medical) such as pronouncements by senators and Secretary of State, etc. Can there statements about the nature/cause of Havana Syndrome be included in the article (based on the notion that context indicates they are not rendering a medical opinion)? Another example: What about a chronological history of Havana Syndrome: Should past (now rejected) speculations of cause of H.S. be listed in the history (provided it says those are now rejected)? ] (]) ] (]) 03:08, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::You are ignoring wp:fringe. You are trying to change policy with an RfC. Both are really bad strategies. US Senators don't get to make pronouncements about science and medicine, and we sure as ish don't use wikivoice to repeat their claims. It's not complicated, you just don't like it. ] (]) 00:31, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*If secondary sources for a medical claim do not exist then we do not include the medical claim. A RfC does not have the power to override policy as discussed at ], so item (c) should be removed from the RfC as it is nothing but a distraction. ] (]) 01:08, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:A better question might have been whether specific claims made by 60 Minutes/Spiegel, such as whether Russian intelligence agents allegedly received medals for acoustic weaponry of some kind, is biomedical information or not. ] (]) 01:32, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:@VQuakr: Could you clarify your thoughts on item (c). For Havana Syndrome, let's say there are only two secondary sources for the medical info. Are you suggesting that the medical info in this article must be restricted to what those two sources say? And all other medical sources be prohibited? If the answer is "yes, rely only on the secondary", then what about other material (non medical) such as pronouncements by senators and Secretary of State, etc. Can there statements about the nature/cause of Havana Syndrome be included in the article (based on the notion that context indicates they are not rendering a medical opinion)? Another example: What about a chronological history of Havana Syndrome: Should past (now rejected) speculations of cause of H.S. be listed in the history (provided it says those are now rejected)? ] (]) 03:07, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::{{tq|Are you suggesting that the medical info in this article must be restricted to what those two sources say? And all other medical sources be prohibited?}} ] is pretty clear on this: {{tq|Primary sources should not be cited with intent of "debunking", contradicting, or countering conclusions made by secondary sources.}} Outdated information clearly identified as such is also discussed later on in the same guideline. I'm not really clear on what the outcome of this RfC can be other than "follow our PAGs". ] (]) 05:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::Ah, okay, thanks for pointing out the part of MEDRS that says'' "There are exceptions to these rules of thumb: ... History sections often cite older work." '' I overlooked that before. Just to clarify my intention in this RfC: Some editors were saying "Primary sources can ''never'' be used" ... implying that they cannot even appear in a timeline/history section. I found that position to be irrational, and item (c) in this RfC is to get clarity on that particular question. ] (]) 22:34, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Yes''', '''Yes''', '''No'''. ] (]) 02:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* '''Bad RfC''' and there really should have been better ]. The answer to (a) is obviously YES and the answer to everything else is to follow the ]s. The POV that "Havana Syndrome is relatively new and evolving" and therefore MEDRS can be waived/relaxed is bizarre in the extreme, and that principle in general would invite a boatload of quackery into Misplaced Pages with fake "syndromes" (and some MEDRS says Havana Syndrome is not actually a real syndrome anyway). We have recent quality secondary sources on this and to invite in older primary sources to undercut/problematize their knowledge would run counter to NPOV. This should probably be withdrawn and the filer trouted before it causes too much of waste of time. ] (]) 02:38, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:I apologize if the RfC is not worded to your satisfaction. I strove to make it clear and neutral. Question (c) (about primary vs secondary sources) is worded that way because above in this Talk page you stressed, four or five times, that primary sources should be ''absolutely prohibited'' in this article, and in fact you said WP:MEDRS does not permit primary sources for any medical content. You said that there are no exceptions to the "secondary sources are better" guidance from MEDRS. Your opinion seemed very much contrary to the plain text of MEDRS (which merely says that primary sources should be "avoided", but clearly lists a few situations where they are permitted). Question (c) is merely asking if Havana Syndrome's nature allows for some primary sources ... i.e. when any new medical syndrome arises, for the first few years there may be ''only'' primary sources available, is it okay to use them? If you feel that primary sources should be prohibited in this article, could you explain here why you think MEDRS prohibits primary sources, when the plain text of MEDRS plainly says primary sources are merely discouraged (not prohibited)? ] (]) 02:58, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::This is simply untrue and wrong | |||
*::{{tq2|you stressed, four or five times, that primary sources should be absolutely prohibited in this article, and in fact you said WP:MEDRS does not permit primary sources for any medical content. You said that there are no exceptions to the "secondary sources are better" guidance from MEDRS.}} | |||
*::and in fact I linked to the ] sourcing section where exceptional cases are discussed. MEDRS says (it's even bolded) "Primary sources should generally not be used for medical content". That is the general case, but there are exceptional cases. Havana syndrome is not such an exceptional case <u>especially since we have multiple MEDRS sources we can use</u>. Your argument, if applied to the ] would have been "the link between vaccines and autism is new, so we should relax our guidelines and use primary sources and news media". There is a reason the ]s are as they are. As {{u|DolyaIskrina}} astutely observes "The fact that HS is new and poorly defined is MORE reason to observe MEDRS, not less". ] (]) 03:11, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:Agree this is a '''bad RfC''' as it has an obvious conclusion. As @] said: we cannot override with an RfC well established policy such as ]. It is non negotiable for bio-medical claims within any article. We can have RfCs if we really have to on whether some stuff is ] or ] or if one source is good enough or not for a claim. But this RfC is unfortunately useless. We need to find a way for editors to understand better how ] works… there is too much confusion on this topic and a lot of editors are applying it improperly (both excessively and insufficiently!) <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 10:07, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''A YES''' (if it is notable and covered by RS), '''B depends''' (] independence, secondary etc. applies), '''C YES''' ( ] not negotiable here). Basically what Bon Courage said above: just follow the ]. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 10:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:The intention of question (c) is to get some guidance from outside editors on whether any primary medical sources related to Havana Syndrome can be used in this article, and if so, how? In a timeline section? In a politics section? In a "recent medical developments" section? Saying ''"follow WP:MEDRS"'' does not help bring an end to edit-warring. Question (c) is asking for outside editors to help us determine how primary medical sources can be used in this article, if at all. Maybe the answer is "none" and if so, that is okay. ] (]) 23:36, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::There is no way of using primary medical sources. That’a the point of ]. Primary medical studies are '''unrealible'''. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 19:52, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Yes on A and C''' articles about diseases generally cover these societal aspects and as far as these sections do not make any biomedical claims they may use the lower standard of ]. I reiterate: {{green|Biomedical information must be based on reliable, third-party published secondary sources, and must accurately reflect current knowledge.}} Further: {{green|Ideal sources for biomedical information include: review articles (especially systematic reviews) published in reputable medical journals; academic and professional books written by experts in the relevant fields and from respected publishers; and guidelines or position statements from national or international expert bodies. Primary sources should generally not be used for medical content, as such sources often include unreliable or preliminary information; for example, early lab results that do not hold in later clinical trials.}} The proper level of discussion to overturn ] is centralized discussion, this talk page does not have "jurisdiction". I endorse the view of {{u|DolyaIskrina}}, to observe ] in this instance, a less is more approach is needed. ] (]) 06:03, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:I apologize if issue (c) was not worded clearly. The intention was not to "overturn" MEDRS, but rather to address an question raised above in this Talk page, viz: some editors were saying that primary medical sources can ''never'' be used in this article. That didn't seem right, and my reading of MEDRS indicated that there were some exceptions. The purpose of issue (c) in this RfC is to get some input from outside editors on what sort of exceptions to ''"Dont use primary sources"'' rule exist, and whether any of those exceptions may apply to this article. I think the RfC is working ... several editors have provided excellent insight into how MEDRS can and should be applied to this article (e.g. primary sources may be appropriate in a historical/timeline section of the article). | |||
*:Aside from issue (c) .... we still need to address issues (a) and (b) in this RfC because they were the cause of edit warring (and contributed to the fact that this article got protected). Hopefully, the RfC can help come to closure on issues (a) and (b) and allow work on this article to resume in a friendly and productive fashion. ] (]) 23:14, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Yes''', with caveats we can't add medical claims not sourced to MEDRS-compliant sources, and any other claims must be attributed and stated as opinions, not facts. ] (]) 10:53, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:@Slatersteven: Do you have any thoughts on a particular situation which was the source of some recent edit-warring in this article: Two new studies were published in early 2024 (both primary sources ... i.e. written by scientists performing tests on people that reported H.S. symptoms); because Havana Syndrome is so noteworthy (in the USA, at least) many, ''many'' major news outlets reported on the studies. Some news articles contained interviews with scientists analyzing the studies. It may be a long time (years?) before a secondary study is published that encompasses these 2024 sources. Query: Should this Havana Syndrome article exclude all mention of these 2024 studie until a secondary study that includes them is published? Or should the 2024 studies be mentioned (perhaps in way that presents their publication as a newsworthy event, and de-emphasizes their medical conclusions)? ] (]) 23:04, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::I think I have already commented on that above. This is not the question the RFC asked. ] (]) 10:09, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* '''yes, yes, no'''--] (]) 11:58, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* '''a) Yes.''' '''b) Yes.''' Without the non-medical information this article would lack a huge part of the public discussion necessary to the perception of the topic (as with the previously mentioned ] or as with the ]). That includes the reports and statements made by the government-affiliated institutions (taking into account their potential conflict of interest and bias). {{pb | |||
}} '''c) Yes, depends.''' I disagree that the topic being "new and evolving" is a valid reason for ignoring ]. | |||
*# Non-medical claims and analysis by ] are okay (] compliance implied). If a WP:RS contains both medical and non-medical claims and analysis, the medical part is treated according to ], but not the non-medical part (for example, in the context of this article, WP:RS is to be used for "Cold War espionage" and "professional reluctance" statements, and WP:MEDRS is to be used for "psychogenic" and "brain damage due to directed energy" statements). | |||
*# I agree that biomedical primary sources should be used conservatively and with great care ("{{green|used in rare situations}}" as per ]), with the major considerations for that being described in ]. One of the WP:MEDFAQ examples of rare cases include "{{green|when writing about a rare disease, uncommon procedure, etc}}", which ''could'' apply, but that is matter of a separate discussion on a case by case basis for each source. Personally, I am not familiar enough with BMI sources here, so I can't say whether any of them can qualify to be that {{green|rare situation}}. | |||
*# Further discussion is needed to determine/agree which WP:BMI sources are primary and which are not (after several days of monitoring the discussion and edit history I feel like some medical sources (or part of their contents) are actually review articles/meta-analysis, i.e. secondary and not primary). This should ideally be done on a case by case basis. | |||
*# There was also a question on whether currently rejected theories should be included for chronological/historical purposes. I say "yes" (taking into account all the previous guidelines considerations), provided they are marked as rejected and were important to the public discussion of this topic (that is, if this was not a single op-ed no one else commented upon). As an example in the context of this article, that includes the crickets theory (which is also WP:BMI, afaik). | |||
*:] (]) 12:15, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::I think everyone is in agreement that secondary sources are absolutely the best source for medical conclusions. Issue (c) is simply asking if the nature of Havana means that some primary medical sources can be used ''in some contexts'', e.g. in a timeline/history section; or in a "what politicians said" section. There were some editors saying that primary sources could ''never'' be in this article, and that did not seem right. As you point out, WP:MEDFAQ contains the guidance that primary sources may be "used in rare situations". Based on what you say, if primary medical sources are mentioned in this article, there should be surrounding contextual verbiage ensuring that readers do not use the primary source for its medical data (instead: use it only for some historical / political / etc purpose). ] (]) 22:49, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::I bothers me immensely that the reaction to several editors emphasizing that primary medical sources really really shouldn't be used in this way amounts to: So they ''can'' be used? ] (]) 22:54, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::Almost all RfCs ask how to apply a particular WP policy to a given source/sentence/article. In this case: there are several primary sources (for example, footnotes 5 and 6 below) that perhaps should be in the article. Asking if specific sources can be used in the Havana Syndrome article is exactly what RfCs are for. Simply saying'' "Nope, never use primary medical sources" ''is not helpful. WP:MEDRS ''does'' permit primary sources in some situations - the RfC is asking if any of those situations are applicable here. The goal is to get clarity and put an end to edit-warring. | |||
*::::Can you clarify: are you saying that a historical/timeline section of this article (if one exists) cannot utilize primary medical sources when listing historical events? ] (]) 00:06, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Procedural close malformed RFC''' Should provide a question about the inclusion about specific content, not a class of sources. ] (]) 13:06, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:One thing at a time. We will get to that next. ] (]) 13:10, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::No. ] (]) 13:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:The reason that items (a) and (b) are in this RfC is that - during the edit wars that preceded the RfC - some editors (above in Talk page) suggested (1) this article can ''only'' include medical info; and (2) this article can only utilize on medical/science sources. There was back-and-forth on that, and so the primary purpose of the RfC is to come to closure on those issues. Issue (c) is a bit different. ] (]) 22:27, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Yes''' to '''(a)''' and '''(b)''', and a nuanced '''Yes''' to '''(c)''' – My view is that the scope of this article should encompass all geopolitical and historical aspects, as they're essential for a full understanding of the topic. This is especially as there is no consensus in the scientific community on what the cause, symptoms and treatments of this condition are. {{pb | |||
}} For '''(b)''', using U.S. government studies and statements on Havana syndrome, true or otherwise, Russian government sources and claims in ]. As a specific example, the recently reported NIH studies elicited criticism about its methods from a scientist who conducted a previous study, with access to the classified case files . Yet, despite the the reception these studies received, the content and sources were unceremoniously deleted , citing MEDRS to support what is essentially a deletionist argument (for which WP:DUE would be the relevant policy). See also: ]. {{pb | |||
}} On '''(c)''', while MEDRS is crucial for accuracy on medical topics, the unique and evolving nature of Havana Syndrome means that in some cases, well-publicised primary medical sources might temporarily complement the article, pending secondary reviews. This balances our high sourcing standards with the need to provide current and comprehensive information on the topic. ] (]) 13:03, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:How do you know they're right? Many primary sources are faulty or wrong. ] (]) 14:03, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::It's standard practice to employ primary sources for straightforward facts, such as the formal name of the condition, which I added. For more contentious claims, we can rely on reputable secondary news sources, like the New York Times article detailing the NIH studies and Relman's critique. Until there are a number of quality review articles offering definitive conclusions about which hypothesis is proven or likely, we cannot delete well written and sourced content just because editors don't like it. ] (]) 15:22, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::{{tq| just because editors don't like it}} ← Leaving aside that pathetic personalisation, the fact is that on Misplaced Pages the NYT is not a reliable source for biomedicine. See ]. The only sources which have standing to assess primary research on biomedicine are secondary biomedical ones; not lay sources and ''especially'' not Misplaced Pages editors. But agree, etymology is ] so any RS will do for that. ] (]) 15:32, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::This discussion isn't the venue for promoting personal viewpoints. Please cast your vote if you haven't already and allow a closer to determine the application of our MEDRS policy to this topic. If there's contention over whether the New York Times reference pertains to biomedicine (which I believe it does not) we can address that in a separate RFC. ] (]) 16:26, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:FailedMusician, I don't think your (c) reasoning fully captures the complexity. Primary medical sources can sometimes be used for biomedical content in articles. However, MEDRS specifically prohibits editors from using primary sources to debunk secondary sources. This means that you can use a primary medical source for obviously relevant, obviously significant information<sup></sup> that isn't covered by a secondary medical source at all, but you can't set up the article to say – or even imply – something like "Smoking tobacco causes lung cancer,<sup></sup> but this one study found that cigarettes prevent cancer.<sup></sup>" | |||
*: By "obviously relevant, obviously significant information", I mostly mean that if you can't find a secondary source for information about a major section heading in ], then you can usually justify using a primary source for that. For example, if you are writing about a drug, and 100% of the reliable sources on the ] for that drug are published in primary sources, then you can use those primary sources instead of omitting the ==Pharmacokinetics== section entirely. It is also sometimes okay to use a primary source to provide additional detail that supports the conclusions of the secondary sources. For example, if the secondary sources say that tobacco causes cancer, then one might be able to justify using a primary source to provide more detail (e.g., how many deaths last year in a particular country). What I '''''don't''''' mean is that it's okay to use primary sources to debunk the secondary sources. For example, if the secondary sources say that Havana syndrome isn't actually one disease and almost certainly didn't involve directed-energy weapons, then you can't cram the other POV into this article by using primary sources, or use primary sources to cast doubt on the analysis by secondary sources. For example, you should not use primary sources to say that some detail remains unexplained, or that the explanation is not accepted by some people. | |||
*:On a more general note, the victims of illness do not have magical, trustworthy insights into the cause of their conditions. Medieval people thought witchs' hexes killed people and livestock, but they didn't believe in bacteria. In the slightly more modern era, people thought that wetlands produced poisonous miasmas, but they were actually dying of mosquito-born viruses. Even now, people with dangerous psychotic illnesses will say ], but that doesn't mean that psychotic illness doesn't actually exist. Similarly: Americans (in particular) seem to have a hard time believing that stress can lay them low, so a victim claiming that they're so mentally tough that an unknown, undetectable top-secret weapon is more plausible than the human body rebelling under unreasonable amounts of stress, or having an unfortunate post-viral illness, is not proof that an unfortunate, but completely ordinary, illness cluster is not the most plausible explanation. | |||
*:The main message in this article should be based on secondary sources, and nothing we write in this article should try to cast doubt on the main message. | |||
*: | |||
*:(Also: Can I just confirm that we all agree that a daily newspaper is a ''news'' source and not a ''medical'' source, right? If anyone in this discussion thinks that a newspaper is a medical source, please let the rest of us know.) ] (]) 17:22, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::The following information was removed because it was not "MEDRS compliant." | |||
*::"On March 31, 2024, a joint investigation by ''60 Minutes'', ''The Insider'' and ''Der Spiegel'' claimed that their investigators had uncovered evidence that the Russian government as directed by Vladimir Putin had perpetrated the attacks for the purpose of retribution against specific individuals through state agency GRU Unit 29155 using directed energy weapons." | |||
*::How is this MEDRS? MEDRS is being used loosely to apply to content that obviously has nothing to do with medical claims, but geopolitics. ] (]) 18:58, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::The claim that they found evidence of this would actually fail verification. A point I keep making that has people claiming the question of lack of evidence is irrelevant to Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 20:16, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::I don't understand your reply. This has been covered in dozens of reliable sources. (WaPo, BBC, NYT, etc.) It is directly related to H.S. How does this "fail verification?" ] (]) 21:43, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::Misplaced Pages is not in the business of verifying evidence. The only verification that matters to us is staying true to what sources report. See ]. ] (]) 02:19, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::We cannot claim they found "evidence" based on the content of the report. To claim they found "evidence" of a specific biomedical mechanism we would need supporting ]. This is getting to the point of ]. ] (]) 10:03, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::::If the RS say they found evidence of a weapons related cause in connection to some specific cases, then we can attribute it to them. Are you familiar with ] in journalism? See also ]. ] (]) 11:05, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::Misplaced Pages is not journalism. If unreliable source start airing fringe views outside their realm of reliability, Misplaced Pages shuns them (unless there's a reliable secondary source commenting on the 'journalism'). Attribution is not some magic pixie dust that allows in bad content. ] (]) 11:39, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::::::Precisely. This is why I keep bringing up the absence of evidence in the investigative report - because it was being inappropriately cited with language that made it seem ''as if it were evidence'' of Russian involvement when all it really did was inflame discourse and reiterate Relman's 2022 remarks which are better cited to stronger sources. Furthermore Relman is a ''single researcher'' and, while he is due inclusion, his talent for getting in front of cameras should not be used to inflate his significance compared to... literally any other scientist working in the field. ] (]) 18:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::::I think that 60 minutes portion is ]. So ] is not relevant. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 20:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::::Its not the job of Misplaced Pages editors to analyse the evidence or absence thereof for claims published by reliable sources. You claim that the source was used {{tq|with language that made it seem as if it were evidence of Russian involvement}}, but I've asked you before to provide examples of that , and you haven't. The text that you and Bon courage reverted says that the investigation {{tq|published claims}} . You are also mistaken that Relman is a ''single researcher'', as I explained below, with sources. ] (]) 21:02, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::::{{tq|all it really did was … reiterate Relman's 2022 remarks}} ← That is false. | |||
*:::::::::The report by ''The Insider'', ''Der Spiegel'' and ''60 Minutes'' is cited not because of that but because it does the following things (from more to less ]): | |||
*:::::::::# Connects the movement of known GRU Unit 29155 agents (which, for example, were previously uncovered ], ] and ]) with known cases associated with Havana Syndrome; | |||
*:::::::::# Presents leaked interdepartmental correspondence which connects some of the agents with the development of "non-lethal acoustic weapons"; | |||
*:::::::::# Mentions that the journalists possess documents describing government programs related to the development of "sonar and acoustic weapons systems" (and describes/summarises their contents); | |||
*:::::::::# Mentions that the journalists possess a US State Department memo for diplomats in the Tbilisi embassy with the advised response to AHI (and partially quotes it); | |||
*:::::::::# Mentions that some of the victims recognized the photographs of those GRU agents (and quotes them). | |||
*:::::::::None of those are ]. | |||
*:::::::::It also contains Relman reiterating his previous comments, other people's (related to the US government's investigations of HS) comments and victims' comments. But from what I see, these are mostly ignored as sources for the article (and they seem to be a simple reiteration of other information in the article already attributed to other sources). | |||
*:::::::::I want to emphasize that the WP is not tasked with verifying all those statements, ] refers only to verifying that those statements come from the ]. ''Der Spiegel'' is directly mentioned in ]. ''The Insider'' is not mentioned there but they have a reputation for their investigations of the Russian government activities (part of those are described in the ] about this newspaper). | |||
*:::::::::I also don't recall any ] that states that "only WP:RS that feel plausible to me should be used as sources". The discussion whether these statements are plausible or not sounds like something falling under ]. ] (]) 23:58, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::::::::Totally agree with @]. I would add that The Insider’s main journalist was ] an expert in Russian intelligence investigations and ] winner for investigative journalism. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 05:49, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::The investigative journalists do not say they are certain that directed energy weapons are used. They reveal they have evidence connecting the travel of a notorious Russian secret service unit, widely known for poisonings abroad, to some reported Havana Syndrome cases, but say nothing conclusive about how these agents could have inflicted the reported damage.] (]) 10:48, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::WhatamIdoing, your points on MEDRS are well taken, and since no primary sources were being used to "debunk" secondary medical sources (in the plural), I don't think its the issue here. The main issue this RFC is seeking to address is how to balance accuracy with comprehensiveness, by including non-medical secondary sources that largely do not contradict the medical sources, most of which leave things open as to what the cause is. Moreover, since it is possible that earlier HS cases were caused by a weapon (news and academic sources talk of two types), and later cases by some form of psychosis (an effect that a hostile actor have anticipated), this isn't a binary situation (both hypotheses can be true). This is an argument made by ], a relevant expert, and his does not contradict medical sources, all but one (Bartholomew et al). ] (]) 02:08, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::are you seriously asserting that a quotation from David Relman, the person, in a news article, should be treated equivalent to a statement from all organizations he is involved in? Or do you believe David Relman is, in fact, several people? I am unsure which is more of an absurd waste of time. ] (]) 21:41, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::This comment wasn't addressed to you. Relman is discussed above and below. Please be mindful of ]. ] (]) 22:31, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Yes''' to '''(a)''' and '''(b)''' - per ]. <s>'''No''' to '''(c)''' for two reasons. First, I think this is a loaded question. There is no significant medical content on the page. Secondly, WP:MERDS is needed because people can harm their health after reading incorrect info, for example by practicing certain types of alternative medicine or by using certain drugs. But there is no such danger here.</s> ] (]) 02:14, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:I believe the intent and purpose of WP:MEDRS is accuracy, not preventing harm. ] (]) 02:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::Indeed. The idea that MEDRS is somehow related to (bad) medical advice is a canard; Misplaced Pages does not give medical advice. The purpose of MEDRS is stated plainly in its opening para: "This guideline supports the general sourcing policy with specific attention to what is appropriate for medical content in any Misplaced Pages article". ] (]) 15:57, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::It was not my idea. I saw it somewhere in our guidelines (maybe old versions). But I completely agree with the idea of preventing harm to users who read WP. Such harm is very much possible, in many subject areas, and we should try to prevent it by providing good info per WP:NPOV, etc. ] (]) 01:04, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Just to clarify, I think this page and sources are not really about human health, but about the ''alleged'' devices or weapons. Yes, we do not know which devices were used here and if they were used at all. ] (]) 21:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''Yes''' to (c), but it is applicable only to truly biomedical content. For example, , the sub-section "Psychogenic causes" (starting from "Some scientists suggest that...") and some other sub-sections need to be sourced to WP:MEDRS sources, i.e. as it was in "Causes" before the revert (I should not be reverting this, sorry). ] (]) 19:09, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''yes, yes, no''' - Using U.S. government sources to describe a disorder is okay, as long as it's balanced. Adding a bit of background info is fine as long as its not overbroad. And yeah, primary medical sources are needed in an article like this. ] (]) 19:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*'''yes/yes as long as it's relating to a non-medical topic, no to the extent normally permitted by ]''': "Havana Syndrome" is both a ] topic about a syndrome and a non-MEDRS topic about the political coverage of that syndrome. We can use non-MEDRS sources to talk about the news and politics aspects of this topic, but not about the medical aspects. Specifically, we cannot use government reports suggesting the use of a directed energy weapon to imply that the cause of Havana Syndrome was a directed energy weapon in absense of clear medical evidence of that theory. ] still applies. ] (]) 20:28, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:Important to clarify that the 2019-2020 NASEM report that considered all possible biologic, acoustic, radiologic, chemical, toxicological and psychological causes isn't a "government report". NASEM constitute ''private, nonprofit institutions that provide independent, objective analysis and advice to the nation to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions related to science, technology, and medicine'' . Our article includes a ], which notably suggested that directed pulsed RF energy may be a plausible cause. Similarly, the ] with similar findings was also produced by an independent panel of experts. ] (]) 00:10, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::] is a MEDRS, but it's a little old so it is better to use more recent reviews which cover the same ground. ] (]) 05:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::Its not all that old and since one of the more recent review articles is hardly a review article, we can't use it to present a scientific consensus in favour of one hypothesis. ] (]) 10:57, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:]s are very much real and widely used. Claims that such weapons were used is not a biomedical topic. "Governmental sources" can be used to source such claims. However, if the claim was made about specific effects on human health (or lack of such), then such claim should be included with areference to WP:MEDRS-complacent sources. ] (]) 22:42, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::I think the claim that a direct-energy weapon may have been used '''is''' a biomedical topic, but it straddles the line as a political topic too, and is something the closer needs to assess. I believe its inappropriate to use MEDRS to restrict political content in discussions about topics that blend both biomedical and political elements. ] (]) 02:26, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*Any connection the article makes between a group of symptoms and the cause of those symptoms should require MEDRS-compliant sources. ] links to ] to define what information is covered by the policy. The first example under types of biomedical information is "attributes of a disease or condition" and includes "symptoms" and "causes". This is a new and poorly understood syndrome. That doesn't mean we should slacken our standards; on the contrary it's all the more reason to be as careful as possible. ] (]) 03:11, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* As follows: | |||
:a) '''Yes''' This has become not just a medical topic, but also one pertaining to the US' relationship with other countries, the way the intelligence service operates, and how the media covers stories. For that reason, non-medical sources are needed to bring out the full picture. However, these should be used with proper consideration to ], for the reasons explained below. Also, we should keep in mind how the relative paucity of Cuban sources ] on the topic. | |||
:b) '''Yes''' with the following caveat: US Government sources have a clear motive to, as governments often do, ], rather than a commitment to the facts, deliberately or accidentally. That the US government might therefore ] with respect to countries that it, verifiably, does not get along well with, should be taken as a given. Thus consider using ] liberally. | |||
:c) '''No''' Specific clauses of the policy apply here that are worth remembering. ], it says primary sources are acceptable, "when writing about a rare disease, uncommon procedure, etc., for which no high-quality secondary literature is available, or for which the available secondary sources do not cover all of the information normally included in an encyclopedia article." As the condition, to the extent that it may exist, is indeed rare and of recent provenance, we will likely have to content ourselves on primary sources for some time, replacing them with secondaries as they become available. Not including them now though risks violating ]. | |||
:Consider that while the topic was nascent, it attracted a great deal of media attention because of the fact that, if foreign countries were attacking US diplomatic staff, that would be a significant breach of protocol, if not an act of war. Since the US did not, ultimately, act or retaliate on that basis, any evidence that the syndrome is of natural origin or non-existent is unlikely to generate the same attention from secondary sources. It becomes a mere historical footnote. Therefore it may be quite a long time before reliable sources, which by that point will likely be historians, synthesize the information. | |||
:That being said, primary sources used should probably be cited ''as individual studies'' rather than conclusions to draw, as per ]. | |||
:--] (]) 09:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::@] Have you seen the discussion above ]? We have ] compliant ] reviews published recently (December 2023) that provide high quality sources for ]. So why should we rely on unreliable primary studies at this point? The conditions described at ] are not met so we should not use ] medical sources at this point. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 18:02, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Yes, yes, no. MEDRS is MEDRS: however this doesn't apply to the more political/international relations side of this story - obviously. ] (]) 23:50, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
===David Relman=== | |||
Has been raised a number of times as an expert in the field, what is his expertise in? ] (]) 15:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:He's a microbiologist with ties to veterans affairs. Well respected but also seems a bit of a cold warrior based on his comments about the origins of COVID. His opinions are certainly due but he is, ultimately, one guy and should not be given undue focus just because he has a bit in his teeth about the enemies of the USA. ] (]) 18:04, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Relman headed the NASEM committee that undertook the 2019-2020 study of AHIs and co-chaired the 2022 Intelligence Community Experts Panel on AHIs. It is not for Misplaced Pages editors to challenge the expertise of a scientist described by reputable sources such as The New York Times as a "prominent scientist" in an article on the topic. Moreover, The NYT article emphasises that the American Medical Association published his critique of the NIH studies, highlighting his respected standing in the scientific community, specific to this topic. He is also mentioned and quoted in articles by the , and in articles on the same story about the NIH studies. He has been quote extensively in many RS on HS related stories over the years. ] (]) 20:42, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::None of this contradicts what I said at all. His tendency to get into newspapers is irrelevant to our treatment of his work for ] matters where his assertions are due inclusion but should not be treated as authoritative.I am advocating treating him neutrally and per ]. I don't know why this seems insufficient to you. ] (]) 22:19, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::You claimed he is a {{tq|single researcher}} . I pointed out that he headed two groups of scientists investigating HS. That is quite a contradiction, and effects ''how'' his comments are due. ] (]) 22:27, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::So was Havana Syndrome a biological or Chemical attack? ] (]) 09:55, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::His leadership roles in both the NASEM investigation and the intelligence panel, affirm his status as a leading expert on the topic. It is normal for such committees to include and be directed by scientists from a variety of disciplines. ] (]) 10:05, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::No it does not, as often the heads of teams are (for example) administrators, nothing more. He is not a qualified expert in the field, as his expertise is in microbiology (by the way, he might have been there to offer his opinion on that). ] (]) 10:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::That is just your opinion and has no impact on our article. RS call him a prominent scientist in articles on the topic. Neither do his opinions contradict MEDRS, besides for one review article by an author who is also not an expert on the topic according to your definition. ] (]) 11:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::::Read ], a view should only here where if it is by an expert in the field, he is not, as this is not a microbiology topic. prominent scientist is not a field of study, position, or qualification. ] (]) 11:18, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::I don't think your view that he is not an expert, when he was appointed to lead these groups and has his editorials accepted in journals, would find consensus here. ] (]) 12:28, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
* Misplaced Pages goes by sources, not individuals. Has this guy published any peer-reviewed/secondary sources that are relevant to this article? Because since there are peer-reviewed/secondary sources, his stuff won't be usable otherwise. ] (]) 07:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:It all depends what MEDRS say and what we quote Relman as saying, and where in the article. Relman's views do not contradict secondary medical sources (WP:MEDRS says ''review articles'' in the plural), so I think he's useable as a contrarian voice, specifically on the NIH studies story. ] (]) 09:52, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::Well it kinda depends on where and how you want to put it as well. "Causes" is understood to mean etiology and patophysiology. Anything that goes there is strict MEDRS. You wanna include it somewhere else? Then it depends ] (]) 10:01, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::The specific text deleted, as ], was about a widely reported NIH study, which multiple RS quoted Relman critiquing . It concerns the etiology, but was placed in ], a longstanding section that some editors then decided shouldn't exist. Its important to note that MEDRS on the topic do not offer definitive conclusions, due to the lack of data, yet Relman is one of the few experts with access to classified files, so I do think his views should even be in the "possible causes" section (recently to "Cause", misleading IMO). ] (]) 10:55, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::So an unreliable source opining on an unreliable source. That's ... not useful. ] (]) 11:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::"Its important to note that MEDRS on the topic do not offer definitive conclusions, due to the lack of data.." Yes, that's where it should stop, with a scientific interpretation of evidence, not speculation. ] (]) 11:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
==="Causes" section header=== | |||
*::::I agree that the "Cause" section in its current state is misleading. It manipulates the perception of the subject in a way that makes a reader think that a definite and unanimous conclusion was reached. Which is obviously not true – it is just that Bartholomew-Baloh publication happened to be released in the last five months, so it was chosen to be framed as drawing the bottom line. ] (]) 11:52, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::Is this in the wrong section? I'm not sure how it's related to the topic of how to treat Relman's comments per ] and ]. ] (]) 11:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::::Yes, and I'm not sure how the "Cause" section can be read as having a "definite and unanimous conclusion" when it states two different reviews say two different things. The level of huh? with this Talk page is increasing with every post! ] (]) 12:02, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::The former section was entitled "possible causes" which imo was much more accurate to the reality of our knowledge on H.S. It should be returned to that and sections on the various speculated causes be re-added to the article. There is no medical consensus on the cause of H.S. ] (]) 13:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::::::Even if one does accept that there isn't a medical consensus, that does not then mean the article would include stuff that has been ruled out or has no MEDRS sourcing as a potential cause. ] (]) 14:09, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::::Changing the title to "possible causes" would increase the risk of unaware editors using non-MEDRS-sourcing to "verify" speculation. ] (]) 14:16, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::::::Which we can revert. And not be guilty of misleading readers. There is no clear cut cause, as we can't imply there is. ] (]) 14:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::::::::::This. So we say what the different recent & high-quality reviews say (as now), even if they conflict. I'm completely baffled by the complaints about this. We have some super high quality sources; we reflect what they say; job done. What's the problem again? ] (]) 14:46, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*::::::::::::So you want to make it clear to readers that there there is no clear cut cause by renaming Causes to Possible Causes, but we can't include one of the leading experts on the topic (being the lead of two investigations), as quoted in multiple high quality RSs, in a section titled '''Chronology of investigations, studies, reports, and analysis'''? Explain that for the closer please. ] (]) 16:02, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:::::::::::::Because of our sourcing policy. One guy's opinions in OpEds is undue when we have quality sources. The "chronology" section is a POV section seemingly being used as a dumping ground for crap sources, and is an invention of Misplaced Pages editors since no RS (that I know) takes this "chronological" approach. ] (]) 16:15, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
{{od}} I think the causes section, as it stands, is good. I am entirely neutral as to whether we add the word "potential" or "possible" to it so long as we don't start filling it back in with newspaper articles again. ] (]) 14:49, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
{{od}}I think "Causes" and "Possible Causes" can imply different meanings, causes imply more certainty; The first line of the '''Causes''' Section says, "'''Possible Causes'''." I also, noticed the info box says, '''Causes "Not determined,"''' Not sure if I'm being picky, that may throw some people off? ] (]) 21:20, 8 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:The title should definitely be something like “'''potential causes'''” as nothing has been determined yet. | |||
:Also: as discussed above, the Bartolomew 2024 “Review” doesn’t actually look like a “review”. So I would not use it to contradict the actual December 2023 Asadi-Pooya review we have in the article (the best source we have so far for medical claims) <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 06:06, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::The section title can be either; it doesn't matter. ] is a review in a high-quality journal and it certainly due, not to "contradict" necessarily, but to present alongside. Trying to suppress such high-quality sourcing would savour of POV-pushing. ] (]) 06:11, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::It is perfectly fine to label such sections with the standard "causes" even for idiopathic conditions, but I won't fight you on this tooth and nail. :) ] (]) 06:14, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::Several editors have noted that ] does not read like a standard review article, and certainly not a ] as preferred by WP:MEDRS. Using this this article, written by a well-known proponent of the MPI theory who, unlike Relman, lacks access to classified case files, to delete high quality content (much of which is ]) and sources on the weapons hypothesis, would be seen as POV-pushing. ] (]) 12:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Speculation about what Relman has access to, outside of what he has disclosed via published work, is ] and is thus irrelevant. This is why we stick to ]. ] (]) 12:29, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::Not sure what you're talking about. Its written clearly in New York Times that he has access to the classified case files. WP:CRYSTAL is irrelevant. Please read ]. ] (]) 10:59, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::There are no systematic reviews on this topic, only narrative ones. Relman is not published in any MEDRS. We use the quality sources, not the weak ones. Discussion of what causes a health effect is ]. ] (]) 12:30, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::We have already established in the discussion above ] that is much weaker than the and looks more like a commentary piece rather than a review article. Several editors have reached that consensus. | |||
:::::The is high quality, recent, and very clear in reviewing the existing literature. | |||
:::::With regard to causes it states: | |||
:::::{{tq|'''Potential causes''' of Havana syndrome: | |||
:::::* '''Directed, pulsed radio frequency (RF) energy''': The most plausible mechanism: Presentation of acute, directional or location-specific early phase signs and symptoms were consistent with the effects of directed, pulsed RF. Many of the chronic, nonspecific symptoms are also consistent with known RF effects. | |||
:::::*'''Functional disorder: persistent postural-perceptual dizziness. '''A secondary reinforcing mechanism: A functional vestibular disorder that may be triggered by vestibular, neurological, other medical and psychological conditions and may explain some chronic signs and symptoms in some patients. | |||
:::::* '''Psychogenic''': Unlikely by some and likely by others | |||
:::::* '''Chemicals/ neurotoxins''': Unlikely by some and likely by others }} | |||
:::::* ... | |||
:::::This is what we should report in the article and is consistent with ]. Reporting by 60 minutes on potential ties to Russian intelligence and their use of Directed energy weapons already has a very strong consensus for inclusion ] and should be covered to avoid ] and only deal with the intelligence aspects. '''I'm not sure what this whole RfC is doing except wasting editor time. | |||
:::::''' <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 19:54, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::You sayiing something does not mean it's established. Both reviews are due. ] (]) 20:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::I count at least Tristario, FailedMusician, and me agreeing that it does deserve the same ] as the other source and does not appear to be a proper review. I will ask other editors in that discussion to express their views explicitly. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 20:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*Two noted RS, ] and , are scientific review articles, consistent with WP:MEDRS and should be used on this page. They can be used to source a lot of different claims, whatever is relevant. ] - I am less certain (agree with some others above), but again, seems to be MEDRS-consistent. ] (]) 23:52, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:I already said I was satisfied with both reviews being included as both appeared consistent with ]. ] (]) 01:32, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
*:Agree ] is another good source (although less recent - 2020). Please join the discussion on those sources in the section above @] so we can continue building consensus: ] <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 14:10, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
{{Reflist-talk}} | |||
== New article for summary and inclusion? == | |||
Havana Syndrome: A Story That Refuses to Die | |||
Why the myth endures. | |||
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/its-catching/202404/havana-syndrome-a-story-that-refuses-to-die?fbclid=IwAR1C21uSc2VVoO5vFuQttQQa8oKK5BAPT8m9U93Bu4QPx-DNm_scjXTwp_I_aem_ASluQHyxnQPcPK01poBJIF8tV_O3EFiPSwdBYkkCLaMXP0GNJ8Rl5bbHnSa7WDTP9VQP-TH9Adku-hhLTbiZPYEK ] (]) 17:48, 9 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:It's not ] compliant so it can't be used to discuss causes. Good article tho. ] (]) 17:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::There is no consensus on how MEDRS applies to this topic. Bartholomew is a well known commentator on the topic who also, and proponent of the MPI hypothesis. While MEDRS remain undecided, Bartholomew's opinion, just like Relman's expert opinion is ]. ] (]) 12:16, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::There is clear policy based governance on how MEDRS applies. Your disagreement is somewhat irrelevant here. ] (]) 12:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::This article does not exclusively deal with BMI content on it. MERDS should not be used to apply to non-BMI content. ] (]) 17:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::obviously. ] (]) 17:52, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::::But this specific article speaks, specifically, to causes. The truth is that I liked the article and I generally, personally, agree with what it's saying. But that doesn't matter. We shouldn't be using non MEDRS sources to speak specifically to causes. ] (]) 18:34, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::::::Of course. But articles such as this one provide important context that can still find a place within this page. ] (]) 19:20, 10 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Protected edit request on 11 April 2024 == | |||
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In the "External links" section, please italicize "Havana Syndrome" in the <code>Vice News: Havana Syndrome podcast</code> link, per ], under the "Television and radio programs, specials, shows, series and serials" clause. I.e., change to <code><nowiki>]: </nowiki></code> (leaving the remained of the line alone). —] (]) 05:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
: {{Done}} ] ] 19:14, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Thank you. ^_^ —] (]) 02:30, 12 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Protected edit request on 11 April 2024 (2) == | |||
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In the Causes section add links to the relevant articles: | |||
{{tq|A review article of 2023 said the scientific literature has proposed several possible causes of Havana syndrome, with the most plausible being a '''], a ], or a ]'''.}} | |||
Also: the source states that "Directed, pulsed radio frequency (RF) energy" is "The most plausible mechanism" not all three causes and also mentions neurotoxins as one of the causes most favoured in the literature. | |||
{{tq|A review article of 2023 said the scientific literature has proposed several possible causes of Havana syndrome, with the most plausible being a ''']. Other likely potential causes identified are a ], a ] or ]'''.}} | |||
The second edit fixes an obviously incomplete and imprecise sentence. I'm sure ''someone'' would object to it but I'm not sure if that makes it ''controversial''. <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 20:19, 11 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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::Thanks @] <span style="color:#AAA"><small><nowiki>{{u|</nowiki></small>]<small><nowiki>}}</nowiki></small></span> <sup>]</sup> 10:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Protected edit request on 15 April 2024 == | |||
Because ] is not a commonly known abbreviation, change ] in the final paragraph of the lead section to ]. ] (]) 19:36, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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First sentence in the lead: "formally" should be changed to "also known as". If either of these terms predates the other, it is HS that came first. Also many current articles prefer AHI, so AHI is not "formally" in any possible sense of the word. {{quote|"(formally "'''anomalous health incidents'''"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/anomalous-health-incidents-and-the-health-incident-response-task-force/ |title=Anomalous Health Incidents and the Health Incident Response Task Force |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=December 11, 2022 |language=en-US |date=November 5, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-date=December 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217231551/https://www.state.gov/anomalous-health-incidents-and-the-health-incident-response-task-force/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11850| title=FY2022 NDAA: Care for Anomalous Health Incident Victims |publisher=] | access-date=December 12, 2022| language=en-US| date=February 7, 2022| url-status=live| archive-date=December 12, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212172353/https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11850}}</ref>)}} | |||
The 2024 Chronology section contained a small subsection titled "NIC report" about a purported report from 1 March 2024. It appears the editor that created that subsection is mistaken: there was a similar report released on 1 March 2023, and I could find no sources about a 1 March 2024 report. The 2023 report is already discussed, extensively in the 2023 Chronology section. I deleted the erroneous 2024 subsection, and moved two of its decent citations to the (existing) 2023 section. ] (]) 03:52, 19 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
{{talk reflist}} ] (]) 16:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Improved lede to be more encyclopedic & to better reflect article body == | |||
:A formal name does not designate which came first but rather which term is preferred in the academic literature. ] (]) 16:49, 16 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Doh, formally not formerly. I'm embarrassed. But still. I think "also known as" is much more user friendly. Especially since there is nothing formal about AHI. It's not a diagnosis. There have been over a thousand claimed cases and only 24 that seem to remain unaccounted for. Which of those would be AHI? ] (]) 04:33, 18 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Or "formally known as"? ] (]) 18:07, 18 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
I improved lede to be more encyclopedic, more readable and to better reflect the article body. If anyone has any suggestions for how it can be better, or any concerns about changes, let me know and I'll be happy to work to improve the lede. ] (]) 20:32, 20 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:That would help. However, I just did a quick search of Misplaced Pages. "formally called" "formally known as" barely appear in wikipedia. So far I haven't found "formally x" in any lede at all. Contrast that with "informally" which is used much more. I am personally very familiar with "informally" but have never seen "formally" used in a lede. This is an odd bird and needs to be culled. ] (]) 13:14, 19 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::You may be right. I added it just to give it the formal name that government agencies refer to it by after reading about it in the . ] (]) 21:29, 19 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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Second JAMA study, by NIH, in 2024.
This content is thoroughly verifiable. But it's been removed twice. @Bon Courage, again, how is it not comparable or better than other content in the article? Do you dispute that it's wp:verifiable? That NIH-performed research is of above-par caliber?
A 2024 analysis of MRIs of US diplomatic and related personnel reporting Havana syndrome symptoms funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in JAMA reported "lower intranetwork connectivity in the salience networks, a larger corpus callosum, and diffusion MRI differences at (P < .05) significance in the corpus callosum, superior longitudinal fasciculus (p=.006(right), .04(left)), cingulum, inferior cerebellar peduncle, and amygdala." These were deemed not statistically significant after Benjamini-Hochberg adjustment for multiple comparisons.
- Chan, Leighton; Hallett, Mark; Zalewski, Chris K.; Brewer, Carmen C.; Zampieri, Cris; Hoa, Michael; Lippa, Sara M.; Fitzgibbon, Edmond; French, Louis M.; Moses, Anita D.; van der Merwe, André J.; Pierpaoli, Carlo; Turtzo, L. Christine; Yonter, Simge; Shahim, Pashtun (2 April 2024). "Clinical, Biomarker, and Research Tests Among US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents". JAMA. 331 (13): 1109–1121. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.2413. ISSN 0098-7484.
- https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/109232. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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(help) - ^ Pierpaoli, Carlo; Nayak, Amritha; Hafiz, Rakibul; Irfanoglu, M. Okan; Chen, Gang; Taylor, Paul; Hallett, Mark; Hoa, Michael; Pham, Dzung; Chou, Yi-Yu; Moses, Anita D.; van der Merwe, André J.; Lippa, Sara M.; Brewer, Carmen C.; Zalewski, Chris K. (2024-04-02). "Neuroimaging Findings in US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents". JAMA. 331 (13): 1122–1134. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.2424. ISSN 0098-7484. PMC 10949155. PMID 38497822.
RememberOrwell (talk) 01:21, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Bon courage RememberOrwell (talk) 01:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- This is primary research. In general we need WP:MEDRS for WP:BMI. It is particularly unfortunate it was presented in a way which did not do justice to the finding (which is: there was no brain injury); this something that using a good WP:SECONDARY source would avoid. There might be a case that medpagetoday could exceptionally be used, but it is a very weak source. Bon courage (talk) 03:19, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- One of the sources is primary. So has underlying primary research, but as you later acknowledge, it's not entirely primary. Two of the sources are secondary. @Bon Courage, again, how is it not comparable or better than other content in the article? Do you dispute that it's wp:verifiable? That NIH-performed research is of above-par caliber? What makes medpagetoday insufficient? You removed the content twice, so either you do or don't think medpagetoday insufficient. Which is it? RememberOrwell (talk) 19:01, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- medpagetoday is a weak source, and I am not convinced it should be used. If other parts of this article are poorly-sourced, that is no reason to make it even worse. You could help be fixing other other poor parts. Bon courage (talk) 19:10, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- You're not answering my questions. For example, Your saying medpagetoday is a weak source doesn't make it one. RememberOrwell (talk) 19:14, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- How about you try improving the content instead of Edit warring? You seem to disagree with medpagetoday's findings. Add contrasting findings. RememberOrwell (talk) 19:11, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I think: wait for reliable sources. If you want more views abour medpagetoday's reliability for WP:BMI try WT:MED. Bon courage (talk) 19:22, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I think: Follow policy. RememberOrwell (talk) 19:24, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I'm in agreement with Bon Courage. We would need solid secondary MEDRS-sourcing. Additionally, the proposed text was not written in encyclopedic style. Draken Bowser (talk) 09:27, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- I think: Follow policy. RememberOrwell (talk) 19:24, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I think: wait for reliable sources. If you want more views abour medpagetoday's reliability for WP:BMI try WT:MED. Bon courage (talk) 19:22, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- medpagetoday is a weak source, and I am not convinced it should be used. If other parts of this article are poorly-sourced, that is no reason to make it even worse. You could help be fixing other other poor parts. Bon courage (talk) 19:10, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- One of the sources is primary. So has underlying primary research, but as you later acknowledge, it's not entirely primary. Two of the sources are secondary. @Bon Courage, again, how is it not comparable or better than other content in the article? Do you dispute that it's wp:verifiable? That NIH-performed research is of above-par caliber? What makes medpagetoday insufficient? You removed the content twice, so either you do or don't think medpagetoday insufficient. Which is it? RememberOrwell (talk) 19:01, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- This is primary research. In general we need WP:MEDRS for WP:BMI. It is particularly unfortunate it was presented in a way which did not do justice to the finding (which is: there was no brain injury); this something that using a good WP:SECONDARY source would avoid. There might be a case that medpagetoday could exceptionally be used, but it is a very weak source. Bon courage (talk) 03:19, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- The NIH-backed study, published in JAMA, is noteworthy and covered by plenty of reliable secondary sources . The study was recently halted due to the CIA allegedly coercing subjects into participating in it , a subject that is excepted by WP:BMI (see "Medical ethics" section of WP:NOTBMI). Depending on how the study is covered, it shouldn't violate WP:MEDRS and normal editing can proceed. ReveredScholar (talk) 20:53, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Added information of these studies, which were widely reported in the national news, to this page, with links to AP and NPR accounts as well as NIH telebriefing transcript. Surprised to have not seen here already. Dan Vergano (talk) 20:07, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- Unfortunately your additions failed WP:V. We need reliable sources (specifically WP:MEDRS in this case) to support content. Bon courage (talk) 03:06, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yet more false, and misleading claims from Bon courage. WP:MEDRS is not part of WP:V. The additions did not fail WP:V. RememberOrwell (talk) 04:36, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- WP:V requires that a reliable source be provided, and WP:MEDRS gives guidance on what are reliable sources for WP:BMI. So yeah. This is basic. Bon courage (talk) 04:38, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Your claims were false and misleading. Your talk page / edit history is full of evidence of you "wasting other people's time and energy for them, and gaming the system, which is obstructing the improvement and development of articles." Furthermore, much of this is WP:NOTBMI. Clearly you wish WP:MEDRS does what you say but it doesn't have that role. RememberOrwell (talk) 04:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Rather than going troll, why not consider the question. Changes in the human brain are WP:BMI. If in doubt, ask at any noticeboard. If and when appropriate WP:SECONDARY sources show up, they will be useful for coverage. There's no hurry and this is no biggie. Bon courage (talk) 05:50, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- What is trolling in my comment? You are edit warring and making up policy to enforce Misplaced Pages:Ownership of the page and removing content contrary to the RFC you claim supports your revert. RememberOrwell (talk) 07:09, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- Rather than going troll, why not consider the question. Changes in the human brain are WP:BMI. If in doubt, ask at any noticeboard. If and when appropriate WP:SECONDARY sources show up, they will be useful for coverage. There's no hurry and this is no biggie. Bon courage (talk) 05:50, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Your claims were false and misleading. Your talk page / edit history is full of evidence of you "wasting other people's time and energy for them, and gaming the system, which is obstructing the improvement and development of articles." Furthermore, much of this is WP:NOTBMI. Clearly you wish WP:MEDRS does what you say but it doesn't have that role. RememberOrwell (talk) 04:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- WP:V requires that a reliable source be provided, and WP:MEDRS gives guidance on what are reliable sources for WP:BMI. So yeah. This is basic. Bon courage (talk) 04:38, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yet more false, and misleading claims from Bon courage. WP:MEDRS is not part of WP:V. The additions did not fail WP:V. RememberOrwell (talk) 04:36, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Unfortunately your additions failed WP:V. We need reliable sources (specifically WP:MEDRS in this case) to support content. Bon courage (talk) 03:06, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- Added information of these studies, which were widely reported in the national news, to this page, with links to AP and NPR accounts as well as NIH telebriefing transcript. Surprised to have not seen here already. Dan Vergano (talk) 20:07, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
This page is primarily regarding the *history* of an issue of US national security covered by the media. MEDRS doesn't require keeping secret what is's about. What the collection of symptoms the media is reporting on is is encyclopedic. RememberOrwell (talk) 04:31, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
Publication dates
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10913303/ reflects the correct 2023 publication date. Note:
https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2024/03/14/preview-pmc-improvements/: "A streamlined citation display that more clearly indicates the date an article was first made available in print or electronic format, based on data provided to PMC. Other dates — such as submission, acceptance, and issue dates — can be viewed under the Article Notes section, which can be found under the article’s authors."
So change to 2024 reverted. RememberOrwell (talk) 19:23, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Use the PUBMED dates for the version of record. They appear on the landing page. If we were to do otherwise many citations on Misplaced Pages would need to change. Also saying a review was "published in August 2022 by Asadi-Pooya AA" is wrong. that guy is not a publisher, but an author. WP:CIR. Bon courage (talk) 19:25, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- "Epub 2023 Dec 25" - PUBMED. RememberOrwell (talk) 19:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, don't cherry-pick that; use the date for the version of record in the metadata. You can use a tool like this to produce citations in the correct format if you're struggling to do it manually. Bon courage (talk) 19:31, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- "Epub 2023 Dec 25" - PUBMED. RememberOrwell (talk) 19:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
3O Response: Declining at this time, as there has not been thorough discussion of the dispute yet as required per the instructions. If and when that changes, provided other editors have not joined the dispute, you are welcome to re-file. Otherwise, you are welcome to pursue other forms of dispute resolution. DonIago (talk) 20:10, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- I'm gonna support the version favoured by Bon Courage, also because I'd argue that "explored the scientific literature on Havana syndrome" is not allowed under WP:SS, we've already said its a review article, and linked the concept. Draken Bowser (talk) 09:23, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Indeed and apart from the verbosity it is completely standard to date publications as the publisher has. Journal articles have many dates (e.g. submission, acceptance, early access, publication) and it standard practice always to use the date the publisher puts on an item as its version-of-record primary date. GOK why there is apparently some need to deviate from that practice in this case. Bon courage (talk) 11:27, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- We should replace "proposing" with, something better indicating what would be done in a review if we're removing "explored the scientific literature", yes? RememberOrwell (talk) 20:40, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- As documented above, PUBMED has decided that "the date an article was first made available in print or electronic format" is the important date, and in this case, I tried to keep the article doing using data provided from the publisher to PMC. Do we have a policy that says the nominal issue date or some other date is more important? AFAIK, these dates are getting more out of sync lately, so it hasn't been an issue. No one has pointed to such a policy. RememberOrwell (talk) 20:03, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
No longer appropriate for WP:3O, as more than 2 editors now involved. If no consensus is reached, try WP:Requests for Comment, or one of the other WP:Dispute resolution options." — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 23:49, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Agreed.Weird. I tried to undo the revert on 3O right after I made it when I saw that - contrary to the edit summary - others were providing opinions here- but my edit didn't save, it seems. RememberOrwell (talk) 02:41, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Correction: 2)No one else has mentioned anything about what makes which date proper. 2)There was extensive discussion; as noted https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Misplaced Pages:Third_opinion&diff=prev&oldid=1249415960#Active_disagreements, there had been "Disagreement about proper dates in article and citation, and policy (section above)." AND "Mutual edit warring warnings" and disagreements had brought things to a standstill. A 3O should have been and should be provided, as I see it, DonIago. I asked "Do we have a policy that says the nominal issue date or some other date is more important?" - no one has replied. Yet. The review was made available in 2023. Not 2024. In addition to the reasons already given well above: Misplaced Pages’s verifiability policy emphasizes citing reliable sources, including online publications. Also, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00207640231208374 only has the 2023 date: "First published online December 25, 2023. " PMC also only has the 2023 date. It provides the following citation, by default:
(it and PubMed offer both dates) RememberOrwell (talk) 04:31, 13 November 2024 (UTC)Bartholomew RE, Baloh RW. "Havana Syndrome": A post mortem. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2024 Mar;70(2):402-405. doi: 10.1177/00207640231208374. Epub 2023 Dec 25. PMID: 38146090; PMCID: PMC10913303.
- As I found @HaeB has discussed "this kind of discrepancy between formal (or print) and factual (or online) publication date" perhaps they can chime in? RememberOrwell (talk) 05:58, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not going to relitigate a 3O request from over a month ago, especially not when there are clearly more than two editors involved at this time. As I said at the time, other forms of dispute resolution are available if you don't feel this discussion is satsifactory. DonIago (talk) 07:38, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
Fake Data
The repeated use of SYNTHesized "precise" large numbers gives misleading indications of precision. (An almost textbook propaganda technique.) "976" does not appear in either cited source. Seems to be SYNTH : Approximately 1000 - about two dozen is approximately 976. This fabricated/false precision is seen in the unfounded claims in the current article: "Foreign involvement was ruled out in 976 cases of the 1,000 reviewed" and multiple other places. In the sources, two of the quantities (~1,000 & ~24) are clearly identified as approximate, and the third doesn't appear at all in the sources, but appear over and over and over: 1,000, 1,000, 1,000, 24 (=1000-976), 976, 976. Wow. Flagged as failed verification. RememberOrwell (talk) 08:02, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- "In about two dozen cases, the agency cannot rule out foreign involvement, including many of the cases that originated at the U.S. Embassy in Havana beginning in 2016." the figure 976 appears to be an attempt to say the same thing, without violating copyright. But maybe change it "in the vast majority of cases". Slatersteven (talk) 10:42, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- "in the vast majority of cases" - OK. RememberOrwell (talk) 11:06, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
Major rework needed to fairly represent major POVs in reliable sources, in light of new facts.
We now have detailed, specific, incriminating evidence of state actor involvement (e.g. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/30/health/nih-havana-syndrome-study/index.html – September 1, 2024 interview – and note: the video interview of the journalist Christo Grozev presenting the situation is key - not just the printed article), so article content based on out-of-date sources (earlier reporting that didn't and couldn't take into account newer, stronger evidence) needs to be revisited to reflect the new picture. The journalist's reputation is strongly bolstered by his acclaimed journalism connecting the FSB to high-profile Novichok poisoning assassinations sufficiently well-documented to result in international arrest warrants, as well as his colleagues and affiliations. See GRU Unit 29155#Alleged connection to Havana syndrome, e.g.:
Among the core findings of the yearlong collaboration of Roman Dobrokhotov, Christo Grozev and Michael Weiss were that senior members of the unit received awards and political promotions for work related to the development of non-lethal acoustic weapons; and that members of the unit have been geolocated to places around the world just before or at the time of reported incidents.
He reports ~50 members of GRU assassination Unit 29155 were found to have arrived undercover and then been present for 7-8 Havana incidents. Compensation for developing a nonlethal acoustic weapon went to the GRU unit's founding commanding officer's son who was spotted when an apparent attack occurred.
RememberOrwell (talk) 11:00, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- Is it, this is a media source, not a scientific one. Slatersteven (talk) 11:07, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- Also I seem to recall it is nothing new, this information has been discussed here before. Slatersteven (talk) 11:09, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
- Some major shortcomings:
- I see no mention of anything related to GRU Unit 29155. Until I brought it up here.
- Nothing on
- He reports ~50 members of GRU assassination Unit 29155 were found to have arrived undercover and then been present for 7-8 Havana incidents.
- Compensation for developing a nonlethal acoustic weapon went to the GRU unit's founding commanding officer's son who was spotted when an apparent attack occurred.
- This is notable and verifiably historic major political activity. RememberOrwell (talk) 09:50, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- The CNN piece describes the research as flawed and inconclusive, and ends with
There was longstanding speculation about a new kind of weapon as the cause of these illnesses, but the US intelligence community said last year that it cannot link any cases to a foreign adversary, ruling it unlikely that the unexplained illness was the result of a targeted campaign by an enemy of the US.
We'd want to be careful with breaking-news stuff about a medical issue like this that has gotten a lot of academic coverage, but even beyond that, I don't think we can use a random clip from an interview by a non-expert, especially it's in the context of a more in-depth article that describes how the study was flawed due to the CIA compelling people to participate. --Aquillion (talk) 21:21, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- Indeed the quote, in context, shows the IC research is flawed and inconclusive. The CNN piece also reports IC staff were told not to discuss their symptoms with their own families. Neurologist-and chief medical reporter Sanjay Gupta is a non-expert? CIA physician Dr. Paul Andrews was one of the first people sent to Havana, Cuba, to investigate a spate of mysterious health incidents but he's a non-expert? Christo Grozev isn't an acclaimed, professional, expert journalist? Absolutely, the NIH research was flawed; according to participants, they were ordered to participate, and an NIH investigation confirmed people were coerced. Journalists, especially MDs who are also journalists, are qualified to evaluate IC reporting on IC activity, including when it involves disabled IC agents. Death is a medical issue, but do we only use reviews in academic medical journals as sources when documenting war atrocities? Of course not. RememberOrwell (talk) 08:10, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- Leighton Chan, MD, chief, rehabilitation medicine and acting chief scientific officer, NIH Clinical Center, and lead author on one of the papers: “While we did not identify significant differences in participants with AHIs, it’s important to acknowledge that these symptoms are very real, cause significant disruption in the lives of those affected and can be quite prolonged, disabling and difficult to treat.” ... “A lack of evidence for an MRI-detectable difference between individuals with AHIs and controls does not exclude that an adverse event impacting the brain occurred at the time of the AHI,”
- But we must ignore that he says these things? I think not. Though, he is claiming that p=.006 is not 'significant' and not evidence of a difference, without explaining the 'justifying' adjustments well. RememberOrwell (talk) 08:21, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
Symptoms in the Infobox
Given that this is a controversial diagnosis, it seems to be a violation of MEDRS to list the (vague) symptoms in the infobox, where we put noncontroversial information. One editor reverted my deletion claiming that since this is potentially not even a disease MEDRS doesn't apply. That is some twisted logic that is very common in pseudomedicine. As soon as you list symptoms, you are making a medical claim and MEDRS applies.DolyaIskrina (talk) 21:55, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
Chronology of investigation
2024
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence unclassified report
On December 06, 2024, in an Unclassified House congressional inquiry U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, the chairman of the House intelligence subcommittee said, "appears increasingly likely that a foreign adversary is behind some" cases of what officials refer to as "anomalous health incidents" and “The Intelligence Community has attempted to thwart the Subcommittee’s investigative efforts to uncover the truth at every turn.” The interim report said there is evidence the intelligence community, tried to create “a politically palatable conclusion,” “impede investigative efforts that would uncover this effort,” and “withheld valuable information.” The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, disputed those claims, saying, thier investigation “was among the most comprehensive in our history, bringing to bear the full operational, analytic, and technical capabilities and those of our partners.”
I think mentioning of the somewhat no finished report by the House intelligence subcommittee should be mentioned. Rock & roll is not dead (talk) 16:01, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Not so sure about that. The US house of representatives seems less expert than other sources. This would be WP:UNDUE. Simonm223 (talk) 16:03, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Its the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the matter is a national security issue. They also have access to classified information not available to the public. Who else would be an expert on an alleged national security threat if not the members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence? The Long Connor (talk) 16:14, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- THe people who advise them? Slatersteven (talk) 16:31, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- This portion of the article features investigative work by media organizations such as 'The Insider' and '60 Minutes'. Why object to a report released by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence? The journalists at 'The Insider' and '60 Minutes' are less experienced in these matters than the members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The Long Connor (talk) 16:54, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Journalists are considered to be reliable sources on Misplaced Pages - their profession is built around determining credibility of sources and relaying information. That is not the basis of the political profession. MrOllie (talk) 17:11, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- So that means that the sources which include journalists reporting on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence report can themselves be cited? Also, the section includes a statement issued by Marko Rubio as a source. I would agree if the source was a rank and file member of congress making an offhand remark, but the source is a report from a bipartisan committee whose purpose is oversight of the intelligence community. Using the standard you have set, then you wouldnt be able to cite the 2012 U.S. Senate report on CIA torture, or any report from any lawmaking body. The Long Connor (talk) 17:25, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- No, kindly do not put words in my mouth. MrOllie (talk) 17:27, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I am not trying to offend, and I apologize if I have done so. I am just trying to understand why this is not a valid source? The original response said the source was inappropriate as it was less expert than other sources, but the section features statements by individual politicians like Marco Rubio. The Long Connor (talk) 17:30, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Please also recall that the inclusion of the 60 minutes material and the specifics of how to include it was deeply controversial at the time as many editors believed that this article should avoid using journalists to discuss causes of an illness per WP:MEDRS. A group of politicians would be even less appropriate to discuss the causes of an illness than journalists are. Simonm223 (talk) 17:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Frankly the idea that the CIA is suppressing witnesses on behalf of Russia is an extraordinary claim that requires extraordinary sources. Simonm223 (talk) 17:42, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- The information in the report is related how the Intelligence Community has attempted to obfuscate the investigation into Havana Syndrome, and can be used in a manner so as not to imply any authority in a biomedical sense. Seeing as the subsection is titled 'Chronology of investigation' and features intelligence community reports as sources, it would be appropriate to include reports by bodies who are tasked with oversight of those agencies. Also, the section features sources such as a statement from Marco Rubio, as well as a 2021 statement from the chairs of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Long Connor (talk) 17:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I would caution against speculating as to why the CIA may be obstructing investigations. There are a number of reasons why they may be doing so, which subsequent investigation may or may not reveal. Regardless, the source comes not just from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, but the Central Intelligence Agency Subcommittee. The Long Connor (talk) 18:22, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I'm saying that including the claim that the intelligence community of the USA is covering up the cause of Havana Syndrome is a conspiracist claim and requires extraordinary sources. American politicians grandstanding is not that. Simonm223 (talk) 11:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
- That the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is making such an accusation is obviously worthy of mention in the article, and is reported by credible secondary sources. Your belief that it’s political grandstanding is not relevant. Betaparticle1002 (talk) 22:57, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
- If you were to apply the same standard to the CIA usage of enhanced interrogation techniques, then the 2012 senate torture report wouldn't be included as a source. This is a report from the committee tasked with oversight of the Intelligence Community, which is probably one of the most credible sources on intelligence outside of the agencies themselves. The Long Connor (talk) 16:20, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
- I'm saying that including the claim that the intelligence community of the USA is covering up the cause of Havana Syndrome is a conspiracist claim and requires extraordinary sources. American politicians grandstanding is not that. Simonm223 (talk) 11:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
- Frankly the idea that the CIA is suppressing witnesses on behalf of Russia is an extraordinary claim that requires extraordinary sources. Simonm223 (talk) 17:42, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Please also recall that the inclusion of the 60 minutes material and the specifics of how to include it was deeply controversial at the time as many editors believed that this article should avoid using journalists to discuss causes of an illness per WP:MEDRS. A group of politicians would be even less appropriate to discuss the causes of an illness than journalists are. Simonm223 (talk) 17:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- I am not trying to offend, and I apologize if I have done so. I am just trying to understand why this is not a valid source? The original response said the source was inappropriate as it was less expert than other sources, but the section features statements by individual politicians like Marco Rubio. The Long Connor (talk) 17:30, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- No, kindly do not put words in my mouth. MrOllie (talk) 17:27, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- But why specifically are journalists more reliable when they have less information to work with than the permanent committee? As others have pointed out, the committee has access to confidential materials that ordinary journalists wouldn't have.
- And to your second point, perhaps politicians in general are not in the business of investigating and determining the credibility of sources, but committee members are. That's what a committee does. House reports are cited all over wikipedia as reliable sources. The House report on the JFK assassination has its own article. How can you call them, in general, unreliable? BabbleOnto (talk) 19:41, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- The US house of representatives in 1976 was a very different body from the US house of representatives today. Simonm223 (talk) 19:46, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- Well, yes, the House does get new membership every two years. But it sounds like you're implying something else that would fall under special pleading. BabbleOnto (talk) 19:56, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- Reliability is subject-specific. If a group of people is notorious for clinging to crazy stupid ideas about science, whatever they collect on a scientific subject can be considered garbage.
- There are two possibilities: other, better sources agree with what those people believe - then we should use those better sources. Or they do not - then we should not propagate the loonies' claims. --Hob Gadling (talk) 08:40, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- The US house of representatives in 1976 was a very different body from the US house of representatives today. Simonm223 (talk) 19:46, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- So that means that the sources which include journalists reporting on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence report can themselves be cited? Also, the section includes a statement issued by Marko Rubio as a source. I would agree if the source was a rank and file member of congress making an offhand remark, but the source is a report from a bipartisan committee whose purpose is oversight of the intelligence community. Using the standard you have set, then you wouldnt be able to cite the 2012 U.S. Senate report on CIA torture, or any report from any lawmaking body. The Long Connor (talk) 17:25, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Journalists are considered to be reliable sources on Misplaced Pages - their profession is built around determining credibility of sources and relaying information. That is not the basis of the political profession. MrOllie (talk) 17:11, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- This portion of the article features investigative work by media organizations such as 'The Insider' and '60 Minutes'. Why object to a report released by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence? The journalists at 'The Insider' and '60 Minutes' are less experienced in these matters than the members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The Long Connor (talk) 16:54, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- THe people who advise them? Slatersteven (talk) 16:31, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Its the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the matter is a national security issue. They also have access to classified information not available to the public. Who else would be an expert on an alleged national security threat if not the members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence? The Long Connor (talk) 16:14, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
Whistleblower Report Submitted to Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Alleging CIA/ODNI Interference
A Salon article published on September 16th 2024 detailed a report obtained via a FOIA request which suggests that the CIA along with the ODNI have been attempting to muddy the waters in regards to the causes of Havana Syndrome/AHIs. The following is a direct quote from the cited report, '“The CIA, with apparent assistance of elements of the DNI — notably the National Intelligence Council and the National Counter Intelligence and Security Center . . . is engaged in the active suppression of witnesses, and actions which may constitute obstruction of justice and witness tampering as define in federal statute,” it states in the released documents.' The Long Connor (talk) 16:55, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
- Absolutely undue inclusion. Simonm223 (talk) 11:14, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
- Could you explain why? At the very least, I believe it should be included as a response/reaction to the 2023 IC assessment. The Long Connor (talk) 16:27, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
- I have no axe to grind with the article and if anything agree with your apparent stance that this supposed syndrome is psychosomatic, but I still find your arguments against including this ridiculous and your editing WP:TENDENTIOUS. Absurd the claim may be, and we should not state it as proven fact, but we have reliable sources attesting that it's being made at the highest levels of Federal government and this alone makes it notable. Jpatokal (talk) 07:02, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
References
- Wales, Matt (December 6, 2024). "Foreign adversary was likely behind Havana Syndrome, House Intelligence leaders say". CBS News. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- Tores, Nora (December 6, 2024). "Foreign adversary' is likely behind some Havana Syndrome incidents, House report says". Miaimi Herald. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- Karem, Brian (December 6, 2024). ""Active suppression of witnesses": CIA lied about "Havana Syndrome," whistleblower documents reveal". Salon. Retrieved September 16, 2024./
2024 "NIC Report" - should be 2023
The 2024 Chronology section contained a small subsection titled "NIC report" about a purported report from 1 March 2024. It appears the editor that created that subsection is mistaken: there was a similar report released on 1 March 2023, and I could find no sources about a 1 March 2024 report. The 2023 report is already discussed, extensively in the 2023 Chronology section. I deleted the erroneous 2024 subsection, and moved two of its decent citations to the (existing) 2023 section. Noleander (talk) 03:52, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Improved lede to be more encyclopedic & to better reflect article body
I improved lede to be more encyclopedic, more readable and to better reflect the article body. If anyone has any suggestions for how it can be better, or any concerns about changes, let me know and I'll be happy to work to improve the lede. Noleander (talk) 20:32, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
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