User talk:Bgordski

Hello, I seem to be the recipient of some excessive administrative zeal. I entered the term "medical castration" into both wikipedia and wikionary. They have been deleted by two different British admins.

This is a term used by one of the highest medical authorities in the world. US National Institute of Health (NIH). I quoted them so that there would be no misunderstanding. I also showed where McGraw-Hill had a definition for this term. I did not use their exact wording but added extra info that expanded on their work. I was also ready to add the term "sex steroids" since I referenced this term and found it had no source on wikionary. It has several sources on wikipedia.

"Medical or chemical castration is almost exclusively performed by the use of injectable LHRH analogues, with a minor role for estrogen and limited experience with LHRH antagonists. Surgical castration through bilateral orchiectomy is infrequently used today. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725306/"

Here's a paper Headlined:Medical Castration With LHRH Agonists: 25 Years Later With Major Benefits Achieved on Survival in Prostate Cancer http://www.andrologyjournal.org/cgi/content/full/25/3/305

This was the original MH definition.

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/medical+castration

"medical castration Endocrinology The use of drugs to suppress the function of the ovaries or testicles. See Castration. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc."

This removal without explaination and little recourse is appalling. At least it should be moved to a talk page.

Imagine if you were one of the 120,000/yr.+ CaP patients who was subject to or pending medical castration. Wouldn't you want a very,very specific reference to the subject?

Wiki is the 6th most searched reference it should be much better. When I call the medical advise nurse she is often times looking up my medical issues on google and wiki is right up there with the references.

PS. You may not find any book reference to MC because this info is on-line or in medical periodicals. You will find many fast paced medical subjects that have not made it to books. Many times by the time it is printed in a reference book it is obsolete. Wiki could/should be an interface from technical data, especially medical to the wiki masses. Bgordski 01:49, 4 December 2010 (UTC)