Talk:Presumptive test

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[edit] Tagging

Hi

I agree with your tagging of Presumptive test but wouldn't it be more constructive to mend the article than tagging it and leaving it to others to fix the problem?

Ewen 14:40, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment on my discussion page. I am glad that we agree about the tag. The reason I knew the presumptive test lacked context was because I'm not an expert in the subject, and I couldn't grasp quite what field was even being discussed (apparently it's medical and forensic science.) As I think most people would agree, an article should generally make sense to non-experts. Though I'd say the article could still use further clarification, I'll leave the work to an expert. So in summary, not knowing the subject doesn't mean I can't plainly see that it lacks context. I'm sure you'd rather have somebody qualified taking care of the article's actual content than have a baffled general reader grope in the dark for an answer, right? 66.28.71.162 17:13, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

(Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ewen" - I hope you don't mind but it makes the conversation easier to follow if it's all in one place. I'll watch this page...)

It's difficult from my perspective (close to the subject) to see what an outside observer (e.g. yourself) might see. What questions came to mind? Ask them on the talk page for the article and it would be easy to correct the problem. What clarification do you think is necessary? The article's just a stub right now - I thought it would be easier to find examples, having seen the term 'presumptive test' everywhere I thought it needed an article, but now I can't find the phrase at all! Ho hum...

Ewen 19:05, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

The main question in my mind is, what kinds of samples are involved in a presumptive test (there seems to be a wide range of sample articles.) Also, does a presumptive diagnosis really fall in under this definition? I've copied the discussion to the article itself from my IP's talk page, seems like the best place to discuss it. 66.28.71.162 14:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)