Talk:Tapentadol

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[edit] initial assessment

This article is clearly a stub, as it is very short. I am placing it at 'high' importance for now, since it has a novel mechanism of action and appears to be the first of its class.

Much work needs to be done to bring this up to wiki standards. I would suggest that editors start by looking at the manual of style, as well as the medical manual of style, with respect to the format of drug & pharmacology-related topics. It is also very important for information in wikipedia to be verifiable, so I would recommend taking a look at WP:CITE for information on how to cite sources using inline citations. WP:EL can help with how/when to include external links in articles as well. Finally, as the article progresses, you should consider getting the article to meet the Good Article criteria, and ultimately, the Featured Article criteria (but these steps will take considerable time to reach). Cheers! Dr. Cash 19:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

As a second thought, since the article was created within the last five days, it is eligible for consideration in the Did You Know? section of the main page, if we can improve it enough and provide some useful information for it. Dr. Cash 19:17, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

I've expanded a little bit. The article is still very short—165 words of body text, just over a tenth of the recommended minimum length. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 21:58, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unique?

Well, it seems not to be all so unique; the short dynamic profile given is comparable to O-desmethyltramadol. However, good we'd have a new opioid analgesic.--84.163.96.19 03:06, 29 September 2007 (UTC)