Talk:Health effects of tattoos

Latest comment: 2 years ago by John Broughton in topic August 2022 article


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RfC: Should this page be renamed to "Medical issues of tattooing" or "Health effects of tattoos"?

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The page was renamed from Tattoo medical issues to Health effects of tattoos.

Shibbolethink (talk · contribs), page moves are usually discussed through the Wikipedia:Requested moves process instead of through Wikipedia:Requests for comment.

Cunard (talk) 05:28, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

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Should this page be renamed from "Tattoo medical issues" to "Medical issues of tattooing" or "Health effects of tattoos"?

The name as it stands seems to be "off" to me. It's hard to explain, but I guess I would say it violates wiki convention and doesn't make much grammatical/style sense. In one aspect, it's quick and to the point but in another it seems somehow undignified and simplistic. I would also say that the current title is not exactly NPOV, given that no substantial health effects have ever been discovered from sterile and safe tattooing practices in modern tattoo parlors. (This is also a problem the article itself has as a whole, with focus on esoteric and rare complications as if they are common. I'm interested in revamping the article to reflect that, and will be doing so over the next few weeks.) Perhaps "Health effects of tattoos" would be more neutral and aesthetically pleasing. But what does everyone else think? Please add your votes and discussion below in bold like so:

Done! I wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one. But perhaps a RfC was a bit excessive. Sorry for the wasted time...--Shibbolethink ( ) 07:16, 29 November 2018 (UTC)Reply


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The article will greatly benefit from adding some stats. The possible effects are listed but how often they manifest themselves is unknown. It would be better to know how frequent the consiquences are.

August 2022 article

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/whats-in-that-tattoo-ink-labels-are-often-inaccurate-study-finds/ -- John Broughton (♫♫) 00:16, 29 August 2022 (UTC)Reply