Talk:Melanotan/Archive 1

What's up with the color coding? It seems silly to me. —Keenan Pepper 04:02, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's been confusion in the media about the melanotan peptides... often times reporters didn't do their homework and so they described melanotan as causing arousal when in reality it's only melanotan II that does. The color helps to clear this up. Netscott 22:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought the "II" was enough, but I guess there's nothing wrong with supplementing that with color. Note that you used two colors which appear very similar to people with the most common kinds of color blindness, but it's not that important because the color doesn't convey any extra information. —Keenan Pepper 22:32, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please, please stop colouring in the words. It's unnecessary, as stated above, since it does not convey any extra information, and it differs from standard Wikipedia style, and makes the article look odd. The rest of the world is capable of telling the difference between Melanotan and Melanotan II: that's what the "II" is there for.

Unfortunately, no amount of visual markers can ever cure sloppy journalism: however, we can write clear prose to assist most readers to tell the difference. The intro sentences clearly describe Melanotan and Melanotan II as different, and the difference is marked throughout the text. If the meaning is still unclear, why not improve the wording? I'll have a go at doing that now. -- The Anome 23:24, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]