Dr. Michael Parr on Acupuncture, published 22 June 2026.
Biostatistician · 12 years of clinical trial analysis · Academic specialist
This is WikiCritic's copy of a review published elsewhere. The original is at x.com/mparr_biostats/status/1929338201048, and that is the version of record.
We hold it in full because the author licensed it for this purpose. What you see is our structure—the grades pulled out and set beside the argument they belong to—not a copy of their page.
Given by the author for revision 1,247,224,891 of Acupuncture, the revision they named. Criteria they did not grade are absent rather than assumed—four of seven here.
On the lede alone: Neutrality F
The author's own reason for a grade, where they gave one. Quoted, not summarised.
The author's argument. Everything we lift out—the page, the grades, the reviewer's own details, the licence line—is shown above rather than repeated here.
The article cites the 2017 Cochrane review on acupuncture for chronic pain—a good source—but quotes the limitations section and ignores the conclusion, which found moderate-quality positive evidence. This is verifiable by anyone who reads the review.
It's not about whether acupuncture works. It's about whether Wikipedia articles accurately represent the sources they cite. On that question the article fails, and it fails in a direction, which is what makes it a neutrality problem rather than a sloppiness problem.
| Published at | x.com/mparr_biostats/status/1929338201048 |
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| Author | Dr. Michael Parr |
| Reviews | Acupuncture—written as Acupuncture, read as a bare title |
| Revision | 1,247,224,891—the revision the author named |
| Licence | “This comment is CC-by-sa licensed for #WikiCritic use.”—found near the end |
| Imported | 22 June 2026 |
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Of the page exactly as we received it, so anyone holding the original can check that
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