User talk:Envdisrup2

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When editing articles related about medical-related topics, please bear in mind is that the standards for citations for these is higher than the general standard for sources in Wikipedia articles. Focus more on review articles and less on the latest discoveries. Findings like these are very difficult for a non-expert to put in the proper context without synthesizing a whole body of research literature. While we encourage the use of secondary and tertiary sources in general, this is especially important in medical-related topics. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:08, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

hey! Enthusiast006 (talk) 15:45, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

how to file your comments

please always file your comments on the BOTTOM of a talk page, not on the top , like on Talk:Antiandrogen on February 3 here.--Wuerzele (talk) 22:34, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Working on this article - Ziram!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziram Envdisrup2 (talk) 20:32, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: when editing text, you do not tag your entry with your user name and time stamp. Please also fact-check for adding information about Ziram. There was no mention of it in the abstract for the Parkinson's disease article you referenced.--Zefr (talk) 04:02, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few issues you need to fix in the Parkinson's section of the Ziram article

Your text matches the source far too closely. This is called close paraphrase and it can constitute a copyright violation.
Your text:
Researchers have discovered a strong connection between long-term exposure to pesticides, particularly ziram, and Parkinson's disease, a debilitating neurological disease.

Original text
Researchers have found a strong connection between the debilitating neurological disease and long-term exposure to pesticides, particularly to a fungicide that is sprayed on thousands of acres of almonds, tree fruit and grapes in the Valley.

You need to rewrite things in your own words.
Your sources for the connection between ziram and Parkinson's are not compliant with WP:MEDRS. I linked to a brochure, higher up the page, that explains what you need to do to comply with the sourcing requirements for medical topics (like Parkinson's disease). Press releases generally shouldn't be used as sources, and single primary sources should not used either, not if there are recent review articles that look at a body of research. If no reviews exist, and you can only make the connection based on a few research articles that speak of correlations, then you probably shouldn't include the information in the article. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 04:27, 8 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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