User talk:Johnny Merkley

This user is a student editor in Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_California,_Berkeley/African_Politics_(Spring_2019) .

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Hello, Johnny Merkley, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:50, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe

Hello, Johnny Merkley,

Thanks for creating Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe! I edit here too, under the username Atsme and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-

I’ve requested a review from our medical editors because this article does not adhere to WP:MOS.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Atsme}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ . For broader editing help, please visit the Teahouse.

Delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

^Atsme _Talk 📧 04:55, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

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We also provide style advice about the structure and content of medicine-related encyclopedia articles. The welcome page is another good place to learn about editing the encyclopedia. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 08:45, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe, does not follow WP:MOS as written to remain published. Please see WP:TUTOR and WP:MEDRS. I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. If you have questions or need further assistance, please take advantage of WP:TEAHOUSE, or visit the talk page of WP:WikiProject Medicine where you can ask questions and seek guidance. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's manual of style and all medical information is properly cited per WP:MEDRS thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 13:02, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pediatric AIDS article

Hi, I wanted to reach out to you about this article. First and foremost, you must review this training module on editing health and psychology related articles. When editing on these topics it's important to know what can or cannot be used. For example, popular press sites like newspapers should not be used to back up medical information. The reason for this is that popular press sources are often more interested in getting new readers, so they may sensationalize or misrepresent results - sometimes deliberately. There is also that sometimes popular press sources may report on something before it's publicly released, which is an issue because information may change before the official statement is published.

Another source type to avoid are studies. Studies should generally be avoided unless they're accompanied with a secondary source that reviews the study or comments upon the specific claim that is being stated. The reason for this is that studies are primary sources for any of the claims and research conducted by their authors. The publishers don't provide any commentary or in-depth verification, as they only check to ensure that the study doesn't have any glaring errors that would invalidate it immediately. Study findings also tend to be only true for the specific people or subjects that were studied. For example, a person in one area may respond differently than one in an area located on the other side of the country. Socioeconomic factors (be they for the person or a family member) also play a large role, among other things that can impact a response. As such, it's definitely important to find a secondary source, as they can provide this context, verification, and commentary. Aside from that, there's also the issue of why a specific study should be highlighted over another. For example, someone could ask why one study was chosen as opposed to something that studied a similar topic or had different results. This is a study, so unless you have a secondary source it should not be used.

Now as far as the draft goes, while the title is very specific, the article's information is very general and looks to discuss HIV/AIDS in the country as a whole. As such, I'd recommend that you work on the general topic of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe and make the pediatric information a subsection. I'd style it after the article on HIV/AIDS in China as much as possible - I know that this is fairly late in the semester.

I also wanted to mention that you should not use big quotes unless it's absolutely necessary, meaning that there's no way to re-write it in your own words. Even then the quote must be absolutely necessary for the article and there needs to be context that will show where the quote is important and puts it into perspective. I saw that the PLOS findings section is just made up of quotes. This needs to be re-written in your own words. Since it's sourced with only a study, it's important that you look for a secondary source per my notes about studies above. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:18, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe (May 20)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by CNMall41 was:

The proposed article does not have sufficient content to require an article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are welcome to add that information yourself. Thank you.

The comment the reviewer left was:

While the topic would merit inclusion in Wikipedia, it should be included into the already existing article HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. Having one for pediatric AIDS would be a content fork and not necessary.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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CNMall41 (talk) 05:54, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Johnny Merkley! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! CNMall41 (talk) 05:54, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

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Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:38, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe

Hello, Johnny Merkley. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Pediatric Aids in Zimbabwe".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 17:04, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]