User talk:RosilandToscano

This user is a student editor in California_State_University,_East_Bay/Workshop_in_Critical_Thinking_-_Section_6_F2018_(Fall_2018) .

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Hello, RosilandToscano, 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) 15:07, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative medicine

Hi! I saw that you made this edit to alternative medicine, which was reverted by Alexbrn. The reason for this was that the source you added was a self-published YouTube video. YouTube in general isn't seen as a reliable sources on Wikipedia because anyone can upload a video and YouTube doesn't actually vet the claims prior to it going live. Also, Wikipedia guidelines on sourcing for medicine and psychology related articles is a little specific on what can be added. The source must be reliable, however it must also be either a secondary or tertiary source. A secondary source would be something such as a literature review in a journal article, while a tertiary source is something that summarizes a wide variety of secondary sources, such as a textbook. You can see a bit longer explanation of this here.

I think it's awesome that you want to dive into the world of medicine on Wikipedia - it's a fascinating and wide subject area, so there are lots of things to add and learn about. However I do need you to take this training before editing further, as this will give you a good overview of editing in this subject area. ReaderofthePack (｡◕‿◕｡) 15:07, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to let you know that this was me! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:10, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

To edit your sandbox, click on the "Edit" button, place your cursor above or below that template, and start typing. Then save the page as you normally would. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:52, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]