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Practice Editing Here (Nov 23rd in-class Wiki session work)

 * Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill

Assignment # 3
Wikipedia Article Title: Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill
 * Note: You will be emailing your assignment # 3 directly to your tutor, however, please paste a version here that excludes your personal information. This will allow us to support your efforts on Wikipedia prior to editing "live" in the article.

Proposed Changes

Currently, the page states that’s combined oral contraceptive pills (COCPs) are helpful in improving the condition of pelvic inflammatory disease. I would like to add the statement of “Additionally, taking the pill can be helpful in preventing pelvic inflammatory disease ” and then remove “pelvic inflammatory disease” from the previous sentence where conditions the pill can help improve are listed.

2. Schindler AE. Non-contraceptive benefits of oral hormonal contraceptives. Int J Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Winter;11(1):41-7. doi: 10.5812/ijem.4158. Epub 2012 Dec 21. PMID: 23853619; PMCID: PMC3693657.

Rationale for Proposed Changes

COCPs are do not help the condition of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) once you have it, so it is incorrect to say that it does. I am just clarifying the wording, so that people do not think their birth control will help their condition. This topic does not have a great magnitude of research so finding a source was difficult. However, I am using a source that addresses some non-contraceptive benefits which specifies that oral contraceptives can help prevent PID. I did not find in any of my research any controversy or varied opinions on the topic.

Critique of Source

As stated above, there is little recent research on the association of COCPs and pelvic inflammatory disease. My source is in fact a narrative review which brings up the potential for author bias. I acknowledge that a systematic review or meta-analysis would have been ideal, and hopefully there is more research that comes out on this topic in the future. However, after looking at some other articles as well as the studies used in the review, I did find that the consensus of PID prevention was consistent throughout my research.

What to post on the Wikipedia article talk page?

 * This will also be covered on Nov 23rd in class. Your group should use the below template to share an outline of your proposed improvements (including your new wording and citations). Article talk pages are not places to share your assignment answers. The Wikipedia community will be more interested in viewing your exact article improvement suggestions including where you plan to improve the article (which section), what wording you suggest, and the exact citation (Note: all citations must meet WP:MEDRS)
 * You will not be able to paste citations directly from your sandbox to talk pages (unless you are interested in editing/learning Wiki-code in the "source editing" mode). We suggest re-adding your citations on the talk page manually (using the cite button and populating the citation by pasting in the DOI, website, or PMID). You will have to repeat this process yet again when you edit the actual article live.
 * Talk Page Template: CARL Medical Editing Initiative/Fall 2020/Talk Page Template