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

 * This is a place to practice clicking the "edit" button and practice adding references (via the citation button).
 * Mycosis fungoides.

Assignment # 3

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Wikipedia Article Title: Mycosis fungoides

1.     Proposed Changes:

I propose adding the following sentences into the Mycosis fungoides ‘Signs and Symptoms’ section:

“The plaque stage follows the patch stage of mycosis fungoides. It is characterized by the presence of raised lesions that appear reddish-brown; in darker skin tones, plaques may have a greyish or silver appearance. Both patch and plaque stages are considered early-stage mycosis fungoides. ”

2.     Rationale for proposed change:

The proposed changes provide more detailed information about the plaque stage of mycosis fungoides. This information may help to differentiate the signs and symptoms of patch and plaque stages. As detailed above, this information will replace the current sentence: “The later stages involve the patches evolving into plaques distributed over the entire body. The advanced stage of mycosis fungoides is characterized by generalized erythroderma, with severe pruritus and scaling”. The aim of this change is to reduce the ambiguity between the 3 distinct stages of mycosis fungoides. My peers will be adding information about the patch and tumour stages in order better distinguish between the signs and symptoms of these stages. This information came from review articles written within the last 5 years that were published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

3.     Area of controversy:

There is no controversy in the literature involving the proposed changes.

4.     Critique of source:

Nine of two-hundred thirty-three references that were cited in the paper were co-authored by the senior author (Wilcox), and one reference cited was co-authored by the first author (Hristov). Due to this conflict, the authors may have favoured the information in their publications over other sources, leading to a potential source of bias. To prevent this, I cross-referenced the information extracted from the Hristov paper with information from other articles, including Cerroni et al 2018 (an article I also cite as a part of my proposed changes).

5.     Article improvement:

Please see the Mycosis fungoides talk page.

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