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

Assignment # 3
Proposed Changes: I intend to expand upon the background information provided on Metamorphopsia.
 * 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.

Initially characterized in the 1800’s, Metamorphopsia was described as one of the primary and most notable indications of myopic and senile maculopathies.1 Metamorphopsia can present itself as unbalanced vision, resulting from small unintentional movements of the eye as it tries to stabilize the field of vision.1 Metamorphopsia can also lead to the misrepresentation of an object’s size or shape.2

1Midena, E., & Vujosevic, S. (2016). Metamorphopsia: an overlooked visual symptom. Ophthalmic research, 55(1), 26-36.

2River, Y., Hur, T. B., & Steiner, I. (1998). Reversal of vision metamorphopsia: clinical and anatomical characteristics. Archives of Neurology, 55(10), 1362-1368.

Rationale for Proposed Change: After reviewing the current content on the Metamorphopsia Wikipedia article, I noticed that the background information could be expanded upon. Considering that many individuals will look to Wikipedia when searching for information on Metamorphopsia, I thought it would be prudent to provide detailed information about the history of the disease.

Area of Controversy: I am not aware of any area of controversy regarding my addition.

Critique of Source: My second source’s focus did not center around the background information of Metamorphopsia. Furthermore, my second source was published in 1998 which is not a recent publication.

Article Improvement: I have uploaded the changes to the metamorphopsia talk page on Wikipedia.

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