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


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

Assignment # 3
Change 1
 * 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 Change

Under the diagnosis heading, Introduce the different types of radiculopathies (cervical and lumbar) and provide a definition Lumbo-sacral radiculopathy.

"Radiculopathy can be divided into cervical and lumbar radiculopathies. Lumbo-sacral radiculopathy refers to a pathologic process involving the lumbo-sacral nerve roots causing radicular symptoms into a lower extremity."

Rationale for Proposed change

The two types of radiculopathy were not introduced before, this will help make it clearer for the reader. The two types were also not defined in the article, defining lumbo-sacral radiculopathy will help the reader.

The definition was taken from this article:

Tawa, N., Rhoda, A., & Diener, I. (2017). Accuracy of clinical neurological examination in diagnosing lumbo-sacral radiculopathy: a systematic literature review. BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 18(1), 93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1383-2

Critique of source

There are no concerns with the source it is a systematic review that has been done in the last 5 years by a reputable journal which follows the WP:MEDRS guideline

Change 2

Proposed Change

Replace the hyperlinks in the second sentence of the diagnosis sentence to a hyperlink of the Wikipedia Nerve Root article.

Rationale for Proposed change

Presently there is a hyperlink for “distribution of” that links to the Wikipedia dermatome article and another hyperlink for “a particular nerve root” that links to the Wikipedia myotome article does not seem logical. Changing the hyperlink Wikipedia article nerve root would be more logical and easier for the reader to navigate.

Wikipedia article that will be the new hyperlink

Nerve Root.(2020, December 2). In Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nerve_root&oldid=991901177

Critique of source

No source cited as the change was removing hyperlinks and replacing with more appropriate ones.No source cited as the change was removing hyperlinks and replacing with more appropriate ones.

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