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

 * Edit #1 Radiculopathy.

Assignment # 3

 * 1. Proposed Changes a) Under the Diagnosis heading, add “Cervical radiculopathy is pain that is present in one or both arms and often in the neck due to an irritation or compression of nerve roots in the cervical spine.” b) add sub-headings of Signs and Symptoms & Investigations
 * 2. Rationale for Proposed Change a) The rationale for this proposed change is to tease out the difference between cervical and lumbar radiculopathies as they were not specifically differentiated leading up to the diagnosis section.    b) The rationale for this proposed change is to give the diagnosis section more structure and organization.
 * 3.  Area of Controversy Looking through the “talk” pages of Wikipedia, there did not seem to be any controversy among lumbar vs cervical radiculopathies except for the epidemiological data, which was not highlighted as any area of improvement for our team. As a result, I do not believe making these proposed changes will contribute to an area of controversy. There was mention that the article is busy by one of the editors, so perhaps adding the sub-headings will aid in organization/flow.
 * 4. Critique of Source Although it was published in a peer-reviewed journal, the article was a literature review. Therefore, a potential downside was that it was not a systematic review. Additionally, what I think could have been helpful is to have the recommendations assessed with high, moderate, low or very low quality of evidence scoring.
 * 5. Article Improvement “Talk Page” We propose to create an addition of 2 sections called Signs and Symptoms and Investigations.  We propose to insert the following content into the Radiculopathy Diagnosis section: “Cervical radiculopathy is pain that is present in one or both arms and often in the neck due to an irritation or compression of nerve roots in the cervical spine.”

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