User talk:6614group6

Welcome
Welcome to Wikipedia! We have compiled some guidance for new healthcare editors:
 * 1) Please keep the mission of Wikipedia in mind. We provide the public with accepted knowledge, working in a community.
 * 2) We do that, by finding high quality secondary sources and summarizing what they say, giving WP:WEIGHT as they do.  Please do not try to build content by synthesizing content based on primary sources.  (for the difference between primary and secondary sources, see WP:MEDDEF)
 * 3) Please use high-quality, recent, secondary sources for medical content (see WP:MEDRS). High-quality sources include review articles (which are not the same as peer-reviewed), position statements from nationally and internationally recognized bodies (like CDC, WHO, FDA), and major medical textbooks. Lower-quality sources are typically removed. Please be aware that predatory publishers exist - check the publishers of articles (especially open source articles) at Beall's list.
 * 4) The ordering of sections typically follows the instructions at WP:MEDMOS. The section above the table of contents is called the WP:LEAD. It summarizes the body. Do not add anything to the lead, that is not in the body. Style is covered in MEDMOS as well; we avoid the word "patient" for example.
 * 5) More generally see WP:MEDHOW
 * 6) Reference tags generally go after punctuation, not before; there is no preceding space.
 * 7) We use very few capital letters and very little bolding. Only the first word of a heading is usually capitalized.
 * 8) Common terms are not usually wikilinked; nor are years, dates, or names of countries and major cities.
 * 9) Do not use URLs from your university library's internal net: the rest of the world cannot see them.
 * 10) Please include page numbers when referencing a book or long journal article.
 * 11) Please format citations consistently within an article and be sure to cite the PMID for journal articles and ISBN for books; see WP:MEDHOW for how to format citations.
 * 12) Never copy and paste from sources; we run detection software on new edits.
 * 13) Talk to us! Wikipedia works by collaboration at articles and user talkpages.

Once again, welcome, and thank you for joining us! Please share these guidelines with other new editors.

– the WikiProject Medicine team --Jytdog (talk) 00:21, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Class group?
Your username leads me to think that you this account is being used by a group in a class somewhere. Is that accurate? Please do reply here, just below this message. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 00:22, 22 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, we are updating this page for a class project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 6614group6 (talk • contribs) 00:28, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying!  Quick note on the logistics of discussing things on Talk pages, which are essential for everything that happens here. In Talk page discussions, we "thread" comments by indenting - when you reply to someone, you put a colon in front of your comment, which the Wikipedia software will render into an indent when you save your edit; if the other person has indented once, then you indent twice by putting two colons in front of your comment, which the WP software converts into two indents, and when that gets ridiculous you reset back to the margin (or "outdent") by putting this  in front of your comment. This also allows you to make it clear if you are also responding to something that someone else responded to if there are more than two people in the discussion; in that case you would indent the same amount as the person just above you in the thread.  I hope that all makes sense. And at the end of the comment, please "sign" by typing exactly four (not 3 or 5) tildas "~" which the WP software converts into a date stamp and links to your talk and user pages when you save your edit.  That is how we know who said what.  This is the software environment we have to work on - sorry about that.  Will reply on the substance in a second... Jytdog (talk) 00:32, 22 October 2017 (UTC)


 * OK, so there are several things going on here.  First of all, it is not OK to share an account in WP - we are strict about one user, one account. See WP:USERNAME -- so after we get this kind of worked out, you should stop using this account, and each of you should get your own.  (but please stay with me here, until we deal with the stuff below!)
 * More importantly, Wikipedia has a program for helping teachers use Wikipedia in the classroom, which includes training for students in the basics of editing, and the policies and guidelines that govern content as well as behavior here.  That main page for program is here: Education program - please have your teacher check that out.   I am also "pinging" one of the people who helps people through that program, User:Ian (Wiki Ed).  Ian can you help here?  thx Jytdog (talk) 00:36, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi 6614group6,
 * There are many people and resources available to help instructors and students contribute to Wikipedia. I'd love to get some information to your class. Could you give me some information about your class, like your instructor's name and email address? You can respond here, or, if you would prefer, you can also email it to me privately using this link. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:02, 23 October 2017 (UTC)