User talk:Anearacat

Welcome to Wikipedia, Anearacat! I saw your edits to Ergine and I'm impressed; your content is encyclopedic, well-written, and comprehensible, in one of our most difficult editing areas. You've even created clear illustrations. It's always cheering to see someone editing carefully and thoughtfully from their very first edits; it shows attitudes which often make for really good editors.

I should probably tell you about Wikipedia's WP:MEDRS rule; because of the rather high-stakes high-uncertainty nature of biomedical information, the sourcing used for such information on Wikipedia is held to a high standard, much higher than the normal WP:RS (Reliable Sources) standard used for other information. Your are not at all expected to have known this. You have spontaneously sourced some of your material to MEDRS sources ("Biosynthetic pathways of ergot alkaloids", for instance, is listed on PubMed as a review, and looks like a solid MEDRS).

As a new editor, you are entitled to any help you need from more experienced editors, and there's plenty of people happy to help. The WP:TEAHOUSE is the most general basic help forum, but for biomedical things you might also try adding a section to the Wikipedia Talk:MED discussion board (which has a pretty high density of medical professionals). There are also many guidance pages and new-editor tutorials, for different backgrounds and interests; if you're looking for information on anything specific, I'd be happy to make recommendations. Again, welcome; it's great to have you here! HLHJ (talk) 02:30, 6 May 2020 (UTC)