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Feel free to drop a note on my talk page if you have any problems. I wish you all the best on your wiki voyages! Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 11:11, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Hello there, some feedback about an edit and a general concern
Greetings. I wanted to provide you with some feedback. I noticed your edit here to the classification section of the DVT page. Personally, I found it to be an unhelpful edit except for adding the fact that a VTE might signal the presence of cancer. This useful fact, however, does not belong in the classifications section in my opinion. The text added a logical inconsistency to the article because the sentence that directly precedes it specifically defines cancer-associated VTE as provoked, based upon the cited literature. Would you please identify on your talk page if you have a conflict of interest with regard to Cochrane / if you are being paid to cite Cochrane sources / if you are expecting to receive any benefits from the organization or those affiliated with the organization in return for your contributions here / if you are editing under the guidance or at the direction of another individual? I know you might have the best of intentions, but please do critically consider the prose of an article before you drop text and citations into an article. You might also ask yourself "is the text I am adding to this section really going to add more information about the topic of the section?" I hope you find my suggestions helpful in terms of improving the quality of future possible edits to Wikipedia. Best regards. Biosthmors (talk) 13:57, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback. I have been making edits to relevant Wikipedia articles in consultation with the Cochrane Review Groups who were responsible for the individual Cochrane reviews. So the edits were drafted and pre-approved by the Groups' editors before they were posted. I will update my Talk page as you suggested, thank you. I saw in the article history that you've already edited the Classification section and am happy that you did so. Audrey.r.tan (talk) 14:59, 19 December 2019 (UTC)