User talk:Bissonar

Hi Bissonar,

Welcome to wikipedia! I saw that you have made a few recent edits to Medicine in the medieval Islamic world‎. I would like to point out two things. First, please use edit summaries - it helps editors who are watching the page get an idea of what changes are being made, and will help you avoid having your edits reverted as unexplained. Second, it looks like you added the following new text: "Bloodletting and cauterization were techniques that originated in ancient Islamic society, which were often used by physicians." I would urge you to carefully check claims of firsts or origin of ideas or inventions. These issues are sometimes contentious, and there have been problems with editors in the past trying to claim 'firsts' for a specific culture when there is either no evidence or evidence to the contrary. If you take a look at the articles for Bloodletting and cauterization you will see that there are sources which show that these practices predate Islamic society. If you have any questions about wikipedia, I will do my best to help, Dialectric (talk) 23:38, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your constructive criticism and I will keep those pointers in mind as I continue to edit the article. I am editing the article for a project in school and am doing my best considering I am new to wikipedia. As I keep writing feel free to let me know about any other critiques you may have that will ultimately benefit my assignment. Thanks again! --Bissonar (talk) 22:13, 4 December 2011 (UTC)