User talk:Hoagluk

Welcome!
Best regards, Midorihana ~いいですね? はい! 02:26, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

your revision to Scabies
I reverted your revision because your edit could be construed as medical advice. When writing about medical conditions and treatments, we as editors must avoid promoting a particular product, merchant or treatment. it's find to say such and such is a treatment for disease X and then provide a citation that verifies that statement as a fact but we do not link to merchants and we do not specify brand names. Wikipedia is not a blog, a messageboard or a chatroom. It's an encyclopedia and as such, we have to be very careful to avoid advocacy. There are legal issues involved such as practicing medicine without a license so it's always best to merely assert an established fact and then provide a reference to back that fact up. If a reliable source such as WebMD recommends a treatment, you can always say:

"Ointment X (compound name not brand name) is considered standard treatment for disease y (citation link to webmd page that says so)"

For a good overview on these issues, see WP:NOT I hope this in formation is helpful to you. it is not intended to be a wagging finger! I would guess that all you were trying to do was be helpful and specific. One can be both within the confines of encyclopedic style, it just takes a little getting used to! if you need any help, let me know.LiPollis (talk) 15:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)