User talk:KTLondon

Welcome to Wikipedia from the Medicine Wikiproject!


Welcome to Wikipedia from Wikiproject Medicine (also known as WPMED). We're a group of editors who strive to improve the quality of medical articles here on Wikipedia. One of our members has noticed that you are interested in editing medical articles; it's great to have a new interested editor on board. In your wiki-voyages, a few things that may be relevant to editing Wikipedia articles are:


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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!
 * JenOttawa (talk) 13:54, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

Inserting new references
Hi! When inserting new references I use the "cite" function and simply insert the PMID into the tool to populate the required fields.

When I do this, it appears that only initials are pulled from medline.

How are you inserting references? I find it best to delete the outdated citation entirely and then re-insert the new citation from scratch (using the cite function). Do you know if you are using the visual editor (clicking "edit") or the source editor (looks more like a special code when you type/insert references and links (click "edit source"). Unless I am editing tables, I usually use the "edit" (or visual editor) as I find it saves me time.

I am not sure if I answered your question properly. If you need more information, please let me know. You can practice adding a reference to your "sandbox", which is your working space on Wikipedia. Your sandbox tab is at the top beside the "talk" tab.

Hope this helps! I too enjoy these updates. I find them a good way to read Cochrane Reviews and keep up with the literature while making a difference on Wikipedia at the same time!

Jenny JenOttawa (talk) 16:39, 29 September 2017 (UTC)