User talk:Looperjd

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 * This tutorial presents information on choosing high-quality reviews for medical content, which is the topic area for exercise-nutrition-recovery.
 * Also see WP:MEDHOW for more general guidance on editing medical topics.

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! Zefr (talk) 16:18, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

February 2019
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Exercise, you may be blocked from editing. ''Please do not edit war; WP:WAR and WP:3RR. '' Zefr (talk) 15:58, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
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 * The content might seem excessive because I intended for it to remain readable and appeal to a diverse collection of audiences. Do you think that I should edit it to be more concise and then try to post it again? Thank you for your warning.
 * Yes, that's the collaborative way of editing. You should gain the consensus of other editors by posting first the revision - and why you think it's important - on the talk page; WP:CON. --Zefr (talk) 16:39, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, thank you for letting me know. I was trying to add details to the content that was already in the nutrition section. Do you think that I should try to contact the editor of that content before revising my own and then reposting it?
 * You can ping the original editor, but the talk page is for all editors to review, edit, and add consensus - or not - to the proposed edit. Remember to sign and timestamp your comments here and on any talk page. --Zefr (talk) 17:09, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, thank you for your help. I will propose the edit on the talk page. --Looperjd (talk) 21:20, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * I posted a proposal for the new content to the talk page yesterday. How long does the approval process usually take? I'm doing this as part of an assignment for a class, so I'm hoping to post the new content sooner than later. Thanks.--Looperjd (talk) 12:03, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

While I appreciate your sincere effort and interest in contributing to Wikipedia, writing and editing for the encyclopedia shouldn't have time constraints of a class project, and there is no timeline for editors to evaluate and respond to your proposed section on nutrition and recovery. Also, there isn't an "approval" process -- Wikipedia is a collaboration based on expertise and consensus; see WP:CON. I find the content you're offering too cumbersome, and off topic for the article because it presents recommendations rather than scientific facts supported by reviews. It might be usable if reduced to 2-3 sentences focused on the topic of timing of nutrient intake during recovery. Your offered sources are not expert reviews as expected by WP:MEDSCI for describing the best-established facts. As I stated, a search of the PubMed review literature doesn't provide any high-quality publications that conclusively support the content. --Zefr (talk) 15:34, 19 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, thank you for your help. I did not know this until now. I apologize for the inconvenience.