User talk:Maxwloomes

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. I noticed that you are interested in editing medical articles; it's great to have a new editor on board. In your wiki-voyages, a few things that may be relevant to editing Wikipedia articles are:


 * Thanks for coming aboard! We always appreciate a new editor. Feel free to leave us a message at any time on our talk page. If you are interested in joining the project yourself, there is a participant list where you can sign up. Please leave a message on the WPMED talk page if you have any problems, suggestions, would like review of an article, need suggestions for articles to edit, or would like some collaboration when editing!
 * Sourcing of medical and health-related content on Wikipedia is guided by our medical sourcing guidelines, commonly referred to as MEDRS. These guidelines typically require recent secondary sources to support information; their application is further explained here. Primary sources (case studies, case reports, research studies) are rarely used, especially if the primary sources are produced by the organisation or individual who is promoting a claim.
 * The Wikipedia community includes a wide variety of editors with different interests, skills, and knowledge. We all manage to get along through a lot of discussion that happens under the scenes and through the bold, revert, discuss editing cycle. If you encounter any problems, you can discuss them on an article's talk page or post a message on the WPMED talk page.

Feel free to drop a note on my talk page if you have any questions. I wish you all the best on your wiki voyages! Sandy Georgia (Talk)  14:30, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Delusional parasitosis
Hi, Maxwloomes; welcome to Wikipedia. I've had to remove your edits to Delusional parasitosis for several reasons. Spending some time studying WP:MEDMOS and WP:MEDRS will help get you oriented. Regards, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  14:34, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Alternate names are usually added to the infobox to avoid lead clutter.
 * Primary sources (eg the Mayo study) are rarely used on Wikipedia, which prefers secondary reviews; I've restored the lead edits to the original content from secondary reviews. In this case, a recent secondary review (2019) replaces the dated Mayo study (2014).
 * WP:LEADs are summaries of content already in the article, so editing the lead only takes it out of sync with the sourced content in the body. Making changes first to the body of the article is a better editing approach.


 * @SandyGeorgia thanks for your feedback! Maxwloomes (talk) 20:47, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * My pleasure; stop by my talk page any time you have a question. Regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  21:03, 6 September 2022 (UTC)