User talk:SOTLMH

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 21:23, 6 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi there. The above is a template with some useful resources. I'd also add our rules for sourcing biomedical claims on Wikipedia and how Wikipedia thinks about fringe theories like rope worms. You may want to ask questions at the WP:TEAHOUSE, a place for new users. Thanks. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 21:24, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Rhododendrites The fact that a ropeworm has left my body and been swimming around in my toilet, and also the factual evidence I have referenced proves that this is not a fringe theory. It is very distressing for those who suffer to be told this. The situation is constantly being updated due to evidence. To allow another user to categorically state that this parasite did not exist despite there being no evidence to support this ought not to be allowed by Wikipedia. Kind regards. SOTLMH (talk) 21:37, 6 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia contains summaries of established medical information, using sources like peer-reviewed journal articles and position statements by large medical associations. We don't use anecdotes, social media, original research, etc. Fringe theories, like those promoted in self-published papers that run contrary to established science, were not peer reviewed, and which every reliable source treats as pseudoscience, are covered as such. Parasites exist, of course, and if there's a living thing swimming around in your toilet, you may want to scoop it up and bring it to a doctor for medical advice. If it's indeed a parasite, it's not a "rope worm." But the better place for presenting arguments about changes to an article is on the article talk page: Talk:Rope worms. There's also the WikiProject Medicine talk page, if you have questions about our medical content in general. That's where people interested in medical articles congregate. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 22:07, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

I have already spoken with my doctor. Do you have evidence to back up your opinion that what was in my toilet is not a ropeworm? Stating this is pseudoscience is an opinion. There is no research to disprove the existence of the Ropeworm, and referring to a scientific paper on this subject as someone’s opinion is clearly wrong. What I am seeing here is bias, which is unethical. SOTLMH (talk) 22:12, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * That's not what I said. Again, if you'd like to make arguments to change the article in nontrivial ways, you'll want to open a discussion on its talk page, providing sources which meet WP:MEDRS. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 02:55, 7 March 2021 (UTC)