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Edits to St. George's University School of Medicine
Hello. I have removed the section you added to the above article, as it appeared to be tangential to the subject of the article - reading the source, it appears that St. George's is referred to mostly in passing. The section in question would be more appropriate for use in a general article on Caribbean medical schools, but was not specific to the subject of this article. I have started a discussion on the article talk page if you would like to engage there. Tony Fox (arf!) 17:26, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

Original research
Synthesis is a form of original research which is not accepted at Wikipedia. Your edits have been removed from the articles at Ross University School of Medicine and St. George's University School of Medicine because the source you provided does not mention the schools specifically. It is original research to take results about Caribbean medical schools in general and apply it to the articles about the schools because they are Caribbean medical schools, too. signed, Willondon (talk) 17:37, 7 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I will yield that it does not specifically highlight these schools, but the research article listed is not Synthesis. It is a qualitative research project involving interviews with 13 individuals chosen for their experience in Canadian Medical School education. TimeWizard33 (talk) 17:41, 7 May 2022 (UTC)


 * The synthesis I referred to was not the study cited, but the act of a Wikipedia editor taking the general results and applying it to specific schools that were not the focus of the study. The schools aren't even mentioned in the study's abstract. Even if the schools were referenced specifically in the interviews, the result applies generally, and does not say anything about specific members of the group whose reputation was assessed.  signed, Willondon (talk)  17:51, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, just make sure I understand, if there was a research project which provided interviews about these two schools where the interviewees discussed each school separate, that could then be used as a source? TimeWizard33 (talk) 17:57, 7 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Not necessarily. It depends on how reliable the source is. It depends on what the study focussed on, the protocols, and what conclusions were drawn. For example if the protocol said "Here is a list of Caribbean medical schools. What do you think?" A:"I would put them at the bottom of the list for educational value." Even if the schools are specifically part of that list, the data doesn't necessarily speak to the individual schools. That they are not mentioned in the Abstract and Conclusions indicates that the researchers in this case do not make any inferences about individual schools.


 * Remember, too, that reliable sources are used in Wikipedia not only to verify information as correct, but also to indicate notability. Not every mention of a school is notable. Even if they were discussed specifically, the data generated represents the opinion of a handful of medical educators who were asked specifically to provide an opinion on a selected group of schools as a part of a study. So the notability of the topic has been created for the purpose of the study. It seems to me that the information you wish to introduce is better suited to the article Medical school.  signed, Willondon (talk)  18:37, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Makes more sense. Thank you for the clarification. TimeWizard33 (talk) 19:56, 7 May 2022 (UTC)