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Them
From
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22:12, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
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Them
From
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22:11, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. We have compiled a list of guidance for students and new editors:
Again welcome and thank you for joining us.
P.S. Please share this with your fellow learners and instructors.
James Heilman a.k.a
User:Doc James
MD, CCFP(EM), Wikipedian
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of British Columbia
and
The Team at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine
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00:06, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jay
Like the messages above - Welcome! I am a member of WikiProject Medicine (WP:MED) and also deal with conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia. Many member of WP:MED are doctors, surgeons, academic researchers and other kinds of experts, and WP:MED is one of the strongest projects in Wikipedia because of that. At the the same time, experts have some challenges when they first join Wikipedia.... writing here, is unlike writing anywhere else.' Really - there is a learning curve. Experts who take the time to learn - who bend and realize they are new here - can thrive and become really valued members of the community. We also get experts who refuse to learn and end up leaving angry.....
Anway, there is a great essay written to help experts get oriented - it is here: WP:EXPERT. Please give it a read. Please also read Wikipedia:Conflicts of interest (medicine) and the piece of our COI guideline called WP:SELFCITE.
What you should take away from all that, is that we really value experts, but only when they are what we call Here to build an encyclopedia (which is also good to read).
A bunch of your editing has been citing others in the field, and treatment guidelines and the like, but some of it has been about citing your own work. The more you can stay away from the latter, the better.
I can explain more about how things work here if you like - I have a couple of quick orientations I can provide you, but the links in the welcome messages above are really great, if you take the time to check them out.
Again, welcome, and good luck to you! Jytdog ( talk) 03:34, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Welcome!
Hello, Jay W Friedman, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a
Wikipedian! Please
sign your messages on
discussion pages using four
tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out
Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}}
before the question. Again, welcome!
Them
From
Space
22:12, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Your addition to
Wisdom tooth has been removed, as it appears to have added
copyrighted material to Wikipedia without
permission from the copyright holder. For
legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be
blocked from editing.
Them
From
Space
22:11, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia. We have compiled a list of guidance for students and new editors:
Again welcome and thank you for joining us.
P.S. Please share this with your fellow learners and instructors.
James Heilman a.k.a
User:Doc James
MD, CCFP(EM), Wikipedian
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine
University of British Columbia
and
The Team at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine
Doc James (
talk ·
contribs ·
email)
00:06, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi Jay
Like the messages above - Welcome! I am a member of WikiProject Medicine (WP:MED) and also deal with conflict of interest issues here in Wikipedia. Many member of WP:MED are doctors, surgeons, academic researchers and other kinds of experts, and WP:MED is one of the strongest projects in Wikipedia because of that. At the the same time, experts have some challenges when they first join Wikipedia.... writing here, is unlike writing anywhere else.' Really - there is a learning curve. Experts who take the time to learn - who bend and realize they are new here - can thrive and become really valued members of the community. We also get experts who refuse to learn and end up leaving angry.....
Anway, there is a great essay written to help experts get oriented - it is here: WP:EXPERT. Please give it a read. Please also read Wikipedia:Conflicts of interest (medicine) and the piece of our COI guideline called WP:SELFCITE.
What you should take away from all that, is that we really value experts, but only when they are what we call Here to build an encyclopedia (which is also good to read).
A bunch of your editing has been citing others in the field, and treatment guidelines and the like, but some of it has been about citing your own work. The more you can stay away from the latter, the better.
I can explain more about how things work here if you like - I have a couple of quick orientations I can provide you, but the links in the welcome messages above are really great, if you take the time to check them out.
Again, welcome, and good luck to you! Jytdog ( talk) 03:34, 5 July 2015 (UTC)