User talk:Cartographile

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References[edit]

We at Wikipedia love evidence-based medicine. Please cite high-quality reliable sources. We typically use review articles, major textbooks and position statements of national or international organizations. A list of resources to help edit such articles can be found here. The edit box has a build in citation tool to easily format references based on the PMID or ISBN. WP:MEDHOW walks through editing step by step. We also provide style advice about the structure and content of medicine-related encyclopedia articles. The welcome page is another good place to learn about editing the encyclopedia. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 23:13, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Doc James: No need for the canned condescension. Here at Wikipedia, the vast majority of us aren't medical professionals. As such, a source or two written in plain English is likely to be a lot more educational than a medical journal, which is why I added both. Quoting WP:MEDPRI:

If the same material could be supported by either a primary source or a secondary source, the secondary source should be cited. A primary source may be presented adjunctIvely to a secondary source.

And WP:MEDPOP:

One possibility is to cite a higher-quality source along with a more-accessible popular source.

If you wouldn't mind, please don't strip articles of useful secondary sources. Cartographile (talk) 00:02, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Popular press is of poor quality and not suitable to support medical content. You have not used any high quality secondary source for the content in question. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:04, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think ignoring what I've written is going to help us build an encyclopedia. I'll excuse myself from this conversation now. Cartographile (talk) 00:07, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]