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Guides & Tutorials for New Medical Editors
[edit]- Plain and simple guide for new medical editors
- Wikiproject Medicine tutorial for new medical editors
- Wikiproject Medicine resources summary
- PDF for editing Wikipedia articles on Medicine
- WP:MEDHOW: Useful Wikipedia tips for editing medical and general content
- Yes, we want experts to contribute to Wikipedia. But first learn the whys and wherefores of Wikipedia. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
- This is a useful template for welcoming new medical editors to Wikipedia: {{subst:MedWelcome}} (Template:WPMED welcome)
- See this discussion: Helping new editors: Learn Wikipedia's unique culture.
- This is an excellent WikiJournal of Medicine article: Konieczny PB Where experts and amateurs meet: the ideological hobby of medical volunteering on Wikipedia. Wiki J Med. 2023;10(1):5. doi:10.15347/wjm/2023.005
Tips for searching the research literature
[edit]PubMed
[edit]- PubMed User Guide (National Library of Medicine)
- PubMed Search Tips (Johns Hopkins Medical School)
- Build a Strategy Using the Advanced Search Builder (University of Otago)
- PubMed Help - Extensive info re: how to find information at the U.S National Library of Medicine site, including PubMed.
Google Scholar & PsycINFO
[edit]- Search Tips for PsycINFO (University of Michigan Library Research Guides)
- Literature search tips and tricks: Techniques for effectively using Google Scholar and PsycINFO (APA)
Very Helpful Wikipedia Templates
[edit]Template:Reflist-talk - If you want to cite references on a talk page, this handy template places your references in a nicely bordered list.[1]
Template:GATable If you conduct Good Article reviews, this template creates an easy-to-read, well-organized layout.
Template:Done explains how to add Done to a talk page, Teahouse, etc. But that's not all! Dozens of other icons/images are available on that page. It's
Great!
References
- ^ Worthen, Mark. "This is a helpful template tool." Journal of Groovy Tools 27, no. 5 (2020): 56.
Very helpful Wikipedia guides
[edit]Requests for comment (RfC)/Example formatting
Brief unofficial pieces I have written that might help
[edit]- Bluebook citation style for legal sources - List of resources for when you want to use Bluebook legal citation style.
- Feeling misunderstood and attacked - A list of Wikipedia articles that helped me when I felt misunderstood and attacked by other editors.
Cool Tools
[edit]These are online tools I use all the time. All are free; none of them contain affiliate links. Except for the Wikimedia URL Shortner, these are all external links, i.e., not part of Wikipedia or its sister sites.
- Wikimedia URL Shortner - Links to the following domains may be shortened using this tool:
*.wikipedia.org
,*.wiktionary.org
,*.wikibooks.org
,*.wikinews.org
,*.wikiquote.org
,*.wikisource.org
,*.wikiversity.org
,*.wikivoyage.org
,*.wikimedia.org
,*.wikidata.org
and*.mediawiki.org
. - Case Converter - Case Converter is a simple free online tool that converts any text to either lower case, upper case, proper or sentence case.
- Remove Line Breaks - You can remove line breaks from blocks of text but preserve paragraph breaks with this tool.
- Text Fixer - Online Text Tools - Too many great tools to list here. Well-organized, user-friendly, and free.
- Character Counter - Useful when you want to experiment with different short descriptions and see how close you come to the ideal 40 characters.
- Sᴍᴀʟʟᴄᴀᴘs text tool - Create official looking Small Caps text with this tool, for uses other than Wikipedia. Small Caps are uppercase characters with the 'x-height' of normal text. Among other uses, Small Caps are used for Bluebook legal citations, although on Wikipedia small caps are discouraged for understandable reasons. If you want to use small caps on Wikipedia, use the Smallcaps template, {{sc1}} or {{sc2}}. That template explains its limitations in the Technical notes section. There is also a helpful section, Reasons to use small caps.
Great articles about Wikipedia
[edit]Stuart, S. C. “Wikipedia: The Most Reliable Source on the Internet?” PCMag (3 June 2021).
My Wikipedia interests
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Personal
[edit]Mark is the proud father of three awesome kids, who are the most important aspect of his life.
My Favorite Wikipedia Essays
[edit]Zeroth law of Wikipedia - "On Wikipedia, the zeroth law is that good editors are the most valuable resource."
I'm feeling misunderstood and attacked, so I'm going to quit Wikipedia in a huff! - Something I wrote when I was feeling that way. It contains links to several Wikipedia essays that helped me.
Current Wikipedia Article Focus
[edit]Veterans benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder in the United States
Substance use disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder#Assessment
Psychopathology
Psychological evaluation
Causes of mental disorders
Causes of transsexuality
Addiction
Articles Needed
[edit]Symptom validity test
Performance validity test
Disability Benefits Questionnaire
Hard to find pages
[edit]Ask an uninvolved editor to close a Request for Comments (RfC)
Hard to remember wikicode
[edit]Enter <!-- Comment -->
and replace the word "Comment" with the hidden text you wish to enter.
Subpages: Sandbox
[edit]- Markworthen/sandbox
- Markworthen/sandbox/JMartinSJ
- Markworthen/sandbox/LILIAC
- Markworthen/sandbox/McKinley
- User:Markworthen/sandbox/Should psychologists care about Wikipedia article quality?
Subpages: Index
[edit]Index to all my subpages
Tip of the Day
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![]() Article size
What is an appropriate length for a Wikipedia article? This is discussed at Article length. An article can be as long as 10,000 words or more, if there are enough sources on the topic to provide for that much content. Undoubtedly there are articles that reach 20,000 words. The recommended maximum length is around 100kB of text. There is no standard for minimum length, an acceptable stub article could be as short as three or four sentences. If you look at the menu on the right-hand side of any page on Wikipedia, there is a link to Page information. Clicking on that link shows lots of information about the page including its total size as well as how often it has been viewed. There is also this tool - you just copy and paste the text into there, and it counts it for you. – – To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd CP}}
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Motto of the Day!
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The truth does not depend on a consensus of opinion.--Bhadani