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Hello, DentalHygienist, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing 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 for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Greyjoy talk 06:08, 15 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to Wikipedia from the Medicine WikiProject!

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Welcome to Wikipedia and WikiProject Medicine

Welcome to Wikipedia from WikiProject Medicine (also known as WPMED).

We're a group of editors who strive to improve the quality of medical articles here on Wikipedia. I noticed that you are interested in editing medical articles; it's great to have a new editor on board. In your wiki-voyages, a few things that may be relevant to editing Wikipedia articles are:

  • Thanks for coming aboard! We always appreciate a new editor. Feel free to leave us a message at any time on our talk page. If you are interested in joining the project yourself, there is a participant list where you can sign up. Please leave a message on the WPMED talk page if you have any problems, suggestions, would like review of an article, need suggestions for articles to edit, or would like some collaboration when editing!
  • Sourcing of medical and health-related content on Wikipedia is guided by our medical sourcing guidelines, commonly referred to as MEDRS. These guidelines typically require recent secondary sources to support information; their application is further explained here. Primary sources (case studies, case reports, research studies) are rarely used, especially if the primary sources are produced by the organisation or individual who is promoting a claim.
  • The Wikipedia community includes a wide variety of editors with different interests, skills, and knowledge. We all manage to get along through a lot of discussion that happens under the scenes and through the bold, revert, discuss editing cycle. If you encounter any problems, you can discuss them on an article's talk page or post a message on the WPMED talk page.

Feel free to drop a note on my talk page if you have any questions. I wish you all the best on your wiki voyages! Ian Furst (talk) 11:06, 22 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for editing

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Thank you for editing the dental braces page, it's in desperate need of a good clean up. I've reverted your references edits, only because of the sources used. We try to back every statement of fact by one, high quality reference. This means review articles from pubmed, cochrane studies, etc... I've added a video about the best practices guidelines for Wikiproject Medicine articles. Happy to give some direction, if you want. We can discuss on the talk page of braces too. Info on references can be found at WP:MEDRS and how the article should be structured at WP:MEDMOS in case you feel the desire to really overhaul it! Best. Ian Furst (talk) 13:50, 22 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

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Please see the notices and warnings on your Commons talk page if you haven't already, thanks. Funcrunch (talk) 17:34, 23 April 2019 (UTC)Reply