DrWDMcCoy

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I have no conflict of interest. I am not a medical doctor or affiliated with the organization in any capacity. DrWDMcCoy (talk) 01:39, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Reliable secondary sources

Please do not add or change content without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Llll5032 (talk) 02:07, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, you may be blocked from editing. Llll5032 (talk) 02:13, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary, as you did here and here. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use your sandbox for that. Thank you. Llll5032 (talk) 02:58, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

I’m in the process of learning. I will valid reasons for edits and expect that you will accept them as valid and not apply your clearly bias view on this topic. DrWDMcCoy (talk) 03:02, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for responding, DrWDMcCoy. One guideline here is assume good faith. Llll5032 (talk)

I can accept good faith…then in good faith you need to equally accept positive citing, references, comments…in fairness the pros and cons from both viewpoints. DrWDMcCoy (talk) 03:14, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

We go by WP:MEDRS ("Biomedical information must be based on reliable, third-party published secondary sources"). Llll5032 (talk) 03:15, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Is a study registered at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT 044297411 with pre-print results on MedRxiv considered reliable source? DrWDMcCoy (talk) 03:22, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

Yes if we describe the study via a reliable, independent secondary source, per WP:MEDRS, WP:MEDINDY and WP:MEDMOS. But per WP:MEDRS, "Primary sources should generally not be used for medical content – as such sources often include unreliable or preliminary information, for example early lab results which don't hold in later clinical trials." For detailed advice, you can ask editors at WikiProject Medicine. Llll5032 (talk) 04:02, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

There's more discussion here on preprints. Llll5032 (talk) 04:06, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

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September 2021

Hello. Your recent edit to Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Maryland) appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person, organization or product added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. Gab4gab (talk) 03:41, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

You removed names from the Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Maryland) notable alumni list with an edit summary of "Removed alumni who are not notable." The names have biography articles in this Wikipedia indicating they are notable. If you disagree I suggest you attempt to have their articles removed as non-notable. If that happens then feel free to remove their names again. For now I've reverted your edit. Gab4gab (talk) 02:32, 15 September 2021 (UTC)