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Refs

WP:MEDRS gives guidance on what type of refs are needed. We do not typically use primary sources but review articles and secondary sources. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:25, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Edelman

How do you know so much about Edelman? - 2001:558:1400:10:8025:343C:EF2E:7119 (talk) 16:05, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

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January 2015

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Vani Hari, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Even making spelling and grammatical corrections in others' comments is generally frowned upon, as it tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:56, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

BLP infringement. Surprised you don't know about it. MLPainless (talk) 13:28, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Not a viewpoint that's gathering you much support: Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Vani_Hari_talk_page Andy Dingley (talk) 14:23, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Yeah,I know I'm up against a little team here. MLPainless (talk) 21:21, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

Atrazine

Please take a look at the WHO report I added and make sure I reported it out accurately. Its pretty complicated stuff. Thanks. Formerly 98 (talk) 03:17, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

The problem I have with that edit is that it cherry picks just one fact out of many. The section you added it to was "Effect on mammals", but no mention that it extremely toxic to dogs (cardiac), disrupts the HPA axis in rats, may be carcinogenic in rats, may be harmful to humans because "alterations in neurotransmitter and neuropeptide function regulating LH and secretion of prolactin may potentially induce adverse effects during critical periods of development", and much more. That edit should be enlarged, or excluded. The paper is not exculpatory of atrazine. MLPainless (talk) 03:37, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

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