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Template:Uw-medrs

This template is intended for use on the Talk page of users who have edited articles related to medical topics and either neglected to add a reference where needed, or have added references which are not MEDRS-compliant. It may be used for users who have made good faith efforts to include reliable citations in the article, but which do not meet the standards of citations defined by Wikipedia:Reliable medical sources.

Usage[edit]

{{subst:Uw-medrs}}

{{subst:Uw-medrs|sourced=yes}}

{{subst:Uw-medrs|1=UNCOMPLIANT ARTICLE1|2=UNCOMPLIANT ARTICLE2}}

{{subst:Uw-medrs|UNCOMPLIANT ARTICLE1|good1=GOOD ARTICLE1}}

{{subst:Uw-medrs|1=UNCOMPLIANT ARTICLE1|comment=EXTRA TEXT}}

This template autosigns with four tildes; please do not add a signature.

Parameters[edit]

There are two positional and four named parameters. All parameters are optional.

• |1= – name of first article with reference(s) added by the user which are not MEDRS-compliant
• |2= – name of another article with non-compliant referencing

• |good1= – an article with references added by the user which are MEDRS-compliant
• |good2= – a second article with compliant referencing
• |sourced= – yesorno; changes the text based on whether user added a source or not (default: no)
• |comment= – any text string; will be added just before the auto-signature.

Effects of parameters

In the sentence beginning, "I noticed that you recently made additions to one or more articles...", adding |sourced=yes will modify the end of that sentence to:

• ...where you added a citation to a reliable source. Thank you for respecting Wikipedia's policy on WP:Verifiability and for using citations!

Adding one or both positional parameters, modifies that sentence to:

• ... made additions to one or more articles such as uncompliant article1... , if |1= is included
• ... made additions to several articles such as uncompliant article1oruncompliant article2..., if |1= and |2= are included

Using one or both of the |good*= parameters also adds an additional sentence, after "...may have been removed," namely:

• On the other hand, the sourcing for good article1 [and good article2] looks fine, keep up the good work!

Using the |comment= parameter adds whatever text you supply to the end of the message. It is immediately followed by your signature (added automatically by the template).

Examples[edit]

{{subst:Uw-medrs}}

• Simple invocation, no params; gives generic message with links to WP:MEDRS without mentioning any articles.

{{subst:Uw-medrs|sourced=yes}}

• Using named param |sourced= expands the generic message to acknowledge the user's attempt to add a citation to a reliable source, but without mentioning any specific article they touched.

{{subst:Uw-medrs|Vulcan anesthesiology|Invertebrates on Ganymede}}

• Using positional params |1= and |2= names and links two articles with problematic references added by the user

{{subst:Uw-medrs|Vulcan anesthesiology|good1=Robot plankton|good2=Jovian exophyla|comment=Happy editing!}}

• Params |1= and |2= indicate the problematic article(s); params |good1= and |good2= name article(s) that they sourced correctly, per MEDRS. Param |comment= is an optional final comment containing any text.

See also[edit]

Aliases:

• {{subst:uw-med-sources}}
• {{subst:uw-medical-sources}}

TemplateData[edit]

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