Talk:Cough etiquette
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[edit]Cough etiquette will be different in different cultures and at different periods of history. Much room for expansion if sources can be found for this. Andrewa (talk) 07:34, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hi dear Andrewa, that sounds really interesting. Best wishes, BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 07:42, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
- OK, perhaps you can help? I have little recent experience in referencing (I needed to look up the templates I used... perhaps the documentation on them could be made more helpful). I'll deal with the linkrot problem eventually. Obviously I need to do more research on the correct use of the templates.
- I'd be surprised if references do not exist considering the interest that COVID aroused in coughs and sneezes as sources of aerosols. But finding them online is more of a challenge as many learned papers are now behind paywalls. Wikipedia does have some access to these sources, in the form of a limited number of free accounts, but I haven't felt that I would make the best use of one. University students also have access, as do members of the public using some University libraries, but since moving to the country I haven't investigated our local University.
- I've added one category... is this enough to remove the uncategorised template do you think? If the article is expanded as I hope it will be (whether by myself or others... we are a collaboration after all) then Category:History of hygiene would also be appropriate. Andrewa (talk) 09:07, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
Why this page
[edit]This page was created for the same reason every mainspace page I have ever created was created...
I looked for it, and it wasn't there.
Specifically, this edit which seemed a reasonable wikification turned up a redlink. So I first did some searches to see whether a mainspace redirect was possible, but they turned up nothing.
It has been suggested that the topic fails the GNG. If so I suggest that this shows that the GNG needs a tweak, and that meanwhile we should apply IAR as even a stub page on this topic improves Wikipedia. Andrewa (talk) 20:48, 4 December 2024 (UTC)