User talk:Eastlake9W
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[edit]Welcome to Wikipedia from WikiProject Medicine (also known as WPMED).
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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! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:19, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
Your edits to Immune system
[edit]Your edits to the Featured article Immune system have been removed twice,[1] [2] and you have now added non-MEDRS sources from the same author (Zhang) a third time. Featured articles on Wikipedia must conform to certain standards, and have been vetted by the community. You should gain consensus before making changes. Please have a look at the following pages:
- WP:LEADCITE; leads need not be cited, and that content is already cited in the body.
- WP:MEDRS; one of the articles you are citing is not a MEDRS source.
- WP:FAOWN; please gain consensus on talk before re-adding material
- WP:EDITWAR and WP:3RR; you should not continue adding material after it has been removed once.
- WP:LINKSPAM can be a problem when an editor consistently adds certain sources or one author (eg Zhang)
Learning the ropes at Wikipedia can be challenging, and starting by editing a Featured article will be even harder; please use the article talk page, or join WT:MED where you might ask broader questions and meet others to help learn the standards of editing. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:29, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Dear Sandy,
- If you remove the citations from me, please let me know. I only realize that you removed my inserted references by a notice to me today.
- Please reconsider to add my two references back to the Featured article that I have wanted to insert the references in, since both citations reflect the new progress in both fields: the human immune system and the acquired immune deficiency.
- Thank you! Eastlake9W (talk) 19:54, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- You should automatically receive notifications on your watchlist when an edit is reverted. Edits to a Featured article should be discussed on its talk page; the content is already cited, so adding a non-MEDRS new citation isn't needed. If you would like to make some improvements to the article, please discuss them at Talk:Immune system, where all editors involved with the article will engage. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:13, 18 June 2022 (UTC)