User talk:Obrienemilyh

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 20:45, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notes

Hi - here are my notes:

Be careful about removing statements that say things like "almost all work on diets has been done in the southeastern part of their range", unless you have sourcing that contradicts this. Most of the sourcing looks like it covers the turtles in that portion of the US, so it's better to err on the side of caution. The Wetland Institute covers the diet in a general sense, but there's no way to really tell if that's based on the research that was conducted on the southeastern turtles.

Also, this is a study so it's seen as a primary source for any conclusions or research produced by it. You'd need secondary, independent sourcing that verifies the findings and puts the content into larger context. While this training module covers medicine topics, the same premise applies to studies, especially when it comes to science. WP:MEDRS goes over the same information in a bit more detail. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:48, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]