Echilcot12

Psych Homework

Ask Taylor about the couch she gave me and its "coffee" stain. --Ansel.borhauer (talk) 01:57, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

January 2015

Hello, I'm Bentogoa. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Lung cancer, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Bentogoa (talk) 18:11, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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Medical articles

When editing articles related about medical-related topics, please bear in mind is that the standards for citations for these is higher than the general standard for sources in Wikipedia articles. Focus more on review articles and less on the latest discoveries. Findings like these are very difficult for a non-expert to put in the proper context without synthesizing a whole body of research literature. While we encourage the use of secondary and tertiary sources in general, this is especially important in medical-related topics. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:48, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Posttraumatic stress disorder

Hi, Enchilcot12; I've left you some feedback at Talk:Posttraumatic stress disorder. You can respond there, and I will see your post.

By the way, you might want to mention to your professor, ScottPKingPhD that he is editing your user page incorrectly. Talk posts should go on your talk page (here), not your user page.[1] Would you like for someone to move that post to your talk page? With the exception of things like vandalism, only you edit your user page-- it is your home-- while others can "talk" with you here on your talk page. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:16, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Sourcing

Hi Echilcot12. Thanks for your contributions of the Multiplicity (psychology) article. I have a few concerns though about the source you used, and how you linked to it. While The Dissociative Initiative might be a useful resource for people with DID, I'm not sure that it meets the standards of a reliable source in keeping with Wikipedia's policies. Wikipedia articles should be based on high-quality peer reviewed sources - things like journal review articles and textbooks. While articles written by people with the disorder might be useful to link to (e.g., in the External links section) non-scholarly sources are not the ideal sources for articles.

In addition, the url you provided only links to the main page of the institute. When adding links to sources, you should specify the entire url. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:46, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

feedback on progress

Erin, SandyGeorgia on Multiplicity talk page and Ian on this page have some very useful feedback. Continue to post your ideas on the Multiplicity talk page, especially regarding sources. Be sure the sources are scholarly, which usually means from an academic journal or book, as we've discussed in class. ScottPKingPhD (talk) 18:40, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Just to clarify, the correct links are Multiplicity (psychology) and Talk:Multiplicity (psychology) (I've added some of my thoughts there in the "Topic" section). Simply Multiplicity will take you to a disambiguation page. :) — Jeraphine Gryphon ^(talk) 11:49, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure that content will stand (have you read the article talk page), but if it does, book sources require page numbers, and there should be no spaces between punctuation and a citation. [2] You can add page numbers by adding a {{rp|insert the page number}} after each citation. Without page nos, your text isn't verifiable. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:21, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Please engage article talk

Please read and respond to the posts on Talk:Multiplicity (psychology), particularly, please supply page numbers for the books source you are using. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:13, 3 March 2015 (UTC)