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==Introduction==
The following is a checklist to help you improve the quality of the causes page that you are editing. The aim of having a checklist is to ensure consistency among all pages.
 
==Checklist==
*Confirm that every page starts with <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>
*Confirm that there is no separate line for Associate Editor in Chief.
*Confirm that multiple editor’s title should be separated by a semicolon.
*Make sure to remove the following statements when you finish adding content to the page:
** Please help WikiDoc by adding content here. It's easy! Click here to learn about editing.
**Please help WikiDoc by adding more content here. It's easy! Click here to learn about editing.
*Confirm that every chapter has three headings:
<nowiki>==Overview==</nowiki>
 
<nowiki>==Causes==</nowiki>
 
<nowiki>==References==</nowiki>
 
*Confirm that the headings are capitalized correctly.
*Make sure that no reference is put next to the headings.
*Make sure that any synonyms and key words are listed on the line following the editors using <nowiki>{{SK}}</nowiki>.
 
===Overview===
*Confirm that the overview statement is in a text format and does not contain bullet points.
*Confirm that periods, commas and spaces are appropriately placed.
*Confirm that no text is bolded or italicized randomly in between the text.
*Make sure to check for spellings and grammatical errors thoroughly.Confirm that there are no floating periods and comas.
*Confirm that periods and comas are present before the start of references instead at the end to avoid floating periods and comas.
*Confirm that all the internal links work and there are no black links in between texts.
*Confirm that no links are created to same page.
*Make sure to create maximum internal links and for complete words, e.g,
**Ventricular tachycardia – <nowiki>[[Ventricular]]</nowiki> <nowiki>[[tachycardia]]</nowiki> – not recommended
**  Ventricular tachycardia- <nowiki>[[Ventricular tachycardia]]</nowiki> – recommended
 
===Causes===
*Confirm the presence of the following subcategories in the following order:
**Common Causes       
**Causes by Organ System (With the differential diagnosis table present)
**Causes in Alphabetical Order
*Make sure to capitalize the first letter of every word of the subcategories.
*Make sure to have subcategories under “===”.
*Make sure that no references are put next to the subcategory heading.
*Make sure that each cause is a true cause of the symptom and double check in case of doubt.
*Make sure that the causes are not duplicated, if present choose the most appropriate term and delete the duplicate, e.g,
**If both “heart attack” and “myocardial infarction” are listed, choose myocardial infarction and delete “heart attack”.
*Confirm that the all the causes are linked and appropriate references are cited.
*In case the cause does not link to a page on wikidoc but might fall under another page create an internal link as follows:
**<nowiki>[[Borrelia]]</nowiki> infection- not recommended
**<nowiki>[[Borrelia|Borrelia infection]]</nowiki>- recommended
*Confirm that all the internal links work and there are no black links in between texts.
*Make sure to create maximum internal links and for complete words, e.g,
**Ventricular tachycardia – <nowiki>[[Ventricular]]</nowiki> <nowiki>[[tachycardia]]</nowiki> – not recommended
**Ventricular tachycardia- <nowiki>[[Ventricular tachycardia]]</nowiki> – recommended
*Under the subheading “Common Causes” make sure that the causes are listed in alphabetical order.
*Under the subheading “Causes by Organ system”:
**Confirm the presence of the differential diagnosis table.
**Make sure that the causes listed in each row are separated by a coma followed by a space.
** Make sure that the causes are listed in alphabetical order.
**Make sure that only the first letter of the fist word listed in each row is capitalized, the other causes should not be capitalized unless they refer to a proper noun, e.g “Hodgkin lymphoma” and not “hodgkin lymphoma”.
**Make sure that each cause fit in the appropriate organ system.
*Under the subheading “Causes in Alphabetical order”, make sure the list of causes is arranged in multiple columns.
 
===References===
*Perform a PubMed search to find review articles on the symptoms.
*References should be listed in two columns at the bottom, make sure to use ,nowiki>{{reflist|2}}</nowiki>.
*If you are using an article from pubmed, make sure to convert the link into wikidoc reference format using one of the following websites
** DOI: http://reftag.appspot.com/doiweb.py
** http://diberri.crabdance.com/cgi-bin/templatefiller/index.cgi
** http://toolserver.org/~holek/cite-gen/index.php
**PMID: http://sumsearch.org/cite/
*Check for proper functioning of references.
*Confirm that references don’t go to foreign language pages.
*Make sure to remove all foreign language links on pages except for Home page.
 
===Categories===
*Confirm the absence of the following categories once the page is complete:
** Category:Needs causes
**  Category:Needs content
*Confirm the presence of following categories once the page is complete:
**<nowiki>[[ Category:Signs and symptoms]]</nowiki>
**<nowiki>[[Category:Up-To-Date]]</nowiki>
 
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
 
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