Crowdiagnosis checklist

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]

Crowdiagnosis checklist

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.

General Items

• Confirm that every page starts with __NOTOC__
• 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:
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• Confirm that every chapter has three headings:

==Overview==

==Causes==

==References==

• Confirm that the headings are capitalized correctly.
• Make sure that no reference is put next to the headings.

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 – [[Ventricular]] [[tachycardia]] – not recommended
  • Ventricular tachycardia- [[Ventricular tachycardia]] – recommended

Causes

• Confirm the presence of the following subcategories in the following order:
  • Life Threatening Causes
  • Common Causes
  • Causes by Organ System
  • 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.
• Confirm that 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:
  • [[Borrelia]] infection- not recommended
  • [[Borrelia|Borrelia infection]]- 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 – [[Ventricular]] [[tachycardia]] – not recommended
  • Ventricular tachycardia- [[Ventricular tachycardia]] – recommended
• Under the subheading "Life Threatening Causes":
  • Confirm the presence of the following definition underneath the subheading of every life threatening causes section: Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
  • Make sure that the causes do not include chronic conditions.
  • Make sure that the causes are listed in alphabetical order.
  • If the page's disease is itself life-threatening, do not add causes in the life-threatening causes section. Instead, confirm the presence of the following sentence under the subheading:Disease name is a life-threatening condition and must be treated as such irrespective of the causes. Life-threatening conditions may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
• 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 first 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 fits 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 {{reflist|2}}.
• If you are using an article from pubmed, make sure to convert the link into wikidoc reference format using one of the following websites
  • http://reftag.appspot.com/doiweb.py
  • http://diberri.crabdance.com/cgi-bin/templatefiller/index.cgi
  • http://toolserver.org/~holek/cite-gen/index.php
  • http://sumsearch.org/cite/
• Check for proper functioning of references.
• Confirm that references don’t go to foreign language pages.

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:
  • [[Category:Signs and symptoms]]
  • [[Category:Up-To-Date]]

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