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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Introduction

The following is a checklist to help you improve the quality of the causes page you are editing. The aim of having a checklist is to ensure consistency among all pages.

Checklist

• 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.
• Make sure that any synonyms and key words are listed on the line following the editors using {{SK}}.

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:
  • 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:
  • [[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 “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

for the same.

• 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
  • PMID: http://sumsearch.org/cite/
• The following websites may also be useful:
  • http://diberri.crabdance.com/cgi-bin/templatefiller/index.cgi
  • http://toolserver.org/~holek/cite-gen/index.php
• 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:
  • [[ Category:Signs and symptoms]]
  • [[Category:Up-To-Date]]

References

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