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*Perform a PubMed search to find review articles on the symptoms. | *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 | *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 | *If you are using an article from pubmed, make sure to convert the link into wikidoc reference format using one of the following websites | ||
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*Confirm that references don’t go to foreign language pages. | *Confirm that references don’t go to foreign language pages. | ||
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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 that 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:
- 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:
==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 {{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
- 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]]