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Introduced in the House as H.R. 2426 by Hakeem Jeffries (D–NY) on May 1, 2019; Committee consideration by United States House Committee on the Judiciary; Passed the House on October 22, 2019 ()
Editorial discretion allows editors to evaluate sources, balance claims, and otherwise distill bodies of information into accurate, verifiable and comprehensive articles; accordingly with the neutral point of view policy, we need to accord appropriate weight to all information we include, to make sure we represent a topic properly and without distorting emphasis on any one part.
This can take some time and patience, but once you get the hang of it, many people in medical fields find contributing to Wikipedia an important way to share knowledge. In English Wikipedia alone for example, medical-related pages received over 2.27 billion page views in 2017 from around the world.
Wikipedia is the product of millions of editors' contributions, each one bringing something different to the table, whether it be: researching skills, technical expertise, writing prowess or tidbits of information, but most importantly, a willingness to help.
Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia - editors must regularly interact with other editors, directly or indirectly, as their respective efforts to improve article content combine and cross. In most cases editing is intuitive and unproblematic, but there are cases where interactions leads to confusion, contention, or even outright hostility.
Editing most Wikipedia pages is simple. Wikipedia uses two interface methods: classic editing with the Source Editor through wikitext (wiki markup), and a new VisualEditor (VE). Wikitext editing using the Source Editor is chosen by clicking the Edit source tab at the top of a Wikipedia page (or on a section-edit link). This opens an editable ...
When writing about medical claims not supported by mainstream research, it is vital that third-party, independent sources be used. Sources written and reviewed by the advocates of marginal ideas may be used to describe personal opinions, but extreme care should be taken when using such sources lest more controversial opinions be taken at face ...