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The article Natural sleep or anesthesia has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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Speedy deletion nomination of Lifebox[edit]
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See the guidelines for specific types of articles: biographies, websites, bands, or companies. roleplayer 22:17, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
In-line links[edit]
Please don't use in-line external links in the bodies of articles as it goes against WP:MOS. I re-factored what you entered here but left it as a bare link in the reference. You might want to warp it up in a {{cite web}} tag. Ref generator can help you do that. --GraemeL (talk) 22:42, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Cardiac Surgery[edit]
Hi L509alumni. I reverted your edits to the "Risks" section of the Cardiac surgery article. The paragraph was overly complicated; while I understand that the article is about cardiac surgery, there were a lot of terms used that someone without an M.D. might not understand, not to mention the fact that there were no interwiki links to pages that might clarify the terms. The whole paragraph was sourced to a blog, which unfortunately isn't a credible source. If you'd like to add this information again, please try to condense it and find better sources! If you're having trouble finding some, you can try asking other editors on the talk page if they can help you. Cheers! Murmuration (talk) 23:26, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
Please stop adding advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks. 
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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Hu12 (talk) 11:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC) Page2anesthesiology.org is not spam. How do I appeal the decision?L509alumni (talk) 13:14, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia[edit]
We have fairly stringent referencing requirements for medical content. Please see WP:MEDRS which stipulates that review articles or major textbooks are preferred. Blogs are not. Cheers Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:03, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
In this edit there are a couple of issues [1] 1) is the link to the blog 2) the PMID in question is to primary research rather than to a review article. We very strongly prefer review articles as they give a better sense of the opinion of a community of academics. I do realize that Wikipedia does take some time to get used to. It can be a lot of fun and is a great way to share the science / art of your profession though once you do.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:37, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
- Yes agree. It would be great if all articles where improved in line with policy. I have removed the poor ref in question. When I edit I typically type in the topic I am interested in into pubmed, restrict the search to review articles by the tab on the left, find something within the last couple of years, pull up the whole text through my university and begin writing from there.Doc James (talk · contribs ·email) 21:11, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
There is a difference between an article on a blog and using it as a reference. There is also an article on the journal anesthesia here Anaesthesia_(journal) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 22:20, 15 December 2011 (UTC)