User talk:Idahoan57

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Hello, Idahoan57, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 23:49, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that was kind of formal. Just wanted to say thanks for your contributions to Viral load. You seem to know your way around, but if you have any questions, let me know. Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 23:50, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

April 2011[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles or other Wikipedia pages, as you did to HIV test. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 00:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add unsourced content, as you did to HIV test. This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 05:25, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilaw[edit]

There is no such thing as "Wikilaw." There are guidelines, and your edits violate some of those guidelines. First of all, in medical articles it is imperative that you use reliable sources as outlined in WP:MEDRS. This isn't done so that we can annoy editors, it's so that ever bit of information in a medical article is supported by impeccable sources. We don't want to have an article make some statement that "drinking pomegranate juice cures some cancer, because it says so in the National Enquirer. We want to say that some specific drug has some specific activity according to peer reviewed articles. Your edits were unsourced, and read like advertising. One or two sentences about the HIV test was all that was required, and one or two citations to show that it does work. You're just starting out, so no one holds these things against you. Some of your edits are perfect. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 02:13, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]