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The Cochrane Wikipedia Update Project

This is a bot created list of Cochrane reviews we are using for which a newer version is available. It marks the articles with the {{Update inline}} template.

Steps:

  1. Open the relevant article in a new tab and find the related reference
  2. Open the new review in a new tab
  3. Check to see if the conclusions have changed since the previous version of the review
  4. Update reference and update text as needed
  5. Add {{done}} to put a check mark before the update you performed on this page

Entries marked with {{done}} are automatically archived to /Archive 1 at the start of each month.

If we wish to use the old review in an article (e.g.: in the historical context), the reference can be marked with <!-- No update needed: PMID -->, where PMID is the Pubmed ID for the reference, and the bot will ignore it.

Updates

That is a great question! I just looked at it and I can see what you mean. Since the 20017 version is withdrawn the bot is flagging it. I reviewed the reason why it is withdrawn and since it is because they did not perform an update yet, we can leave that in for now (or replace with a completely different more up to date source). This has been discussed recently on WP:MED talk page Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine#How to use withdrawn Cochrane reviews.The editors suggest that we review each one and leave in if the paraphrased info is still correct (ie not the reason for the retraction) or replace with a more recent source. I tried following their instructions and added the |retracted=yes}}. It took a few try's as I kept messing up the template.JenOttawa (talk) 18:43, 8 November 2024 (UTC)