Wikipedia:WikiProject Gastroenterology

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WikiProject Gastroenterology aims to better organize information in articles related to Gastroenterology. Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the liver and digestive tract. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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WikiProject Gastroenterology

[edit] Scope

Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the liver and the digestive tract.

This WikiProject aims to:

  • increase the quality of the current articles on gastroenterology topics by increasing their medical content while keeping them accessible to individuals with no specialty medical knowledge
  • facilitate the creation of new articles on topics in gastroenterology and hepatology
  • ensure that articles created on gastroenterology topics are well referenced, including the insertion of up-to-date links to the most recent literature
  • maintain consistency per WP:MOS on gastroenterology articles
  • increase the number of endoscopic images attached to articles
  • produce gastroenterology-themed featured articles based on the above
  • include both traditional and complementary and alternative medicine therapies for gastrointestinal illness, with appropriate focus based on the evidence
  • improve the gastroenterology bluebox {{Gastroenterology}}

[edit] Parentage

This WikiProject is descended from WikiProject Clinical Medicine.

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[edit] Participants

All wikipedians are welcome to join! You need no medical expertise or specific gastroenterology expertise in order to contribute to this wikiproject.

[edit] Articles

Today's Gastroenterology collaboration is Gastric varices

[edit] Other articles needing creation or improvement

[edit] Articles needing images

[edit] Did you know

Did you know? articles on gastroenterology:

[edit] Featured articles and Featured Lists

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Featured picture candidates

None

[edit] Wikipedia articles and categories on Gastroenterology

[edit] Lists

No lists as of yet

[edit] Templates

[edit] Project template

The template for marking an article as part of the WikiProject Gastroenterology project is here. It can be inserted into an article's talk page with:

{{GIWikiProject}}

Its appearance is as follows:

This article is part of a WikiProject to improve Wikipedia's articles related to gastroenterology. See WikiProject Gastroenterology and Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ.