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nice new map

not suspect as hell and easily debunked with a casual google. 2403:580B:DE8:0:D5A4:8176:C1AD:39F2 (talk) 04:47, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed uncited statements, including the entire "Short term effects" section. Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 14:26, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Uncited statements, including the entire "Short term effects" section. The lead might also need to be trimmed a bit. Z1720 (talk) 01:58, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please allow me some time to work on this article and the Asprin one as you’ve opened 3 medical GAR recently and these tend to be quite hard to track down citations for. IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 07:42, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IntentionallyDense: GARs tend to stay open as long as editors are working on them. Please provide periodic updates so that editors know that you are still making progress. Z1720 (talk) 13:33, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IntentionallyDense, do you still intend to work on this article? No worries if not. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:20, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i do really hope to, there’s about 5 (guessing, i’m not sure) medical GARs open right now and i’m currently dealing with my own medical issues so i’ve come to the conclusion that i won’t have time to improve all of them but i do want to at least work on this one. I will try to remember to pop by and update people in about a week but if i don’t please feel free to tag me as this will be my first priority as soon as i am well enough. IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 04:02, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I'm slowly trying to pick away at the unsourced bits of the article and I did attempt to trim the lead but I don't think there is much more I can do there for now. IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 05:12, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]