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Welcome
Welcome to Misplaced Pages! We have compiled some guidance for new healthcare editors:
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– the WikiProject Medicine team Jytdog (talk) 05:40, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
Notice of discetionary sanctions
This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.
You have recently shown interest in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect: any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Misplaced Pages's policies, or any page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.
For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.
Please also be aware of WP:MEDCOI. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 05:57, 22 November 2018 (UTC)