mcclintock effect when adding to articles i will sometimes paste text from one or more sources into the edit window and then rearrange and paraphrase before saving i apologize for missing those two sentences that you expressed concern over thank you for catching them i also really liked your copyedits to the intro my reason for relying on the straight dope article rather than the primary sources he cites is well explained at wp medrs in general wikipedia's medical articles should use published reliable secondary sources whenever possible reliable primary sources may be used only with great care because it's easy to misuse them for that reason edits that rely on primary sources should only make descriptive claims that can be checked by anyone without specialist knowledge any interpretation of primary source material requires a secondary source i am well acquainted with searching pubmed see for example the article i wrote early pregnancy factor also notice i added the citation for pmid to the mcclintock effect article it's not unfamiliarity with these tools that guided my addition to the article it's a high regard for the knowledge and research done by the straight dope staff and a desire to use reliable secondary sources whenever they are available talk c