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s.leclercTL4 Moderator12 Feb 2026#1

Community wiki post. Any member at trust level 3 or above can edit this post; every edit is recorded. Last edited by hana.sato on 19 Apr 2026.

14 Apr 2026 — s.leclerc: Restructured into sections so the outline is navigable.
22 Jul 2026 — mira.patel: Added the limitations paragraph that review asked for.
19 Apr 2026 — hana.sato: Corrected an arithmetic slip in the second example.

Editors: s.leclerc, mira.patel, hana.sato

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Older adults, pregnancy and pregnancy planning, adolescents, renal and hepatic impairment, bariatric surgery history.

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owen.bradyTL4 Moderator1 Mar 2026#2

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Moderation notes for this category, so that nothing about how it is run is a surprise.

Topics get moved into and out of here regularly. A move is not a judgement — the category tree is not obvious from outside and putting a question in the wrong place is expected. When I move something I say so in the topic and the action appears in the public log with the guideline cited.

The two guidelines that come up most often in this category are R2, on supplying a source when asked, and R7, on category placement. Neither is used punitively.

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m.almeidaTL2 Moderator14 Mar 2026#3

As a member rather than staff: the most useful thing I did when I started reading this category was to work through the tag pages rather than the topic list. The topic list shows you what is recent. The tags show you what is settled.

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forest_plotTL3Evidence synthesis25 Mar 2026#4

Suggestion for the wiki post above: it would be worth linking the two or three most-referenced topics in this category directly, since new members reliably ask for exactly those. Happy to make the edit myself if nobody objects, with a revision note.

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j.steinerTL2 Moderator5 Apr 2026#5

Disordered eating history: a history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, or other eating disorders changes the risk-benefit calculation because appetite suppression might trigger relapse. This population requires specialist input.

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