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====Medicine====

Medical claims in articles are subject to some of the strictest sourcing requirements, which are detailed at [[WP:MEDRS]]. The [[WP:NORN|original research notice board]] and [[WP:RSN|reliable sources noticeboard]] may be useful if you feel like you're out of your depth when evaluating a medical article.

===Sports===

{{see also|NSPORTS}}

====Sports biographies====

Most of the criteria at NSPORTS provide clear pass-fail criteria that can be evaluated even by editors unfamiliar with a given sport. While many of the criteria require verifying specific leagues that a subject has played in, this is generally information that is readily available on the Wikipedia articles for teams and leagues. A small amount of these guidelines, such as cricket and motorsports, do assume some level of familiarity with the sport: don't feel obligated to review these articles if you aren't sure you understand the criteria. Association football biographies are by far the most common, and [[WP:NFOOTY]], the relevant SNG has an accompanying list that allows any editor to easily verify whether a subject meets the guideline, regardless of how much they know about football. The extent to which it tracks with [[WP:GNG]] (as all SNGs should, in theory) is a perennial debate, but articles that meet NFOOTY are fiercely defended at AfD regardless of the level of sourcing, so there's not much of a reason to nominate them.

Head coaches for a given sport are generally covered by any SNG. Many sports have multiple tiers of coaches: read SNGs carefully to determine whether a given type of coach is covered by the guideline.

====Seasons and tournaments====

Sports seasons are nominally subject to GNG, but enforcement is fairly lax as information in the articles is usually trivially verifiable and neutral. This is particularly true for league-level articles, assuming that the league is fully professional or in the NCAA.

Tournament events may be covered by [[WP:SIZESPLIT]] even when not strictly notable.

====Rivalries====

Sports rivalry articles are very often full of original research. Make sure that there are reliable sources that cover the rivalry itself, beyond simply confirming that the teams played each other or that it was an important occasion.

==See also==