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I can't find proof that this guideline was adopted as an Official True™ Guideline through the WP:PROPOSAL process. Does that mean it's not legitimate?: The WP:PROPOSAL process itself was adopted in late 2008. It was based on the processes used for Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles. Pages tagged as guidelines or policies before 2008 generally did not follow any consistent process. The older the page is, the more likely it was marked as a guideline or policy as a result of off-wiki discussions (especially in 2003 or earlier) or through a normal discussion on its talk page.

The project page associated with this talk page is an official policy on Wikipedia. Policies have wide acceptance among editors and are considered a standard for all users to follow. Please review policy editing recommendations before making any substantive change to this page. Always remember to keep cool when editing, and don't panic.

On 25 March 2024, it was proposed that this page be moved to Wikipedia:Guidelines and policies. The result of the discussion was not moved.