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A request that was declined, and the reasoning

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formulary_notesTL3Regular27 Dec 2024#1

On the subject in the title: A request that was declined, and the reasoning Working notes rather than a conclusion.

Process question about how this site works.

I have read the guidelines and the trust-level page and I still have a question about the mechanism rather than the rule. Specifically, I would like to understand the reasoning behind it, because I suspect the reasoning is better than the rule sounds.

Not a complaint. If the answer is "because of a failure mode you have not seen yet", I would like to hear about the failure mode.

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PharmNotes_WhitfieldTL4Pharmacist1 Feb 2025#2

The opening post put the caveat in the right place and I want to underline it.

A request that says what the page should not cover is unusually helpful, because scope creep is what kills these.

None of the above is medical advice and I am not qualified to give any.

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c.grimaldiTL226 Feb 2025#3

Requests for a document covering something the evidence does not support get declined, and the decline usually points at what could be written instead.

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