Talk:Sociological and cultural aspects of Tourette syndrome

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[edit] GA Review

I have reviewed the 29 October 2006 nomination for Good Article and have the following feedback before I would recommend this for a good article:

  • There are a lot of one- and two-sentence paragraphs in the article. These short paragraphs disrupt the flow of the article and make it jumpy.
  • The very first sentence of the article is confusing. I don't understand what it is trying to say.
  • There is some bits of jargon in the early part of the article that the average reader wouldn't understand. Examples:
    • Tourette syndrome occurs along a spectrum of tic disorders, which includes transient tics and chronic tics.
    • ...relative to their parents, than predicted by the usual model of regression to the mean.
  • What are all the vague references to Laura Schlessinger about? Her picture is in the article and there's one vague sentence about her, but nothing is mentioned about the controversy. Please explain what was said or done.
  • In the legal section, statistics are used without a frame of reference. TS was implicated in 150 cases, 21 of which were criminal. 150 cases out of how many? Is the article saying that 150 cases is a lot, or a little?
  • The introduction, latent advantages section, and legal section are difficult to read. The prose doesn't flow very well, especially part of the latent advantages section that reads like it was cut and pasted out of an academic journal. Too technical, the reader has to do too much deciphering to figure out what is being said. Many of the paragraphs frequently switch from active to passive voice. Try to eliminate the use of passive voice to improve readability.
  • The "legal" section needs a more descriptive title.

I'll keep an eye on the article and put a hold on the nomination to give some time to work out the revisions. Good luck and feel free to ask for clarifications. Neil916 (Talk) 07:23, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Repeat message (most unfortunate that another author put up four articles for GA at once, all written by me, without inquiring if these articles were ready or if I had time to finish them.) Thanks for the input, Neil916, but there's no need to give it time. As I've explained elsewhere, I did not nominate the article for GA, someone put all the TS daughter articles up for review just as I was traveling and did not have time to finish them, I am the only author, and I don't have time for this polishing/finishing right now. My preference would be to remove them all from GA, and strike all GA templates from the page: I'm not a fan of the entire GA process anyway, and would not have submitted these articles:-) When I have time to polish and finish the article, I will ask for review from the medical project and other copyeditors I know, and not from GA. I'm sorry you had to go to the trouble; thanks again for the input. I will finish these articles when I have time, and then submit them for peer review at the Medicine Project. Sandy (Talk) 14:17, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Basshunter

In recent fanmail, the European dance-techno star Basshunter appears to also suffer from Tourette's syndrome. This fact also appears on the Wikipedia article for Basshunter. 128.101.201.182 07:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

To add it here, we need a WP:RS, preferably English - I haven't located one. Sandy (Talk) 13:12, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Matchstick Men.jpg

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[edit] Doctor Samuel Johnson

A scholarly source for Johnson:

Colin°Talk 17:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Very nice! Printing to read, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:39, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tourette's Guy

What about the well known internet celebrity? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.64.106.21 (talk) 23:09, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

i would also like to know why he does not appear in this article, it would be an interesting addition

++It is becuase some mod here has a vendetta against Tourettes Guy. I'd suggest looking at the discussion page for his article but it is gone along with his page, as is the discussion page for the discussion page.

There was a whole argument about it a while back and despite good arguments some mod basically came in and said no, erased all comments and pages, locked them all and that was that. The reason was never really made clear outside of a "We think this is offensive and so we won't allow it" which was reworded into some bs explanation based on the rules they make up at will to defend their indefensible positions. Yet another reason not to donate any money to the wiki foundation until they stop applying their rules arbitrarily. --Tuffsnake

[edit] Robert Ashley

Text removed: [1] Please see WP:MEDMOS and provide a quote from a reliable source indicating he has actually been diagnosed with TS. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nightmare scare quote usage

The section on legal issues is employing a phrasing that is somewhat biased. In particular describing the insurance problems as a nightmare. (e.g., The insurance "nightmare" that exists for thousands of people with TS.) The cited source is a group that is specifically advocating for TS rights (specifically rights to insurance). This wording is based on a biased source. I have edited this to be slightly less problematic. 24.6.54.186 (talk) 18:55, 24 March 2008 (UTC)