Talk:Tourette syndrome

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You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions (and the javascript checklist; see the last paragraph in the lead) for further ideas. Thanks, Andy _t 21:27, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I’ve checked and corrected some of these things. However, my methods were semi-automated, too, so I cannot, in particular, guarantee the one about units of measurement. (I simply couldn’t find any.) I’m going to have to leave the rest to people who actually have a clue about the matter, though. —xyzzy_n 22:18, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Eponymous DISEASES

Why add Tourette and Asperger's to a DISEASE category when people agree it is not a disease? Could we have some consistence, please? --Rdos 14:03, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

The point of the category is not that it is a "disease", rather that it's an eponym. I agree with your objection to the word "disease", but disagree with your methods, which amount to disrupting Wikipedia to make a point, when you've not attempted to correct the underlying problem. If it bothers you so much that the category is misnamed, you should go through the work of getting the category renamed to Eponymous conditions or Eponymous medical conditions. You can do that on Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. Put in the nomination, and I'll support it. Unless you're willing to do that work, please don't disrupt Wiki just to make a point. Sandy 14:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I did the work myself. Added the articles to the Eponymous medical terms category. Sandy 14:42, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Size check

July 9th, 51 KB overall, 33 KB prose Sandy 05:49, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Image

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/tourette/default.htm

Public domain? Can anyone help me figure out if there are copyright issues, and figure out how to load it up to Wiki ? Sandy 06:18, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, the NCBDDD is part of the US government and the page, including the image, is work of the NCBDDD. Therefore you should be able to use the image here per WP:C.

Download it to your computer and go to Special:Upload. Give the path to the file on your computer as the source and a name for the uploaded file on Wikipedia. (Beware: there’s a typo in the original filename, so if the javascript which automatically generates a destination name works, check what it does, anyway.) Put {{Template:PD-USGov-HHS-CDC}} and the URL of the page in the summary. Click on ‘Upload file’. That is all. —xyzzy_n 07:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Pardon?

You know, I've read the page for Tourette's syndrome and I'm still none the wiser. Perhaps someone who knows the subject well could explain (in English) exactly what a Tourette's syndrome sufferer suffers from. Many thanks.

Indeed

Why not a label for Tourette syndrom Wikipedians? Im sure there are more than a few "Shackey Jakes" out there who can explain whats up.

GA pass

I went through this and made some changes. I removed the sentence "Probabilistic models may yield better results in finding the cause, as the autosomal dominant inheritance model has not been validated." since even as a biochemist I'm unclear as to what this means. Otherwise, an excellent and thorough article. TimVickers 20:37, 31 August 2006 (UTC)