Talk:Epidermodysplasia verruciformis

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Redirect Please

There's a weak corroborating source[1] for the blog article. It also suggests a different name for the condition than the present article title. Salad Days 01:02, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the redirect from go *from* here *to* Epidermodysplasia verruciformis.

References

Does the link to a radio station's blog entry really belong at all? Who is the missionary in question who encountered this? What do we know about the pictures themselves other than what we are told in the blog entry? What country does the man live in? Who is the author with a friend that is a relative of a missionary...? Vanillagorillas 16:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's a Romanian blog which reports on the same story... Mark Allen's article specifies

The man is under the primary care of Dr. Carmen Madeleine Curea, the primary dermatologist at Spitalului Clinic Colentina (in Bucharest), as well as some other specialists.

Hopefully I've dug up enough references so someone who speaks Romanian can add more of the facts from the news articles -- brain 05:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Viral Marketing Campaign

Recent links to "http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/travel/index.html" appear to be attempts to link this article to a viral marketing campaign. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.169.110.1 (talk) 00:40, 16 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Viral marketing for what, for heaven's sakes? Hand cream? Fried chicken? There's no products mentioned or visible anywhere in the blog post or pictures. Chyel 07:19, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps it is an advert for hand cream, at that! Salad Days 21:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WFMU is a real indie radio station in New York. If they are going to participate in advertising, it's not going to need "viral" components like fake news stories. In the interest of making a factual article, please follow up any references you find and cross-link to preexisting wiki articles. brain 17:03, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A viral marketing campaign by an unknown company was started under the story of "Missionary encouters extremely bizarre skin condition..." and linked to several schill/fake blog websites. Several wikipedia articles have been edited to promote relevancy of the story. Readers/Wikipedia editors should be advised to edit these fraudulent entries, or lock these topics. Wikipedia is not intended as a springboard for marketing/viral marketing campaigns.

Moved from the article. BTW I have no idea what you are talking about. Simply remove the spam from the affected pages: do not clutter a legitimate article with conversation please. Salad Days 01:03, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Similar Cases

[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.77.168.243 (talk) 16:38, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Romanian man name

Why is Dede listed in the article by name yet the Romanian man is not? In case anyone is wondering, the Romanian man name is Ion Toader and I learned this from watching "Half Man, Half Tree" on the TLC channel.

JoyaOscura (talk) 04:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Credibility

Given that some claim that this is a fake I believe it is warranted to provide extra links and resources and remove anything when doubt about the origin/article/references appear.