Talk:Epidermodysplasia verruciformis

Indonesia tree man video
I've stumbled upon a video of the indonesian tree man on www.weirdcollection.com. also he is on youtube.com this man has been effected due to human patheloma virus.

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).


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

"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)

Similar Cases
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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)

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. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.108.103.172 (talk) 23:56, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Tree Man?
None of the links given as references for the indonesian tree man phenomenon (most of which are blogs and such sources with doubtful credibility) establish a link between the tree man's condition and Epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Therefore the section about the tree man should be marked for review.

Hackeye (talk) 00:06, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Pop culture references
If anyone's feeling ambitious, the FX television series "Nip / Tuck" aired an episode (I believe in 2008) in which the two protagonists (plastic surgeons) were enlisted to treat somebody with this condition. Potentially worth mentioning. 168.122.64.80 (talk) 14:25, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Current state of Dede Koswara?
Does somebody know the current state of Dede Koswara? 91.6.131.5 (talk) 21:49, 17 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Not sure. I know Ion Toader's (The Wooden Man) condition has not returned, and it's been 2-3 years (Is It Possible, Discovery Channel). I pretty sure Dede's condition has returned, though. 98.198.83.12 (talk) 05:44, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

"Treeman" section
It's my opinion the treeman section should be put into its own article, as he is suffering a completely different disease. The redirect of "treeman" causes search results to be returned incorrectly to this disease.Nickrz (talk) 16:50, 19 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Sources for the claim that it is a different disease?
 * Is there sufficient source material and notability of the individual to warrant an article? (Under the criteria for biographies of living persons, etc.)  Such an article has been merged into this article and deleted at least twice.  Articles for deletion/Dede Koswara  Zodon (talk) 04:48, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Needs photos showing examples of how the disease manifests
What the section title says. --TiagoTiago (talk) 23:18, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

there is cure if you believe
modulate immunity system without side efffect. Iva of holland (tree man), father origin of Java, dede & zainal, there is hope.

eddychin11@gmail.com +60167119988

Mind blowing MGMT?
The article calls the band "rainbow spewing light, exploding, mind-blowing". I don't think this is right for a Wikipedia article.124.182.24.37 (talk) 16:34, 6 October 2013 (UTC)B.Gates

Hereditary skin disorder?
The lead says it is hereditary skin disorder. If it is hereditary, the parents should have the same problem. But clearly, there is no such cases yet reported. Does any reliable source say it is hereditary? - Ascetic Rosé   06:07, 19 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Re: "If it is hereditary, the parents should have the same problem": That is not accurate, and it is a misunderstanding of what the word "hereditary" means and implies. All "hereditary" means is passed along through genes. It does not guarantee that the particular combination of genes necessary for the condition to present will be passed, and having a gene does not necessarily mean a trait related to that gene will be expressed (see such articles as dominance (genetics) and gene expression). For example, many forms of colorblindness are hereditary, but a colorblind parent with hereditary colorblindness will not necessarily have a colorblind child, nor does a colorblind child with hereditary colorblindness necessarily have a colorblind parent. The article cites numerous papers published in medical journals regarding the genes that cause epidermodysplasia verruciformis. —Lowellian (reply) 05:30, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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BBC article about a young girl who may be affected
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38810723 She may be affected, but it's unclear whether she actually has it yet. Will include a bit on her when I get home, unless someone disagrees? My one hangup is that it's not confirmed. BIt if, when it is, she'd be the first female. 74.114.86.131 (talk) 19:02, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * As a belated follow-up, I have just redirected the recently created article Mukta Moni to this article, per other notable cases. There is limited coverage in reliable sources (e.g. Daily Mail and sites with "buzz" in their name or section), and the diagnosis appears to be unconfirmed, but see and . --Animalparty! (talk) 00:41, 25 September 2017 (UTC)