User talk:DanielleKoerner

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MSUD
I've noticed a number of problems in your edits to Maple Syrup Urine Disease. First, you are linking your scopus searches which are not generally available links; I would have to be logged into a comparable system to follow the links you are adding, and even then, I'm not completely sure they would work. If possible, try to find non-volatile links including doi or journal links. Second, you have added information from singular case reports as generalized rules at least once; there is always the possibility that it could be a one-time unrelated finding. Case reports may lead to identification of symptom clusters, but medical articles on Wikipedia should be based on expert reviews which look at the whole body of medical evidence. Third, you broke down "signs and symptoms" artificially, leaving a clear symptom (something noticed by the patient or patient's parents in pediatrics), the urine aroma, as a medical sign (something that is looked for during examination). Lastly, your link choice for "anorexia", anorexia nervosa was a distinctly different condition; I replaced it with anorexia (symptom). Please do not interpret this a a scathing criticism. Writing a good medical article is a challenge, and writing on Wikipedia is a challenge of a different nature. Anyone who is working on improving an article is likely to spur improvements even where they miss the mark. Mistakes are inevitable. Other editors can catch them and help you. If you have any questions, please ask. If they are of a general nature, this thread is a good place. Thank you for your efforts and I hope I can be of help. BiologicalMe (talk) 13:42, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Question
To whom it may concern,

Thank you very much for the feedback! I am going through and making those changes that you suggested one by one. I am almost done re-citing all the symptoms with non-volatile links. I am putting a section at the bottom with the more rare symptoms that I do not know are specifically related to the disease and just found in smaller studies.

Can you take a look in about an hour and see if this is what you were wanting me to do and then give me additional feedback? DanielleKoerner (talk) 17:52, 15 November 2016 (UTC)DanielleKoerner


 * I'm not sure about the exact timing. I won't be at my computer in any predictable fashion this afternoon, but I took a peek and things looked to be on track. I hope to sit down tonight and have a closer look when I can be more focused. BiologicalMe (talk) 19:59, 15 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Things seem to be in order. I combined references to the same sources and did a few minor clean ups which I think were pre-existing text. BiologicalMe (talk) 04:06, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks very much! I will put all mu future edits in the sandbox! I appreciate your help. DanielleKoerner (talk) 20:56, 16 November 2016 (UTC)Danielle


 * If you generate content that you think will improve the article, please add it or ask depending on your degree of certainty. I'll add a slightly more detailed comment on your group's talk page. BiologicalMe (talk) 14:36, 17 November 2016 (UTC)