User talk:Rareadvocate

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Welcome to Wikipedia from WikiProject Medicine (also known as WPMED).

We're a group of editors who strive to improve the quality of medical articles here on Wikipedia. I noticed that you are interested in editing medical articles; it's great to have a new editor on board. In your wiki-voyages, a few things that may be relevant to editing Wikipedia articles are:


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Feel free to drop a note on my talk page if you have any questions. I wish you all the best on your wiki voyages! Graham 87 15:17, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Even though I did have to undo your edits at Angelman syndrome, your reasoning for them was sound, so I thought you could make use of the links above. Graham 87 15:17, 20 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick reply. Perhaps you can simply get rid of the word "generally" in the phrase "generally considered pejorative". It simply is pejorative to refer to a child with a neurological condition as a puppet.  I'm a Professor at a medical school and teach medical students.  Students across the world go to Wikipedia for information and thus it is important for the future physicians to understand that no medical professional uses this term other than when discussing its history.  Imagine what parents of the affected individuals think and feel!!! We have to put them first.  Also, there is no need to put the "happy puppet" in bold to make it stand out more. It is said numerous times in the article. Yes, there is a history of using the term that can be discussed, but it takes up a lot of space on the article, which is sparse in scientific details. My apologies for discussing this again, but consider the impact on families and how future doctors think about patients.  Best wishes!!!! Rareadvocate (talk) 15:46, 20 August 2022 (UTC)