User talk:SophiaTheSquirrel

TS
Please have a look at WP:WIAFA and WP:FAOWN, and discuss your edits at Tourette syndrome, a Featured article, to gain consensus. Your edits are changing content that is well sourced and has been added via consensus through several discussions. That something was historically regarded as bizarre (a sourced statement) but no longer is is not stigmatizing, and your edits are introducing grammatical errors to a featured article. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  22:11, 2 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Well, if you are going to say it is "historically bizzare", then you should also add that it currently isn't considered bizzare. However, the later sentence only clarified that it is no longer considered "rare".
 * Moreover, the information that it was once (and still is, in fact) considered "bizarre" is not the business of wikipedia to repeat.
 * Also, I am an expert as well as a person with TS. I specifically joined wikipedia editing to edit this page--a subject I am an expert in. SophiaTheSquirrel (talk) 22:22, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Speaking of grammar, the first sentence I fixed (that you restored) includes two different tenses. Moreover, the sentence joins two dissimilar facts--coprolalia and rarity. Later on, there is a comma splice.
 * I merely reorganized the sentences to make better sense. SophiaTheSquirrel (talk) 22:25, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'll open a talk discussion where we can discuss improvements. But ... "once considered" implies it is no longer.  Re introducing more terms to the first sentence, there were a series of editors about a year ago who heatedly insisted on what is there now, and I'm not eager to re-open that debate.  We can't include every term, and they insisted on the UK/US variants. Also, our personal expertise isn't always relevant on Wikipedia, where we must rely on WP:MEDRS sources over opinions, and come to consensus on text. Some of your other statements here are at odds with what sources support, and again, regarding prose, you should discuss edits to gain consensus. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  22:34, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, either way, I appreciate your patience. I'm new to Wikipedia, so I certainly apologize for any faux pas. SophiaTheSquirrel (talk) 22:41, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Not to worry ... editing a WP:FA is a hard place to start :) Sandy Georgia (Talk)  22:42, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Editing this page was actually why I joined wikipedia! I made other edits on other pages and waited a week simply to give me the credentials to start on this page because I am an expert! But yes, perhaps you're right that I took on more than I can chew--too much too early SophiaTheSquirrel (talk) 22:43, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, FAs are hard for even established editors. For new editors, first, is learning the crazy amount of policies and guidelines, along with the Wiki acronym-laden lingo.  Second, WP:MEDRS is difficult for most editors to digest, and hardest for researchers, as they are accustomed to using primary sources and often engage in WP:SYNTH.  And then there's everything beyond that, involved in Featured articles and WP:WIAFA.  If there are changes in tense and comma splices that need fixing, please do suggest those improvements on talk.  Discussion of what text to include in the WP:LEAD and reflections of WP:DUE are a whole 'nother level of editing.  What is your background/expertise in TS?  Knowing that will help me suggest articles you might want to edit as you learn the ropes. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  22:49, 2 July 2022 (UTC)