User talk:Yoclofro/sandbox

Chelsea's peer review
Hey Klo fro!

Very nice work here! I think your writing style really fits the “Wikipedia” vibe. You’re also good at simplifying language and providing lay terms in brackets when necessary, as well as hyperlinking to external Wikipedia pages for complex terms.

In terms of editing, the first thing I noticed was when you say the voice can sound “strained or broken” in the first paragraph. I think use of “broken” can come across as strong for readers not familiar with the nature of voice disorders. I would probably just say “strained with phonation breaks”.

Use of “most people” in your 5th sentence doesn’t feel neutral. You may consider changing this to: “A commonly reported symptom of SD is…” perhaps.

The second last sentence of the first paragraph is difficult for me to follow. In part, due to repetition of “vocal folds”. Perhaps split these sentences into two; in the second sentence, you could consider saying: consequently "air pressure threshold required for phonation is not met” or something like this.

Nice work! You rock, don't ever change. Chelsea.osei (talk) 01:24, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

THanks my girl! I have made the appropriate edits - great suggestions :) Yoclofro (talk) 19:27, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Alexie's peer review
Good morning Yoclofro. What a nice draft I just read! The information is made clear for both novice and expert in the field of Voice disorders. It is well written and informative. You remain neutral throughout your text. I really love how you made each terms clear for the reader, for exemple, you explained what you meant by abduction and adduction.

Here are some elements that could be improved:
 * I would add sections to your text as I believe it would help the readers when transitioning between the different notions. You could have one main general symptoms section and additional sections for each types of spasmodic dysphonia.
 * The number of reliable sources could be increased. I found this additional source that could be relevant to your subject. It is available through McGIll's online libray:
 * You could try to use a bit more the "links" function to link to other Wikipages such as for "stuttering", "tremor" and "phonation".

Once again bravo and thank you for your great contribution!--Axe30 (talk) 15:41, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the insight and finding another source for me Alexie! I tried the new source but for some reason I could not find what I needed :( Regardless, thank you for your comments and review - much appreciated Yoclofro (talk) 19:28, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Peer edit from reidh
Hi yoclofro!

What a nice contribution! Lots of really nice information presented in a very easy-to-read way. The tone is excellent for a wikipedia article (in my opinion). Here are a couple of suggestions for increasing clarity/precision: - where you talk about the type of speech where you get symptoms, I think it would be useful to have an example ("speech sounds that do not require phonation") then maybe to indicate what efect this has on regular speech? - I found the sentences after this describing the hypothesis were very well-written! can you clarify the sentence after this though that reads "In turn, breaks in phonation can be heard throughout the speech of people with spasmodic dysphonia" - I'm just not clear on exactly what that means.

Great work so far! Reidh084 (talk) 17:55, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Heather! I have taken your edits and made appropriate changes :) Yoclofro (talk) 19:29, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Jenna's Peer Review
Yo, Clo! This is a really great draft! I think you did a great job at finding what was missing in the article, and commend you for taking the initiative of starting this section off to elaborate upon the symptoms of spasmodic dysphonia without an original model to look to. You kept this section neutral and supported all of your information with good, unbiased sources. You also added a lot of hyperlinks throughout which provides a lot of support to your information. Below are a few copyedit suggestions that I came up with while reading your draft:
 * This is just a vocabulary preference so feel free to leave it as is, but maybe changing "come and go" to "fluctuate" in the second sentence to avoid using casual language
 * I would suggest hyperlinking fluency disorder in case the readers want to look into what other types of fluency disorders are out there.
 * Perhaps define "phonation" the first time that you present this word since it is such an important term in this section. It was a great idea to hyperlink this word, and maybe the hyperlink is sufficient but maybe consider adding a little definition to help with the flow of the article so that they don't have to leave the page if they are not familiar with the word.
 * In your sentence "It is hypothesized this occurs because of the increase in sporadic, sudden, and prolonged tension found in the muscles around the larynx, at the level of the vocal folds.", consider specifying that this is during phonation, i.e. "It is hypothesized this occurs because of the increase in sporadic, sudden, and prolonged tension found in the muscles around the larynx during phonation, at the level of the vocal folds."
 * I may be wrong about this, but it seems as though there may be a "the" missing in your final sentence, "...as young as the teenage years."? This is also likely just a preference though, so it is up to you! :)

Great Job!! - Jennamackay (talk) 03:49, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Jenna! Yoclofro (talk) 19:29, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Feedback from Nicole
Hi Chloe

Nice job! Your writing is informative, neutral and professional. However, I just found that the ending of the section is a bit abrupt with "Symptoms of spasmodic dysphonia typically appear in middle aged people, but have also been seen in people in their twenties, with symptoms emerging as young as teenage years." It may be read better if move this sentence at the beginning of the section.

Nicole