Talk:Callus

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As one who treats these I can tell you that it is NOT OOS. It may happen that some occupations may cause some pressures; however if you expect to explain KPPH (Keratosis Plantaris et Palmaris) or Heloma miliare, or even changes secondary to non-shoe wear then OOS fails as an encapsulating category DrGnu23 August 10, 2004, 1958 EDST

Just another form of OOS (Occupational Overuse Syndrome)! - Robin Patterson 01:25, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I want to move Callus and Corns of the Foot to Callus, but there's a redirect at the latter; how do I get that moved? It appears someone has just now moved ITIS to Integrated Taxonomic Information System. How do they do that? grendel|khan 02:56, 2004 Aug 7 (UTC)

Anyone can use the Move tab if nothing exists at the target name. Admins can delete redirs in the way of a proper move without any overhead process. I'll go take a look. Niteowlneils 03:01, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Um, based on the content in Callus and Corns of the Skin (calluses and corns seem to be mentioned pretty equally often), the name seems proper to me, altho' someone else might have a different opinion. True, the 13 articles that link to it all go thru the callus redir, but it wouldn't really take very long to fix that few links--I've tackled redir pages with hundreds of links. Callus and Corns of the Foot doesn't exist, and seems like it would be redundant. If anything, it should be a redir to the current article, whether it gets moved or not. Niteowlneils 03:14, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Er, on second thot, the name probably is due a fix to match singular vs plural, if nothing else. Even tho' it's contrary to most WP title convention, I'd probably vote for Calluses and Corns of the Skin as I think it makes a lot more grammatical sense, but would very much like at least a second opinion, if not a third, before moving it either direction. Niteowlneils 03:14, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Ack, case problems, too. Now I'm thinking Calluses and corns of the skin. Thots, anyone? Niteowlneils 03:14, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

OK, having digested the article contents further, and seeing nothing relevant on the talk page, I'll ask here: Is your argument that, since corns (apparently--I'm way of of my field here) are a particular type of callus, that the title is redundant? Niteowlneils 03:22, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Corns are indeed particular types of calluses. I wanted to move the article to a more general name; who wants to link to this huge kibbly article name every time they mean 'callus'? Also, since 'corn' is already in use, the disambig note there pointing to 'callus' is perfectly appropriate. (There are also bone calluses, but they have their own article. Foot calluses are the same type as guitar players get on their hands.) So, yes, the title is redundant, as well as being too long, badly capitalized and overly specific. grendel|khan 21:36, 2004 Aug 8 (UTC)

DrGnu23 (primary) here.Ok .. I suppose that indeed Corns and Calluses of the Skin describes a particular area. More likely it would /should be hyperkeratoses. Corns and callus seem to be mostly on the palms and soles and as such are a 'specialized case' I'm not quite sure where all this should go at the moment .. lets just let this sleeping dog lie until the general medicine sector gets flying a bit more. I'll probably start to add the special cases (AND some lovely pictures) to all this as soon as I get a bit more handy with the picture thing.

Contents 1 cell callus "disambiguation from "Primary topic" 2 Image, please 3 Tiny point 4 Steak Knives?

[edit] cell callus "disambiguation from "Primary topic"

Hello. Currently callus redirects to this page, Callus and Corns of the Skin. I guess that human calluses are the primary-interest reference for the word "callus" so I didn't want to make a disambiguation page at the entry for callus. Rather, a disambiguation for cell callus has been added to this page, because callus is used very often in biology research to refer to a "Cell callus". Raazer 21:52, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Image, please

This article desperately needs a picture or two. Can anyone help? --Ashenai 23:05, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tiny point

Re: ' "Corn" used to be a generic term for grain. ' It still is in England.

[edit] Steak Knives?

"scraping the foot with a steak knife may be warranted":

is this really good advice to give out? i can see horrible injuries happening....