Talk:Dracunculiasis
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This article was nominated for deletion on 2005-08-03. The result of the discussion was keep but cleanup. |
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[edit] Plagiarism
It seems that several paragraphs of this entry were originally copied from here, starting with "People, in remote, rural communities..." This seems to have come in with the first version. I'll leave a comment on Vogon77's talk page to see if he can clear this up. --Scott.wheeler 08:11, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
- Responding to myself here -- on second inspection it seems that both were copied from the CDC site. Since this page seems to have been essentially copied verbatim from that sounce, I'm placing it on votes for deletion. --Scott.wheeler 08:41, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
Actually, I don't believe that articles published by the CDC (being a part of the US Federal Government) can be copyrighted. So, while the information on this page isn't properly attributed, and is therefore plagiarized, I don't think it qualifies as a copyright violation. Would a message attributing this to the CDC fix this? --66.222.36.122 04:30, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
- The CDC link needs to be footnoted/referenced to the copied section, not just an "External link", a non editor wiki user just questioned me on this.--J Clear 18:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Death from Failed Removal?
It seems to be a common belief that failure to properly remove a Guinea worm from a person's body (particularly tearing the worm in half by pulling at it too hard) results in the death of the infected individual. Neither of the sites linked from this article mention this. If it is true, it should be confirmed and mentioned. If it's false, it's a common enough misconception that it bears explicitly debunking somewhere in the article. --Clay Collier 12:01, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
- Not entirely. If the worm breaks, it causes the host great pain, anaphalaxis, and increases the likilihood of infection. -Defenestrate
[edit] Revision
I went through the article with my dad, who used to work for Carter Center and Global 2000. We made changes. I think that the article is now accurate, even if it needs a copyedit. I will try to add an illustration. -Defenestrate
[edit] Spelling
I think that the spelling is wrong - I have "Dracunciliasis". -User:PeteStils
While not definitive, GoogleFight gives 29,000 more hits for the present spelling. Eldereft 22:49, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
