Talk:Tourette syndrome/Archive 2

message: I have heard Mort Doran speak at several TSA conferences.  Conference bios and write-ups include the info that he was the person upon whom Oliver Sacks based the character using the pseudonym, Jim Bennett, in the book.  In his speeches, Mort Doran discusses same (piloting and surgery, and how his tics remit while he is doing either).  However, I am unable to locate a primary source document to reference this statement.  I no longer have the conference bios.  Can anyone help locate a reputable, primary source reference for this statement?  Another option is to drop Mort's name, but because some medical experts differ with Oliver Sacks' depictions and portrayals of TS, it is important to establish that "Jim Bennett," and the descriptions of his tics, was not a fictionalized representation.
"Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks has described a physician with severe TS, (Canadian Mort Doran, M.D., a pilot and surgeon in real life, although a pseudonym was used in the book), whose tics remit almost completely while he is performing surgery."  TIA   Sandy 13:40, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I finally found my paperwork, a brochure from a TSA conference which includes the bio for Morton L. Doran, MD, the "surgeon written about in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks, MD"  So, I went online looking for a source.  Found nothing on Google, but find multiple Google Groups posts, such as CT TSA Conference  And the fictional character was Carl Bennett, not Jim Bennett.  Sandy 00:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mort Doran, primary source document 

message: I'm trying to reference the entire article.  I added this statement to the diagnosis section, but now I can't locate my reference.  Will add it back in if found.  "Standard neurological examination is usually normal in Tourette's syndrome patients."  Sandy 20:45, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standard neurological exam normal 

message: Does tics really need to be wikified every time? --Chapukwuk 04:28, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've been trying to do it once a paragraph, more or less.  Can you/someone give us some guidelines?  Sandy 05:07, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: generally we link a word or phrase only the first time it appears in an article. Though I think that a second link can be provided the first time it appears in a section that it is key to (such as treatment of tics). I'll go delink a bunch that I think are redundant. Matt 13:40, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you so much, Matt.  I hadn't discovered (yet) a guideline!  Sandy 14:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  tics wikified many times 

message: I am just beginning to add footnotes, and will merge it into References section when finished.  It is important to preserve the order of the footnotes, so please call my attention to any references that need to be added to the article while I am doing the work.  Adding references while I'm doing the work may change the order of footnotes.  TIA!  Sandy 16:06, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done adding the ones I know how to do:  waiting for guidance on how to best do others.  Sandy 19:20, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding footnotes and other reference notes 

message: Hi Sandy. I'd just like to thank you for all your work in this article and this field. Chapukwuk 23:59, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks!  PANDAS is on my To Do list, unless someone else gets to it first <grin> ... I've got a very long To Do list!  P.S. - the reason I'm putting it off is that it's a very controversial topic, and I'd like to have other editors involved to help develop consensus on phrasing. Sandy 01:40, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I began to gather the research info in a Sandbox page of my User page. User:SandyGeorgia/PANDAS I hope we can aim towards a "Causes and origins" section, which will include PANDAS, after the P.A.N.D.A.S. article is improved. Sandy 14:02, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  P.A.N.D.A.S. 

message: One thing I noticed about the AS article is that it did have a photograph included.  I have a feeling that articles that are seleted by Wikipedia to be "model articles" or whatever they call it are much more likely to have at least one photograph.  This is means the article is at least more than just text and uses more multimedia.
Now I think perhaps a drawing of Giles de la Tourette would be good.  Any other ideas?
::—Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.59.61.72  (talk • contribs) 18:09, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for the picture - yes, that was a much needed addition.  (BTW, did you verify that the image you used was not copyrighted? I hadn't gotten to it yet, as I was tracking down the copyright issues.)  I configured your picture to be right justified and porportionately-sized.   I would like to ask you to please remember 3 things that will make things easier on other editors:  please add edit summaries to all your edits, please add new talk sections to the bottom of the talk page, and please sign your entries.  TIA!  Sandy 20:19, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I found the photo by searching google for images of Gilles de la Tourette (no quotes) and the first one I found was the one I'm using.  It just so happens that Google linked it to the TS Disorder's page -- I am not trying to endore that site or sneak a link in to it.  But how does on go about finding out the copywrite status on a drawing made in France more than 100 years ago?206.59.61.72 22:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I actually don't know how one goes about finding out if a picture is in the public domain, which is why I had adding a picture on my To Do list, and hadn't yet done it.  I needed to research the copyright issue.  I think it important to note, however, that the website/webmaster from where you found the picture is not honoring copyright, so you might want to investigate further.  Sandy 23:10, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think a photograph would enhance this article