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This is scary. 67.160.174.24 ( talk) 07:14, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
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I propose this article be merged with Dancing mania, as there is a great deal, almost complete overlap between their respective content. Sim ( talk) 04:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
The Discovery News article seems questionable to me. The first few refs seem reliable, but as the (wikipedia) article progresses along with the discovery article, the claims seem more like the opinions of the author of the article which have then been transmitted to this page. Here's a relevant guideline discussion:
Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_26#Is_a_Discovery_or_History_Channel_documentary_considered_a_reliable_source.
If someone else agrees, removal of some paragraphs could be warranted.
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help)"Saint Vitus is primarily invoked to protect against epilepsy, a disorder characterised by recurrent unprovoked seizures. Chorea, which can be present in epilepsy or a variety of other nervous system disorders, can be characterised by quick, patterned muscular contractions, or sometimes slower, stormy, writhing motions (athetosis). "
Part of this is not true in my opinion. Chorea is a symptom of the extrapiramidal system, based in the basal ganglia of the brain. Epilepsy is a disorder of the cerebral cortex. Chorea and epilepsy are 2 distict disorders.```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.212.38.116 ( talk) 11:46, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Article occasionally reads like a dramatic tour guide. "The authorities twisted a calamity into a nightmare scenario"? Come on. It sounds like History Channel narration. Language like that does not belong in an encyclopedia. KempsonB ( talk) 08:48, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
https://histoiresduniversites.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/fic3a8vre-de-la-danse.pdf
©Geni ( talk) 09:01, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I've boldly added in a bibliography section in order to implement shortened footnotes. This was done to allow multiple different citations from an individual source. Tyrone Madera ( talk) 20:06, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Just a note and nothing more; the photo caption on the engraving by Pieter Brueghel reads, "Engraving portrays three women affected by the plague. Work based on original drawing by Pieter Brueghel, who supposedly witnessed a subsequent outbreak in 1518 in Flanders." For Pieter Brueghel to have, "witnessed a subsequent outbreak in 1518," would have been impossible, given his 1523 birth date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.4.24.27 ( talk • contribs) 9 July 2021 (UTC)
I believe it is not necessary to mention the name of Troffea three times. It is already mentioned two times. Moreover, it is only a conjecture that the first dancer may have been Troffea. I also believe that the mention of her name does not much to extra describe or explain the phenomenon. Of course there was a first dancer. So I deleted the third mention, which was added three times over the course of the last three days without an edit summary, lastly here. Mark in wiki ( talk) 07:21, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
A lime says "virtually every outbreak occurred somewhere along the Rhine and Moselle rivers, areas linked by water but with quite different climates and crops". But the rest of the article doesn't me tion number and place of outbreaks. Did this dancing happen in more than one place? I always imagined a bunch of people dancing in the same square of the same city nonstop. Did people stop dancing, go to sleep, and then come back to dance more? More details are needed. Mateussf ( talk) 21:41, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 August 2022 and 16 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Aidanmjordan, Jesmul2022, Ry.skiles ( article contribs). Peer reviewers: Ryan0708, Abbigale Gonda, Karsenpierce, Nyankonyan, Abrooks6142, Dan18769.
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Hello, I am part of this assignment and I am wondering if anyone would object to me editing some of the sources, as well as editing the lead introduction, adding a little more information I found, and editing some sentences with bad citing. JacobWiki44 ( talk) 20:10, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
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This is scary. 67.160.174.24 ( talk) 07:14, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 19 January 2021 and 7 May 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Jcgy.
Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 19:02, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
I propose this article be merged with Dancing mania, as there is a great deal, almost complete overlap between their respective content. Sim ( talk) 04:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
The Discovery News article seems questionable to me. The first few refs seem reliable, but as the (wikipedia) article progresses along with the discovery article, the claims seem more like the opinions of the author of the article which have then been transmitted to this page. Here's a relevant guideline discussion:
Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_26#Is_a_Discovery_or_History_Channel_documentary_considered_a_reliable_source.
If someone else agrees, removal of some paragraphs could be warranted.
Belovedeagle (
talk)
22:16, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
{{
cite journal}}
: Unknown parameter |month=
ignored (
help)"Saint Vitus is primarily invoked to protect against epilepsy, a disorder characterised by recurrent unprovoked seizures. Chorea, which can be present in epilepsy or a variety of other nervous system disorders, can be characterised by quick, patterned muscular contractions, or sometimes slower, stormy, writhing motions (athetosis). "
Part of this is not true in my opinion. Chorea is a symptom of the extrapiramidal system, based in the basal ganglia of the brain. Epilepsy is a disorder of the cerebral cortex. Chorea and epilepsy are 2 distict disorders.```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.212.38.116 ( talk) 11:46, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Article occasionally reads like a dramatic tour guide. "The authorities twisted a calamity into a nightmare scenario"? Come on. It sounds like History Channel narration. Language like that does not belong in an encyclopedia. KempsonB ( talk) 08:48, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
https://histoiresduniversites.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/fic3a8vre-de-la-danse.pdf
©Geni ( talk) 09:01, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I've boldly added in a bibliography section in order to implement shortened footnotes. This was done to allow multiple different citations from an individual source. Tyrone Madera ( talk) 20:06, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Just a note and nothing more; the photo caption on the engraving by Pieter Brueghel reads, "Engraving portrays three women affected by the plague. Work based on original drawing by Pieter Brueghel, who supposedly witnessed a subsequent outbreak in 1518 in Flanders." For Pieter Brueghel to have, "witnessed a subsequent outbreak in 1518," would have been impossible, given his 1523 birth date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.4.24.27 ( talk • contribs) 9 July 2021 (UTC)
I believe it is not necessary to mention the name of Troffea three times. It is already mentioned two times. Moreover, it is only a conjecture that the first dancer may have been Troffea. I also believe that the mention of her name does not much to extra describe or explain the phenomenon. Of course there was a first dancer. So I deleted the third mention, which was added three times over the course of the last three days without an edit summary, lastly here. Mark in wiki ( talk) 07:21, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
A lime says "virtually every outbreak occurred somewhere along the Rhine and Moselle rivers, areas linked by water but with quite different climates and crops". But the rest of the article doesn't me tion number and place of outbreaks. Did this dancing happen in more than one place? I always imagined a bunch of people dancing in the same square of the same city nonstop. Did people stop dancing, go to sleep, and then come back to dance more? More details are needed. Mateussf ( talk) 21:41, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 August 2022 and 16 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Aidanmjordan, Jesmul2022, Ry.skiles ( article contribs). Peer reviewers: Ryan0708, Abbigale Gonda, Karsenpierce, Nyankonyan, Abrooks6142, Dan18769.
— Assignment last updated by Oneton III ( talk) 03:17, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 18 January 2023 and 5 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Bella.daly6, Pricejones14, Voverbo, JacobWiki44, Noahjdengler ( article contribs). Peer reviewers: Jsealy18, Ninapetersenn, KindleHoodie, IllyFerg, Katebryan, Cotviola.
— Assignment last updated by Oneton III ( talk) 15:10, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I am part of this assignment and I am wondering if anyone would object to me editing some of the sources, as well as editing the lead introduction, adding a little more information I found, and editing some sentences with bad citing. JacobWiki44 ( talk) 20:10, 30 April 2023 (UTC)