Talk:Discoid lupus erythematosus

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Feedback 12/13: All a suggestion and just my personal impressions

Overall: Well written and organized where I felt like I was able to learn a lot about the basics of lupus, and follow links for details about more topics. Readability was smooth except for one part in the diagnosis section as mentioned below. #2 & #3 cited extensively but both seem like great reliable resources. Specific thoughts included below.

Presentation: A lot of good info but at times feels jumbled. I would consider moving bottom paragraph to the first one that describes general presentation. If there are significantly differing presentations based on location maybe separate based on that. At present one paragraph mentions scalp and lip.

Causes: Consider elaborating on the fact that the exact cause of DLE is unkown and possiblly an autoimmune phenomenon in the causes section. This could be open to interpretation as it is mentioned in the mechanism section so the two are closesly related. My thoughts are it could possibly be... Causes - unknown but theory is *** Mechanism - explanation for how *** causes DLE symptoms

Diagnosis: The third paragraph is difficult to read, likely secondary to the medical terms and depth of material. Summing up the overall pathology findings in a sentence or two may be helpful.

Treatment: Concise with all the treatment options. Maybe consider a bulleted list or other formatting for the several drugs approved for lupus. +/- a brief comment where needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ToureVashon (talk • contribs) 05:29, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 26 November 2018 and 21 December 2018. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mss87. Peer reviewers: ToureVashon.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 19:34, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Article categorization

This article was categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM. kilbad (talk) 02:31, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Week 1: • Generate work-plan • Read featured or good articles in dermatology topics o Compare these high quality articles to the discoid lupus article • Read the talk channel • Familiarize self with derm Wikipedia stuff • Generate initial list of references Deliverables by Friday: work-plan, initial biblio, analysis of problems with article (including missing pieces, content that should be cut) Week 2: • Check references of the article o Check for errors • Make sure there are citations for all phrases • Check for outdated references in the wiki article • Read all references that I have collected Deliverables by Friday: edits to article Week 3: • Organization of article • Identify gaps in current article • Work on improving the structure of the article • Generate new content for the article Deliverables by Friday: edits to article Week 4: • Draft the intro • Draft new article • Respond to feedback • Continue to improve draft • Go to a 6th grade level for readability Deliverables by Friday: new wiki article, further edits to articleMss87 (talk) 20:04, 2 December 2018 (UTC)mss87[reply]