Talk:Glycogen storage disease
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[edit] too many links
I think all of the various names for a various "GSD type #" diseases are synonymous. For example, from Steadman's:
type 3 glycogenosis glycogenosis due to amylo-1,6-glucosidase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of abnormal glycogen with short outer chains in liver and muscle. syn: debranching deficiency limit dextrinosis syn: limit dextrinosis syn: Forbes disease syn: Cori disease
How about each "GSD type #" have one article (perhaps the prevailing eponym, or perhaps "GSD type #") and and we redirect all other names to that article?
Triggtay 00:16, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
I redirected and merged many of the synonym articles to a GSD type # article. This should make it much easier to find information. KBi 01:44, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
I almost reverted your entire set of edits but decided to at least ask what you had in mind. By unlinking the alternate names, you make it impossible for people to find the diseases unless they know the number. Why is this an improvement? Why shouldn't we restore the redirects? alteripse 15:10, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
I made the alternate names redirects, so if they search for them, they will get redirected to the GSD type # article. It's an improvement because there were multiple articles for the same disease (ie von von Gierke's disease and glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency - which are the same thing). So instead of making multiple articles with the information all spread out for essentially the same thing, I considered it better to centralize the information to the GSD type # articles. If you disagree and consider this a bad move, we can have a vote on this talk page on what best to do. KBi 17:29, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
I assumed you were trying to improve things. I would like to be sure we have links and redirects for each version of each name. I was planning to improve the GSD I article but hadn't gotten the proverbial round tuit yet. It looked to me like you were removing links, but if I misunderstood, sorry and lets try it your way. alteripse 19:09, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
I changed the GSD I article to glycogen storage disease type I because the main article should not be an abbreviation. alteripse 11:59, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
I agree to your change regarding the abbreviation. Sorry for the lack of recent feedback. I'll try to move the other GSD abbreviations. Thanks for the great work on GSD I. KBi 04:02, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
