Talk:Paronychia

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I have been going through the list of orthopaedic conditions listed as stubs and suggesting this template for Orthopaedic Conditions (see Talk:Orthopedic surgery)
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--Mylesclough 06:14, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Paronychia vs. Whitlow vs. Felon

I'm really not sure why the main article is paronychia when it's a subclass of fingertip infections, and not the same as a felon or herpetic whitlow. Sure paronychia is most common, but the main article should be something like "Fingertip infection", with subsections for the different types. Ciotog 08:47, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More specific

I have a paronychia but no medical insurance. Does it go away on its own? Do I go to the doctor or is there an OTC antibiotic I can use? More details that answer my question would be helpful in the main article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.237.84.11 (talk) 21:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible copyright infringement?

Large chunks of this article appear to be identical to this BBC Health page Feorag 16:41, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Looks pretty clear to me. According to this page the BBC is only concerned about large-scale copying for profit, but even still the article should be edited. Ciotog 03:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

This article needs to cite that it's lifted most, if not, all of this article from the BBC page [1] — Wiki edit Jonny (talk) 17:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

It would be helpful if people took complaints of copyright infringement more seriously. Maybe no-one has this on their watchlist any more.

That said, I have just put the BBC quotations in block quotes and added footnote reference (some of the quotes had been copyedited, so I had to revert those changes). I am a little concerned that the article may rely too heavily on them, as our GFDL permits people to use our Wikipedia contributions for profit. So if anyone wants to rewrite them in their own words, that would be helpful. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:12, 11 May 2008 (UTC)