Painaware

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--SquidSK ^(1MC•log) 20:14, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

November 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit that you made to the page Pain has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Please use the sandbox for testing any edits; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing for further information. Thank you. Martin451 (talk) 20:20, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

You mustn't link from a Wikipedia article to something in your personal user space -- links of that sort are not allowed. Once the article exists in article space, a link might be okay. (I'm not expressing any opinion about whether this is a valid topic for an article, though -- I don't know enough about the topic to say one way or the other.) Regards, Looie496 (talk) 20:24, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

I have struck my warning out, as this is good faith rather than vandalism, and I should not have warned you. Martin451 (talk) 20:40, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi Painaware. I just wanted to thank you for your timely and important contribution and congratulate you on its excellence: comprehensive but concise, well referenced, with very useful links. The subject is a major emerging issue in aged and disability care and I would very much like to see your essay, in its entirety, inserted into the Wikipedia Dementia article. Pain in dementia is touched on under Barriers to reporting pain in the Pain article but it is mixed in with the issue of pain in the aging adult. Inserting the whole of your essay under Barriers to reporting pain may be a bit much, but I believe its essentials should appear there with a link to your Pain in Dementia content in the Dementia article. If you need any help with anything at all, just ask here or on the Pain or Dementia discussion pages. Anthony (talk) 04:04, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Seconded. Neurotip (talk) 19:45, 12 November 2009 (UTC)