Talk:Tony Attwood

message: (See commented out section in the Tony Attwood article) and RfC posted by User:Olorin28 who had come forward after my request for mediation.
* Should Attwood's remark be included in the article? If so, how should it be worded? Source reference: 
* Should Davidkevin's comment be included in the article without a reputable source?
* Should there be a controversy section if only Attwood's remark is included?
 AvB ÷ talk 03:24, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary of AvB's questions regarding the disputed Controversy section 

message: ::David, this is not personal. It's about whether this or this edit is in violation of policies such as WP:NOR and WP:NPOV. 
::I am withdrawing from this conflict as per advice from more experienced editors. I would advise you to do the same. I hope others will be able to keep Wikipedia neutral where you and I failed to reach consensus. I expect a lot from the RfC process. AvB ÷ talk 13:18, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  AvB withdrawing from the conflict 

message: In order to help any RfC commenters I have formatted the RfC section and added three links to this talk page (see diff). AvB ÷ talk 13:27, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diff of recent changes to this talk page 

message: I presume that the basis for the disputed section is a quote from an editorial by Stephen Fay in Ellsworth American, verbatim: He speculated, only half in jest, that “Star Trek conventions are secret reunions for people with Asperger’s Syndrome. Biographies of living poeple are a very sensitive issue and merit extreme prudence, see: Wikipedia:Libel. This is even more important in vew of the John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy. An single indirect quote from an editorial is too little evidence for forming the basis of a remark in a bio article. The editor critisizing Attwood should make an effort to properly document Attwood's opinion about Star War fan clubs, as well as reactions to that opinion, citing several reputable sources, Andreas 15:21, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Response to RfC

message: :Dr. Attwood has made comments indicating that he believes that Star Trek fans frequently exhibit personality defects indicating a likelihood of Asperger syndrome, i.e., "Star Trek conventions are secret reunions for people with Asperger's Syndrome." See "About Asperger's" by Stephen Fay, Ellsworth (Maine) American, July 29, 2004, retrieved December 23, 2005. However, the argument can be made that classifying Star Trek fans as a group as Asperger's sufferers may be challengable as cultural prejudice rather than medical diagnosis.
:: I continue to fail to see why, since it has now been documented from two sources, why Attwood's "diagnosis" cannot be included.  That it is challengable as a false diagnosis may be obviously derived from that, but if even "brick to the head"-obvious inferences are not allowed, at least the undisputed fact that Attwood has made these bizarre comments should be.
::Davidkevin 23:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As it stands that section completely dominates the article, which defies all logic.  Do you really tyhink that is the single most important thing Attwood has ever done or said?  I will try to balance it. - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C]  AfD? 10:04, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversy section moved here for now 

message: This article refers to Dr Atwood as an "advocate" of the Cassandra Affective Deprivation Disorder. This is unsourced, and, based on my extensive familiarity with his writings, is probably an innaccurate title to give him
ApplesandPears3Applesandpears3 (talk) 04:43, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced and possible innacurate material 

message: This article claims that Atwood "pushes the idea that those on the spectrum are best left isolated and cut off from society." That statement is not only unsourced but is false. Tony Atwood states in  The Complete Guide to Aspergers Syndrome, pg 32:"As a society, we need to recognize the value of having people with Aspergers Syndrome in our multi-cultural and diverse community." He has also written a paper giving about how to help children with Aspergers improve their frienship skills. http://www.tonyattwood.com.au/index.php/publications/by-tony-attwood/archived-papers/75-understanding-and-teaching-friendship-skills and another paper that both presents an extremely positive view of Aspergers and posits many strengths that persons with Aspergers may have in regards to friendships. http://www.tonyattwood.com.au/index.php/publications/by-tony-attwood/archived-papers/79-the-discovery-of-aspie-criteria
All in all, I think those few sentences about him on the Wilkipedia page need to be removed for the sake of accurace.
ApplesandPears3Applesandpears3 (talk) 04:43, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced and probably libellous material 

message: I removed the "Dr." from the article and was reverted. Another editor, User:Curly Turkey reverted that edit and removed the "Dr." saying using it was poor wikipedia style. An editor reverted Curly Turkey, citing WP:CREDENTIAL. But WP:CREDENTIAL says 
Academic and professional titles (such as "Doctor" or "Professor") should not be used before (or after) the name in the initial sentence or in other uses of the person's name. 
So I think "Dr." should be removed per WP:CREDENTIAL. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parabolooidal (talk • contribs) 22:05, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of title "Dr" as a title in article 

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message: Is this Tony "Blake's 7 Programme Guide and awful Blake's 7 novel" Attwood? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:c7d:6431:c900:3866:b50a:9891:cdf2 (talk • contribs) 17:03, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
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message: My name is Chris park I have asbergers syndrome and a long time ago I spoke with  Tony about what was up my sleeve 2601:348:4101:9B70:B470:73CF:67A4:1384 (talk) 01:40, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
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