Talk:Androgen insensitivity syndrome/Archive 1

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Note: This page was changed on 9/5/53 by me, a member of the AIS support group (AISSG-USA), who has this condition. The previous information was inaccurate. If you would like to discuss this, contact us at aissgusa@hotmail.com.
Why shouldn't the AIS article be merged with the T Fem article since they both describe the same condition? I think AIS is the preferred term these days-- it certainly has the advantage of being less confusing to people. I suggest leaving AIS as the main article, with a redirect from T fem. I would keep some of the more elaborate T fem formatting and not drop any verifiable info. However I gather from the page history there may be some disagreement and perhaps I don't understand the history of the pages. Comments? Alteripse 19:53, 2 May 2004 (UTC)

message: Following is most of the former content of the testicular feminization pages and AIS page before my rewrite. I am rewriting the AIS article to (1) combine the 2 pages that previously covered essentially the same condition, (2) to correct a number of minor errors, and (3) to provide fuller coverage and updated material. Comments on the new AIS article are welcome. I incorporated a few items from the old articles. I am "parking" this material here for those who wish to compare with the new article. It may eventually be deleted. Alteripse 18:39, 8 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite

message: Complications include testicular cancer, infertility, and complex psychosocial issues.
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Comments on new article are welcome. I incorporated all of the facts from the old AIS and T fem articles, added much more, expanded some of the coverage, and updated many of the outdated facts.Alteripse 21:17, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Complications

message: Kate please don't remove paragraph. This is a minor but distinctive aspect of this condition that is mentioned nearly every time someone minimally knowledgeable about this condition explains it to someone completely unfamiliar. A reader interested enough to look the topic up might well have heard just such a rumor, and the paragraph connects to the reader's experience and suggests he/she be a bit skeptical. The article repeats none of the specific rumors because they aren't verifiable. In fact, this paragraph was intended to inoculate this article against someone deciding to "improve" it by reinserting whatever version of it they were told. alteripse 10:55, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: urban legends

message: I think your additions may be based on an erroneous understanding of this condition, or at least make the article less clear to readers. Please explain. alteripse 22:30, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: anon please discuss changes

message: The article Androgen insensitivity syndrome and the stub Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome seem to be unaware of each other's existence. I don't know whether it's better to redirect CAIS to AIS or to move a bunch of material from AIS (which is a bit long) to CAIS, but either way it should probably be done by the people who've been working on this article so far.
DanielCristofani 01:39, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: here's a mess:

message: This article about AIS is great, except that I may suggest to move the Kennedy disease section out and make it an article in its own right, with linkage of course. Why? 1.If I would look for an article on KD, I would look under "Kennedy disease" not AIS. 2.Somebody will do an article on KD or (X-linked spinal and bulbar atrophy syndrome) and it will get messy. 3. Clinically all the other AIS entities can be understood as more or less complete variations on one theme,- KD is so different. 4. KD does not match the definition as set in the first line of the article,- primarily it is a neuromuscular disease.Ekem 17:06, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Kennedy disease