Talk:Evan O'Dorney

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I have added an "unsourced" tag to this article b/c it does not cite its sources, plz cite sources and remove the tag. Thank you, T Van Wormer 18:45, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He placed several times in the USAMO, won second place worldwide and a gold medal in the 2010 IMO, and won the Intel Science Talent Search in 2011. Bunch of other things too. Featured in numerous high-profile news sources. Notable enough? 69.134.161.98 (talk) 10:31, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The word "biography" seems to have crept in to the middle of a sentence. This was this morning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.0.228 (talk) 10:26, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Asperger syndrome / autism[edit]

The recent categorization of the article's subject within the WP Category:People on the autism spectrum appears to be based on no known evidence. A survey of known reliable sources which have reported about the subject shows no claim that the subject is autistic. In fact, just one reliable source, the East Bay Times newspaper ( http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/07/07/spelling-champ-using-music-to-memorize-pi/ ) corrects the presumption that the subject is autistic by writing that:

"His mannerisms have fueled speculation on blogs that he has Asperger's Disorder, a form of autism; or that he is a high-functioning autistic savant. His mother dismissed those claims Friday. 'He's just gifted,' said Jennifer O'Dorney, a down-to-earth former math tutor with an easy laugh. Evan's Mike O'Dorney, agreed. 'There is always something going on in his head,' he mused, smiling and shaking his own head. 'The wheels are always turning.' A retired electrical engineer, Mike figured his son would inherit his and his wife's aptitudes for math. But when, at 3-years-old Evan memorized the Greek alphabet and began composing music on the piano, he and Jennifer knew they had an extraordinary child. They watched in awe one day when he solved a Rubik’s Cube in less than 10 minutes. Still, they worried he wasn’t developing normal social skills. Several years ago, Jennifer took Evan to a San Ramon Valley school district learning disorder specialist who declared he wasn’t autistic, but had 'autistic-like behaviors.'"

Absent additional reliable sources stating claims that the subject has been diagnosed with autism, it appears that the subject isn’t autistic. As such I will revert the article’s categorization within the WP Category:People on the autism spectrum.2001:558:6008:3B:21AD:3716:A921:81B1 (talk) 18:13, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thank you for catching this. See Wikipedia:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality for more support for this position: categorization based on disability cannot be added without reliable sources. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:34, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]