Talk:Angus Barbieri's fast

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guiness isn't a reliable source — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.69.200.91 (talk) 08:25, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Source material?
Where did the ID of Angus Barbieri come from? I searched the Scotish registry and they have no record of an Angus Barbieri nor any Barbieri that matches the dates given. see https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search#{%22category%22:%22statutory%22,%22record%22:%22statutory-deaths%22} — Preceding unsigned comment added by DkcOhio (talk • contribs) 22:09, 1 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Look under the name Agostino, He married Mary Ann F Gentle in 1971 and had a son FRASER JAMES J BARBIERI in Warwick 1976. https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=256729951:3720&d=bmd_1669206295 5.133.47.240 (talk) 21:06, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Doesn't he also have the record for fastest weight loss of that quantity? Drsruli (talk) 03:42, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

records are a different universe. to have an official record someone would have had to register it and check etc. lots of real life records are official records Jazi Zilber (talk) 18:53, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Guinness says that he has the record, though. A websearch finds other sources with similar. Drsruli (talk) 04:31, 23 June 2022 (UTC)


 * what source exactly are you consulting? Link, page number? It has to be WP:Verifiable to add to the article. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  04:38, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

I think that originally there were two articles, one for the person, and one for his fast, and that they were merged. Sources may be found in the history for this article, where this factoid used to be located. (Indeed, this article still results at the top of web search for "fastest weight loss".) (It is also possible that he had the record AT THE TIME, and that it has since been broken.) Drsruli (talk) 05:53, 23 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Can someone help me translate this page into Russian? Also, is the veracity of this article in dispute? Aorliche (talk) 17:06, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

What was his cause of death?
Was it related to his weight loss? 2603:9000:8500:582B:6C:E12B:9C73:5D90 (talk) 18:26, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Error in source.
The THE COURIER - Evening Telegraph reference does not jibe with the original Postgrad Med J. 1973 article "Features of a successful therapeutic fast of 382 days' duration" regarding end date and duration. They are simply reprinting the image of the original newspaper headline with the 392 typo. The original published research article clearly shows the fast ended June 30, 1966 with a duration of 382 days and is more credible.

Also, I can find not a reference to the claim "although he occasionally consumed small amounts of milk and/or sugar with the beverages in section The Fast.

I want to clean up those inconsistencies. Any comments? Liberato (talk) 05:39, 28 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Very interesting! I never knew why there were two numbers for his fast length. So you think that when the article says the fast ended July 11, 1966, that was simply a Wikipedian counting from June 14, 1965, and they were using the erroneous number 392? Now that I look, I can't find any other source that gives 392 as the number, and in fact the Guinness record says 382: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/78789-longest-survival-without-food . I had previously added the note about the Journal using a different length for his fast without realizing that the old Evening Telegraph article might be the only place anyone wrote 392 originally, which means it is likely a typo. It seems that you would be totally entitled to change the article to consistently say "382". --Iritscen (talk) 16:24, 28 December 2023 (UTC)