Talk:Susan Powter/Archives/2012

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"She gives few details of her personal life"
Huh? "Stop the Insanity!" is (almost) as much autobiography as health tome, and does a decent job of explaining her history. I haven't touched the comment 'cos I don't know what to put instead, but it seems off to me... --Irrevenant [ talk ] 06:50, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Powter.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Bankruptcy
Not certain how to integrate it into the article (or even if it is actually relevant) but Business Week Online has a copy of an article from 1995 detailing her bankruptcy and legal issues that were the source of it.

http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1995/b340845.arc.htm

The legal issues may be of more encyclopedic relevance more so than the bankruptcy.

Ihadanotheraccountbutforgotthepassword (talk) 02:09, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Removed YouTube link and related information
I removed the source link to the Susan Powter YouTube video because it's a copyright violation. That left potentially controversial information with no source, so I deleted that as well. I added a refimprove tag to the article because biographies of living people need to be fully and properly sourced.  momoricks   (make my day)  04:54, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Removed potentially controversial info that lacked sources
I removed numerous paragraphs that violated WP:BLP. Please provide reliable, verifiable sources when adding information, especially if it could be construed as inflammatory, or it will be removed without ceremony.  momoricks   (make my day)  00:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Nutritionist not Dietitian
I have changed any mention of Ms Powter as a "dietitian" to "nutritionist." In the US, where she lives and Australia, where she was born and lived until the age of 10, "dietitian" is a legally protected term through the American Dietetic Association and the Dietitians Association of Australia, respectively. Nutritionist is not a legally protected term, therefore anyone without professional qualifications may use the title. Ms Powter has routinely denied that she is a dietitian: She also has discussed the fact that she left school in 9th Grade. So, unless she has earned a degree and become accredited in either country after 1994, it is incorrect to refer to her as a dietitian.

1: "Doctor States: 'The Only Insanity That Should Be Stopped is Susan Powter's "Stop The Insanity"'" P.R. Newswire, 21 October 1993. Lexis Nexis Academic, 17 February 2011; O'Neil, Carolyn, "Outrageous Exercise Guru, Susan Powder, Inspires Fans," CNN, 5 January 1994. LexisNexis Academic, 17 February 2010

2: Wichel, Alex, "The Powter Principle; Eat More and Lose Weight" The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia), 30 January 1994. LexisNexis Academic, 17 February 2011

Petropetro (talk) 21:56, 17 February 2011 (UTC)