User talk:DarthSpock07

June 2023
Please do not add or change content, as you did at Mastic (plant resin), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. ''Your 3 edits ending with this one are misinformation not based on WP:MEDRS sources. There are no evidence-based clinical effects of mastic gum.'' Zefr (talk) 20:40, 5 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I am new to wikipedia so I do not know much about what counts as a reliable source, but I provided several studies as sources, I believe including several that were peer reviewed but maybe not. If necessary I do have more sources backing what was in that edit. Additionally, you deleted the part of the edit regarding what was claimed historically about the plant, which is accurate in regards to the claims as it comes directly from the source that was claiming it. DarthSpock07 (talk) 20:54, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * See Flat Earth - there's a lot of nonsense that has sources, and this source is full of nonsense. Read WP:MEDRS for the kind of sources needed in support of medical content. There are no such sources supporting the chewing of mastic gum as a medicinal agent. Zefr (talk) 21:21, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I did look at WP:MEDRS, I do not fully understand what is is saying or how my sources do not work. I used peer reviewed studies from several separate groups, is there anything else that is needed? From what I could understand of the WP:MEDRS guidelines it seemed to be saying that reviews were preferred but studies would do in a pinch, and as some of the studies are rather recent there are not any reviews yet. The source you linked is a translation of Pliny the Elder's Natural History, published right after the eruption of mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii, and was used to support the claim that Pliny the Elder claimed that mastic gum was useful for oral medicinal uses. Pliny was incorrect about most of what he claimed, so yes the information is mostly nonsense, but it was not used as a source for a medical claim. Thank you for being willing to explain this to me. DarthSpock07 (talk) 21:27, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * WP:WHYMEDRS - if there is no review for an extraordinary (doubtful) claim, then an encyclopedia waits for an WP:EXTRAORDINARY source to say it indeed exists. Training for medical editing. Zefr (talk) 21:44, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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