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January 2015
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Citation formatting
Hello, thanks for your edits. However, Wikipedia citations should be formatted using a template like cite journal, not just with a bare URL. There are several citation tools to help with this, and I've used them on your recent edits at Antibiotics and Penicillin. You might also find the page on referencing for beginners with citation templates useful. Graham 87 07:08, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Talk page
Please discuss your proposed changes as they are controversial. Best Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 10:25, 14 February 2018 (UTC) I'm not sure what is controversial. Following the Wikipedia style guidelines re: neutral point of view, the cited reference reviews the data on the Atkins diet and shows weak evidence supporting long term weight loss (decreased weight, moderate risk of bias). Short term evidence is stronger, but probably not relevant. Describing weak evidence as "only" weak evidence is straight out of the Wikipedia style guide as an example of an editorial comment. Regarding the comparison as "compared to not dieting at all", the control conditions for the reviewed studies were coded as behavioral counseling by the authors. In reviewing the actual studies, the behavioral counseling involves education similar in intensity and scope to the active condition. Describing that control condition as "compared to not dieting at all" is inaccurate, and beyond that, doesn't use a neutral point of view. If you want to make that edit, reference a reliable secondary source that supports it.

In general, Atkins may have some risks, doesn't show great performance in the long term, but is about as effective as other commercial diets, meaning it isn't as effective as the claims. If you want to add a section on the claims and how it doesn't perform as well as the claims, I'd support that as its own section, provided you don't use original research.
 * Please discuss here Talk:Atkins_diet Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 10:53, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

February 2018
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Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. Thank you. Alexbrn (talk) 10:57, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Editing logged out?
Is this IP edit yours? Please be aware of WP:SOCK.Alexbrn (talk) 21:42, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

Not me. It could be a student of mine. I mentioned this wikipedia discussion today as an example of how people can disagree on the interpretation of the literature.
 * That would sound like WP:MEAT then; it leaves a very bad taste. Alexbrn (talk) 06:00, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It's not WP:MEAT I didn't ask or recruit anyone to edit. I mentioned our back and forth in class. There isn't a fight club requirement, is there? Am I not supposed to talk about Wikipedia?
 * Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest? Alexbrn (talk) 06:09, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Alexbrn I teach doctors and other clinicians. I don't think any of them see me as their sovereign :)