Talk:Julian Whitaker

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[edit] Should replace ACSH supported information

This page needs some additional work, as it still comes off too supportive. Some of Whitaker's work is far from mainstream (having just read his most recent newsletter and coming to Wiki to learn more about him). ACSH may be an industry front group (according to [1]), so the information they provide should be taken with a grain of salt. I left the information in to assist later editors in tracking down more information regarding his residency, but otherwise I think it should be excised ASAP. Cartwarmark 21:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

What do you believe should be exised? Why not just do some digging and write a WP article about the American College for Advancement in Medicine, and be done with it. If he's a member, it should be listed whether it's a "front," or whether he helped found it or not. What do you mean about his residency? You mean the orthopedic surgery residency in San Francisco that he didn't finish? I can't quite follow you. Badagnani 21:56, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
First off, I like the changes you made. Nicely done! The first and second external links (re: certification and residency) are to an ACSH page on their site. ACSH is not an especially trustworthy organization (they have been criticized as being biased and overly conservative, and of being a mouthpiece for Big pharma and the chemical industry), so I would like to see those links replaced ASAP; unfortunately I wasn't able to find anything further in the short search I performed. However, until they can be replaced by a more reliable source, I feel they should remain because ACSH isn't necessarily inaccurate, simply biased (eg: find another, more reliable source that says he didn't finish his residency). ACAM doesn't have anything to do with this AFAIK. I hope that's clear :) Cartwarmark 01:13, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
That's clear now. That bit of information might be hard to find, but the authors of that ACSH article seem to have done their homework. Apparently Whitaker has talked about not finishing before, because it's part of his history--how he got into using vitamins instead of surgery to cure things. It would just be a question of finding where he talked about that. Badagnani 04:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)