Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Israeli Army diet

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The result of the debate was - kept - SimonP 14:48, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Israeli Army diet

Delete - looks like the regimen for Yet Another Fad Diet. Unencyclopedic -- no potential for expansion. FreplySpang (talk) 05:20, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the rewrite, CapitalistRoadster. But I still think there are a group of diets that are exactly the same (except for the specific foods), and they should all be merged/redirected under [[Fad diets] or dieting. FreplySpang (talk) 20:07, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. This will probably get a bunch of merge votes, but since there are no sources in the article I caution that merge without verification would be foolish. Poor scholarship is probably WPs greatest failing. Quale 05:43, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Thanks Capitalistroadster. Fine article. Now that it is sourced, definitely encyclopedic. Quale 20:00, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I agree with you. It may surprise some to know that The Israeli Army Diet, Mayo Clinic Diet, and Heart Foundation Three-Day Diet have nothing to do with their claimed sources. Svest 06:20, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not encyclopaedic. Megan1967 06:37, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - rather inappriate nonsense I see; In this form that actually makes sense. I have heard about similar fad diets (someone should definitely write an article about them) - Skysmith 10:49, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep fad diet. Klonimus 09:04, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. The Israeli Army diet was a popular fad diet in the 1970's. My father and I both went on it at various stages. There were four stages of eating apples, cheese, chicken and salad. While we lost weight, the weight loss was temporary. I have expanded the article explaining the background and outlining the nutritional criticism of it as a fad diet. Capitalistroadster 10:16, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep rewrite, ty Roadster. Kappa 10:39, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep; usual great work by the Roadster. Samaritan 12:20, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep —msh210 18:55, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as a notable 1970s fad --AYArktos 00:48, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
• keep Yuckfoo 23:37, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

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