Talk:Ken Blum

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This article was nominated for deletion on August 28, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

If you can establish notability and it was just speedily deleted (not RFD'd) I believe you're welcome to recreate the article. I don't know who did it or why. PS: Recreating it to ask the question is probably not the most prudent way of doing things. Good luck. Zelse81 22:50, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand how the content is not notable. What does not that mean. Can someone explain? And who deleted it? Brianmeshkin 22:57, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Some Issues

The current tone of the article is extremely laudatory of Dr. Blum's accomplishments. However, my own search on the web of his research uncovered more criticisms (e.g., [1]) or even accusations of quackery (e.g., [2]) than praise. (Having read a couple of his professional scientific articles on reward deficiency syndrome, I am myself a bit suspicious of his interpretations.) Indeed, what information I've been able to find about his previous business (formerly located at www.docbluminc.com, now off the web) smacks of pseudoscience. I attempted a search for a personal or professional webpage for Dr. Blum, and was unable to find one (unusual for a professional academic!). The link to Blum's blog provided in the article appears to be broken, and I was unable to find any information on Blum on the Salugen website referenced by the article.

In short, I would suggest that the article needs some discussion of the controversy surrounding Blum's theories. It also definitely needs some sort of references; I able to confirm almost none of the claims in the article based on a web search. Geoff 02:13, 15 October 2007 (UTC)