Talk:Specific Carbohydrate Diet

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Please leave discussion as needed... I am open to comments. If it is for me personally, leave it on my talk page. Thanks. Iheartflutes 07:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I've edited the article to present a more neutral position and voice. I've also removed "how-to" elements to bring it in line with Wikipedia's editorial guidelines. — Saxifrage ✎ 21:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much for helping. It looks really awesome with the things that you've done to the page. Sorry it sucks so much, but now, I have some really great ideas in order to make it better. Thanks for all of your hard work! Iheartflutes 08:03, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. The whole point of Wikipedia is that people can contribute as their strengths permit: I'm a terrible original-copy writer, but I'm good at polishing the work of others. You might be interested in reading Wikipedia:The perfect article for ideas to work with. — Saxifrage ✎ 15:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that's me too... Iheartflutes 06:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

As far as the section "Good idea or bad idea?" where the quote is mentioned, I can actually disprove that statement. When I went in for my first colonoscopy, it looked pretty bad (I saw that one). However the second one I had, after I had been on the diet, looked beautiful on the outside, but evidence was only found through biopsies. Iheartflutes 06:02, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, due to the nature of Wikipedia as a tertiary reference work, personal observation can't be used in articles. Only previously-published information can be used to write articles, as only those can be properly cited as the source of the information such that readers can independently verify it and make their own decision about what to believe. (See Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Verifiability, two core policies of the project.) — Saxifrage ✎ 06:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry about that. Also, I take it that a lot of what I recently put in was mediocre at best. I also apologise for that as well. Iheartflutes 06:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Mostly it's a matter of voice and style. Because Wikipedia is a neutral information source, its articles must not endorse any perspective or sound like they endorse anything. Most of the additions you made were understandably from the perspective of wanting to help people do best-practices while taking the diet. That makes it sound like Wikipedia endorses the diet though, so I tried to rewrite it to just be informational without be instructive. But hey, that's why Wikipedia relies on teamwork between volunteers: we each have different things to offer the project! (I myself am terrible at writing articles, so I mostly just edit, tidy up, and beautify what others have written.) — Saxifrage ✎ 20:38, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Also, the source applies where you put in the note about citations. I don't know how to show that.

You can replace the text that says {{citation needed}} with a link to a page that directly supports the passage. Paste the link in and put single square brackets around it. For example, [http://www.google.com] would look like [1].

If you want to get fancy you can read Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to use the advanced syntax, or Wikipedia:Citation templates to nice-format the reference. But, the simple link is enough. — Saxifrage ✎ 20:38, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm on this diet right now but I keep cheating. It's difficult; I'm sure most people aren't able to stick with it. I'll put this in the article/ Scorpionman 02:51, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello...Is this how I join the discussion? I thought the article was really, really great! I did make several small changes to increase its accuracy, etc. I hope you like them. Again, great job! The SCD resolved my son's autism and diarrhea and my own neuropsychiatric issues. Cheers, Baden May 15, 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.71.125.163 (talk) 22:42, 15 May 2008 (UTC)