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This article is of low quality.

Edzard Ernst was sacked because of the low quality on his work. He was a joke as a scientist. Here is a funny(But correct) description of parts of his "work":

http://smperle.blogspot.se/2010/12/self-importance-of-being-ernst.html

Edzard Ernst is a member of the "skeptical"movement, and this article is written of so called Sceptics("The skeptical movement" is a Front torganisation for ACSH( http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Council_on_Science_and_Health ) ACSH is a lobby organization working for those who "donate" money to ACSH. Mostly it is chemical and pharmaceutical companies who hire them.

So it is not OK that this article is written by "skeptics". The sources in the article are often "skeptical" bloggs. This article makes Wikipedia look like a joke, and that is sad.--Nils poppe (talk) 11:29, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The sources you have shown aren't reliable. IRWolfie- (talk) 11:36, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Which of the sources used in the article are blogs? If you are talking about the last two (scienceinmedicine.org and csicop.org - I wouldn't call them blogs but maybe my definition of ″blog″ is too narrow): they're used to verify that Ernst is affiliated with these two organisations - that's a valid use of primary sources. Except for those two, we're only using independent secondary sources. --Six words (talk) 11:53, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The assertion that Ernst "was sacked because of the low quality on his work" is probably a WP:BLP violation unless a reliable source is available to back up the claim. "He was a joke as a scientist" is almost certainly inappropriate. Nils poppe should provide a proper source for these claims or retract them immediately. — Scientizzle 13:03, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[REDACTED as a violation of WP:BLP] --Nils poppe (talk) 17:12, 8 May 2012 (UTC) Redacted 8 May 2012, 17:21 by MastCell[reply]

that comment looks libellous. Does the author have any money? Midgley (talk) 03:51, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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IP 183.90.36.169 - I reverted your recent changes, partly because some of them were ungrammatical, but also because they did not appear to be improving the article. If you would like to discuss your changes here and attempt to gain consensus, please present your rationale. Thanks GirthSummit _(blether) 08:35, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why no sections on contrary points?

I want to trust this article, but it has no attempt to address concerns about the topic, and there are plenty of concerns.

This article should be flagged as not meeting proper Wikipedia quality checks. Tlunsf (talk) 20:38, 12 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Could you provide an example of a change you'd like to see, specifically? Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 01:14, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"mega physician"?

What is a "mega physician"? I can't find a definition anywhere and it doesn't seem to be a commonly used term? 46.127.9.118 (talk) 08:43, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That was vandalism, now fixed. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 12:13, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]