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Physics Diet link

I noticed that somebody deleted the link for physicsdiet.com and the edit was listed as "removing an advertisement". I put the link there and I would like to defend it being there.

It is isn't my site
The site is free and non-commerical
It is an online implementation of the core Hacker's Diet tools.

I read the Hacker's Diet, was very enthused about doing it, and got stopped cold because the spreadsheets didn't work in Open Office and I am on linux. I also don't own a palm pilot. After a good deal of googling around I found physicdiet.com, which I can ( and do ) use from anywhere.

It implements the Hacker's Diet concepts so well I wanted to let other people who wanted to try the diet know, so I posted the link. I wasn't and am not trying to sell anything.

Please check out the site. If you read John Walker's book you will agree after looking at the site that a link to physicsdiet.com is totally germane.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.58.197.55 (talk • contribs) 00:16, 3 April 2007

The point is that it's a link to a site offering software as a service. Now for a Wikibooks article on dieting, this is an excellent resource. But on a book article? Not so appropriate. Chris Cunningham 13:37, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability/advertisement?

I don't agree with either of those... it's a diet with some popularity in the (sorry) blogosphere. I came here looking for information and was glad to find an article. I'm a relative newbie so I'm not too sure whether there's some sort of voting process, but thought I could at least leave my opinion on the talk page.Orbicular 02:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Useful

I also found this article useful, after someone told me about this diet. DonPMitchell 21:24, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I don't see how this article is promotional. The Hacker's Diet is a free e-book, with no advertisements and the author sells nothing. The book is based on boiler plate well known science. I found this article useful for learning about the book, trying it out, and improving my health. Steve 21:11, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]