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Ubiquinol - excess content removal
[edit]Dear Dr Pixie, The edits on the ubiquinol page were in my opinion excess. Perhaps the changes were done under the reasonable objective of removing biased text, however what occurred is wide swaths of text were removed, instead of engagement of each specific instance where suspected bias occurred. For instance, all text indicating the effects of ubiquinol on subjects in Class IV Congestive Heart Failure are completely removed. People would want to know whether or not ubiquinol has any effect on Ejection Fraction. Another examples is the paragraph on ubiquinol and statins. In these recent edits, all text related to statins is removed.
People taking statins (a large percentage of the population) should be made aware of research - - at least if they are searching for it on Wikipedia. Scientists certainly think this topic (i.e. ubiquinol and statins) is interesting, otherwise why do they keep researching this topic? Peer-reviewed Journals still think this topic is important, otherwise why even publish this data? These are but two examples of a dozen, or so, paragraphs that have been completely eradicated.
I am for removal of bias Dr Pixie. I am hoping we can engage together so that text that the ubiquinol page is accurate, unbiased, and informative. The page has been deeply clipped and is currently not informative about this molecule. I'd like to work with you to make the page accurate and informative Dr Pixie. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Committed molecules (talk • contribs) 19:26, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
Ubiquinol - regarding your comments on my talk page
[edit]Dear Dr Pixie,
I read your comments on the Liver Health section on ubiquinol that this section needs more than one reference ("One primary paper is not regarded as a reliable source."). For that reason, I have added information about another experimental study published in a peer-review journal pointing to the effects of ubiquinol on activating gene expression of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in the liver. Please note that ubiquinol science is clearly emerging right now, as can be seen in PubMed trends. Unfortunately, one will be hard pressed to find ubiquinol in textbooks. The reason for this is ubiquinol only became available to the scientific community in significant quantities around 2006 (its inherently instability did not allow scientists to do prospective trials on the nutrient). However, scientists that are study mitochondrial function are actively engaged in conducting all sorts of studies on ubiquinol, ranging from genoexpression, in-vitro, and in-vivo study formats. I admit perhaps I had explained in too great of detail the study results in the past, but I will work to clip the length of these paragraphs so that the essence is conveyed.
Again, I thank you for this feedback, which will make my future edits concise.
Also, Dr Pixie, thank you for requesting added information of my background in the userpage. I will work on that. But this is actually a good time to bring up that I have decades of experience in CoQ10 science, and I have an advanced degree in Human Nutrition, am a writer (specifically on CoQ10), scientist (with multiple peer-reviewed journal publications), and inventor (a few patents to add as well). On Wiki, I had spend a considerable amount of time highlighting the effects of ubiquinol, and more importantly separating it from the effects of ubiquinone.
While I start re-inputting new data with the guideline of keeping it short, I kindly request that you consider removal of the Neutrality Dispute at the top of the page. Since you had removed large swaths of texts and deeply reviewed the ubiquinol page on July 7 (in a matter of 2-3 hours from what I can gather), then you should be satisfied based on your own review that biased sections were obliterated.
My last thought is Wikipedia is, at heart, a collaborative effort, and I would like to collaborate and learn from you to make this site the go-to place for all people seeking information- - from my daughter in high-school to teachers and the general public.
Sincerely,
Committed molecules (talk) 05:20, 13 August 2014 (UTC)