This is a bizarre article. The lede is buried a little: towards the end we get a lengthy defence of a guy called Gary Null. It starts with this section: > It w

This is a bizarre article. The lede is buried a little: towards the end we get a lengthy defence of a guy called Gary Null. It starts with this section: > It was Dr. Gary Null’s investigation into this phenomenon that first alerted me that Wikipedia was playing fast and loose with the facts beyond of the political realm ... Null is a board-certified clinical nutritionist who has conducted over 40 clinical studies on lifestyle and diet, more than anyone else in his field. ... He has published over 700 articles, many in peer-reviewed journals, and has been invited to present his findings at scientific conferences. To me, this reads as if Gary Null has a medical degree. He does not. His qualification is a PhD from an online university (Union Institute & University). The graduate school has since been dissolved following investigation from the Ohio Board of Regents. Moving on, the author seems to have a bone to pick with Stephen Barrett (who runs quackwatch.org, which regularly criticises Null). This is how he's described: > Stephen Barrett, a discredited former psychiatrist Again, to me, that seems like he lost his license or something. After a quick google, Stephen Barrett holds a medical degree, and is retired. I couldn't find any evidence of disciplinary action of any sort. Anyway, the author's main issue with the wikipedia page on Null seems to be that it portrays him as unscientific. > I reviewed the scientific literature on five topics where Null and Barrett disagree – sugar, alcohol, mercury, fluoridation, and the safety of vitamins and minerals – and after scanning thousands of abstracts, found Barrett to be wrong on every issue. This is pretty ridiculous. [Barrett's write-up on Null](http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/null.html http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/null.html) specifically mentions homeopathy, AIDS denialism, anti-vaccination, chelation therapy, among other things. Strangely the author makes no mention of those. Hilariously, I think "the safety of vitamins and minerals" is referring to an incident where Null sued the manufacturer of his line of diet supplements (because yes, of course, he sells a line of diet supplements), after it allegedly hospitalised Null along with six other individuals. That story in itself is incredibly surreal (his website said he was "completely and totally healthy", for instance), so I recommend anyone interested to go read up on it. I was a little disappointed at first that there wasn't a decent discussion of wikipedia's policies, but Gary Null is such a weird and wonderful character it more than made up for it!