Talk:Amalgam (dentistry)

The last paragraph needs NPOVing, but I'm not the person to do it. Who exactly claims amalgam is poisoning patients, who advises the removal of all fillings. Do the dentists have any say in the matter? theresa knott 21:09, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Theresa, it doesn't make any difference. This is Wikipedia. This artical, as it is at this time, is both POV and factually inaccurate. Any attempts I make to change it into a balanced, informative article will be reverted. This is how Wikis work. Crusadeonilliteracy

You give up too easily. Wiki's are wonderful things when people work together. theresa knott 11:24, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Don't buy into his whining. He's on a crusade to scare everyone into thinking that mercury is the most toxic substance on earth.

I clarified mercury's toxicity (which is mild) and he immediately went crying to mav [1] who dismissed his complaints like the rubbish they are. I then handed him a plate full of his ass [2] which he responded to thusly [3].

He then made a new account [4] as evidenced by it's contributions [5] compared to his old account [6] and tried to exaggerate mercury's toxicity again [7].

After that, he used a proxy to change this [8], and has been doing similar things ever since. I have largely ignored him, while keeping a watchful eye on him, but now I must speak up about his sockpuppetry and ignorant "crusade".

Darrien 06:23, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Darrien - firstly watch your tone. I then handed him a plate full of his ass is not the kind of thing you should be saying here on Wikipedia. Secondly I'm not convinced that Yggdr%E6sil and crusadeonilliteracy are one and the same person, but even if they are so what? If people want to start again with a new username that's fine by me, it's only if they use two accounts at once - for example if they vote twice in a poll, once with each account, that is becomes appropriate to bring sockpuppetry to the attention of the community. And finally there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that a single edit by an anon user, (that changes the spelling of a word) means that crusadeon illeteracy is using proxies to hide his edits.

As for the article itself, it still reads like an anti alternative medicine article. There is soo much more that could be added

Who first used amalgam in dentistry?
What are the exact propertions of mecury and other metals in dental amalgam?
Why does it set hard within a minute? -what's the physics/chemistry of the process?
What else is amalgam used for? (I have a vague recollection of mecury being used in gold or silver extraction)

Peace! theresa knott 08:42, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)