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Sebastian Kneipp was nominated as a Natural sciences good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (June 25, 2017). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated.

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Article Expansion

I have been reading the about Kneipp and some of his writing in order to expand this page. It is my first time making significant edits so please feel free to reword and reorganize the page since it will primarily be in my voice after my additions.

Zsmith7 (talk) 13:06, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

Kneipp USA, the official US distributor of Kneipp has just launched an educational and community focused website to teach the US market about the history of Sebastian Kneipp and the benefits of his methods.

I am requesting that you add www.kneippus.com to the Wiki.

Thank You

Kuty Shalev Kneipp USA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.19.104.55 (talk)

Kneipp novel

First time on Wiki - and I am not sure if I do this right.

1. I just published a Kneipp novel: Sebastian Kneipp, Water Doctor. http://www.amazon.com/Sebastian-Kneipp-Water-Doctor-Witchcraft/dp/145381776X/ref=sr_1_138?s=STORE&ie=UTF8&qid=1285280951&sr=1-138

How can I put this information oin the website???

2. The Five Health Essentials according to Kneipp: He calls the Fifth Pillar not "Spirituality" but "Order". I think "order" contains more than just spirituality. It is about the natural order we should not violate if we want our bodies to be healthy. For instance, sufficient sleep belongs in the "order" category - has nothing to do with "spirituality". Although, "spirituality" can be a part of that "order".

Thanks a lot!

Alexa Fleckenstein M.D., physician, author. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.150.48.114 (talk) 23:02, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bread

"In Norway he is mostly known for his bread recipe based on whole wheat. Kneipbrød (Kneipp Bread) is the most commonly eaten bread in Norway."

Kneipp's bread used whole wheat, but other than that it has little in common with the bread eaten in Norway. It did not use yeast or raising agents of any sorts (nor salt or any kind of spices). Since this meant it became an inedible brick of a bread, part of the recipe was taking it out of the oven when almost done, dipping it in boiling water briefly, and subsequently putting it back in the oven (source "Dr. Kneipps Vand-Kur", old Norwegian leaflet presenting Kneipp's ideas). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.1.73.1 (talk) 12:50, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Eh, anywhere we could find that online? — LlywelynII 10:33, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article expansion

The German entry is much more thorough, for anyone able to translate it over here. — LlywelynII 10:33, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kneipp has nothing do to with Naturophaty

Kneipp Naturopath?

Father Sebastian Kneipp passed away on the 17 June 1897, the word Naturopathy was created in 1895 by John Scheel (USA), Benedict Lust around 1900, purchased the name Naturopathy from John Scheel.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary states that the first known use of the word "naturopathy" in print is from 1901.

We have just looked at the published works book of Father Kneipp, “My water cure as tested through more than thirty years and described for the healing of diseases and the preservation of health”, which you can find a copy here:

https://archive.org/details/mywatercureastes00kneiuoft

And have not found any reference to the word Naturopath but found:

More than 100 times the word: Water 12 times the word: Water Cure 3 times the word: Hydropathic

Gabirro (talk) 13:30, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The article doesn't say he was a naturopath. Please stop offering this strawman.

It's well-established and documented that he was "one of the forefathers of the naturopathic medicine movement". The history is undisputed, the sources undisputed. --Ronz (talk) 15:41, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Review

Really great job on the article! I few comments: - In the early life section, I think it would be a good idea to put in the specific illness Sebastian Kneipp suffered. - In the history section:

 - Get rid of some of the quotations and instead put the information in your own words
 - Great comparison with hospital medicine!
 - I think you could make a separate section titled "Methodology" to explain Kneipp's techniques and compare them to other theories concurrent theories of healing
 - Give a little more explanation for his reasoning behind his unconcerned attitude towards his remedies not having a scientific explanation

Achara1 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:05, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I really enjoyed reading this article! I think it would be helpful to break up the history section into shorter, more specific segments. It would help the reader follow along I feel. Maybe create a section on methods, and another on charity or the influence of religion on his methodology? I really like the fact that you have a legacy section. I think it's really important to stress the impact that he had and why he is a significant historical figure, which is why I also think you could develop the legacy section even further. Overall, really good job! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yennyyang (talk • contribs) 14:25, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Some Suggestions for Edits

Good job on this article! I think it would be good to include more on how Kneipp came across and expanded on Vincent Priessnitz's conception of hydropathy under the "History" section. There is a wide variety of content in that section now, which helps the article cover more ground. But to make it easier to read and navigate, more subsections could be created to highlight how Kneipp's therapy related to and built on the variety of other theories mentioned (i.e. the humoral theory and perhaps Puritan medicine too). It would also be interesting to expand more about how elements of Kneipp's water cure is still used in medical treatments today (elaborate on in what ways were his treatments part of mainstream medicine in Germany"?) KaylaMa (talk) 00:28, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review

Hi, I'm from 140.106. I think you did a great job updating this article and responding to the other person's review. One thing that I think could streamline this article a little better would be breaking up the History section into subsections, so that the reader can more easily jump to whichever part they are interested in. I also disagree with the previous person who said that you should have a bulleted list at the top of your article. I think these details should be in the text of the article and not the header. Overall great work! Lpoisson14 (talk) 14:55, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Sebastian Kneipp/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs) 17:36, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I propose to take on this review. Before reading the article through in detail I notice that the opening paragraph and bullet points do not constitute a lead as advocated in the MoS. This part of the article could be rewritten to provide an introduction to Kneipps' activities, but a proper lead section needs to be added at the beginning that summarises the information in the rest of the article. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:36, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is disappointing that nobody is available to make the necessary improvements to this articles. In general, it meets the GA criteria and is well cited, but it does not comply with the MOS guidelines on structure and layout, so I am failing it. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:39, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]