Talk:Yakult/Archive 1

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Archive 1

"Chinese Yakult" image

Clearing I can see that image is not the one marketed in China but the one marked in Taiwan. Would somebody please correct it? RollEXE (talk) 03:06, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Unnecessary to have links to all Yakult home pages?

Does anyone else agree that it may be slightly uneccessary to have links to all the yakult home pages for different countries?

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.43.227.18 (talk • contribs) .

You're right, it is unnecessary: I'll remove some! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME 11:08, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest edits from Yakult Co

Someone from within Yakult company continues to delete cited information regarding efficacy of yakult. Is there some way to stop this from happening? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.42.178.91 (talk) 03:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

if you have evidence that "Someone from within Yakult company" is deleting cited info, share it here

Failing this, explain how rampant the deletion is, how often, and over what time period.

People can then assess the situation and advise you further. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.42.150.150 (talk) 11:13, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't know about 'someone from Yakult', but someone from ip 210.167.139.253 keeps deleting referenced material without discussing it. The last change added an unsourced quote that makes yakult look good. 82.35.83.52 12:08, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

that IP (210.167.139.253) comes from within yakult company headquaters in Tokyo Japan. They are editing out criticism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.42.178.91 (talk) 23:40, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I have just had a look at wikiscanner http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/ and there are about 10 edits from 3 IPs registered to the Yakult company. They are

195.86.40.146 (edits made in 2006-7)
210.167.139.253 (edits made in 2007)
202.216.233.241 (edits made in 2007)

89.168.77.135 (talk) 17:19, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

In more detail the edits are from the following IPs:

195.86.40.146 see domain owner here [1]
210.167.139.253 see domain owner here [2]
202.216.233.241 see domain owner here [3]

The links for each date show the 'diffs' or edits which were made by Yakult co

24 January 2006 [4]
12 May 2006 [5]
6 February 2007 [6]
29 June 2007 [7]
16 Aug 2007 [8]
16 Aug 2007 [9]
2 October 2007 [10]
12 October 2007 [11]
24 March 2008 [12]
12 May 2008 [13]
13 May 2008 [14]
3 June 2008 [15]
3 June 2008 [16]

They are not all bad but some are removing information which they don't like 89.168.77.135 (talk) 18:15, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Efficacy of Yakult?

How much does Yakult work like it claims to be? I cannot see this clearly anywhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Genjix (talk • contribs) 00:08, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

The Yakult Europe website says: "It helps to maintain a healthy balance of the intestinal flora, important for good digestion." but does not substantiate this claim by citing peer-reviewed research. The "Research" pages of the website also make unproven claims. Use of Yakult also produces a detritus of little plastic bottles. Anyone got any recycling ideas? Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 18:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

The little bottles are made of polystyrene, which the UK Yakult website says is re-cyclable. However, see WP article: Polystyrene#Standard_markings. Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 15:49, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Name/Redirect

I know this probably counts as "original research", but I've heard this stuff called "Yogurt soda" before, and as no page exists by that name, or, to my understanding, any page with which it might be confused, would it be appropriate to create a redirect page titled "Yogurt soda"? 99.92.20.150 (talk) 08:47, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

External links modified

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Is Bio Salud the same thing?

It looks just like Yakult: http://www.walmart.com/ip/El-Viajero-Bio-Salud-Original-Cultured-Dairy-Beverage-2.1-fl-oz-6-Pack/43285889 Fxm12 (talk) 17:33, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Assessment comment

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Good start on the article, however, more needs to be done on the product, eg, contents and varieties -- Warfreak 09:53, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Last edited at 09:53, 11 June 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 11:01, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Nutritional value

What's the justification for blanking the section on its contents, nutritional value and comparison to national standards re sugar content etc., originally as here? Surely this is a key part of an article on a food product, especially one such as this which makes claims as to its benefits? Andy Dingley (talk) 17:05, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Self-sourced advertising; the content about sugar was WP:SYN. If there are WP:MEDRS sources about these things, please feel free to add content summarizing them. There are no more claims here about health benefits, btw. Jytdog (talk) 17:52, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

MEDRS is not your personal excuse to describe other editors as "leaving shit here". Any more in that vein and you'll be at ANI. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:56, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

This edit violated WP:OR and added 2 dead links to WP, as well as OFFTOPIC content. If you want to go to ANI after doing something so WP:POINTY, knock yourself out. Jytdog (talk) 23:04, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

I have added the ingredients, using the open access MEDRS source that was already there.Jytdog (talk) 23:26, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Board overview (The topic paragraph) edited

Hello. I edited the Board overview (The topic paragraph) based on the Yakult official page, which I think is more informative and also more reliable as source.LANDSCA (talk) 07:22, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

A company's website is not a WP:SECONDARY source, so is not used. --Zefr (talk) 12:44, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Your understanding of sourcing is incorrect. There is no barrier to using non-secondary sources. There are cases, such as where something is contentious, where we require secondary sources, but that still does not exclude primary sources. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:38, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi. Seeing other pages, company’s (or its affiliate’s) websites are used as source, for example, Heineken and Gatorade. The topic paragraph part is not considered contentious, and I think it is better to at least be based on sources even if it is not a secondary source.LANDSCA (talk) 08:31, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Andy Dingley and LANDSCA: The problem with using company website information is 1) some of the content was plagiarized for use in the article, an editor's copyright violation (WP:PLAG; WP:COPYVIO); LANDSCA seems to be in collaboration with ROBATAN (see here; edit note: what the hell is "Board overview"?) to use and promote corporate information, and will be reported to admin; and 2) the content I removed - especially this: "scientifically proven to reach the gut alive. Each bottle contains at least 6.5 billion of Lactobacillus casei Shirota. In 1930, scientist Dr Minoru Shirota, discovered a unique strain of lactic acid bacteria that was robust enough to survive through the intestines" - is not scientifically credible, not verifiable, not peer-reviewed, and not confirmed and published by a reliable secondary medical source, WP:MEDSCI. We adhere to WP:V for the encyclopedia. Use of the company website for scientific information is not suitable. --Zefr (talk) 23:41, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Inappropriate text

The phrase 'Brian's sperm' has been added as a subtitle to the main heading. 88.111.107.42 (talk) 10:40, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Infobox introduced date

Where does the introduction date on the infobox came from. Introduce to where? The data seems to contradict to information inside the article. 58.11.52.234 (talk) 17:47, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Health

About yakult 124.106.233.8 (talk) 10:58, 24 August 2022 (UTC)