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Recent removal

Regarding this recent removal and edit summary "this quote or any mention of electrohomeopathy or Mattei is nowhere in the ref" [1]. This is not accurate.

The paper can be read here in full [2]. On page 238 we find:

"The electro-homeopathic system is an invention of Count Mattei who prates of "red," "blue," and "green" electricity, a theory that, in spite of its utter idiocy, has attracted a considerable following and earned a large fortune for its chief promoter".

On this article, the removed text contained a quote which was "The electrohomeopathic system is an invention of Count Mattei who prates of "red," "blue," and "green" electricity, a theory that has attracted a considerable following and earned a large fortune for its chief promoter".

A user [3] removed "in spite of its utter idiocy" which is dishonest editing. Old versions of the article contain the full quote [4]. I suggest we restore the full quote and not the dishonest cherry-picking of the quote. Psychologist Guy (talk) 12:06, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The source you added twice was [5] which is a different source than the one above and it did not contain the quote. Sjö (talk) 06:43, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct, sorry about that. The confusion stems from the fact this is a 2-part article. The paper that was originally on the article for a long time was the "concluded" version which didn't contain the quote. Psychologist Guy (talk) 07:07, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article could be expanded. Search on Hathitrust or JSTOR for "Matteism", many other historical sources exist. For example, journals of the time dismissed it at quackery [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11] etc. These may not all be reliable but a lot of sources exist that mention "Matteism", it is what electrohomeopathy was originally known as. I will have a look for other sources on this at a later date. Psychologist Guy (talk) 07:23, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unreliable source

The website electropathy.info fails WP:RS; I suggest that we remove this source from the article which is currently being used in the lead. The source was added by Vedantsethia who may have a WP:COI with this website as seen from their talk-page. Psychologist Guy (talk) 12:32, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Recent removal

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