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Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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I have created Wikipedia articles for dietitians and physicians associated with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics who authored their position papers on vegetarian diets.

Authors: Lydia Sonnenberg, Kathleen Keen Zolber, U. D. Register.

"The American Dietetic Association affirms that a well planned diet, consisting of a variety of largely unrefined plant foods supplemented with some milk and eggs (lacto-ovo vegetarian diet) meets all known nutrient needs. Furthermore, a total plant dietary can be made adequate by careful planning, giving proper attention to specific nutrients which may be in a less available form or in lower concentration or absent in plant foods."

Authors: Suzanne Havala, Johanna Dwyer. Reviewers: Phyllis Acosta, George Eisman, Alice Marsh, Connie Metcalf, Patricia Mutch, U. D. Register, Kathleen Zolber.

"It is the position of The American Dietetic Association that vegetarian diets are healthful and nutritionally adequate when appropriately planned."

Authors: Suzanne Havala, Johanna Dwyer. Reviewers: Phyllis Acosta, Patricia Johnston, Mary Clifford, Winston Craig, Virginia Messina.

"A considerable body of scientific data suggests positive relationships between vegetarian diets and risk reduction for several chronic degenerative diseases and conditions, including obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and some types of cancer. It is the position of The American Dietetic Association that vegetarian diets are healthful and nutritionally adequate when appropriately planned."

Authors: Virginia K. Messina, Kenneth I. Burke. Reviewers: Winston J. Craig, Johanna Dwyer, Suzanne Havala, D. Enette Larson, Reed Mangels, Lenore Hodges, Cyndi Reeser.

"Scientific data suggest positive relationships between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk for several chronic degenerative diseases and conditions, including obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and some types of cancer. Vegetarian diets, like all diets, need to be planned appropriately to be nutritionally adequate. It is the position of The American Dietetic Association (ADA) that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, are nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases."

Authors: Reed Mangels, Virginia Messina, Vesanto Melina.

"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and the Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases."

Authors: Winston J Craig, Reed Mangels.

"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes."

Wikipedia articles need to be created for:

  • Winston J. Craig
  • George Eisman
  • Patricia Johnston
  • D. Enette Larson

Kenneth I. Burke, Mary Clifford, Lenore Hodges, Cyndi Reeser, Connie Metcalf, Patricia Mutch, Lydia Sonnenberg do not qualify for a Wikipedia article as there is a lack of reliable sources that mention them. Psychologist Guy (talk) 20:23, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Earthling Ed (YouTube Channel)

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Youtube channel made by Ed Winters, have not yet found an article made for his Youtube Channel-Earthling Ed, Which I see is a notable contribution to the Vegan Community, been unable to add it in the List of vegan and plant-based media as was advised an article has to exist for it. Anyone much familiar with his Channel. can intitiate an article for it. If there is an existing draft already please advise, so that we may help contribute to its publishing to the mainspace. Villkomoses (talk) 21:51, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ed Winters has a draft, but nobody is working on it. I could probably complete it this year. Psychologist Guy (talk) 11:18, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome ! thanks, hopefully with his books being published , hopefully would add to his WP:RS . Villkomoses (talk) 13:35, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BiteSizedVegan.org(Youtube Channel)

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Youtube channel made by Emily Moran Barwick, have not yet found an article made for her Youtube Channel-BiteSizedVegan.org, Which I see is a notable contribution to the Vegan Community,covers a wide range of contributions from activism to education, been unable to add it in the List of vegan and plant-based media as was advised an article has to exist for it.If there is an existing draft already please advise, so that we may help contribute to its publishing to the mainspace. Cheers! Villkomoses (talk) 21:54, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt a Wikipedia article will ever be created dedicated to a YouTube channel due to lack of sourcing. I find it unlikely that Emily Moran Barwick qualifies for an article at Wikipedia per lack of WP:RS. Psychologist Guy (talk) 11:16, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's Ok, parking it here meantime to marinate, as her contributions to vegan education and awareness is significant to the vegan community. RS will build over time. Villkomoses (talk) 13:38, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
She hasn't been active on YouTube in 8 months, no new videos. Any ideas about that? I noticed a lot of vegan YouTubers are hardly active anymore. YouTube veganism was very popular around 2019-2022 but now seems to have died out. There are not many new influencers. Psychologist Guy (talk) 15:28, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, well Mic the Vegan is not new, but still very active uploading content in YouTube, and he has a good habit of backing his claims and debunks with citations. Seems he has no article too here yet? Villkomoses (talk) 15:59, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I receive emails every month from people in the vegan movement requesting to me to create articles but I don't create them because they are all modern people with very little sourcing. We have about 30 members of WP:VAV but only 4 are active (myself, Maynard, throughthemind etc). I am not really interested in living persons, as a historian 90% of the research I do is on deceased vegetarian and vegan pioneers. I did create a group sandbox but it hasn't been active. You may want to draft these articles yourself. I have my own list of 200+ historical articles to create, I am overloaded. Psychologist Guy (talk) 17:09, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's cool, when you say "they are all modern people with very little sourcing. " do you mean they are not as mentioned by RS? or do you mean these modern vegans cite little sources for their claims?, Though I usually only do minor edits in the VAV articles(minor grammar checks, typos..) currently working on Veganism and vegetarianism in the Philippines and is still a drafts stage. More Veggie power for the Both of us and Cheers! Villkomoses (talk) 07:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is a lack of reliable sourcing for vegan YouTube influencers so most will not be able to have a Wikipedia article per lack of WP:RS. The best sources are newspaper articles or book reviews. An example, Cheap Lazy Vegan has over 800K followers on YouTube but not many reliable sources mention her. It is not possible to create an article. I mostly create historical articles for deceased individuals. However, I have recently created a few articles for current vegan cookbook writers. Thank you for your edits, it is appreciated. Veg Historian (talk) 19:02, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nevertheless, I appreciate your taking the time to look into this, indeed for awhile now the vegan community may have less newspaper articles or book reviews covering as the "mainstream" is mostly still omnivorous at best, and of course newspaper agencies partly being a business has to appeal to the "general " public, so I can understand. hopefully as time goes, the trend will reach a tipping point of change, we are like the 10% after all.. I do hope these wonderful ytube influencers who have made significant contributions to the vegan community and beyond. do not need to be deceased long after as well just to be "noticed" enough..Cheers! Villkomoses (talk) 15:27, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Kristen Bell

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Kristen Bell has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 03:48, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Killing of David Maland listed at Requested moves

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Nomination of List of vegans for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of vegans is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Rollinginhisgrave (talk | contributions) 05:00, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which current vegan chefs or cookbook writers need Wikipedia articles?

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@Classicfilms: @MaynardClark:

I created an article for Richard Makin. Others that may qualify for an article that do not have articles include: Dana Shultz, Doug McNish, Calum Harris and Mark Reinfeld, Katy Beskow, Richard Buckley, Eddie Garza, Madeleine Olivia, Saskia Sidey, Niki Webster. Veg Historian (talk) 18:49, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also Meera Sodha but she is plant-based not vegan. Veg Historian (talk) 18:53, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
All of Meera Sodha's cookbooks have "vegan and vegetarian" in the subtitles, so I think she is ok for this template.-Classicfilms (talk) 04:24, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I will continue 'looking around' for the broad array of often TV-based vegan chefs and cookebook authors. My own thinking would be that some key topics ought to be abstracted from the kinds of issues these vegan writers explore in their cookbooks and in their online videos and TV programs and podcasts.MaynardClark (talk) 19:29, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent, thank you on all counts for raising the issue of cookbooks, cooking shows, cooking podcasts. I've long felt that Julie Sahni should have a page, given how influential Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking was (1985). As for contemporary bloggers/authors - here is my wish list of people who may have enough WP:RS in the future, but I'm not sure about at the moment: Nisha Melvani, Maya Leinenbach, Kiki Nelson, Dora Ramírez, Danielle Brown, Justin P. Moore, Radhi Devlukia-Shetty. The James Beard Media awards (where cookbooks are listed) nominations will come out in May - and that may also offer more possibilities...-Classicfilms (talk) 04:10, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Maya Leinenbach's first book is self-published, but she has a new one by DK press that is only available in German at the moment. However, she has indicated that an English translation is coming.-Classicfilms (talk) 04:15, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Highlighting vegan cookbook and author themes and issues explored

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Beyond recipes, many modern vegan chefs weave in deeper topics, like:

  • Sustainability and environmental impact — how plant-based eating reduces carbon footprints, water use, and deforestation.
  • Health and nutrition — focusing on balanced, nutrient-dense meals without animal products.
  • Cultural fusion and accessibility — blending global flavors, or creating budget-friendly, simple meals.
  • Animal rights and ethical food choices — making the moral case for veganism.
  • Inclusivity and dietary needs — tackling gluten-free, allergen-friendly, or whole-food approaches within veganism.

Ron Pickarski’s three-pass method is a thoughtful way to absorb a cookbook — the first read "like a novel" for philosophy about food (how they think and feel about food) feels especially valuable; then the second time to look for recipes to MAYBE try, then bookmarking and/or noting them; and finally, to selectively work through the recipes that he wants to try.. Many vegan chefs today seem to position themselves not just as recipe developers, but as food storytellers and advocates.MaynardClark (talk) 19:29, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your post made me think about Michael Pollan if we push this discussion to the Plant-based diet template-particularly Cooked. No doubt his statement: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants" helped to shape the current plant-based movement. He isn't yet on the plant-based template, but I've often wondered if he should be.-Classicfilms (talk) 04:21, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lindsay Wagner

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@Classicfilms: @MaynardClark: @Throughthemind:

Lindsay Wagner authored a vegan cookbook in 1990 "The High Road to Health: A Vegetarian Cookbook" [1]. Although vegetarian was in the title, the cookbook was vegan. On Reddit 10 years ago somebody posted that Wagner returned to eating meat over a health condition [2]. I think it would be worthwile to add mention of Wagner's cookbook to her article but we need further sourcing on her own diet. Between 1991 and 1994, Wagner was giving vegetarian cooking lessons. I presume she was only vegetarian for a few years sadly but any additional sourcing would be useful. Veg Historian (talk) 01:54, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lindsay Wagner did indeed author The High Road to Health: A Vegetarian Cookbook in 1990, which was vegan despite the title’s use of "vegetarian." She also gave vegetarian cooking lessons from 1991 to 1994. However, after 1994, there’s limited information about her dietary choices. While a Reddit post suggests she may have returned to eating meat due to health reasons, further sourcing is needed to verify this. Additional research would help clarify her dietary preferences after the early 90s. MaynardClark (talk) 02:03, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have just managed to find the sourcing. Wagner was still a vegetarian in 1998, found a source on that as she wrote the foreword for the 3rd edition of the Vegetarian Resource Group's Guide to National Foods Restaurants [3]. However, she gave it up in 1999 and added fish and poultry to her diet [4]. She still avoids dairy though. Veg Historian (talk) 02:06, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Tsk tsk! The philosophical problem of evil is so pervasive. So, is the Lindsay Wagner article still in the project? MaynardClark (talk) 02:10, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes anything related to veganism or vegetarianism including ex-veg persons should be included in the Project. I will update Wagner's article. If you know of any other actor and actress who authored veg cookbooks that are not mentioned on Wikipedia let us know. But we have covered most of them and I have spent a lot of time researching such cookbooks in the past. I used to own over 200 veg cookbooks, but I sold them all. Most of the cookbooks are on archive. If you want to check out Wagner's cookbook you can borrow it [5]. Having read it myself, it isn't that great. She fell into the "all fat is bad" myth. John A. McDougall was largely responsible for promoting that. Veg Historian (talk) 02:28, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Maynard, whilst we are on the topic of cookbooks, do you have any information about Janet Hunt? She is one of few cookbook authors to have authored many on vegetarianism. For example she authored A Vegetarian in the Family in 1984 and The Compassionate Gourmet: The Very Best of International Vegan Cuisine in 1986. In total I think she authored around 12 veg cookbooks which is impressive. The only thing I have seen about her so far is her birthdate 1942 and she was a member of the The Vegan Society. Is she still alive? Some research would be useful here. I will look tomorrow. Veg Historian (talk) 03:15, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you covered most of the discussion. However, I think that there needs to be a broader sense of what is and what is not included. Some of the most influential US cookbook authors are what I would now call "Plant-Based" rather than fully vegetarian and it's not an issue. I'm thinking of Deborah Madison, Frances Moore Lappé, Mollie Katzen etc. In fact, Madhur Jaffrey wrote a highly influential vegetarian cookbook, while she is not a vegetarian herself. In addition, the term "vegetarian" itself is layered - people in some parts of the world would only define a vegetarian diet as one that excludes eggs and plant-based items that serve as "mock" meat, as well as meat, fish etc. If someone wrote a cookbook that had an impact on the history of vegetarianism, it should be included if it was influential. The question really becomes, how notable was Wagner's book? While I remember the book itself, I'm not sure it was as influential as say Linda McCartney's cookbooks (and eventual food company). -Classicfilms (talk) 03:38, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
And I should add that I was a huge fan of The Bionic Woman, and thus of Wagner as well. So my question is ideological rather than stemming from a personal opinion.-Classicfilms (talk) 03:42, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Scope of Nonkilling article

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Currently, the article Nonkilling largely deals only with the political facet of the concept as put forth by the Center for Global Nonkilling. Nonkilling, however, is a traditional and age-old philosophical concept of the Indian Subcontinent, appearing in ancient literature starting from the Vedas, where it originates from the concept of karma and ahimsa and gives rise to the culture of the region, including sattvic dietary concepts, vegetarianism, nonviolence, animal rights, altruism, etc. gradually morphing into modern forms such as veganism, anti-war movement, world peace, abolition of capital punishment, etc. That said, all these facets should be discussed under the scope of this article. The article needs to be expanded to include all these and other generic concepts. Seeking input from other editors and regular contributors on these subjects. Thanks. Rasnaboy (talk) 03:13, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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