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[edit] Welcome!

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[edit] Asian giant hornet

Is VAAM a scientific or marketing name? The inclusion of an athlete's feelings counts sounds like product endorsement, so I removed that. Widefox 16:48, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Vespa amino acid mixture is used in both the National Geographic story (itself a distillation of the TV program) and in other studies (such as this PubMed article and one at the L’Institut de l’Information Scientifique et Technique). Searching for its acronym, VAAM, gets you a lot of supplement ads/websites but a few relevant entries as well. I would argue that hoodia is mentioned in venues both promotional and scientific, too. By the way, you added a {{cn}} but missed the fact that it said "liquid liquid".

As for the athlete's claim, it was a statement of fact (that she believes it worked). While it may ultimately have been a product endorsement, the first study above claims "a significant effect on the respiratory exchange ratio and ratings of perceived exertion", and the second said the VAAM may have provided "energy sources for muscles during exercise." So I may restore it with these citations when I revisit the article. — VoxLuna ^(talk)  22:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

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OK VAAM is marketing term.

An athlete's claim is not scientific and is hearsay. I have removed it, as it is product endorsement. Wikipedia is not a space for advertising claims or product endorsement. As an athlete and scientist myself, I am not happy with the inclusion of any of these preliminary studies without a balance, or knowing if the studies are paid for by the companies. "Vespa amino acid mixture" does not sound scientific - usually the active ingredient will be identified and used, so I am very sceptical. Sugar is energy, but it needs no special mention in Sugar. Widefox 00:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Queen Mary

Looks better to me! Ditch mine! --SFoskett 16:27, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I uploaded the original to Wikicommons, added a few bells and whistles (geolocation, etc), and replaced the one in the article. Thanks! — VoxLuna ^{T / C}