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Health Benefits of the Natural Squatting Position

I added an external link to Health Benefits of the Natural Squatting Position. It elaborates on most of the points discussed in the article, and seems to be the prime reference used in its creation. Someone deleted the link, citing WP:LINKS. I would respectfully request some more opinions on this. --Jonathan108 (talk) 01:22, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, it is kind of sketchy. That website is selling a product, and contains purported health benefits, which is an obvious conflict of interests. If you could track down their references, it would be much better.70.179.20.157 (talk) 01:50, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

There are 41 references listed at the end, plus many more embedded in the article. I suggest you check enough of them to satisfy yourself as to the article's reliability and legitimacy.--Jonathan108 (talk) 10:37, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Biased

This article seems biased against the sitting method. The picture indicates that Romans "squatted" on the toilets, but even looking at the picture, it seems unlikely. Everything I had seen (including a "demonstration" by Michael Palin in "Sahara") describes the little trough in front as flowing with water for washing hands while sitting on the opening; this would be impossible in the diagram shown with the person all the way up. One reference that states that sitting began in the 19th Century with indoor plumbing seems to ignore that people sat in outhouses, can't see someone squatting over one of those; the reference cited goes back to the mentioned doctor which claims benefits from squatting, so I question the authority of the citation.75.88.41.182 (talk) 01:10, 28 January 2009 (UTC)