User talk:Meesier42

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I am not the same user as WatermanFF or any of the variations of that name. I have no monetary interest in the company. I openly admit that I am a staunch supporter of the fins they produce, but I do my best not to allow that to affect my objectivity of the subject. There is simply too much opinion on the topic and too little real data, in my discussions with more than one author of the published data, they have openly admitted that their "scientific process" was badly flawed by funding and lack of implementing the tenets of exercise theory. Exercise theory clearly states that no matter how easy, difficult or awkward, a human can become extremely efficient at any movement with practice. This applies to fins, as changing the fins that a diver is using requires a retraining of the muscles and without an effective period of acclimatization the data will show poor performance, in 10 years of objective analysis, I have found the plateau with fins occurs at about 4-6 hours of use, although this use may be periodic, it must be uncorrupted by use of different fins. I have read every scientific study I can get my hands on with great interest and have had discussions with the primary authors of many of them. The study that I cite for the function of the FF's was an independent study performed at San Diego State University by a non-sponsored doctoral graduate. The findings were reproduced on the ForceFin website with permission from the author and I am attempting to track down the original publishing date and source.

WatermanFF

Are you the same editor as WatermanFF2 (talk · contribs) and WatermanFF3 (talk · contribs)?

If so, please read WP:Sockpuppet, particularly the sections Legitimate uses of alternate accounts and Alternate account notification, then please tag each page per the instructions. I'm happy to help out if there's anything you don't understand.

If not, then please review your edit to Swimfin. I should draw your attention to the requirement that questionable statements of fact must be verifiable from reliable third-party published sources – the manufacturer's website is not acceptable for that. It is perfectly acceptable to cite a manufacturer's website to source facts about the manufacturer, or their opinions of themselves. Claims which are of a scientific or medical nature will need to be backed up by reference to studies published in peer-reviewed journals, or similar. I'm happy to help you in improving the encyclopedia in any way I can, but material which appears promotional and has no reliable source to substantiate it will be removed. --RexxS (talk) 10:09, 11 February 2010 (UTC)