Negative Article on Wikipedia

[Dan M]

A friend of mine sent this the other day. No doubt my post will be deleted, but I am a supporter of Dr. McDougall, his work, and the program. Stuff like what's written on the page that's linked below is annoying to see.
Is there a way to get it corrected? I know, I can edit it, but they will probably change it back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._McDougall

[Dougalling]

Hi
I clicked on the lock icon at the top of the wiki article and saw this:

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You place {{Edit semi-protected}} at the beginning of your 'talk' response.
and
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Just ~~~~

Since the article has been there for so long, I would use:
If the page in question and its talk page are both protected, please make your edit request at Wikipedia:Request for edit instead

[JeffN]

This has been covered many times. You are welcome to try again but we run into the same problem each time

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=57596

In Health
Jeff

[John McDougall]

To set the record straight. (Unfortunately, I lost the article, a book review, from Kurt Butler and my response in the New York Times (NYT) in the CA wildfires of 2017.) Kurt Butler is the primary source of evidence behind the Wikipedia piece (see reference 10).

But as I remember: Butler was an unemployed beach bum from Hawaii with no credentials. The NYT book reviewers were eager for any articles that defamed another book (the editor admitted this to me), and that they did no investigation as to the source of my critique (Butler). I showed them the evidence in person on a visit to their New York offices. As a slight token of apology the NYT let me write a rebuttal to the original review; which is against the usual policy of the NYT book review section.

The Wikipedia piece claims of deficiencies from The McDougall Diet (B12 added) are false, and the science of old and new proves that. If you are in doubt read the newsletter articles and books I have written and review the evidence I cited for yourself.

John McDougall, MD