Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/== Maternal influence on sex determination ==


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   Keep following withdrawn nomination. Pastor Theo (talk) 01:11, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Maternal influence on sex determination

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This is basically a short essay about the possibility of maternal influence on sex determination (presumably human or mammal). The article is not so much a summary of the existing literature as a blurb you might find in the weekend section of the newspaper. There is a whiff of original research in the sentence "Two references cast serious doubt on this simplistic assumption and a Web site presents some information contradicting the conclusion." (The web site is a personal web page containing four paragraphs on the subject.) Contested prod. ... disco spinster   talk  19:40, 6 August 2009 (UTC) This article was supposed to be a simple renaming of the earlier article "Who determines the sex of a child?" to make it more like an encyclopedia entry, but not being fluent in Wikipedese, the article disappeared, so I had to reconstruct it. As far as deleting the PROD label, that seems to be what I should do if I don't think the article should be deleted; I wouldn't have submitted it otherwise. It was my intention to point out that The Web, as well as numerous high school and college biology courses, conclude that the male determines the sex of the child without presenting any real evidence. This article, as it now stands, may not be any more than a personal essay, but I hoped that informed Wikipedia users would add relevant content so that it would evolve into a genuine encyclopedia article. Wikipedia just may not be the proper place for this, but I would like you to consider leaving the article in place for more than a few more days to see what happens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Curiousranger (talk • contribs) 16:05, 7 August 2009 (UTC)   I would sign this if I knew how - Curiousranger.
 * Delete. interesting information, but this is a personal essay, and far from encyclopedic. It's also a recreation of the deleted page Who determines the sex of a child?, although that was deleted through PROD. There is no ban on recreating prod-deleted pages, but the prod just expired yesterday; it seems like poor form to simply repost it again under a new title. Hairhorn (talk) 20:02, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: Per WP:OR. Joe Chill (talk) 23:23, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge any good content into a relevant related article, and delete. &mdash; DroEsperanto (talk) 23:57, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * KeepThis article provides a starting place for a subject I couldn't find elsewhere in Wikipedia. I've updated the entry slightly and would like the opportunity to add additional information at a later date. abbey (talk) 05:18, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Content is interesting, references build up, article builds up. Merging is possible. That the author could not protect his/her rights (to keep the article earlier) is our fault, not his/her. Constructive editing is not to be bashed like that ! Materialscientist (talk) 04:34, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - an article could be created from this stub. It's not that much of a mess. Bearian (talk) 21:05, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Withdraw nomination — Since abbey's improvements to the article, I don't think that my nominating comments apply anymore. ...  disco spinster   talk  23:12, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.