Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Animal body water


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The result was   merge to body water. -- Ed (Edgar181) 16:33, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Animal body water

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There is an existing article for body water. The term "Body Water" an abstraction used in physiology that is conceptually no different between humans and animals. I had proposed a deletion, but it was deleted, without comment, by an IP user. Attaboy (talk) 05:54, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep or merge. Per source searches, the topic itself meets WP:N. The Body water article is presently only about body water in humans, so a merge would require expanding the scope of the Body water article to cover both humans and animals. Outright deletion would be excessive, because this is a notable topic. NorthAmerica1000 11:13, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:59, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * There's nothing in this article that can't be said about body water (as the other article is titled). Maybe I should have proposed a merge, but I didn't see anything worth salvaging out of this article. For instance, the first reference, which is used to write the majority of the article, isn't even talking about the physiological concept of body water. Instead, it's an agricultural education textbook's answer to the question of "Why do animals need water?" The second and third references are in reference to human physiology, so they wouldn't really be applicable in an article talking about body water of animals, in exclusion of humans! You're right, body water article should be modified to clarify when it is specifically talks about body water in the context of humans. However, I can't think of any differences that would exist between humans and other mammals, in regard to body water, with the exception of differing proportions of tissue types. Attaboy (talk) 23:47, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "source searches"? Did you find anything that makes a distinction between animal body water and body water in general? If animal body water is in no way distinct from body water in general, how can this be notable? Attaboy (talk) 23:54, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Source searches are just that. Here's some examples of coverage in books:
 * Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders in Small Animal Practice
 * Essentials of Animal Physiology
 * The Encyclopedia of Farm Animal Nutrition
 * Animal Osmoregulation
 * Animal Nutrition Science
 * – NorthAmerica1000 03:15, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the sources. I read them, but they don't make a distinction between body water in animals compared to humans. Body water is a physiological concept - As such, there's not going to be a notable distinction between animals and humans. Would you be in favor of merging the two articles? 1) Animal body water would be redirected to Body Water, 2) where needed the language of Body water would be clarified to include all animals, and 3) any useful content from Animal body water would be moved into Body water. Attaboy (talk) 05:25, 7 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Merge There are enough similarities to merge it, but it leaves room for an article to be tailored only to human health. Merge anyway, but keep is also acceptable. - Sidelight 12 Talk 00:19, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:32, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 10:11, 22 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Merge per above; humans are animals, after all. ansh 666 05:14, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
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