Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Announcement of Polio vaccine success


 * 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. After cleanups, any apparent MOS and other WP guidelines issues have been fixed. (non-admin closure) WaddlesJP13 (talk &#124; contributions) 06:06, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Announcement of Polio vaccine success

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Article written like a news story that only represents the US and duplicates a very specific topic covered at Polio vaccine and Jonas Salk. May also potentially be a copyvio which was detected by the page curation tool. WaddlesJP13 (talk &#124; contributions) 02:15, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Health and fitness-related deletion discussions. WaddlesJP13 (talk &#124; contributions) 02:15, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. WaddlesJP13 (talk &#124; contributions) 02:15, 3 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep: This page should not be deleted because basically none of the reasons stated are true and accurate and are mere assertions. Nor is there anything wrong with using valid citations that may have been removed by editors from other related articles in years past or in restating some facts and sources used in some current articles. This is a new topic about a noteworthy historical event, with most of the sources from books or other reliable publications.--Light show (talk) 02:51, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Clarifying on my first claim, the article is written like a news story or documentary script and does not have an encyclopedic tone with section headers such as "From fear to celebration" and "Global acceptance and hope". Secondly, you removed the globalization tag with the comment "Removed globalization tag as inaccurate and not discussed. Article has many references to other countries." However, the lead section states "After preliminary results in 1954, when polio was killing more American children than any other infectious disease..." Furthermore, discussion is not needed for tag applications and they are applied by new page reviewers and other editors. Finally, there's other apparent issues with the article, such as in the lead section, where the article starts with no proper introduction. Since the article is such a specific topic, the title does not fit anywhere in the lead section, which it is widely accepted to be how lead sections start. This article is much better off just included as a section within the article of another, more wide topic such as Polio vaccine. WaddlesJP13 (talk &#124; contributions) 04:35, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * To your points: Anyone can edit the tone or at least discuss section headings. Unfortunately, this was an American event, with apparently no reporters from other countries present, including the U.K. Likewise, the only published figures about polio cases in other countries, if there were any reports about them at that time, are unknown or unpublished. The lead was rephrased. Again, anyone can edit, so there's no reason to take out a chainsaw to an article when simple conversation or edits can be made. As for seeming newsy, being that it was a news event, it relies on mostly published books and similar documents covering an event sixty-six years ago. In contrast, Covid pandemic is 100% current news.
 * BTW, I once changed my user name years ago. Have you likewise ever edited with another name? I'm curious, since your edits and deletion requests are pretty impressive for a 16-year-old. --Light show (talk) 05:14, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I've made further inspections and cleanups to the article and it appears to not have any more apparent MOS issues or any other guideline issues. I will close the discussion as keep. And in response the your second comment, this is the only account name I have ever used. WaddlesJP13 (talk &#124; contributions) 06:03, 3 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Merge to Polio vaccine - This looks like it could be easily included in the Polio vaccine article as opposed to having its own separate article. --MuZemike 04:01, 3 August 2021 (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.