Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Burning Sensation in Throat


 * 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   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:19, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Burning Sensation in Throat

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Title is extremely generic, and Wikipedia is not a medical guide, or a how to guide. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 10:40, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete inadequate sources are a problem on any Wikipedia article. This is a particular problem on a medical article that gives a drug-based treatment. Without verifiable sources, it would be easy to mislead readers and the consequences in this case could be serious. Verifiability does not guarantee correctness, but it seems especially important here. The issues Bwilkins mentions in the nomination are, of course, also concerns. Sparthorse (talk) 10:45, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete for all the reasons that Sparthorse listed. I'd like to add that Wikipedia is not Web MD. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 11:18, 20 November 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79
 * Delete for above reasons. This type of page doesn't belong on Wikipedia.  —Entropy (T/C) 11:19, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * redirect to Odynophagia. The topic is valid enough, even if content is dubious. In any case title should be lower cased.  Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:32, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. The only problem with redirecting it is that there doesn't seem to be a huge reason for it. I don't know that many people would really be typing in "burning sensation in throat" on Wikipedia. I did a quick search and we don't have any redirects for things such as "tingling in arm", "pain in chest", or any other description of symptoms. There's really no reason for a redirect, in my opinion. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 04:30, 21 November 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79
 * On the other hand, we do have an article at Chest pain. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:18, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 18:12, 20 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - fails WP:NOTHOWTO/ Agree with all the Delete opinions above - WP is not a place for medical guides, and in any case it fails WP:V. Obvious delete. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:54, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hopeless WP:HOWTO. JFW &#124; T@lk  19:13, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete for reasons described above. AFAICT, this is a (self explanatory?) symptom of other conditions. The treatments described are actually the treatments of the condition causing the sensation. Article is  irredeemably confused and incomplete. I could suggest its sister article might be sore toe.Pit-yacker (talk) 22:02, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to sore throat. What's here now isn't useful for us, but it's not a completely implausible search term, and redirects are cheap. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 16:51, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
 * That sounds a better place. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:32, 21 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as it fails WP:NOTHOWTO and agree with all other deletes above. No need for a redirect for the reason Tokyogirl79 gives above. Osarius : T : C : Been CSD'd? 19:20, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a how-to or medical guide, as mentioned above. Whether a redirect from this title (or from Burning sensation in throat) should exists is a separate issue; the content here does not need preserved or merged. —C.Fred (talk) 03:06, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Not only is Wikipedia not a medical guide, the advice here is so flawed and incomprehensible, it is dangerous - suggest early closure as WP:SNOWBALL Arjayay (talk) 18:54, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per WP:HOWTO. JoshyDinda (talk) 19:11, 27 November 2011 (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.