Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chemical sterilisation


 * 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 redirect to Sterilization (microbiology). Liz Read! Talk! 08:05, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Chemical sterilisation

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This is redundant. It tries to cover two subjects that already have their own articles. Balnibarbarian (talk) 19:24, 24 October 2022 (UTC) I'll rework it, then. Balnibarbarian (talk) 12:20, 26 October 2022 (UTC) Actually, there is already a disambiguation page for sterilization.Balnibarbarian (talk) 12:36, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2022 October 24.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 19:37, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: This is a very badly structured disambiguation page. I suggest either keeping it and rewriting it to match the structure of a disambiguation page or redirecting it to the more well-known meaning (probably making people infertile). RPI2026F1 (talk) 20:32, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep, and convert to WP:DAB. SailingInABathTub 🛁 22:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sterilization Sterilization (microbiology). The content currently on the page reads like dictionary content (WP:NOTDICT) and the dab at sterilization already covers the topics here. There doesn't seem to be enough unique content about chemical sterilization to demand a separate dab, seems reasonable to WP:DABCOMBINE. Dylnuge  (Talk • Edits) 19:37, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Chemical castration should probably be added to that dab if this is done though (as a hatnote or see also). Chemical castration isn't a form of sterilization scientifically speaking, but in common usage sterilize (in the medical biology sense) and castrate are sometimes used as interchangable synonyms. Dylnuge  (Talk • Edits) 16:04, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm also fine with Sterilization (microbiology) as a redirect target here. It's been established that Sterility (physiology) has no mention of chemical sterilization and Chemosterilant seems like it might be an intention but I don't know enough about the topic to be sure and either way the first article seems like the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. Dylnuge  (Talk • Edits) 02:43, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. A content fork. We have sterilization (microbiology) covering this subject.My very best wishes (talk) 03:13, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sterilization (microbiology). The proposed disambiguation page does not work because the other article (Sterility (physiology)) does not mention the word "chemical" anywhere so would fail WP:DABMENTION, and I agree with everyone else that the current content fails as an article. I don't strongly object to targeting the disambiguation page Sterilization instead, but think the microbiology target is slightly better. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:10, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sterilization (microbiology), per * Pppery *. SailingInABathTub 🛁 20:26, 30 October 2022 (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.