Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Controversies related to the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak


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The result was redirect to 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak. Tone 21:43, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Controversies related to the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak

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This is a fork from the main 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak article. Half of it repeats what's at Misinformation related to the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak. The remainder lumps together two very different things, which could come under other articles. It's barely getting any editing attention, unlike all the other coronavirus articles. WP:CRIT argues against having "Controversies of..." articles. Let's delete this and any useful text can be moved elsewhere. Bondegezou (talk) 19:24, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Health and fitness-related deletion discussions. Bondegezou (talk) 19:24, 26 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete strange lumping of very unrelated stuff. There's nothing here that wouldn't be better off merged to Wuhan Institute of Virology, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, and 2020 Summer Olympics. buidhe 20:06, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Controversies only somewhat related, and some of them are probably WP:UNDUE to be mentioned in an article, like the rather bizarre one included comparing the incorrectly assumed Wuhan lab logo to the Resident Evil franchise. Hog Farm (talk) 20:30, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment This is a ragtag collection of incidences related to the Covid-19 outbreak, some of them speculations and should probably be placed under the misinformation article, and it's too early to tell if the Olympics will be controversial. Probably only one item listed can be considered a true controversy, putting the rest under controversies may be WP:OR. However, I think a controversy article may be warranted if there are sufficient content and enough coverage of such controversies, and I can think of a couple of things not listed that might be considered controversial, but as it is, there isn't sufficient content. Deletion is possible, but I also think a redirect is worth considering. Hzh (talk) 22:15, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Controversy as a separate page is awkward and no one knows which fit in misinformation and which fit in controversy. Recommend merging some of the items into the misinformation piece, putting some back in the main piece, and deleting the rest with undue weight.Newslack (talk) 22:36, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete (or merge if topic editors think there's anything useful here). Ill-advised at best. -- Visviva (talk) 22:38, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete this fringe. ⌚️ (talk) 23:11, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Content is not related to each other and should be add to their separate pages if needed. --Efly (talk) 04:32, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, but keep edit history in case someone wants to merge content. Does look like a content fork with content to be merged elsewhere, but not a "POV fork".My very best wishes (talk) 18:37, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * redirect per My very best wishes--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 11:52, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * As nominator, I'm fine with this redirect suggestion. Bondegezou (talk) 15:35, 29 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Redirect The page would be useful later on if content needs to be merged to it. Sleath56 (talk) 16:54, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect So that history is maintained.FobTown (talk) 18:04, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia with factual information. for those who wanna talk about gossip, controversies or unverified news, please do so in gossip magazines. Chongkian (talk) 06:46, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:OR or WP:SYNTH Lightburst (talk) 01:31, 4 March 2020 (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.