Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doctor handwriting


 * 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 merge to Medical prescription. (non-admin closure) buidhe 15:08, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Doctor handwriting

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The old trope of doctors bad handwriting is, well, a trope. It's not encyclopedic and rarely are stereotypes notable outside of a historic context. Praxidicae (talk) 16:05, 14 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge into Medical_prescription which is actually quite an important issue. See TIME which explains that this killed about 7,000 people each year in the US. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:45, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I looked at that source but could not find the citation to the actual report, can someone post a link to the report? Erkin Alp Güney 19:39, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:47, 14 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge Seconded the merger into Medical_prescription as Andrew stated that this is an important issue and I think the article in question could benefit from this article should it be merged with it. Pahiy (talk) 16:51, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Preserve . There would be no serious academic studies in doctor handwriting, if bad doctor handwriting were just a stereotypic problem. I see you have not read the cited references thoroughly. I have also addressed the opposing sources in a section in the article. Erkin Alp Güney 17:27, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Not limited to prescriptions: https://i.redd.it/t89l4ivkh6z21.jpg Erkin Alp Güney 17:31, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Here, a supposedly Russian-speaking doctor fills the patient's record book by writing "iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"... into the diagnosis field. Erkin Alp Güney 17:33, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, we don't rely on anything reddit has to say. Praxidicae (talk) 18:23, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I linked to an image as an example, not the discussion as a proof. Erkin Alp Güney 18:24, 14 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge to Medical_prescription. Per nomination, I agree that this is a “trope” and not necessarily worthy of its own article. However, it does deserve some coverage being a well-known trope, and it easily has a place at Medical_prescription as others have suggested. Since the article is brief, this could easily be accomplished without sacrificing too much content.  Woerich   (talk)   14:53, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * The citation I have added in the last edit shows that this is not the case, telling that it is intentionally unreadable. Erkin Alp Güney 14:53, 15 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge to Medical prescription per WP:PAGEDECIDE. I think this topic warrants coverage, but not an individual page. Hog Farm (talk) 23:20, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Not limited to prescriptions. See post of mine above.Erkin Alp Güney 13:49, 15 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge as per above. No need for a standalone article when it can be fully covered within an existing article. Natureium (talk) 14:52, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge as per above. Certainly a valid search term as a cultural phenom. Already covered at redirect target. If a merge is needed, please ping me. (gratuitous comment. EMR's have eliminated this problem where they are used.) -- Deep fried okra  User talk:Deepfriedokra 16:23, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge backwards i.e. move the content from Medical prescription into Doctor handwriting. Doctor handwriting has now become longer and more detailed than Medical prescription. Erkin Alp Güney 14:21, 17 April 2020 (UTC) link fixed 16:37, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Struck duplicate, you don't get to vote twice...revise your original. Reywas92Talk 19:52, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Not a vote "the deletion process is a discussion and not a vote", says the guide. Erkin Alp Güney 08:57, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * In addition, discussion entries are not meant to be edited. Undone the strikethrough for you. 08:59, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * "Do not make conflicting recommendations; if you change your mind, modify your original recommendation rather than adding a new one. The recommended way of doing this is to use strike-through by enclosing a retracted statement between and after the *, as in "• Delete Keep"." "You can explain your earlier recommendation in response to others but do not repeat a bolded recommendation on a new bulleted line." You are being disruptive. Reywas92Talk 18:00, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I don’t think is being disruptive. That comment comes across as needlessly aggressive.   Woerich   (talk)   01:33, 19 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge per above, does not necessitate a separate page, can be covered there. Reywas92Talk 19:52, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge per WP:SNOW, good arguments. Bearian (talk) 02:35, 21 April 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.