Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dormant sensory organ


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The result was   delete. \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 14:17, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Dormant sensory organ

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Listing AfD after a prod tag was placed on the article for the second time. The prod reason was: Appears to be synthesis of a Lovecraft quote and Blavatsky's interpretation of the pineal gland. The sections about vestigial tails, webbed feet and diseases seems to be WP:OR, and unconnected to "sensory organs". decltype (talk) 18:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:SYN and WP:OR/off-topic. The writing about vestigial tails and dormant diseases seems like a WP:OR buildup to an unstated "therefore I think vestigial sensory organs might also exist" (either that or the author doesn't know what "sensory" means). If it's quoting existing research, it should mention the conclusion and give a source. --McGeddon (talk) 18:46, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  -- decltype (talk) 18:52, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, nothing in PubMed, nothing in Google Books or Scholar. Tim Vickers (talk) 19:04, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. each of the sourced ideas mentioned can be added to other articles, if not already there, by the creator. the subject is actually a fascinating area of research. but thats the problem, this is casual research. someones own journey of discovery doesnt qualify as a WP article. I agree that the pineal glands potential is important, etc. a different article, with LOTS of sources from legit science journals, may fly. otherwise, just the contents of the articles on the pineal gland, chakras, the Tuatara, melatonin, etc will suffice for now. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:10, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:OR/WP:SYN. The links provided in 'References' have little or no relevance to the subject of the article. No substantive improvements have been made to the article since the first prod. What is not (or does not seem to be) OR would seem to belong (or already be covered) elsewhere. TheSmuel (talk) 19:25, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Can't find anything scholarly to support. Looks like OR. Fuzbaby (talk) 19:36, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to Third eye or delete. Bearian (talk) 19:37, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: I can't think how you might begin to improve this article - it isn't even about dormant sensory organs (which would be the sort of thing that those blind fish from the deep ocean have)--Elen of the Roads (talk) 21:21, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That's part of the problem, vestigial organs aren't "dormant", they're extinct! :) Tim Vickers (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Whatever :). The article misses evolutionary biology and falls into the realms of Hancock's Atlantean Dolphin Masters I fear.[]Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:18, 29 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Niteshift36 (talk) 14:26, 30 June 2009 (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.