Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gut origin of chronic diseases


 * 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. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:13, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Gut origin of chronic diseases

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Declined prod some sources added but previous concerns still remain. The article is about a theory derived from only one primary source. Unlikely to meet meet WP:GNG, in that there are no third-party sources which discuss this scientific theory. Although, the subject is likely notable, the theory (which this article is about) is primary research. France 3470  ( talk ) 08:23, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:48, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:48, 23 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Essentially a fringe medical theory (that a wide variety of chronic diseases are caused by disturbances in the gut flora).  The paper that is the article's sole source was published in a journal with an impact factor under 3 (and for which we have no article) and has received only a sole citation in Scopus (to a review that itself has no citations).  If the author had notability sufficient for a page, this might warrant a redirect, but as that's not the case... Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 19:42, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as fringe OR. Wikipedia should be careful not to have medical information on its pages that may mislead. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:14, 23 November 2011 (UTC).
 * Delete - interesting, but Wikipedia is not a publisher of original research, and this is not notable enough to include as a fringe theory. Bearian (talk) 19:41, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Interesting stuff but not notable in and of itself. Might be the start to some new thinking in microbiology but until it is, it's not needed here.  N o f o rmation  Talk  21:08, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
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