Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of acupuncture points


 * 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   Keep.  Syn  ergy 01:09, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

List of acupuncture points

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This may be useful, but it's not obviously so, and this seemed a good place to get thoughts on it. It seems, frankly, like something that could far better be handled by an image, which would show where these randm names corresonded to. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 19:35, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep As a way of indexing these points, the list seems useful, even though few of the points have articles right now. It sorts the points by type, which would be harder to do in a diagram. Comment: Are these Traditional Chinese Medicine points, Five Elements points, or what? (Those are the variants of acupuncture that I am aware of, there are probably more.) I also wonder a little whether this would be more appropriate for some other Wiki - Wikisource, maybe? Brianyoumans (talk) 19:43, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I could see it on Wiktionary. It's defining terms, after all. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 19:56, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ow. Trying "conception vessel #1" sure did hurt. Mandsford (talk) 20:37, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You owe me a new keyboard, Mandsford. I just shot Dr Pepper out my nose onto it. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 21:04, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * "Dr. Pepper Red Fusion" was bad enough, but Dr. Pepper Green Fusion is... never mind, send me the bill. Mandsford (talk) 22:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete As you all know, Wikipedia is not a game of definitions. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 21:04, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve per below. Granted, I know bupkis about acupuncutre, but the comments below have me convinced that it must be expandable beyond a game of definitions. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 22:46, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and improve. As a bare list like this,its relatively meaningless. If it describes them, as the first few lines do, or even better maps to a drawing, then it's meaningful and relevant content as a supplement to the other acupuncture articles. I'm sure its sourceable in any book on the subject, but it would probably be necessary to know Chinese characters to find the information. DGG (talk) 21:23, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and finish improving. I encourage including an image however I lack the knowledge to do so at this point. I find the definitions, the spacing in cun to be very useful as a way of conceptualizing acupuncture points. I however lack knowledge on the points to say which tradition these points are relevant to, so I would encourage later revisions to state such as well. rkmlai (talk) 22:31, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep -- A billion people believe in this system. Desperately needs some diagrams of the meridians.  Geo Swan (talk) 23:13, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  00:12, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions.   —Geo Swan (talk) 01:16, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Lists like this one make a great starting point for an expert on the subject to start writing articles.--Parthian Scribe 01:34, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - acupuncturepoints are a world-heritage, so they are relevant not only in medicine, but also in history. 217.237.123.231 (talk) 12:59, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a useful and well-referenced list. Axl  ¤  [Talk]  18:40, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. There's much more than definition going on here:  anatomical location, local anatomy and innervation, indications per TCM, contraindications, needling technique specific to each point, and research findings, as well as Chinese name and Western translation.  Redlinking to the names was overdoing it, but at some point I could see articles for at least some of the more notable individual points.  Lots more V RS's can be added here; I have dozens of them and will add them when I have time, but as it is there are enough.  (BTW, I hope no one is contemplating going on a deletion rampage with acupuncture topics comparable to the one that happened a few months ago with homeopathy.  Such overzealousness, however well-intended, never ends well.)  --Jim Butler (t) 19:43, 24 October 2008 (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.