Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of common diseases


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The result was  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 03:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

List of common diseases

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 * del "list of common, well-known or infamous diseases" as an unreferenced POV list: who says that they are "common or infamous"? There exist a technical definition of rare disease, and correspondingly there are List of rare diseases and List of diseases. But there is no formal definition of "common" or "infamous" disease (with the notable exception of Common Cold. :-) `'mikka 18:00, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Massively unmaintainable list. Any list that has a disclaimer about it, such as "This is neither complete nor authoritative" as in this case, should not be on Wikipedia. --Hemlock Martinis 03:24, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.   -- SkierRMH 20:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. What is "common" supposed to mean? No clear criteria for discriminating between the common, uncommon, rare and exceptional. Possibly a redirect to List of diseases will be feasible. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:20, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete POV list. How are acne, ageing and obesity considered diseases? Unless they are caused by some other disease, by themselves their disease status is debatable. --Candy-Panda 13:29, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Aging, repetitive strain injury and headaches are not diseases. Kuru is certainly not a common disease. Moreover, any article that has a single sentence referring to "various sources in the Wikipedia, and public domain resources." as its sole references is in serious trouble. TimVickers 03:12, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


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