Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of miscellaneous topics related to alternative medicine

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was title redirected to Index of topics in alternative medicine. Cyrius|&#9998; 05:34, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

List of miscellaneous topics related to alternative medicine
There is no reason for both this and Index of topics in alternative medicine to exist. Snowspinner 22:19, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * Delete, redundant/duplicate page, no redirect. Megan1967 06:38, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, do not redirect. Gazpacho 06:40, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * KEEP I just edited this List to make the introduction consistent with the new name. This article  happens to be an index or list of other articles on alternative medicine. It happens to be part of a set of 5 Lists called the Core Project Lists and Articles of the Wikiproject on Alternative Medicine. Together these 5 Lists provide a master list of alternative medicine topics.  What does this list do?  Quoting Categories, lists, and series boxes: "Lists have a substantial advantage over categories and series boxes in that they can be annotated. A list can include items that do not yet have an article, and can also show series or groups where the items would be completely separate on the category page. A well-annotated list may duplicate a category, but not be redundant with it.". That is precisely what this List does for miscellaneous topics in alternative medicine. The key difference betweeny this list and Index of topics in alternative medicine is that this list as the quote states above includes items that do not yet have an article.  In other words, it is how the project on alternative medicine is suggesting what new articles can be written by any editor.  Index of topics in alternative medicine lists only articles currently existing on Wikipedia. -- John Gohde 13:48, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * It is not accidental that I did not list five CAM lists on VfD. List articles are fine. I love list articles. Miscellaneous topics, index of topics, and terms and concepts, however, do not have any clear difference among them, thus two of the three should go. Snowspinner 14:02, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Each of the 5 lists covers a different topic. As the guideline you have been referring me to lately states, lists can make suggestions for new articles that can be written. That is what this List does. You could merge the red color open links into the Index as those are articles that have not been written yet.  But, I see no reason to mess with it.  It is fine just the way it is. -- John Gohde 14:26, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * You are misunderstanding the guideline. Perhaps this is because it is unclear. I am not sure. Regardles, yes. One of the advantages of lists is that they can show places where Wikipedia needs expansion. However, that is an advantage - not a primary purpose. If the major purpose of this article is a form of "pages needing creation/expansion," it should be moved to the Wikipedia namespace and filed under your Wikiproject. Snowspinner 17:52, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * I was under the impression that making comments like yours in a VfD vote was not permitted. Am I wrong on this? And, why are you constantly talking about guidelines, as if you had the final authority on every guideline? You do not seem to be very knowledgeable about many things, such as to what you are trying to delete for who knows what reason. -- John Gohde 13:21, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * man that is a badly defined article. Delete.Geni 17:35, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Index of topics in alternative medicine and delete, unless someone can explain to me the distinction between this article and "index of topics" article, which so far, I fail to see. Paul August &#9742; 17:59, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Index of topics in alternative medicine and delete --Lee Hunter 19:03, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but move overlapping topics to List of branches of alternative medicine and List of famous people in alternative medicine as appropriate so that the list is indeed miscellaneous. Remove the sub-list of Illness targeted by alternative treatments.  Move List of terms and concepts used in alternative medicine to Glossary of alternative medicine.  Index of topics in alternative medicine could then just be a list of lists.  --Zigger 19:23, 2005 Feb 16 (UTC)
 * I'm neutral on exactly the disposition of this, but can we get consensus that at the very least it would be appropriate to keep in Wikipedia space or user space? -- Jmabel | Talk 20:31, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * If not deleted, move to the project space - David Gerard 13:51, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)