Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of questionable diagnostic tests


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 01:14, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

List of questionable diagnostic tests

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items have individual articles and a directory of them already exists in the form of Category Alternative medical diagnostic methods, title doesn't seem encyclopedic and NPOV Cyrej (talk) 13:51, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep per WP:CLN.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 17:43, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - there is a concern with running afoul of WP:NPOV and WP:OR/WP:SYNTH here, but that's not a reason to delete. I would much rather prefer that we cite secondary or tertiary sources calling the group of these tests questionable. Whether you agree with QuackWatch or not, I think we can all agree that it has an obvious POV and fails WP:MEDRS. All of this logic applies to List of questionable diseases as well, which looks to be in similar shape. shoy (reactions) 18:28, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * keep--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 18:50, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 19:01, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 04:24, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep (as creator). This is not duplicative of the category because it allows for discussion of tests which are questionable in some respects while valid in others. Example: thermography may be valid in some circumstances but as a primary diagnostic test for breast cancer (something for which it is aggressively promoted by quacks), it is very questionable indeed. Guy (Help!) 22:28, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Though maybe rename it to scam, fake, quack, or if you must, psuedoscientific diagnostic tests. Jerod Lycett (talk) 19:29, 25 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep per Guy. FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  20:21, 25 August 2015 (UTC)


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