Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Medicine in the Islamic world


 * 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 redirect to Medicine in the medieval Islamic world. Consensus, such as it is, is that content forks should be avoided. Any further improvement can be done editorially, e.g. by merging stuff from history or renaming the remaining article.  Sandstein  21:17, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Medicine in the Islamic world

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Subject of the article fails WP:GNG. I really do not understand a reason for an article like this. I think we already have Medicine in the medieval Islamic world. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 16:59, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Redirect. The source is the Persian Wiki, and the Persian Wiki says that the English version of the article is Medicine in the medieval Islamic world. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:08, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Since you wrote with certainty here that Muslim hygienical teachings could not be confused with science, you must have some equally certain opinions about the merits of this article.--Anders Feder (talk) 21:16, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I also want to note that per WP:MACHINETRANSLATION, "an unedited machine translation, left as a Wikipedia article, is worse than nothing" (compare article and: ).--Anders Feder (talk) 21:26, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. North America1000 23:53, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. North America1000 23:54, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Keep and merge @Anders Feder Thank for mention. I think both articles (Medicine in the Islamic world and Medicine in the medieval Islamic world) cover the same issue. However, the former article has broader scope so the later one can merge in it. @User:Wikicology, if you think at least one of them is deserved to remain, then merging is a better solution. In addition, while the source's name  fits to the former article it has a interlink to the later one!-- Seyyed(t-c) 05:32, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Is it the case that the medicine practiced in the Islamic world today is generally different from the medicine practiced elsewhere? If not, it would not seem to be a notable topic.--Anders Feder (talk) 09:11, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * We should merge one article in the other. I think it is better to choose the article which has the broader scope as the main one. There are some methods like Hijama and Circumcision which are common today in the Muslim world, while "Medicine in the medieval Islamic world" has historic perspective. -- Seyyed(t-c) 11:56, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * A broader scope is not inherently better; we should choose the more precise title.--Anders Feder (talk) 15:59, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * OK. This is not a good place for this discussion. I propose to close this AfD, then discuss with those who are active in those articles to choose the better solution.-- Seyyed(t-c) 11:30, 1 July 2015 (UTC)


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