Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melanoglossia


 * 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 no consensus. After three relists, opinions on what to do are still too diverse. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  16:36, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Melanoglossia

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The article consists of 2 sentences Openlydialectic (talk) 01:07, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. IntoThinAir (formerly Everymorning)  talk  03:21, 7 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Having two sentences is not a reason to delete an article. ~ GB fan 12:38, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * It also doesn't cite any sources. Openlydialectic (talk) 17:58, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Again while it is a factual statement, not having sources in an article is not a reason to delete it unless it is a BLP. ~ GB fan 20:50, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge to Black hairy tongue. It's not exactly a widely discussed symptom, and unlikely to support more than a stub in any case. Short defining refs can be found, e.g. . -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 09:39, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, AmericanAir88(talk) 01:45, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable –
 * Seems to have been a big thing in early 20th century Indian censuses with non-trivial discussions
 * Lengthy article in Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
 * Scholarly articles on penicillin causing the condition in Journal of the Indian Medical Association and British Medical Journal
 * It may not be widely discussed, but it's wide enough that readers might want to look it up. Our criterion for inclusion is notability, not widely known. SpinningSpark 15:00, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:24, 20 September 2018 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Still no clear consensus here.
 * Keep, google says it is a real condition. Szzuk (talk) 13:33, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. "Google says" is not enough. There must be WP:MEDRS-quality sources cited in the article . And there are none. WP:V mandates deletion. Can be recreated if sourced.   Sandstein   14:10, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per Spinningspark and C.1. of WP:BEFORE. The is a medical condition discussed in reliable sources.  If this is deleted very little information is lost, but we *should* have a better article on this (along with 10.57 million other topics.)  78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 14:17, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kirbanzo (talk) 17:33, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
 * redirect to Tongue disease, if content on this gets expanded there, it can be split out eventually. Jytdog (talk) 01:06, 5 October 2018 (UTC)


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