Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Post-micturition convulsion syndrome


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The result was   delete. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 18:59, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Post-micturition convulsion syndrome

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The name of this article is misleading, and in fact it's something made up on a message board, according to the Straight Dope, and there is not a single reliable source (and no sign of any being found). Slashme (talk) 19:26, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Evidence:
 * Nothing on Google Scholar
 * Nothing relevant on Medline
 * Nothing relevant on Google Books
 * There seems to be at least two other mentions of similar terms: post-micturition shudders, urethral shivering. Maybe someone with better research skills could find more relevant sources. --Waldir talk 20:32, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * This ("...decrease in the number of patients shivering ... when heated bladder irrigation solution was used"), this ("...the shivering pathway in the spinal cord of cats ... is near but not coextensive with the bladder pathway"), this ("...a positive correlation was noted between shivering and bladder temperature decline") and this ("...The studies support the use of urinary bladder temperature as a reliable index of core temperature...") might also be relevant. --Waldir talk 20:35, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: None of these directly address the topic of the article, even though they'd be useful sources for an academic researching the topic. --Slashme (talk) 09:21, 28 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete (G3) as obvious Hoax. Shiver me timbers! It's been there since end of 2008, too. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:51, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't say it's a hoax. Definitely original research though. Too bad, it was a quite funny and harmless article :P --Waldir talk 20:15, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Agreed: not a hoax, but clearly OR / not verifiable. --Slashme (talk) 07:09, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * You're very generous. It is undoubtedly a piece of made-up fun using real words to describe a pretty much non-existent condition. Of course all degrees of hoaxatiousness are also WP:OR. This is pretty far along the spectrum of hoaxatiosity. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:59, 28 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per Slashme and Waldir's findings.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 00:53, 28 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete as OR. Send this one to Urban Dictionary and maybe we'll see ya in five years. Carrite (talk) 01:46, 28 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: Urethral shivering is a real phenomenon, but not very widely reported or analysed. I can't find it on Google Scholar, and the only Google Books results are old medical books that mainly mention it as an effect of catheterisation; one book mentions the phenomenon after urination in healty individuals.  Not really notable in any event. --Slashme (talk) 07:09, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 16:00, 28 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - a lost case, see above. Not notable enough to be on Google scholar. Bearian (talk) 16:55, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
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