Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Retail clinic


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The result was redirect to Walk-in clinic. Content remains behind the redirect for merging if applicable. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 07:27, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Retail clinic

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Duplicates Walk-in clinic, and Retail clinics in the United States with no significant content and no references. Just a list of minor illnesses. Asserts that these clinics are common in many countries, but doesnt produce any evidence. Rathfelder (talk) 09:19, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 12:55, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge would be the obvious solution. CV9933 (talk) 11:58, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KCVelaga (talk) 00:24, 14 September 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:42, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep If more content is wanted then this is achieved by expansion, not deletion, per WP:ATD, "If editing can improve the page, this should be done rather than deleting the page." Here's a book on the subject, which demonstrates that there's no shortage of material: ''Convenient Care Clinics: The Essential Guide to Retail Clinics ... Andrew D. (talk) 14:05, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment - Not sure if I am missing something here but according to MinuteClinic "MinuteClinic launched the first walk-in clinic in the country in 2000, and is the largest provider of retail clinics with more than 1,100 locations in 33 states and the District of Columbia." A bit confusing, so are the two the same thing? If so, then a merge would be the appropriate action. CV9933 (talk) 15:59, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * A walk-in clinic is one which provides service without an appointment. In the UK, the NHS provides these, for example.  A retail clinic is one which is sited within a setting such as a supermarket. They are not the same thing. Andrew D. (talk) 17:40, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I dont see the setting as defining. My local walk-in clinic is inside the large Boots in Manchester Arndale Centre, but that in itself doesnt make it different from other walk-in centres, some of which are in hospitals or other health buildings. Rathfelder (talk) 09:40, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
 * A retail clinic doesn't have to be walk-in. The one that I'm most familiar with is the Bush Doctors.  This is located in a shopping centre but takes appointments.  The retail setting doesn't have to be defining (that's a concept used for categories, not articles).  It just has to be notable and it is, as demonstrated above. Andrew D. (talk) 08:35, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * How is it different from a walk in centre?  They also sometimes do appointments? Rathfelder (talk) 11:47, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Final relist. There is no consensus to either keep, merge or redirect.
 * Redirect to Walk-in clinic; same or close to the same concept. No encyclopedically relevant content; just a list of illnesses (?) K.e.coffman (talk) 07:41, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kpg  jhp  jm  02:02, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect to walk-in clinic per above vote.Omgwtfbbqsomethingrandom (talk) 20:50, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect to walk-in clinic Jytdog (talk) 01:05, 5 October 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.