Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tuberculosis in history and art


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The result was no consensus, therefore article kept. -- Visviva 15:38, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Tuberculosis in history and art

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Half Category:Deaths by tuberculosis, and half the trivial equivalent. Best served by the existing category, and not this long, rambling directory. Eyrian 19:40, 2 August 2007 (UTC) I like the idea of "Diarrhea in history" as an article.... Mandsford 01:29, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as a painful failure of WP:N.  J- stan  Talk Contribs 19:49, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * *Cough* delete *cough*. This is just a list of famous people who died of tuberculosis. There is nothing here that discusses the influence of the disease on history or art. Should we have Diarrhea in history because it killed Thomas Jefferson? --Targeman 20:42, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - again, I'm sure an article on TB would be huge and have subarticles - many notable people have succumbed - similar to the issue wih lion/pop cult stuff. (Sorry forgot sig). Clearly needs to be improved -still is this any less notable than a single Simpsons or Southpark episode? really?cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:29, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Title made it seem legitimate but after skimming.....per nom. Bulldog123 22:12, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete As with Bulldog, I agree that this doesn't live up to the title. It's about famous people who died of TB, which might make a worthwhile article.
 * Delete, without prejudice; this is mostly redundant to List of tuberculosis victims. Tuberculosis in literature and art is a quite valid subject.  Susan Sontag's Illness as Metaphor contains many thoughts on the subject for starters.  This list is not all that helpful, though. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:14, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge part and retitle the rest - The list of historical people who had TB is redundant with List of tuberculosis victims, but this article is much better annotated than the list article. Merging that part of the article into List of tuberculosis victims would improve the list article. Retitle the remainder of the article to Tuberculosis in literature and art. As Smerdis of Tlön states, tuberculosis (usually called "consumption") in literature and art is a very valid subject. The "art" part of the article is currently a glorified list, but it's a valid start towards a worthwhile article. --orlady 02:42, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Clean from the crap and rename. Keep serious and valuable items like the works of Dostoyevski. Pavel Vozenilek 23:50, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep and fix per Smerdis, Pavel Vozenilek, and Orlady. The best can be kept. Bearian 16:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and fix. Start with the most notable best known stuff, of course, but see what can be found for the rest also. I think the skeptics will be surprised. DGG (talk) 02:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


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