Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day


 * 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 delete. Other than a number of WP:SPA keep !votes, there is near unanimous consensus to delete. There is some feeling that a short mention of this in Benzodiazepine, Benzodiazepine dependence, or Benzodiazepine use disorder might be appropriate, but there is certainly no consensus for a full merge. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:12, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day

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Not seeing sufficient notability Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 14:48, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Health and fitness-related deletion discussions. clpo13(talk) 15:51, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

This is an internationally recognized day. July 11th will be the first W-BAD. How long do we have to fix the issues and what time of prove do you need or want to see in regards to this day's existence?76.102.40.196 (talk) 16:44, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Simply existing does not make something notable. As of right now there just isn't enough coverage in independent reliable sources that would justify its notability. RickinBaltimore (talk) 18:12, 6 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I vote to keep - it is the inaugural year. There has been some media coverage which was cited. This problem has persisted for almost 60 years. Dr. Heather Ashton, who W-BAD is in honor of is a notable figure and linked to this page. Da&#39;locin (talk) 14:21, 8 July 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Da'locin (talk • contribs) 03:04, 8 July 2016 (UTC) — Da'locin (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * I vote to keep it cites BBC and other sources — Preceding unsigned comment added by MixieLove (talk • contribs) 04:31, 8 July 2016 (UTC)  — MixieLove (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Delete Just because something has been cited still does not make it notable. I have been in multiple newspaper articles and on TV, however I am not notable. In addition please note the only edit MixieLove has ever made is to vote to keep this article.  The only edits Da'locin has made is to this article and now this deletion conversation — Preceding unsigned comment added by Viewmont Viking (talk • contribs)


 * Comment Allow me to examine the sources:


 * 1) - Not a reliable source, this is the website that the day is using as a webhost
 * 2) - Questionable, I haven't heard of "Morning News USA" before, not sure if this would be considered a WP:RS
 * 3) - Link is to the bio of the doctor who's idea this is, not a WP:RS
 * 4) - See above
 * 5) - This might be a RS, covered in a local paper
 * 6) - The bill makes no mention of the day, rather it's legislation regarding the prescribing and use of benzos
 * 7) - Motion in Parliament, however I'm not sure what weight this carries
 * 8) - See #1
 * 9) - This is an article about the effect of benzos, not the day so this would not be a valid source
 * 10) - This is a BBC story from 2001, nothing about this day
 * 11) - See #9
 * 12) - This is guidance on how to prescribe benzos, against not about this day
 * 13) - See #10
 * 14) - See #10
 * 15) - See #1

So of the sources in the article, there's one that MAYBE a reliable source, one highly questionable, and a motion in Parliament, which I would need more info regarding if this imparts notability. The remaining are either not about the day or not sources that are valid. RickinBaltimore (talk) 14:34, 8 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep as a start or stub class article, notability is limited because it is very new - in the coming years I imagine that more reliable sources will emerge. I appreciate that the keep argument is not strong and it is reasonable to nominate the article for deletion discussion - if the outcome of this discussion is to delete then I think it should be a "delete and merge" reliable sourced material into the history section of the benzodiazepine dependence article. This day has enough notability to, at a minimum deserve a couple of sentences in an appropriate article.-- Literaturegeek | T@1k? 16:22, 10 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Another one that we can cite that just came out yesterday: Oldham Chronicle Da&#39;locin (talk) 14:41, 8 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Userfy - Not ready for mainspace, as per previous comments, but should be moved to user or draft space because may be adequately notable in future. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:33, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. This page is essential to counter medical misinformation which has been in circulation for a generation. It will lessen suffering, and may save lives. My daughter was a benzo human guinea pig. She died in 2010. Christopher Aikman (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:11, 11 July 2016 (UTC)  — Christopher Aikman (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * I don't want to seem cold and am truly sorry to hear about your daughter, but Wikipedia's role is to simply reflect what independent reliable sources say about something, not to right great wrongs. In fact, Wikipedia is probably one of the last places people should be referring to for any kind of medical advice simply because it is by design an encyclopedia which can be edited by anyone  anywhere in the world at anytime. The organization behind World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day will not have any final say or editorial control over what goes in the article per WP:OWN. Content which it adds to the article can literally be instantly altered or removed by someone else. So, there is no 100% guarantee of accuracy for anything posted in this article or on Wikipedia in general, and there's no real way to prevent any "misinformation" from being added to this article by either side of the argument at some point in time. For what it's worth, Wikipedia does not even consider itself to be a reliable source for Wikipedia articles. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:17, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Marchjuly (talk) 05:53, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete Promotional piece which fails WP:GNG and is clearly WP:TOOSOON. Theroadislong (talk) 05:59, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - as notes, "notability is limited because it is very new". Perhaps this topic will become notable in time, but significant coverage does not yet exist. Cordless Larry (talk) 06:59, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Possibly userfy if it looks like RS is forthcoming. If not, delete. White Arabian Filly  Neigh 20:54, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge - There are already two articles about benzodiazepine dependence: Benzodiazepine dependence and Benzodiazepine use disorder. Merging these two articles has already been proposed. At this time, given the newness of the W-BAD topic, I feel that it would be appropriate to include information about W-BAD as a paragraph or section in a single merged article. Kekki1978 (talk) 02:59, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge per, or redirect in the interim to Benzodiazepine dependence. Even if there's substantial coverage in mainstream news sources over the next few days it's WP:TOOSOON for this here. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:42, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete instead for now because not only is it a new group, there's also still questionability about its own substantially convincing article. SwisterTwister   talk  00:25, 13 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep There are reasonable arguments that it should be a development page for now, or merged, but there are many articles on Wikipedia dealing with lesser "days". By that standard alone it should remain, with some improvements.  A pandemic of "benzo ruin" requires an awareness day, and an article on WP. The pandemic is not well known, and this might save some people you know who just follow a doctor's advice.   see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awareness_daysTeddblackk (talk) 20:32, 15 July 2016 (UTC) — Teddblackk (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete - I see no evidence of notability in the refs used. An appropriately referenced sentence at Benzodiazepine would be more than sufficient to cover the ground.  Velella  Velella Talk 20:38, 15 July 2016 (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.