Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was:  delete. MER-C 11:14, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology

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Neglected, stillborn portal with outdated medical information.

Two never-updated selected articles created in November 2017 (save for this small addition). One never-updated selected article created in May 2018.

Linezolid was created in the mid 90s, not the late 80s. It is not "the only marketed oxazolidinone." Tedizolid was approved in 2014, and Cycloserine apparently since 1952, Mark Schierbecker (talk) 19:13, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Errors
 * Comment - This portal has an interesting architecture because it has four subportals that serve as articles, Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology/Pharmaceutics, Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology/Medicinal chemistry, Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology/Pharmacology and Medications, Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology/Pharmacognosy and Medical Herbs. In the first half of 2019, the portal had an average of | 29 daily pageviews, as opposed to 840 for the article Pharmacology.
 * The nominator is correct that the portal appears to be neglected. However, the portal is not limited to 3 articles.  It has at least 7, because the subportal topics function as articles (and I have not assessed whether they were content-forked), and it requires more analysis.   Robert McClenon (talk) 03:13, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
 * The subportal topics are not transcluded. I'm used to at least the overview topic being transcluded, so I admit not checking those. In this case, these mostly date back to 2007. Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology/Medicinal chemistry/Intro, Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology/Pharmaceutics/Intro, Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology/Pharmacognosy and Medical Herbs/Intro, Portal:Pharmacy and pharmacology/Pharmacology and Medications/Intro. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 05:31, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
 * @Robert McClenon You are undercounting the views due to not factoring in a name change to the portal. See my vote below for a link to the accurate figure for the period in question, which is 44. Newshunter12 (talk) 03:50, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Long neglected Bonsai portal filled with errors about medical information, a very serious topic. Had a low 44 views |Portal:Pharmacy_and_pharmacology per day in the first half of 2019. While WikiProject Pharmacology is active, the last mention of this portal on the talk page (aside from a notice announcing this Mfd) was a brief note in July 2008 about a little updating done to the portal and a request for suggestions, but none ever came. It's clear the WikiProject is not interested in maintaining the portal. Newshunter12 (talk) 03:50, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - User:Newshunter12 - Correction noted. The case of the title of the portal was corrected.  However, the link that you provide does not capture the two forms of the name.  Try |Portal:Pharmacy_and_pharmacology |44 daily pageviews, using the corrected query link. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:09, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - Wikipedia takes great care to ensure verifiability and accuracy of medical scientific information, and the use either of content forks or of content that is not contained in article space creates an unnecessary risk of errors. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:09, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note to closing admin. I don't want in any way to prejudge the outcome ... but if you close this discussion as delete, please can you not remove the backlinks?  I have a bot (BHGbot 4) which allows me to easily replace them with links to the next most specific portal(s), without creating duplicate entries.
 * In this case I think that the appropriate new links would be to Portal:Medicine + Portal:Biochemistry. Alternative suggestions welcome. --  Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 07:34, 22 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete a poor quality portal with little value for readers and clearly not of interest to editors either. Can always be recreated at a future date if a very passionate editor wishes to contribute.--Tom (LT) (talk) 09:53, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and above. Portals containing medical information, even transcluded information, are especially important for regular and thorough updating as providing outdated medical information is a grievous transgression. Doug Mehus T · C  23:11, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete we can't tolerate poor quality or outdated information when it comes to health and medical information. Better to not have it than to have it wrong. – Levivich 04:42, 1 December 2019 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.