Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Decedent directive

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 merge to Advance healthcare directive. There is clear consensus here against this being a stand-alone topic, and that it should be merged and/or redirected to either Advance directive or will and testament, it's not clear which.

I'm going to call this a merge to Advance healthcare directive, but whoever ends up doing the merge should use their best judgement which of those two targets makes the most sense, and how much material should be moved. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:50, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Decedent directive[edit]

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The term does not appear to be used (fails WP:RS). How does this differ from an advance directive? (Taken to AFD as opposed to a PROD since the article is from 2007.) BlueStove (talk) 02:44, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. BlueStove (talk) 09:51, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Advance directive. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 03:46, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not familiar with decedent directives, though it sounds like they are essentially a testamentary instrument (sans relevant will formalities). My understanding is that advance healthcare directives simply provide instructions about healthcare, while "decedent directives" provide post-death instructions about burial wishes and the distribution of a person's assets. Therefore, I think it would make more sense to redirect this to will and testament, which discusses instruments that provide for a person's wishes after their death. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 04:04, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to will and testament, or else merge into advance directive with clarification that decedent directive is similar to advance directive but deals with matters happening after death (and add a see also: will and testament), while advance directive is dealing with matters happening while the person is still alive. It seems like many of the sources discussing "decedent directive" start by saying it is similar to the advance directive and then highlighting the difference, so it makes sense for it to be discussed on the advance directive page rather than going straight to will and testament. Also, there are opinions and legal sources where the phrase "decedent's Directive" is used to refer to an advance directive for something to be done prior to death, in the midst of a litigation after the person has died and is being called the "decedent", which to me is another reason for taking people to the "advance directive" page so they can identify the type of directive. TheBlinkster (talk) 17:13, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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.