Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derbisol

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The result was merge to List of fictional medicines and drugs. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:26, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Derbisol[edit]

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It was prodded but seems worth discussion. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:01, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. There's no shortage of references available: a laundry list of scholarly journal publications and quite a few books from reliable publishers, to begin with. But they all say the same thing, more or less (Derbisol isn't a real drug. It's a fictitious entry used to exclude respondents who exaggerate drug use on surveys.) If there was a solid redirect target, I'd much prefer that, but I'm not sure there is. The scope is too narrow to redirect to scientific control. The context is wrong for a redirect to fictitious entry or survey methodology. Accordingly, I think I come down to supporting retention; there is more to say than the article does at current, and there are ample sources to support it, and, ultimately, that's the standard. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 15:34, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:43, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:43, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and Redirect to List of fictional medicines and drugs. There are a lot of sources out there, but the ones I found all seem to amount to anecdotal stories of coming upon a fictional drug, which really isn't about derbisol in particular, its role in surveys, history of use, etc. It is verifiable in reliable sources, so per WP:PRESERVE, a merge to a list of fictional drugs seems like the best target. Happy to change my recommendation if multiple in-depth reliable sources about derbisol in particular are found. --Mark viking (talk) 18:05, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and Redirect to List of fictional medicines and drugs. I found academic mentions in [1] [2] [3], but just passing mentions, and that it's a fake name. No justification for a whole article on it but a merge is appropriate. Zad68 02:22, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, perhaps rename. There is a difference here. The drugs in List of fictional medicines and drugs exist in fictional worlds of particular fiction stories and in the real world are merely parts of those stories. The names of derbisol and shimeron and metabene and nazuphan are used not in entertainment fiction but to catch out people who inaccurately report which drugs they have taken, and could be put in an article about "nonexistent drugs used as trap names" or similar. See http://sswr.confex.com/sswr/2005/techprogram/P2677.HTM . Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:08, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge Done. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:56, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]