Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of medical symptoms

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 no consensus. Although my personal inclination here would be "delete", there is no consensus for this at this point (not even if I would add a !vote in this sense), hence I am closing this as "no consensus". Randykitty (talk) 16:35, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of medical symptoms

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Delete The article is poorly organised, inconsistent and poorly researched. 1) WP:NOTGUIDE, 2) WP:NRVE, 3) WP:LINKFARM. This article needs to be rewritten from scratch following these guidelines: Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Medicine-related_articles#Signs_or_symptoms. Jkokavec (talk) 05:55, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:54, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:54, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Nomination rationale are surmountable problems: just reorganize/remove incoherent entries/add more cites if you feel the form is inadequate now. WP:NOTDUP of Category:Symptoms. 野狼院ひさし u/t/c 12:10, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 00:47, 14 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - The concept is too incredibly broad. We might as well have List of objects that have existed, List of songs that have been recorded, List of people who have worn hats, et cetera. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 04:43, 14 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The list can be simply restricted to entries which have articles or at least discussion. Siuenti (talk) 18:02, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete if for no other reason than WP:TNT. According to symptom, "A symptom is subjective ... and cannot be measured directly". That doesn't describe being shot, a bone fracture or tuberculosis. Way too many other entries don't qualify. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:03, 14 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum. ICD-10 Chapter XVIII: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings#1 R00–R69 – Symptoms and signs appears to do a better job. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:17, 14 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't allow me to find e.g. ocular symptoms grouped together. Siuenti (talk) 18:07, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, also the comment above by CoffeeWithMarkets about List of people who have worn hats is strikingly similar to a hilarious sketch by comedian John Oliver about climate change. — Cirt (talk) 16:31, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, per WP:CLN, far superior to category:Symptoms. Everything is fixable, unless people think the category should be deleted too. Siuenti (talk) 18:02, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree a list is more useful than a category, and no reason not to have both. This is useful for navigation. Dream Focus 18:41, 18 September 2015 (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.