Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alternate medicine

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. Herostratus 05:59, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Alternate medicine[edit]

Contested Prod. We already have an article on Reiki, a very extensive one. This is self-promotion for a particular teacher and practitioner, promoting her, outlining and promoting her courses. The author, Rekhaa Kale, receives 180 total Ghits, 76 unique, which does not seem to make her a notable practitioner. Fails WP:VAIN, WP:BIO and frankly, WP:SPAM. Also, it's a dreadful title. -- Fan-1967 14:21, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Fan-1967 14:21, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This article was created by Dr. Rekhaa Kale (talk · contribs). More self-promotion and course offerings are on the user page of Rekhaa Kale (talk · contribs) -- Fan-1967 14:35, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete It's a double, and the title is misleading, and it appears to be spam. Artw 14:37, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Alternative medicine - no need to merge any content though. WilyD 16:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Redirect is reasonable, but first this article and its history should be deleted. Fan-1967 16:06, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't see a pressing need to delete the history, but I won't be sorry to see it go, either. Making it a redirect necessitates deleting the article's contents (which is slightly different in practice from deleting the article). WilyD 16:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My understanding is that retaining the history is normally only appropriate on a merge. If none of the content is kept, its history is unneeded. Fan-1967 16:21, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, fair enough. I've never really inquired deeply into the mechanics of how redirects from AfD are done. WilyD 16:34, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per nom -- Whpq 16:54, 5 September 2006 (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.