Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of childhood diseases and disorders

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 keep. Sources provided by the keep !voters, without rebuttal, show this list documents a meaningful grouping. postdlf (talk) 03:33, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of childhood diseases and disorders[edit]

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This is an impossibly large scope that has been unsourced and will never be near finished, not to mention that the vast majority also apply to adults. An article about childhood diseases is perfectly justified but a full list is not. Kharkiv07 (T) 18:28, 24 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Kharkiv07 (T) 18:29, 24 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom - most of these are diseases affecting adults (ie Lyme disease), or some of these are just things people are born with (ie Down syndrome) but are not "childhood" diseases —Мандичка^YO 😜 20:56, 24 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Deleteper above.--ABCDEFAD _✉ 22:25, 24 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Since this article was created in 2010, with little effort to improve its quality, it is probably out-of-date. It does not follow the guidelines for using reliable medical sources-it has none. This could be a good topic, relevant and useful if the information was correct. I am drafting an article on Neonatal infections, for example, which would be a subset of this article if it were any good.

Bfpage |leave a message 10:22, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The size of the list is unimportant - see WP:NOTPAPER. The topic is quite notable as there are entire books with titles such as:

Diseases and Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood
Childhood Diseases and Disorders Sourcebook
Chronic Complex Diseases of Childhood
Manual of Childhood Infections
Common Childhood Diseases
Assessment of Childhood Disorders
Practical Paediatrics

The topic therefore passes WP:LISTN and the rest is a matter of ordinary editing not deletion. Andrew D. (talk) 16:43, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Andrew D. The National Health Service [1] and the Centers for Disease Control,[2] among others, recognize childhood diseases. The list just needs some cleanup (e.g. AIDS doesn't qualify). Clarityfiend (talk) 02:45, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment note that the equivalent, Lists of diseases, is a list of lists of specific kinds of diseases. Kharkiv07 (T) 03:07, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's also the option of redirecting it to Lists of diseases, which may make the most sense. Kharkiv07 (T) 15:46, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lists of diseases is a list of lists and so that does not make sense. Andrew D. (talk) 16:00, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:59, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is a list of diseases that humans (including human children) get: AIDS, anemia, asthma, cancer, fever, pneumonia, tuberculosis and more. I find it a bit offensive that Down syndrome is on the list as there are many adults living with Downs: this is not a death sentence. Children have special needs and thus we have paediatrics. Instead of a list why not an article about childhood health. Alec Station (talk) 09:39, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have nothing strongly against the article but I can't help thinking that a category might be better and more maintainable. Also, fever is a symptom, not a disease. --DanielRigal (talk) 19:54, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - once notable, always notable. I am young enough to be technologically sophisticated, yet old enough that the MMR vaccine didn't exist when I was a child. "Childhood disease" was a well-used phrase in both medicine and popular culture for certain types of illnesses that overwhelmingly, or normatively, struck American and European people under the age of 16. Perhaps this needs to be started from scratch, although I don't think it's that bad. Plenty of good sources could be found easily online, or just ask your grandparents about possible sources. Userfying it, followed by a re-redirect to Childhood disease might work. Bearian (talk) 11:23, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Bearian: Do you agree that an article for the term and the basics of childhood diseases is better than a list of diseases? Kharkiv07 (T) 23:59, 1 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Kharkiv07: Yes. Bearian (talk) 00:19, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 07:16, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95 ^Talk 14:02, 10 July 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.