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The result was redirect to Music therapy. (non-admin closure) feminist 10:34, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sound healing[edit]

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no apparent evidence that this is a recognized mode of therapy. DGG ( talk ) 03:53, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep with edits. I can't review the first two sources on the current article, but don't they establish notability? One of the results on my first Google search was an embarrassingly credulous puff piece from The Guardian. This from The Telegraph was on the second page of results. A search for "sound therapy" plus "bma" found e.g. this and this. The article needs reworking to separate the science from the pseudoscience but there seems to be a real topic here at least. Mortee (talk) 13:55, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • That said, the better title for the topic of those later sources might be 'sound therapy', currently a redirect to 'music therapy', which is distinct. If "sound healing" should be about the spiritual practice only, my impression is that it ought to be notable based on the mass of material about it online, but the sources about it are inherently unreliable (at least for normal claims; for statements such as "some believe..." they're fine). That leaves me less sure what the right approach is. Mortee (talk) 14:02, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - fails WP:GNG. It seems to be an attempt to rebrand music therapy with a different name. MIght become a thing but for now it seems WP:TOOSOON. SW3 5DL (talk) 15:20, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:34, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• redirect to Music therapy. Good lord. Jytdog (talk) 01:57, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Jytdog: It's not really a recognized form of therapy so a redirect seems moot. SW3 5DL (talk) 05:24, 8 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to music therapy. This is content fork. My very best wishes (talk) 04:16, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to music therapy, the subject can be addressed there. If somehow this is kept, it needs to be put on the fringe theory noticeboard asap. KarlPoppery (talk) 22:46, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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