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The result was Keep - nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure). Whpq (talk) 17:08, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vaccine-preventable diseases (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

I think this is a decent article. The writing is good, the information is good. My only concern is that it's utterly redundant to Vaccination and Vaccine. Hairhorn (talk) 15:54, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• WITHDRAWN: this article needed to be discussed more than it needed to be deleted; I'm satisfied that the discussion has ended in its favour. Cheers. Hairhorn (talk) 00:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I don't see the redundancy, it looks more complementary. This article discusses a notable concept distinct from vaccines and vaccinations. Drawn Some (talk) 16:13, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. —WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:40, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep (as author) This information is not present in Vaccination. The prevalence of specific vaccine-preventable diseases and the rate of vaccine-preventable deaths are key statistical indicators of public health used by the World Health Organization. And, for future reference, the best response to good, sourced information that might be redundant to another article is to propose a merge, not to propose deletion. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:40, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge would be fine if people are satisfied that redundancy isn't an issue. I was reluctant to suggest deleting a good article. I chose AfD because it prompts a discussion. Hairhorn (talk) 17:47, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In this case I think keep is more appropriate than merge. Browse a few of the more significant resources in the search I linked to. Drawn Some (talk) 18:17, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There may be a misperception of the importance or notability of this topic simply because in highly-developed nations vaccine-preventable diseases aren't as much of an issue as they are in parts of the world where millions die from them. This health department page on these diseases may be helpful: VPD Drawn Some (talk) 18:25, 18 May 2009 (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.