Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lynn's disease

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. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 06:31, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lynn's disease

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This is not a medically recognized condition, and the term "Lynn's disease" cannot be found in a Google Scholar search. Although this has the appearance of a well-referenced article, the only references that are relevant to the purported disease are #1 and #2, of which #1 is unpublished and #2 is most likely unreviewed. Also the article contains quite a number of statements that most medical professionals would see as very dubious. Looie496 (talk) 21:27, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete A search on MEDLINE shows no results. Seems to be a made up term. Wong's disease which redirects here should likewise be deleted. Yobol (talk) 21:39, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yup - According to PubMed search details (for "lynn disease" OR "lynn's disease" OR "wong disease" OR "wong's disease" OR "lynn syndrome" OR "lynn's syndrome" OR "wong syndrome" OR "wong's syndrome"), Quoted phrase not found: "lynn disease" "lynn's disease" "wong disease" "wong's disease" "lynn syndrome" "lynn's syndrome" "wong syndrome" "wong's syndrome". —MistyMorn (talk) 21:57, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The four papers here: [1], [2], [3] & [4] are probably authored by the alleged eponyms, but there is no source that names the disease described here. Axl ¤ [Talk] 22:01, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On the face of it, the WP page looks suspiciously like an attempt to get the name accepted through the back door. —MistyMorn (talk) 22:12, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Appears dubious, if not an outright hoax, that this is a recognized disease entity. References don't support the notability of this topic nor even its existence. MastCell ^Talk 22:07, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete, per everything above. —MistyMorn (talk) 22:12, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per above and I also found no hits on ISI Web of Knowledge. Biosthmors (talk) 23:14, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:20, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Neuroimmunodegeneration syndrome is a component of all of the diseases listed. This article is simply naming the syndrome after Dr. William Lynn for his efforts in discovering the mechanisms of neuroimmunodegeneration. Neuroimmunodegeneration is explained in source #2.Ljferreira (talk) 12:59, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Welcome to Wikipedia, Ljferreira. Please understand that, as an encyclopedic tertiary source, Wikipedia has no role to play in the naming of diseases (or anything else). —MistyMorn (talk) 13:19, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thank you MistyMorn. The page states that "proposals are currently being drawn together for official approval and recognition of Lynn's disease by the global medical community." Ljferreira (talk) 13:42, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    - What evidence is there to substantiate this effort to rename the disease by the global medical community? My skepticism stems from the fact that the global medical community is in fact consciously deprecating the use of disease eponyms in favor of names based on actual pathophysiology. MastCell ^Talk 18:02, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - It may be a real disease, but the article appears to be original research. Bearian (talk) 19:48, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, blatantly WP:OR.--Jsjsjs1111 (talk) 09:46, 31 August 2012 (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.