Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cancer survivors

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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 and expand per WP:SNOW. Non-admin closure. Hersfold (t/a/c) 22:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cancer survivors

Cancer survivors (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

OR and random list, never possible to complete. Standatoms1985 (talk) 04:37, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Keep. This is an article about cancer survivors in general. I've replaced the "random" list with a link to the Cancer survivors category[1], which should resolve original research concerns.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 04:43, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong keep, a good and useful article with substantial room for expansion of discussion of the general concept. bd2412 T 05:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, needs some sourcing as already identified by the {{fact}} tags, but that's not a reason for deletion as it appears to be sourceable (? is that a word?) material. Good call on the category link, The Fat Man Who Never Came Back as I think that makes it cleaner than the original incomplete list. TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 14:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand. Viable topic. Maybe add some statistics and the like, what cancers have more survivors, etc. Suggest change of title to "Cancer survival". 23skidoo (talk) 20:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment. I don't believe that this article was intended to be about prognosis. It's about a political/personal identity issue: are you a "cancer survivor" or a "cancer patient"? Prognosis is already addressed in the main Cancer article and, in greater detail, in articles about individual diseases. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
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.