Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orgone

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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. — CharlotteWebb 04:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orgone

The page is bs. Wikipedia is not the place for bs. Alan Rockefeller (Talk - contribs) 20:23, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment This nomination has been withdrawn; an admin should close the AfD. --Hyperbole 03:43, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - it's notable as an example of a popular fraud which the FDA has taken action against. Its discredited, fringe nature should be made more clear in the article. It's BS, but it's notable BS. MastCell 21:37, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - Wikipedia most certainly is the place for notable and verifiable BS: see, e.g. phrenology. The Orgone energy fraud appears to be both completely verifiable and substantially notable. --Hyperbole 21:44, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as a notable fraud mentioned by many organizations including Quackwatch[1] and The Skeptics' Dictionary[2]. Notable frauds are still notable, and those whose notability (not claims) are supported by reliable sources belong on Wikipedia. --Charlene 21:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - the article makes it clear that orgone is pseudoscience and this is the kind of thing encyclopedias are for - to look up the history and details of an idea (even if the idea is complete nonsense). Jeendan 22:10, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • keep - the existence of strange theories is as much of a fact as anything else. And if you delete the page, it will be recreated, and recreated worse, and the process of making it NPOV will start over 1Z 23:28, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - "BS, but notable BS" pretty much sums it up. By the way, "BS", being an acronym, should be capitalized. "Bs" it is not. --Action Jackson IV 03:12, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
  • keep WP is just the place for notable BS. It differs from the Web, because this is where the notable parts get identified. DGG 08:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Needs more information on why the FDA banned it. The link has nothing on why. It should be expanded on what tests they did to determine orgone was fake. SakotGrimshine 11:11, 13 February 2007 (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.