Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seinfeld syncope

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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. John254 03:54, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Seinfeld syncope

Seinfeld_syncope (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) -- (View AfD)

Proposed: This article is obviously an attempt at humor, presumably by a fan of the show, Seinfeld. Very well done, I must add, but still a joke and should be removed. I leave it up to the first Admin that wanders by as to whether this is a candidate for Speedy Delete. --Bill W. Smith, Jr. 23:10, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

  • This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 14:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
  • keep. All indications are that this is real. Not only are there are few journal articles about it, but "seinfeld syncope" is the term used by doctors who first wrote about it. — brighterorange (talk) 16:00, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
  • As another administrator wandering by, I don't think that it is speedily deletable. In fact, I think that to fix the problem with the article doesn't require any administrator tools at all, but simply a rename to laughter-induced syncope, and cleanup using sources like this, this, this, this, this, pages 71 to 73 of ISBN 1405151099, this, and others. Uncle G 16:05, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep & Rename per Uncle G. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 22:19, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep & Rename "Laughter-induced syncope" seems like an excellent name for this article, but I think "Seinfeld syncope" should be kept, too, with a referral to the other article. Mauralarkins 22:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
  • RENAME It would seem that "Seinfeld Syncope" actually is ONE name used for this, as a Google search turns up some hits, but it seems that Laugh-induced Syncope is the proper name for it. I am going to reverse myself and ask for a rename instead of a delete. --Bill W. Smith, Jr. 17:15, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm a newcomer to Wikipedia, and I'm impressed to find that there are Wikipedians who are able to reverse themselves. Thank you, Bill, for restoring my faith in Wikipedia as an institution that seeks to share knowledge. Mauralarkins 18:39, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
It would have been more impressive if I had Googled it FIRST but I was doing stacks and stacks of reverts when I ran into this page, and really had convinced myself it was a very well done fake page. :) --Bill W. Smith, Jr. 04:49, 17 January 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.