Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Self-cannibalism

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 of the debate was no consensus. Mailer Diablo 00:44, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Self-cannibalism

There is much discussion on the talk page about whether the topic is real or not. The article is mostly unverified, other than a link to another Wikipedia article. I'm bringing it here so other editors can help evaluate this topic. Abstain currently. Joyous | Talk 12:09, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete the article doesn't actually have any genuine content. The content that is currently displayed has nothing to do with what the article purports to be about. There are allegations of bad faith editing on this article but I am not able to see whether those allegations are correct or not. If some future article on examples of self-cannibalism in nature were to be developed, it would have nothing to do with this one and none of the information here would be relevant. MLA 12:38, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete: the Armin Meiwes case, which the article gives as an example, did not involve self-cannibalism, it was about apparently consensual cannibalism. Unless it has actually happened, and perhaps even if it has or does in the future, I don't think that it deserves its own article. -- Kjkolb 13:15, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
  • On the part of Bernd Brandes in the Armin Meiwes case there was self-cannibalism or atempted self-cannibalism.--Royal Blue 13:46, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Ah, I didn't consider that, as it was not very successful and the main thing was him wanting to be eaten. -- Kjkolb 06:13, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge into the cannibalism article, as more information has been found. -- Kjkolb 06:51, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge (and redirect) in to Cannibalism as a sub section (between Modern cannibalism and Historical cannibalism incidents might be good). --Royal Blue 13:34, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into Cannibalism. I also believe there are references to self-cannibalism in popular culture (or at least some old books), that should be listed, but I can't seem to remember the book. Obli (Talk)^? 13:56, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into Cannibalism. --Terence Ong 13:56, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. Do people actually do this? It sounds bogus to me. (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 14:49, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into cannibalism as per the above. I remembered there was a Stephen King short story about self-cannibalism, and after a bit of digging, I find there's an article. Yay. It was called Survivor Type. See Survivor Type (Stephen King). Mention that in this new section. Proto||type 16:13, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - Self-cannibalism, or autophagy, is documented mainly in survival situations, rather than "choice" (i.e. a euphemism for psychiatric disorder) --MacRusgail 18:03, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - While likely added as silliness, there are I suspect enough real instances of the phenomenon to justify and article, as well as fictional examples that could be included. I threw some things in, but I'll try and do what I can to make it look better later if I have time. Шизомби 08:58, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - There are disorders that result in self-cannibalism, such as Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a disorder that causes autocannibalistic self-mutilation. Article should serve as a over-view of real causes and instances in both humans and animals, as well as fictional treatment of the concept. - CNichols 03:00, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per the last 3 votes. Article needs to be improved, and can be. It won't be if it's not there. GRuban 16:14, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep and improve.--Jyril 18:53, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. The inaccuracies that were introduced into this article are no reason to delete it. I certainly think it can be improved, and some good work has already been done since the Afd nomination. - Nzd (talk) 20:28, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep; I would have said delete to the AfDed version, but the article is now much better. Melchoir 22:54, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 06:57, 3 March 2006 (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.