Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Twitching

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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 redirect in order to disambiguate. The dab idea has it, but two dabs to the same articles seems a poor idea when a redirect to the teitch dab would do the same. The "merge" requests are noted, but the article was unsourced assertions about a complex subject that physicians disagree over, so there was nothing to merge. ➔ REDVEЯS has a new (red) iPod 19:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Twitching

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"Twitching" is a verb not a noun, is not a scientific term, and is covered by "fasciculation," "tic," and other articles. Clearly the article is a joke, but even then, "twitching" does not deserve a namespace. Cyborg Ninja 16:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment Actually it is a noun, but there are other issues. It isn't scientific, and there is an article for twitch as well. - Cyborg Ninja 16:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete doesn't deserve an article. ILovePlankton 16:21, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I restored the wikified version from before the vandalism (this is the 2nd article I've seen in two days that somebody has cut-and-pasted the displayed text into the editor). As written, it seems indistinguishable from spasm, but I wonder if a redirect to twitch is what we really should do. --Dhartung | Talk 16:26, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep or merge/redirect Um, why are we deleting a decent stub about an obviously notable topic? It seems that this article may be redundant with other articles about muscle contraction, spasm, tic and so forth; in that case, a redirect may be in order. Otherwise, keep as is. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 17:03, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Twitch provides redirects to relevant articles. At the least, there should be a redirect. This AfD entry is meant to derive a consensus. Please assume good faith next time. - Cyborg Ninja 17:21, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as disambiguation page and simplify. Reason:

Need to differentiate between birdwatching and muscle spasms. Do not merge with Fasciculation as these are different from the twitches from stimulant induced spasms (tend to be sporadic larger single jerks). Epilepsy is different again but I would not describe it a twitching so I think it should be removed. Regarding 'Parkinson's', I think most people would use the search term Tremor, and so this one should possibly be removed. Then one has blepharospasm and hemifacial spasms which is not on the list but should be. Also various other things are often described as twitching i.e. 'antenna,' 'servos' and other actuators. Redirect to Twitch as Twitching is a common search term—Preceding unsigned comment added by Aspro (talk • contribs) 17:27, 3 October 2007 (UTC) --Aspro 17:45, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Redirect to Twitch. Tony Fox (arf!) 20:26, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete and replace with DAB page with links to birdwatching and the wiktionary article. Artw 21:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Redirect to Twitch, add link from Twitch to birdwatching. Artw 21:24, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge to or from related articles like Tic. NHRHS2010 Talk 23:10, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as disambiguation page, merging what's here to twitch, and dabbing between that and birdwatching, which is often called "twitching". Grutness...wha? 00:37, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as disambiguation page, absolutely agree. I actually thought this article was about birdwatching when I saw the title. J Milburn 16:33, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as disambiguation pageper J Milburn; I had decided that before reading his comment.--Bedivere 20:09, 7 October 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.