Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Animal disease

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 delete. Whether and where to redirect may need more discussion. Sandstein 11:26, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Animal disease

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Disease is not a disambiguation page distinguishing conditions from the study of those conditions, nor are animal diseases different from human diseases in any respect significant to the article. Delete this disambiguation page and redirect the title to disease. BD2412 T 01:51, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment @BD2412:, Do you want to redirect the page or delete it? Because you mention both in your nom statement so I just want to make sure.--🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 01:58, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- It's not an either/or. Delete the current page, and then redirect the title to disease. Although it could be redirected without deletion, that would be out of process. BD2412 T 01:59, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I just don't see the purpose of their being a redirect or a disambiguation page for this term. Animal disease as a term doesn't seem significant. Further, the two linked pages are loosely connected to "animal disease" as a term, at best. I also cannot think of any terms that would fit onto this page. Though, I would be interested in seeing if others would propose articles to list on this page. If a good set of a few pages could be suggested to justify its existence then I'd likely change my vote/opinion. --Tautomers_{(T C)} 04:40, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I would lose no sleep if that was the outcome, either. BD2412 T 04:51, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:42, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Lists of animal diseases, which looks like the best landing spot given the lack of an overview of diseases in animals (that I can find). I would oppose a redirect to disease due to the fact that article does not specifically cover animal diseases. I think someone searching that specific of a term would already be familiar with the concept of diseases and would be looking for something more specific than that article can provide, leading to disappointment. -- Tavix ^(talk) 16:25, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This page inhibits Search which gives better results. I don't think a redirect to the (very) incomplete list Lists of animal diseases is appropriate for the same reason. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 15:52, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment we also have the start-quality article Wildlife disease. In microbiology, there might be no fundamental difference between diseases in humans, domesticated animals and wildlife, but from the point of view of epidemiology and treatment these are cogent distinctions. — Charles Stewart (talk) 11:54, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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.