Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Introduction to viruses

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The result was Nomination withdrawn, non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 04:21, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction to viruses

The purpose of this article is to create an introductory fork of virus. While I appreciate the author's intention of making the subject more accessible, it's not Wikipedia practice to fork off articles in this manner. However, I wanted to start an AfD on the article rather than re-deleting it in order to invite community input and suggestions on how this material can be integrated elsewhere -- like I said, I appreciate the desire to make articles more readable. Tijuana Brass (talk) 03:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, spinning off the intro to its own page is unnecessary and actually quite confusing. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 04:04, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, nomination withdrawn anyway but I didn't realize that forking off intros was kosher. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 04:21, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and improve. We actually have a whole group of these, e.g. introduction to general relativity, and there's even a template {{introductory article}}. --Dhartung | Talk 04:05, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Bangs head on desk - I had no idea. Well, while I still think the best course of action would be to improve upon the readability of the original articles rather than spinning off introductions, it's clear that there's a precedence for this, and that was my main objection. Thanks for correcting me. Withdraw nomination. Tijuana Brass (talk) 04:20, 6 December 2007 (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.