Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diagnosis of Asperger syndrome

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The result was redirect‎ to Asperger syndrome#Diagnosis. Content can be selectively merged if desired. Sandstein 18:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Diagnosis of Asperger syndrome

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Diagnosis of Asperger syndrome (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Asperger's is no longer a recognized diagnosis in either the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Some content might be merged into the Asperger syndrome or the Diagnosis of autism articles. Skvader (talk) 16:11, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

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• Merge anything that might be useful in the Asperger article, Delete the rest. nf utvol (talk) 17:51, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
• keep - historical value. Lots of references. Heck, we have articles about obsolete medical things, most prominent IMO being Female hysteria (with its "tendency to cause trouble for others" :-). The lede must be updated, to include its removal and controversy. - Altenmann >talk 19:46, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

  I think the more apt parallel would be the article Asperger syndrome, which definitely has historical value along the lines of Female hysteria. But there's no article for *diagnosis* of hysteria. I don't see any "diagnosis of" articles in Wikipedia for any disease/syndrome that isn't currently a valid diagnosis (but I might've missed something). Skvader (talk) 20:54, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

  Agree. merge/redirect - Altenmann >talk 00:00, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Disability, Medicine, and Psychology. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:44, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Merge and redirect. Since Asperger syndrome isn't a medical diagnosis in the DSM-5 and ICD-11 and those are the classification systems that are most used, having a standalone article about its diagnosis isn't really necessary. I agree with the nominator; the content should be placed in Asperger syndrome and Diagnosis of autism. That Tired Tarantula^Burrow 21:35, 30 March 2024 (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.