Talk:Rinderpest

I'm having difficulty seeing the mission element here.--BobSpring is sprung! 19:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Some mention of the status of rinderpest and smallpox should be made.


 * Would the ethics of deliberately destroying a species (even being 'a vastly damaging disease') be a suitable topic? 212.85.6.26 (talk) 19:23, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Look at the mission statements. Where does it fit?
 * Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement.
 * Documenting the full range of crank ideas.
 * Explorations of authoritarianism and fundamentalism.
 * Analysis and criticism of how these subjects are handled in the media.
 * Perhaps it does fit - could you tell me where?--BobSpring is sprung! 20:35, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * perhaps an article on deliberate extinction of species? If there's a proper word for that, please tell me it! Real first name and last initial (talk) 13:44, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe that would be "specicide". Still not sure of the RW angle.--BobSpring is sprung! 13:54, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Apart from mission relevance, the content seems strange as well. "Rinderpest" is German for "cattle plague", it doesn't have anything to do with sheep. Röstigraben (talk) 16:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

There may be a tenuous relevance to the RW mission. Vaccination, need for strong governmental authority to enforce the slaughter of all infected and exposed animals... still, it is a stretch.
 * "Frisian authorities concluded in 1769 that the cause of rinderpest was God's displeasure with the sinful behavior of the Frisian people, and proclaimed 15 November a day of fasting and prayer. Interest in inoculation declined sharply across the country."

That is from wp:Rinderpest. In other news, Doctor Benway may have made some money off rinderpest-related woo, or smuggled animals. Don't know. Sprocket J Cogswell (talk) 17:01, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

The 1769 case is different as the product of a radically different/pre-scientific worldview.

Other aspects of the article page on which 'the elimination of rinderpest and smallpox' would appear would include ethics (is it morally right to destroy a species however dangerous it is to humans/species which we prefer more) and eugenics. 212.85.6.26 (talk) 17:04, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * If you're looking to start a debate about this issue, there's an extra portal for that. A stub with tenuous relevance and errors isn't the way to go about it. Röstigraben (talk) 17:50, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Delete
Let's deliberately extinctate this article. 23:48, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Off-mission. Also see above discussion, BoN seems to be trying to argue that bacteria have rights.  Interesting idea, but that goes in a forum thingy.  As stands, article is pointless orphaned page.  End fragmented sentences.  ThunderkatzHo! 23:49, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Vapeing it. ТyUser_talk:Tyrannis 00:04, 18 February 2011 (UTC)