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* '''Keep'''. Not all of the articles are directly related to vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine controversies covers other forms of vaccine quackery. [[User:Natureium|Natureium]] ([[User talk:Natureium|talk]]) 21:09, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

:: And most of them are not related in any way to controversies. Plus, the parent article has now moved. <b>[[User Talk:JzG|Guy]]</b> <small>([[User:JzG/help|Help!]])</small> 09:10, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

*'''Keep or Rename to [[:Category:Vaccination controversies]]''' - The fact of the matter, like it or not, is that '''there have been vaccine/vaccination controversies'''. That is ''indisputable'', regardless of how one feels about it. These controversies have played out in the public sphere, largely outside the purview of the medical community. It's pretty clear from the rather vituperative discussions at [[Talk:Vaccine hesitancy]] that the nominator has very strong feelings on the subject. I think it's fair to say that he takes offense at the ''very existence'' of such controversies.

*'''Keep or rename''' 'Vaccine hesitancy' doesn't cover anything at all. Made up for PR flash cards to show pubic health docs. [[User:Dallas66|Dallas66]] ([[User talk:Dallas66|talk]]) 19:32, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

:In short, this proposal (and the recent renaming of the ''article'') strike me as '''''an effort to rename those controversies out of existence''''' here on Wikipedia. Furthermore, the term "Vaccine hesitancy" is so new/obscure and unfamiliar as to leave the average reader bewildered if they come across it as the name of the article and/or category. Very unhelpful. [[User:Anomalous+0|Anomalous+0]] ([[User talk:Anomalous+0|talk]]) 13:41, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

:: No, it's a reflection of the current terminology in the field. The WHO does not discuss "vaccine controversies", it discusses vaccine hesitancy. Many of the subjects i the category are not controversies. Some are perfectly routine, others are hoaxes or propaganda. Is [[Melanie's Marvellous Measles]] a vaccine controversy, or a subject in the sphere of vaccine hesitancy? I would argue very firmly the latter. <b>[[User Talk:JzG|Guy]]</b> <small>([[User:JzG/help|Help!]])</small> 00:09, 7 February 2019 (UTC)