Deletion of Infodemic

Comment: into Rumour|Rumo(u)r as they are the same thing.  This is the main point of , "''In Wikipedia, things are grouped into articles based on what they are, not what they are called by. In a dictionary, things are grouped by what they are called by, not what they are
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:DICDEF)

Comment: It does not show a  - it is not duplicate or overlap to Epidemic or other articles.  I would suggest a See Also at misinformation or disinformation.  It does seem prominent in RS and common usage at 1.2M google hits  - e.g. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-73510-5 Nature, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30565-X/fulltext Lancet, https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/let-s-flatten-the-infodemic-curve WHO, https://www.un.org/en/un-coronavirus-communications-team/un-tackling-%E2%80%98infodemic%E2%80%99-misinformation-and-cybercrime-covid-19 the U.N., https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/health/coronavirus-misinformation-social-media.html NY Times, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/10/guide-to-overcoming-coronavirus-misinformation-infodemic/ National Geographic, https://infodemic.blog/ Has it’s blog, https://www.wsj.com/articles/infodemic-when-unreliable-information-spreads-far-and-wide-11583430244 WSJ, https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/these-disinformation-researchers-saw-coronavirus-infodemic-coming-n1206911 NBC News, etcetera.   Merrimack-Webster traces it https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/words-were-watching-infodemic-meaning here to a 2003 Washington Post article on SARS.   Beyond just a description of situation, it is discussed as a practical difficulty for researchers from too much research in one topic at https://www.zdnet.com/article/too-much-research-coronavirus-infodemic-creates-headaches-for-scientists/  ZD Net and https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2020/september/infodemic.html CMU and https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200911110806.htm Science Daily; as a https://www.socialstudies.org/social-education/84/3/rx-infodemic-media-decoding-covid-19-and-online-teaching social studies topic; as  a social media policing with health officials https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/01/tech/coronavirus-social-media-reliable-sources/index.html CNN.  I don’t think the multiple concerns from infodemics would be addressed by any way other than its own article.   Cheers
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Merging (WP:MERGEREASON)