Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vibration analgesia and back pain
Capekm, I realize you are acting in good faith and just trying to spread the word about something you think is valuable. However, that's not how Wikipedia works. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, a summary of what is already known - not a format for putting out brand new information. A Wikipedia article has to be based on |multiple reliable published sources. In this case, it sounds like you are writing about your own invention or discovery, and I haven't been able to find any outside published sources to back it up. The usual places I look for information about a medical device or process are PubMed and Google Scholar; I looked, but those search engines found nothing about use of this technique for back pain. In fact the only article I found about "vibration analgesia" in either archive was an article about using the technique to relieve the pain of heel-sticks in infants; nothing about back pain. I'm afraid this article will have to be deleted, for lack of references in reliable sources. I'm sure there are other places where you can publicize your discovery, but that's not what Wikipedia is for. See riginal research for a better explanation
— User:MelanieN, 00:17, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:42||WP:O (Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything)