Drrakeshparikh

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Proposed deletion of Index of Central Obesity

The article Index of Central Obesity has been proposed for deletion. The proposed-deletion notice added to the article should explain why.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Kevin (talk) 21:14, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Conflict of interest

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 21:11, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Index of Central Obesity for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Index of Central Obesity is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Kevin (talk) 21:19, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

improvement of Index of Central Obesity

I've expanded and improved Index of Central Obesity. If you have any ideas for further improvements, please comment in the article's talk page (Talk:Index of Central Obesity) or here. I should have time to fold in your good ideas. There are also a few places where I'm not sure what source supports the statement. It would be especially helpful if you could comment on the sentences marked with {{Citation needed}}. You might also want to review WP:AVOIDCOI for the accepted way to contribute when their is a conflict of interest.  —Chris Capoccia ^T⁄_C 15:09, 14 May 2011 (UTC)