Talk:Organ theft

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Organ theft is not an urban legend, it happens everyday in for instance China. It also happens in India.

^ Agree with above statement, this article should be binned as biased and uninformed opinion. Organ theft is a documented reality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.0.153.194 (talk) 14:34, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Editing Needed

As previously pointed out below, the term "organ theft" conflates several significantly different actions, both factual and fictional. In order for this entry to be informative there needs to be a distinction between lawful but unethical organ procurement allowed under some national governments and the unlawful, forcible removal of organs, supposedly for transplantation, and murder for the purpose of using organs, again supposedly for transplantation. The confusion is displayed in the use of the first reference in the current version where a Snopes article is referenced as supporting felonious murder and organ stealing when the article is actually debunking urban legends of organ theft. The confusion is far from harmless. This entry needs to be factual and backed up with supporting references. Most nations that have formally organized organ procurement for transplantation rely on altruistic donation. Accept for live kidney donation, this usually requires at least the cooperation of next of kin. Data exists to show that negative impressions of organ procurement obtained from urban legends and fiction cause next of kin to view organ procurement as gruesome and deny permission. This usually means that several people will die unnecessarily since a single donor can save several lives. I will start by editing the existing article, correcting referencing errors, and eventually submit new sections explaining organ theft urban legends, their history, the lack of evidence over decades, and the harm caused. Mike Holloway Dr.MikeHolloway (talk) 21:27, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Several Different Levels

It would seem that the article needs a rebuild rather than binning - organ theft (literally) covers a multitude of sins ... from the urban myths concerning people waking up in tubs of ice with a kidney missing (which are unlikely to be true), to illicit removal of organs from cadavers or the "recycling" of condemned criminals in certain nations (which do seem to occur from time to time). Would need someone who can be bothered to track down/make up relevant citations. 62.196.17.197 (talk) 12:05, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

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The page as it is right now is useless, it is just opinion and weakly credible news stories. With all the testing that would need to be done for organ compatibility, there have been no documented cases of theft actually occurring. It's an urban legend and this entry should discuss the legend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:204:C102:F350:29D7:64FA:9CA9:419D (talk) 03:31, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Deletion of this page

I have thought about this page for a while now, and I have decided that there is no encyclopedic value in it. For what 'credible' stories it can provide, those can be merged with another article. This entire page needs to be scrapped ASAP. Beansohgod (talk) 16:12, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Deletion is not cleanup, and there are still usable references like Snopes and Skeptical Inquirer for the urban legend and Encyclopedia of Science Fiction for usage in sci-fi. You should discuss this first at WP:FTN before deciding to send it to AfD. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 20:43, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

I have added some material on the presentation of organ theft in Science Fiction and how that has been discussed in reliable secondary sources. I think this adds to the usable content to which LaundryPizza03 refers. 172.195.96.244 (talk) 07:15, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

@LaundryPizza03 I understand, and thank you for challenging this page, for I was beginning to have second thoughts about deleting the thing. In the stead of deleting the article, could we perhaps merge the salvageable information into the Illegal Organ Trade section of Organ trade? The media portrayal bit of said article is practically begging for something along the lines of the page. Beansohgod (talk) 17:00, 31 December 2021 (UTC)