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Condom was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
December 17, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
August 22, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
April 21, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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Condom

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Result: Delisted. (t · c) buidhe 20:31, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced material (criterion 2), and an abundance of WP:WTW (criterion 1b). Also, quality of prose is poor (lots of one-line paragraphs), and the history section is pretty much reliant on one source (possibly violating criterion 4). I should note that I think the medicine WikiProject perfectly capable of overcoming these issues, should they wish to. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:50, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Renaming to Condom (External)

Hi all, I would like to propose that this page be renamed to "Condom (External)" to make it clear which type of condom this article focuses on. I am making a similar suggestion that the page currently titled "Female condom" be renamed to "Internal Condom". These terms (internal and external) are more medically accurate than male and female, since these devices can be utilized by all genders and sexes. In conjunction with this, I would plan to adjust wording within this article to predominantly use the terms internal and external. I am happy to explain this point further if there are any questions. Willmskinner (talk) 18:07, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alternately, we could leave the title as is, and increase the size and scope of the Internal Condom section... Willmskinner (talk) 03:42, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Double Bagging"

I have removed the following paragraph: ""Double bagging", using two condoms at once, is often wrongly believed to be an extra-effective method of birth control, but such use is more likely to cause condom breakage due to friction between the condoms." Because the source given (https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fandr.13722) offers no data to support the claim that the use of two condoms simultaneously leads to higher breakage rates. In fact, another study from Thailand in 1997 found significantly decreased rates of breakage when two or more condoms were used simultaneously. https://journals.lww.com/jaids/abstract/1997/02010/multiple_condom_use_and_decreased_condom_breakage.11.aspx I would love it if others could search for any other data related to this often-discussed topic. Willmskinner (talk) 19:03, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]