Editing Darwin Awards (section)

=== Nominee must be dead or rendered sterile ===

This may be subject to dispute. Potential awardees may be out of the gene pool because of age; others have already reproduced before their deaths. To avoid debates about the possibility of [[in-vitro fertilization|''in vitro'' fertilization]], [[artificial insemination]], or [[human cloning|cloning]], the original Darwin Awards book applied the following "deserted island" test to potential winners: If the person were unable to reproduce when stranded on a deserted island with a fertile member of the opposite sex, he or she would be considered sterile.<ref name="book_one">{{cite book |last=Northcutt |first=Wendy |title=The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action |year=2000 |publisher=PLUME (The Penguin Group) |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-525-94572-7 |pages=2–6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cowke97r_IkC&q=darwin+awards}}</ref> Winners of the award, in general, either are dead or have become unable to use their [[sexual organs]].