Talk:Emotional selection

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Link leads to Coutts' site which doesn't seem to contain anything related to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.237.99.26 (talk) 18:55, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Notability and too few viewpoints
Earlier today, blanked and redirected the page to Dream, asserting that the emotional selection theory of dreams established by R Coutts is non-notable and that the history of this article indicates self-promotion. I haven't looked into those sources carefully (although there is some obvious COI editing in this page's history) and don't have an opinion on that question at this time. However, I would note that this is not a helpful redirect to Dream given the absence of any reference to emotional selection at the target; moreover, "emotional selection" appears to be a term of art in evolutionary psychology and sociology, but in that context refers to the development of cultural patterns and preferences, not dreams (e.g., ). If my understanding is correct, then this article should be either rewritten to be about the cultural evolution concept, or (if the Coutts theory of dreams is notable) split into a separate article. Either way, the article either needs a rewrite or an AfD discussion, because if the Coutts theory is not notable then this article would be a WP:TNT case. signed,Rosguill talk 18:45, 13 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Having reviewed available literature online, I'm of the perspective that Coutts' work does not meet notability guidelines, and this article should cover usage of the term "emotional selection" across other literature. I've gone ahead and replaced the old content with a new stub along these lines. signed,Rosguill talk 19:54, 17 April 2022 (UTC)