Talk:Joy

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Joy and happiness
The page joy was changed to point here instead of the primary meaning of happiness over a month after this anonymous edit removed the semi-disambiguation notice from that page. I've not reverted those two edits because there aren't too many links to "joy", but the matter warrants some discussion... --Joy &#91;shallot&#93;   22:04, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I think that joy is a concept distinct from happiness (just as Anger differs from Rage (emotion) and Sadness differs from Sorrow (emotion). I would propose that this title be made into an article on the emotion of joy, with the disambig page moved to a disambig title. Cheers! bd2412  T 19:01, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * AGREED. Make this title into an article on the emotion of joy. The disambig page should have a disambig title.—Iknow23 (talk) 00:30, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not 100% sure whether I understood all the subtleties, but afaics this means that I must create a page Joy (disambiguation), then move content from Joy to this page, then write new content into Joy. The biggest challenge is: what to put into this new page. I'll do some research and then write a first suggestion. You feedback will then be needed. LucSaffre (talk) 00:10, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Material from other Wikipedias could be translated; see for example sl:Veselje, de:Freude, he:שמחה or fr:Joie. Korg (talk) 18:45, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Redirect to Happiness
Shouldn't this article's content be deleted and redirected to Happiness? They're similar enough topics. Tim O&#39;Doherty (talk) 23:41, 30 April 2023 (UTC)


 * We can always translate the Slovenian article when we get bored of the redirect. :) —Alalch E. 23:21, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's a good idea. If someone wants to do that they can go ahead. Tim O&#39;Doherty (talk) 23:24, 21 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I have reworded the lead to make it more in line with other articles such as pleasure. I changed "The word joy refers to the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune, and is typically associated with feelings of intense, long-lasting happiness" to "Joy is the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune, and is typically associated with feelings of intense, long-lasting happiness," as the old sentence was about the word "joy", rather than being about joy. I also added some information and citations about the psychological effects and sources of joy. I have a favor to ask, though. The lead section could benefit from a citation to either a book or a scientific journal, similar to how other emotion articles, such as pleasure, admiration, and gratification have. If anyone here has a copy of "The journal of positive psychology", and if that book has a mention of "joy", we could possibly use that as a citation for the lead sentence, as we do on the "Admiration" article. Thanks. Seckends (talk) 04:07, 27 January 2024 (UTC)