Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Autosexuality

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 18:36, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Autosexuality
This page refers to people who have sexual attraction to themselves therefore they are gay. This concept is not widely known; plus it sounds like a rare concept.


 * Redirect and merge to Homosexuality. I cannot imagine people who are autosexual.  It would be like the earth only having one road to travel on. --TheSamurai 03:23, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I would suggest redirect to Narcissism. RickK 03:30, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Note that the page does not actually say that autosexuals are gay, but that some people consider them to be so. FreplySpang (talk) 03:57, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * May as well keep it, as nothing can rightly be discredited. Let it develop. --Asriel86 04:27, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Nothing can be verified either. Keep if references to articles on autosexuality in psychology journals are added, otherwise delete. Don't merge with Narcissism, though, which seems to be primarily nonsexual in nature and which is already long enough for about three articles. --Angr/comhrá 05:12, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * PubMed turns up a few discussions of autosexual behavior from a variety of authors,
 * Keep, and expand. Megan1967 07:48, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. If nothing else, this explains the autofellatio craze around here. --iMb~Meow 12:15, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and allow for growth. Shimmin 13:31, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * U guys aren't getting my proposal; 1st of all, Autosexuality is rarely heard of therefore this article is superfluous. I suggest a redirect and merge to Homosexuality since it is just a version of homosexuality. --TheSamurai 21:30, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No we heard your first vote, and dont agree. Keep.  ALKIVAR ™[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 22:15, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Really, anyone who has taken a human development course has probably run into this term. One old text I have defines it as "The love of oneself; the stage at which the child becomes aware of himself or herself as a source of sexual pleasure, and consciously experiments with masturbation." The ideas that this is unusual (as suggested by the current article) or "rarely heard" (as suggested by SamuraiClinton) are odd. --iMb~Meow 23:43, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. BLANKFAZE | (&#1095;&#1090;&#1086;??) 21:50, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --Kyknos 23:00, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I have heard of this term before, and also there is a term for someone who is sexually attracted to no one. However, if you all still want a vote, I'll err on the side of inclusion and vote keep. Zscout370 00:54, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * REDIRECT to narcissism 132.205.95.62 02:32, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly how are you gay if you're attracted to yourself? If you're attracted to others of your sex, you're gay. If you're attracted to yourself, you're a narcissist... If you're attracted to yourself to the exclusion of all else, you're still a narcissist...
 * You seem to be claiming that narxissism is different than gayness; I think it is a form of gayness. Also, nobody is getting my POV; I want this redirected and merged to Homosexuality.
 * KEEP this is a very specific pratice that has NOTHING to do with narcissism any more then masterbation does, nor with homosexuality, etc
 * Keep. Evil Monkey∴Hello 03:00, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm convinced there's enough to be said about it for it to have its own article. I look forward to its growth. T IMBO  ( T A L K )  03:47, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Strongly against merging with homosexuality - they are different orientations.  Srcastic 05:17, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems to be a valid, unbiased definition and does not imply that autosexuality = gay Joel Gilmore 06:29, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but ensure this does not fill up with nonsense again. Not the same thing as homosexuality. -- Karada 07:32, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Note that User:SamuraiClinton went against current consensus, merged the content of Autosexuality into Homosexuality, removed the VfD notice, redirected, and then "closed" this VfD discussion. I have since reverted the discussion but have not reverted any of the other changes. android↔talk 14:19, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Quite distinct from Homosexuality and Narcissism. It could well refer to a practice for those who have no other "normal" outlet. I can't believe that User:SamuraiClinton aka TheSamurai is still on the loose still creating all this finger callousing. ;-) hydnjo talk 17:27, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep especially since the queer reference is removed. I have stumbled across that word before there even was a Wikipedia, hence the entry is perfectly legit. If there is really a considerable debate about whether it qualifies as queer/gay/lesbian/homosexual, a seperate paragraph should be added, because AFAIK, usualy it is not. -- AlexR 17:35, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've really and truly tried to help SamuraiClinton, but if this behavior continues, I may file an RfC.  Sam, if you're reading this, please straighten up! - Lucky 6.9 18:07, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Do not merge.  Autosexuality has nothing to do with homosexuality (or heterosexuality) --Carnildo 19:26, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Would autosexuality relate at all to muscle worship? Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy)  01:20, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete --Spinboy 19:18, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Do not merge. There's an article on this in my psychology book, I think. Thechamelon 00:23, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Do not merge. Also should be added to the sexual_orientation article along with asexuality.  Ted-m 00:01, Apr 17, 2005 (EDT)
 * Keep do not merge, I can see clearly how autosexuality (sexual orientation) could be different from both narcissism (psychology), and homosexuality (alternate orientation, same sex is incidental not chosen here), and masturbation (sexual act). FT2 18:48, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.