Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Descendophobia


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The result was   'Delete. The consensus below favors deletion of this content. As an editorial decision, I am declining to set a redirect to dizziness, but if anyone thinks one would be useful, it can be created. Eluchil404 (talk) 09:33, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Descendophobia

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"Descendophobia" appears to be a neologism coined by a Ukrainian doctor, Dr. Trinus. The term appears solely in his (mainly self-published) work, and on (unreliable) websites. (Googlebooks -only Trinus; book and one non relevant hit ; Googlescholar -only Trinus ; Googlenews archives 0 hits). It does not appear in any mainstream psychiatric or psychological textbook as a phobia. The article itself is mostly original research; most of the references given do not mention descendophobia, but are included to bolster the existence of a phobia that has not been recognized in the scientific or medical community. WP is not the place to promote this new concept. Slp1 (talk) 02:39, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable (etymologically unspeakable)neologism, references lacking.31.106.30.183 (talk) 08:46, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:00, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete as a non-notable neologism which has not found general acceptance in the field. This term appears to be used by only one person, Dr. Kostiantyn Trinus. The only mention of this term I found at Google Scholar is from a book on Dizziness by Dr. Trinus, which appears to be self-published. I found nothing at all in the peer-reviewed literature. Many of the references provided in this article are by Trinus, including reference #1 which appears to be the main reference supporting the article's thesis (I couldn't tell because the link comes up as "forbidden"). Also possible in lieu of deletion: a merge to Dizziness. --MelanieN (talk) 16:15, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect to vertigo or dizzyness. New name for an old condition. Bearian (talk) 18:05, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
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