Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dismissiveness


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   Delete. Rjd0060 (talk) 03:11, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Dismissiveness

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Dictionary definition that has already been transwikied to wiktionary, see en:wiktionary. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 00:02, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Dismiss per nom. No reason for this to be here. JuJube (talk) 00:04, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to dismissive This is a notable term but denial/dismissive is the primary expression. Artene50 (talk) 00:19, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Dismissive redirects to Dismissiveness. Erik the Red  2 ( AVE · CAESAR )
 * Delete There doesn't seem to be a topic here. Colonel Warden (talk) 07:38, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete A dictionary definition. You cannot write a well-sourced encyclopedia article about dismissiveness. Erik the Red  2 ( AVE · CAESAR ) 00:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Dictionary definition. rootology  ( T ) 14:08, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep This looks like a technical term in Attachment theory, being one of the four Attachment measures. A Google Scholar search for dismissiveness attachment turned up numerous relevant technical publications.  Someone who actually knows this stuff should be encouraged to amplify it.  It's quite clearly not just a dictionary definition.  Richard Pinch (talk) 22:03, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think this can develop into a useful disambiguation page, along the lines of Denial (disambiguation) - I tried to expand it to one. In any case, I'd at least keep a soft redirect to dismissive. --Amalthea (talk) 13:00, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of  &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:59, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:DIC Tavix (talk) 01:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as a dictionary definition. If there's a legitimate article to be written, per Richard Pinch, it's probably still best to nuke this one and start over. Reyk  YO!  01:37, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete This is a dictionary definition it does not belong in Wikipedia. AlbinoFerret (talk) 01:49, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - not because this is a dictionary definition that could never be expanded, but because it is apparently a bit of technical jargon that occupies the space and catches the links of a term with much broader application. The technical sense probably merits merger on one of the pages about the psychological theory. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.