Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eidetic memory


 * 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 Speedy keep, bad faith nomination (content dispute). NawlinWiki 12:32, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
 * DeleteThere is no such thing as a eidetic memory. That is a scientific FACT!http://www.slate.com/id/2140685/ There is one guy who allways deletes my edits and false-inform the people by doing this. I can not discuss so much, because my English is not the very best... Please delete the article for not-spreading-myths!--195.93.60.69 17:49, 13 September 2006 (UTC) The preceding comment was moved here, rather than on the main page by Edhubbard 12:14, 17 September 2006 (UTC) to be clear about its status as the AfD nom.
 * Strong Keep. It seems the nom'er has become confused because of his self-admitted poor English skills.  The very Slate article that he links to as evidence that there is no such thing as Eidetic Memory states "Photographic memory is often confused with another bizarre—but real—perceptual phenomenon called eidetic memory, which occurs in between 2 and 15 percent of children and very rarely in adults."  See there, "but real".  Therefore, the nom is incoherent.  It may be worth attempting to clarify the difference between photographic and eidetic memory. The Slate article does contain acurrate references to the Stromeyer study on "photographic" memory (widely considered the most stringent test of photographic memory), and the concerns around it.  The Eidetic Memory articled could also be more clear that, in fact, there has been very little research into this individual difference in memory. Edhubbard 12:14, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
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