Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/God complex (2nd nomination)


 * 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   keep. Nja 247 08:56, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

God complex
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This article is a non-notable colloquial term. A quick Google search shows that no reliable results are to be found that pertain to the subject at hand. The article was nominated 3 years ago unsuccessfully when Wikipedia was young, but I feel the situation has changed as it has been demonstrated this article cannot be improved. Ismouton (talk) 16:56, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 17:19, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep There is no deadline on Wikipedia. The God complex is discussed often in many different aspects. Hundreds of news articles and many books discuss this subject in great detail. This article clearly has potential to be a very extensive subject, and that is all that is needed to have this article remain on Wikipedia. Vodello (talk) 17:55, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep This seems to have been the subject of at least 3 books and several journal articles. The article right now obviously doesn't seem to be very good, and the one citation is a very ironic one... but on a quick glance, it seems like there's some meaningful scholarship on this topic. --Chiliad22 (talk) 18:31, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I simply do not see how an article when there is not even scholarly consensus on the definition of the term or even what appears to be discussion on the matter. I look at the description of said books posted by Vodello and it mentions the God Complex to describe the subject in passing.  I can see how this article could be merged with Narcissistic Personality Disorder as god complex would be said to simply be a symptom; although, no scholarly source would describe a symptom as such instead opting for the more apt term delusion. Ismouton (talk) 18:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, one interpretation of "god complex" actually is that it's an old name for NPD: . It could be redirected on that basis. Even if people have meant several things when they wrote about a "god complex", a Wikipedia article could still in theory deal with multiple meanings and just explain them all in context. Still, until that article is written, maybe redirecting to NPD makes sense. --Chiliad22 (talk) 19:11, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  —WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:59, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment So the fact this term has been used to describe James T. Kirk doesn't make it notable? No? Well how about Dr McCoy -- "Dammit Jim, I don't have a God complex, I'm a doctor!" No? Isn't everything connected to Star Trek, anime, & computers automatically notable in Wikipedia? -- llywrch (talk) 21:26, 30 April 2009 (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.