Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Male hysteria


 * 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. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 03:26, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Male hysteria

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Short article, no references, not notable. Codeofdusk (talk) 21:34, 7 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep but rewrite. Notability is easily established; see, e.g., this book by an UIUC professor of intellectual history or this one. In short, whether male hysteria existed or not was the subject of a lively debate in nineteenth century psychiatry. Q VVERTYVS (hm?) 23:29, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I've started to rewrite the article based on the sources that I've found. Q VVERTYVS (hm?) 23:57, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Although this article definitely has problems, and this diagnosis is obsolete, a Google Books search shows that the topic is notable. It is associated with 19th century French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, who was a mentor to Sigmund Freud. It is better to keep, expand and reference the article, instead of deleting it. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  23:39, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep seems to have some notability, there is a detailed female hysteria article as well. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 01:28, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: In the article, None of mentioned sources talk about male hysteria. Only about male nervous illness, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JugniSQ (talk • contribs) 08:37, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep As has been said above, the topic was a serious topic of intellectual debate that has been well-published in reliable sources. RailwayScientist (talk) 13:23, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 03:02, 13 November 2015 (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.