Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Species dysphoria


 * 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. Was improved during the AfD; would need a new AfD if still deemed problematic.  Sandstein  20:38, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Species dysphoria

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Relatively newly invented term, not much substance to the article besides explaining what it's not; the only reference is a spammy-looking link that doesn't work anymore. Brief googling didn't return anything better either. — Jean Calleo (talk) 16:20, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Searching on Google Books and Scholar shows at least one paper from Archives of Sexual Behaviour Volume 38, Number 4, 605-609, "A Case Study of Preferential Bestiality" by Christopher M. Earls and Martin L. Lalumière; and three books,  and .  The term seems to have been in use since at least 2001.  Cusop Dingle (talk) 19:08, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Behavioural science-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 22:58, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment - not so new as to fail WP:NEO, and possibly can pass WP:FRINGE. We certainly have lots of weird articles at WP:ODD. I found two articles at Google scholar, but none at EBSCOhost or Points of View databases. Bearian (talk) 22:03, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - worked hard on editing the entry to add proper cites, etc. I hope it is looking better now... thank you to Cusop Dingle for giving those links! I found other references too, the Becoming Dragon project was a very good reference, and, Lupa's A Field Guide to Otherkin has a good section. My friend found some other scholary papers, is going to the library to photocopy them so we can add references is they are useful. Cygnus olor sapiens (talk) 00:20, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - there's also a mention of "species identity disorder" in a paper by Gerbasi here, and the paper "Animal house: Lycanthropy, or the delusion of being an animal", presented in the book The witch in the waiting room, a physician examines paranormal phenomena in medicine also mentions species identity disorder. I am buying the book so, I am going to read through and see how significant it is, the preview on Google Books seems significant. Cygnus olor sapiens (talk) 11:59, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - I'm going to go out on a limb and state this appears to be on its way towards showing notability, having been improved a great deal. Bearian (talk) 19:31, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, well sourced article page. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:33, 18 November 2011 (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.