Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Symphorophilia


 * 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.  Sandstein  14:21, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Symphorophilia

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Could not find any in-depth sources— most online mentions are simple definitions or references to Crash (J. G. Ballard novel). Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so there’s no point in having an article that consists solely of a word’s definition and etymology. Dronebogus (talk) 14:21, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. Dronebogus (talk) 14:21, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. While available sourcing is better than the usual philias only sourced to UrbanDictionary (this one is in the American Psychological Association dictionary (https://dictionary.apa.org/symphorophilia]), it simply is not a philia actually described in any literature apart from some dictionary listings, zero hits on pubmed. – Thjarkur (talk) 20:18, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Plenty of hits doing a Scholar search. This article needs some improvements without doubt, but the term is useful to have in an encyclopedia if a little more detail could be added.--Concertmusic (talk) 01:03, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * comment did you actually find any in-depth information or was it just the two categories I mentioned above? Dronebogus (talk) 01:15, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 01:24, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - I've had a look at what sources there might be and concur with Þjarkur that there's basically nothing out there beyond bare dictionary definitions or the primary source. This is a neologism, and Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so deletion is the right option. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:04, 16 December 2020 (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.