Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Telelogophobia

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 02:22, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)

Telelogophobia
Neologism that doesn't seem to have widespread usage. 2 hits, one being Urban Dictionary, which seems like a more appropriate place for it. Niteowlneils 19:58, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to -phobia, no merge. -- Francs2000 | Talk 20:00, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. —Mar·ka·ci: 2005-02-6 23:12 Z
 * Delete. Looks like nonsense. RJFJR 23:59, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Looks like a joke. JoaoRicardo 03:29, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd just like to comment that my hearing is apparently in good working order. &#9786; Uncle G 04:24, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)
 * This is one of my first articles I wrote from scratch, and apparently it offended more than a few other users, and I apologize. I'm new at this, and you hold much higher standards than I thought. I won't damage your community any further with more contributions. 63.226.184.127 12:04, 2005 Feb 7 (according to history Uncle G 05:23, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC))
 * Comment. I am sorry if you got the impression we don't want your contributions. You shouldn't see this as something against you, but against the article. Many people here believe articles are a product of the comunity and therefore have no single authors. So they may not see this as your article, but simply as an article that should get deleted. As least that is how I think. I am a newbie on Wikipedia, and I have done things which others have undone afterwards. It may seem harsh at first, but we get used to this processes. I hope you stay. JoaoRicardo 19:42, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Just to echo JoaoRicardo: My very first article ever, back when I was anonymous instead of pseudonymous, was nominated for deletion as soon as I wrote it. I didn't take it personally.  (After all, I was anonymous.)  I argued the case for the article on its merits (as an anonymous user, no less), all the while editing and expanding it in response to the VFD discussion, and at the end of the process the article was in fact retained.  Uncle G 05:23, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC)
 * Comment: actually it's not the article that's the problem, it's the topic, which is a phenomenon that sounds funny and gets almost no google hits. The article is actually much better written than a large proportion of wikipedia. So please don't get upset that it was (mis)identified as nonsense or a joke, because we do get a lot of those around here. Kappa 01:28, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Comment: Many people may have construed this article as a joke, but it isn't. It's an unusual phenomenon, but it does exist. There are certain people who have unusual or irrational phobias, that are so unbelievable, you naturally dismiss it as a joke. There are even weirder phobias. You may have seen talk shows about this topic, where people speak out about fearing for their lives in the presence of dogs, clowns, or are even afraid of touching mushrooms, or lettuce! These strange, offbeat phobias are reality, and this article is legit, trust me. And the existence of those Yahoo groups devoted to the subject, with hundreds of members, should back up the article's credibility. And yes, some members of those groups are extreme telelogophobics who have even had nightmares involving certain "scary" logos. Just thought I'd shed some light on this.
 * Delete: prank. "This article is legit, trust me." Sure buddy. Wile E. Heresiarch 04:45, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, delete the damn thing then. See if I care. So much for "free content" and "diversity". Sheesh! I mean I try to explain the whole thing and get flamed for it. Just shows what kind of people frequent this site.

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