Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trypophobia


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The result was   delete. seicer &#x007C;  talk  &#x007C;  contribs  17:05, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Trypophobia

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WP:Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. See http://www.geocities.com/holephobia/trypophobia.html for someone purporting to have invented this name in 2005. No evidence in Google Scholar for any actual phobia known by this term. —Largo Plazo (talk) 13:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  -- —Largo Plazo (talk) 13:10, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Likely hoax and borderline patent nonsense: Trypophobia is a serious fear of hole, which results in an all-over itchy feeling and general uneasyness.  Google search seems to indicate a pattern of trolling: petitions to dictionaries to include the word, posts to answers.yahoo.com, attempts to insert the word (together with shock site images) in the World of Warcraft forums.  - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:32, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable nonsense Cardamon (talk) 17:02, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


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