Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/random phobia


 * 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 of the debate was NO RESULT. There are no articles listed for deletion and none tagged to this debate. Moreover, this is a policy decision that belongs at WP:CSD talk, not in the confines of an AfD discussion. In any case, there's obviously no consensus here. -Splash talk 21:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Random phobias
We have to decide this once and for all. You may
 * 1) take any noun or verb,
 * 2) translate into (1) Greek or (2) latin or (3) partially translate or (4) do not translate at all
 * 3) append a '-phobia' and voila! a new article is ready.

Example: hamster ->Mesocricetophobia = "fear of midsize hamsters". Now tell me that there are no people who irrationally hate or fear hamsters!

I suggest to decide right now that any such phobias must be speedily deleted on the spot, unless a reputable source with medical histories is presented. Various unscrupulous websites that sell snake oil for phobias, described in the -phobia article do not count. mikka (t) 20:18, 18 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete per submitter. Tempshill 20:42, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Isn't this a policy discussion, rather than an afd? Anyway, Mesocricetophobia gets no Google Hits,  while the aricles you submitted today do.  If there is a decent merge target, then that would be good. Sonic Mew | talk to me 20:51, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, it is a real life: a midcase between a policy and an individual case. I doubt that "pseudophobias" require the whole special policy".
 * "No hits" is a matter of my persistency. Let me post it into a couple of blogs, with a tragic story how I had three dead hamsters in a row on me so that I started really hating them: my kids cried; I had to carry these sick rodents to a clinic, then lie children that they run away there, &c&c, and I could not stand it any more. And the problem turned out to be in bad gas heater, but it was too late for me... In 2-3 weeks I will get 1,350 google hits.
 * You miss the point: the decent target is wiktionary. Basta. mikka (t) 21:32, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * There is an excellent article at -phobia, with a suitable list at its end. Could we not redirect the individual articles to there, adding to the list if necessary? (It appears common from my rapid, random and unscientific sampling of blue links in the list...) Sliggy 21:23, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Please see Talk:-phobia. A nonnotable is nonnotable is nonnotable. The same happens with many lists, such as List of webcomics: an entry there is allowed only if the webcomic is notable enough to survive VfD. mikka (t) 21:32, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I hadn't thought through the huge number of articles that could be created. I can certainly see a case for the deletion of an article named, say, chukkaphobia, that solely consists of "Chukkaphobia is fear of chukkas" (with or without an image of a chukka). Can WP:CSD A3 (specifically rephrasing) include this? In the worst case the rephrasing is from the Greek or Latin in the article title, to English in the page itself. Sliggy 22:46, 18 October 2005 (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.