Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wizard (psychology)

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. - Mailer Diablo 04:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wizard (psychology)

I originally prodded this article with the following concern: "Original research with no reliable sources or assertion of notable usage. Cites only self-published sources." The article's primary contributor disputed the prod and added a source from an academic (journal published) source. I don't feel the new source substantiates the usage as described in the article, so I'm listing the disputed prod here. Muchness 19:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Catchphrase used by motivational speakers, by the look of it: "a wizard is someone who affects your self image"; I think we used to call those things "people". And where's this supposed "journal" source? Byrgenwulf 07:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
  • The author didn't use {{cite journal}}. I've fixed that. Uncle G 09:48, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The article does have at least one reliable source. MaxMangel 05:18, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. original nonsense. psychologycruft. --HResearcher 03:29, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Mailer Diablo 15:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete These sources are sketchy at best. The first one is a blog, and the next two are completely unrelated from the topic at hand. --Wafulz 15:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, unverifiable with reliable sources. None given. --Coredesat talk. ^_^ 06:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. The academic source cited is not relevant to the topic of the article. PsycINFO shows no relevant hits, which means that this concept really isn't in the academic literature of psychology. Furthermore, some of the claims in the article have been rather soundly debunked by modern psychology. Therefore, the article appears to violate WP:OR and probably WP:V; even then, the lack of information on how it'd be criticized by the scientific community makes it violate WP:NPOV. --FreelanceWizard 09:44, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Wizard in not a psychological term in the field of psychology. It has no meaning whatsoever in the professional literature. Perhaps if the article's name is changed to Wizard (pop psych) or something to clarify this point. There seems to be some confusion on Wikipedia between Psychology as a professional, scientific and academic field, and coined terms with (psychology) appended used by self-help websites, books, motivational speakers, etc. as mentioned above. Mattisse 11:55, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - "Subconscious mind believes all input"; "Wizard is someone who affects your self image" ... what is this even talking about? Take it to Geocities. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.10.213.73 (talk • contribs). (user's fifth edit)
• Delete "original nonsense". —Khoikhoi 00:41, 6 August 2006 (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.