Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Atheophobia

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 delete. Mailer Diablo 00:50, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Atheophobia

I first prodded this page and it was speedied, possibly by {{db-author}} After recreate, I prodded again which was shortly removed. My prod rationale was Dictionary/neologism definition; Wikipedia is not a dictionary. In the recreation history message author proposed that page be merged with article on atheism, but as I stated on the discussion page, that makes no sense. If the term is to be incorporated into atheism, make the change (be bold); dicdef not candidate for merge with article. Now, new, similar rationale is given in edit history for removing prod. Fuhghettaboutit 15:49, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as neologism. --Terence Ong 15:52, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete - this article's been merged with the discrimination section of the Atheism article, and the editors there can evaluate the information for notability and applicability. Justin Eiler 16:35, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and do not merge. It's a non-widespread neologism. --Yath 16:44, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as neologism (and I removed it from Atheism - I don't think it's notable to mention there either). Mdwh 16:55, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and merge, with a footnote regarding the neologism - MFNickster 16:56, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Gerard Foley 17:48, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge Redirect to -phobia. It's a legitimate term, I think (though doesn't deserve its own article). dbtfz^talk 00:24, 5 March 2006 (UTC). Note that Theophobia currently redirects to -phobia. dbtfz^talk 00:26, 5 March 2006 (UTC). Changing my vote, since the term is not widely used. Does not appear on any phobia lists I can find. Redirecting can't hurt, though. dbtfz^talk 00:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Comment Note that Theophobia appears to be a valid word, unlike Atheophobia - the former having 19,800 Google hits, including dictionaries (e.g., [1]). Mdwh 01:22, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Interesting... if "theophobia" is a fear or hatred of god, would "atheophobia" be a fear or hatred of no god, or (in its broadest sense) an "absence of fear or hatred of god"? <grin> - MFNickster 05:47, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I give up. I don't want to be the only one preventing this from being deleted. dbtfz^talk 01:28, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as neologism. I'm sure we'll all kick ourselves when this becomes a notable topic. Fagstein 08:59, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Delete or merge and redirect to atheism. While we may kick ourselves if it does become notable, it isn't now. My delete is only weak because a) it is a term that I have seen used on a few occasions and b) it would be useful when dealing with some of the religious extremist editors who call everyone who disagrees with them atheists a page to point them to other than WP:NPA. JoshuaZ 15:46, 5 March 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.