Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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 deleteandmayberedirect. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

This article has been here since March 2006, with an additional few deleted entries dating back to 2004. Considering that it has been on Wikipedia for 2 years without being properly referenced by a reliable source, I have an inclination that this word is simply made up, and at best a "neologism" of some sort. Delete HappyCamper 10:23, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

• This is a standardized word and an actual fear, although it may have been created originally as a joke. I just now added a few citable sources to prove that. I was in the middle of clearing the article up, although it is really hard to do it reliably, seeing that most take the word for a joke. A large problem with the page is that someone removed the contents' box, so that makes it even harder to clarify. I say Keep [The Definition] [A self help page] [Another self help page] www.cafepress.com/fearsandphobias/636025 A T-Shirt company on it [This definition has etymology, but it's hard to tell if it was copied from wiktionary or vice versa]--MrRandomGuy 10:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • I don't think those are particularly reliable sources. For example, operational definitions are given, but there is no etymology provided for the word. --HappyCamper 11:06, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki to wiktionary Delete Fine, it's not a made-up word. Still doesn't belong here. — NMChico24 10:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Why's that? It may not be the best article in the wiki, but that's just because nobody's gotten around to fixing it. According to the wikipedia guidelines, articles doesn't need to be deleted if "it is not original research, its central information is verifiable, and it is capable of achieving a neutral point of view with good editorship." I agree, it needs to be cited more, but that falls under the third point. --MrRandomGuy 10:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment has nothing to do with the merit of the article, good or bad. It's because Wikipedia isn't a dictionary. ColourBurst 18:14, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Transwiki per above. MER-C 12:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Wiktionary has had hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia since 2002, four years before this article was even created. Please don't use the transwikification system as a means for avoiding properly addressing problem Wikipedia articles, and please check Wiktionary first before nominating something for transwikification. There is a prominent interwiki link to the Wiktionary article right at the top of this one. Uncle G 14:35, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Thank you for the tip, but you could be a little less stern with your suggestions. There is a such thing as wikiquette, you know? Might want to reread that guideline. Cheers! — NMChico24 18:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:WINAD, and don't bother transwiki-ing per Uncle G. --Mr. Lefty _{Talk to me!} 18:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Per WP:WINAD and Transwikifications. Daniel's page ☎ 20:01, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• im got a part of the wiki group or even that familiar about the site exept for a couple of school projects that ive done but thers a site called www.phobialist.com and its legitimate and everything its on ther if u wanna check it out and its not a joke u can delete this if u want just saying check out the site =)
• I've added more on. It no longer reads as a dictionary entry as far as I know. It's as relevant as acrophobia or any other fear; just because it's harder to research and lesser known is no reason to delete it.--A random guy named Jordan L. 20:55, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Also, I find it odd that I am unable to locate any reliable print sources for this term. --Hetar 22:25, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. We should have an article on this. --badlydrawnjeff talk 17:54, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. I don't think WP:WINAD applies here as this article is clearly not just a dictionary definition. There is, however a dicdef version of this article at Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. --KFP 00:13, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
• REDIRECT to -phob-. The article has a brief entry for a verison of this word under the heading "Joke phobias". There are several versioons of this word. It certainly gained some attention as joke, bot no more than that. `'mikka (t) 18:56, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and don't redirect. Per above, oh and I can't really see anyone searching for this word so no reason to redirect it. Whispering^(talk/c) 00:31, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, wine advertisement. Recury 02:08, 20 September 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.