Talk:Ophidiophobia

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An entry from Ophidiophobia appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 7 February 2006.

Shouldn't ophidiophobia either have its own page or redirect to "snakes?" Redirecting to "phobia" doesn't give any information about what the word means, since probably most people already know the "phobia" part.

a case of the talk page cropping up before the article. now i've created it. will expand it too. Idleguy 06:42, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

"Fear of snakes is much more prevalent than other animal phobias due to the fact that snakes have been able to survive in almost all terrain from the jungles, to farm lands to urban areas." This seems weak. --Wetman 06:27, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Famous People

There needs to be a reference for each person in this list. I am considering deleting the section if no fellow editors provide sources. TheRingess 07:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I've deleted two names whose articles don't mention about this phobia and retaining the other two. btw, isn't an entry in Wikipedia source enough? If any, the issue should be raised in the Indiana Jones article (however by looking at his movies it should be proof enough of his phobia) and not here. just my opinion. --Idleguy 13:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

If a wikipedia entry for a person talks about it, and gives a source, then in my opinion that's enough. If the source is not mentioned in their article then the contributing editor needs to provide it here. For example, I saw no reference in the Salma Hayek article, so where did the original editor get the info.TheRingess 15:27, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

OK. But I didn't add Salma, AFAIK only Indiana Jones is a confirmed ophidiophobic. And he's not even real! --Idleguy 16:36, 23 July 2006 (UTC)