Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Panaphobia

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The result of the debate was - deleted - SimonP 00:16, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

Panaphobia

I originally speedied this, considering it nonsense, until someone left a comment on my talk page suggesting that it was a valid term of some kind. So I restored it. Then User:LevelCheck tagged it for speedy deletion again as a restoration of properly deleted content, and it was again deleted by someone else on that basis. So I restored it again, and I'm listing it here so I can ensure this gets done properly. No vote for now. Postdlf 02:29, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

• It's a pretty much invented word, but it is invented pretty often by a lot of different people, so I suppose a Move to wikipedia move to wiktionary is in order; otherwise delete though, it doesn't belong on wikipedia. And kudos on doing the right thing. --W(t) 02:38, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
  • Thanks. And I assume you meant move to Wiktionary?  ; ) Postdlf 02:51, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
    • It's like you read my mind (because you sure as hell didn't get that from reading my text). --W(t) 03:39, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
• Strictly speaking, it should be panophobia. It is a valid term, but since no one actually suffers from it, it's really a dicdef. No vote for now. -- BD2412 ^talk 02:41, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
  • If we're going to speak strictly (and please let's), it should actually be panphobia I think. --W(t) 02:46, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
• No vote for now, but according to Lucy Van Pelt it is "pantophobia" --Arcadian 02:53, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
  • I think pantophobia is a fear yelling he's behind you and people dressed up as horses. --W(t) 03:33, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
• Hypothetical and highly unlikely, by the article. And yes, Pantophobia is better (and it does mean you're afraid of pants, but not exclusively so) but you can put any Greek word in front of -phobia. Anyway, delete. Radiant_* 11:03, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: I prefer pannaphobia, the fear that you're someone's beast of burden. I don't think a Wiktionary move is appropriate, because what we're looking at is a dictdef, yes, but a coincidentally created mistake by a bunch of folks. There's no stable or consistent definition, so it's not really one word. Geogre 11:27, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Copy to -phobia (including note on alternate spellings) and redirect. --Arcadian 12:17, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• No need for copying alternative spellings notes. And certainly don't add to the list there. (We've had this discussion about keeping the list trimmed and free of non-words before. See Infrogmation's comments at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Afrophobia.) Just Redirect (as a mis-spelling) if you keep this at all. There's a perfectly good dictionary right next door. It will tell you about panphobia, panophobia, and pantophobia, and how they relate to one another. I know this because I wrote the articles. (Editing Greek text is difficult for technical reasons, which is why I couldn't complete the etymologies.) It will even tell you how they are commonly confused. And the reason that Wiktionary doesn't have "panaphobia" is simple: There's no such word. (The mis-spelling hasn't reached "word" status.) Uncle G 13:14, 2005 May 18 (UTC)
• Delete. Postdlf 15:58, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Wiktionary's already got it. --Carnildo 19:47, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete regardless of how notable the term is, this is not a real condition Stancel 23:06, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

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