Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Acousticophilia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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. Wizardman 03:35, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Acousticophilia

Acousticophilia (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

unsourced since sept 2006. The only reference provided is movie characters. No evidence that this phenomenon actually exists. Johannes Rohr (talk) 08:50, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment [1] lists this, but I don't know how good a source this is. Nicholas Perkins (T•C) 11:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
    Well, this is the entry. It has the same issue as the Wikipedia article: It has no sources other than fictional works. No evidence that this is a paraphilia known in sexual science. --Johannes Rohr (talk) 11:18, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, as this phenomenon should be limited to the pages of which it references.PokeHomsar (talk) 11:58, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete - one trivial mention in[2] other than that I can't find any references to suggest the phenomenon is notable - there is no evidence of significant coverage by reliable, independent sources. Guest9999 (talk) 12:56, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Redirect to paraphilia, unless somebody can build it up to something more than a substub. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ClockworkSoul (talk • contribs) 17:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
    ... which would mean keeping a topic even though there is no evidence that it is a valid subject, i.e. that it is on the record as a real paraphilia. It is beyond doubt that speech can function as a sexual stimulus. However, unless proven otherwise, I seriously doubt that there are people who can reach an orgasm by hearing, say, a Japanese accent. --Johannes Rohr (talk) 17:58, 2 March 2008 (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.