Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaslight (psychology)

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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 Deleted, not closed. ViridaeTalk 14:27, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gaslight (psychology)

Has nothing to do with Psychology. A neologism at best. Or perhaps just utter nonsense. Mattisse(talk) 01:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep. I struggled with the (psychology) tag, and have no complaints with it being moved to a better suited name, but it seemed to fit because it is a form of psychological abuse. As for it being utter nonsense, I pulled nearly all the information from existing wikipedia articles, see this[1] version of Gaslight and Gaslight (1944 film). Or if you don't like internal references simply googling "gaslighting" will reveal many webpages on the topic, and even a book. Vicarious 02:02, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment - Psychology is a profession with stardardized terms as determined by DSM-IV and other reference works and peer-reviewed articles. You can't just decide to "stick one in" because you think it belongs. If you take the {psychology) off then I don't care what happens to the article. Mattisse(talk) 02:17, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

  • I moved content to Gaslighting (a former redirect), speedy delete this article. If Xrblsnggt wants to merge still create a merge suggestion on new page.
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.