Talk:Bibliomania

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IMHO the whole art is POV from a psych point of view, the term bibliomania in fact can be found in a less derogatory and more humorous sense in a number of publications - perhaps there needs to be a separate article regaring the same condition that is not so blatantly disparaging! vcxlor 01:29, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree. I think between this article or Bibliophile we could find a place for that meaning rather than a third article, they are all short articles that need expansion. --Stbalbach 03:47, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Then reading the range of book collecting, bibliophile, and bibliomania, I think I need to step back for a bit, as there are such major omissions (at least from my aust-anglo perspective) in these entries, I'll have to wait till I'm back in full steam after my wiki break to really try to adjust some of the points I have problems with. Thanks for agreeing anyways, will be back - but after some time!!vcxlor 10:58, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Yeah, the book collecting article in particular needs a lot of work, its a mostly "text dump" of Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 -- most of it archane and irrelevant. But that's a bigger problem for Wikipedia in general. --18:33, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] redirect

The word "Bibliomaniac" should redirect here. Bibliomaniac15 01:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Analogy with other media of cultural transmission

Surely similar conditions must exist for the likes of obsessive music and film collectors?

User:HisSpaceResearch 31 May 2006

[edit] Psychology?

There are texts, and materials that have nothing to do with obsessive compulsive or any other form disorder that refer to the excessive use and interest in books - ok its a neglected article and poorly populated - so its open to hijacking - but really - there is more to this obsession than simplistic psychological labelling SatuSuro 04:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Just because it falls under the purview of psychology, that doesn't mean that's *only* what it is. The term does have a psychological use, but other ways it may be used still apply. (I wasn't claiming exclusivity to psychology by adding it to that project.) :) Aleta 05:33, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough - my apologies - there is - down the line - a possibility that if adequately populated by sufficient texts refs - that another tag /category might be of use as well - but at the monent as it stands - its fine SatuSuro 05:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A very specific comment

I am occasionally led to and fro on this site, as I hope others also are, and so I come upon these random pages with references to things I was otherwise familiar with already. In this case, I am referring to the 'examples' of bibliomaniacs in popular culture.

In regards to the anime Read or Die, I vaguely remember it, but I do remember enough. Also, whomever wrote the paragraph on Readman just wasn't clear with their writing. Based on the fact that this character "has read thousands of books", then perhaps that would only make her a bibliophile with a tendency towards hoarding, as opposed to a bibliomaniac. Even more puzzling is the fact that at the end of the paragraph, the author completely negates their initial assertion by saying exactly what I just said: Readman is more bibliophile than bibliomaniac.

So then, I ask, why include this character at all in an article about bibliomaniacs? Just for the sake of pop culture examples? If the example is not an actual example, then it's pointless!

I direct this question to the author of said paragraph; I shall kindly refrain from editing the entry.

I am sure this matter is of the utmost importance to everyone ;) But I must always stop by and try to tidy up things.

Good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.43.93.12 (talk) 11:33, August 24, 2007 (UTC)