Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nostophobia
- 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 redirect to Nostalgia#Other aspects. As some interest has been expressed in a merge, history will be left intact if anyone would like to use it for that purpose. If a soft redirect to Wiktionary is preferable, that can be discussed separately as well. Seraphimblade Talk to me 08:27, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
Nostophobia
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Just a definition; we know the famous quote whose initials are WINAD, don't we?? Georgia guy (talk) 02:51, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Psychology and Social science. - "Ghost of Dan Gurney" (work / talk) 03:37, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
- Delete. The corresponding thesis already exists on https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nostophobia — Preceding unsigned comment added by MitYehor (talk • contribs) 21:49, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 03:42, 8 March 2023 (UTC)- Expand While seeming like a Wiktionary definition now, I think it could be expanded to be an actual in-depth article. Sorry if anybody disagrees with this. Have a good day. Tvshowoflife (talk) 18:57, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
- Keep The article is a stub but the topic is clearly notable after searching. small jars
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20:26, 8 March 2023 (UTC) - Comment - This is an interesting one. The concept seems quite niche, with minimal consistent adoption in academic spaces. The most well-cited is this.[1] I could be convinced that it could be expanded into a proper article, but it seems plausible that a merge to Nostalgia or Oikophobia would be better.Suriname0 (talk) 02:43, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
References
- ISSN 0277-9536.
The concept of nostophobia (Davis, 1979) is less frequently used. It is a potentially useful flip side to nostalgia: an assessment of the past as essentially negative, and of the future as an opportunity to rectify its limitations. Thus, following earlier writers, we see the concept as 'useful in analysing the way organisational members reverse the positive/negative temporal division and see the past as an era to be escaped from, and the new, more positive one, actively embraced' (Strangleman, 1999, p. 727–728).
- Comment If not kept a redirect to Wiktionary could be good.★Trekker (talk) 15:49, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
- Merge and redirect to Nostalgia#Other aspects. If further content is developed there it can always be split out again. BD2412 T 04:12, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 10:58, 18 March 2023 (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.