Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chorophobia

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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) Yellow Dingo (talk) 05:38, 14 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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When I was a kid, I avoided having to dance because I was a social pariah up into high school and a klutz until well into college. It was hardly an unreasonable fear, under the circumstances. Meanwhile we have this made-up thing with no trace in the literature and a lot of claims about what such a phobia would be like which I have to think were the supposition of whoever wrote this, because they don't come from any reliable source. Mangoe (talk) 16:46, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Behavioural science-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:15, 24 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep There are sufficient times when the term is used in the media. Whether it is a "real" phobia or not (ie whether real people actually suffer from a fear of dancing) is irrelevant, and yes there are indications that it may not be a valid medical term but so what -- since our job here as Wikipedians is not to make such a determination. Rather, when it is used in places like here and here and other places, it's a term. I can imagine a movie script with such a premise as a chorophobic shivering in his boots on a dance floor. Plus The Guardian says it exists.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:12, 3 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• delete no significant coverage per WP:MEDRS. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:52, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:57, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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