Talk:Trypophobia#Latest changes

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At the top of this page is the > decade-old notice:

"This article was nominated for deletion on 11 March 2009. The result of the discussion was delete."

So why is the article still here? Let alone the cataract of bilge dedicated to it? JohndanR (talk) 15:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was deleted in 2009 following a deletion discussion (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trypophobia). It was created again in 2012. 'Cataract of bilge' is quite a cool phrase, but you're going to have to unpack that a bit: what are you talking about? Girth Summit _(blether) 15:37, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd add that this was the state of the article at that time, and I'd agree that that should have been deleted. It was recreated a while later by someone actually trying to do a good job at it, and eventually the prior history was restored as well. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 18:13, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've just happened upon this article and comment. The 2009 AFD might have been a fair assessment in 2009, but things have moved on since then. Right now, there are ~500 references to papers/articles on Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Trypophobia) and ~50 on pubmed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Trypophobia). So the topic appears to be notable (it satisfies WP:GNG).45154james (talk) 19:30, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm wondering if it's wise to have a page image for this. People with trypophobia may feel very uncomfortable seeing a visual representation of their phobia while researching it. That said, I do not have this phobia, so perhaps this isn't the best idea. DoctorDizzy (talk) 21:37, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Came here to say this same thing. This is not an article about lotus seed pods.

I see no reason an intentionally inflaming image is required to guarantee article quality on this page but not on other articles about psychological conditions than can also be inflamed by visual stimuli. If this particular image is necessary to improve the quality of this article, why doesn't the article Paranoia require an image saying, "You! Yes, YOU! The person reading this! Wikipedia is watching YOU"? That would be fully comparable, but for some reason Paranoia has no image whatsoever. Perhaps the article Epilepsy requires a flashing GIF too, in order to assure the quality of the article? Why does Entomophobia not need a photo of insects? Why doesn't Ommetaphobia need a visual image of eyes? SteubenGlass (talk) 04:48, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please, get a backbone. 184.147.86.173 (talk) 12:45, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, please see the ridiculous amount of times this has been raised in the archives. CFCF (talk) 19:57, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is a bizarre response to a triggering image. "Simply get over your phobia" is not helpful or productive.

The fact that the inclusion of an unhidden image on this page has been repeatedly questioned over its lifetime should be proof enough that it needs to be changed. Simply hiding the image can provide further detail for those interested without making the search engine results for this page a minefield. 2600:2B00:891C:6200:55F:148F:F6CD:ACB (talk) 06:05, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this, just don't know how to make this change Polkol777 (talk) 05:24, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]