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This article has consistently violated the standards of NOR, and NFRINGE since it was created. A talk page discussion about its basic problems in 2022 brought no progress, and after three years, nothing has changed. As the recent proposal for deletion was contested, I am starting this discussion.
1. The opening sentence reads: "Psychological functions, as described by Carl Jung in his book Psychological Types...". In fact, a significant part of this article is about interpretations of MBTI adherents, and people deeply influenced by the MBTI. This is an entirely arbitrary selection. For example, we have an article on Socionics, which is excluded here. This is unresolved because there is no independent, reliable, and comprehensive treatment of the idea this article is trying to describe. Therefore, it is original research.
2. The personality psychology field widely dismisses Jung's theory of psychological functions, and any concurrent developments, such as type dynamics in MBTI, or socionics. It is definitely a fringe theory. There seems to be no secondary, independent literature on the article's topic in general. I am not aware of it, and it seems that in the past 20 years, it has never been found. Therefore, this fringe topic within an already fringe topic lacks notability.
What can be salvaged should be merged to Psychological Types. That is the original work of the book, which is found in both articles. There are no foreseeable difficulties for that partial merge. I proposed a merge in 2022, but the discussion ended with no consensus. As for the rest of its content, the only solution seems to be deletion. It appears that maintaining this article will only cause more readers to be mislead, and potentially serve as a platform for advertising more 'models' which are included only on the basis of their hobbyist popularity. Dege31 (talk) 21:52, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Psychiatry and Psychology. Dege31 (talk) 21:52, 28 June 2025 (UTC)