Talk:List of phobias/Archive 4

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Semi-protected edit request on 24 June 2020

Anatidaephobia Fear that somewhere, at all times, a Duck is watching you. 2001:8F8:1A21:E2C5:59DA:BB0E:1554:3C27 (talk) 04:47, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 04:55, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 July 2020

Please change the line "Homophobia – fear/dislike of homosexuality, homosexuals, or gays (as opposed to lesbians)" to "Homophobia – fear/dislike of homosexuality, homosexuals, or gay people (as opposed to lesbians)".

Reference to gay people as "gays" is outdated language and often considered offensive. Thank you. Reddie133 (talk) 18:10, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

 Not done for now: I don't see the difference between "gays" and 'gay people" (especially not in this context were the next word is "lesbians"). This seems like hair-splitting to me; no change required. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:15, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit req, 5 July 2020

please add styrophobia, fear of styrofoam, including the sound, feel, look, and thought of this terrible plastic. 2601:646:8600:C310:20FC:4A3A:D807:854 (talk) 00:50, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Can someone please add 'Onomatophobia' into the list?

Onomatophobia is the fear of hearing a certain word or of names. Onomatophobia is considered to be a specific phobia, which is discussed on the Phobia Types page. Onomatophobia is also related to Nomatophobia (fear of names), Logophobia and Verbophobia (which both mean the fear of words) . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yssn (talk • contribs) 12:42, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

 Not done No reliable sources. The term does not appear to be used in the relevant literature. BiologicalMe (talk) 15:24, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2020

fear of being unmute or mute in an audio or video conference call Naren chittar (talk) 21:01, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Definitely a real fear, but probably not yet a phobia that has been widely described in clinical papers. – Thjarkur (talk) 21:18, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 February 2021

Move 'Teratophobia' - 'the fear of disfigured people' to the 'Cultural prejudices and discrimination' section 100.15.204.94 (talk) 02:51, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Does not appear to necessarily fit better in that section – Thjarkur (talk) 11:11, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 March 2021

speluncaphobia- fear of caves 1.144.109.206 (talk) 22:18, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. J850NK (talk) 22:31, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

caucasophobia needs to be added for equality sake.

caucasophobia is defined as the fear of white people. There are many significant racial fears listed but this is not among them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.127.202.3 (talk) 19:44, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Please provide a reliable source that discusses this phobia. ... discospinster _talk 21:08, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2021

Kenophobia - The fear of empty spaces or voids Vendoxity (talk) 21:53, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. EN-Jungwon 07:25, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

melophobia

melophobia is the fear of music. please add this, for I have a little of it, and it would be a better website if there were more phobias on it.

Do you have a reliable medical source that discusses melophobia? ... discospinster _talk 22:57, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2021

Add the fear of clouds nephophobia it is somewhat rare but it still exists 168.245.215.18 (talk) 16:17, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 16:58, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

"Triskaidekaphobia" misspelled as "Triakaidekaphobia"

Sabujakimobusa (talk) 10:31, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Not an error. That was the spelling in an 1897 publication. The use of a {{sic}} tag could be discussed, but "tria"/"tris" is not much of a debate topic. A comment in the text already indicates the verbatim nature of the quotation. BiologicalMe (talk) 03:47, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Add Kosmemophobia to the list of phobias

Please add kosmemophobia to the list of phobias. This phobia is becoming more and more recognised and something I also suffer from. Ithas a subreddit dedicated to it with over 500 members. It is often described as the fear of jewellery, although it extends to many more things, usually metal, intricate objects. (such as coins, patterned cutlery, keys) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onetyfour (talk • contribs) 15:28, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

I second this request. In fact, I think it deserves its own page. A lot is known about kosmemophobia compared to most phobias. [article] on the Phobia Wiki explains it well. (I wrote most of it. Most Phobia Wiki editors are trolls, but I think I made a good article.) — HopHoppipHarvest (talk•contribs) — Preceding undated comment added 18:50, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Article scope (psychiatric phobias are distinct from other types)

This article seems to be talking about several different things at once, and while it does include what one would expect to find in a list of this sort (psychiatric phobias), it also includes things that one would not expect to find here. I suggest that most of the other sections be moved elsewhere.

Those pertaining to prejudices are already largely (if not entirely) covered by List of anti-cultural, anti-national, and anti-ethnic terms, and leaving them in this article could be seen as offensive (implying those that are intolerant are merely fearful, rather than hateful).

Meanwhile, the scientific terms which make use of the suffix -phobia could easily be moved to a page at -phobia – akin to -phoresis – if they are to be kept at all.

The medical phobias should either stay, or be moved along with the scientific ones. I am unsure exactly where to send the cultural/historical terms of "Cultural phenomena", but perhaps it could stay, at least for the moment (worth noting that Lipophobia is a redirect anyway). And the jokes/fictional phobias are clearly related to the idea of psych phobias and should stay. — HTGS (talk) 08:11, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Androphobia

Androphobia is a redirect. The link should be removed. Aidepoetus (talk) 18:40, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Add rhabdophobia to the list of phobias

Revert of 'rhabdophobia' was improper, it is the fear of magic. Look it up before mindlessly hitting revert, kthx. Senjoro Nie (talk) 01:39, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

Add Prosopotikophobia to list of phobias

As far as I'm aware, this is a pretty rare one, but I do suffer from this and I've seen some other people who have it, too. Prosopotikophobia (prosopo, meaning "face," and tiko, meaning "melt") is the fear of melting faces. I'm currently working on a website that will provide helpful info on it and a movie warnings list for sufferers and their loved ones, but it's not quite ready yet.

Anyway, I've suffered from this phobia for over 14 years as of writing this, and only recently coined the term because I didn't see it anywhere and didn't want to google the definition for fear of being triggered, so I feel like it would really help a lot of people to be able to find it in a phobias list. LoveYouForever96 (talk) 10:07, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Two things:

1) I'm not the person to listen to when it comes to Ancient Greek, but your fear might be better named 'liomenoprosopophobia,' as 'tiko' doesn't mean 'melt.'

2) We'd need one or two sources for this, and I doubt there are any that could be considered reliable. A quick glance through Google shows nothing, but maybe there are RS for this? IDK.

Just out of curiosity, would you be afraid of merely distended/distorted faces, like The Scream, or does it need to be full-on melting, à la Raiders of the Lost Ark? Joe (talk) 13:03, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Well, my fear technically stemmed from the evil lair/lab scene from Agent Cody Banks, which I've been told isn't necessarily "melting" (more like crinkling, which is a lot milder than melting, but still gross); I guess I mistook that for melting because of the fact that they say the word melt in reference to the ice cubes storing the nanobots responsible for killing the villain - and I've also seen other people on the internet describe what happened to him as melting

but yeah, I am also afraid of the Raiders of the Lost Ark scene, so melting is the appropriate word for it

my mom was actually the one who came up with "prosopotikophobia" 'cause google told her that tiko means "melt," but thank you for informing me of the correct root word! LoveYouForever96 (talk) 19:32, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Is it okay if I put screenshots here of comments I've seen where people say they are afraid of this, or are photos of any kind not allowed for obvious reasons? LoveYouForever96 (talk) 04:48, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Screenshots are fine, make sure you're using something that's in the commons or, if you're uploading something, something that doesn't violate Wikipedia's terms for copyrighted material. Joe (talk) 08:38, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

@JoePhin: As has just been pointed out to LoveYouForever96 at the Teahouse, it is not appropriate to recommend uploading screenshots of YouTube comments, as usergenerated content has absolutely no value or usefulness here - not to mention the possible legal issue of copying other people's writings. So please don't recommend this as a solution to support a WP:NEOLOGISM that has yet to be reported in any reliable medical source. Wikipedia is not a place for publicising made-up names, no matter how disconcerting any esoteric phobia may be to the individual who experiences it. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:47, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Okay, so since I can't have this added to the article right now, how exactly do I go about legitimizing this as a specific phobia without presenting it as original research? I know other people have the phobia, too, but idk how many out there are willing to go to the lengths of getting it recognized, so I feel kind of alone in this effort. LoveYouForever96 (talk) 00:17, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Anatidaephobia and Alexktorophobia are switched

Anatidaephobia is fear/dislike of ducks, and I think Alexktorophobia needs to spelled Alektorophobia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A45B:C2AE:100:79CD:A18:1330:783B (talk) 07:14, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

I was just coming to say the same thing! Evidently my account is too new to edit it. The error appears to be repeated from the Ornithophobia page (which I have now edited to correct). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mewlatesta (talk • contribs) 19:23, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2021

In the list headed 'Psychological conditions,' please change 'Anatidaephobia' to Alektorophobia, and 'Alexktorophobia' to Anatidaephobia; anatidaephobia is the fear of ducks, alektorophobia the fear of chickens. In other words, anatidaephobia and alektorophobia are in the wrong order, and alektorophobia has been spelt incorrectly. APEX454555 (talk) 20:25, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done Cannolis (talk) 21:03, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Add Kakorrhaphiophobia to the list

It is the fear of being failed. It has mentioned in AMV “I see a dreamer” by CG5 (link: I see a dreamer) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.121.30.243 (talk) 08:01, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 December 2021

I want you to add another phobia it's the fear of cobwebs/spiderwebs it's a rare branch of arachnophobia it's called arachnocoppephobia. 2603:7081:7906:7A00:5072:AFE5:851F:7D5E (talk) 09:23, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Melmann 10:38, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 December 2021

Can I edit this list, recently a newly discovered phobia by research from Leo Wen, a student at Home Gardens. This phobia is what some describe as plebheurverphobia which is the phobia of people finding the truth, this is a discovery in the sociology field. Alfundolst (talk) 05:10, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 05:57, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Add Tristophobia to list of phobias

Fear of being sad or fear of sadness. Tristophobia (from Latin tristis, "sad"), also known as maestophobia (from Latin maestus, "sad") is the fear of sorrow and sadness. Tristophobia is also a fear of related emotions (but not limited to), grief, distress, despair, and disappointment. Since these are negative emotions, they are prime triggers of tristophobia.

https://phobia.fandom.com/wiki/Tristophobia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7080:DA3B:29DE:C8F1:BD34:CE9A:B383 (talk) 19:14, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Reference List

I am helping edit the phobia page and reviewing the linked articles.

I had a difficult time understanding this sentence, "Sometimes it leads to bizarre results, such as suggestions to cure "prostitute phobia".[2] Such practice is known as content spamming and is used to attract search engines." I was curious what it was referring to and attempted to review the source but the linked source may no longer exist. I have not yet checked additional areas.

Joeception (talk) 20:47, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

I have added the link to the archived version of the web page, you should be able to access it now. ... discospinster _talk 22:01, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Fear of sinking into the floor and fear of everything melting?

Is there a name for this? This does not involve heat or hot weather. I've always had a fear of sinking into the floor like slow quicksand, merging into solid objects like the "Philadelphia Experiment" rumors or everything melting like a bad acid trip or the "Star Trek Voyager" episode "Course: Oblivion". I've had nightmares about falling into the floor or absorbed into the walls since I was a kid in the 80s (I'm 38). I also suffer from the similar but video game related "Verzephobia" [1], again falling through the ground, texture/modelling glitches really gross me out. The visual effect of "Mirror Georgiou" in "Star Trek Discovery" suffering from time/dimension hopping effects was disturbing.207.112.55.242 (talk) 16:35, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

I don't have any experience with the fear of sinking into the floor - but as far as the fear of everything melting, I tried to add a similar and more specific phobia to the list, but it didn't work because it was a WP:NEOLOGISM. The phobia in question is liomenoprosopophobia (previously known as prosopotikophobia, as it's listed on this page), which is Greek for "fear of melting faces". I recently published a website about this phobia (leximoulaison.wixsite.com/liomenoprosopohelp), which includes external resources to similar phobias to supplement the information I provided; but this would probably count as original research (moderators, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Anyway, I couldn't find anything on Google about your particular phobia, but a good word for it might be panoliomenophobia, which is Greek for "fear of everything melting." Hope that helps, and good luck navigating your phobia journey! I know how hard that can be!LoveYouForever96 (talk) 22:07, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

I have another missing phobia-Athazagoraphobia(yes it sounds very made up but its an actual phobia),it is the fear of being forgotten.I actually have Athazagoraphobia,so yeah,they need to add it.It is very weird that it is not here,this is EXTREMELY outdated.its so fake.that is wrong. 38.146.204.126 (talk) 19:30, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

"TUROPHOBIA" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect TUROPHOBIA and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 21#TUROPHOBIA until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 12:46, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2022

Change the description of Apeirophobia to "fear of infinity and/or eternity". Most sources (and informal surveys) agree that it is often (or even usually) related to eternity, eg. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/09/apeirophobia-the-fear-of-eternity/498368/ Paddim8 (talk) 10:31, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

 Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:06, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 May 2022

xirophobia- the fear of electronics 208.104.191.142 (talk) 11:46, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:52, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 May 2022

2001:448A:2020:8D34:587:55D4:53A0:3835 (talk) 12:44, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

For the fear of the color pink=Rhodophobia

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:59, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Add 'stratophobia' to list

I'd like to see stratophobia here, from Greek prefix 'stratos' (Στρατός), i.e. 'the military', as seen in prejudiced concern giving rise to discrimination against service persons and/or veterans.

e.g. Once when trying to find an apartment here in Vancouver, a landlord asked me what I did for a living. Disclosing "I'm a Naval Officer?" she replied "Oh, so are you an alcoholic? Because it seems to me most of these military people are alcoholics." I averred how I am not, in fact, an alcoholic (but agreed we were evidently unsuited in values to do business with each other.)

See root: https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=strategy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quetico604 (talk • contribs) 22:52, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 August 2022

Please add Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, fear of long words Andr3wandr0id1180 (talk) 21:21, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - FlightTime (open channel) 21:38, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

thalassophobia

thalassophobia is war you are afraid of depression body's of water like oceans,pools,lakes,ponds and rivers 😨😫😢😱👹💀😵 2601:182:380:1580:81F0:B150:384:975E (talk) 01:12, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

That is already listed in the article. ... discospinster _talk 19:01, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 October 2022

Amphiblestronophobia - an irrational fear of nets (of the casting sort). Mea Cathedra (talk) 17:35, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Primefac (talk) 17:42, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 November 2022

Hello. i suffer from a condition not listed here. Hyperdetailiophobia, The irrational fear of extreme detail in art. i hope you add this, thank you. Ehopkins72977 (talk) 23:12, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. MadGuy7023 (talk) 23:18, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Pilatophobia

Fear of massive objects filled with air or water such as pilates balls. Meruuto (talk) 11:06, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 September 2022

Anthropophobia is the fear of people 208.108.122.89 (talk) 11:51, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:56, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Done, citing same source & page as existing item 'Androphobia' (Campbell 2009). – _•Raven  ^.talk 01:41, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Amphiblestronophobia

Amphiblestronophobia. (amp-fee-bless-tron-oh-foe-beer) Please add the neologism for the irrational phobia of nets (of the casting sort), coined on 02.10.22. There has not yet been a word for a fear of nets, so this word uses legitimate Ancient Greek roots for the fear of nets from ἀμφίβληστρον Mea Cathedra (talk) 18:11, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: WP:MADEUP ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:13, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

@Mea Cathedra: If you really want to create such a neologism, may I suggest for "net/nets" you use the shorter word diktyon (δίκτυον), plural diktya (δίκτυα): thus diktyonophobia, diktyophobia, or diktyaphobia. See here for reference including Biblical Greek usage (New Testament). – _•Raven  ^.talk 02:24, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 January 2023 (2)

backrophobia fear of backrooms 65.36.82.215 (talk) 15:02, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 15:08, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

@Eejit43: This appears to be a neologism from fans of the Roblox shared-world horror-fantasy The Backrooms, viz. Backrophobia. – _•Raven  ^.talk 03:01, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

@.Raven Thanks for pointing that out. I'm unsure if you agreed in that addition or not, but a Fandom article is not a reliable source, so it cannot be added to the article just based on that. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 03:13, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

@Eejit43: I agree with your refusal. If the gameworld, or its resulting fear (under that name), ever shows up in the clinical literature, this could change. But we're not (yet) a glossary of only-fannish terms. There are fan-wikis for that. – _•Raven  ^.talk 03:21, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Coronophobia

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.664007/full 204.100.235.132 (talk) 16:53, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Also called coronaphobia https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/covid-19/coronaphobia-contemporary-psychiatry/ 204.100.235.132 (talk) 16:54, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

That is already listed in the article, under Cultural phenomena. – _•Raven  ^.talk 14:55, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Spheksophobia

Spheksophobia is the fear of wasps, although sometimes it can be generally applied to the Vespidae insect family. Spheksophobia should be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.197.134.44 (talk • contribs) 22:22, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

 Done – _•Raven  ^.talk 15:08, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 January 2023

sidonglobophobia fear of cotton balls 65.36.82.215 (talk) 14:59, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 15:08, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

@Eejit43: Here are some source URLs, from a websearch on the original request: [2] [3] [4] [5] – _•Raven  ^.talk 03:17, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

@.Raven feel free to add that to the list, I don't have time right now, sorry! ~ Eejit43 (talk) 03:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

@Eejit43: Done, using three of the four sources. That seemed more than sufficient. – _•Raven  ^.talk 05:53, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

The sources given are more or less content farms and not reliable medical sources. ... discospinster _talk 15:20, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

@Discospinster: You deleted 'Sidonglobophobia' with the comment "remove entry sourced by pop psychology websites". One of those sources was Medical News Today, which our own article describes as "a web-based outlet for medical information and news, targeted at both the general public and physicians. ... the third most visited health site in the United States." (The article says nothing about "pop psychology".) On the talk page is mentioned, "most major newspapers, including the NYTimes, use it as a source." Sounds like an RS to me. Please revert your deletion. – _•Raven  ^.talk 16:34, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

This article is not meant to be a list of every wacky phobia that has ever been mentioned on a website somewhere (even if it's a very popular website). "Reliable medical sources" means articles published in medical journals, that can be found in the databases noted in the box at the top of the page. If you're looking for a place to have fun with constructing Greek words then I would suggest Phobia Wiki which has less stringent criteria. ... discospinster _talk 16:59, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

@Discospinster: (1) "a website somewhere (even if it's a very popular website)" seems to ignore the point about "most major newspapers, including the NYTimes, use it as a source" — after which I commented "Sounds like an RS to me."

(2) "'Reliable medical sources' means articles published in medical journals" — that indicates their being the exclusive source. But WP:MEDRS only says they "are the best place to find both primary and secondary sources." (NB: we try to avoid primary sources in most cases.) Other places besides med/sci journals are acceptable for secondary sources... with caution against a 'Sokal' situation. The four links in my first comment above included Medical News Today and ScienceAlert (whose footnote-2 links to another article calling it "the second-largest science website in the world" and "known for the accuracy of its original content"... again not claiming mere "popularity" for it) — neither of them "wacky" — both of which mentioned sidonglobophobia. MediaBiasFactCheck rates both as "Pro-Science" and "High" in Factual Reporting: [6][7]. Again, your original stated deletion reason was "sourced by pop psychology websites", which does not fit these two. (If the entry is reinstated, I would use them and not the other two.) I will also note that the existing references list contains many periodicals but few med/sci journals... so your proposed standard seems unevenly applied.

(3) "If you're looking for a place to have fun with constructing Greek words" — for the sake of easing your reading comprehension, upthread I twice discussed neologisms proposed by others, noting reasons they might not work... but also not proposing the inclusion here even of alternatives. – _•Raven  ^.talk 02:18, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Belonephobia inaccuracy

Belonephobia is listed as the fear of needles. However, if you click on belonephobia, you will find that it is actually the fear of sharp objects, and this page mentions that the fear of needles is a specific kind of belonephobia. However, I cannot edit this page because it is protected. Can someone fix this inaccuracy? 209.237.105.194 (talk) 20:12, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Not done for now the referenced article is on Aichmophobia, which is the more general fear of sharp objects. Though there does seem to fuzziness to the way both these terms are used (Aichmophobia and Belonephobia), the sources listed in the article support the current definition of Belonephobia as the more specific fear of needles and Aichmophobia as the more general fear. If a more in-depth review of the literature supports the use of both as more general I could see this being changed, but one dissenting dictionary definition doesn't justify the change to me. GiovanniSidwell (talk) 23:04, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Ludectrophobia

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44662669 204.100.235.132 (talk) 16:50, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done Request is unclear, what category do you think this term should be added to? GiovanniSidwell (talk) 23:15, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Loremophobia

https://flipperremote.com/blog/2019/4/25/fear-of-the-remote-control#:~:text=Apparently%2C%20there%20is%20a%20formal,losing%20one's%20remote%20control%3A%20Loremophobia. 204.100.235.132 (talk) 17:01, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

One of numerous 'tech-related phobias' listed here, and here. I don't know whether we really want to get that deep in the weeds; at least some of these seem to be humorous, e.g. "Biemusgetosmartphobia – The fear of Justin BIEber MUSic GETting On your SMARTphone. This one might only ever apply to me...". – _•Raven  ^.talk 15:22, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

 Not done supplied source does not appear to reputable, after a quick search the term does not seem popular enough to add to joke phobias. GiovanniSidwell (talk) 23:17, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Deuterophobia

https://www.triniqua.ch/blog/deuterophobia Deuterophobia 204.100.235.132 (talk) 15:53, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

"Fear of Mondays"? Are we also going to list a phobia for each other day of the week? Also, shouldn't it be "defteraphobia"? In Greek, Sunday = Κυριακή (KeeriakEE); Monday = Δευτέρα (DehFTEhra); Tuesday = Τρίτη (TREEtee); Wednesday = Τετάρτη (TeTArtee); Thursday = Πέμπτη (PEmptee); Friday = Παρασκευή (ParaskeVEE); Saturday = Σάββατο (SAvatoh). [8] See also Upsilon for pronunciation: "in the digraphs αυ and ευ, as [f] or [v]". – _•Raven  ^.talk 15:36, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

 Not done agree with above, term appears to be a simple neologism without much practical use. GiovanniSidwell (talk) 23:20, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

"Phyllophobia"

The provided references are not close to being sufficient - one is just a collection of words, and the other is a newspaper article that briefly mentions it, and neither are related to any medical or psychiatric expertise. ... discospinster _talk 02:47, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2023

Add Bacophobia, it's the fear of pizza cutters SlytherinG95 (talk) 20:42, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - FlightTime (open channel) 20:52, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2023

Chrysophobia fear of the color orange 103.181.227.57 (talk) 06:41, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

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Error

Hydrophobia has been confused with Aquaphobia Clerk18890 (talk) 05:32, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Ncytraphobia 2601:40:C500:A990:30AA:F3AF:BD7:4B0 (talk) 15:12, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Can I add a phonia

levarephobia I made this because I’m scared of lifts 2A00:23EE:1848:4718:45A5:FA43:F70E:575E (talk) 15:02, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Where is ablutophobia, fear of bathing? Not a Normal Username (talk) 06:19, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Ablutophobia

Where is ablutophobia? Not a Normal Username (talk) 06:20, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Cardiophobia

Kinda weird that it redirects to this article considering it isn’t even listed in here Jorts2jants (talk) 19:57, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

It used to be an article, then was redirected to the List of phobias article. I have deleted the redirect as being unrelated. ... discospinster _talk 20:59, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Nomophobia

I'd never heard of this. It may be related to mobile phones, but many MLB batters in the 90s had Nomophobia, which was their fear of facing a Japanese fastball pitcher with a trick delivery and a propensity throw inside. 45.26.33.202 (talk) 05:58, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Greek transliteration appears to be incorrect

> (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear")

Beta (β) is transliterated into Latin as “v”, not “b”. So it should be phovos, or probably better would be fovos, since Phi (φ) is an “f” sound and “ph” I’m assuming is from an older pronunciation code system.

see the Greek alphabet Wikipedia page for beta and phi transliterations: Greek alphabet

as well as google’s transliteration and pronunciation agree too: https://translate.google.com/?sl=el&tl=en&text=φόβος&op=translate SalaDitman (talk) 17:36, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Or alternatively if it said it was from Ancient Greek, that would technically match the Greek alphabet transliteration too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SalaDitman (talk • contribs) 17:47, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

boy phobia

absolutely and utterly terrified of teenage boys 81.170.65.77 (talk) 18:06, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable medical source for this? ... discospinster _talk 17:51, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2023

Add hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia or sesquipedalophobia - fear of long words 2405:4802:1D32:58F0:EDA6:9ABA:FFEE:C6E6 (talk) 14:38, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: Already listed under Jocular and fictional phobias.  BelowTheSun  (T•C) 14:43, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 December 2023

Phonophobia fear of sounds 1.145.16.159 (talk) 10:11, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 2 January 2024

Add veloxrotaphobia - The fear of roller coasters under the V section please CaptainCrackSparrow (talk) 23:28, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 9 January 2024

Add Cephalalgiaphobia (The fear of headaches) as it is currently missing from the list and the article on it is an orphan. InkyToast (talk) 14:25, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 25 January 2024

23.16.204.10 (talk) 01:04, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

phobophobia

It's already on the list. RudolfRed (talk) 01:16, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Scoliodentosaurophobia

Hi there. I would like someone to add "Scoliodentosaurophobia", which is the fear of lizards, geckos (herpetophobia is the fear of reptiles in general, not lizards/geckos in particular). (How To Defeat The Fear Of Scoliodentosaurophobia / Fear of Lizards Revisited? --2804:2FB0:402:3600:DCE1:1E52:70B1:7170 (talk) 13:51, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Arophobia?

I mean, Acephobia is here. Why not Arophobia, the fear/dislike of Aromantic people? Admittedly, I'm not familiar enough with the standards on here to know if I need to prove that it exists or something, but, anecdotally, I can confirm that it exists.

Maybe someone more knowledgeable than me could do whatever is necessary. I'm just making the suggestion.

<3 TheOneWhoAteTheCookies (talk) 08:00, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 March 2024

Escalaphobia the fear of escalators 98.54.182.240 (talk) 23:39, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 26 March 2024

41.122.82.254 (talk) 22:01, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Tachophobia = fear of speed

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Semi-protected edit request on 9 May 2024

Meganumerophobia fear of big numbers 2601:2C5:C100:CF40:C0F7:4AED:7E0B:7232 (talk) 02:06, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jamedeus (talk) 03:10, 9 May 2024 (UTC)