Thesaurus talk:female ephebophile

RFD discussion: December 2017–February 2018
None of the listings included are what ephebophile means. Also notice that Thesaurus:male ephebophile does not exist. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:38, 7 December 2017 (UTC)


 * This was created by PaM ("Pass a Method"), whose additions should mostly be deleted on sight without overview. He picks a specific thing (usually something sexy or rapey, like "incest" or "incel") and messes up a million entries. There is really something broken in his head. I guess technically we should RFV but I'd say just zap it. Equinox ◑ 02:47, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Wouldn't the given reason mean that it should be RFCed? For example, the hypernyms could be removed if unfitting. Than a list of synonyms could remain -- though these synonyms could also be put in the entries, like giving manther etc. as synonyms in cougar. -84.161.6.246 04:07, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm familiar with him from Wikipedia. Very familiar. Are editors sure that the User:Zzliel account that created the above page is a Pass a Method sock? Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:15, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * With Pass a Method socks, one can never be 100% sure, because they've switched between ISPs owned by the same company, that company dynamically assigns IP addresses from a pool that geolocates to various locations within a certain geographical area, and I don't have user agent data to compare with. On the other hand, their behavior is quite distinctive, and I've only seen that behavior associated with IPs that match the geolocation pattern mentioned, so the combination of geolocation and behavior is more than enough to establish an identification. Zzliel was using an IP matching the geolocation profile, and their behavior fits Pass a Method very well- picking a sexual or religious theme that they believe is underrepresented, and coming up with every variation they can think of to add to the dictionary. Since they don't check usage, their definitions are often different from what the usage would indicate when it (barely) exists. Having dealt with thousands of IP edits fitting this pattern over several years, and thousands of Pass a Method/confirmed-PaM-sock edits, I think I have enough experience to make the determination. Chuck Entz (talk) 18:15, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Do you really mean RFV, or do you mean RFC? If RFV was meant, what should be RFVed? All the terms on the thesaurus like cougar, ephebophile? The thesaurus itself can't be RFVed.
 * If you take out all the terms that aren't synonyms for "female ephebophile", there's no content. The entire entry is based on a misconception, and the real meaning of ephebophile is too restricted to be worthy of a thesaurus entry, thus this belongs in a deletion discussion- though rfdo would be a better fit. Chuck Entz (talk) 18:25, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Exactly. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 03:03, 11 December 2017 (UTC)


 * (Ahem, guess who just came back as User:92.2.71.93 and started an "erectile dysfunction" thesaurus project.) Equinox ◑ 18:33, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 15:38, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, believing Chuck Entz when he says "The entire entry is based on a misconception, and the real meaning of ephebophile is too restricted to be worthy of a thesaurus entry ...". The fact that does not find much is a hint. --Dan Polansky (talk) 16:24, 3 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete; there are too many problems with the page and the collocation, as outlined above, and too few valid terms to merit having a thesaurus page; manther and cougar, for example, can simply ink to each other, or if there are a couple other synonyms, they can be listed in one entry and the others can point to it. - -sche (discuss) 22:11, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  15:11, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Deleted. bd2412 T 18:27, 20 February 2018 (UTC)