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I've pruned out the dicdefs and other irrelevent entries, including:
Although not the mainstream usage,
psychologistEdward Titchener used the word 'affect' in more specific way, to refer to a pleasantness-unpleasantness dimension of feeling.
In
Linguistics, affect refers to the emotional tone of a text or an utterance. "Affective displays" are one of the five categories of
kinesics.
In
psychology, affect is an
emotion or
subjectively experienced feeling, or the involvement of such processes in a psychological system or theory. Contrast with
mood, which is more sustained.
This leaves one (dodgey) entry. Maybe some of the above can be put back in (following the MoS of course)? If the remaining entry is considered superfluous, then a
soft redirect may be implemented, as was done with
Where.--
Commander Keane18:23, 10 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Some do; others point out articles that have yet to be written. More importantly: if you think that the contents of the page should be deleted, I would take it up at
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion rather than simply blanking the page in any case. Do that, and I will happily abide by any consensus reached there. --
Smerdis of Tlön00:05, 16 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Do any of the entries you have restored help readers to get to a Wikipedia aritcle? Perhaps I'm blind. Can you point me to any entries that should go on this page? Keep in mind that a dab is not a list of articles sharing a common word.--
Commander Keane00:55, 16 December 2005 (UTC)reply
They are pretty much all things that should be referenced any time someone feels the need to link the word
affect: it is used as jargon in a number of fields, mostly related to psychology and psychiatry, in a way so that its meaning is not obvious to someone who just knows its general definition. Take a look at
what links to the page for a sample; most of them seem to relate to the arts or psychiatry, and this page stands to point them to more specific articles.
Smerdis of Tlön01:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Thanks for pointing out the "Whatlinkshere". The thing is, no articles actually exist to point readers to about these other meanings. I guess you are saying that these articles need to be created, I can live with that.--
Commander Keane02:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)reply
"to affect refers to the influence a change has on something else"... What? In an article explaining often confused grammar, we must take are to use correct and clear grammar. Why work this sentence in the opening paragraph so awkwardly? Should this read "to affect refers to the influence a change has" or "to affect refers to the influence a change has on something"? Why say "something ELSE"? This implies 2 things are being changes, 1 "main thing", and a 2nd thing being changed "something ELSE". —Preceding
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99.148.244.43 (
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18:12, 3 October 2010 (UTC)reply
This disambiguation page is within the scope of WikiProject Disambiguation, an attempt to structure and organize all
disambiguation pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, you can edit the page attached to this talk page, or visit the
project page, where you can join the project or contribute to the
discussion.DisambiguationWikipedia:WikiProject DisambiguationTemplate:WikiProject DisambiguationDisambiguation articles
I've pruned out the dicdefs and other irrelevent entries, including:
Although not the mainstream usage,
psychologistEdward Titchener used the word 'affect' in more specific way, to refer to a pleasantness-unpleasantness dimension of feeling.
In
Linguistics, affect refers to the emotional tone of a text or an utterance. "Affective displays" are one of the five categories of
kinesics.
In
psychology, affect is an
emotion or
subjectively experienced feeling, or the involvement of such processes in a psychological system or theory. Contrast with
mood, which is more sustained.
This leaves one (dodgey) entry. Maybe some of the above can be put back in (following the MoS of course)? If the remaining entry is considered superfluous, then a
soft redirect may be implemented, as was done with
Where.--
Commander Keane18:23, 10 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Some do; others point out articles that have yet to be written. More importantly: if you think that the contents of the page should be deleted, I would take it up at
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion rather than simply blanking the page in any case. Do that, and I will happily abide by any consensus reached there. --
Smerdis of Tlön00:05, 16 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Do any of the entries you have restored help readers to get to a Wikipedia aritcle? Perhaps I'm blind. Can you point me to any entries that should go on this page? Keep in mind that a dab is not a list of articles sharing a common word.--
Commander Keane00:55, 16 December 2005 (UTC)reply
They are pretty much all things that should be referenced any time someone feels the need to link the word
affect: it is used as jargon in a number of fields, mostly related to psychology and psychiatry, in a way so that its meaning is not obvious to someone who just knows its general definition. Take a look at
what links to the page for a sample; most of them seem to relate to the arts or psychiatry, and this page stands to point them to more specific articles.
Smerdis of Tlön01:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Thanks for pointing out the "Whatlinkshere". The thing is, no articles actually exist to point readers to about these other meanings. I guess you are saying that these articles need to be created, I can live with that.--
Commander Keane02:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)reply
"to affect refers to the influence a change has on something else"... What? In an article explaining often confused grammar, we must take are to use correct and clear grammar. Why work this sentence in the opening paragraph so awkwardly? Should this read "to affect refers to the influence a change has" or "to affect refers to the influence a change has on something"? Why say "something ELSE"? This implies 2 things are being changes, 1 "main thing", and a 2nd thing being changed "something ELSE". —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
99.148.244.43 (
talk)
18:12, 3 October 2010 (UTC)reply