Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Psychic vampire

Psychic vampire

Keep. This is a widely used concept in scholarly treatments of vampirism, refer to, for instance, The Vampire, his Kith and Kin by Montague Summers.
Keep. Valid term in vampire literature. Rick K 06:12, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)
Keep. I believe such term does exist after googling it. Nonetheless, more information is needed on the term. --*drew 07:21, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Keep. There are large amounts of people that believe they are psychic vampires, and can even drain energy from light sources. Complete nonsense but it is notable. [[User:Xezbeth|Xezbeth ─┼─]] 07:31, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Delete. User:RickK's text ascribes term to legitimate folklore linked to specific parts of the world, instead of manufactured pop culture, and is intentionally misleading. Where is the "vampire literature" that uses this term to describe a phenomenon? Comic books? Which ones? Is every foolish idea Wikipediable then? Where are the links and references that Googling has produced? Wetman 07:41, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- I have no idea what you're talking about when you refer to my text. I didn't write this article. But if you go to Google, you get 6,190 hits for "psychic vampire". Rick K 07:46, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)
Keep. I heard the term years ago in connection with the Church of Satan, so it's not a neologism. Gazpacho 08:10, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Keep - I have come across this term several times in the past. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 11:09, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Keep, obviously -- Netoholic @ 16:38, 2004 Oct 1 (UTC)
Keep - I know I've run across the concept in Aleister Crowley's memoirs; it seems notable enough. Myself, I'm a psychic Frankenstein. Smerdis of Tlön 16:43, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Keep. Valid topic. I don't know if the asian vampire myths can really be classed as "psychic vampires", but the concept does come up often in fiction. — Gwalla | Talk 17:38, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Keep absolutely. This one needs to be expanded. Used car salesmen, politicians, you name it. Fire Star 20:01, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Merge into vampire and redirect. -Sean Curtin 01:11, Oct 2, 2004 (UTC)
Keep - Aside from its obvious origins in occult literature, this term is popping up more and more in the mainstream [media] especially among those who are involved in psychiatry. --Demonslave 02:28, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)

Since concensus seems clear, and not likely to shift, I propose removing this listing within 24 hours unless there are any objections. -- Netoholic @ 16:49, 2004 Oct 1 (UTC)

I object. There's no harm done in leaving it for the full 5 days. Rick K 00:07, Oct 2, 2004 (UTC)

You're right, a pack of a 50 deletionists may decend on this vote in the next few days – what was I thinking. Meanwhile, the VfD page is still a 657kb download. -- Netoholic @ 00:45, 2004 Oct 2 (UTC)

You have no interest in trying to make the VfD page more manageable, and are only interested in doing your best to subvert the VfD process. Leave it alone. Rick K 18:45, Oct 2, 2004 (UTC)