Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Special snowflake
to Self-esteem. The frequency with which a term is used is irrelevant for inclusion here as Wikipedia is |not a dictionary. There are countless terms which would return lots of ghits that have no place on Wikipedia because Wikipedia just cares about notable concepts rather than word use (which is a hallmark of lexicography, not encyclopedism). There's an overlap between the two reference works, of course, when the term takes on a life of its own, with separate meanings and a great deal of sourcing talking specifically ''about'' the term in its own right rather than simply ''using'' the term or talking about it in the same way one would talk about a concept we already cover. So we would need coverage of "special snowflake" that talks about that specific term, not using the term in general, and not talking about it as though it's synonymous with a topic we already cover (like self-esteem). If someone could just as easily say "kids who are told they are special to boost their self-esteem, as part of the self-esteem movement", that means we don't need a separate article (although I will say I'm surprised we don't have an article for self-esteem movement -- but this certainly isn't the material to start it with). As with many terms, there are shades of difference between calling someone a "special snowflake" or a "unique and beautiful snowflake" or "unique snowflake" or when someone says that "everybody is their own snowflake" (or any of the other countless terms that are very frequently used and will return a bunch of ghits, but mean more or less the same thing), per  (and /), we don't need separate pages for each one. The underlying concept has to do with self-esteem, ego, individuality, etc. so that's where this should go. &mdash
— User:Rhododendrites, 13:19, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:DICDEF||WP:NOPAGE||WP:DICDEF||WP:NEO (Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary)