Talk:INFJ

message: From the article:
"The small number of this type (1 percent) is regrettable..."
I have seen the figure listed both as 1 and 2 percent.  Off the top of my head, I know  has the figure at "little more than 2 percent."  Does someone have a source showing 1 percent?  Thanks.  --Square pear 02:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: One percent is definitely wrong. MBTI guesses 1-3% , Socionics much more . Of course it differs from the point of view and the definition of INFJs. --Gronau 08:39, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Percentage of INFJs? 

message: I just deleted the descriptions on all of these personality types.  A lot of them were copyvios from different sources, several of them being from http://www.geocities.com/lifexplore/ , where they may or may not have been copied from other locations.  Nonetheless, the three theories of MBTI, Keirsey Temperaments, and Socionics are quite different and require different descriptions of types, functions, relations, and other concepts.  Socionics especially differs from the other two.  The three theories should all be expanded upon in Wikipedia, but it is impossible to do this while there is a conglomeration of these three theories and they are treated as one and the same. Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 01:00, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a new subheading for the characteristics sourced from the Dolphin Cove website that had been incorrectly listed under Keirsey Characteristics. I question the reliability of the information on the Dolphin Cove website, however; it's a members-only e-mail list, not a scholarly resource. Ajwenger 05:56, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Type Descriptions 

message: That whole section is total bollocks. Unattributed speculation. Fictional characters (Worf????). What an embarrassment. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.141.180.78 (talk) 14:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, it's a little ridiculous.  It seems like whoever added that section just picked a bunch of "nice" people concerned with human rights and gave them this personality type.  --LakeHMM 06:39, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

text: It too was copied from another site. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.132.218.100 (talk) 06:23, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

text: It isn't still there, actually, it's back again. It's an endless cycle of one editor removing it and another editor adding it. ThreeOfCups (talk) 16:18, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous/Notable INFJs 

message: I was unable to find the following information on the website cited, nor is it consistent with anything of Keirsey's that I've read.  Can someone provide a more specific citation?  Otherwise, I think it should be deleted:  
"According to Keirsey, the INFJ is magnetically drawn to the ESTP and especially to the ENTP personality types because they see their complement in these types. The INFJ and ENTP might not get along as friends because of the insensitive nature of the ENTP and overly sensitive nature of the INFJ, but are a great match for intimate relationships because of the ENTP's willingness to be sensitive and concede their stubborn ways to the INFJ in relationships." Ajwenger (talk) 04:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A reply: I think Keirsey mentioned something about types being attracted to their opposites in Please Understand Me II - but I don't have that book on hand.  At any rate, I think it's ridiculous to generalize about what "types" of people other "types" are attracted to; there is no quantifiable evidence to support such claims, except "personal experience," which is purely individualistic.  I score INFJ on all the tests, and my partner scores INTP, but I am not going to claim that INTP is the ideal for the entire INFJ type just because of my own personal success with an INTP.  _Anon_  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.119.67.199 (talk) 04:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Deleted. Seemed to violate NPOV. ThreeOfCups (talk) 00:36, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keirsey Characteristics 

message: Agree with Ontologicos that these are not strictly MBTI functions. Myers and Briggs adapted them from Jung's Psychological Types.  The text that follows the heading is not specific to MBTI. ThreeOfCups (talk) 02:49, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cognitive functions 

message: I created templates for text that's the same across all 16 type articles to eliminate the hours of work it takes to update the same text 16 times. This is a recommended use for templates according to Wikipedia policy WM:TEMP. 
To edit the templates, follow the URL on the Edit page. Make sure that the changes you make to the templates are appropriate for all 16 type articles! (INFP, ESTJ, etc.) ThreeOfCups (talk) 23:21, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Templates 

message: The MBTI, Keirsey Temperament Sorter, and related Jung Typology assessments use the original spelling, Extraversion, rather than the modern corruption, Extroversion. In this context, Extraversion is jargon and should be thus spelled. ThreeOfCups (talk) 14:52, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling of Extraversion 

message: Does anyone find the tattoo photo instructive? I don't think it's appropriate for an encyclopedia. ThreeOfCups (talk) 20:22, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You've found it instructive enough to be editing it.  The tattoos are an example of the type's propensity for the intensely symbolic.kencf0618 (talk) 14:55, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't edit the caption because I found the tattoo instructive.  I edited the caption because I found it misleading. ThreeOfCups (talk) 22:20, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It strikes me as unacademic as well.87.60.229.164 (talk) 21:34, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have other examples of INFJ symbolism-qua-symbolism, put 'em up! kencf0618 (talk) 21:09, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't but there's no need to feature an illustration of that point in an encyclopedia article. It would suffice to just state it. Or allude to the Divine Comedy.87.60.229.164 (talk) 16:12, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Same for me. (edit: 3 vs. 1) Merely stating "the INFJs have tendency for abstract expression" could suffice. Twipley (talk) 16:10, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tattoo photo 

message: For a discussion about the logo and border color, see Talk:Myers-Briggs Type Indicator#Remove or keep the fancy logos from the articles?. Please don't make a significant change to the logo or border color without discussing it there first. ThreeOfCups (talk) 19:23, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo and border color 

message: The following links are to be avoided according to Wikipedia policy WP:ELNO #11:
"Links to blogs, personal web pages and most fansites, except those written by a recognized authority. (This exception is meant to be very limited; as a minimum standard, recognized authorities always meet Wikipedia's notability criteria for biographies.)"
Unless you're a notable person in the field of Jungian personality types, the inclusion of your blog or website in the "External links" section is considered linkspam, and it will be removed. ThreeOfCups (talk) 18:38, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links to blogs and personal websites 

message: There is a long discussion in a forum here: http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/mbti-tm-other-personality-matrices/7408-hitler-analysis-11.html in which the general concensus is that Hitler is an INFJ, especially a very convincing post by 'little linguist' on this page and another by someone else a while back. I don't know whether this would be enough to put the suggestion on the page, but I think I should just put it out here in case. I personally think it would be quite accurate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.32.59 (talk) 13:56, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hitler as an INFJ 

message: LOL how come Wikipedia treats this ridiculous pseudoscience like serious? What's next? "Moon Landing Hoax" as a serious theory? Or "The Earth is only 6,000 years old"? Please give the academic critics a voice, too! 93.219.140.218 (talk) 09:17, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pseudo-Science 

message: The other recreational pseudo-psychology systems Socionics and Enneagram of Personality have only a single article. In the meantime it would be beneficial to remove the "list of notable persons of this personality type" seeing as the Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator is make-believe. 104.228.101.152 (talk) 02:07, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reduce to one article 

message: You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Myers–Briggs Type Indicator#Redirects and a new hatnote.  Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 10:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion at [[Talk:Myers–Briggs Type Indicator#Redirects and a new hatnote]]