Talk:Bibliomania

message: IE the eating of books - this phenomenon doesn't seem prevalent enough to warrant its mention here. I would suggest its removal.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.181.9 (talk) 19:48, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Bibliophagy

message: IMHO the whole art is POV from a psych point of view, the term bibliomania in fact can be found in a less derogatory and more humorous sense in a number of publications - perhaps there needs to be a separate article regarding the same condition that is not so blatantly disparaging!  User:SatuSuro 01:29, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I think between this article or Bibliophile we could find a place for that meaning rather than a third article, they are all short articles that need expansion.  --Stbalbach 03:47, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Then reading the range of book collecting, bibliophile, and bibliomania, I think I need to step back for a bit, as there are such major omissions (at least from my aust-anglo perspective) in these entries, I'll have to wait till I'm back in full steam after my wiki break to really try to adjust some of the points I have problems with. Thanks for agreeing anyways, will be back - but after some time!!User:SatuSuro 10:58, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, the book collecting article in particular needs a lot of work, its a mostly "text dump" of Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 -- most of it archane and irrelevant. But that's a bigger problem for Wikipedia in general. --18:33, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: The word "Bibliomaniac" should redirect here.
Bibliomaniac15 01:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  redirect 

message: There are texts, and materials that have nothing to do with obsessive compulsive or any other form disorder that refer to the excessive use and interest in books - ok its a neglected article and poorly populated - so its open to hijacking - but really - there is more to this obsession than simplistic psychological labelling SatuSuro 04:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just because it falls under the purview of psychology, that doesn't mean that's *only* what it is.  The term does have a psychological use, but other ways it may be used still apply.  (I wasn't claiming exclusivity to psychology by adding it to that project.) :) Aleta 05:33, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough - my apologies - there is - down the line - a possibility that if adequately populated by sufficient texts  refs - that another tag /category might be of use as well - but at the monent as it stands - its fine SatuSuro 05:46, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have gone ahead and edited this page, but not out of any disrespect. "Bibliomania" is not a recognized disorder, nor is it even mentioned in the DSM-VI.  So I have changed the definition to reflect the fact that it could be a symptom, but alone does not constitute any disorder of any kind.  By the definition the author gives, most of the people and characters listed at the bottom do not constitute "Bibliomaniacs".  For instance, the preacher that stole rare books would, by definition, not make the criteria of compulsively buying books that have no value but this would hold true for the American book thief as well.  In the case of Mel Gibson's character, the compulsive buying of Catcher in the Rye is more likely a symptom of a delusional or personality disorder and would not warrant a second diagnosis on that single habit.  More likely, Bibliomania would be a subset of hoarding, which is currently under consideration for the DSM-V. Skidmore212 (talk) 23:27, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Psychology?

message: Not to be confused with a spam link: it is a resource for home schooling. I used one of their history articles as a reference. Wikilinking the name directed me here. I don't home school, so, other than using it for the occasional reference found in the Dogpile as only source, I have no interest in Bibliomania free online literature and study guides. --Pawyilee (talk) 02:59, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bibliomania.com  free online literature and study guides 

message: I added a person to both the real life and fiction section and cited articles that defend their merit.Bookworm1898 (talk) 21:55, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: General edits

message: Why is he referred to as a bibliomaniac despite the fact that only one example is given; this is hardly proof enough. And even should there be more proof, why are these not mentioned or in his own separate article? Jabberwocky ykcowrebbaJ Hatter rettaH daM (talk) 13:49, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: it may simply be an impulse, despite the figure. Jabberwocky ykcowrebbaJ Hatter rettaH daM (talk) 13:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charles spencer