Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Developmental lines

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Warm Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 18:13, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Developmental lines[edit]

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Non-notable unreferenced theory with loads of original research. » Shadowowl | talk 17:01, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Psychology-related deletion discussions. IntoThinAir (formerly Everymorning) talk 18:44, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

leaning keep It's clear this was, once, a thing. It's not clear how accurate this article is WRT the state of the field, given how many Freudian notions have been discarded, but my sense is that improvement is what is called for, not deletion. Mangoe (talk) 16:07, 26 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. important, at least historically. DGG ( talk ) 16:35, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (negotiate) 15:36, 1 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, this was certainly "a thing", see this summary by Lydia Tischler of Anna Freud's work, and Freud's own account of the concept. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:52, 1 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per DGG. This was one of Anna Freud's major theories. Bearian (talk) 23:17, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.