Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Absexual

Absexual

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Article about a neologism which fails WP:NEO. Sources cited do not show that it has had a particularly wide impact, and although it has been used by some writers, there are no indications of it being notable. It has not been included in the DSM-V, so it's a bit of a fallacy to claim notability based on "consideration" - I would find it extraordinary if it was accepted, simply because it seems to be a politically charged term. Claritas § 15:55, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete fails Wikipedia is not a dictionary, article is on the term, not the underlying idea and hence is inherently unencyclopedic. The neologism doesn't seem to have had significant usage, and isn't included in published DSM, so fails notability. - BigBodBad (talk) 16:01, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:03, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This is a word coined by one person. The coinage's been reported in a few media, but not taken up; almost all of the sources are Wikipedia mirrors/scrapers. I can't see Wiktionary wanting this, and we don't want the article on it. But, I don't agree with BigBodBad that this is to be deleted. I think some users might enter "absexual" into the Wikipedia search box because they've half-remembered the word "asexual", so I'll go with redirect to asexual as a plausible misspelling.—S Marshall T/C 00:14, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Being asexual myself, I would find the redirect almost offensive - it's linking an essentially derogatory term for social/sexual conservatives to a neutral term for those who lack a sexual orientation. Either delete or keep, but that redirect would be entirely inappropriate. Claritas § 12:16, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What policy says you're supposed to not delete articles if you want a redirect there? That sounds really bizarre. Feel free to add a redirect after the deletion if the search box that comes up isn't adequate though. - BigBodBad (talk) 22:57, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]