Talk:Aromanticism

Jaiden Animations

The Jaiden Animations photo should be removed in the article from her request and privacy reason. I think a good idea to delete this photo too in Wikimedia Commons. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 02:22, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Requested move 7 August 2026

Aromanticism → AromanticAromantic – Being Aromantic isn't an opinion, nor is it a school of thought. Blosse13 (talk) 23:36, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose. The name of the orientation is aromanticism, so that's what we should use. It also parallels that the article on asexuality is there and not some disambiguation of asexual. —C.Fred (talk) 00:52, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose: the current title is the most common noun form of "aromantic" and the "ism" ending does not imply that it is an opinion or school of thought (astigmatism is another example). Noun forms are preferred per WP:NOUN. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 00:55, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

  But wouldn't that mean we should change the title of the article agender to agenderism? Blosse13 (talk) 01:55, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

  No, that is not standard terminology for gender identities. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 02:59, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose Reliable sources use the term "aromanticism", and Wikipedia is about verifiability rather than what you believe is true. The nomination is simply stating a personal belief, which has no bearing on Wiki articles. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 09:51, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
• Comment lesbian does not use -ism. So this isn’t necessarily wrong.Dudzcar (talk) 11:48, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

  @Dudzcar Which is in keeping with WP:NOUN as mentioned above. Can a person who is aromantic be referred to as just an aromantic? —C.Fred (talk) 20:25, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

  special:search/”aromantics” shows that, yes. see wikt:aromatics, a similar noun. Dudzcar (talk) 20:46, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

  the noun deriving from aromatic (árōma, "seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell") is not the same as a noun defining a person. "Aromatic" more often defines the spices used in cooking fragrant dishes; the more often used similar noun is "aroma compound". -- Reconrabbit (talk) 21:26, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose. Current title is correct. No reason to expect that readers will think that it is an opinion or a school of thought any more than they are likely to think that it relates to the 19th century artistic movement. Maybe one or two readers will have strange ideas but that can be true of any subject and they need only read the lead section of the article to find out what the actual nature of the topic is. --DanielRigal (talk) 21:02, 8 August 2026 (UTC)