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On 20 July 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved from Bulimia nervosa to Bulimia. The result of the discussion was moved.

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Two small things...

Someone needs to go through this article, replacing every "her" (the personal pronoun for the bulimic) with "they", "one" or "a sufferer of bulimia". Feminising the issue only makes it less acessible to male readers or sufferers, as well as potentially sounding POV.

"Characteristically, those with bulimia nervosa feel more shame and out of control with their behaviors, as the anorexic meticulously controls her intake, a symptom that calms her anxiety around food as she feels she has control of it, naïve to the notion that it, in fact, controls her." - I don't like this.

The reference to the television programme also seems fairly ludicrous in what is essentially a medical article.

Yet another wrong statement

"Every bulimic is completely different in "how much" they purge. Some binge, some don't." WRONG! The sine qua non of bulemia is overeating, i.e., binging, which can vary in intensity and severity. It's the purging that is optional. Compensatory mechanisms are usually in place, but they are not always purgatory; there are "purging" and "non-purging" types, with non-purging types compensating by fasting or with exercise, for example.

Added pronunciation for Bulimia Nervosa

I'd like to propose to add the pronunciation for bulimia nervosa in the introductory sentence- /buˈli·mi·ə (nərˈvoʊ·sə). This will ensure that readers know how to correctly pronounce the disorder. ^[1]

Unify with the Spanish wiki

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

As I published in the Talk of the Spanish wiki, I tried to merge the two page (es-Bulimia^[2], en-Bulimia Nervosa^[3]) links on the language of each other in the wiki data, and I get an error that states the following:

Could not save due to an error. The save has failed. Site link eswiki:Bulimia is already used by item Q180913. Perhaps the items should be merged and one of them deleted? Request deletion of one of the items at d:Wikidata:Requests for deletions, or ask at d:Wikidata:Interwiki conflicts if you believe that they should not be merged.

I'm relatively new, and I couldn't find a way to merge the two wikidata pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juan Carcache (talk • contribs) 14:01, 27 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

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↑ bulimia (nervosa). Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved on 15 April 2015.
↑ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180913. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69268828. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Move discussion in progress

Latest comment: 14 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Anorexia nervosa which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 09:47, 20 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

[1] ulimia (nervosa). Cambridge Dictionary. Retrieved on 15 April 2015.

[2] ttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180913. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] ttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69268828. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Two small things...

Yet another wrong statement

Added pronunciation for Bulimia Nervosa

Unify with the Spanish wiki

Move discussion in progress