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Merge

I believe Lima syndrome should be merged to a short summary on this page - the term has no substantial play in any real scholarly sources. The sole scholarly reference is to a book, which gives it two lines. I'd rather simply delete it, but it has just enough references to suggest a brief mention here as a corollary to SS. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:^simple/_complex 15:21, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, is it even a real syndrome or has someone just made it up? Madeline xxx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.60.90.97 (talk) 23:59, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I too agree with Debresser. There is no good reason to merge them. The fact that they are opposites is irrelevant. Myopia and Hyperopia (near and far-sightedness) are also opposites, but they have their own pages on Wikipedia. If Stockholm and Lima syndrome are merged, it would not conform to the rest of Wikipedia which has a separate page for each distinct topic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Siming.guo (talk • contribs) 00:01, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I feel like merging only begins to make sense because of the length of the Lima syndrome article, so a better response would be to extend it. - mw.t.floyd ----

Debresser's point is valid. The Stockholm Syndrome and the Lima Syndrome are - if not antonyms - at least the reverse of each other. They should remain distinct. Saintbrendan

Support/Agree: Should be merged, too small an article to sustain by itself and would also make Stockholm Syndrome longer as well. --Scythre^Talk_Contribs 19:05, 22 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think these articles should not be merged. They are somewhat related, but the important factor is, to my opinion, that the Stockholm Syndrome is a something that affects people NOT in control of the situation (the victims), whereas the Lima Syndrome refers to decisions made by those who ARE in control (athe agressors). September 29, 2009, Dranoel, Dranoel sverige (talk) 17:29, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is the Korean translation of Lima Syndrome relevant? Is there a reason the Korean is given and not the Japanese? 68.7.44.152 (talk) 22:45, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Someone is vandalizing this page. You can see this where it reads "according to the faggots" 24.110.211.4 (talk) 11:11, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Possible error in Stockholm syndrom page

I recently read an AP article that claimed that the phrase 'Stockholm Syndrome' was coined by Dr. Frank Ochberg. The Wikipedia page claims that it was coined by Nils Bejerot. I just wanted to bring this to your attention; I'll let the experts determine the truth.

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Euler010 (talk) 22:16, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Revert

I agree with this removal, it doesn't seem appropriate to have this information in the article. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:^simple/_complex 16:53, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Helsinki Syndrome

If the Helsinki Syndrome page is going to be redirected to the Stockholm Syndrome page, then shouldn't there be an explanation somewhere on the page as to why that happens? Also, I think it would be interesting to have a bit of an explanation about the newscaster who accidentally called Stockholm Syndrome Helsinki Syndrome and the confusion that results today because of it. Shelshula (talk) 17:33, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]