Talk:ephebophilia

Should we change older adolescents to "older adolescents or young adults" because 18-19 year olds are not usually considered adolescents, they're usually considered adults? I know there's not much of a mental or biological difference between 17 and 18 year olds, but most sources and popular usage considers an 18 year old to be an adult rather than adolescent, so should the phrasing be changed?PaulBustion88 (talk) 02:38, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Pedantry doesn't help users. They want to know what the word means, not the difference between 23:59 on 24 April and 00:01 on 25 April, i.e. the birthday stuff. Equinox ◑ 02:39, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

If anything, your post suggests that adolescent needs to be revised. But I doubt it does. Equinox ◑ 02:41, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

I'm actually relieved to here that is your attitude. This sounds like a more relaxing place than English wikipedia. I mean because you don't get bogged down in trivial details. Part of the reason I did this was because Malke2010 and Flyer22 obsessed over minor details of my phraseology like for example freaking out when I used the term adult to describe a person age 16 years or older. So now I know this is going to be an easier place to edit in comparison.PaulBustion88 (talk) 06:55, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the two definitions, see Talk:hebephilia BTW. I tried to reduce how many pages were defining this and that entry inconsistently, by defining most pages in terms of one central page (e.g. defining ephebophile just as someone who experiences ephebophilia, and letting the latter page do the heavy lifting of explaining the two senses). - -sche (discuss) 15:23, 23 June 2024 (UTC)