Talk:Florence Nightingale effect

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Looks like this ariicle could be ripe for another AfD. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:32, 12 March 2013 (UTC).

while I certainly agree with what others have pointed out about this having originated in a fictional source, I think to delete the article would be regrettable since it seems to have entered the vernacular as a "real" term (or at least synonym) for the real psychological syndrome. Since the syndrome is real (as I can confirm from my experience with caregiving), I think we should either expand this page or merge it with another page if one already exists for the syndrome.

side note, can we try to keep replies in this section organized? Pretty sure the below were meant to be a sort of reply to the above, but they forgot to indent and, in the first case (as I now corrected), sign their comments. I could be wrong, though.--Macks2008 (talk) 20:51, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Found this article after watching Back to the Future. Seems that the only "Doctor" to refer to it as an effect is Doc Brown.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.160.69.186 (talk) 00:32, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

I also found this article after watching Back to the Future. Another page says there is not literary mention of the "Florence Nightingale effect" before Back to the Future suggesting it was a term invented by the script writers. In that case this entry should have some mention of the likely origin of the phrase in popular culture. BirdOPrey5 (talk) 09:46, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

• The "effect" is solely a media invention. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:44, 6 November 2021 (UTC).

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