Talk:Foot fetishism

Is foot fetishism truly the most common fetish?

How can such a statement be made? The article claiming it is simply reading the username of 5000 internet users. You can't just say that it's the most common fetish, even if it's not unlikely. I feel like it should rather be "one of the most common fetishes" Thunderstruc (talk) 10:57, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, I read the article (Relative prevalence of different fetishes) on ResearchGate and the methodology is so bad that I don’t think any conclusion can be drawn from it. Their numbers are drawn from membership in Yahoo Groups and their dataset includes 44722 foot fetishists and 82 smell fetishists. That just can’t be representative. I’m willing to believe foot fetishes are common, but there’s no way that relative prevalence is accurate. 172.112.190.130 (talk) 04:59, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Other interests

I think there should be added that there are some fetichists that also take interest on dirty feet (specially when the sole gets dark), and tickles only and specificlly on the feet.

I also think it should be noted that Stocks are used on some practices of foot fetishm Sportstone (talk) 01:06, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

List of notable people who have a foot fetish

Given Wikipedia precedents such as lists of celebrities who are pansexual, who are ambidextrous, who have Crohn's disease, or who are Madonna fans, I would argue that, rather than being pop culture trivia, this article would be incomplete without naming notable people who have self-identified as having a foot fetish.

A weakness of the current list is that it is definitely weighted towards contemporary and American-known celebrities, but in my opinion the answer to that is to add more examples (that fit the criteria of explicit and unambiguous public self identification) rather than subtracting. It might also belong in a bulleted list or even a separate article. BrightVamp (talk) 23:49, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

• You can write up that list, if you like, but don't add it to the article. First of all, "a reference is made" in 1220 is more than a bit vague, and the citation is incomplete; that F. Scott F. would have had one needs a bit stronger sourcing than what is given. BTW, why was "mistress" linked? And then we have all kinds of people self-reporting and being gossiped about--no, this is not what an encyclopedic article should do. Drmies (talk) 00:19, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
  • I think that the examples I gave show that an enclopedic article, at least on Wikipedia, should reference notable people intimately connected with the topic. I hear what you're saying about F. Scott Fitzgerald - it should ideally have a stronger source, though the bar is not as high as for WP:BLP. Could you expand on your concerns about the list of living notable people? None of the contemporary are being gossiped about in the sources - they have all explicitly, publicly self reported. This is also the Wikipedia criterion for e.g. including people in lists based on their sexual orientation or gender identity - do you feel that a different criterion should be used in this case? BrightVamp (talk) 15:34, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Drmies One of the most famous people in the world, Idris Elba, has talked repeatedly in highly public outlets about having a foot fetish. I feel strongly that he and the other notable people who have said they have a foot fetish would be interesting to readers of this article, especially given the encylopedic precedents I mention above. Can you say why you think otherwise? BrightVamp (talk) 15:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
    • He's not one of the most famous people in the world, and if he was, why would it have to be in this article? Put it in his! Drmies (talk) 22:12, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
      • I'm still not sure I understand your argument for removing this information about notable people who have a foot fetish. Could you explain more? BrightVamp (talk) 20:52, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
        • I suppose I don't expect you to understand. This is an article about foot fetishism, not about some celebrity. Drmies (talk) 02:36, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
        • User:GnocchiFan, I don't believe you were invited to this party. Drmies (talk) 02:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

          I don't believe the content is worthy of inclusion, unless there is mention of a specific individual in an article which is mostly about foot fetishism. Othersise it seems like undue gossip/trivia. If you want to create a spinoff "List of..." article, that's a different discussion. GnocchiFan (talk) 08:39, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

  User:GnocchiFan I wonder if there are enough names to make a separate list article yet? I'm going off examples such as Ambidexterity#In_art where there are only a few inline examples, but maybe it's in a bit of an awkward middle ground at the moment? Let's find a version that works.

  I agree that the WP:STATUSQUO list appears gossipy because of the bias towards english-speaking and recent figures, that list being

  Idris Elba, Brooke Burke, Enrique Iglesias, Tommy Lee, Ludacris, Ricky Martin, Todd Phillips, and Tyler the Creator.

  but I'm hoping those biases will get better with more contributions (though public figures have only started openly speaking about it recently). I'm confident it does not actually constitute gossip/hearsay: every name on the list passes a strict bar of unambiguous self-identification in a reliable source, as was hammered out with two editors who had concerns about the inclusion criteria.

  My argument for including this information on Wikipedia is that there is firm precedent, whether you think foot fetishism is an alternate sexuality (List of people on the asexual spectrum), a profound interest (List of birdwatchers#Birdwatchers famous for achievements in other fields), or a disorder (List of sportspeople with diabetes) At the very least, I feel sure that the information that a star of several billion dollar movies has repeatedly talked about having a foot fetish, including how it inspired a movie he wrote, would be of interest to readers of this article. BrightVamp (talk) 00:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)