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This category was nominated for deletion on 14 February 2014. The result of the discussion was keep.

This category was nominated for renaming to Category:Fictional_characters_who_use_psychic_abilities on 21 April 2014. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

This category was nominated for renaming to Category:Fictional characters with psychic abilities on 29 November 2017. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

This category was nominated for merging to Category:Fictional psychics on 12 November 2023. The result of the discussion was merge.

Category:Fictional characters who have mental powers

(Copy of discussion on talk, probably more apt here.)

Since every person has "mental powers" this category has no encyclopedic meaning, and should be deleted

You are wrong. We arent' talking about the power of thinking, dreaming or remember, but it's about fictional paranormal abilities like Telepathy (used by Professor X and Jean Grey) or Mind Transferral (used by Doctor Doom).Brazilian Man (talk) 18:57, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many people, perhaps most people, believe that psychic powers are real. Many others believe that prayer can accomplish anything. In those groups is a wide variation of belief in what is possible: some believe anything is possible, some believe only what they have experienced themselves or what they think is proved.

People will (obviously) assume fictional characters aren't robbed of natural human abilities. "What is natural?" That's my point. It's impossible to draw a line between what is a fictional power and what is not. Therefore the category has no meaning, and is unencyclopedic. Piano non troppo (talk) 21:23, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Therefore the category has no meaning

That's my point

But it is only what YOU think, indeed. Yes, some real people may have those mental abilities, maybe those aren't fictional powers, but WHAT has it to do with the fictional characters who possesses them? Saying that, you are also saying that ALL categories about fictional characters who have special powers, some of them fictional (like flying, superhuman strenght, teleportation, magic, etc), have no meaning.Brazilian Man (talk) 04:39, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]