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Munchausen by Internet was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 29 July 2020 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Factitious disorder imposed on self. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

On 25 November 2017, it was proposed that this article be moved from Munchausen syndrome to Factitious disorder imposed on self. The result of the discussion was moved.

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Recent increase in disorder faking, primarily on tiktok

I think this article should contain information about the more recent increase in disorder faking, especially faking multiple personality disorder. 104.200.213.13 (talk) 14:20, 12 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@104.200.213.13 i second this 2.221.111.175 (talk) 19:38, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Correct Name

As his Name is Münchhausen, which is equal to Muenchhausen I thnik we cannot irgnore facts, even if they have continued to be so flawed for a long time. We cannot simply change proper names or names and omit or change letters. 2A02:908:616:62A0:8009:B55D:8996:D9DE (talk) 08:33, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Even at the time of your writing, read whole first sentence of History section. —Mykhal (talk) 20:18, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 7 September 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: withdrawn. Dekimasuよ! 07:49, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Factitious disorder imposed on self → Munchausen syndrome – Munchausen syndrome is more concise, recognizable, and is repeatedly used throughout the article. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 14:51, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nvm, I retract this. I didn't notice the previous move discussion. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 14:58, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.