Talk:Becky (slang)

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Becky (slang) article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1: 365 days

Feminism

	Feminism portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Feminism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Feminism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.FeminismWikipedia:WikiProject FeminismTemplate:WikiProject FeminismFeminism articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

United States

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Women

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of women on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.WomenWikipedia:WikiProject WomenTemplate:WikiProject WomenWikiProject Women articles

Ethnic groups

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ethnic groups, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles relating to ethnic groups, nationalities, and other cultural identities on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Ethnic groupsWikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groupsTemplate:WikiProject Ethnic groupsEthnic groups articles

???

This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

WikiProject Ethnic groups open tasks:

Here are some open WikiProject Ethnic groups tasks:

Meta-tasks:
- Place the {{Ethnic groups}} template on the talk page of articles within the scope of this project.
- Resolve the disparity in importance rankings among different ethnic groups
Articles about ethnic groups that currently have issues needing resolution:
Start an article:
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Ethnic groups/Article requests

Feel free to edit this list or discuss these tasks.

The contentious topics procedure applies to this page. This page is related to gender-related disputes or controversies or people associated with them, which has been designated as a contentious topic.

Editors who repeatedly or seriously fail to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behaviour, or any normal editorial process may be blocked or restricted by an administrator. Editors are advised to familiarise themselves with the contentious topics procedures before editing this page.

Requested move 13 April 2021[edit]

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: Not moved. Consensus is to not move. (non-admin closure) В²C ☎ 19:58, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Becky (slang) → Becky (pejorative) – I am reading that 'Becky' implies the pejorative usage, with scarce and potentially questionable sources suggesting the slang usage (e.g. blowjob). I therefor would like to suggest changing the article title from "(slang)" to "(pejorative)" for the sake of title conformity; the opening sentence of Becky (slang) presently uses both terms. Becky and Karen (pejorative) may be considered ethnic slurs in that context.
— Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 19:02, 13 April 2021 (UTC)—Relisting. Vaticidalprophet 02:06, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I should like to add that there is a discussion regarding the use of 'Karen' as an ethnic slur on said article's Talk page.
— Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 20:11, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Given that, in addition to Karen (pejorative), we have Greaser (derogatory), Paki (slur), Cracker (term), Guido (slang)... I don't see any standard in place, and "slang" seems pretty accurate as a disambiguator for this article. 162.208.168.92 (talk) 20:34, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support and Cracker (term) should also be moved, as the disambiguator itself is ambiguous. Rreagan007 (talk) 02:20, 15 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure. The slang term Karen is at Karen (pejorative), but some slang terms that are pejorative have "slang" in their Wikipedia titles. Bitch (slang) is one. Ratchet (slang) is another. Maybe we decide based on whether a term is overwhelmingly pejorative? Gender Roamer (talk) 21:37, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That was my thought: adjust article titles case-by-case, depending on content and preponderance of term usage.
— Christopher, Sheridan, OR (talk) 04:20, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Seems like a possible WP:NPOV issue. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 15:27, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Can you explain how that would be a WP:POVTITLE issue? I'm not getting it. The subject is simply a derogatory stereotype. The subject itself may express a POV or it may describe a POV (in a derogatory way), but the fact that there is an article about it on Wikipedia does not express a POV. There are other articles on derogatory stereotypes and pejorative terms. — BarrelProof (talk) 02:56, 21 April 2021 (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.