Talk:White Knight

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On 29 May 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from White knight to White Knight. The result of the discussion was moved.

Jim Jones[edit]

Is anyone aware of the term "white knight" as it relates to Jim Jones/Jonestown? I'm doing some research and seem to be falling a bit short on this bit of information.

Internet culture reference?[edit]

"White knight" is a very common term on many online forums and whatnot. Should this meaning be mentioned here? 65.78.144.206 (talk) 23:33, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Though several trollish edits appear to have been made, this is indeed a term which has come into common use and ought to be mentioned herein.

However, from the response to the previous edits, I would recommend providing evidence for widespread usage, and also citing sources. 162.221.203.242 (talk)

The term predates misogynist troll usage by years if not decades, and took on a negative/ironic meaning to illustrate a form of codependency — https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22white+knight%22+rescuer&t=ffsb&ia=products

While there should maybe be separate a bullet point for the current particular usage (pointing, of course, to at least one actual article), for the moment I'm re-casting the entry to make it not appear to be an Internet-spawned phenomenon. Weeb Dingle (talk) 04:02, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I chose to leave the troll meme alone, but I did edit it so as to reduce evidence of illiteracy. Weeb Dingle (talk) 05:26, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress[edit]

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Move discussion in progress[edit]

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Black knight (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 20:18, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]