Talk:Anti-LGBT rhetoric/Archive 4

Merger
Propose merging the following articles to this one: The current article has 13kb readable prose, adding all these together would result in 13 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 14 = 42 kb, which is a good size for an article per WP:AT (although I suspect there is some overlap that would be trimmed). I would like to quote 's comment on Talk:LGBT ideology:
 * LGBT ideology
 * Homosexual recruitment
 * Homosexual agenda
 * Gay Mafia

"Notability is a minimum bar for having an article, but regardless whether something is notable or not, there are other considerations about whether it should be a standalone article or not.

Here's an analogy: is "Mexican rapists" (or, "Mexican rapists (campaign phrase)") a notable topic? And if it is, should it have its own article at Wikipedia?

Mexican rapists is a slur, which then caught media attention, and had numerous articles written about it in news and other media. As far as that goes, it's somewhat analogous to what happened in Poland with President Duda and "LGBT ideology". The phrase "Mexican rapists" has significant MSM attention, and not just trivial mentions, but signficant treatment. It's easy to come up with articles about this as the main topic, such as The Guardian, WaPo, Politico, Vice, Rolling Stone, NY Post, Bloomberg, Nat Geo, CNN; and on and on. There are many, many more, where Mexican rapists has significant coverage in the article, such as a whole section or many paragraphs, without being the central point of the article.

All of these sources contribute to establishing notability for the topic "Mexican rapists". Yet there is no article. Perhaps no one has gotten around to it. Perhaps it was decided that this slur, although notable, wasn't significant enough for its own article and the content would be better at one of the other related articles. Or perhaps it doesn't meet WP:SUSTAINED, and can be expected to wither away and disappear, and in retrospect it will appear to be more of a vogue word.

So given all that, how is "LGBT ideology" any different from "Mexican rapists", a derogatory phrase attached to a phobic attitude towards a minority group? And does WP:PAGEDECIDE argue for including "Mexican rapists" as a standalone article because it's so essential, or different from related articles, or so likely to expand, that it shouldn't be part of some larger article about anti-LGBT rhetoric? In my opinion, I don't see a lot of difference in the calculations about whether "Mexican rapists" should be a standalone article, and whether "LGBT ideology" should be a standalone article."

I think that combining these terms would have two other advantages: making it crystal clear that these are examples of anti-LGBT rhetoric, rather than observable phenomena, also the topic would be best dealt with on one page because these slurs speak to similar attitudes and accusations, just in different words. (t · c)  buidhe  09:10, 21 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Listed at WT:WikiProject LGBT Studies.
 * Listed at WT:WikiProject Linguistics.
 * Listed at WT:WikiProject Discrimination. -- Mathglot (talk) 18:28, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Survey

 * Support - if the sections are constructed on a national basis we can have relevant section links from specific articles, e.g., LGBT-free zones, and the merger proposal also provides a framework that could accommodate other Anti-LGBT rhetorical flourishes, such as in Russia, Ireland and Indonesia, without any motivation towards SYNTH. Newimpartial (talk) 17:40, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support – even better with the addition of the four articles. Mathglot (talk) 18:11, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Hard no These are all notable conspiracies that have existed, rename the articles Gay Mafia conspiracy etc or someting instead.★Trekker (talk) 00:27, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , The Gay mafia article actually discusses several related terms (gay mafia, gaystapo, homintern, homosexual mafia, lavender mafia)—which are not necessarily synonymous (for example, I cannot find any reliable source which states that "gay mafia" and "gaystapo" are the same thing, or discusses both in the same article). If we applied WP:OR more strictly and tried to split these into separate articles, some of them would be non-notable. Merging to this article allows them to be discussed in the proper context without WP:OR, also without removing any information. (t · c)  buidhe  00:34, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I strongly disagree that that would be the case. To me a merger would only serve to make the appearence of less of a problem, but the truth is that these subjects were once widespread beliefs held by many which greatly impacted LGBT people. I do not see a merger as being beneficial.★Trekker (talk) 00:36, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with 's reasoning here. Merging some of these articles under a vague title diminishes their significance. Most, if not all, of these are notable subjects. - MrX 🖋 10:32, 30 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Support - I think the merger will result in increased clarity - both for the reader and future editors - on what exactly the topic is (i.e., it's a discussion of language use, rather than a POV fork of content discussed more neutrally elsewhere). These articles tend to collet laundry lists that are simply examples of the term being used, but the focus should be on sources that actually discuss the use of the term. Merging the content here will clarify that.--Trystan (talk) 00:36, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support There are far too many confluent but dissociated short articles around, some with duplicated resources, that should be conflated into one article that draws all the strands together. Best of luck to whoever takes on this gargantuan task - perhaps the mover. Whether this is the best target could be debated, but whatever else they may also have in common (e.g. LGBT Conspiracy Theory), they unquestionably do all have in common a quintessence of 'Anti-LGBT rhetoric'. The current brouhaha going on over in LGBT ideology, which changes unrecognisably by the hour, is a good example of why these need to be knitted into a comprehensive and coherent article. Chrisdevelop (talk) 01:51, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support For one, having separate articles for each homophobic concept of the season may be giving a lot of WP:UNDUE weightage to each. Then there is the WP:CONTENTFORK policy which recommends overlapping small articles to be collected into one. As for the gargantuan task foresees, I can volunteer to lend a hand. Just ping me whoever requires a hand to merge all these tiny anti-LGBT conceptual fads.  Aditya (talk • contribs) 14:53, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support The only one of these articles that might warrant its own page is homosexual agenda, since it's a common conspiracy theory in the religious right. Dustytumble (talk) 03:37, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support The four articles suggested to be merged here are all relatively short--short enough that they could be subsections here without concerns about balance. If any of them get too big for this page, they can be spun out, but I think we could write a better article if all of these topics are centralized. (brought from a note at WT:LING) — Wug·a·po·des​ 05:40, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose the four listed articles do indeed warrant merge into one, because all speak about some sinister LGBT conspiracy, and it is indeed a coherent subject (and I did see sources which put these terms together). However there is plenty of other haphazard insulting anti_LGBT rhetoric, listed in the section "Themes", which is better kept separate, to keep focus of the "conspiracy" article. Staszek Lem (talk) 18:59, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Support. These articles are clumsy compilations of the details of an alleged LGBT conspiracy, and we need one good article about it, not several WP:COATRACKs. Wikisaurus (talk) 22:35, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * At least a couple of the articles are about subjects that have profound historical significance to the LGBT+ community. They are not WP:COATRACKS. - MrX 🖋 10:25, 30 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Oppose merging Homosexual agenda in this article. They are different subjects. Homosexual agenda is a notable subject that warrants an independent article. I have no opinion on the other merge proposals. - MrX 🖋 10:25, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Gay Agenda is the subject of numerous scholarly and popular works spanning about a 35 year history. The article has significant opportunity for expansion and improvement over it's current state. If we were to merge it into an article covering multiple other subjects, that opportunity would be lost. - MrX 🖋 14:52, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't think such an opportunity would be lost. If this article expanded such that it was too long (WP:Article size), sections could be split out again if warranted. Not all the search results actually provide something that would be useful in expanding the article. For example, the very first result in Google Scholar only discusses "gay agenda" or "homosexual agenda" in its title, the phrases are never used in the body. Other sources are obviously unreliable
 * A further issue is that "gay agenda" by itself has overlaps with other themes in anti-LGBT rhetoric. For example, the so-called gay agenda is linked to pedophilia and/or a supposed "gay lifestyle". Therefore, I think it's best to discuss in context with other themes in anti-LGBT rhetoric. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  16:30, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * MrX, I don't think the opportunity would be lost, either. This is worth an extended discussion; I've responded in detail below. Mathglot (talk) 23:12, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * MrX, I don't think the opportunity would be lost, either. This is worth an extended discussion; I've responded in detail below. Mathglot (talk) 23:12, 31 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Oppose merging all of these articles is just removing a lot of content for no good reason. These have historical value. Sxologist (talk) 22:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Discussion
It's early yet, but if the survey achieves consensus, we can use this subsection to discuss how a merger might take place. I appreciate and agree with 's comment above, and like them, I can also volunteer to be part of the "merge team" for one portion of the work, as long as someone else can lead or coordinate the effort. Mathglot (talk) 17:26, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I think a thematic division would be best. For example, we should merge "homosexual recruitment" into the section about conflation of homosexuality and pedophilia, and terms arguing for the existence of a "gay/LGBT conspiracy" that is seeking illegitimate political influence or to undermine society (gay mafia, LGBT ideology, homosexual agenda) (see also ) should be merged into a new section. I am also willing to help in the merger. (t · c)  buidhe  00:57, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, the "recruitment" article does not speak of pedofilia. In any case this is a relatively minor issue, the major one being that it is basically an "LGBT agenda" subject. Staszek Lem (talk) 19:09, 23 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Useful resource here. Chrisdevelop (talk) 13:55, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

IMO there should be two articles. One about the conspiracy theory about an alleged sinister LGBT movement to undermine "family values", its propaganda and expansion. Another is about various insults and fake facts, listed in section "Themes". In this way the first one will be more focused, and the two may be summarized in each other per Summary style. Staszek Lem (talk) 19:09, 23 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I agree with about the thematic division. To the extent that I understand 's concern, I believe it could accommodate that as well, although I have to admit to not fully understanding the distinction being drawn between conspiracy theories and other false narratives whether based on misunderstanding or intentional misrepresentation wrt inclusion in this article. I'm not saying their definitions are identical: something doesn't have to be a conspiracy theory to be anti-LGBT rhetoric for example, but as a criterion for inclusion/merger here, what does it matter? Per WP:AT, if something is "anti-LGBT rhetoric", it's relevant for inclusion here, irrespective whether it's conspiratorial or not. This doesn't say anything one way or another about whether some subset of those items wouldn't *also* be relevant to an "Anti-LGBT conspiracies" article, but it does seem like there would be a lot of overlap.  If this article got way too big, that would be a reasonable area to investigate for a WP:SIZESPLIT based on that distinction, but that seems far away based on where we are now, and could be revisited at the appropriate time. Mathglot (talk) 21:00, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * distinction being drawn between conspiracy theories and other false narratives -- I mean there is one single conspiracy theory about LGBT agenda - this one is a "true" conspiracy, the rest I would not call "conspiracy theories", but rather "fake facts", "supersititions", "false stereotypes" etc. Staszek Lem (talk) 21:07, 23 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I've added section #Recruitment. Mathglot (talk) 03:11, 26 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Since there is clear support for a merger, I'm going to go ahead and start implementing it. (t · c)  buidhe  04:34, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, I have done this mostly but some cleanup and reorganization may be necessary. (t · c)  buidhe  05:36, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I wanted to post a sunflower, but couldn't find the template. So here's love instead. Thanks for merging the stuff. Aditya (talk • contribs) 07:19, 30 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I would like to ask that this discussion remain open for the usual 30 days, or thereabout, and that an uninvolved editor or admin close it at the appropriate time. I have several of these pages and Wikiproject LGBT studies on my watchlist, and I'm active almost every day, yet I missed notification of the discussion. It would be beneficial to get considerably more participation in the discussion. - MrX 🖋 10:38, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Isn't this covered under WP:SNOW? Aditya (talk • contribs) 11:24, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * How there is not one clear direction? Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 11:28, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't believe snow applies with 3 out of 11 editors opposing. - MrX 🖋 14:42, 31 August 2020 (UTC)


 * 30 days is not the standard length for merge discussions. According to WP:MERGECLOSE, that is "normally one week or more". (t · c)  buidhe  15:05, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm looking for the "more". With 903 editors watching WikiProject LGBT studies I would hope for significantly more participation so that we can arrive at a wide consensus. - MrX 🖋 14:42, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Why was the homosexual recruitment article merged? It was kind of important. Sxologist (talk) 11:54, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Topics with significant opportunity for expansion
I added this subsection to address your comment here, rather than encumber the survey section with tmi. Speaking of "Gay agenda" above, you said,

User:buidhe responded (here) that they didn't think it would be lost, and I agree. Articles are constantly being split or merged, and if combining these articles here meant the opportunity would be lost for Gay agenda to have its own article, then there would be no point having a WP:SPLIT process because it would never happen, those opportunities having been forever lost. Clearly, that's not the case.

I wonder if there might be something else going on, for example, do you have an uneasy feeling that merging "Gay agenda" means that it is not as notable, or not as important as some other article? That it's dissing the topic or those who suffer from it? It doesn't mean that. Notability is one criterion, but not the only one for determining whether a topic should have a stand-alone article. Merging "Gay agenda" now doesn't mean it isn't appropriate as a topic for its own article, it's only means that at 7,210 bytes of readable prose, the Gay agenda article currently doesn't need to be stand-alone, and probably shouldn't be, per WP:PAGEDECIDE. In particular, I find bullets one and two applicable (excerpt): I think both of these points apply to the Gay agenda topic, and argue for it to be included here.
 * Sometimes, a notable topic can be covered better as part of a larger article
 * Sometimes, several related topics, each of them similarly notable, can be collected into a single page, where the relationships between them can be better appreciated than if they were each a separate page

The easiest way to resolve this issue in your favor, and still remain within Notability/PAGEDECIDE policy is very simply stated, but does take some work; it is this: just expand the Gay agenda article now to around 40k or 50k of readable prose that is well-sourced, and relevant to the topic. That will make it too large to merge; what would likely happen in that case, is that we would leave that article in its expanded state, and include a brief summary here, with this article playing the role of parent article to Gay agenda in summary style. You can make this happen yourself, if you're sufficiently interested in it to step up. But simply saying something like, "it's too important a topic, and even if the article is small it shouldn't be merged" isn't really a policy-based argument, it's more of a personal sentiment (which I am sympathetic to, but policy is policy). In short, I agree that Gay agenda could be significantly expanded. So, instead of arguing that it shouldn't be merged, just go expand it! Mathglot (talk) 23:15, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, the homosexual agenda article in its present state contains stuff that's
 * of unclear relevance, e.g. "GLAAD describes the association of homosexuality with pedophilia or child abuse as an attempt to "insinuate that lesbians and gay men pose a threat to society, to families, and to children in particular.""
 * WP:NOT content: for example, "Sportscaster L. Z. Grandersen argues in his TED talk that the "gay agenda" is simply the 14th Amendment", cited to his primary source TED talk.
 * unreliable sources, those used to cite the part about "After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the '90s"
 * I removed these when merging, but tried to keep all encyclopedic content. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  00:07, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * No, I think reducing the subject to "Rhetoric" and combining it with other loosely associated topics is a disservice to our readers. If I want to learn about this aspect of the rise of the Moral Majority, I'm not going to be expecting to find it in an article titled 'Anti-LGBT rhetoric'. It doesn't really matter that there was is bad content in the homosexual agenda article. The point is, this is a historically important subject that merits being covered independently. I have no objection to summarizing it in this article also, but I do object to using this article as a vehicle for deleting another important article. As to the argument that homosexual agenda could be covered better in this article, I don't see it. The organization of this article is less than intuitive. It's sort of a hodgepodge that (unintentionally) trivializes some aspect of the LGBT struggle but putting disparate subjects at the same level of importance. For example, I believe Anti-transgender themes are important enough to justify an independent article, and different in many ways from the rhetoric and themes involving sexual orientation. - MrX 🖋 17:47, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
 * User:MrX said,
 * and also this:
 * MrX, that's twice you've quoted the "important enough to justify an article" idea in this discussion, as well as above, in the Survey section, where you said that merging "Homosexual agenda" or other articles, would "diminish their significance. I opened this discussion in the first place to try to address that point. I'm assuming that by "significance" or "importance", you mean "notability" but perhaps you have something else in mind. There is no policy-based reason that I'm aware of, that deals with "significance" or "importance" as far as determining which topics merit a stand-alone article. Even Notability is not sufficient. I linked WP:PAGEDECIDE above, and unless I missed another guideline somewhere, that's how we decide it. If you could couch your argument in terms of policy, that would help in attempting to find a solution here, but simply saying it's "significant enough" to justify an article, seems like a personal opinion, and that's just not how we decide things around here.
 * Regarding your point about a separate article for anti-transgender rhetoric: It could be that anti-transgender rhetoric might deserve its own article, but that would have to come from some valid criterion, such as WP:SIZESPLIT (we're not there yet, but we might be at some point) or something else. Although the style of the rhetoric that is employed against transgender individuals differs from the rhetoric against LGB individuals, that, imho, is merely the phobic opponents adapting their rhetoric to the target; they'll use whatever ammunition they think works, and so because transgender is an identity issue not an orientation issue, the rhetoric will be different. But I find the rhetoric-using, phobic opponents in each case are the same, whether anti-T, or anti-LGB, and the rhetoric isn't different in its essentials. Once again, I don't know what you mean by "Anti-transgender themes are important enough to justify an independent article", and I don't think that should play any part in the decision, either pro, or con.
 * Finally, if you want to learn as much as possible about the Moral Majority, you go to Moral Majority, right? Mathglot (talk) 01:24, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Mathglot, no, I mean significance or importance. I know the subject passes Wikipedia's definition of notability. Homosexual agenda is largely about a manufactured political wedge issue. It doesn't really fit under the umbrella definition given in this article. It's not a phrase based strictly on religious, medical, or moral grounds. It's not really hate speech either. This article is attempting to be a catch all, and in that effort, oversimplifies some complex subjects by redefining them as rhetoric. For example, the Catholic church section completely misses the substantive fact that the Catholic church has opposed homosexuality for a long time as a matter of doctrine. Putting these at the same level as "Gatystapo" diminishes the seriousness of the former. The same goes for "Homosexual agenda" and "Causing disasters". The focus on the most recent pope is WP:RECENTISM. Same with The Onion story.
 * And I'm sorry to say this, but the article structure is a bit of a mess. The article name is "Anti-LGBT rhetoric". Then there's a section called "Anti-gay rhetoric" and another called "Anti-transgender themes". Shouldn't these both be themes or rhetoric? The level 2 section "Effects" cannot possibly cover the effects of all of these diverse topics like Homosexual agenda, Catholic church, Religion and homosexuality, and AIDS. The article is ambitious, but it misses the mark by disproportionately covering trivial subjects next to subjects that have a multi-century or a multi-decade history. - MrX 🖋 14:36, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Mathglot, no, I mean significance or importance. I know the subject passes Wikipedia's definition of notability. Homosexual agenda is largely about a manufactured political wedge issue. It doesn't really fit under the umbrella definition given in this article. It's not a phrase based strictly on religious, medical, or moral grounds. It's not really hate speech either. This article is attempting to be a catch all, and in that effort, oversimplifies some complex subjects by redefining them as rhetoric. For example, the Catholic church section completely misses the substantive fact that the Catholic church has opposed homosexuality for a long time as a matter of doctrine. Putting these at the same level as "Gatystapo" diminishes the seriousness of the former. The same goes for "Homosexual agenda" and "Causing disasters". The focus on the most recent pope is WP:RECENTISM. Same with The Onion story.
 * And I'm sorry to say this, but the article structure is a bit of a mess. The article name is "Anti-LGBT rhetoric". Then there's a section called "Anti-gay rhetoric" and another called "Anti-transgender themes". Shouldn't these both be themes or rhetoric? The level 2 section "Effects" cannot possibly cover the effects of all of these diverse topics like Homosexual agenda, Catholic church, Religion and homosexuality, and AIDS. The article is ambitious, but it misses the mark by disproportionately covering trivial subjects next to subjects that have a multi-century or a multi-decade history. - MrX 🖋 14:36, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Disposition and closure
This Merger proposal from a year ago was never formally closed, but the evidence and argumentation appears to have supported merger of three of the four articles listed, except for Homosexual agenda. As a practical matter, a merger was in fact carried out back then along those lines, so that the three pages are now redirects to this article, while Homosexual agenda (subsequently renamed 'Gay agenda' in an unrelated discussion) remains a stand-alone article. I hope and believe that concerns about "content disappearing" have been adequately attended to, but if not, they can and should be, irrespective of any closure here. Various problems with this article were noted a year ago, and certainly they should be addressed if they have not been resolved. I believe this discussion can now be closed; I'll wait a couple of days to see if there are any final thoughts or post-scripts before doing so. (If I forget, please go ahead and take care of it or ping me.) Since the discussion above relates to the state of the article as it was a year ago, I think any remaining (or new) issues with the article should start afresh, in a new section below. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 23:17, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Africa isn't a country
"Other countries and regions viewing homosexuality as a Western disease include Vietnam,[83] China,[84] Ethiopia,[85] Africa,[86] Australian Muslims,[87] and India.[88]" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.197.101.177 (talk) 18:19, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * "Other countries and regions". Britmax (talk) 18:21, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

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Edit filter
Was the edit filter wrong, then? What was it supposed to mean? Because it was the reason given in the citation needed template. I'm just confused. I don't disagree with your restoration (I did say feel free to revert afterall), I'm just trying to understand so I don't make the same mistake in the future. Clover moss (talk) 05:46, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * And do you not need to provide a URL if you have a DOI? What does the ff mean?  Clover moss  (talk) 05:51, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your edits. "Ff." means "and following pages". I added it because only the first of the source's page range was given. Feel free to remove if the first page is the relevant one. URLs are always optional for offline sources like books and journals, but convenience links to those sources should be free-to-read if possible. Google Scholar is a good place to find free-to-read links to journal articles, but I didn't see any for this source. The citation to the Bender-Baird book was a separate citation, not affected by the CN tag. The note about the edit filter was evidently added when the material was copied from the Transphobia article, regarding another source used in that article. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 07:54, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for explaining that. I usually do try to use Google Scholar at first, but in this case I tried using the Wikipedia Library because I have access to it and I haven't really used it much. Yes, it was the first page I was citing. Clover moss  (talk) 15:55, 2 June 2022 (UTC)