Talk:COVID-19 party

Article seems very biased
This article seems to be heavily biased against covid parties being a real thing. I know of a family member who did try to catch covid in this way earlier in the pandemic and there has been at least one recorded case in Alberta( https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/09/23/alberta-covid-party-hospital/) in the last week resulting in hospitalizations. We also have local conspiracy theorists who have been holding signs with QR codes/links to sites that recommend allowing children to catch the virus. I'm not sure which sources would be accepted as references for this article and I would not want to link to a conspiracy site as evidence that people are supportive of the idea but the article as it stands seems overly biased and fails to provide useful information for those looking on information on this dangerous practice. 216.209.114.105 (talk) 21:38, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 * The problem is that these are just stories. Yes, some make the news but they are always "I heard from someone ... " or "People say ... " We need something more than rumors. We all need to keep an eye on this really happening, but until then we can't allow friend of a friend stories to get rooted on the page. The Alberta story is not quite confirmed as really happen.Sgerbic (talk) 05:18, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

No skepticism about these parties actually happening
Ben Radford has been researching and writing (and podcasting) on this topic in the last week or so. This appears to be another Blue Whale Game story, there is no "there there" these stories appear to be folklore. I'm taking a look at it now and if others want to help, please do so. Sgerbic (talk) 19:33, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Examples given do not match with definition
Hello all. The lead defines the topic as "a gathering (held?) with the intention of catching COVID-19". However, almost none of the example given seem to fit this definition - they seem to be parties, some of them corona-themed, held in defiance of restrictions, but evidence that those were organized specifically so that people would get knowingly infected is scant or absent. I think the definition is correct, but the article needs to be re-aligned, putting forward the concept that while people do catch COVID at parties, there's no evidence people are flocking to events where people are meant to get infected. Unless editors disagree, I'll be happy to do the adjustments.

Robincantin (talk) 21:53, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Too slow chicken marengo - just rewrote the article .... completely. What nonsense there was before. Sgerbic (talk) 00:09, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

The article is still confusing. In Dutch, Coronaparty is just a party to rebel social distancing rules. The attendees don't care if they catch the virus or not, in fact, they will often take precautions to prevent it. Because of this, I have disconnected the articles on Wikidata. - Alexis Jazz 14:19, 28 July 2020 (UTC)


 * It is very possible that in Dutch it is something completely different. What you are describing sounds like just a party with people held during the Covid age, so it would just be a party. In this English page it is very clearly meant to be people attending events in order to catch the virus. Like chicken-pox parties. I hope this English page is clear, there is no evidence to suggest that covid parties exist. It is folklore and rumor fueled by the media in order to get clicks and used by social media to shame (usually) young people. It's a hoax in the same way that the Blue Whale Game and the Momo Challenge is. Hope this helps. Sgerbic (talk) 19:48, 28 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I think you are going to need to add a citation for your recent addition. Sgerbic (talk) 21:44, 28 July 2020 (UTC)


 * recycled those from coronafeest. - Alexis Jazz 04:22, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Not sure that is considered a citation. Sgerbic (talk) 16:24, 29 July 2020 (UTC) what do you think? I've not heard of a sister of Wikipedia to be a citation for something on Wikipedia. Sgerbic (talk) 16:24, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , I certainly wouldn't use wikidictionary as a source (ends up being a circular justification), but I do see Alexis Jazz used in the English article citations from the Dutch article which look legit and even in English, we have sources that interpret that phenomenon in the same way. An interesting problem. Maybe the two interpretations can co-exist in the article. Robincantin (talk) 19:59, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually I had looked up these cites previously for the quotations/attestation of coronafeest. I had to adjust the parameter names for it to work here, and needed to remove translations, as those aren't supported here. They are all WP:RS. On Wikidata, I have split the definitions: Q88545234 and Q97770079. Other than the name, these two events have little in common. I would suggest something like moving this article to Coronavirus party (inoculation event) and (re)writing this article with a see also at the top. - Alexis Jazz 04:39, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Is it only in America?
Is it only in America? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.67.202.54 (talk) 18:29, 13 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Other countries are mentioned by this Wikipedia page in other languages. For example this one has a photo from Australia and mentions Germany, Austria, America and the Netherlands: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=nl&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCoronaparty JFKitchen (talk) 12:44, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

Reverted reason
I have removed the NYT citation as you stated that a 30-year old died in San Antonio after attending a party. The article you used to support this statement clearly says in the sub-headline "Health experts have been skeptical that such parties occur, and details of this case could not be independently confirmed." Which is the whole scope of the Coronavirus party Wikipedia page. I also removed The Guardian article as it said the same thing mostly than the Bryan Pietsch NYT article, and we editors dislike using The Guardian if there is a better source available.

We don't want more articles added to this Wikipedia page claiming that they attended "on purpose" a party in order to catch Covid. When we have no proof other than misleading headlines from the media. I have used another NYT article https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/us/coronavirus-covid-parties.html which says "County health officials in Washington State walked back earlier claims that young people were gathering in a deliberate attempt to be exposed to the coronavirus."

Also for this Wikipedia page we are using style which makes the edit page less cluttered. references appear under reflist and not in the body of the article. I'm happy to explain further how to use this style, but if you open up the edit screen and take a look, I think it is self-explanatory. Sgerbic (talk) 22:06, 14 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Sounds good, I appreciate the explanation. — Mainly 23:37, 14 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Putting the ref inline is not really a different style (doesn't affect the rendered article), and needs to be allowed so that sections can be edited. If someone wants to move the ref down below reflist in a later edit to unify the source style, that's OK, too. Dicklyon (talk) 05:29, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

So sorry I removed content and then added content that I got from the content I removed. As you can see here on Talk I explained why I changed the article as I did. So currently you have readded the content that I removed. I'm not sure if you are okay with the content as you left it or if you only reverted me because you didn't like my edit summary? Sgerbic (talk) 05:04, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I haven't paid that much attention to the details, just felt that your summary was a misrepresentation of your edit. Try again with a better summary. Dicklyon (talk) 05:24, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Since I reverted my edit and you made chances in-between - do you mind adding in the corrections you made? I think they were mainly grammar issues. Not my skill set. Sgerbic (talk) 05:41, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * While all this was happening you added a flag that the article is contradicting itself and to see talk discussion. I'm not sure what you are referring to and don't see you mention anything on talk. Can you please clarify? Sgerbic (talk) 05:46, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Gracias Jerod! Sgerbic (talk) 05:47, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I use WP:CLEANER, makes that a lot easier. It also helps with disambig links and everything. I suggest looking into it, and can teach if needed. Jerod Lycett (talk) 05:53, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

(Draft) Article of possible interest
While looking at things, saw in what links here: Draft:Infection party. It may be of interest to those editing here. Jerod Lycett (talk) 05:55, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Misclick
I was meant to type "COVID party" and "COVID-19 party" have become more dominant than "coronavirus party" in the past few months. — hueman1 ( talk •  contributions ) 15:25, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Merge with pox party
Please discuss at Talk:Pox_party to avoid splitting discussion in two. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:18, 26 February 2022 (UTC)