Talk:Handkerchief code

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Rewrite!
Any article that makes a number of factual claims and only after several paragraphs inserts a sentence to the effect of "This is not a universal thing and is different depending who you talk to and where you are" needs to be totally rewritten. If nothing else the point that "this is not a universal thing" needs to go at the very front of the article.

Beyond that this article sounds a lot like someone is describing an urban legend as if it were fact.

Imma look into this and if no one else wants to take on the rewrite I'll do that. (I'll probably delete 80% of the material.) Hmoulding (talk) 14:57, 1 May 2017 (UTC)


 * The last two paragraphs of the lede do seem to indicate uncited/original research, but the Origin and Examples sections are better and have at least of a couple of reliable sources. I'll take a look later, when I'm not supposed to be working. HalJor (talk) 17:10, 1 May 2017 (UTC)


 * I took a stab at it. I removed a fair amount of uncited/original research and rephrased a few sentences.  What remains is pretty general and (despite any additional citations) is reasonably true based on the citations that remain.  I can't find my copy of the reference for the "Origin" section, or I'd confirm that the entire section comes from that reference.  The "Examples" section is based on the citation mentioned there -- I rewrote that section a while back, more or less in its current form, so it should stand (the final sentence speaks to the current state of the code, where there is no consensus among the additional colors and the regionality of any deviations).  The only part that could use additional work is second paragraph of the lede.  Some of that is probably in the other works cited here -- I just don't have them handy. HalJor (talk) 00:56, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

THE BIG LIST
Has anyone else seen this? I'm not sure why the expanded version of the list isn't allowed in this article. https://unicornbooty.com/the-new-hanky-code-film-art-comedy/ --RThompson82 (talk) 00:15, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Because it doesn't satisfy WP:RS, perhaps? That's a blog supporting a social networking app, and we've gone over this several times already. HalJor (talk) 02:52, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Much earlier origin?
I've read about handkerchiefs being flashed as part of a signal for gay men cruising as far back as 1702 - http://rictornorton.co.uk/eighteen/twicken.htm

86.0.28.58 (talk) 13:47, 7 November 2017 (UTC)