Talk:List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2005–2009

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Comments are welcome, as this may still be too big of a page, although I think dividing it into a sub-page is justified. This suggestion came from John_B123.--Historyday01 (talk) 01:32, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Confirmation and the use of secondary sources
I'm posting this to head off any criticism of this article that secondary sources are used to prove the LGBTQ identities of the characters listed on this page. According to WP:YTCOPYRIGHT, specifically the original research section,

"All material in Wikipedia articles must be attributable to a reliable published source. This means a reliable published source must exist for it, whether or not it is cited in the article. Sources must support the material clearly and directly: drawing inferences from multiple sources to advance a novel position is prohibited by the NOR policy. Base articles largely on reliable secondary sources. While primary sources are appropriate in some cases, relying on them can be problematic. For more information, see the Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources section of the NOR policy, and the Misuse of primary sources section of the BLP policy."

Furthermore, on WP:NOR, it says:

"Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published secondary sources and, to a lesser extent, on tertiary sources and primary sources. Secondary or tertiary sources are needed to establish the topic's notability and to avoid novel interpretations of primary sources. All analyses and interpretive or synthetic claims about primary sources must be referenced to a secondary or tertiary source, and must not be an original analysis of the primary-source material by Wikipedia editors."

As such, citing sources like IGN, Anime News Network, Okazu (Erica Friedman's yuri review blog), T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews, BuzzFeed, Den of Geek, Mania, Out, the various GLAAD reports, and many others cited on the main page, are totally acceptable. When it comes to anime, official sites often are limited in the characters they talk about (usually only the protagonists, not the secondary characters for the most part) or give the characters biographies by putting text within images, making translation of the text impossible unless you are fluent in Japanese. This also means that primary sources are NOT necessarily needed to show the LGBTQ identity of any of the characters listed on this page. Such sources are nice, but they are not always available, especially if the show is an anime or is relatively obscure, and are also not necessary!

I just thought I'd point this out before some editor comes along and tries to remove content here. Historyday01 (talk) 13:33, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Entries which need better sources
Like the section on the Talk:List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2000–2004 page, this section compiles entries which need better sources. The Grell Sutcliffe entry is ok, except I can't find any official confirmation of transness, as it isn't even implied on an official character entry on this page, to give an example, or in the entries for Leeron Littner in Gurren Lagann here and here. This is also the case for Koyomi and Yomi Yoimachi in Zombie Loan, as character pages, like this one, are not accessible. I'm trying to ensure that every entry, if at all possible, has one primary source entry, and another secondary source entry, at minimum.

The sexuality of Haruhi Suzumiya
in the first episode of the 2006 anime, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Haruhi and Kyon are having a conversation about dating. Within that conversation, Kyon asks, "Alright then, so what kind of guy would you have really been into, an alien or something?" Haruhi's response is, "Yeah, anything like an alien or something else along those lines. Anyway, as long as the person isn't an ordinary human, I don't care if it's a boy or a girl." Without a doubt Haruhi reveals she is bisexual so this info should be included in the article. TreeElf (talk) 16:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)