Talk:Martensville satanic sex scandal

Rename article
Article should be renamed to "Martensville satanic sex hysteria" -- 62.225.62.67 (talk) 17:31, 21 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Yup. There was undoubtedly a scandal, but no evidence of any 'satanic sex' being involved. I'm sure that Wikipedia policy on article names doesn't encourage the use of titles which imply that something happened, only for the article itself to state that it didn't. 109.156.239.85 (talk) 21:42, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Right, but hysteria is not a good word to use either. Maybe "panic" is better? But the aricle itself says "also known as the Martensville Nightmare", so maybe that is the best. I'll ask at WP:FTN. --Hob Gadling (talk) 00:27, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't think 'nightmare' is appropriate in a title either. Not unless it is what the article is about, rather than a metaphor. "Martensville satanic sex allegations" might work, I suppose. 109.156.239.85 (talk) 05:30, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I acknowledge the merit of @Hod Gadling's position that hysteria is not a good word to use, but my position on this is to the contrary for the following reasons. Literal/historical meaning of the term "hysteria" notwithstanding, current mainstream usage of the word is to describe incidents that affect mass groups of people, such as the topic of this article is about. See mass hysteria

Firejuggler86 (talk) 11:51, 17 April 2020 (UTC)