Talk:Teen online dating

I'm in the social computing class at University of Pittsburgh. The tools have to be updated to distinguish teen online dating from social media dating as there are specific websites available for teen online dating. These are mylol, fundatecity, crush.zone, chatpit.com so we can include these in tools and write a brief summary of each.

Also the article is biased and talks more about the harm of teen online dating rather than having an unbiased opinion. Groot12 (talk) 15:48, 19 October 2015 (UTC)Groot12


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I'm in the social computing class at University of Pittsburgh too. This article should be reviewed slightly because it just talks about how dangerous it is and warns teenagers about high risk at involvement in online dating. What I want to add is some strategies for parents to keep thier children(teenagers) away from the danger of online dating. Most people have already known that teen online dating is unsafe but when they are searching this topic, they really want to know the ways to help teenagers get away from involvement.

Indeed, the article has bias toward teen online dating. The advantages of it should also be developed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lky173 (talk • contribs) 03:44, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

I'm one of your classmates in social computing class in Pitts. Glad to see you here:) I totally agree with your opinion that this article states too many negative views towards teen online dating. We've learned the criteria of good articles before and Neutral should be kept thoroughly. In fact I think what the article mentioned about safety is worth of talking but it should be put backward a little bit, and the History of teen online dating should be added with real examples about websites or APP like what Groot12 mentioned above. Besides, we could add some images to help illustrate the teen online dating clearly. by EyesHalfClosed (talk) 18:28, 01 November 2015

Hello everyone, I'm also from the Social computing class of the University of Pittsburgh. To be honest, I agree that this article is till a very initial stage. I totally agree with Eyehalfclosed's opinion. What I would like to contribute is the history about the Teen online dating. And also, I would like to analysis some online applications of the Teen online dating, like Tinder. Through the product analysis, I think we could figure out how to apply the social computing in this field. Wikininja Squad (talk) 00:20, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

I don't think tinder is teen online dating. We can start with History, move on to types of applications used in teen online dating and as mentioned above also include images.Groot12 (talk) 20:25, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

We also have to include citations and verified sources for the existing information. I can work on Applications and types(a new heading) and History. Each of you could take up some headings you think you can work on.Groot12 (talk) 17:55, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Groot12, you make a good point. I totally agree with you about starting a new heading which can make this article more clear; however, I got a little confused about how you improve the article to not be biased. Would you mind telling us more detail? Also, I want to make a decision of changes. I am going to edit safety, warning, and relationship. For safety, I will mention teen online dating is not as dangerous as we think(most parents, indeed, are concern about if it is safe for thier children). In warning part, I may add something new,such as strategies I mentioned before. About relationship part, I think it is not pretty specific, I may edit add some apps to explain about that. Lky173 (talk) 22:13, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

the article states the authors personal opinion that teen online dating is harmful. We have to decide on relevant headings firstly. 1.History 2.Applications used. Include info about websites or apps. Include some statistics about each application. - new heading 3. Safety and warnings(can be combined into one) - new heading 4. Cultural view 5. Benefits 6. Scams and legitimacy(i think we should delete this heading) 7. Relationships(we should delete this heading) 8. See also(will include links to online dating, and related wikipedia articles) - new heading 9. References Groot12 (talk) 22:41, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree with Groot12 about structure changes with new headlines mostly, but I still think that the Safety and warnings should be kept since our topic is TEEN online dating. That teens may not have strong abilities to define right from wrong. Besides, as we mentioned above,the content changes will be: 1. Keep balance for the Benefits and Harms about teen online dating to achieve neutral point of views. 2. The History part should be expanded in details, with real examples, like relative website and APP. 3. Few of images should be added. 4. As for the Cultural View and Benefits,we need to focus more on TEEN online dating not only the online dating. We should illustrate the influence exert on teens. by EyesHalfClosed (talk) 21:50, 07 November 2015

Ok. sure. eyeshalfclosed and alsoSafety and warnings IS included in my list.Groot12 (talk) 02:05, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Could you all pick parts to edit? Ive chosen History and Applications. Groot12 (talk) 02:07, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

The changes are as follows: 1. We will include the Applications used heading, Safety and warnings heading 2. See also references has to include links to online dating wikipedia articles. 3. The article must be written from a neutral stand point by including citations from reliable sources. 4. The heading we are deleting are Scams and legitimacy. 5. Extensive research has to be done to include reliable citations and statistics to prove every statement mentioned in the article. Groot12 (talk) 17:21, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Final headings taken by each person
1.History, Safety and warnings - Wikininja 2. Applications used - Groot12 (me) 3. Cultural view, Benefits - Lyk13 4. Scams and legitimacy and Illustrations - Eyeshalfclosed See also(will include links to online dating, and related wikipedia articles)

Please include citations and article links for every change that you make in a separate word document so that we can include it in the references at the end.

Incase of any change in headings or on what you want to edit please let us know.

Groot12 (talk) 17:33, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree with what Groot12 said. The history and the application should belong one section because the history we talked here focus on the Teen online dating, rather than the general one. And in my opinion, the start of this history may be also the start of some specific Teen online dating applications. I would like to focus on the safety and warnings. It's a hot topic and I've already found some papers to enhance this article, such as the dating violence, and the Teen risk-taking in online chat sites. So I think I could edit the warning and safety section from these perspectives. Wikininja Squad (talk) 17:58, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Sounds good.! wikininja lets start working on the applications and history first individually. Incase they overlap we will make it into a single heading. Groot12 (talk) 20:14, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

I think I called to edit safety and warning first but I don't know somehow I have to involve into cultural view and benefits. Lky173 (talk) 20:21, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, Lky173. I didn't notice that. I just followed the "Final headings taken by each person" and did a little research about this section. So may I join you to edit this section if possible? I think we could edit it from the different perspective. I could just focus on the dating violence. Is it ok for you? Wikininja Squad (talk) 00:13, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Sure, I'm glad to hear that. We can work together on those two heading from different aspects. I will focus on the strategies. Make sure we have enough work to do though. By the way, about cultural view and benefits, should we need to edit them? If yes, can you tell us what's the problem, Groot12?Lky173 (talk) 13:39, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Benefits don't have any citations or articles relevant to it and have to be placed in bullet points if possible. I think cultural view has changed since the article was last written so you might want to look into papers or articles talking about that. Also sorry about messing up the topics assigned guys. you can still change or exchange if you like. Also another gentle reminder to please note down the sentences or statistics from articles used in a separate word doc to include as citations. Groot12 (talk) 17:04, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Original research
I have redirected the article as the material fails our core content policies of WP:NOR and WP:V. If an article about this subject should exist, the material needs to be fully sourced to reliable sources, and accompanied by inline citations for verifiability. Start slow, add a few sentences to start a stub. and provide sources. -  Cwobeel   (talk)  04:28, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Hi please place your edits in the sandbox on my page so that we can send the link by midnight. Groot12 (talk) 03:10, 3 December 2015 (UTC)