Talk:Trans Media Watch

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This page should not be speedy deleted because this group is doing real, valid work which affects the trans community in the UK and has made real progress with the UK media, particularly Channel 4. TMW has generated much interest in the LGBT press, as well as amassing a sizeable following on twitter and forging relationships with government. TMW is fast becoming one of the most notable trans charities in the UK and it is appropriate it has an entry. The article is well referenced, with links to published research and articles from commercial news sites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.90.187 (talk) 03:09, 14 June 2011‎ (UTC)

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This page should not be speedy deleted because it states facts about the work a particular charity does - work which is likely to be of interest to the transgender community in the UK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steffimoore (talk • contribs) 03:12, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

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This page should not be speedy deleted because... it is simply a factual representation of what this group is. It's not promotion, just reference and useful information. --86.160.15.218 (talk) 07:42, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

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This page should not be speedy deleted because it is similar to GLAAD, which is a similar organization in the US, whose page is not under speedy-delete threat. Stipulated that it needs some fleshing-out (in particular, I would like to see a main-heading of the history of the organization, as GLAAD has), but it's factual, non-promoting--there is no call-to-action in this article, that I can find--and relevant to a segment of readers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.96.32.161 (talk) 10:52, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

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This page should not be speedy deleted because Trans Media Watch is a notable British activist group, referenced by the Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone for their work. This seems a very swift presumption that they couldn't possibly be a notable group (with no offer of editorial assistance, even though Steffimoore starting the page was new to Wikipedia). --Yonmei (talk) 16:44, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

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This page should not be speedy deleted because... - it is a description of an organisation that promotes the correct terminolgy/pronouns to be used within the media when reporting about people who have gender dysphoria (transsexualism) and thereby not only avoiding causing offence but stopping the media falling foul of the 2004 Gender Recognition Act and/or the 2010 Equality Act. Emily Dodge 2.24.57.0 (talk) 16:45, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

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This page should not be speedy deleted because TMW is a significant UK national organisation which has effected major change in portrayals of transgender people in print and other media at a national level.

Am prepared - nay, happy - to make a commitment to encyclopaedify the entry once I've recovered from £*&$ing shingles. --Beccaviola (talk) 17:04, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

working on improving
I'm just putting this here to declare clearly my intent to try and salvage this article. It was started in good faith by a member of the organisation - a new Wikipedian no less - and I do not believe it to be in dispute that the organisation itself meets notability guidelines.

I'm not an experienced serious-overhauls editor and would very much appreciate any help or suggestions anybody could give. Beccaviola (talk) 17:49, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The place to start would be a hunt for press coverage of the organization. There is the PinkNews piece already cited, and also this one and this one, possibly others from that site too. This is about the memorandum of understanding. Here also is Lynne Featherstone's speech. Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 18:23, 14 June 2011 (UTC)