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Three Content Principles
Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV)


 * From WP:DUE, "Neutrality requires that mainspace articles and pages fairly represent all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in proportion to the prominence of each viewpoint in the published, reliable sources"

Verifiability


 * From WP:RS, "Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published sources, making sure that all majority and significant minority views that have appeared in those sources are covered"
 * From WP:SOURCEDEF, "The word "source" when citing sources on Wikipedia has three related meanings:
 * The piece of work itself (the article, book)
 * The creator of the work (the writer, journalist)
 * The publisher of the work (for example, Random House or Cambridge University Press) Any of the three can affect reliability. Reliable sources may be published materials with a reliable publication process, authors who are regarded as authoritative in relation to the subject, or both. These qualifications should be demonstrable to other people."
 * From WP:BIASED, "Wikipedia articles are required to present a neutral point of view. However, reliable sources are not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective. Sometimes non-neutral sources are the best possible sources for supporting information about the different viewpoints held on a subject."

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Also, WP:NOTEWORTHY: "The notability guidelines do not apply to contents of articles or lists (with the exception of lists that restrict inclusion to notable items or people). Content coverage within a given article or list (i.e. whether something is noteworthy enough to be mentioned within the article or list) is governed by the principle of due weight (WP:DUE) and other content policies."

Why Helen Joyce's book "Trans" is a reliable source (WP:RS) regarding trans-related issues.
We are discussing the proposal to include the following in the Wikipedia article on Mermaids in the paragraph on the gender spectrum controversy:


 * Helen Joyce summarizes: "In other words, what makes children girls or boys is where they fall on a scale from Barbie to G.I. Joe. It is extraordinary that, nowadays, this counts as progressive." [citation to her book Trans]

Why is this a reliable source? (WP:RS)

"The word "source" when citing sources on Wikipedia has three related meanings: Let's consider each in turn.
 * The piece of work itself (the article, book)
 * The creator of the work (the writer, journalist)
 * The publisher of the work" (WP:SOURCEDEF)

Helen Joyce does take the gender critical side in this debate, versus the ideology of gender identity. Still, that does not affect her being a reliable source: WP:BIASED says "Wikipedia articles are required to present a neutral point of view. However, reliable sources are not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective. Sometimes non-neutral sources are the best possible sources for supporting information about the different viewpoints held on a subject."
 * The 320 page book itself has received very positive reviews in the Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian, the Evening Standard, and the Scotsman. The review in the Telegraph is by Kathleen Stock OBE, Professor of Philosophy, author of Material Girls, and herself recognised as an authority on the subject: Stock describes the book as a "superlative critical analysis of trans activism by journalist Helen Joyce" and also writes "As befits her background as a writer and editor for The Economist, Joyce shows an impressive capacity to handle complex statistics, legal statutes, and other bits of evidence without losing clarity or narrative drive."
 * The creator Helen Joyce is a reputable journalist, who has worked for a mainstream newspaper, the Economist, since 2005. The reviews of her 320 page book in five mainstream newspapers are evidence that she is regarded as authoritative in relation to the subject.
 * The publisher is Oneworld Publications, a reputable publisher.

Regarding due weight (WP:DUE), "Neutrality requires that mainspace articles and pages fairly represent all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in proportion to the prominence of each viewpoint in the published, reliable sources". There are very few reliable sources on Mermaids' gender spectrum, and we are including material from each of them, including the defence of Mermaids from Attitude magazine. So it seems to me that including the quote from Joyce is giving it due weight. But I'd love to hear other perspectives.

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