User talk:Queerudite

Point of view.
Please don't add things to wikiprojects that are point of view such as you did with SpongeBob SquarePants. TheBlazikenMaster 18:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, that document is enough proof to me. TheBlazikenMaster 18:44, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Undid some banners
Hi, Queerudite! I've just undone some of your work and wanted to explain my actions... In general, WP:LGBT has stayed away from putting banners on ex-gay type groups and people unless their sole focus has been on homosexuality. For instance, Jerry Falwell, while some consider him a hateful, homophobic bigot, did not focus on homosexuality but went on tirades against all sorts of "sins". He's one I wouldn't put a banner on.

Secondly, I removed a couple banners from some sexuality articles that weren't particularly focused on homosexuality - Sex education, for instance.

Hope I haven't stepped on your toes. I also went through some of the new banners and rated the articles - feel free to do this yourself when you add the banner, if you want. Or you can leave it blank so a second pair of eyes from the project can review - up to you.

Thanks for your work! I can't believe we'd missed Alfred Kinsey!! SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 02:08, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia runs by consensus, so no need to vote :) I feel pretty strongly that Asexual doesn't belong.  We've tried to stay pretty true to "LGBT" - we don't include Intersex, for instance.  Much as I personally feel "WP:Queer studies" would have been better, the project is sticking to LGBT.  As for McCarthyism, I'm a bit waffly on it.  On the one hand, as you said, there was a systematic firing of gay (and lesbian) employees.  But on the other, 90% (a random figure - not fact) of McCarthyism was about Communism, not homosexuality.  And I don't feel strongly about Family Research Council - put the tag back on if you do feel strongly about it. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs)  03:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

You're invited to a disscussion.
Since you're the one that added the WikiProject, you should explain to people why it should be there. So go here, don't worry, this isn't a complaint, I just have feeling that you should discuss this as you are the one that added the project to the SpongeBob talkpage in the first place. TheBlazikenMaster 22:16, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 16:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC). SatyrBot 16:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Theresa Sparks
It is not usually necessary to categorise an article in both a category and a subcategory. If somebody is under Category:American engineers then they do not also need to be under Category:Engineers; if somebody is under Category:People from San Francisco then they do not also need to be under Category:People from California. It just clogs up the bigger categories. This is a basic principle of categorisation on Wikipedia. -- Necrothesp 20:01, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
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Hey, Peeps, it's that time of the month again (no not that time &mdash; get your mind out of the gutter): time for another monthly edition of the LGBT Project's Love Boat newsletter from your cruise director Miss Julie. So much has been happening this month and I just can't wait to tell you all about it!!!

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Alice and her harasser
Let's start with some good news: Alice and the project lost the bothersome sock puppet who had been disrupting many articles we monitor, and now most of us can edit in relative peace. Congratulations, Alice, for being able to come out of semi-retirement. Benjiboi, on the other hand, has gained an anonymous IP stalker who seems to be more Catholic than the Pope and who has a hard-on for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We seem to have a sort of Yin and Yang thing going on here, which helps both to keep us in balance and on our toes.

Harry Potter and his homosexual teacher
Albus Dumbledore got outed this month, and was immediately adopted by our project. The international brouhaha surrounding this disclosure reached all the way to Wikiland, and his article was briefly locked due to homophobic vandalism (as well as well meaning editors who just couldn't believe that that nice man could possibly be gay). This is a wonderful article to add to your watchlist, and will surely give you hours of reverting fun on cold winter days.

"My Fellow Americans"
On a more serious note, Fireplace has suggested a new article series about LGBT rights in the United States, state by state. This ambitious topic will surely require many editors and a lot of research, but has the potential to add further prestige to our already prestigious project.

Same name, same sexuality: a riddle for the ages
Francis Bacon (not the new gay one, but the old gay one ... though they're actually both dead, now that I think about it) has also aroused passions here on Wikipedia, with editors opposing his sexuality being disclosed in his biography. The always helpful Haiduc has thoughtfully provided any number of sources, but it is slow going getting his point across. Anyone want to lend a hand?

Beat writer arouses Irish guy
And speaking of passions, Jack Kerouac has inflamed the senses once again with editors, including administrator Irishguy, mounting a spirited defense to keep him as heterosexual as possible for Wikipedia purposes. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some of you can drop by the talk page and ask your questions there. I feel certain a stimulating debate will ensue that will be enjoyed by all.

Love those Texas Longhorns
Did you know that one of our Featured articles, Lawrence v. Texas, lost its shiny gold star? That was a shocker. It has been suggested that we turn our attention to it in an effort to restore it to its former glory. I took a peek, and it does need our help badly. For our American editors, it would seem almost a civic duty to edit it (not that I'm hinting....).

Point and Counterpoint
Though it was far too intellectual a debate for a mere cruise director like myself to take part in, Intersexuality was certainly a hot topic a week or two ago. The thrust of the debate was over inclusion in our project. Lots of good editors had lots of good opinions. For those too lazy to check out the discussion, we decided to leave it out for now.

Drudgery on offer
Peer review is, as always, short staffed and seemingly unloved. Wouldn't you feel better about yourself and the world in general if you took a few minutes to read one of the listed articles and offer some helpful advice? I know I'd feel better if you did.
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"My Fellow Americans" redux
The article LGBT movements in the United States certainly raised eyebrows last week, especially when it was discovered that copyrighted content had been added to our article. Tragedy was averted at the last minute, though, when the original hosts of the article where the material had been pilfered agreed to make it free to everyone. Our thanks to them, whoever they are. Busy Bee that I am, I haven't had time to read it, but I'm sure it's sensational.

This month's Wiki stars
Lesbian pulp fiction (a genre close to my heart, I must confess) writer Ann Bannon has decided to spice up the featured articles candidates list this month. Why not drop by and make your opinion heard? Joining her in this lofty aspiration are the articles But I'm a Cheerleader and Conversion therapy. I'm sure their main editors would welcome any comments (well, helpful ones, anyway) on the talk pages or the FAC discussions. And lest we forget, the List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sd-Si became a Featured list!! Rah rah, siskumbah! Go, team, GO!!!!

And the Oscar goes to...
Not content to run for Best Actress, plucky Bannon won a Best supporting actress Oscar... whoops, I meant to say Ann is also getting more than her share of womanly attention on the Good Article list. Joining her on this exalted plane are Freddy Mercury, Waylon Smithers and Lance Bass. Good articles indeed, and the last one mentioned just goes to show that one needn't admire the subject of an article to appreciate the effort put into making him worthwhile reading. What on earth Britney ever saw in him I'll never know. Truly a riddle cloaked in an enigma and wrapped around a puzzle.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Though I may not be the first, let me extend a warm, LGBT Love Boat welcome to the 12 new members who joined us in October: Jliberty, JockCub360, ChristopherEdwards, Desiderius82, Zlrussell, Kelsied, BeardedWoof, Mujerado, Tyrfing, Fabgurrl, Redl@nds597198, and decafdyke! Whatever you choose to do here, I feel sure that your contributions will enhance our project to no end. And if they don't...well, let's just say that I'm not shy.

Leather and lace
On a personal note, your already overworked cruise director is being cyberly whipped almost daily by Nemissimo, who desperately wants to get the German BDSM translation copy edited and used as a replacement for the current one. It's such a ... err, stimulating topic that I am sure many of you will want to join the copy editing fun. Jump right in, folks! It's so lonely copy editing it all by my lonesome!

Late breaking news
A little birdie just whispered in my ear that our noble collaboration project was delisted from the Community Portal due to inactivity. When asked how this scandalous turn of events could have occurred, the answer I received was "we suck at stuff like that". Well. In the first place, I disagree that sucking should be considered a negative, but to each his or her own. In the second place, I have full confidence that we can and will collaborate with other projects in the future. So let's not view this as a setback (even though it is), but rather a challenge to improve (and good Lord, I sound almost Wikipedian!).

Champagne dreams and caviar kisses
Lastly, the holidays are rapidly approaching. Our American cousins are currently getting ready to slaughter masses of poultry in an effort to show their gratitude and generally peaceful demeanor, and those of the Canadian persuasion, trendsetters that they are, celebrated a bit early this year. I'm sure all us foreigners will join together in wishing them all a very happy Thanksgiving on their respective holidays, both already celebrated and forthcoming... though I would hope somebody would enlighten me as to why they don't celebrate it on the same day. I was awake all last night trying to figure that one out. - In the spirit of this peculiarly North American holiday, let me take a moment to thank all of our editors for their contributions to this project. It's people like you who make people like me...well, a "people person"! May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon.
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Kisses,

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LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered on 20:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC). SatyrBot 21:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered sometime in January 2008 (UTC). SatyrBot (talk) 23:50, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

No Free Image images
I will continue to remove them as they are asinine and ugly and an embarrassment to the project. The Wikipedia is in the top 10 sites on the internet. The only people for whom the ugly No Free Image image has meaning are editors - and we already know that if there isn't an image there that there isn't a free one. Does anyone *really* believe that the teeming masses who USE Wikipedia (as oppose to edit it) will encounter that monstrosity, understand it and be moved to whip out their free image of a celebrity that they must have taken with their own camera, upload and tag it properly and insert it into an article? Seriously. --AStanhope (talk) 19:56, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * What do you think of my point? Does including these images *really* improve the encyclopedia?  Is it possible that they are actually damaging the encyclopedia because they are ugly and/or confusing to all users who aren't editors?  I'd appreciate an honest answer.  --AStanhope (talk) 20:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Why do you like them? How do you find them helpful?  Aesthetics aside, I honestly think that they are not only useless for the stated purpose, but confusing to normal users.  Please explain what aspect of them makes them helpful to you so that I may understand.  Perhaps I'm missing something?  --AStanhope (talk) 20:59, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Please provide me with a link to the page where the "consensus" regarding this asinine project exists. Thanks.  --AStanhope (talk) 13:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * So, in other words, there is no consensus. Thank you - I thought so.  --AStanhope (talk) 14:35, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter
Delivered by SatyrBot around 17:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC) SatyrBot (talk) 17:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Hugh Mercer Apothecary
any particular reason that you added the wikify and expert tags. I just re-wrote the article and I believe it's an adequate stub, what might it need expert information for? TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 06:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)


 * there's plenty of information on Google because it's a restored historic site. It doesn't need expert attention, there are plenty of editors such as myself who can work on it without any problem. There is no specialized knowledge. I don't believe it needs to be wikified because it's a stub, therefore it doesn't have a lead. I've stubbed it as such, and I believe the information in the 2nd sentence is fine for clarity and grammatical purposes. However if you want to merge it back into Hugh Mercer, that's another story and probably quite logical but as its a historic site, an argument good be made that it has standalone notability. I'm neutral as far as that's concerned as I can see both sides of it. TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 15:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I see you removed the people from Fredericksburg category --- someone *just* added that yesterday. Not me so I'm not connected but you might want to start a discussion on the talk page to keep the changes from being done and redone. TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 15:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Marcos Moulitsas
You reinserted POV comments calling Markos Moulitsas "a full blooded socialist"--I'm assuming you reverted the wrong edit there? Gilbertine goldmark (talk) 21:03, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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Hello, members and friends of WP:LGBT! I'm not one to be writing newsletters, but I miss our cruise director, Miss Julie, and our project is drifting along with a few leaking plugs in the bottom of the boat. Hey, it happens. Every group we join goes through changes. If Wikipedia weren't so interesting it wouldn't also be so frustrating sometimes. And vice versa. More than one Wikiproject has tumbleweeds blowing through it, but this is one that can't afford to let that happen. Even if you pop in to the talk page of the project, you can let us know you're still around.

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WP:LGBT's Role in HIV / AIDS articles
It wouldn't be a proper gay community without a li'l bit o' drama! That's right. If we aren't arguing about something, then we should be asking if we're still queer. Maybe that's for the best, since we know we're still kicking. Our most recent topic is how far the role of our project should go in dipping our toes into HIV/AIDS articles. The main AIDS article was delisted as a Featured Article last month, sadly. (Sending a swift kick to WP:Medicine.) A spirited discussion is available for your entertainment on the WP:LGBT talk page about just how much of HIV and AIDS should we take on. As ever, we'll take your opinions under advisement. We're going to have to, because it doesn't seem to have been settled.

Is Pride POV?
We have a pretty cool sidebar that identifies core LGBT articles. Its symbol is the iconic gay pride flag, much like other Wikiprojects have iconic symbols denoting the topic is a core subject in a series of articles. However, a question recently arose asking if the symbol itself is not neutral. Should a pride flag show up at the top of the article on Conversion therapy? How else would anyone know the article is about queer issues? Is there another symbol that is as widely recognized and that includes all our many splintered facets? At what point do we stop asking ourselves all these questions and just go have a mint julep on the verandah and stop caring?

Harvey Milk and Jim Jones
For the love of all that is holy, no Kool Aid jokes. However, an editor involved in pioneering San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk's article has included a section about the late supervisor's support of Jim Jones and the People's Temple. While it may be accurate, there is a Request for Comment regarding how much emphasis the section places on Milk's support in light of his overall political influence on the city, and indeed the rest of the United States. Milk's article is a sad one in more ways than one. It lacks the detail and heart that honors its subject. Anyone want to do a barter with me? I'll bring Harvey Milk to featured status (give me a month or two so I can read stuff), if you do something of equal value to WP:LGBT?? Make me an offer...

Queer Studies is offensive!
The established branch of study known as Queer studies was brought up as an category for deletion because an editor was offended by the use of "queer" in the title. It was overwhelmingly rejected mostly by the usernames I see here on our Wikiproject page. (A clue that I know you are out there, hiding...biding your time...) So, I wish I could congratulate you, but now I'm all confused by my sympathy for the editor who was offended. So, if you're reading this, Moni has a short memory and can't remember your username. Don't be put off by our demonstrative pushiness. Join us. We can always use involved editors.

Lambda Literary Awards
What can you do to help the project out? Be a wiki-fairy, on many levels. There are all kinds of articles that need help. Why, just this morning I removed those ugly wikify and cleanup tags from four articles at random. If you can put  around stuff, you can clean up articles. There's a list of articles that need attention at the top of the WP:LGBT talk page. Or you can start with the Lambda Literary Awards, where the goddess of my altar received a pioneering award, and was "reduced to rubble" by Katherine V. Forrest's wonderful speech. The 20th ceremony of the Lambda Literary Awards, which celebrates LGBT literature, took place in West Hollywood on May 29th. The page needs to be updated with the new winners, to be found on the official website.


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Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Arthur C. Clarke and Bernard Montgomery
Why on earth would someone want to delete material about homosexuality? 'Tis truly a mystery. But these embattled articles have some random evil gnomes removing information that places these folks under our queer umbrella. Help us keep an eye out for the deletions. Take a peek at the articles, familiarize yourselves with the info, and be handy with the undo function in the article history. If tempers flare, take it to the Hall monitors and let them sort it out. Best solution is to make sure your sources are immaculate.

This month's Wiki stars
This is what I get for opening my big fat mouth and suggesting the newsletter should be revived. Here I am writing it. So, to pat self on back (*cough*) Mulholland Dr. became a featured article in May. This is A Good Thing since it is my personal declaration that there is no such thing as lesbian porn. I don't care what Benjiboi says about the video collection at goodvibes. Instead, we have hot women who connect on a deep, personal, soul-touching level, so this film should qualify as some of the skankiest porn available for lesbians. Plus, it's completely confusing and surreal! D'you think Laura Harring would care that the article is featured? I don't think so either... (Call me, Laura!)

Compulsive hoarding of templates
Once I saw a harrowing episode of Animal Planet's Animal Cops where this guy had, like, 250 cats in his house and it freaked me right out. I'm drawing a parallel between 250 cats and, well...three, really, templates in articles involving LGBT issues. Can we stick to one, maybe? In the aforementioned Harvey Milk's article there's a core LGBT template, a link to the LGBT portal, and a sidebar for LGBT rights. Jiminy! You'd think we weren't the folk to set industrial grey carpeting and track lighting in vogue. An LGBT footer was designed to link to articles of interest that aren't the aforementioned core articles. What do you think, can we have either an LGBT template for core articles, a footer for LGBT articles that are high profile but not core, or an LGBT rights template? As ever, anything's up for discussion on the WP:LGBT talk page.

The Violet Quill and magazines
Zigzig20s suggests we create an article on The Violet Quill, as it seems such a milestone in the advancement of gay/queer literature. Members of the Quill all have pages of their own (Edmund White, Christopher Cox, Robert Ferro, Michael Grumley, Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, and George Whitmore). We need to find more info on the Quill per se to reference the page that we create. Perhaps Google Books - and libraries? - can help.

A number of magazines also need articles, perhaps most notably QW, LGNY, and Lesbian Feminist Liberation.

Mom's nagging for Pride Month
It's June, Pride month. Wear sunscreen, stay hydrated, get a designated driver, then go half-dressed in the streets find a girlfriend or boyfriend, or some homo who's standing there looking lonely and kiss 'em up real good. Remember, it all started 39 years ago when a bunch of drag queens just got fed the f*ck up by the cops raiding the bar and dragging them all out to the pokey again. Rock on, queens! Enjoy your celebrations. My town's is in October, and 200 people attend. I miss Denver.

Fresh faces to brighten our pages
Hey, I've seen you around! Sorry there seem to be so many—it's been a while. But we welcome you all: Cheezisyum21, Taineyah, Dustihowe, Avesta69, RachelSummers77, Vivekgopinathan, AMK1211, Staffwaterboy, Ted Ted, Joe5150, Leahtwosaints, Robapalooza, Arthomure, Confusionball, Affinity likely, PrinceOfCanada, Yobmod, Npd2983, Neagley, Bvlax2005, Bvlax2005, Rhullsf, Textorus, Kieran.casey, Tyciol, Meojive, Sappho'd, Bookkeeperoftheoccult,  Gaywarrior, Aujourd'hui, maman est morte, and Balin42632003.

It looks like we've picked up a lot of talent lately. We have no doubt you'll be making your indelible mark on LGBT knowledge as we know it, here at Wikipedia.

- In the immortal words of Miss Julie, "May all your Wiki days be bright, and may your Love Boat never turn into a Poseidon."
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We miss you, Miss Julie, as well as all the others who have graced our project and are on wiki-breaks or just got fed up with all the nuttiness and went to live their lives. Get your stupid houses built and hurry up and come back. --Moni3 (talk) 16:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC) To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let Moni3 know.
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This newsletter was delivered by §hepBot around 16:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC). ShepBot (talk) 16:22, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Hello
Hello! :) I thought you might be interested in this. Check it out and add your name under "Participants" if your interested. Have a nice day and happy editing! --Grrrlriot (talk) 00:13, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for joining the task force and welcome! ;) --Grrrlriot (talk) 15:41, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Template:Sexual orientation
Just a note to say, thank you so much for continuing to move the discussion forward. I don't want to let the matter drop, as I really think the template is problematic in its present form -- but I was also beginning to feel as if my voice was predominating, and I didn't want to end up with just me and Cooljuno411 reverting each other.

Before seeing your note from today, I was about to list the page over at Third_opinion. Do you think that's still a good idea?

Dybryd (talk) 19:07, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter (July 2008)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  13:17, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Proposals on Template talk:Sexual orientation
Hi, you've contributed to past discussions on the Template talk:Sexual orientation page and we are now in the process of noting which of several proposals might help resolve some current content disputes. Your opinion to offer Support, Oppose, and Comment could help us see if there is consensus to approve any of these proposals. It's been suggested to only offer a Support on the one proposal you most favor but it's obviously to each editor's discretion to decide what works for them. Banj e b oi   23:39, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

English slang
Are you aware that in British English, "poof" is a derogatory slang word for a gay or effeminate man? Given your interest in LGBT articles I doubt you used the word in that sense but do be aware that it looks odd as an edit description, and especially unfortunate when describing the creation of the article Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club. Ros0709 (talk) 06:37, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Alice
Hi, I started a discussion on the talk page of Harvey Milk about the fact tag on who started Alice. Since two sources back me up, I removed the tag, but I would like to see your sources and figure out how to write it. So join in, please. --Moni3 (talk) 13:14, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Alice B again
Do you still need the 1972 Advocate? This past week I met a guy who lives/works in Schaumberg and said he might be able to help. He's cute, too :) -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 05:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Email me? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 20:53, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Titles for murder victims
I just noticed you disregaurded the title decision consensus at Amanda Milan. Perhaps you didn't read it? You may not be familiar with wikipedia's policies regarding victims of a crime. See the naming policy for articles about murder victims at Notability (criminal acts). The articles are supposed to be titled "Murder of...". It's the prefered way anyway. I don't think there was any attempt at an "ant-LGBT" enforcement here. However, I think Matthew Shepherd (I read your message there) is better named after the victim given his status. But he is the exception not the rule.Nrswanson (talk) 04:19, 20 November 2008 (UTC)


 * FYI. I am gay so there's no queer hate coming from me.Nrswanson (talk) 04:21, 20 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Read the talk pages at Amanda Milan and Gwen Araujo. The topic was discussed and supported by the primarary contributors to those articles and in a majority consensus. I don't think anything more is really required. Further, I think the "Murder of..." title serves to protect victims by avoiding the tendency to turn articles into biographies or memorials that invades the privacy of the victim and their families. It's much more encyclopedic as well.Nrswanson (talk) 04:37, 20 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The original conversations were held several days earlier under the title "notability". (FYI because of my questions these article are tons better than they were so don't judge the comments on the current state of the articles. The notability wasn't well established or clear before but is now.) It was only later after someone stupidly moved Matthew Shepherd that there was a general outcry over the other pages. (probably Lihass who I suspect is a hater) The conversations you are looking at occured after the decisions to move the articles. I personally think that the Matthew Shepherd thing got everybody's back up and now they aren't really willing to look at this thing rationally.Nrswanson (talk) 10:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Bill Siksay
I had to make a small change to the edit you made so you could include List of the first LGBT holders of political offices. The reason I made the change was because the wording you added "Siksay became the first openly gay person to be elected to Canada's Parliament in his first term." changed the intended wording, because he wasn't elected while serving, or first openly gay MP. I know this is a minor issue but I thought I'd point it out because some might use it as an opportunity to remove your whole edit, due to there own POV issues, and I noticed you made similar changes to many articles. From my experience wikilinks to Lists can be very difficult to fit into articles in a meaningful way. You may want to consider just adding a (see also) section. I reworded the Bill Siksay article to include the wikilink, so no need to go back to it. Just trying to be helpful Highground79 (talk) 04:32, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I think it sounds a ton better, although I'm not to fond of non-incumbent. What do you think of:

"With his election, Siksay became the first person elected to Canada's House of Commons who had campaigned as a openly gay man"

I personally liked how the article previously liked to the prior members of parliament who came out but I think adding them to the See Also section would be plenty. The only other critique I have is, that I think it might be helpful to somehow re-add that there were 5 MP who came out while in office. I'm going to try to fit it in somewhere. If you have a chance take a look and see what you think or if you can make it flow better. I'll also go ahead and add the previous MP's to the see also section. Overall it does sound a lot better. Highground79 (talk) 22:20, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject LGBT studies Newsletter (June 2009)

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Category:Transgender people and behavior
You nominated Category:Transgender people and behavior for merging but used an incorrect template. I have corrected this and started a discussion here. Your input would be useful. Tassedethe (talk) 10:58, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Queerudite! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created  is an  Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. Please note that all biographies of living persons must be sourced. If you were to add reliable, secondary sources to this article, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the article:

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Proposed deletion of Alexander John Goodrum


The article Alexander John Goodrum has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * An orphan stub for a less than notable activist that has been unsourced for over a year.

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Articles for deletion nomination of Mona Shaw
I have nominated Mona Shaw, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Mona Shaw. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. avs5221 (talk) 00:21, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of National Transgender Advocacy Coalition


A tag has been placed on National Transgender Advocacy Coalition requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article, which appears to be about a real person, individual animal(s), an organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, does not indicate how or why the subject of the article is important or significant: that is, why an article about it should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you can assert the notability of the subject, contest the deletion by adding  at the top of the article, immediately below the speedy deletion  tag (if no such tag exists, the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate), and give your reasons on the article's talk page, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. You may freely add information to the article that would confirm the subject's notability under Wikipedia guidelines.

See the guidelines for specific types of articles: biographies, websites, bands, or companies. Lionel (talk) 08:25, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Alexander John Goodrum


The article Alexander John Goodrum has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Non-notable GLBT activist.

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Come hang out with us!
Hi! I just wanted to let you know that we have created an IRC channel for "countering systemic bias one new editor at a time", aka closing the gender gap! Come hang out at #wikimedia-gendergap. I hope you'll join us! (And if you need any IRC help, just let me know!) See you there! SarahStierch (talk) 01:32, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014
Hi Queerudite. In case you are not aware, there is an upcoming campaign to improve coverage of LGBT-related topics on Wikipedia, culminating with an international edit-a-thon on June 21. See Wiki Loves Pride 2014 for more information. If you are interested, you might consider creating a page for a major city (or cities!) near you, with a list of LGBT-related articles that need to be created or improved. This would be a tremendous help to Wikipedia and coverage of LGBT culture and history. Thanks for your consideration, and please let me know if you have any questions! -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:03, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride!
 You are invited to participate in Wiki Loves Pride!


 * What? Wiki Loves Pride, a campaign to document and photograph LGBT culture and history, including pride events
 * When? June 2015
 * How can you help?
 * 1.) Create or improve LGBT-related articles and showcase the results of your work here
 * 2.) Upload photographs or other media related to LGBT culture and history, including pride events, and add images to relevant Wikipedia articles; feel free to create a subpage with a gallery of your images (see examples from last year)
 * 3.) Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Or, view or update the current list of Tasks. This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. Visit the group's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's main talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing!

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Nomination of Carmen Vázquez for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Carmen Vázquez is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Carmen Vázquez until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Orange Mike &#124;  Talk  18:23, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Wiki Loves Pride 2016
As a participant of WikiProject LGBT studies, you are invited to participate in the third annual Wiki Loves Pride campaign, which runs through the month of June. The purpose of the campaign is to create and improve content related to LGBT culture and history. How can you help?
 * Create or improve LGBT-related Wikipedia pages and showcase the results of your work here
 * Document local LGBT culture and history by taking pictures at pride events and uploading your images to Wikimedia Commons
 * Contribute to an LGBT-related task force at another Wikimedia project (Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikivoyage, etc.)

Looking for topics? The Tasks page, which you are welcome to update, offers some ideas and wanted articles.

This campaign is supported by the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, an officially recognized affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. The group's mission is to develop LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. Visit the affiliate's page at Meta-Wiki for more information, or follow Wikimedia LGBT+ on Facebook. Remember, Wiki Loves Pride is about creating and improving LGBT-related content at Wikimedia projects, and content should have a neutral point of view. One does not need to identify as LGBT or any other gender or sexual minority to participate. This campaign is about adding accurate, reliable information to Wikipedia, plain and simple, and all are welcome! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the campaign's talk page.

Thanks, and happy editing! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:40, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

We're on Twitter!
RachelWex 17:37, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Queering Wikipedia 2021 User Group Working Days: May 14–16
The Wikimedia LGBTQ+ User Group is holding online working days in May. As a member of WikiProject LGBT studies, editing on LGBTQ+ issues or if you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, come help us set goals, develop our organisation and structures, consider how to respond to issues faced by Queer editors, and plan for the next 12 months.

We will be meeting online for 3 half-days, 14–16 May at 1400–1730 UTC. While our working language is English, we are looking to accommodate users who would prefer to participate in other languages, including translation facilities.

More information, and registration details, at QW2021 .--Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group 02:55, 27 April 2021 (UTC)