Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin scale


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The result was Keep as per positive consensus, the absence of calls for deletion outside of the nominator, and the confirmation of secondary sources in the article. A non-admin closure. And Adoil Descended (talk) 00:05, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Benjamin scale

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Non-notable as a scale or typology; all relevant text is already at Classification of transsexuals. Delete or redirect to there. — James Cantor (talk) 22:10, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Another interesting move from nom who has conflicts of interest when it comes to anything to deal with Blanchard and frankly transexual and transgender people. The intended target article was created by nom and they are the chief author there, I'm concerned that that article tries to legitimize the Blanchard view on transsexuality putting it on equal footing with other metrics that are accepted by mainstream academics and are not viewed as controversial. A quick Google Scholar search shows several sources which support this article; Google Books gives nearly 90 entries. For those less familiar "the relationship between gender identity (Benjamin Scale) and sexual orientation (Kinsey Scale) is probably a result of the researchers biases. At one time you couldn't transition if you weren't completely 'homosexual' because *obviously* a 'real' female is completely heterosexual. As transsexuals discovered this bias, they lied in order to get surgery. Fortunately today most gender clinics accept sexual orientation and gender identity are distinct." Blanchard et al hold what many consider to be controversial views and nom has a history or promoting Blanchard et al and their views (See this search from their former account). Insomesia (talk) 22:26, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. per insomesia. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 23:54, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Meets WP:GNG with ample reliable secondary sources available to expand this article. Benjamin's scale is important in the history of the study of transsexuality. Gobōnobo  + c 14:42, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, ample secondary source coverage. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:44, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per Gobonobo and Cirt - there are two reliable, secondary sources already in the article. Bearian (talk) 18:07, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
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