Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion/Log/2013 June 10

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The following comments were added after the Vegans discussion was closed. I have transferred the comment below: — Good Ol’factory (talk) 03:31, 21 June 2013 (UTC) There's a bug or a circularity here: The Vegans page has been deleted and the Discussion on the deletion of the Vegan page has been closed, with a note not to change the Deletion discussion but instead go to the Vegans talk page -- which is this, and has been deleted. Against deletion: What I wanted to add to the deletion discussion is that I wonder whether the analogy to "Slovenians with acne" would have been made in the days of slavery, if someone suggested a list of abolitionists? Being vegan is only trivially a dietary preference; it is an ethical stance, and a practical, practicing one: opposition to the breeding and slaughter of animals for meat or milk (or their hunting in the wild, for the same purpose). Yes, names of known people who are vegans should be listed (as they are) and also appended as a category, by nationality or by specialty. Yes veganism is a POV. So is the [Category:Pacifists]. There are good reasons for prominently tagging prominent vegans and pacifists, just as there would have been good reason to tag prominent abolitionists in the days of slavery. (And, yes, sometimes abolitionists may have flip-flopped too: doesn't follow that the category is arbitrary.) Stevan Harnad 03:20, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
 * No-one is going to see this here - probably best moved to Animal rights project or something, if Harnad wants to continue the discussion.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 12:41, 21 June 2013 (UTC)